European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside strikes d Prober says co Pilot pushed wrong Button Page 2 d would be rambos meet in Las vegas Page 7 d officials confirm bomb downed Airliner Page 8 d German retailers divided Over longer hours Page 18 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial pubic Ron for the us. Cameo forces Good morning vol 48. No 160 sunday. September 24, 1989 d 8693 a top 2 cocaine lords seek Deal offer Money of colombian Industry Bogota Colombia a Colombia s lop two cocaine lords want to negotiate an end to their War with the government and have offered to pump some of their illicit profits into the nation s Industrial sector. A lawmaker said. In other developments o two men confessed to lilting Luis Carlos Galan. The popular presidential candidate whose assassination touched off the War Between the government and co in Mia drug lords colombian news Media said sat urday. On i nday. President Virgilio Barco accepted the resignation of Justice minister Monica de Gruiff. Long rumoured to be quitting of repeated death threats by cocaine traffickers. Do Gruiff said she re signed at Barco s request. The president of Colombia s House of representatives Norberto Morales said at a news conference Friday in my Dullin that he was telephoned by Pablo Ischar and gon Alo Rodrigue Gacha Kingpins of the infamous Medellin c Artel. A tape recording of the news conference was Broad cast saturday by Bogota radio stations. There was no answer at Morales office in Medellin. The Medellin Cartel is believed responsible for so per cent of the cocaine that is smuggled into the United states. Morales said Escobar and Koduri gut offered to in Vest millions of dollars in colombian Industry if a truce is reached. He said he had passed the information along to Barco. This would not be the first time that a Csohar Rodriguez and other suspected members of the Medellin Cartel have tried to buy l 84. President Belisario Betancur can sent for Mer president Alfonso Lope. Michelsen to Panama to meet with members of the Cartel. The Cartel offered to pay off Colombia s foreign debt then about $10 Bil cocaine on Back Page cleanup begins after deadly Hugo Charleston . A Charles Ion pm icily moved to recover from the fury of Hurricane Hugo on Salurds a residents look Slock of destroyed Homes boats and businesses. Damage estimate stopped $. Billion. See other photos Pace 3 i he storm wore itself out Over Canada s St. Lawrence Valley alter progressively Wilkening through Virginia. West Virginia Western Pennsylvania and West Ern new York state. Hugo which left 27 to 2 people Deakin the Caribbean was blamed for 14 deaths in South Carolina four in Nort Carolina and two m Virginia. In Charleston the hardest hit City on the Mainland Many residents remained without electricity or phone lines formed at the Lew service stations that had generators to pump Gas. National guard troops remained on the streets to protect Homes and Busi Nesses from water was restored to most places although residents were warned to boil it before drinking. And mail serv ice could resume monday mayor Josephp. Riley or. Said at a news conference. Banks of pay telephones were to be setup in City Parks. South Carolina electric & Gas Hope to have Power restored to hospitals which had been operating on generators by late saturday. Riley said. But Utility officials had no idea when residential Power would be restored. As Many As a half million people were without Power statewide and ice for coolers was scarce to non existent in the male capital of Columbia. If you re a camper you re going to beset Hugo on Back Page an unidentified Man sums Hugo s damage while walking through the rubble on Ocean front Road in Garden City . Top songwriter Irving Berlin Dies at 101 new York a Irving Berlin inc russian Cantor s son whose songs such As Cheek to Cheek " faster Parade White Christmas and god ble Samerica became the essence of american music has died at 101. He s been so much a part of All of us of All Ages Over All the Many years said composer conductor Morton Gould president of the american society of composers. Authors and publishers. Of Berlin s music. Gould said it s become pan four language part of our heartbeat part of our soul. It s the finish of an Berlin died in his sleep at his Manhattan town House Friday afternoon said his son in Law Alton e. Peters. Asked if Berlin had been ill Peters said no. He was 101 years old. He just fell besides being a songwriter Berlin was an actor and Singer. He began his career in the Early Days of Vaude Ville and his songs for a time so dominated the stage and screen that the late composer Jerome Kern said Berlin has no place in american music. He is Ameri can in a musical career that began with a Job As a singing waiter Berlin wrote nearly 1,000 songs from his first big hit. Ale Ander s ragtime band in 1911, to put tin on the Rit which was revived in 198.1 by dutch Singer Taco and became a hit on the Rock charts. Berlin was an immigrant russian whose god ble Samerica became the nation s unofficial second National Anthem. He was jewish but his Whit Christmas and easter Parade became Christian Holiday traditional songs. American music was born at his piano violinist Isaac Stern said on Berlin s 100th birthday. So timeless was his Appeal that his songs have be continued on Page 28
