European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes monday. August 14,1989 news updates no peace Progress Bangkok Thailand a warring cambodian factions have made no Progress at the Paris peace conference on deciding the role of the Khmer Rouge in a future Cambodia the official Vietnam news Agency said in a report seen sunday. Quoting its correspondent in the French capital the Agency said Progress was blocked because a three party resistance coalition lung to its demand that the Khmer Rouge be included from an interim cambodian government. The coalition group which includes the Khmer Rouge and the pro Hanoi government in cambo Dia arc trying to resolve problems in an and hoc committee set up by the month Long conference. Papandreou probe Athens Greece a parliament has begun action to investigate purported kickbacks during the socialist administration of for Mer Premier Andreas Papandreou in procuring 80 . And French Jet fighter planes. It approved formation of a 12-Mcmbcr fact finding commission to determine whether enough evidence exists to justify a full investigation by a parliamentary committee. The probe involves 40 f-l6sand 40 French made Mirage 2000s and 300 missiles. Dog napping suspect Hopkinton . Api a suspect has taken a polygraph test in the Case of the possible politically motivated abduction Ofa councilwoman s dog authorities said. Authorities would not release results of the test or the suspect s name on saturday. Police chief George we Den said Friday these of the polygraph did not signal a pending arrest. Town Council president Sandra Johanson s Golden retriever Kelly a7-year-old female failed to come Home after a Romp on july 31. Johan son said a Man phoned her about 12 hours later and said get off the Council and you la get your Johanson a three term Republican Council member has kept her position. Police have said that stealing a dog is punishable by up to a year in jail and extortion by a maximum of 15 years in jail. Investigators said they think the Call May be genuine because relatively few people knew of the dog s disappearance at the time the Call was made. Eagle scout Stuttgart West Germany member of troop 127 recently was awarded the rank of Eagle scout the highest Honor in boy scouting. Derek p. Paddon 17, earned his award by conducting a traffic and Park ing Survey at Patch Barracks. The surveys being used by Post officials to alleviate traffic congestion and provide More parking spaces for visitors. Padden who recently completed his Junior year at Patch High school most recently served As Junior assistant scout master for his troop. The son of it. Col. David and Dian Padden he is the third member of his family to receive the award following his Brothers Darin and Dean. To earn the Eagle scout award a Boyscout must fulfil requirements in leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes earning at least 21 Merit badges and completing a Community service project mock trial on Ramstein crash criticizes w. German officials by Deedee Arrington Dock and Joseph owe staff writers Ramstein West Germany a mock trial sunday that resembled a Festi Val More than a court proceeding rebuked West German officials for failing to take responsibility for last year s Ramstein air show disaster. In results that echoed the unanimous critical tone of the proceedings participants also assailed what they called the Lack of adequate emergency care at the air show and government disregard for the survivors of those killed. The names of those found guilty by the mock jury will be released within the next few weeks an organizer said. The mock trial was organized by leftist groups including the Green party the German communist party and organizations opposing Low level military flying. Witnesses included the Mother of an air show victim politicians peace and defense experts and a doctor Active inthe anti nuclear movement. The jury was made up of panellists from similar organizations As Well As a local minister and a journalist. The disaster occurred last aug. 28 when an italian air Force stunt Pilot s aircraft collided with two other planes during an Aerial Man Euver at the Fjug tag at Ramstein a. All three planes crashed and one aircraft Cartwheel Dinto a crowd of spectators. Seventy pcs a Ken George Edna Kraut or the Mother of a rom Stern victim Speaks to the crowd sunday. Pie were killed and hundreds were injured in the fiery crash. During the mock trial Girtrud Schil Ling a Federal parliamentary member who represents the greens on parliament s Ramstein investigating com Mittee labelled the official investigation of the crash a farce. It was proposed by the opposition in the Federal parliament Schilling said. The majority turned it into an Alibi building event under the motto we re certainly doing something we arc investigating everything fully and every thing s been quiet since the mock trial held in Ramstein j City Square was preceded sunday by an ecumenical memorial service held in a Grassy area about half a mile outside nearby Ramstein a s West Gate. Karl Lambert a protestant minister from Homburg Saar presided Over the religious ceremony attended by about 125spectators. After the service Edna Krecu tzar the Mother Ofa 23-year-old Man killed in the disaster led Cross carrying demonstrators in a March to Ramstein s Centra marketplace. Is the child of a Normal citizen not the same life As the child Ofa politician she asked after telling the crowd that government officials have failed to re Spond to her lawyer s request for information about the investigation. Before the mock trial began Folk musicians entertained the 300 spectators in Ramstein s Sun drenched main Square with protest songs As vendors hawked Beer ice Cream crepes and Fried children splashed water and played with balloons in a Fountain Polit ical organizations handed out literature espousing various causes opposing Low level military flying and criticizing the turkish government s handling Ofa Pris on hunger strike. Budget chief urges Federal Reserve to loosen its grip on interest rotes Washington up in a sign of White House concern about the econ omy the budget director Richard Dar Man prodded the Federal Reserve Board on sunday to Tower interest rates hoping to sustain growth and fend off threat of recession. Calling for a looser rein on the nation s Money Supply Darman on Abc s meet the press urged the fed to Stop worrying about inflation and be More attentive to the need to avoid tipping this Economy into i think it s quite important that the fed appreciate that growth is indeed fundamental to the health of this Economy and that they not become obsessed with concern about things going Well for too Long Darman said. It was the most Public indication to Date of nervousness within the administration that the tight Money policy Pur sued by fed chairman Alan Greenspan could choke off growth altogether and end a history making economic expansion. Over the past few months. President Bush has repeatedly denied that he was upset with the anti inflation strategy that has guided the Ted s actions on interest rates. Amid talk that the slowing Economy May be heading for worse than the so Landing desired by the fed and despite the record highs being set by the s9�ring Stock Market Darman hinted at discord Over How to keep the Economy on a course that will further Prosperity. I think the fed has had a difficult Job he said. I m fearful that they May have been a Little bit too concerned that things have been going Well and that they May have been a Little bit tight. If we Mohave a recession i think it will be be cause they erred on the Side of caution. Insofar As we Are concerned about recession we should All worry a Little bit about the fed he added. Told that his remarks sounded like an Appeal for lower interest rates Darman who served As Deputy Treasury Secretary in the Reagan administration and has been a key economic adviser to Bush said that would be a at the same time he insisted there is no reason a recession need occur if there s sensible management on the part of ourselves and the Darman emphasized that his message was aimed beyond Greenspan and at other members of the Board of Gover nors and its rate setting Federal open markets committee which will meet later this month. On Friday the second anniversary of Greenspan s chairmanship at the fed the government reported Good news on the economic front in july a continued disappearance of wholesale inflation along with a Rise in retail sales. The inflation report in particular spurred speculation that the fed might further ease its grip on credit a process that began earlier this summer when Greenspan acknowledged that continued High interest rates could bring on a recession. Under Greenspan the fed has tight ened monetary policy and drove Short term interest rates up 3 percentage Points from Early 1988 to this Spring in a bid to bring the Economy in for a soft Landing of moderate growth and inflation. . To return Wampum belts to indians Albany . Not new Yor state has agreed to return 12 Wampum belts some of which have been in the stale museum since 1898, to the Onon Daga nation of indians. These belts Are our archives said Raymond Gonyea a member of the Onondaga nation and a specialist in native american affairs at the museum. That s Why we have been trying to get them Back Irving Powless a chief of the Ononda Gas who represented them in negotiations with the state said the belts were used to record the history of the Iroquois confederacy and were to be present at All meetings fits chiefs they remind us that we Are sitting there As peacemakers for our people an the world he said recently. The belts arc stored in a vault in the basement of the state education depart ment building Here. They have not Beeton display in years because of Indian sensitivity about their ceremonial significance. The state acquired them Between 1898and 1949 from the Onondaga and Pri vate individuals who had purchased them. But the Onondaga have asserted that the state is the custodian of the belts not their state agrees. The Board of re gents said in a statement that the re gents and the state museum became Wampum keepers because they bad the resources to assure preservation of the belts and the regents said that the belts should be returned to the confederacy. The regents set aug. 26 As the last Day of Public comment on the Issue before the belts Are returned to the confederacy said Martin Sullivan director of the state museum. ,
