European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d Pope gets warning on Lebanon visit Page 2 d new attempt planned to solve Earhart mystery Page 5 d it s school time again education news pages 8-9 d Blue jays Dave Stieb 1-hits Brewers Page 21 authorized unofficial publication for the us. Armed forces Good morning vol. 48, no. 133 monday August 28, 1989 pm on a sum d 8693 a colombian official resigns Bogota Colombia a the jus Tice minister resigned sunday because of death threats from drug traffickers local reports said and bombs exploded at seven Bank offices in the cocaine trafficking Center of Medellin. See related stories on pages 4 and 28. News reports also said an appeals court has revoked an arrest order accusing a reputed top drug lord of ordering two assassinations. Monica de Greiff 32, has been Justice minister for a month and a half. She has been subjected to a flood of death threats against her and her children since the government launched an unprecedented crackdown on drug trafficking on aug. 18. A predecessor Rodrigo Lara Bonilla was assassinated by the cocaine cartels in 1984. According to the private National radio network radio Caracol do Greiff told president Virgilio Barco she was re signing before leaving the country Friday for the United states. The network did not identify the source of its information. A spokesman at the presidential pal Ace Carlos Gonzalez said he could Nei ther confirm nor deny the report. We Don t have anything  he said Ina Telephone interview. In Washington . Attorney general Richard Thornburgh said that if do or cult applied for political Asylum in the United states she would be Welcome. Of course she would be welcomed As other refugees from terrorism and the kind of violence that affects Colombia see official on Back Page Ramstein rites held for air show victims s4s Jim de Fleim by Dwedee Arrington 1 Oke  Bureau . West Germany a protestant min ister comforting the crying mourners at a memorial service sunday for inc victims of last year s Ramstein air show disaster urged society to find ways to pre serve peace that do not include the use of deadly Wear  St. Nikolaus Catholic Church in the West Ger Man Community of Ramstein was filled to capacity for the 4 . Service which Drew More than 40 relatives of air show victims italian ambassador Marcel Loguid Safe vice commander la. Gen. Clifford res. And officials from the West German slate of  red candles one for each of the 70 people killed in t he disaster lit up a front altar. Also adorn ing the front of the Large Church were arrangements of White lilies daisies and  disaster occurred on aug. 28. 1988. When three italian stunt planes collided during an Aerial mane Verat the annual Ramstein flu tag. Or air show. One plane piloted by the Fri acc Tri Colori s soloist crashed then car wheeled into a crowd of spectators injuring hundreds and ultimately killing 70 people. Relatives of the three italian pilots were among the mourners who attended the service. Mourning is painful but it is necessary to the heal ing process said the Rev. Hansdieter Heck a protes Tant minister from Ramstein Mic Senbach. Remembering a tragedy will help you to find a place in your memory for this tragedy and it will help you to forget. Mourning makes the heart feel bet Ter some of the people left bereaved ask for the guilty but let s not talk about guilt. Let us ask for More responsibility More safety during air shows. Let us ask for a ban on risky Aerial stunts. Let us remember that planes arc not toys but deadly  Heck went on to say let us try to find other ways to preserve the peace a Way that docs not include deadly weapons and soldiers. Mourn because we Deal see Ramstein on Back Page bhbrvmmiwk4c hot Whf Sims " mourners Comfort each other before the sences at Ramsten s St. Nikolaus Catholic Church on sunday. Italian fliers return to cheers at air show by David Tarrant staff h liter Charleroi Belgium the italian National aeronautic team whose crash one year ago at flu tag 88 killed 70 peo ple resumed its air show performances sunday with 15 minutes of precision stunts that have been overhauled to stress safety. As part of the show the recce Trico Lor Tricolo Rcd arrows performed a portion of the pierced heart stunt that led to the world s worst air show Acci Dent last aug. 28 at Ramstein a West Germany. We Are satisfied to be on the Road again. To be More than satisfied wended time italian air Force it. Col. Gianfranco Daforno a spokesman for the team said before the show. Daforno said the decision to Fly in an air show held a Day before the Ramstein anniversary was just a  we had invitations to Fly All Over Europe including France Switzerland England and Belgium he said. It s not something we chose to do. We were just released to Fly in air shows by the defense minister and this was the first show we could enter after  although the team has not performed at any major Public air shows since the crash it has participated in flyovers at military ceremonies Daforno said. Sunday s show at which f-15s from bit Burg a West Germany also performed was put on by the Charleroi Airport. When the italians turn to perform came sunday evening the group taxied Down the runway in a drizzle. Seconds before Takeoff the Sun broke through the puffy Gray Clouds and the nine planes lifted off. Once in the air. The group per formed at least six stunts including the portion of the pierced heart Man Euver. In the original stunt the team splits into two groups at the top of a High  two groups then descend in opposite directions trailing Tricolo Rcd smoke.,at the Bottom part Ottic heart the nine jets race past one another As the team s soloist cuts through and above the forma Tion piercing the heart like an Arrow. At Ramstein the soloist s plane collided with two other aircraft killing three pilots. The soloist s plane then plunged to the ground near the audience and exploded in an Orange and Black fireball. Sixty seven spectators were killed and 450 people were injured. In sunday s air show the team did not use a soloist who is still being trained. Instead nine aircraft flew Only in a heart formation and at a greater distance from the  main concern is Overall safety. Daforno  the end of sunday s performance the team flew past the waving cheering spectators. In response the pilots six of whom were at Ramstein last year saluted them from their cockpits. The return of the recce Tricolour team comes at the end of a yearlong of continued on Back Page