European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes sunday August 20,1989 Anys fail to resolve refugee crisis by the los Angeles times Bonn. West Germany East an West Germany failed to reach agreement Friday on solving the crisis Over the crush of East germans seeking to Settle in the West a senior Bonn official said. Unfortunately it has to be said that East Germany is not prepared to go beyond its original Promise Rudolf sell ers chief of statto West German Chan cellar Helmut Kohl told reporters after he met for two hours in East Berlin with East Germany s Deputy foreign minister Herbert Krolikowski. East Germany has pledged not to prosecute its citizens who have taken Refuge in Bonn s Mission in East Berlin and in West German embassies in Hungary Poland and Czechoslovakia. But it has refused demands for a guarantee that it will allow refugee who voluntarily return to East Germany to go to the West at a later Date. Prior to the meeting. Kohl said he was willing to meet East German communist Leader Erich Honecker in an attempt to resolve the crisis. If it was urgently necessary to make personal Contact i would do so immediately if it appeared useful Kohl said Ina television interview. He added that he had no plans to visit East Berlin where More than 100 East germans Are sheltered in the West Ger Man Mission. They had entered the Mission in ques of passports or other documents that would allow them to travel to the because such documents Are not enough to gain passage through East German Border controls the Mission is not issuing them. The East German petitioners have remained in the Mission building which has been closed to the Public and officials there arc under orders not to expel them while West German authorities try to negotiate exit visas for them. An estimated 1.5 million East Ger mans would emigrate if the communist regime would let them leave officials Here say but Only about 90,000 will be allowed to emigrate officially this year. Meanwhile in Budapest Hungary where about 180 East germans wanting to travel to the West have taken Refuge inthe West German embassy Charity workers set up 12 tents to accommodate about 250 additional visa seekers who were waiting outside the building. A Field Kitchen and Mobile sanitary facilities also were put into operation. Many East germans on vacation i Hungary have sought visas at the West German embassy or have tried to Cross the Border illegally into Austria. An estimated 1,000 East German shave evaded hungarian Border controls in the past two weeks and made their Way to West Germany through Austria. The Bonn government announced that because of the heavy influx of East Ger mans the main Camp for refugees at gris Serwas full and an unused army Camp near Man Star would be prepared to handle new Comers who automatically receive West German passports and welfare benefits. Roans Shell Cyprus Lebanon passenger ferry Beirut la won Jap the Only passenger ves Sel that serves Thech Stian heartland came under syr Ian fire at the Christi i sport of Rounich Friday an fled Back to its Home port Cyprus police said. Police said three people Wert tue and 21 wounded in artillery duels Between Gen. Michel Aoun s 20,000 predominantly Christian troop Sand the More than 40,000 syrian and . The incidents came during a fragile Lull in term fight ing after a tuesday Appeal for a cease fire by the i Security Council. In Baghdad the iraqi capital iraqi president sad dam Hussein King Hussein of Jordan and Palestine liberation organization chairman Yasser Arafat planned to meet monday to discuss renewing Arab efforts to bring peace to Lebanon. A police spokesman said syrian gunners fired about120 rockets from Multi Arreld launchers at the hydrofoil Santa Maria in Rounich \2 h Miles North of Beirut. Police said seven passengers waiting to Board the ship were wounded during the shelling. In the cypriot port of Warnaca a spokesman for the ship s agents said the vessel s Crew was unable to unload the baggage of the 120 passengers who went to Lebanon., the heavy shelling meant the boat had to immediately said spokesman Tony Mansour i for the past three months the Santa Majonas been the Only passenger vessel connecting Jar 310-Squarc-Milc beleaguered Christian of Bei rut with the outside world. In Ray slower passenger ferry operators decided it Laffoo dangerous to continue sailing to Jounier. A by police count Hes month old confrontation be tween Christian Ano moslem forces has killed 778 peo ple and woundett2,092. All but 150.000 of Beirut s 1.5million residents have fled the bomb ravaged City. round of fighting broke out on March 8aftcrsoun blockaded illegal ports set up South of Bei news Brief coed out Black workers a on by s. African Johannesburg South a Kcal Fappo lice opt cd tire Friday on blot employees out Side a pie factory where Ift had been Locke put by management. At vast 15 workers were injured police and unit officials said. Police and arrest Eden anti apartheid activist and banned Cape to own rally called for sunday by outlawed meanwhile,1 winning Arch ten cd Fri edly Maki Iburg s intonation _ in nations. In Tutu son of Nobel prize Desmond Tutu was sen s months in prison for Alleg bomb threat at Johannes Airport. Tutu 32\ition act by was Acomb in his said he would portly after theltus Airport Trevor inference and told arrest As pan of a advertising Agency. In another development a Mohammed Vall Moosa. An official of the Bannon United demo cratic front and a Leader of a new Campaign to defy apartheid restrictions was rested at his Johannesburg office and held the a As Security police searched his flies. Convicted of violating Alscy telling police there. He had pleaded inno-1 the conviction. 31 incident at Jan to convened a newser he deliberately it icily stunt for his rut by Syria s militia allies in an abortive bid to restore state authority. Syria and its allies retaliated by besieging the Chris Tian enclave whereabouts 1 million people had lived. Iraqi officials said the meeting in Baghdad was called to revive faltering Arab mediation to end the fighting and find a settlement to Lebanon s 14-year-Oldcivil War. Iraq Syria s main Arab rival has been arming Aoun s forces to thwart syrian ambitions in Lebanon. I syrians say Lebanon is vital to their Security -1lpng considered it a part of greater a Bis supported Aoun s demand thayjrsyrianswithdrav4lie 40,000 troops they Bowrin Lebanon under a 1976 Arab league peacekeeping mandate Aoun says the syrians have betrayed that Manta fighting alongside the moslem. Arafat has been feuding with hafe Assad since 1983 Over control Durne palestinian cause. Jordan which Syria two years ago aftera lengthy rift Sal or Wilh Iraq in the Arab cooperation Cou " Meiji Antte French envoy Alain Decaux held talks " Aoun in the general s Bunker under the Shell battered presidential Palace in suburban Baarda cast of Beirut. Decaux who arrived in Lebanon thursday refuse to talk to reporters about his Mission. Peasants party would probably have fours five ministers and the democrats would have two or trn those figures Are roughly equal with what the to parties would have received in the communist led government Kiszczak was unable to form. The Choice of Mazowiecki whose name was expected to be sent formally to the Seim by Jaruzelski wednesday was proposed to Jaruzelski thursday by Walesa peasants party chairman roman Malinowski and democratic chairman Jerzy Jozwiak. The nominee made a round of ceremonial and Polit ical Calls Friday afternoon after leaving Jaruzelski s presidential Palace meeting with Cardinal Jozcfa Glemp Solidarity s Germeck Rural Solidarity chair Man Jozcfa Slisz Malinowski and Jozwiak. Mazowiecki founder and editor from 1958 to 1981 of a Liberal Catholic monthly is widely respected in Catholic circles and has kept in close touch with Pope John Paul ii since the Pope was archbishop of Krakow. Mazowiecki was a non communist member of the Sejm from 1961 to 1972, and has been an adviser to Walesa since the August 1980 negotiations that led to Solidarity s formation. For most of last week Walesa allowed the impression to form that he would personally Lead the new Vern mint. But on wednesday night when the Soli / caucus debated approving Walesa s plan for the Neww Malilion government several legislators warned that Asme minister Walesa could find himself hav ing to act a Wurst strikes led by Solidarity. Immediately after the vote Walesa made Clear that he wished to bring the new Goi non Cut into being but not be its Leader. I want to help but Trehal shall withdraw Walesa said in a West German Clev Wpm interview thursday night. I remain one of the main the same interview he also reassured Moscow that Poland cannot forget where it is situated to whom it has obligations. You know we Are in the Wai saw pact. That cannot be prison from Page 1 refused three orders from prison superintendent Jim Brittain to open fire on the helicopter. From the time the helicopter came into View fro the Point of touchdown to Takeoff was 10 to 15 seconds Brittain said. My recollection was that As the inmates were diving headfirst into the helicopter it was lifting off the Pilot was found bound and gagged about 35 Miles North of the medium Security state prison an the helicopter was found nearby after authorities received an Anonymous Telephone said the women were believed to be wives of the escaped inmates even though one of the women gave the name of a former Deputy sheriff who bad been fired for fraternizing with two escaped inmates were cellmate. The women and the escapees apparently transferred to a rented Van and eluded set up roadblocks on highways leading from the prison and the Colorado National guard provided helicopters for the inmates were identified As Freddie Gonzales 21, who was serving a four year sentence for robbery and Ralph Brown 21, who was sentenced for sexual assault theft and criminal impersonation in a bad Check charge. Gonzales would have been eligible for parole in sep tember 1991. While Brown s parole eligibility Date was october 1996.one of the woman who rented the helicopter identified herself As Julie Quinn a former Arapahoe count Deputy fired for fraternization but from descriptions Given by the Pilot authorities now believe the Hijack ing was earned out by Pat Gonzales and Rebecca Brown wives of the two inmates. The women apparently had planned to Hijack a helicopter earlier in the week but their plans had to be delayed for several Days due to bad weather Mcdonough said. The women rented the helicopter from helicopter airways in Denver saying they wanted to take some photos of real estate near the prison said Walte Kautzky director of the state corrections department. Once near the prison one woman pulled a gun an ordered the Pilot to land Kautzky said. The Arkansas Valley correctional facility in Crowley county i about 50 Miles East of Pueblo on the Plains of South Eastern Colorado. After the escape the helicopter flew North and the Pilot was forced to land near a farmhouse and the rental truck. The Pilot Tim Graves was taken to the farmhouse where lie was bound and gagged. Graves later was taken to the Lincoln county jail i Hugo for Security reasons authorities said. He was being interviewed by police. The incident was the latest in a rash of helicopter prison escapes and attempts. In april,.a helicopter crashed after its Tail Rotor snagged on a Fence at the Federal metropolitan correctional Center in Miami the Pilot and the prisoner survived
