European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse D polish minister designate favors wage moratorium Page 2 d Navy nuclear fuel Plant abandoned by Energy dept. Page 3 d Gabrielle s winds hit Northeast 3 drown 6 missing Page 5 d Boris Becker captures . Open sports Page 21 Utmos sized unofficial pub Chion Fob the Usu Jamed forces Voi,48. No.148 tuesday september 12, 1989. D 8693 Joyful e. Germa begin streaming East German cars by in streaming across the hungarian Border into Austria Carlo monday morning n refugees into Austria Hegy shalom. Hungary a thousands of East germans crying laughing and shouting with Hap piness poured into Austria from Hungary Early Mon Day in route to Freedom in West Germany. They began driving across the Border at Midnight As Hungary removed the Frontier barriers to allow More than 7,000 East German refugees to escape to the West. The first East German cars arrived in 1 assay. A West German City on the austrian Border four hours later. It is the largest mass emigration of East germans to West Germany since the Berlin Wall was built in la to Stem the How across the Border. Hungary. In a decision announced sunday was the first East bloc government to help the citizens of an other communist country freely leave their Homeland. East Germany promptly attacked the hungarian Deci Sion saying Budapest had directly interfered in East Germany s internal affairs. The hungarian government has chosen to illegally allow East German Citi ens to travel to West Germany in violation of International the stale news Agency adn said. West Germany said Hungary made a humanitarian decision. At this Frontier town 120 Miles Northwest of the hungarian capital Border guards gave Only cursory checks to East germans. As the first groups crossed hundreds of others waited in their cars forming growing lines at the main Border Crossings. Eight of 18 lanes at the Hugy shalom crossing were open As the jubilant East germans drove through. They honked horns cheered and whistled releasing emotions pent up by Days and weeks of wailing for a decision by hungarian authorities. Some refugees waved both los of foaming Champagne from the car windows. Buses carrying East germans began rolling into aus Tria about 4 . A red Cross official said a 13-car train with 700 refugees aboard was to reach the Austri an Border Village of i Orendorf by Dawn. Austrian customs agents said they counted 450 cars carrying about 1,200 people in the Ihrck hours. It s wonderful it s terrific refugees shouted to reporters and Border guards. One Man overcome with see refugees on Back Page . Agents join raids on Peru drug traffickers from wire reports Bogota Colombia a joint peruvian american anti drug Force has launched a major offensive against co Caine traffickers in Peru staging helicopter borne raids that destroyed three Jun Gle laboratories in a single Day. Peruvian and american officials confirmed Sun Day. The raids in Peru s upper Hua Llaga Valley employed a drastically revised strategy that targets drug traffickers in Stead of peasant coca growers and marked the Start of a frontal assault after a seven month halt in operations there the officials said. A . Embassy official in Lima noted that in All of 1988, the peruvian-. Operations destroyed Only 75 laboratories in the Valley and never manage three in one Day because we just did t have the resources last in Washington administration officials said president Bush has signed a directive authorizing . Military advis ers to move outside base Camps to secure areas to train local forces opening the Way for a potentially expanded role for american troops in the anti drug Effort. Before Bush signed the National Secu Rity decision directive about three weeks ago advisers were restricted to base Camps to conduct training. Officials said such a restriction was impractical because base Camps Are 190 far away from the forces requiring training. Officials acknowledged however that continued on Page 28 inure ship sinks 1 Seaboard my string Vienna Austria Fri a romanian ship collided Gitlit bulgarian tugboat and Sank in the sunday leaving 151 people ran Romania s official Ager pics Jcj Agency reported. A British newspaper said Nany of the passengers were Wester tourists. The collision of the port City of a Tati. About 125 Miles Northeast of the romanian Cap ital of Bucharest the report said. The ship Sank in conditions of poor visibility Werc 169 passengers aboard the romanian ship. Only 18 of them and the ship s 13 Crew members had been rescued Agar pics said. The re port did i of include the nationality of bulgarian state Bra news Agency said the romanian Cruiser logos Gaia collided with the Bulgan sin tug Peter Kara Mincheva which had a Mayoy of loaded barges in Tow. Am the alarm was sounded by the bulgar ship its Crew and the Crew of the so Ken the proximity ran Tohulp a Masai is in London the news paper said apart from most of the 169 passengers above the Mog Soaia were almost cer Western the newspaper report from Vienna quoted Danube ship Ping officials in the austrian capital
