European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday. September 10,1989 soviet Maverick Yeltsin flies to . Moscow up Boris Yeltsin a member of the soviet parliament and the communist party Maverick who staged a political comeback after his ouster As Moscow party Boss flew sat urday to the United states for a visit and lecture tour. Yeltsin originally planned to remain in the United states from sept. 9-23, but shortened the trip to eight Days to return to Moscow for an important party meet ing. During his first . Trip sponsored by a san Francisco based soviet Ameri can Exchange program Yeltsin is to lec Ture on the boundaries of soviet democracy and is expected to study the . Congressional system. News briefs Yeltsin s first Stop was new York and his initial schedule called for lectures in nine cities new York Baltimore Washington Chicago Philadelphia. Minneapolis. Indianapolis Dallas and Miami. His revamped schedule has not been announced nor has the Date for the vital meeting in Moscow of the communist party s Central committee. The . Visit by Yeltsin who is also writing his autobiography is a further indication of How open soviet politics has become under Gorbachev s parcs troika reforms. In november 1987, Yeltsin was fired As the communist party Boss of Moscow for criticizing Gorbachev at a Central com mite plenum when he said Reform were proceeding too slowly because conservatives were blocking changes. He was booted out of the politburo where he had been an alternate or non voting member and was left in charge of a minor government ministry. But in a remarkable comeback Yeltsin whose popularity came in part after he objected to privileges held by party officials ran for the new supreme soviet and polled the most votes of any candidate in Moscow getting about 6 million votes. Although he is a member of the Radi Cal bloc in the legislature. Yeltsin has been shunted to a minor committee Job As the head of the panel on architecture and construction. Yeltsin has said openly that he is seek ing a More challenging position in the legislature but he has also vowed he will not be driven from the political stage. The outspoken Yeltsin recently criticized Gorbachev for taking his wife Raisa on fact finding trips within the soviet Union and Gorbachev did not take his wife on his most recent trip to Leningrad. Yeltsin also mocked the powerful go during a parliamentary debate say ing that in the 10 years he was a party Boss in Siberia the Kab never caught a single spy but had an army of informers to find out what was happening in the workplace. 6 killed when gendarmes take chopper on Joy ride Bordeaux France a a group of Gen Darmes on a nighttime Joy ride with three female companions saturday crashed their police Heli copter into the Atlantic Ocean killing All six people aboard said an officer for the Force. The ecu Cuil helicopter and its Crew had been posted on temporary duty at the Small Seaside town of Mimi an Plage for the summer vacation season. Its Mission was Beach surveillance and medical evacuation. However an officer at regional gendarme Headquarters in Bordeaux told French radio that the helicopter s Pilot had taken the aircraft for a Joy ride with a flight Engineer a doctor in the gendarmes and three women. The Craft which was not equipped for night flight crashed into the Ocean 50 Miles Southwest of Bordeaux killing All six aboard officials said. Fatal air crash passengers were on free lottery trip Copenhagen Denmark a most of the 55 people who died when a charter plan crashed in the North sea were lottery winners taking a free trip to West Germany the company that sponsored the contest said. Forty ships and a helicopter saturday searched the Waters off Denmark s West coast for bodies from Friday s crash Denmark s Public radio  twin engine cv-580 con Vair Turboprop plane was travelling from Oslo Norway to Ham Burg West Germany when it went Down 18 Miles North of the danish fishing port of Hirts Hals. The cause of the crash was not known. Rescue officials previously had identified the aircraft As a con Vair 440, but company officials said it was a cv-580.All 50 passengers employees of the Wilhelm sen lines shipping company of Oslo and the Crew of five were presumed dead. Three women passengers carried British passports but were Liv ing in Norway the company said. Britain to free iranian convicted in car bombing London a Britain said saturday twill free an iranian convicted on bombing charges in 1982. Iran has indicated it would like to Exchange the iranian for a jailed briton. The foreign office said it will release Kou Rosh Fouladi a former Doorman at the iranian embassy who was convicted after a car bombing attempt and sentenced to 10 years in jail. Authorities said two of Fouladi s accomplices were killed in the explosion in West London. In August Iran s Deputy foreign minister Mahmoud Vaezi linked Fouladi s Case with that of Roger Cooper a briton who has been imprisoned in Iran without trial since 198s on suspicion of spying. However foreign office minister William Waldo grave said earlier this year that there was no provision in British Law for exchanging fou Ladi for  British foreign office official speaking on condition of anonymity said the iranian s release has absolutely nothing to do with Cooper. Gorbachev a workplace 4 drug linked gang leaders seized colombian army says Bogota Colombia a the army said Sal the vast majority of cocaine consuming americans., sat urday it has captured four leaders of a terrorist gang employed by reputed drug Kingpin Pablo Escobar to protect his wife and kill his enemies. The death squad which called itself love for me Dullin also acted As a vigilante morals squad killing prostitutes and homosexuals in the drug infested City of Medellin a military source said. Also saturday military officials were quoted As say ing they have made new raids on properties linked to the Man called Colombia s no. 2 drug lord Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha. They said a computer disk showed he owns 374 vehicles All with telephones. The daily outbreaks of terrorism linked to drug traffickers continued in Medellin Home 9f the powerful cocaine Cartel of which Escobar is considered to be the overlord. Bombs knocked out Telephone lines an damaged two factories and a restaurant police said. No serious injuries were reported. Police in Mcd Clinin said they arrested five suspects in connection with a midweek bombing there of a govern ment run savings Bank. The 4th army brigade in Mcd Clinin said it has arrested four leaders of Escobar s feared love for my Del in Assassin squad sarcastically named after a local Charity group. The group acted As bodyguards for Maria Victoria Henao Vallejo Escobar s wife the communique said. An army lieutenant speaking on condition of Anonym Ity described them As hit  the gang also operated As a sort of vigilante morals squad. Rilling local drug addicts prostitutes and homosexuals to clean up the streets in the City of 2 Mil lion the army said. Escobar Heads the list of reputed colombian drug lords wanted in the United states. They Are believed to Supply the on Friday authorities said Luis Fernando Valcano a key Aid of Escobar s and a suspected trafficker was re leased from custody because there was no Legal colombian warrant for holding him and also no extradition request from the United states. The drug enforcement administration in Washington said Valcano was not wanted there. Colombian newspapers said saturday that Valcano Wasa financial administrator for the Mcd Clinin Cartel. They said he was linked to apolitical assassination earlier this year in Montria and a failed death plot against a Man with ties to a rival cocaine Cartel in the City of Cali. The government of president Virgilio Barco began crackdown aug. 18, after death squads linked to drug traffickers assassinated a leading presidential candidate sen. Luis Carlos Galan. Drug traffickers responded with bombings and shoot Ings and threats to kill judges journalists and government officials. Barco assumed special emergency Powers such As confiscating Bank accounts and property linked to suspected traffickers and the administrative extradition of Traffick ers to the United states bypassing the slow often corrupt and highly intimidated colombian court system Bogota s Al Timpo newspaper reported saturday that the army raided 30 Sites in Bogota and the Rural town of pacho suspected to belong to Rodriguez Gacha no. 2 on the nation s most wanted St of reputed drug Bosses. Colombia is offering a $250,000 Reward for information leading to the arrest of either Escobar or Rodriguez Gacha whose wealth has been estimated at $3 billion. Al Timpo citing unnamed military sources said the army raid netted 49 vehicles including two bulletproof Mercedes sedans besides the computer disk detailing his vehicle ownership. 20 headless bodies found floating near . Drug agents1 Peru Camp Lima Peru a Twenty decapitated bodies have been found floating in a River near a Jungle Camp used by . Anti drug agents but the grim discovery will not affect the base s operations a . Embassy spokesman said Friday. The headless cadavers also without hands and feet were seen in the Hua Llaga River near the .-built base at Santa Lucia 270 Miles Northeast of Lima. Gene Bigler. . Embassy spokesman said agents of the . Drug enforcement administration and peruvian police began launching anti drug operations from the new base thursday. He said there were no plans to withdraw . Personnel because of the bodies. Bigler would not say How Many agents and contract pilots had moved into the base or give details on the operations. The Dea pulled out of the Hua Llaga Valley in february after a contract helicopter Pilot was wounded in the leg by a Bullet. The discovery of bodies in the Jungle is not a great Novelty Bigler said. We re fully aware that there is a threat and we make every Effort to protect our people. It s a War and there is a  Peru s armed forces arc battling maoist shining path guerrillas who often work in Alliance with drug traffickers in the upper Hua Llaga Valley one of the world s largest sources of coca Leaf the raw material for cocaine. The army launched an offensive against the guerrillas in the Valley in july and since then some Village shave claimed civilians disappeared after being detained by troops. Bigler said it was not known who the victims were but because of the removal of the hands there s speculation they May be  Bigler said the bodies had been seen at the beginning of the week and not on thursday As a Dea spokesman in Washington reported. The Dea spokesman Frank Shults said Friday we have no idea if this was meant to be a signal to anybody to what purpose and to whom. There was no note no messenger no nothing. No one knows what to  he added it was an unfriendly message to be  no pm today because of computer problems the pm edition will not be published today