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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday August 28,1989 news briefs Walesa puts deadline on polish improvements Warsaw Poland a Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa told a visiting West German offi Cial on sunday that Poland s economic and political reforms will collapse if society sees no economic improvements within the next six months to a year. Walesa made the remarks during a meeting with Norbert Bilm the visiting West German minister of labor and social affairs during a meeting be fore mass at St. Brygida s Church near the inde pendent Trade Union s Headquarters in Gdansk. Western governments in recent months have expressed sympathy for the historic transformation from communism to democracy under Way in Poland but most have yet to pledge significant economic support for the country s devastated Economy. Voyager photos show apparent ice volcanoes Pasadena Calif. A voyager 2 s close up photos of Neptune s Moon Triton reveal what looks like Active ice volcanoes that erupt explosively spewing nitrogen ice particles and Gas nearly 20 Miles High a scientist said sunday. "1 believe they arc Active or erupted at least within the past 100 years said . Geological Survey geologist Larry Soderblom a member of the voyager photographic imaging team at Nasa s Jet propulsion Laboratory. There s 10 or 20 or 30  is a crazy idea. It s probably wrong but it s the Best we have at the current time to explain the pockmarked terrain he added. Soderblom compared the new Type of ice vol canoes with Fulfur spewing volcanoes on Jupi Ter s Moon to. But said the volcanoes on Triton arc produced when underground liquid nitrogen rises to the surface where it s got to explode and will Shower ice particles and  based on dark coloured plume shaped depos its that stretch up to 50 Miles from the Volca noes Soderblom estimated the eruptions eject debris at scores of mile per hour perhaps faster sending it 12 to 19 Miles skyward. Soderblom said he believes the volcanoes either Are currently Active or erupted within the past Century because they arc located on Triton s huge South Polar ice Cap. Majority wants . Troops to fight traffickers poll finds new York Dpi most people in the United states believe Washington should Send troops to fight and arrest drug traffickers in Colombia and other countries that Export drugs a poll published on Sun Day said. The poll of 600 adults by Newsweek Magazine also pending a person s Driver s License if they were convicted of drug abuse. The poll conducted aug. 24 and aug. 25, comes As the colombian government stepped up its Battle against cocaine traffickers detaining an estimated 12,000 suspects in an All out War against the drug Trade. The Newsweek poll found that 53 percent of those Ramstein from Page 1 lightly with deadly machinery mourn because we place our Trust in weapons alone and mourn because we have no Trust in the wishes for peace of other a  the Only politician to speak was cart Ludwig wag Ner the minister president of Rheinland Pfalz. One year after the Ramstein disaster the Shock has not worn off. We want to remember and show the bereaved they arc not alone Wagner said. Families of disaster victims seated in the Church s front Row wept frequently during the hour Long service. After the service the Mother of one victim reflected on whether the victims would be remembered after the disaster s one year anniversary and said what docs it matter it will not bring my son Back Suh Irani ill Higinio Kir temm Coop Ibula 10 this Ancu surveyed believe the United states should Send troops to fight the drug Trade in countries that have been exporting drugs. Thirty four percent of those surveyed said they oppose sending troops to help fight drug traffickers in foreign countries while 13 percent had no opinion on the matter. Despite the support for foreign intervention Many of those surveyed said they feared retaliation from drug traffickers. Sixty four percent of those surveyed said they believed drug traffickers would retaliate against . Nationals if the suspects were handed Over to the United states for prosecution and punishment. Drug traffickers have traditionally feared extradition to the United states where judges and prosecutors Are less susceptible to intimidation. Sis.  air planes in the Frecci trl Colora Streak toward each other sunday in a modified version of the stunt that led to the air show disaster at Ramstein last August. The italian team is performing in Charleroi Belgium. Italian fliers return to cheers at show continued from Page 1 fort to rebuild a group that lost four members in crashes in 1988, including the three at Ramstein. The fourth Pilot who was due to assume command of the group was killed dec. 12 in a crash near the team s Home base in Rivolto in northeastern Italy. The team resumed acrobatic training in april but now operates under much tighter safety restrictions Daforno said. The team performs about 1,400 feet away from the audience almost twice the distance As before. All the angles timing and distances Between the aircraft have been reviewed by italian military and political authorities Daforno said. On sunday the italian team attracted Many fans from throughout Europe including five from the Netherlands. We read in the newspaper that they would be Here. So we decided we must come said Jose win nukes of utrecht Netherlands. Win nukes said she was at Ramstein standing about 100 feet from where the Accident occurred. I have seen them Many times she said. I am glad they arc  her Friend Kucs do Jongco said it s a Miracle they Are still flying after All of this. Their performances arc excellent. But de Jongco also acknowledged that the people who lost family members or friends at Ramstein would find it hard to accept that the team would Fly on the Day before the anniversary. Daforno acknowledged that the world will Likely always associate the team with the Accident. We cannot forget what happened he said but you have to overcome that and try to do your Job. Official from Page 1 have always been he said on the lbs news program face the  the bomb blasts occurred Between 1 . And 2 . At seven branches of the National Banco cafe Cro a Bank owned by the government and Coffee exporters a police spokesman in Medellin said in a Telephone interview. He said the bombs did $100,000 in damage but caused no injuries. Bombs were found at four other branches of the same Bank but were de fused said the spokesman who demanded anonymity. He said two men were arrested in a car near one of the blast Sites and were being questioned by detectives. Police said they were Uncertain whether the bombings were carried out by drug traffickers or leftist guerrillas of the National liberation army which has at tacked the Bank s offices in the past. Last week the drug cartels declared War on the government after it began a crackdown in response to the assassinations of a magistrate a police colonel and a leading presidential candidate Dur ing a 48-hour period ending aug. 18. Medellin 215 Miles North of Bogota is the base for the world s largest cocaine trafficking Cartel that is believed to be responsible for 80 percent of the cocaine smuggled into the United states. The traffickers threatened to target the government judges journalists and industrialists because of the crackdown. During its offensive the colombian army has confiscated hundreds of luxurious Homes office buildings and shops believed to belong to traffickers in Addi Tion to aircraft cars and trucks yachts and other goods. Authorities said the raids will continue but so far the Cartel Bosses have eluded Security forces. Al Timpo reported sunday that a court has struck Down an arrest order for reputed Medellin Cartel Boss Pablo Escobar that accused him of ordering the massacre of peasants at two ranches by right Wing death squads. Judge Maria Helena Diaz who investigated the killings signed the arrest order in 1988 and refused to reverse it was assassinated on aug. I. A three judge panel upheld her Deci Sion in november. But Al Timpo said the panel reversed its ruling aug. 15, deciding there was insufficient evidence against Escobar who is suspected of forming a trafficking organization in the mid-1970s and has allegedly terrorized the judicial system with assassinations and threats Accord ing to police. The panel s new decision was not re ported at the time and it was not Possi ble to confirm the report with judicial officials sunday. The newspaper also said the reversal will be examined by the attorney Gener Al s office at an unspecified later Date  
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