European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 updates the stars and stripes Friday september 1,1989 talks on Cambodia Beijing us l China blamed Vic Nam on thursday for the failure to make Progress at the Paris Confer ence on peace in Cambodia saying Vietnam and the Vietnam backed cambodian government showed a Lack of  but chinese foreign ministry spokesman i  old report ers that China would continue to work for a comprehensive just and reasonable settlement of the dec Ade old conflict. The International conference de signed to Avert a civil War in cambo Dia after Vic Nam withdraws its troops from the country in late sep tember ended wednesday. Cholera hits refugees Hong Kong up ten suspected cases of cholera have been found in a temporary Camp for vietnamese boat people officials said thursday. The 10 boat people most of them children were taken to Ahong Kong Hospital. Doctors on wednesday confirmed at least three people from the Tai a Chau Island Camp had the disease. A is up for Sale Washington a Feder Al regulators arc Selling five of the largest failed savings and loan institutions under their control. David c. Cooke. Director of the Resolution Trust corp., said wednesday that the five will be the first major institutions re turned to private  arc the Bright Bane Sav Ings association in Dallas with $4 billion in assets the san Antonio savings association san Antonio with assets of $2.5 billion the Baltimore Federal financial Balti More with $1.6 billion in assets the Broadview Federal savings Bank Independence Ohio with $1.6 billion in assets and the so Kic Federal savings and loan association Skokie iii., with assets of $961 million. Hong Kong talks Hong Kong up a senior . Congressional aide wednesday called for an International forum to discuss ways of protecting human rights in Hong Kong after the British Colony is returned to chinese control in1997. Peter Friedman said his Boss. Rep. John Porter Roll would introduce a Bill in the . House of representatives next month Call ing for Britain to initiate a Confer ence to bring International Atten Tion to Hong Kong and to set up an International safety net to give the Colony s 5.7 million peo ple a Chance to emigrate to West Ern nations. Moldavian language made official Tongue in Republic Moscow a moldavian leaders thursday declared their name Tongue the official language of the Republic but agreed to allow the use of russian in some circumstances a Compromise aimed at appeasing russian speaking minorities. The moldavian supreme soviet meet ing in the Republic s capital. Kishinev approved he language Law overwhelmingly a  and a reporter for the Republic s official news Agency said. The initial proposal to make Moldavi an the official language caused wide spread strikes and protests by ethnic russians and other russian speaking ethnic groups in the Southern Republic bordering Romania. The Choice of language is an important Issue for Many of the diverse soviet ethnic groups. Many have believed the were forced to adopt russian even though their native tongues arc vastly different and represent a distinct cultural heritage. Vasily Nestasi a member of a pro moldavian nationalist group known As 17 cars impounded at Mac terminal lot rhe1n-main a West Germany seventeen cars left on the former Long term parking lot near the military Airlift coma passenger terminal were impounded wednesday by base authorities a base spokesman said. The lot was closed to parking aug. I. Trapping about 650 cars. Owners had until wednesday to remove the cars or have them impounded which requires a payment of $35 to claim them. In addition to the 17 cars impounded another 17 were identified As abandoned some dating to 1986, the spokes Man said. It had been impossible to identify the abandoned cars earlier because of the Many cars on the lot he said. The people s front called the move a first Victory for ethnic moldavian. The Bill was approved 321-11. Said a reporter for item. Moldavia s official news Agency. As the official language. Moldavian is to be used for government documents and meetings and Commerce. The same legislation also contained provision to placate russian speakers a declaration that russian is the language of inter ethnic relations of the Peoples of the .s.r," apparently sanctioning the use of russian in communications among different ethnic groups. The original draft of the legislation still pending said moldavian must reused for everyday life within the Republic angering the russian speakers. A Compromise proposed wednesday by Moldavia s communist party chief semen Grossu at the urging of presi Dent Mikhail s. Gorbachev said moldavian would be the language of officials and documents but russian would be the everyday Tongue for Contact among All ethnic groups within the re Public. Also thursday the moldavian supreme soviet approved legislation re storing the latin alphabet to the Mold Avian language. The cyrillic alphabet like that used in russian was imposed by dictator Josef Stalin after he annexed Moldavia from neighbouring to mania in 1940. Stalin imposed cyrillic to Back his claim that romanians and moldavian arc two distinct nationalities. Many ethnic minorities in the re Public do not speak russian and have staged rallies and strikes to express their objections to the proposed Lan Guage changes. No slave said the strikes which have involved As Many As 200 businesses and industries were continuing thursday. Moldavia has had no language Law. Russian traditionally has been the Tongue for government affairs and is commonly used in Commerce which up sets native moldavian. Several Hundred russian speakers took to the streets of Kishinev thursday and held red flags to underscore their concerns As the supreme soviet met Nastase said. Officials deny Honecker cancer reports Berlin a communist officials acknowledged thursday that 77-year-Oldeast German Leader Erich Honecker was recovering very slowly from a Gall bladder operation but denied report that he May have cancer. The mass circulation West German newspaper Bild however said Honecker was struggling with  a Day earlier Western news Media re ported that Hon Cockcr s Gall bladder opera Tion two weeks ago had to be abandoned because of the condition of the tissue and there was speculation that he May have cancer. West German Security sources con firmed wednesday that Honecker s opera Tion had to be abandoned because of com plications. But cast German officials speaking on condition of anonymity said thursday that such assertions As cancer were totally  they conceded however that Honeck or s recovery was proceeding very  Bild in its thursday editions said Hon Ecker is struggling with death. He is apparently incurably sick with  the newspaper which did not identify its sources also said Honecker is lying in an East Berlin Hospital bed receives heavy doses of pain killing medication and is hardly aware of his  fire kills 6 family members in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh a a fast in tense fire killed six members of a family wednesday including two children whose bodies were found Only 5 feet from the front door authorities said. The 2 i Story House was engulfed in flames when firefighters responded to a 1 15 . Alarm battalion chief Frank Henry said. The fire spread to an adjacent House and two behind it causing an estimated $100,000 damage in the Northside neighbourhood fire department officials said. Relatives identified the victims a Wilbert Crowell 47 his wife Theresa 27 her three children Tina Sharpe 10, Hope Lawrence 5, and to Lawrence 4 and the husband s Mother Sylvia Thompson 72. A neighbor came up and said she heard people inside screaming but there was nothing she could do police it. Richard Dwyer said. When i got out of my car about 100 feel away i could feel the heat he said. There was no Way anybody could get near the  acting fire chief Robert Kolenda said if was not immediately known Bow the fire began or in what part of the House. Kolenda said he saw no sign that the House was equipped with smoke Detec tors. The two youngest children were found on the first floor near the door the Man and a woman were at the top of the stairs the 10-year-old was on the Stair Well to the third floor and the other woman was in a second floor bedroom Kolenda said. Exp jailed in England for bad debts escapes Raf Lakenheath England is a former Security policeman serving a 15-month sentence for bad debts is on the Loose after bowing out of the base Chapel and into a getaway car. Airman Basic Jarrin a. Doc cry escaped shortly before sunday s 7 . Protestant service by slipping out an exit after telling his escort he had to use the restroom base spokesman master sgt. Lee Hincher said. Hincher said Doc cry was last seen leaving the Chapel parking lot in a White car. Doc cry was one of seven prisoners at the Lakenheath confinement facility the Only one of its Type in Britain. Under air Force regulations detainees normally Are allowed to attend Chapel services and use other facilities on the base but Only with an escort. At a May court martial Doc cry was found guilty of running up debts and writing bad checks totalling $23,000. The 21 year old Dockery a Security policeman at Raf Ben Waters before hit trial was considered a minimum Security prisoner. He was due to be transferred to the 3320th correctional rehabilitation so at Lowry fab colo., to serve the remainder of his sentence a 3rd air Force spokesman said. Hincher said Law enforcement Agen cies including air Force police the Fri British immigration officials and the local police Are on the Lookout for the escaped airman. Teacher Dies after Long Battle with cancer Brun sum Netherlands a mat teacher at Allied forces Central High school died wednesday after a yearlong struggle with cancer Lillian Wisniewski Gage 44, taught Alge Bra and calculus at the school for the past 15 years and had been with the military s Over seas school system since 1970. She began her career at Subic Bay in the Philippines. At the High school she established a advanced placement calculus program that enabled students to receive Colleg credit for work completed there. The Ohio native is survived by he husband Paul who also leaches at the High school and two daughters Shannon and Melissa. A memorial service is planned for 7 . Monday in the accent Chapel in Russum. In lieu of Flowers donations in Gage s name can be made to a scholarship fund for seniors who Excel in math and education. Contributions May be sent to the lil Lian Gage memorial scholarship fund accent school attention Tom car Ter Apo 09011