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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, August 26, 1989

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 26, 1989 the stars and stripes just skating by tis not the season but that Doest Stop washing ton University of St. Longs Law student Barry Blank held of Chicago from getting in shape for Cross country skiing. Decked out with poles and knee pads and wearing rollers on us boots Blankfield scoots past pedestrians in Forest Park in St. Louis. Page 9 Japan s Cabinet Secretary resigns woman gets Post 3 suspects held in Kenya slaying. Nairobi Kenya a police have arrested people in the slaying of George Adamson the British conservationist known As the lion Man of Kcjr Rya the governing party newspaper reported Friday of the Kenya times said police arrested the Brce men inthe Northern Kora National Reserve. It  say when the arrests occurred. Authorities began searching the Are sunday after Adamson and two assistants were shot and killed in an encounter with three jobbers armed wit automatic rifles. Jar police commissioner Philip Fonzo was not immediately available for comments he Richard Leakey the director of wildlife management said he had no Way to confirm or deny the report Adamson 83.  Fame by his efforts along with his wife to to return Lions to the wild. Their achievements were mailed in the film born free and sequel living fyn Leakey said Adamson. Whose body was flown to Nairobi aug. 21, wild be buried with honors at Kora National Reserve to becoming week. Tokyo a a key Cabinet member resigned Friday after apologizing for having an extramarital affair and prime minister Toshiki Kaifu gave the Job to a woman. Mayumi Moriyama. 61, director general of the environment Agency was named to replace Tokuo Yamashita. 69. As chief Cabinet Secretary a highly visible Post that includes speaking on behalf of the govern ment and coordinating Cabinet affairs. She is the first woman Ever to hold the Post. It is the second sex scandal to hit the conservative Liberal democratic party in two months. Sous pc Uno announced his resignation As prime minister injury amid allegations he had an extramarital affair with an sex Geisha. Moriyama s appointment was widely seen As a move contain damage caused by the latest scandal but cysts and party officials expressed doubt  she has enough experience to handle the a rent sight Ion. I a to appointed and i can t really Lel dist it ingoing to but Ifcic she said. Jar but As far any near 40-year  experience is ?.ncver fell any hag maps for being a  a a Yamashita announces resignation Friday morn ing after apologizing for Haj War with a bar hostess who is 43 years younger. The Kaifu administration Hlatt placed cleaning up politics at the head of fans age Nimrid had been entrusted with the hoods of the Copl Sec. But in the end i have decided that i must re sign Yamashita said. It  said a had apologized to his wife amp and that she Hod or Given him. A they Hwe been married for 45 years and hav . A Kali told reporters that he regretted the resignation of a Yamashita. His aide and close Friend but said he wild continue to promote political reforms. Mrs. Moriyama has experience As a housewife Aswell As that of a bureaucrat he said. I would like her to push toward political reforms from the standpoint of the  a former bureaucrat in the labor ministry Moriyama was first elected to the upper House of parliament in 1980. She had never held a Cabinet Post until Kaifu appointed her two weeks ago to head the environment Agency. Her late husband Kinji Moriyama a member of the lower House of parliament was transport minister and director general of the science and technology Agency in past governments. The immediate goal of Kaifu s 2-Wcck-old administration is to Salvage Public support for the government and the Liberal democratic party. But analysts said Yamashita s resignation will severely undermine Kaifu s leadership. The sex scandal. Will be particularly damaging for the Kaifu government said Masaya Ito a promo ment political analyst. The clean and progressive image was said to be the Mayumi Moriyama. Never Felt any handicaps for being a  Only strength for the Kaifu administration which lacks Strong Power base within the  the  has been severely eroded after its cad cars Werc involved in bribery and sex scan dals. The Public to dislikes a new 3 percent sales to passed by the . Kaifu replaced a. Who resigned after Only two months in office foiling his sex scandal and Llu party s worst election Yamashita became the sixth Cabinet member including former prime minist Ste Noboru Takeshita and Uno to resign in disgrace in Lel than a year. Leaders of the opposition can eager to take of cite government from the  for the first time quickly opened the Alaci yellowing Yama Shita s resignation. I am completely speechless said Takako Doi chairwoman of the Japan socialist Park the largest opposition group. "1 wonder what he minks women arc. It is a reflection of a Lack of response buy of the  pcs readies arms list to help Colombia fight drugs Washington a the join chiefs of staff has sent the White House a list of military hardware that president Bush could Send to Colombia if that country seeks such Aid in its War against drugs sources say. The joint chiefs met on thursday to draw up the list which includes uh-1 Huey troop transport helicopters an ammunition and radio equipment said a military source who spoke on conditions anonymity. Top . And colombian official were expected to meet in Washington to discuss now the two nations can Cooper ate in the anti drug Battle. An administration source who also spoke on condition of anonymity stressed that no . Military personnel had been included in the joint chiefs suggestions. This he said was in line with Bush s complaint that talk of such an idea had got out of  colombian president Virgilio Barchas also rejected the idea of seeking the Aid of . Troops. The administration official also said Bush could do other things to help Colombia in its Battle against drug Traffick ers such As offering training to Mem Bers of the colombian military an police forces. But he cautioned we Aren t going to do anything unless the colombians say they want  the military source said the . Heli copters which were widely used in the. Vietnam War and Are being replaced bythe More sophisticated Black Hawk Heli copters must be flown by Colombia pilots since no . Personnel will be involved. No precise numbers were disclosed but the source said the number of Heli copters that could be provided was  the administration source said the list was not a formal recommendation but instead provides the president with laundry list of items that the Pentagon could provide if called upon to do  the official said the Pentagon s suggestions came amid those offered by other agencies such As a $2 million jus Tice department program to help colom Bia protect judges and other official threatened by the drug Cartel. The military source noted that the joint chiefs list is Over and above the Aid provided to Colombia through the foreign military sales program. Under the program the defense department has sold Colombia almost $210 million Worth of military goods and serv ices since 1963, Pentagon officials said thursday. The focus of the sales had been Heli copters ammunition spare parts and support equipment for the choppers. The colombian government has re Quested that the Export import Bank provide a loan guarantee for approximately $200 million and that the proceeds of such Loans be used to finance additional foreign military sales Pur chases for the anti narcotics programs the Pentagon said. Colombia is expected to Purchase additional uh-60 Black Hawks and us i Rucys patrol boats rifles machine guns ammunition vehicles and spare parts As part of this program the Pentagon said. In the 1988 fiscal year a total of 775colombian military personnel were trained under the International military education and training program an additional 898 personnel have receive training this fiscal year the Pentagon said. " i  
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