European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 news briefs the stars and stripes tuesday. September 26,1989 Honecker Back at work 6 weeks after surgery Berlin a East German communist party Leader Erich Honecker resumed some offi Cial duties on monday six weeks after he under went gallbladder surgery the state run news Agency adn said. Honecker 77, met with the new ambassadors of Zimbabwe and Turkey adn said. After his mid August surgery some West Ger Man Media reports said that Hon Cockcr s recovery was slow and that his condition apparently was More serious than was indicated by East German officials. He had not been seen in pub Lic since aug. 14. East German communist party sources speaking on condition of anonymity said Hon Cockcr s condition had stabilized enough in recent Days to allow him to resume some work. The East Berlin sources said Honecker was expected to fully resume his duties by oct. 7. When the East German state will Mark its 40th anniversary. Soviet president Mikhail s. Gorba Chev is expected in East Berlin for the ceremonies. Ortega picked to Lead sandinista in elections Managua Nicaragua a the ruling sandinista sunday named president Daniel or Tega to head its slate of candidates for next year s elections and picked vice president Sergio Ramirez As his running mate. Interior minister Tomas Borg introduced the nominations during the party s Daylong Conven Tion and the 1,746 delegates approved the choices by acclamation. Ortega. 44. Who led the sandinista National liberation front to Power with the 1979 Over throw of dictator Anastasio Somoza had been expected to win. He will run against the opposition coalition candidate Violela Barrios de Chamorro pub Lisher of the newspaper la Prensa in the feb. 25 election. There had been uncertainty As to who would take the no. 2 spot with reports that Ramirez a 47-year-old lawyer and novelist wanted to retire from Public life. Borg had been mentioned As a candidate. Sex officer who arrested Axis Sally Dies at 70 Pittsburgh a David Whilmer who As a  officer during world War ii arrested Axis Sally has died at age 70. Whilmer who lived in mount pleasant died of cancer Friday at presbyterian University Hospital. During world War ii Whitmer was in army  and arrested Mildred Fiske Gillars. Also known As Axis Sally an american later convicted of treason for her nazi Broad casts meant to undermine Allied morale. The Columbus Ohio woman served 12 years in Federal prison and died last year at the age of87. Whilmer was a former executive vice presi Dent of Iron City Sash and door co. Survivors include his wife Anna Beery Whitmer a son a daughter and two grandchildren. Stunned victims of Hugo face costly cleanup in . Charleston. . A electricity finally flowed through five downtown hospitals in Hurricane torn Charleston but thousands of people were without Power and Short of food clean water or Cash for a fourth Day monday. I cat where i can get a  said Rani lip holmes.2b, who had no food at Home and was eating Barbe cued Chicken Sweet Corn and butter Beans from a to bile Kitchen opened sunday by the Alabama state Baptist convention. My neighbourhood looks like a trash barrel. Every thing is out Trees Light poles and cars  rain added to storm weary residents headaches but there were also some signs of recovery monday. Some Banks and other businesses reopened the City resumed trash pickup and electricity was restored to one suburban shopping mall and some subdivisions on the City s Northwest Side. The . Postal service said it would begin limited mail delivery. Meanwhile hundreds 9f Isle of Palms residents began finding out whether Hurricane Hugo spared their Homes. Boats that Are usually used to carry tourists to fort Sumter where on april 12,1861, the first shots were fired in the civil War began ferrying residents to the Island. Like other Barrier islands. Isle of Palms has been off Lim its since being evacuated last week Aerial surveys showed More than half the Island Homes to be unsafe. Propane Gas leaked and Power lines Trees and debris cluttered roads. But angry anal worried residents had been threaten ing to defy the mayor s declaration of martial Law and go to the Island on their own. It will be midweek at least before people can go to stay police said. When you come to the Island you better Wear boots. There Are snakes All Over the place mayor Carmen Bunch told 500 homeowners at a meeting sunday in mount pleasant. Bunch whose own House was demolished brushed Hack tears As she told residents we re going to build the Island Back. We be got to Stop the anarchy that s been talked about. We re not going to let anyone take Over the City by  coastal South Carolina hit hardest by Huo As it swept onto the . Mainland with 135-Mph wind late thursday suffered billions of dollars in damages officials said. Preliminary damage estimates in the Char Lotte n.c., area reached More than $366 million. But it will be Days before anyone has accurate assessments of the losses. Insurance agents were going House to House gathering information and handing out initial checks. Bob sheets director of the National Hurricane Cen Ter said the storm could be one of the most devastating Ever to hit the . Mainland. We re looking at damage Between $ i billion and $2 billion said sheets who was touring the South Caro Lina coast monday. The death toll from Hugo s six Day rampage stood at 51 at least 27 people in the Caribbean Ana 24 in the Carolinas Virginia and new York. In Charlotte election officials voted unanimously saturday to pos Ponc this week s mayoral primary be cause the Hurricane knocked out Power to so Many polling places. The election will be held oct. 10. Arsenal from Page 1 animosities and modern weapons of mass destruct  said regional conflicts May Well threaten world peace As never  his offer to slash . Stockpiles of chemical weapons was both a Challenge to the soviet Union to follow his Lead and an invitation to the 38 other nations whose negotiations in Geneva to ban the weapons arc moving at a Snail s Pace. Baker had Given Shevardnadze Advance word of the chemical weapons proposal during their talks in Jack son Hole Wyo. The two agreed on a .-sovict pro Gram to Exchange information about their chemical weapons and inspect each other s plants and arsenals. Only the United states and the soviet Union admit to having Poison Gas. But Bush said More than 20 nations possess chemical weapons or the capability to produce them. And these horrible weapons arc now finding their Way into regional  he said. This is  he referred to . Accusali9ns that Iraq and Iran both used Poison Gas in the persian Gulf conflict for the Sake of Mankind we must halt and reverse this  the president said. Bush outlined Steps the United states is willing to take to rid the world of these truly terrible weapons and move toward an International ban to take effect 10 years after an agreement is signed. Bush s plan has three main elements while working to Complete a global agreement the United states will eliminate More than 80 percent of its stockpile if the soviet Union joins us in cutting chemical weapons to an equal level and we agree on the conditions including inspections under which stockpiles Are  Bush said. Once an International treaty is signed the unite states will destroy More than 98 percent of its current chemical weapons stockpile oct an eight year period provided the soviet Union joins the ban. I think they will Bush said. The remaining 2 percent will be destroyed Over the next two years after All countries capable of producing chemical weapons become partners to the agreement. The soviets acknowledge having 50,000 tons of chemical weapons but some analysts think they May have More. The United states has never publicly re leased figures on its own Arsenal analysts estimate it totals 30,000  said it would be difficult to Monitor a total ban on chemical weapons but said recent research As Well As information obtained in recent arms control discussions makes me believe we can achieve the Jevel of verification that gives us Confidence to go Forward with the  Dollar from Page 1 where the Dollar fell sharply in hectic trading against the japanese yen under coordinated Central Bank intervention. The Dollar closed at 142.95 yen off 2.05 from 145.00 Friday its lowest rate against the yen since aug. 22, when it closed at 142.79 yen. Currency dealers said the Bank of Japan stepped into the Market soon after the opening to sell an Esti mated $ i billion. The Federal Reserve Bank of new York and the Bank of Canada were also believed to have joined their japanese counterpart in Selling dollars. In London the Dollar Sank against the British Pound. It Cost $1.6130 to buy one Pound at i Dafter noon compared with $1.6086 in the morning and $1.5755 late Friday. Other afternoon Dollar rates compared with late Fri Day 1.6500 Swiss francs Down from 1.6890 6.4375 French francs Down from 6.5925 2.1480 dutch Guild ers Down from 2.1935 and 1,372.50 italian lira Down from 1,407,50. Despite the Dollar s decline Fischer said he looks for it to stay Between 1.85 and 2 Marks. Drugs from Page 1 Are willing to pay billions of dollars Roget the government to end its crackdown but Barco has refused to negotiate. The mayor of the City of Medellin Juan Gomez said monday that after this War is Over and there Are Many dead we arc going to end up at the negotiating table talking with the drug  the dialogue would be Christian be cause it would avoid Many deaths the mayor said in an interview with the colombian radio Chain Caracol. Also coming out monday in favor of negotiations was the president of the House of representatives or lower chamber of parliament Norberto mor ales. We have to open the Way toward this initiative because we arc bleeding to death and our Economy is in ruins Morales told Caracol. On saturday Morales said two of Colombia s major drug trafficking suspects had called him with an offer to negotiate with the government. He said he passed the information along to Barco. Pablo Escobar and Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha offered to invest millions of Dol Lars from their cocaine profits in colom Bian Industry if a truce is reached mor ales said. Government officials have said in the past that drug traffickers apparently in Vest the bulk of their Money outside co  and Rodriguez Gacha Are on the Justice department s list of mos wanted drug trafficking suspects. They Are the strongest members of the Model Lin cocaine Cartel which is said to Supply 80 percent of the cocaine reaching the United  traffickers have made earlier of fers