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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, April 16, 1989

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday april 16,19b9 Taiwan says it May scrap China policy Taipei Taiwan a the govern ment says it May scrap its 40-year vow to reconquer Mainland China if that nation s govern mint recognizes nationalist sovereignly Over Taiwan. Taiwan s Justice minister Hsiao tin Tzang told the legislative Yuan on Fri Day that China must approve a one China two governments formula being promoted by he nationalists to help the eventual reunification of the Mainland and Taiwan. Whether we continue to fight the communist rebels depends on the response from the other Side of the Taiwan traits Hsiao said according to a statement issued by the Assembly on sat urday. Taiwan newspapers in dispatches from Tokyo said chinese Premier i t eng who is visiting Japan rejected the nationalists suggestion on Friday be cause it would require his government to drop its one China policy. The decree calling for the reconquer ing of the Mainland was imposed in 1949, after the nationalists lost a civil War on the Mainland and fled to Taiwan Hsiao s statement was in reply to de mands by Huang he Aisig Hsiung a Mem Ber of he opposition democratic progressive party to abolish the emergency decree Huang said the nationalist govern ment has in fact recognized communist chinese sovereignty Over the people on the Mainland by pursuing a More flexible policy toward China since last year. For the past four decades both the nationalists and communists have maintained that Taiwan is a chinese province and that reunification will come under one Govch Man i. X Syf Inq j with its Tail remind the British concorde leaves Sydney for the next Slop on its world Odyssey Perth Australia patched up concorde resumes tourists trek around the world Sydney Australia up a British airways concorde carrying a group of High priced american tourists resumed its record breaking attempt saturday after engineers replaced part of its Tail Section ripped Offin night wednesday. The supersonic aircraft left. Sydney Airport at 9.50 . And headed for Perth in West Australia. A spokeswoman for British airways said four engineers flown from England on thursday replaced the Tail Section Vand checked out the Structure of the aircraft. The world s fastest commercial air Craft continued its 38,343-mile, three week Odyssey around the world one Day behind schedule the plane is carry ing 100 american passengers including columnist William Buckley or. Each Pas Senger paid $39,000 for the trip. The Pilot of the concorde made a perfect Landing at Sydney pm wednesday after the plane lost pan of its rudder shortly after leaving Chris Church new zealand. The passengers reported feeling a bang when the plane reached 40,000feet and a Speed of ,500 Mph nearly twice the Speed of sound. Chief Pilot David Ncncy said there Wasno indication what caused the vibration. "1 did t know what had happened until i was told by Sydney Tower we had lost part of the Tail 7 Leney said. After inspecting the Jane British air ways ordered a new Tail and four Engi neers be flown to Australia. 7 of 13 people slain during rites of drug running cult Ore identified Matamoros Mexico a seven of 13 Muti lated victims of a drug smuggling cull have been identified some by relatives who travelled hundreds of Miles to Matamoros on the awful Chance that their loved one was there. . Charges were filed Friday against eight suspects in the killings including the Man and woman alleged to be the sect s masterminds. Four men in custody in Matamoros will be charged under mexican la monday said Jose Picdad Silva Arroyo. Mexico s Federal supervisor for narcotics investigations in Matamoros. Silya Arroyo said the charges would include murder drug offences kidnapping and weapons Possession. More than 60 people have visited Al Rosario funeral Home searching Lor missing relatives. From All Over the country families Hac been com ing Here. They re still coming said Hector Olvra Garcia a funeral Home worker. At another Matamoros funeral Home Maria Del Rosario Rivas Diaz of Monterrey Mexico identified the mutilated body of her son Ernesto. The.23-year-old had been missing since feb. 1.4. After her visit to funerals Gayosso Rivas Diaz said she identified her son s body mainly by a Cross that was tattooed on his hand and by a Missig front Loath. Ernesto s wife is three months pregnant said the Mother who carried a picture of the couple at their november wedding. Twelve bodies were end met tuesday and a f 3thvas found thursday Ai the Santa Elena ranch 20 Miles West of this Border City after the four suspects confessed. The suspects said m people were killed. Police said most of Lite cult s victims died either from blows dealt with a Machete or a Hammer. Some suffered horrible mutilations including the removal of brains hearts and other organs that were boiled wit blood in what suspects have described As sacrificial rites of a cull seeking magical Protection for their drug smuggling. Authorities said the gang smuggled a ton of marijuana weekly into the United Stales. The four suspects i custody the two alleged masterminds and two newly identified suspects were charged by the . Govern ment Friday with conspiracy drug smuggling and pos session. Officials said . Charges of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution were filed against Adolfo do Jesus Constanzo 26, nicknamed the godfather and Sara Maria Aldrete 24, the  the two arc believed to be at Large in the United slates. Also Al Large Are Olvidio Hernandez Rivera 26, and Alvaro de Leon in his Early 20s. Front her Home in Miami constant s Mother told a Dallas television station Friday night that she is frightened and confused in the Wake of the slam is. But Delia Del Valle said through an interpreter that she does t believe her son will Call her because he would t want Law enforcement officials to hound her. I can t believe it. He s my son she said. "1 raised him. I held him in my arms. He s always been beside me he s not the kind of son to  the body of Mark Kilroy a 21-Jear-old University of Texas student was returned to the United Stales on thursday officials said. His family returned 10 their Hometown. Santa be n.m.,  a funeral mass was planned for saturday the other identified victims Werc Jose Luis Garcia Luna 14, of Matamoros Valinte Del Fierro Gonzalez. 35. Of Matamoros Victor Saucida Galvan 22, of mat Aniros Ruben Vela Garea 30, of la pcs a Mexico Gilberto Garza Sosa 37, of Matamoros and Rivas Diaz world today deposed chinese official Dies of heart attack at 73 Beijing a he Yanbang the former head of China s communist party died sat urday after a. Heart attack the official Xinhua news Agency said. He was 7 3, was swept from Power in a. 1987 purge despite frequent rumours that he would make a comeback with the help of his former Mentor Deng Xiaoping he has been the forgotten Manof chinese politics since his ouster. He was last seen in Public at the annual session of the chinese parliament which concluded Panl 4. He became head of the 47 million member communist party in 1980. Together with Deng and then. Pc Micro Zhao Ziyang he was instrumental in initiating the Market style reforms that have brought Prosperity to millions chinese. Hungary urged to review show trial of sex Leader Hungary a a government has called for a review of the Budapest advisory body has show trial of former Premier Imrch Nagy who was executed in 1958, the stale news Agency Mai , a Antic of the soviet Union was ousted and arrested in 1956 after soviet soldiers and tanks crushed a revolt that demanded red army forces leave Hungary. He was executed on charges of conspiracy and creating a secret organization aimed at forcibly seizing Power and overthrowing the hungarian people s  the move to reassess Nagy s and other Slatin is show trials of the 1950s is widely seen As the first step toward Nagy s rehabilitation which is being demanded by Independent political groups m Hungary  
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