European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Will the real Oprah please stand up Page 6 authorized unofficial publication Fox the . Ormeo forces vol.48,no. 135 wednesday August 30, 1989 258 daily and sum d 8693 a Bush urges 3.6% Federal raise Kennebunkport Maine a president Bush on monday recommended to Congress a 3.6 Percy no pay raise for Federal employees formalizing an agreement worked out last Spring. The raise agreed upon by congressional leaders and the administration would take effect in january 1990. The House armed services commit tee and the Senate armed services com Mittee had previously approved a 3.6 percent pay hike for service members. A letter containing the formal recommendation on the Federal raise fro Bush to House speaker Tom Foley was released by the travelling White mouse accompanying Bush on his vacation in Kennebunkport. Bush wrote that the government s pay advisory commission had concluded that a pay raise of 28.6 percent would be 1-911 is stunt with current provisions requiring Federal government pay to be comparable with private sector pay. However Bush noted that he has the Power to alter the comparability rules in the Case of National emergency or eco nomic conditions affecting the general welfare. He said that a 28.6 percent raise would be unacceptable because of and verse budgetary and economic  initially Bush had proposed a 2 per cent Federal pay increase in his 1990 budget request. In addition hush has previously recommended pay increases of up to 25 per a Cal for some top level Federal executives although legislation pending in the House would freeze the executives pay and that of judges. We feel there is a better alternative to the House proposal. White House spokesman Steve Hart said monday in reference to the president s pay increase proposals for senior executives an judges. Talks to end War urged by father of 3 drug lords Bogota Colombia a the father of three reputed drug lords called for negotiations with the government to end drug related violence while seven bombs apparently set by drug traffickers exploded Early tuesday. There were no injuries in the bombings of six stale liquor stores in my Dullin and a travel Agency in Bogota police said but the bombs caused $ 100,000 in dam age. The bomb in Bogota blew up about 300 feel from a military  were no claims of responsibility. Police blamed drug traffickers for tuesday s bombings As they did Sun Day when nine Banks in Medellin were bombed. Fabio Ochoa rest Rcpt father of reputed my Dullin Cartel Bosses Jorge Luis Juan David and Fabio Ochoa Vasquez. Wrote a letter to president Virgilio Barco asking that he Stop the bloodshed in our poor and dear  Barco has refused All Calls for negotiations with tray  rest Rcpt said drug traffickers arc willing to negotiate for peace but similar initiatives must be made by the government leftist guerrillas and Para military groups. Leftist groups often attack drug traffickers Exten Sive property holdings inside  rest Rcpt said a dialogue with the govern ment was a condition for peace and he asked the government for forgiveness of the traffickers but did not  rest Rcpt s three sons arc among 12 people wanted by the United states on charges linked to themed Colin Cartel which enforcement agents believe is responsible for 80 percent of the cocaine distributed inthe United states. Barco who began the unprecedented War on traffickers after the assassination of a leading presidential contender on aug. 18, has refused All Calls for negotiations with traffickers. A Bogota City councilwoman tuesday said the government can win the War on drugs but must first get rid of police and government officials tied to the drug traffickers. The government has to take very definite action. To purify it of those people who arc in Alliance with the criminals that the government and society Are hop ing to take to Justice said Clara Lopez Obregon whose name has appeared on a death list by the drug lords. Colombia cannot continue living in this blood Bath she told lbs this morning from Bogota. . Ambassador Thomas Mcnamara met privately see War on Back Page time to re tile a car plummeting from in elevated Road tuesday made u mess of a tiled Roar in Algeciras Spain. The ear Shal ivring Racket made by the 6 30 . Crush rudely Uhrik a cd neighbors Hul no one of injured in the Accident. Tanker trying to break blockade of Beirut set on fire by shells Beirut Lebanon a syrian gunners tuesday shelled a Tanker carrying fuel for Lebanon s besieged christians setting it on lire and killing seven crewmen police reported. Two lebanese crewmen were wounded and rescued by coast guard vessels. Two others were missing and feared dead. The seven victims including lebanese Captain Johannes Garabidian were washed ashore on the coastal strip held by the christians several hours after the maltese Flag Tanker was hit police reported. The incident touched off a fierce five hour artillery Battle Between the syrians and the Christian forces of Gen. Michel Aoun in and around divided Beirut. Police said three people were killed and 16 wounded in the barrage which dwindled to intermittent mortar and machine gun exchanges by 8 30 . That raised the casualty toll since fighting erupted March 8 to at least 795 people killed and 2,263 wounded. Police said Only two lebanese among 11 crewmen aboard were rescued. One of the survivors said the Tanker was attacked with missiles by a syrian gun boat enforcing the 5-Monlh-old blockade off the Christian held coast during the night. But a police spokesman who cannot be named under standing regulations said the ship was shelled see Tanker on Back Page Rise and pages 14-15