European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 07, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday May 1989 Panama vote called  contest from Page 1 a has said he will fire Noriega if the general won t retire although Noriega has installed and deposed presidents at will since he took control of the armed forces in 1983. Endara is running for the five year term under the Banner of the democratic opposition Alliance a three party coalition. About 1.2 million of Panama s 2.2 million residents Are registered to vote. Polls arc open from 7 . To 5 . The  has promised results within4 hours after polls close. In the last election held in 1984. Nic Olas Cardilo Barlotta was narrowly elected Over Arnulfo Arias Madrid amid cries of fraud. Noriega had Marlella resign and installed Eric Delvalle As president in 1985. When Del Vallec tried to fire Noriega in february 1988 after the general was indicted in the United states on drug trafficking charges. Noriega engineered Del Vallec s ouster and installed Manuel split Palma As acting president. The United states still recognizes Del Vallec As presi Dent although he now lives in Miami. . Attempts to get Noriega to step Down after the drug indictments through chronology of plunge in relations Panama City Panama a differences Between the United states and Panama Over Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega Hare plunged relations to their lowest Point since 1964, when the coun tries temporarily broke relations follow ing anti american riots. Here is a chronology of key events in the recent slide june 1987 col Roberto Diaz Herrera the retiring commander of the defense forces accuses Noriega of drug related activities of rigging the 1984 elec Tion in favor of government candidates and of murdering or. Hugo Spadafora a former vice minister of health who had accused Noriega of drag trafficking. Feb. 4, 1988 a Federal grand jury in Miami indicts Noriega on drug running charges. A grand jury in Tampa returns similar indictments. Feb. 25, 1988 president Eric Dflvalle who was put in place by no Riega announces he has fired the strongman. Eight hours later the National Assembly meets ousts Delvalle and names Manuel Solis Palma As min ister in charge of the presidency a tile he still retains. The United Stales re fuses to recognize Solis Palma. March 16, 1988 a coup organized by defense forces officers against Noriega fails. April 9,1988 the United states announces economic sanctions that pro Hibit american companies and the government from making payments to the panamanian government. The United states tries to negotiate the departure of Noriega without Success. Aug. 21,1988 the United states releases a list of More than 240 incidents of alleged harassment of american Mili tary personnel by panamanian authorities so far during the year. Sept 13,1988 the us. Defense department reduces the Toor of duty for soldiers stationed in Panama to Tower the number of dependents in the country. April 9, 1989 economic sanctions Are renewed for one year on the beasts that the United states considers Panama a threat to american Security. April and May 1989 the United slates accuses Panama of planning to Rig a Victory in the May 7 presiden tial elections. Negotiations and economic sanctions have failed. Relations Between the two countries have become their coldest since 1964, when diplomatic relations were briefly broken after anti american  government has warned that panamanian sovereignty is threatened if Endara wins sunday. Noriega denies the drug charges and says they Are a . Ploy to dump him in favor of someone who Wilf carry out America s will. Pro government supporters of Duque have charged that the United states is spending millions of dollars for the opposition Campaign citing that As proof the United states and the opposition arc conspiring to derail the Panama canal treaty. Duluc has said he wants to improve relations with the United states. Abductors Sef i0-Day deadline Sidon. Lebanon up the Cap tors of a West German Relief worker have set a 10-Day deadline for authorities in Cyprus and West Germany to meet their demands a palestinian source said saturday. The hostage Markus Quint was abducted late thursday along with two other West germans in the Southern port of Sidon. No group has claimed responsibility for his abduction. The other two West germans a nurse and a doctor were released unharmed Friday with a message from the kidnappers that the life of the German hostage was in danger unless their demands were met. All three Are members of the Relief Agency Samc human Las. The palestinian source said the deadline started saturday. The source said the captors were de manding that a prisoner in Cyprus he released and that West Germany give a Light sentence to Mohammed Ali Ham Adi. Who is on trial in Frankfurt for a 1985 hijacking. The prisoner was not identified and a foreign ministry spokesman in Nic Osia said the government had not been asked to release any detainees. A number of arabs and a pro pales Tinian briton arc jailed in Cyprus on charges of carrying out anti israeli terrorism. Hamadi is accused of participating in the 1985 hijacking of a Twa Airliner to Beirut and the murder of . Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem. A prosecutor said last week that he would seek a life term for Hamadi in the trial. Llama i s brother Abdul Hadi. Is a senior official in the pro iranian shiite extremist group Hezbollah and report edly was behind the 1987 abduction of two West germans. They were freed after syrian and iranian mediation. Bui the Leader of Sidon s sunni Mili Tia. Mustapha Saad. Said. Abdul Hadi Hamadi has nothing to do with this  palestinian and lebanese officials continued their contacts saturday for the third Day in the Effort to locate Quint the source said. Moslem militiamen and palestinian guerrillas were also searching for the hostage witnesses said. Before the West German s abduction. 15 foreigners including nine americans were believed held hostage by extremists Loyal to Iran. Markus Quint news briefs White House Dodges queries on North Pardon Washington a president Bush s spokesman has turned away questions about a possible Pardon for Oliver North following the former White House aide s convictions on three charges in the Iran Contra affair. North was acquitted on nine other charges. Sec related Story picture on pane 7. The Iran Contra scandal involved secret arms sales to Iran and the diversion of profits to nicaraguan rebels known As contras. Bush spokesman Marlin Fitzwater respond ing to questions on the subject of a Pardon said he asked the president about it thursday. He said. I Haven t discussed it with any body " the White House press Secretary said. Britain expels 3 envoys Over s. African arms plot London a officials on Friday told three South african diplomats to leave Britain because of their country s reputed role in a plot to sell arms to Northern Ireland extremists in Exchange for British made missile  foreign office spokesman said the three who were requested to withdraw Are first Secretary for information Jan . Castelyn Counselor Jonathan Youric and staff sgt. Mark Brun nor who works for the defense attache s office. Storms from Page 1 West of Charlotte according to the stale emergency management office in Raleigh. A fourth victim died saturday morning in Charlotte memorial Hospital of fice coordinator Jack Hughes said. Tornadoes left two dead in Spartanburg county s.c., and destroyed property in Georgia and a House in West Louisville by. In Culpeper county va., 3-year-old Sabrina Lewis and 6-month-old Carla Frances Lewis drowned Friday night after their Mother was sucked out of their car and into a tree when she tried to open a door on a flooded Bridge. The car was washed downstream with the Chil Dren inside. Storms flooded parts of Northern Louisiana with As much As 11 inches of rain thursday night. Two men were found drowned near their cars and divers searched a flooded drainage canal saturday morning for a 9-Ycar-old boy who reportedly fell in while playing. The storms also lashed Texas and Oklahoma on thurs Day night and Early Friday leaving eight dead mainly because of drowning. The first tornadoes hit Spartanburg county Friday. Clyde Hipp 66, was killed when a Chimney fell on him after a twister touched Down about 6 20 . Deputy Coroner Richard say said. A woman died when storm winds picked up her Mobile Home Seay said. Mark Krucza a spokesman for the county sheriffs department said the body of an unidentified infant also was found. Missiles from Page 1 made it Clear that Bush told Kohl the . Posture has not changed that there should be a parity of conventional nato Warsaw pact forces in Europe before the Start of any negotiations on reducing Short Range missiles. There is no change in our position said fit water. We still believe Early negotiations with the soviet Union on reducing Short Range nuclear weapons would be a  Fitzwater said the United states would like to re solve the problem before the nato Summit meeting starts May 29 in Brussels Belgium but if we can to it s not the end of the world. We will go on to discuss it at the  it does not appear that the basis of an agreement is there he added. Fitzwater told reporters that the United states is still very wary of soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev proposals designed to induce the Western world to consider the soviet Union no longer a threat. He also said the United Stales is still waiting for the West German government to respond to a specific document laying out the nato position on the Short Range missiles. The document was developed at a 1986 meeting of foreign ministers