European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday february 26, 1989 news updates drug probe nets 4 san Francisco a four men were arrested in operation Polar Cap the continuing Federal investigation of a $1 billion co Caine Money laundering network authorities said. The four san Jose men arrested Friday allegedly helped make Cash deposits of less than $10,000 to Banks to evade the requirement that transactions of $10,000 or More be reported to the internal Revenue service the . Attorney s office said. Johnny Elias Chari 34 Emily Ussel Chari 45 Sadir Moraf Lack Ajmer 32 and Leon ilovits 38, pleaded innocent in . District court to charges they engaged in illegal currency transactions. The arrests followed investigations at two liquor stores in sunny Vale a computer store in san Francisco and one in Fremont authorities said. Thirty seven people have been charged with taking in at least $ 1billion through merchants in los Angeles Texas Florida and new York then sending the laundered Cash to colombian drug lords. Temperatures february 24 Hilo Hilo Albany,n.y.,c Albuquerque.  Anchorage. C  Atlanta c Atlantic  Austin c Baltimore c Billings s  Bismarck s Boise c Boston c Brownsville c   Casper c Charleston.s.c.,c Charleston,w.va.,s Charlotte,n.c.,c   Cincinnati s Cleveland s Columbia   Concord, Dallas it Worth Dayton s  Des    Elpaso   Fargo s Flagstaff grand rapids s great Falls s Greensboro,n.c.,c   Honolulu   Jackson miss. R Jacksonville  Kansas  23 07 69 37 71 37 27 24 27 16 38 25 32 12 60 51 32 18 51 35 39 19 45 22 53 28 32 17 73 59 19 05 14 03 52 39 40 29 27 13 41 17 56 40 22 18 28 19 21 09 38 19 27 13 26 14 56 43 24 15 64 36 35 21 24 15 33 27 78 37 33 24 26 20 37 33 65 26 23 20 51 28 36 12 25 17 37 29 81 70 52 42 30 21 37 27 48 24 40 21 47 30 Las vegas Little  los  Louisville c Lubbock Memphis c Miami Beach Midland Odessa Milwaukee c mils St   new  new York  Norfolk,va.,c North  Oklahoma City   Philadelphia c Phoenix Pittsburgh s Portland.  Portland.ore.,   rapid  Reno  Sacramento c St  Salt Lake  san  san  san  san Juan,p.r.,r St Ste    Sioux  Spokane c Syracuse s Tampa St   Tucson  Washington,d.c.,c   Wilmington Del. A Lair a Cloudy a rant Snow a Lising 82 60 40 32 83 60 31 24 72 39 42 27 57 39 76 36 22 18 38 29 35 19 49 31 27 16 36 21 58 28 58 29 38 21 50 30 31 14 87 55 25 05 23 14 54 38 32 18 33 12 57 28 67 40 31 13 56 47 36 29 47 35 65 56 81 58 57 48 84 71 26 20 51 39 52 43 42 19 37 26 21 02 51 31 51 30 89 51 53 38 33 20 53 31 25 06 32 14 european weather forecast for sunday Cloudy with scattered ral showers and isolated thunderstorms. Expect rain Snow and isolated Snow showers at higher elevations of Southern Germany. Winds will to Gusty along coastal areas and at higher elevations. High temperatures 43-48 South 46-52 North lows 30-36 South 36 41 North. Sunset sunday 6 03, Sunrise monday 7 14. Outlook for monday continued Cloudy with scattered ral showers and a Chance of isolated thunderstorms. Expect rain Snow at higher elevations of Southern Germany. Winds will continue to be Gusty but at higher elevations Only. Highs 44-49 South 47-53 North lows 32-38 South 39-43 North. Temperatures recorded saturday Adana p Amsterdam c Athens p Savuno r Benin p Bremerhaven. P Brussels r 4am 4pm 50 68 Copenhagen Fig 43 45 Frankfurt c 55 64 London r 46 50 Madrid c 41 50 Munich p 43 46 Paris r 41 45 Rome c 4am 4pm 39 41 48 provided by Del 13,2nd weather Wing Graben Trarbach. Other worldwide temperatures 4538 4538 3852 4155 5243 52 Cairo. I Dublin Helsinki c Jerusalem f Lisbon r High Low 72 50 Montreal f43 30 Moscow c 32 Oslo r 46 Toronto f50 Vancouver c 3863 61 High low54 0 37 3239 4548 34534 removal of foreign warships from Gulf sought by soviets Baghdad Iraq a the soviet foreign minister saturday called for the removal of All foreign warships from the persian Gulf and said Moscow is ready to withdraw its Fleet to help revive stalled Iran Iraq peace talks. The minister Eduard Shevardnadze said he expressed soviet concern about the continued presence of . And other Western navies in the strategic waterway despite the 6-month-old cease fire in the Iran Iraq conflict. He later left for Tehran on the last Lego a 10-Day, five nation Middle East tour. He said he will hold talks with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini who rarely meets with foreign officials on peace efforts in the Gulf Region. But he did not say whether he would discuss Khomeini s death threate on British novelist Salman Rushdie whose Book the satanic verses is considered by Iran and other moslem nations to be offensive to islam. Clerics in Iran have placed a $5.2 million Bounty on the head of Rushdie who was born a moslem in Bombay India. He now lives in London. Sources in London said Friday tha Britain has asked Shevardnadze to press Iran to renounce its death threat. Source in Britain s foreign office said saturday that Britain had not received reply from the soviets. Iran s reaction to Rushdie s novel was criticized by president Bush and led common Market countries to recall their senior diplomats in Tehran in protest. After two Days of talks with iraqi Lead ers Shevardnadze told a news Confer ence in Baghdad on saturday our views were identical that there is a need for joint efforts by All countries in the Gulf to Clear the general atmosphere and maintain Security in the  he said an International agreement could be reached by All parties using the Gulf with full guarantees from the five permanent members of the . Security Council the soviet Union the unite states Britain China and France. Shevardnadze s Call appeared to be directed primarily at the United states which has reduced its Fleet in the Gulf Region but still has 23 warships there. The soviets have a much smaller naval Force in the waterway. Italy Belgium and the Netherlands which sent naval flotillas into the Gulf in july 1987 to support . Moves to protect shipping have Al withdrawn their ships. France still has s9me mine sweepers inthe Gulf but Britain plans to withdraw the last of its mine sweepers in the next week or two. Iran has repeatedly demanded the withdrawal of foreign navies. Front brings destructive wind along with needed rain to Spain Madrid Spain a powerful wind accompanied a Strong cold front moving eastward saturday Over Spain wreaking havoc with Power lines Damag ing crops delaying air travel and forcing fishing vessels to abandon rough Waters on both the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. High wind at times clocked at up to80 Mph knocked Down Trees and Power lines and stirred up Waves As High As 33feet off the Northwestern coast. The Bright spot in the weather picture however was that the front brought heavy rain to the Northern half of the country. For three months the Region has suffered an almost Complete Lack of precipitation resulting in the worst drought inthe North in 30 years according to the National meteorological Institute. In an afternoon report on Spanish National radio the Institute forecast continuing High wind across the country for sunday More rain across the Northern half and Snow in most mountainous areas. Ousting wind led civil aviation authorities to close airports in the North Western cities of Santiago de composite land Oviedo As Well As in Bilbao and san Sebastian in the North causing airliners to delay numerous flights officials said. Gusts late Friday caused minor dam age to radar at Madrid s Barajas Airport. On saturday High wind clocked at 50mph at Barajas delayed numerous flights said an Airport official who was not identified in keeping with custom. Civil defense officials ordered fishing fleets tied up in harbours along the North Ern coast and Down the Southeastern Mediterranean coast because of heavy seas. In the vegetable growing province of Almeria the wind caused an unspecified amount of damage to Winter crops grown under plastic. In Madrid gusts knocked Down scaffolding at two churches under restoration and toppled numerous Large billboards police said. Loose ornaments from old buildings were turned into dangerous Fly ing objects they said. No injuries were reported however. Because of the wind a Small House fire sparked by a Short circuit developed into a full blown Blaze that charred or heavily damaged 16 houses in the Central town of Navas Del Rey in Valladolid prov Ince a fire official said. Rescuers evacuated All residents with out injury he said. Demons Rafors in South korean cities demand cancellation of Bush s visit supplied by the associated  a partly Cloudy of fair a rain Fig fog. Seoul South Korea a demonstrators on saturday shouted  anti government slogans and threw firebombs at police during protests i several South korean cities. Riot police broke up the rallies often forming a Wall with their Shields. In some cities police used tear Gas and engaged in running clashes with protesters. Police officials said 25,000 riot police were on top Alert in metropolitan Seoul to Block protests against the visit Mon Day of president Bush. Bush and his wife Barbara arrived saturday in Bei Jing for a weekend visit following a Stop Over in Tokyo for emperor Hirohito s funeral. The turnout for saturday s protests property sales Wiesbaden West Germany the defense re utilization and marketing of fice will hold several retail sales and auctions in military communities during the next two weeks. Retail sales will be held thursday  Nair Barracks in Berlin and March 10 at the Friedrichs Feld service Center near Meckenheim. The sales begin at 9 . And end at 11 . Was Small with no More than a few thou Sand people taking  nationwide. The protesters shouted slogans including Bush go Home and Down Withrow Tae woo the nation s largest dissident Alliance issued a statement demanding that Bush cancel his visit which it said was de signed to bolster the government of South korean president Roh Tae woo. Roh marked his first anniversary in of fice saturday. The United states is scheming through Bush s visit to perpetuate the division of the korean Peninsula Stabi Lize the military dictatorship and Heigh ten tensions said the United National democratic movement of Korea. About 500 Radical students gathered a South Gate one of Seoul s ancient City Gates and shouted slogans but police dispersed them and arrested some. Police used tear Gas to break up 200 Stu dents holding a rally near the Seoul rail Way station. About 100 dissidents held a rally in downtown Seoul Church to demand Roh s ouster. In the provincial City of Kwangju riot police blocked a planned rally and Stu dents and Farmers armed with rocks and firebombs fought running Battles with police who fired tear Gas the news Agency Yon Hap said. Dissidents also have called for protest allies monday to oppose the Bush visit. Auctions Are scheduled for thursday at Johnson Barracks in Furth March 7 near the Auto strip Yard in Kaiserslautern an March 10 at the Mainz Kastel storage Sta Tion. Bidder registration begins at 8 .,with All auctions starting at 9 . Kaiserslautern also will continue hold ing its weekly retail Sale each Friday near the Auto strip Yard. The Sale begins at8 30 . And ends at 10 30 . A variety of items will be sold at each location including household goods Mil itary clothing electronic equipment an sporting goods. All sales Are final and Only . Dollars will be accepted. The auctions Are open to the Public but the retail sales Are restricted to . Identification card holders. For additional information Contact the demo at the various locations