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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Mitterrand concerned about German reunification Page 2 authorized unofficial publication f or the . Armed forces vol. 48, no. 249 Friday december 22, 1989 a on Good morning d 8693 a . Troops scouring Panama for Noriega . Hostages is. Military troops prepare to move a How incr to a new location after firing on panamanian defense forces Barracks. Washington a president Bush vowed thursday that american troops would search Panama As Long As it lakes to capture Manuel Antonio no Riega. He called the commitment of . Forces  he expressed sorrow Over the deaths of americans but said of the military see related stories photos on pages 3, 4, 5 and 28. Strike yes. It s been Worth  several congressmen called for the troops to be brought Home quickly Al though one rep. Los Aspin chairman of the House armed services committee said some might have to remain a policemen until Christmas eve a year from  a Day after ordering 9,500 troops into Panama to join More than 10,000 stationed there Bush said the military mis Sion is not Over but pretty Well wrapped  the president said that with Noriega on the run and a new president Guillermo Endara. In place the government i beginning to function and the Man no Riega controls no forces. And he s out. But yes i won t be Santisi cd until we see him come to  bus i made his remarks at a White mouse news conference at the very hour see Panama on Back Page of stops Low level flights Over area near crash site by Randy Pruitt staff writer Ramstein West Germany . Air Force jets have been banned indefinitely from making Low level flights Over a 600-Squarc-Milc area in the ludwigs Hafen Mannheim Region site of Mon Day s midair collision of two f-l6cjcts. The announcement was made thurs Day by 17th air Force commander maj. Gen. James e. Chambers who said the decision was based on concern for the residents of the Maxdorf area which was showered with wreckage. A 29-year-old Pilot 1st it. Steven c. Sundstrom was killed in the crash. De Bris from the crash caused 5200,000 to $300,000 damage to rooftops Auto mobiles and other personal property in the Maxdorf area a Large Section of one plane slammed into the town s vegetable Market. No one on the ground was Hurt. The other Pilot maj. Roderick r. Kallman 36, ejected to safety. Both pilots were members of the 50th tac fighter Wing at Hannab. Although the crash occurred at an Alti tude above 10,000 feet it renewed Resi dents fears and objections to Low flying planes. Low level flying has been Classi fied As flights below an Altitude of 500 meters or 1,650 feet. A previously announced suspension of air combat tactics training also remains in effect said maj. Greg Smith a 17th air Force spokesman. Smith said the number of Low level flights Over the area is not tracked. Seven air Force Wing commanders arc still reviewing flight training procedures Smith said. Basic routine flying is still being conducted he said. The Maxdorf area lies in an air Corri Dor for Ramstein a. Canadian French and West German fighter jets also Fly Over the Region. The 1st Canadian air div has discontinued All its flying in Europe until Jan. See flights on Back Page 3 protesters reported slain in romanian capital Vienna Austria a Security forces opened fire on Young demonstrators in the romanian capital of Bucharest thursday reportedly kill ing at least 13 people As spreading unrest posed the most serious Chal Lenge yet to the 24-year-Rulc of presi Dent Nicolae Ceausescu. Two students were wounded when an armoured vehicle rolled Over them pc tar Tomic of Yugoslavia s Tan Jug news Agency reported from Bucharest. Other demonstrators who ran to their Aid were mowed Down by a burst of automatic weapons fire leaving about 20 dead or wounded he said. . Diplomats counted at least 13 people felled by automatic weapons lire. State department spokesman Richard Boucher said in Washington. More fatalities were possible he added. It was the first violence in the Capi Tal since hundreds possibly thou Sands of anti Caus Csc demonstrators reportedly were shot and killed by Security forces East weekend in the Western City of  has been reported spreading All week. On thursday further clashes possibly with fatalities were reported in at least two other Roma Nian cities Arad and Cluj. Timisoara and nearby Arad were said to be gripped by general  radio said unconfirmed rumours were circulating in Bucharest that students were asking workers at the capital s enterprises to join them in a general strike on  polish couple interviewed by hungarian television reported troops shooting at a crowd of about 3,000demonstrators in Arad. The couple said they saw students ordered out of see romanian on Back Page 7 Vikings named to pro bowl sports Page 21  
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