European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 05, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday september 5,1989 Carter stages talks seeking to end conflict Atlanta a former president Carter should act As a Neutral observer arc careful not to term the ethiopian Eri provide humanitarian Aid. The so Vii Carter in the Mode of his Camp David for the preliminary talks which the Par Tran conflict a civil War which pow Union recently has directed less att i Triumph is staging talks this week be Lic pants say they Hope will Lead to More Ell said implies support for the govern lion to Ethiopia. A a. To my it ital Amfin ominae in put c View of the it nipple a it conflict a div Nyrl n h Tomlin the Torff Phi a former president Carter in the Mode of his Camp David Triumph is Stagin talks this be tween the ethiopian government and eritrean rebels on the 28-year-old War that has killed hundreds of thousands. Ten years ago Carter brokered the amp David peace agreement Between Israel and Egypt. The sessions beginning thursday have a More modest goal get Ting the two sides to sit Down together. In the history of political affairs the most significant single step is the first meeting Carter said last month in announcing the talks. Previous attempts have failed to arrange talks Between the ethiopian government and the Well organized heavily armed rebels fighting for Independence for their province. But Carter during a july visit to the East african nation said the Opportunity for peace has never been better. The War has turned More than 1 Mil lion people into refugees. It has drained the ethiopian Economy contributed tothe suffering from famine and drought and led the government to bring in soviet and cuban military Aid. The two sides now have agreed that news updates request denied Honolulu a . Officials have turned Down Imelda mar cos request to Bury her husband atthe National memorial cemetery of the Pacific Here she said. Mrs. Marcos said she made the request when former philippine president Ferdinand Marcos was very critically ill in june and was not expected to live. He remains in critical condition at St. Francis . Marcos told the Honolulu advertiser that she sought burial in the National cemetery because her husband fought alongside americans during world War Viand because philippine president Corazon Aquino has said Marcos will not be allowed to return to the Philippines dead or alive. Philippine attack Manila Philippines a communist rebels ambushed army engineers killing 13 soldiers and critically wounding one officer inthe latest major guerrilla attack the military said monday. A philippine army report said the ambush by about 150 new people s army guerrillas took place sunday in rebel stronghold Quezon province 100 mites South East of Manila. Rebels set. Fire to two dump trucks and a Road grader before fleeing with the victims weapons the report said. Sri Lanka violence Colombo sri Lanka a the military said sinhalese Mili Tants killed seven soldiers in the South a Day after officials and wit Nesses reported 62 people died i violence inspired by the radicals anti government Campaign. Six sinhalese soldiers were killed when militants detonated explosives in Kambury Nitiya Village in Matar District about 85 Miles South of co Lombo said military officials who cannot be identified under briefing rules. Four soldiers were injured in the attack they said. In a separate attack in Malabe Colombo suburb one Soldier died and four others were injured when radicals opened fire on a military patrol the officials said. Of tic Pant substantive meetings. Neither ethiopian Leader Mengistu Haile Mariam nor Isaias aft Cirki Gener Al Secretary of the eritrean people s liberation front will attend the meetings atthe Carter Center. The Center opened in 1986, houses the Carter presidential Library and museum As Well As a think tank a conference Center and offices of foundations devoted to peace and Public health. Carter Center officials will not Dis close the size of the negotiating teams where the groups will stay or Security plans. The meetings will be closed and no one knows How Long they will last. Dayle e. Powell the Carter Center director of conflict Resolution programs said that extensive efforts have Bee made to ensure the negotiators feet comfortable during their stay. Not just their physical Comfort but the feeling of neutrality she said. We Are making every Effort to provide for them a congenial environment in every  for example Carter Center personnel arc not to thetra Ell tent s vie of the struggle As a conflict within a single state. Eritrean guerrillas which share some marxist principles with the ethiopian government believe their province at the Northern tip of Ethiopia with 3.5 million people should be an Independent nation. An ancient ethiopian kingdom Eri trea has been ruled by the ottoman turks the italians and finally the Brit ish during world War ii before becom ing part of a federation with Ethiopia after the War fighting broke out Between Ethiopia and Eritrea in 1961, and Ethiopia annexed Eritrea in 1962. Eritrea has Long been coveted territory because its location on the red sea gives Ethiopia its Only ports. Mengistu came to Power after the1974 ouster of emperor Hail Selassie who had ruled since 1930. With the change in Power came an increase in the soviet presence in Ethiopia and the withdrawal during the Carter administration of . Military Aid and advisers. The United states has continued to provid. The soviet Union recent s direct less Atten Tion t Ethiopia. A second rebel group the Tigre peo ple s liberation front took up arms 14 years ago in a fight for increased autonomy in its province which Borders Eri trea. It also has made overtures for peace and accepted Carter As an observer but that conflict will not be a part of this week s talks. The talks Mark the second time this year Carter has been at the Center of an major International event last Spring reserved As an observer in Panama s elec Tion s and then briefed president Bush on the voting which he said was Rife with fraud. Carter plans to play a background Rolein the ethiopian talks. He and his Center will serve mainly As a vehicle for bring ing the opposing sides together Accord ing to Powell. Some of the principles of the 1979camp David talks can be applied Here Powell said. What worked at Cam David was that the parties met on Neutral ground she said. Neither Side had the upper hand and a third party was present with a sincere interest in resold  car crash that killed 6 students not discovered for 18-20 hours Wrightstown wis. A this shocked town of 1,000 has begun mourn ing six High school students killed in weekend car crash that went undiscovered for 18 to 20 hours. At St. Paul roman Catholic Church were in the mood to  in a school of 300 High school kids everybody knows them principal Jack Lewis said. He said school would resume tuesday with a team of Counselor standing by. The five boys and a girl were killed when their borrowed car veered from a gravel Road and plunged Down an embankment into a shallow Creek. Brown county sheriff Leon pics Check said in Green Bay. The Accident site in the town of hol land was strewn with More than a dozen Beer bottles and the 17-year-old Driver disbelieved to have attended a Beer party before the crash Pieschek said. Autopsies and blood alcohol tests were being conducted he said. He said the Accident probably occurred Between 10 . And Midnight Friday but was not discovered until 6 . Saturday. The victims were Jamie ,17, the Driver Stacie Summers 15 Chad Bung on 15 Eugene Carter 17 and his younger Brothers scan 16, and Corey 14. Lewis called them typical teen age kids for this  the sheriff said three people were arrested Friday night at a Beer party on private property in Greenleaf a few Miles East of Holland and it was believed that at least one of the victims Borchardt attended. Officers raided the party about mid was at the party then pics Check said. Some teen agers who gathered outside the Church after mass said they knew the Vic Tims from school and heard they had been atthe party. They All took off before it got raided 14-year-old Melanie Buechle said. The sheriff said one of the victims families filed a missing child report sat urday while the other victims families conducted their own searches without re porting to his department. The crash was discovered by a 14-year-old walking near the  a Snail Creek urow Loum Ancon res Leo Anua Zigni i u Vutci Umi us m Biu Unaa  Leo pics Chc Sai i Gree Bay. Privat year of. Envoy to Bonn says reunification of 2 Germany is not ruled out Bonn. West Germany a . Walters also said the West should help. Walters also said the 300toqo., i i i it _. A.  k74 urn no Marine i wite in pit Artru urn Illel nm9tn aft Mil West Germany a .ambassador Vernon a. Walters said the possible reunification of the two German nations sometime in the future cannot be excluded a West German radio station reported sunday. The Cologne based  quoted Walters As saying in an interview that the existence of two German states is not Normal pointing out the huge wave of East germans currently fleeing their Reform resistant communist Homeland to West Germany. Walter out Reform minded East bloc countries but at the same time exercise caution according to the radio. He said credits for reforming East bloc nations should be connected to specific projects so the Money is not wasted the radio reported. The ambassador said that because of West Germany s Good connections to Eastern Europe it should take a leading Rote in Western support for East bloc reforms the radio reported. Walter ,.troops in Europe would remain As Long As nato feels they Are needed and the Alliance must also still rely on nuclear weapons in Western Europe As a deter rent against War the radio said. But he said that if West German wanted . Troops to leave tie United states would take them out according tothe radio. If you say leave then Well leave deutschland Funk quoted Walters As say ing. 4 die 1 Hurt in truck ambulance collision Colchester Conn. Api a pick up truck collided head on with an ambulance carrying a dialysis patient and burst into flames killing four people and critically injuring one police said sunday. Among those killed in the crash lat saturday was Everett Smith 70, who was being taken Back to the Liberty Hall convalescent Hospital in Colchester where he lives from a Hospital where he undergoes kidney dialysis treatment three times a week. Also killed were the ambulance Driver William r. Lawton 18, of Killingworth and Carol g. Gillooly 30, of Middle Field who was an attendant in the ambulance said sgt. Scott o Mara a state police spokesman. The Driver of the pickup truck Jona than collard 23, was also killed o Mara said. His address was not known. A second ambulance attendant Jose  jr., 20, of Haddam was listed in critical condition in the intensive care unit of St. Francis Hospital and medical cent Erin Hartford a Hospital spokeswoman said. O Mara said a preliminary investigation suggested that collard s pickup truck crossed the Center line of route 16and collided head on with the ambulance owned by Hunter s ambulance of Middletown. The medical examiner s office said tests were being done to determine i there were any drugs or alcohol in col lard s system at the Lime of the crash