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 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication . Arms Foa Cei Good morning vol.48,no. 133 monday August 28, 198? 2s by and sunday d 8693 a Medellin Bank offices bombed Bogota Colombia a seven Bank offices were bombed sunday in the Industrial City or Medellin a cocaine trafficking Center but police said they were Uncertain whether the attacks were by the drug Barons or leftist guerrillas. Also sunday Bogota newspapers car ried unconfirmed but persistent reports that the 32-year-old Justice minister Monica do Orient who has been threat ened by drug traffickers would resign. She left on Friday for Washington and the daily Al esp chador said she May stay in the United Stales tar an extended per Iod. The bomb blasts occurred Between i . And 2 . At seven branches of the National Banco cafe Taro owned jointly by the state and Coffee exporters a police spokesman in Medellin said. He said damages were estimated at 40 million pesos or about $ 100,000. Bombs found at tour other branches of he same Bank were deactivated. Police declined to say whether they suspected drug traffickers who recently dec Jared War on the government or a leftist guerrilla group the National liberation army which has attacked the Bank s offices in the past. My Dullin 215 Miles North of Bogota is the base for the world s biggest cocaine trafficking Cartel which last week declared absolute and total War on the government judges journalists and industrialists. The government launched an unprecedented crackdown on the reputed drug Barons after the assassinations of a mag Istrate a National police colonel and a popular presidential candidate during a48-hour period ending aug. 18. Hundreds of luxurious Homes office see Medellin on Back Page Ramsden rides held for a a show Vic ii,2 mourners Comfort each other before the services at Ramstein set. Nikolaus Catholic Church on sunday. By Deedee Arrington 1 Kalser Alalem Burcia i Ramstein. West Germany a protestant min ister comforting the crying mourners at a memorial service sunday for the victims if last year s rams Cin air show disaster urged society to find ways to pre serve peace that do not inc fac the use of deadly weapons of the St. Nikolaus Catholic Church in the West Ger Man Community of Lamstein was tilled to capacity for the 4 . Scr Vic which Drew More than 40 relatives of air show victims. Italian ambassador Marcello Guidi Safe vice commander it. Gen. Cliffor Drics and officials from the West German state of re Cilano Pfalz. Seventy red candles one for each of the 70 people sued in the disaster lit up a front altar. Also adorn ing the front of the Large Church were arrangements of., lilies daisies and carnations. Is the disaster occurred on aug. 28, 1988, when three italian stunt planes collided during an Aerial Man Euver at the annual Ramstein Fjug 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 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 italian fliers return to cheers at air show b David Tarran stuff writer Charleroi Belgium the italian National aeronautic team whose crash one year ago at flu tag 88 killed 70 a pie resumed its air Snow performance sunday with is minutes of provision stunts that have been overhauled to stress safety. J As part of the show the of Cocce Trico Lor. Tricolo Rcd arrows a portion of the stunt that led to the world s worst air show Acci Dent last aug. 28 at Ramstein a West Germany. We arc satisfied to be on the Road again. To be More than satisfied wended time. Italian air Force it. Col. Gianfranco a porno a spokesman for in said before the show. Fomo said the decision to Fly in an f fit show held a Day before the rams Cin anniversary was just a coincidence 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 airshows 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-l5s 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. Second 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 Loop. The two groups then descend in opposite directions trailing Tricolo Rcd smoke. At the Bottom part of the 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 exploded in an Orange and Black Ball. Sixty seven spectators were kills and 450 people were injured. In sunday s air show the team did not use a soloist who is still being , new aircraft flew Only in a heart formation and at a greater distance from the audience. Tour main conc can is Overall safety Daforno said. At the end of sunday s performance the team flew past the waving cheering spectators. In response new pilots six of whom were at Ramsten Jast year saluted them from their cockpits. The return of the Fri acc Tricolour team comes at the end of a yearlong of see air show on Back Page
