European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Pages the stars and stripes saturday april 22.1989 first of 95 funerals held for fans killed at stadium Liverpool England a a 1 9-year-old who lost his life after he Cave up a stadium scat to be near friends was remembered Friday in the first of 95 funerals for soccer fans who fied in list weekend s sports disaster. More than 500 friends and relatives lied into Christ Church in the water on area of the City for the funeral of Jary Church a Carpenter. He was Bur cd Ai a local Cem Ciery. Inside his coffin was a Small card Nade by his 6-year-old Niece Claire. It cad Uncle Gary i loved Church had a ticket for a scat in Sheffield s Hills Borough stadium bul ave it up to stand with friends in the cheaper standing room Section where9a people were crushed or trampled last saturday when late arriving fans fans and police have been trading Jucus nations Over who was responsible for the tragedy. Police have said drunkenness by Liverpool fans played a pan. Bul offi cers have been criticized for opening a Gate that allowed the Laic arrivals to pour into the match Between Liverpool und Nottingham Forest police said they had no Choice but to open the Gate to relieve a dangerous crush outside. At Church s service the Rev. Ray a Hutchinson alluded to the controversy Hutchi Sori Lod the congregation which included Liverpool soccer play ers. That the message of caring and wanting to share your Burden of grief has been sadly marred by insensitive distasteful and very badly timed re Marks which have been reported com ing from various quarters 1 but Here the message is loud and Clear and All the. Stronger As Pur City again has. To show its resilience to yet More pain and suffering he said a report in the daily express newspaper on wednesday appeared to support the police. It said that three of. The victims died in inc crush outside inc stadium and that three others. Were seriously hurl oui Side. Police Aid they could not immediately comment on inc report. The Dail express store unidentified police it was the first report of anyone dying outside the standing room Section. The tragedy has prompted an outpouring of assistance former Heath Paul Mccartney and other. Liverpool born pop stars Are rerecording a popular Ballad Terry across the to raise Money for the hanging on for dear life when the crowd surged into Sheffield soccer stadium last sat urday Dib but Rou fledge left and Lisa Riding. Were pinned against a Francc hat runs alone hi1 Pliny incl ii old. In he moments they spent with their faces Tammik Bili cd akan he Gritt Vork both thou lit they would die. Fortuna Tely the crush based and Hilp came in time to save the 19-Yeur-. Old a British women. Injured and the families of the dead. The song performed in l 64 by he Liverpool band Gerry and the pacemakers is about the Northwest port and the River Mersey that flows through it the band s Lead Singer. Gerry Marsden is rerecording the song at a London studio with Mccartney the christians a four Man band and 1 toll. Johnson Lead Singer of the Punk bund Frankic goes to Hollywood. The record will be released May 2, and proceeds will go 10 inc official fund for injured victims and relatives. The Union of. European football associations Europe s lop soccer authority announced Friday that it would donate$120,000 to help families of victims Iron says big american spies9 seized Cia operation exposed Nicosia Cyprus a Iran said Friday it has cracked Sci ral us. Espionage rings and vowed to punish the big american spies to were plotting to overthrow in government of Jato Utah Ruhollah Khomeini parliament speaker Hashemi Raf Samani announced during a weekly Pra or session at Tehran University that a number of the spies have been arrested in rent weeks according to Iran s official islamic Republic news a genl a monitored , he claimed the pm ire Cia operation in the Middle East. Raf Sariram said the amen cans should have realized that. This country is no place for coups " he said some were iranian Navy new Noel who trans muted intelligence on iranian Navai deployments to Theu h. Navy when they were fighting us in the persian he Laid the iranian ship ran Ajr which was attacked and boarded by . Forces in the Gulf on sept 21 ia87, As 11 was la ing mines was betrayed by Tiwe Vury Raf Sanjam said the arrests included Bie american spies who were now being interrogated. He did not say How Many people were rounded up because the amen cans should not know How Many have be entrapped there Are too Many " but he stressed Ihal the Nuvy officers who had allege do spied for the Ameri cans Are fortunately suit he claimed he americans have announced these people have been executed because they arc not aware of their a Sfanjani did not name the Navy men. Hut dissident iranian source s reported recently that three senior Navy officers were executed in Early april for plotting to overthrow the a pal rur Nunt. They were Idem if cd As adm. Kianoosh Haft it com Mander of naval communications and joint operations with the air Force adm. Ghahre Tinari Malci Zadeh naval representative at the chief of stall s office and adm. Far had Suhi commander of tin airborne units. The sources said that about 20 other pro we can. Navy officers had been arrested on charges of spying the iranian news Agency said the thousands of shiite Imp Lem worshippers around the Campus in downtown Tehran chanted american spies must Beene cud a Sfanjani lord thai cell s decree will be earned out and thai the alleged spies would be punished. He did not elaborate. Bul iranian authorities have executed hundreds of political dissidents and alleged drug smugglers in recent months. World today Japan considers building War missile report says Tokyo a Japan Mav develop its own surface to air missile in a $7.5 billion project news report said thursday. U would be the first anti aircraft missile thai Japan would develop with its own technology lie leading economic newspaper Nihon said. The report come As Tokyo and Washington remain mired in disagreement Over a proposal to jointly develop a new fighter Jet. An official in the finance ministry s budget Bureau confirmed thai $30 million was ear marked in the budget far fiscal 1989 to cover study expenses for the missile. The official refused to elaborate. The missile would replace the Patriot which Washington in 1985 allowed Japan to produce under License. Twenty six of the japanese built systems would be deployed Over the next 10. Years. Soviets defuse 2 bombs found in Moscow subway Moscow a two homemade bombs one with a timing device were found in Moscow subway station and defused a foreign ministry spokesman said Friday. Gennady i Ger Asimov said the first device was found in a bag spotted by passengers in a subway car at the station about 9 . The bag seemed to belong to no one and contained a plastic bag wrapped in a newspaper he said. Kab officers and subway Security personnel found a pipe bomb in the bag Gerasimov said. The device was attached to an electric alarm clock and wired with batteries he said. A similar device without a clock was discovered $0 minutes later at the a Dunkli metro Sta Tion the spokesman said. Both episodes appear to be Crast mov said the Kab has begun an i Vestiga Mexico officials begin talks on foreign debt Mexico c1tv us l Mesic in official shave begun formal talks with commercial Banks to renegotiate the country s $ 10-1 billion foreign debt the finance ministry Lias announced. The ministry said a mexican team began the renegotiation m new York with he committee of foreign Banks a group of creditors. The mexican negotiating icam which b headed by Deputy finance minister for International affairs Jose Angel Gurria consists of senior finance ministry officials the statement said. Mexican Oft Ciais arc holding talks with the representatives of half a dozen leading p . Banks that comprise the creditors negotiating committee the statement said. American express official arrested on drug charges Paris a tic former president of american express carte prance replaced in his Post earlier this month has been arrested and charged with drug related offences the company continued Friday. Hector Cullar so has taken a leave of absence pending completion of the police investigation said Gerard Dijoux public1 affairs director for american express travel related services in France. Alphat link when All the facts arc known a decision will be Matle about his role in the com Pany Dijoux said. Cuellar an american of colombian origin was detained for questioning april 13 at Charles f Caulle Airport following the october drug smuggling arrest of a Man with alleged ties to Cuellar the Trench news Agency a once France or Csc reported thursday
