European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes monday. September 11.1989 courtroom blues Dominique Adams of Salt Lake City looks up sadly As she sits beside a clerk Friday at a court in Manila Philippines. The clerk is entering As evidence some of the weapons Adams is accused of trying to smug Gle into the country. She was arrested last month when customs officials found 70 handguns in her Luggage on a night from san Francisco. She claims a Man duped her. Noriega is a Vonarco terrorist . Delegation in Panama says Howard fab Panama a a four member . Congressional delegation on saturday accused Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega who controls the panamanian government of being a Premier rep. Mickey Edwards r-okla., told a news conference that the United states will continue its efforts to oust Noriega and will increase pressure against him and his associates in areas such As preventing their travel to the United states and preventing their conducting business with the United he was referring to recent . Measures aimed at economically isolating the panamanian government by forbidding . Companies from doing business with no Riega s associates. Noriega s involvement in drug dealing and Money laundering for which he faces indictment before . Courts makes him a Premier Narco terrorist Edward said in a statement. From the streets of american cities to the unfolding drama in Panama s neighbor to the South Colombia we can Sec the effects of men like Noriega choosing Power and profit Over his statement said the United states will stand by the people of Panama until their fight for self determination is respected and democratic government is it also said the United states will continue to oppose any accommodation with any regime or official appointed by Noriega commander of Panama s defense forces was indicted by two Federal grand juries in Florida in february 1988. They accused him of dealing in illegal narcotics and laundering drug Money. The congressmen flew from Al Salvador to this air Force base under the . Southern come. They left saturday for in Panama they met with former presidential candidate Guillermo Endara and his vice presidential running mate Guillermo Ford whom they called the elected leadership of this International observers said opposition candidates Endara and Ford won the May 7 elections but the govern ment annulled the balloting saying . Financial assist Ance and other support for the opposition distorted the election declined to say if he thought the United Stales should recognize Endara As president As it did ousted president Eric is a decision for president Bush and or Endara Edwards said. The world is full of presidents in exile. We do not want a president who does not hold Power it is not up to the United Stales to put an elected president in Power. That is up to the panamanian has denied All . Allegations against him and claims inc United Stales wants to remove him and renege on the Panama canal treaties which would turn inc canal Over Panama at the end of inc members of inc congressional Dale Gabon Are Doug by ruler. R-ncb., Bill Grant d-fla., and Elton Gallogly a Calif. World today belgian pilots strike forces flight cancellations Brussels. Belgium a More than half the nights of the belgian airline Sabina were cancelled sat urday As pilots went on strike for 24 hours adding to the three week chaos created by the slowdown action of the company s Cabin Crews. Fifteen flights were cancelled but 10 took off sat urday morning because about a Quarter of the pilots still came to work the airline reported. Flight attendants who have been reporting to work two hours late for the past three weeks suspended their action saturday. However they arc expected to resume the slowdown on sunday. The reason for both actions is basically the same the government controlled company which has been losing Money for years has been struggling through painful restructuring that Sabena s personnel claims has imposed salary sacrifices. Kenya s childbirth rate declines Survey shows Kamu Thanga Kenya not Kenya s birth rate has dropped in the first sign that the Rale of the country s population growth the highest in the world May be slowing a government Survey shows. In the last five years the average number of children per kenyan woman of childbearing age has dropped from 7.7 to 6.7, according to the Kenya demographic and health Survey ofl989."when we see this kind of result we Are very excited said professor . Kolh Ogando director of the population studies research Institute at Nairobi University which alerted the nation to the severity of its population problem a decade ago. There arc 23.3 million people living in Kenya according to 1988 official figures. 2 die 2 Hurt in attack on turkish police station Mersin Turkey a a group of attackers threw explosives at a police station then opened fire to escape leaving two people dead and two wounded the state radio reported saturday. The radio said the gunmen belonged to an illegal organization which it did not identify. However the term is generally used by turkish officials to describe a leftist underground organization. In Friday s attack the explosion damaged the police station but caused no casualties the report said. One of the gunmen and a passer by were killed when the attackers opened fire while escaping. A guard at the police station and another passer by were wounded during the getaway it gunman was apparently hit by stray gunfire from one of his fellow assailants. No further details were Given. 4 killed 36 Hurt in plunge of tourist bus to Ravine Kuala Bumpur Malaysia a a tour bus plunged into a Ravine sunday killing four singaporeans and injuring 36 other people including a briton and a Swiss woman the National news Agency Burna a reported. The bus was travelling from haad Yai in Southern Thailand to Singapore when it crashed near Batu Phat 125 Miles South of Kuala Bumpur Bergama the briton was identified As . Scott 22, of Southampton and the Swiss woman As Moca stick or 24. They were among 18 passengers being treated at the government Hospital in Batu Phat Bergama said. The others who were injured including two drive Sand a tourist guide were Given outpatient treatment. Their nationalities have yet to be determined. Renaissance be a died of syphilis testing shows Rome a medical tests on the Corpse of a famed Renaissance Beauty revealed she died of syphilis and the tests Mark the first time that the disease has been discovered in the tissues of ancient human remains a researcher said saturday. The secret of Maria d Aragona who died in 1568, was revealed by italian re searchers in the current edition of the lancet a British medical journal. Professor Gino Fornaciari a univer sity of Pisa pathologist who co authored the article said by Telephone saturday that the body was exhumed from the Church of san Domonico Maggiore in Naples during restoration work and that tissue samples were taken for analysis. It was very Well preserved because like other Nobles of her Lime she was embalmed he said. He said inc disease had been known to exist in Europe since the 16th Century but had never been found in the body tissue of anyone who died about that time. One theory holds thai the disease was brought to Europe shortly after Christo Pher Columbus discovered America. The disease was thought to have been spread in Europe by Spanish sailors who caught it from indians in the new world. The merits of the theory Are debatable Fornaciari said but it is generally accepted that the disease did not spread in Europe until the 16th Century. Maria d Aragona a Southern italian Belle knew artists and poets of her time including poet Vittoria Colonna a Friend of Michelangelo. The tests were made after researchers saw signs of an ulcer on her right Arm and detected Fulfur which was commonly used to cure skin diseases during the Renaissance
