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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 news briefs the stars and stripes wednesday september 6,1989 1 Soldier killed v injured when their car hits tree Stuttgart. West Germany is a 2nd corps support come Soldier was killed and another was seriously injured when the car in which they were Riding struck a tree monday night about 45 Miles Northeast of Stuttgart. The Accident occurred at 7 36 . When the Driver lost control of the private vehicle on a curve on Highway 2641 Between Rossfeld and of Nolsheim. Just West of Crai sheim. Said a com Mand spokesman. Master sgt. Harold a. Ort or. The vehicle left the Road and struck the tree. The command is withholding the victims names until relatives have been notified. Mili tary and West German police Are investigating. Sex Liaison officer s rites set today in Stuttgart Stuttgart West Germany is the funeral for George schorm Pyrle a former assist ant . Forces Liaison officer in the state of Adan Wurt Temberg will be held at ii . Today in the cemetery in Stuttgart s pc Urbach District. Schorm Pyrle 70, died saturday while on vacation in of Borstdorf in the bavarian Alps according to the Liaison office. He had suffered two heart attacks during the trip. The lifelong resident of the Stuttgart area worked More than three decades for the .forces until his retirement in 1984. He was awarded several american decorations and the West German government s  Kcruz a Federal distinguished service medal. Scho Emperly is survived by his wife Inge. Army postal facilities in Europe to close sept. 15 rheingau West Germany All army Post Al facilities in West Germany Italy the nether lands and Belgium will be closed sept. 15 for organization Day activities an army postal group spokesman said monday. Army Post offices that normally operate on saturdays Wilt open at the regular time he said. Air Force postal facilities in Europe will not be affected by the army postal organization Day. Plane crash death toll in Cuba rises to 150 Mexico City up1 the death toll from Cuba s worst air disaster Rose monday to at least 150 As the bodies of at least 25 people killed when a cuban jetliner ploughed into their Homes were recovered the official cuban news Agency Prensa Latina said. It said 125 of the 126 people aboard the chartered plane most of them italian tourists were killed in the crash. The sole surviving passenger was reported in serious condition. The chartered cuban jetliner carrying 115 passengers and 11 Crew members to Milan Italy struck Power lines during a thunderstorm Sun Day and careened into the boy Cros neighbor Hood less than a mile from Havana s Jose Marti Airport. Carrier 4 other warships on Way to join 6th Fleet Suez Egypt a the aircraft Carrier America and four accompanying warships entered the Suez canal on tuesday on their Way to join the . 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean a canal source  source identified the ships accompanying the America As the Mobile Bay a guided missile Cruiser the Lawrence a guided missile destroyer the fast combat support ship Seattle and the Joseph he was a frigate. The Battle group had been on duty in the per Sian Gulf. The source said the ships entered the canal at Suez on its Southern end at 7 . Tues Day. Come and rebuild Poland Walesa urges w. Germany Dusseldorf. West Germany a Lech Walesa said tuesday that Solidarity s program of economic reforms in Poland could crumble like a House of cards without Western Aid. The Solidarity Leader made the plea for Aid in a speech during a luncheon with the Board of directors of the powerful German federation of labor unions. Our Solidarity s Victory in Poland is like a House of cards Walesa said. It would crumble if it were not financially  Walesa beginning a five Day visit to West Germany also held talks with Johannes Rau the governor of the Industrial state of nor Rhein West Falcon. The Solidarity chief presented Rau with a list of 16 proposed projects for West German companies in the Baltic port City of Gdansk which is Walesa s Home town and the Birthplace of Solidarity. Neither Rau nor Walesa gave details about the pro posed projects there is a lot of Good business to be made in Poland Walesa told Rau. We Don t want Money pre sents we Are offering you business  he said he was extending an invitation to West Ger mans to come and rebuild  Walesa urged West Germany to make a Quick Deci Sion on financial assistance to Poland. The longer one Waits the More expensive everything  he said West German companies would profit by joining in financing projects in Poland but added i Hope it s not too late. If it s too late that s too bad for  the East bloc which has lifted its Iron curtain can also be attractive to Western investors he said. West Germany has built Good business ties with Eastern Europe. The United states has suggested that Bonn take the Lead in the West s efforts to support East bloc reforms. Chancellor Helmut Kohl s government has prom ised West German Aid for Poland but the two Side shave been unable to agree on How much. The More conservative Wing in Kohl s coalition government also wants to link the Aid to polish promises to improve the condition of ethnic germans in Poland. Walesa is trying to secure Aid to help promote polish reforms under the new government of Solidarity activist Tadusz Mazowiecki who was named last month As the East bloc s first non communist government Leader. Upon arrival at Dusseldorf a Airport earlier tues Day Walesa called for the East and West to overcome economic and political barriers creating a Europe where everyone feels that they Are  5 . Copters join colombian forces medell1n, Colombia a five . Military helicopters arrived tuesday in Colombia to bolster the government s anti drug Security forces after another night of bombings in my Dullin the world s main co Caine producing Center. The . Embassy confirmed the Landing in Bogota of the us in helicopters which Colombia presumably will use in raids on Remote coca Leaf Fields and Clandestine cocaine processing labs. President Bush has Given Colombia $65 million in emergency military Aid for anti narcotics operations. My Dullin police said four bombs exploded monday night in or near the City Home base of the world s most powerful cocaine Cartel injuring two people. Officials blamed drug Barons for an attack in which a Man in a camouflage uniform fired an automatic Rifle at a line of people waiting outside the Medellin Airport terminal killing one Man and wounding 14 people before he was fatally shot by Security forces. Investigators were checking the fingerprints of the assailant in an Effort to identify him. They said his car was towed away in Case it contained a bomb but a search found no explosives. The Caracol radio network said some marijuana was found in the vehicle. Two four engine cd 30 transport planes landed in Bogota sunday and on monday eight a-37 reconnaissance and attack jets formerly stationed at air nation Al guard units in Illinois and Michigan were turned Over to Colombia at a military base in the Caribbean City of Barranquilla. 2 Feen Cage girls missing since july 7 reportedly fascinated by americans stripes pm edition on hold no pm editions will be printed wednesday an thursday because of computer problems. Frankfurt West Germany two teen age girls one West German and one Indian have been missing from their Homes North of Frankfurt since july 7, an their parents believe that americans living in Europe May have information about their whereabouts. The missing girls arc identified As Sabinc Setlur 15, and her neighbor Anja Dammeyer 16, both of Schwalbach on the Taurus the girls Are fascinated by americans said Krish Nan Setlur Sabinc s father. Setlur who works for merchants National Bank in Frankfurt said his daughter and Anja attended the German american festival in Frankfurt in Early july on three separate occasions. After meeting some americans. From this moment on they wanted to be american said Anja s father Werner Dammeyer. The parents also found the names and phone num Bers of american soldiers among personal belongings that the girls left at Home. When contacted the sol Diers denied any knowledge of the teen agers. Sabine and Anja were last seen by their families at 11 . July 7 when they left for school. Five Days later West German police told the parents that Anja and Sabinc had checked into a youth Hostel in Garmisch on the Day they disappeared from the Frankfurt area. While registering at the youth Hostel Sabine listed her Home address As Fayetteville n.c., Laplacc she had visited recently on a family trip police said. On july 8, the girls spoke to the manager of a Mcdonald s near the Hostel concerning Job openings. When he asked for proper identification they said they would bring the required papers to him and then they left Setlur said. They checked out of the Hostel on july 9, leaving some Luggage. When the restaurant manager called to inquire about whether the girls wanted the jobs he spoke to the Sabine Setlur Anja Dammyer Hostel manager who suspecting that the girls were runaways called police. Setlur said the next and final communication from the Girts came july 15 when Sabine called and spoke to her Mother Theresia. As part of the investigation in the Case Frankfurt s resident Agency criminal investigation come sen requests for information about the two girls to their offices across Europe on thursday. As of tuesday they had received nothing investigators said. Information about the ongoing West German police investigation was not available tuesday Anja Dammeyer is described As being 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing 110 pounds. The Brown haired teen Speaks Little English. Sabine Setlur has Black hair and eyes and a Light Brown complexion. She is about 5 feet 5 inches tall weighs 115 pounds and Speaks English  with information about either girl is asked to Call the dam Meyers at German civilian 06196-81518 or the setlers at 06196-83668. Krishnan Setlur can breached at work at Frankfurt civilian 069-78-905332  
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