European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes monday february 13,1989 yacht sails to history with trip around Cape san Francisco a the yacht thursday s child sailed triumphantly under the Golden Gate Bridge on sunday after a voyage from new York by Way of Cape Horn that shattered a 135-year-old record for sailing ships by eight Days. The 60-foot Sloop crossed the Fin ish line at 12 32 . And was met by cheers and yells from hundreds of spectators. Thursday s child set sail nov. 23. The three Crew members were Allon deck and waved to the crowd after beating the 229-foot Clipper ship Fly ing Cloud s 189-Day trip during the Gold Rush. About 80 ships were out on Sanfrancisco Bay to Greet the yacht while other spectators gathered on thereof of fort Point and at the South Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge. Biplane flew overhead trailing a sign that read we love you the Crew Courtney Hazleton,32 skipper owner Warren Luhrs 44 and Lars Bergstrom 54, who helped design the vessel spent saturday zigzagging North against a stubborn headwind that delayed the ship s Arri Val by one Day. Luhrs launched thursday s child for the 1984 Solo trans Atlantic race in which she was the first american entry and the first single hulled Shipto finish. The flying Cloud was a merchant Man that also ferried Gold Rush adventurers around the dangerous Cape Horn at the tip of South America and up to san Francisco. It could carry 35sails on its tall masts and was the fast est of thousands of clippers that race done another across the Atlantic and Pacific. The ship wrecked on rocks off a Newfoundland in 1874, and nothing is left of it. Pakistani Force to Aid afghans soviets say Baker from Page 1 could be confined to the Battlefield. London was Baker s third Stop on Atrip that began in Canada and also took him to Iceland on saturday. The stops ahead on the six Day trip besides West Germany Are Denmark Norway Italy Turkey Greece Spain Portugal Belgium Luxembourg the Netherlands and France. Meanwhile nato Secretary general Manfred Worner said sunday in a radio interview that despite having two nuclear Powers Western Europe could never defend itself without the United states. Worner in a phone in British Broad casting corp. Program this is your world also denied that a nato modernization of Short Range nuclear weapons based in West Germany would be provocative saying that the soviet Union has already updated its comparable weapons. He rejected a suggestion that the West Ern Alliance should adopt a policy of no first use of nuclear weapons since this would make wars answering an american caller who suggested that Western Europe should be capable of defending itself Worner said the 325,000 . Troops based in West Ern Europe contribute to worldwide stability. Once the americans left Europe the might have to come Back and fight a War Worner said. Kabul Afghanistan up a least 4,000 pakistani troops massed at the afghan Border to assist the rebels i capturing Jala Labad and forming a provisional government in the afghan City soviet sources said sunday. The soviet claim echoes accusations made by afghan president Najib in a nationally broadcast speech saturday that Pakistan had gathered troops at the Border to assist moslem guerrillas who have waged War for 10 years against the communist regimes in Afghanistan. Pakistani army units with an unprecedented Quantity of arms have gathered around the afghan province of Nanga har Najib said accusing the pakistani government of planning to make Afghanistan a fifth province of no afghan should tolerate this wretched conspiracy said Najib urging his countrymen to engage in a jihad or holy War against the rebels and invaders. Pakistani prime minister Bengazi Bhutto on sunday denied the accusations during a news conference in Beij ing where she is making a three Day get acquainted visit to China. The prime minister said Najib Scharge that her government is preparing to invade and Annex Afghanistan was a ploy to draw world attention from the problems faced by his regime. We be got enough problems of National integration. We Don t need foreign adventures said Bhutto. Pakistani diplomats based in Kabul refused to comment on the claims and Independent confirmations of the reports Are unavailable. A soviet source in Kabul said about4,000 pakistani troops from both militia and regular army units Are stationed in about five spots along the Border wit the main concentration at Landi Kotal a pakistani Frontier town about 40 Miles from Jala Labad the provincial capital of Angamar. Another soviet source said the Paki Stani government intended to assist the .-backed resistance fighters by help ing them capture Jala Labad so a provisional rebel government could be formed there. The fall of Jala Labad 75 Miles East of Kabul would be a blow to Najib s government which has often said it strength is reflected in the guerrillas in ability to capture and hold a City since the beginning of the soviet troop pullout nine months ago. Najib s government claims to hold Al major afghan cities. The afghan and soviet government shave frequently charged that Pakistan Home to 3 million afghan refugees i violating Geneva agreements. The accords which stipulate the withdrawal of soviet troops were signed by Pakistan and Afghanistan in april 1988. The soviets who once had As Many As 100,000 troops in Afghanistan Are expected to Complete their pullout by wednesday and an escalation of guerrilla attacks is feared. As the soviets leave the country out posts along the Salang Highway Are being turned Over to afghan government troops. Four soviets reportedly died during the pullout from the Eastern part of the county three in avalanches and one Ina guerrilla grenade attack. A report said most of the soviet personnel in Western Herat province had been evacuated. About 300 soviet paratroopers still re main at Kabul Airport to guard incoming flights but they will probably be airlifted out monday if weather conditions Are Good a source said. A heavy snowstorm continued sunday cancelling All air traffic to and from Kabul. 10 million rots room in Naples North continued from Page 1 to keep the rats from gnawing their Way into the Chil Dren s room. Just a few Days ago a nurse from a local Hospital called in to say that As she talked she was staring at two rats sitting on a Bench in a waiting room. And they were staring Pauline Carson a resident of the Navy s pin Tamare enlisted housing area said out where i live rats Don t even wait for the darkness. I be seen them frolicking in the Mounds of garbage on the Beach outside the housing area at All hours of the Day and rats thrive and reproduce when they can find food water and shelter. In Naples rodents Are treated to dumpsters overflowing with Ripe garbage and an obsolete bursting sewerage system. Insecure and improperly maintained dumpsters Are Little More than rat restaurants said cmdr. Ray Sanderson the environmental health officer with the Navy environmental preventive Medicine unit in Naples. The City needs More than a sporadic i Sines tation it needs a Public health education Campaign with people and City officials working together. It s really common sense take away the food sup ply provide proper refuse disposal and the rat problem will but while City officials Are aware of the problem Little has been done to combat it. The City is broke. To solve the problem the City needs at least 200 billion lire about $147 million said Angelo Esposito a City sanitation official. So far we have received 50 million lire about $37,000just a drop in the to Date the Money has been used to plaster the City with yellow posters announcing an eradication Campaign that has not started. It took a cholera scare to Wake people up in the 70s," Franco said. What s it going to take this time maybe Naples Only Hope is the pied is Gary Miller the garbage is Back and the rats with it in Naples. From Page 1 sections to Many categories of classified material that North plans to introduce at his trial and said the judge in the Case has imposed far too few safeguards to protect National Security. Since thursday the Justice department has sought delay in the trial Ighile Independent counsel Law rence Walsh whose office is prosecuting North has wanted opening arguments to begin immediately. A jury was seated in the Case thursday and .district judge Gerhard a. Gesell told the panel to return monday morning. The possibility of a Compromise by the Justice department came up saturday when a government source speaking on condition of anonymity said the department wanted to work with Walsh s office to re solve their differences. The source said there would be a two pronged approach the Effort at cooperation would take place while the department prepared an affidavit to the court from attorney general Dick Thornburgh to in effect bar disclosure of certain classified materials Bynorth on grounds that it would harm National Security. Depending on the scope of the affidavit such a drastic step could Lead to dismissal of some or All of the 12 Crimi Nal charges against North. This could occur because he would be barred from using classified material to prove his innocence and hence could no receive a fair trial. Any Compromise would have to be approved by to Justice department officials and Walsh who was return ing to Washington late sunday from his Oklahoma Home. Justice department officials said late last week that i the delay is denied Thornburgh is prepared to act under the Passi fied information procedures act to file an affidavit objecting in Advance to North s disclosure of some classified information. That step could result in dismissal of some or All criminal charges against North. Under the act once the attorney general files an affidavit the court must order North not to disclose the Classi fied information at Issue even if it is relevant to proving his innocence
