European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Dodgers get free agent Hub e Brooks Page 27 an dates six authored unofficial publication for the u 1 Hamto of Kucs Good morn my vol 48. No. 250 saturday december 23, 1989 is , is Wir d 8693 a romanian protests end Iron Rule of Ceausescu thousands of romanians nil Bucharest s Palace Square on Friday after Nicolae Ceausescu was deposed. Vienna. Austria Al romanian president Nic olae Caus Csc the last hard line communist Leader in the soviet bloc was toppled from Power Friday by an outraged populace that turned against his 24 years of oppressive Rule. Bitter fighting however Between army troops siding with protesters and forces Loyal to Ceausescu continued into the night throughout the country. East bloc Media reports said. The presidential Palace was on fire the reports said. Romanian news reports said Ami Caus Csc forces held Sway. The rout of Ceausescu came As hundreds of people Friday were digging up mass Graves discovered in the Forest District of Timisoara. Romania trying to find the remains of friends and relatives killed in last week end s crackdown. Three such Graves arc believed to hold As Many As 4,500 corpses of people massacred by the dreaded Security forces on saturday. Sunday and monday. Hundreds also were reported dead As a result of Friday s fighting. Corneliu Manescu. A 73-year-old former foreign minister said on romanian television that he was directing a provisional government that would slay in Power until free elections could be held the East Ger Man news Agency said. Manescu has been under House arrest for months Inan Industrial Complex near Bucharest the romanian capital sources said. In March he and five other senior officials sharply Antici de the Ceausescu leadership. The romanian state news Agency a crores which sea Ceausescu on Back Page berliners savor another Victory As Gate opens Berlin a tens of thousands of people surged through two new openings in the Berlin Wall on Friday and celebrated at the Brandenburg Gale a Monument to German Unity that became Symbol of division when the Wall went up in 1961. The new passages immediately North and South of the towering Gate were opened at 3 . In a ceremony attended by Chancellor Hel Mut Kohl of West Germany and East German Premier Hans Modrow. Bar liners rushed through the openings Back and Forth then uncorked bottles of Champagne and drank to the famous landmark that was sealed inside East Berlin for 28 years. Security on both sides collapsed As the vast crowd broke through Metal barriers and rushed to the Gale filling the vast Paris Square where people hugged each other and danced. A sea of people who had waited patiently for hours in intermittent rain surrounded the 200 year old Sandstone Monument. More than 20 Crossings have been Cut through the Wall since East Germany opened its Borders continued on Back Page Noriega s backers launch attack attempt to kill Arias Panama City. Panama a fighters Loyal to Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega launched an attack on the Headquarters of . Military forces Friday and tried to assassinate the vice president installed by the United states. First vice president Ricardo Anas Calderon was leaving the National Assembly when members of pro Noriega dignity battalions fired shots at his was uninjured but two of his aides were wounded said Arias aide Teni Deobaldia. The lighting around the . Southern come in Quarry Heights on the Western Edge of Panama City started about 11 25 . And lasted an hour with mor tar blasts shaking the . Headquarters As do ens of Noriega supporters attacked buildings nearby. The supreme court about a mile to the Southeast. Was in flames and sporadic fighting swirled through parts of the chaotic City. Panamanian refugees pleaded for food and medi Cine As Waves of looters ransacked stores for the third straight Day. . Troops searched residential areas but found no Trace of the ousted dictator they were sent in to capture. Thousands of refugees fleeing the fighting look cover in soccer stadiums churches and schools. They had water but we re very Short of food said a red Cross worker who like others refused to give his name for fear of said is. Army units were handing out rations but it was not enough. Noriega supporters in one District said they we rerunning out of ammunition and Hope. Several pro no Riega bands surrendered in Western Panama on the dramatic attack on the very Center of the . Military area and the Effort to kill Arias showed Hal . Efforts to achieve control were falling Short. In Washington. Defense department officials said other stones photos on pages 4 and 5 More american troops might have to be sent to supple ment the 24.000 already in the country. La. Gen. Tom Kelly said he was confident Noriega who is wanted in the United slates on drug charges would eventually be taken. I Don t think he has a very Long half life. He sure is out of Power Kelly said. The Pentagon said 20 american soldiers and two female dependents had been killed 202 were wounded and two were missing since the invasion began. An american civilian lbs news producer Jon Meyer continued on Back Page
