European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. September 20. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 a masked american narcotics agent stands beside a . Helicopter in Unia Peru Hole Penman police blow up an Airstrip used by columbian cocaine sum Krs. Anti drug troops seize colombian ranch Bogota Colombia a troops Sci de a 22.000-acre Callic ranch and hundreds of show horses belonging to billionaire Jose gon Alo Rodriguz Gacha. Wanted in the United slates As a drug Kingpin military officials said monday. A roman Catholic Cardinal urged Colombia which has been reeling from almost daily bombings and shootings blamed on drug Barons to reject any Calls to negotiate with the traffickers. Security was stepped up lit the . Embassy where a rocket struck the compound on sunday hut failed to explode. Two bombs exploded monday night in Bogota at a shopping Center and at a government Telephone com Pany s substation a police spokesman said. The shopping cent i explosion in this capital of 6 million people injured a child a Man and woman the colombian radio Chain run said in a report from the scene. A Man was seen placing the bomb in a pile of Gar Bage bags in front of a Stoie witnesses told an run reporter. A police spokesman said the other bomb was thrown from a car at the substation. He said a guard shot and wounded one bomber but All the attackers led in the car. The military said that it killed four rebels and that two policemen were killed in weekend Battles. The government claims Colombia s leftist guerrillas help protect drug traffickers laboratories and Supply routes in Exchange for Money. Soldiers seized the Rodrigue Dacha ranch sunday in Central Cun Dinamarca state a spokesman with the army s 13th brigade Headquarters in Bogota said. Also Sei de were 5,000 head of cattle and 300 show horses he said. Rodrigue Gacha is suspected of being a key figure in the Medellin cocaine Cartel that supplies most of the cocaine distributed in the United slates. Last month the army Sci cd 18 ranches belong ing to Rodrigue Gacha who is among 12 colombian drug figures wanted in the United states. The ranches were Sei de under emergency Powers instituted by president Virgilio Barco to counter a wave of terror by Columbia s cocaine overlords. The mayor of Medellin. Juan gome Marline called for b Arco to Tell the whole truth and reveal the names of important colombians involved in drug trafficking. There Are a lot of people linked with drug Traffick ing and that is Why it should All come out in he open gome told a news conference monday. The colombian news program 24 hours said the . Embassy has a list of colombian political figures including a presidential hopeful and members of parliament who Are denied entry to the United states. An embassy spokesman citing the . Privacy act. Refused comment a spokesman for Barco also refused comment. The War on traffickers began after the aug. 18 assassination of Luis Carlos Galan a senator who was seek ing the presidential nomination of the governing Liber Al party and had pushed for action against drug lords. In a statement on sunday. Cardinal Mario Revollo Bravo issued a harsh rejoinder to officials who suggested that negotiations with drug lords May be a Way tin Hall the drug related violence. About 95 percent of colombians Are catholics and Revollo Bravo s statement was the strongest yet by the  Don t see How there can be any dialogue or conversations with people whose mentality is one of Vio Lence whose attitude is arrogant and who support themselves on the basis of immorality Revollo Bravo told reporters As he i a Church meeting in Bogota. Hertz to drop role in frequent flier programs new York a Lien corp. Said monday it is pulling out of airline frequent flier programs because the growth of mileage awards had made them too costly for the company. Other National car rental concerns indicated they might follow the Industry Leader. Travellers in frequent flick programs earn credits for Miles they Fly nights they stay in hotels and each time they rent cars. Credits can be redeemed for free air travel hotel stars and car rentals. Hen the nation s largest car rental company said the rate of growth of mile age Points has doubled in each of the last two years. The value of the redeemed credits last ear exceeded $15 million said Hen spokeswoman Hrenda Rig. The program has become very expensive to participate  Righy said. Dou ble and triple mileage programs have become increasingly common in the last couple of years so the frequent of the awards has  Herl based in Park Ridge . Said it would end its participation with Delta air lines. America West airlines. East Ern airlines and Continental airlines at the end of the sear a req sent pliers on these earners will have until dec .11 to earn mileage for Herl coupons and will have until the end of 1wo to use the coupons Hen said. Hen also plans to discontinue partnerships with american airlines tinned airlines and us air As those contracts come up for renewal after dec. 31, Rigby said. Avis inc. Said monday it is evaluating its own participation with frequent fliers in Light of Hertz s move. Obviously they re expensive said Avis spokeswoman Demetria Mudar. This Sheds a different Light on things an Industry Leader making a major  National car rental system inc. Said it also May have , won on its frequent flier participation. Budget rent a car corp. Said it i not currently considering dropping its fre quent flier partnerships