European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside strides 1 Bills Browns redskins win Page 21 Naples holidays last til Jan. 17 Page 9 authorized unofficial publication for the . Ahmed Force vol. 48. No. 252 monday tuesday december 25/26 roman on reports sex say dictator held by the 1. Bucharest rom in a week of Hoo decl saturday amid reports Ceausescu was under Ai it was believed that end up rivalling the i Hungary s ill fated i95i Well armed the popular Rule into the night sat was said to be under a still had not been Able to the death. But a ne1 possible. The vipers screams rest announced late Sac forces since Carl persistent efforts to Ous a Streetcar makes its final run of the Day Down St Charles Avenue in new Orle forced City officials to Stop service Early. 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Power was also in Short Supply in Virginia Florida continued on Page 3 is takes a Holiday there will be no newspaper tomorrow because of the Christmas Holiday. The staff of the stars and stripes wishes you a joyous and Safe Holiday season. Cams fight Angeles times Nia the fiercest Battles yet no rocked Romania s capital hat deposed dictator Nicolaci by the army. C death toll nationwide might official toll of 30,000 killed involution. Loyalists fought army troops prising against his tyrannical Day. The Center of Bucharest y control even though troops dislodge the last pro Ceausescu snipers some of we n seemed determined to fight counterattack was considered ill soon cease radio Bucha Day. Radio and site television both have rom inc in the hands of anti eau pcs Friday afternoon despite High water Mark of the fighting May have Beisaw pact foreign minis situation originally Caput off pending further it also was whom the to put on trial would holding out against a p can mint formed Friday reached an emergency warns meeting on the romanian d for sunday reportedly . That the reported capture Oovi signal government vowed Ouraga some of the die hard divisional pro democracy gov. _ Union dispatched medical a and consulted with their put the continuing fighting however that military inter to Contact the Warsaw Patir Mutual actions in order to romanian people soviet Chev told the Congress of in Moscow the Ovaid to Romania Satui Warsaw pact allies Althere was no e mention was being Plai we have agree countries to coordinate extend our support to president Mikhail s. People s in Washington the United states said it would continued on Back Page Christmas colouring confess winners Genew bicycles . Sees Long Panama Campaign Byrand Frankfurt thought she was god Ter to have breakfast her dad said she either Way she prise when she Sci stars and stripes category for 8 to i Augsburg West by staff writers esl Germany Mary Paddon i to the Frankfurt shopping Cen t Burger King. As slightly suspicious up with a whopper of a sure a new bicycle for winning the Christmas colouring contest in the year old children. Jani Garland of any took first place in the category for children Gas 3 to 7. The stars and stripes received nearly 3,0 Mary a 9-year-o i Atterberry elementary school third grader has entered won two honorable she s tried so Iden. But this year is 0 entries this year. The contest for the past three years and mentions and a third place. Re said her Mother Claudia pad went All out. Mary did t merely continued on Page 3 from wire reports Washington with american casualties still rising As fighting in Panama swept into its fourth Day the Bush administration conceded saturday that . Invasion Force faces weeks and months of duty in the Battle scarred country. The failure to capture Manuel Noriega the ousted panamanian dictator and to gel the new .-inslallcdgovernment of Guill crop Endara fully organized and functional have grown into severe problems for . Military operation administration officials said. In retrospect said one official not catching the Elu Sive strongman was the biggest single Downside of the whole operation because he now is either directing or inspiring the resistance of Well armed loyalists his so called dignity Well be involved there Lor weeks or months one Way or the other a senior Bush aide declared. A lot of it depends on How fast Endara puts his government and police Force together. But he s starting from scratch so it could be a Long in other developments panamanians began taking up arms and forming vigilante squads to combat looting while thousands of people jammed churches stadiums and schools i search of food and Protection. Much of Panama City was in ruins after new air strikes saturday by . Warplanes and mortar attacks by panamanian fighters Loyal to Noriega. Two americans held hostage in Panama were re leased saturday and they said their captors included current or former panamanian soldiers who indicate they might kill them. But the hostages lbs producer Jon my Crohn and Doug Mullen an american Busi Nessman said they had not been mistreated during their Captivity. In san Antonio a flood of Holiday gifts and get Well wishes overwhelmed scores of wounded soldiers recuperating saturday from injuries they suffered in the fighting in Panama. A Platter of shrimp from seafood restaurant sat on a Stretcher in the hallway of one Ward at Brooke army medical Center. The Sanantonio chamber of Commerce delivered fruit baskets and shopping bags full of gifts including chunks of the Berlin Wall. Defense sources in Washington revealed that the a i7a stealth fighter an aircraft whose existence was a secret until last year was used in combat for the first Lime in Panama slipping past air defences to bomb a key installation of the Panama defense in formation out of their base at Tonopah test Range in Nevada about six of the radar evading aircraft swooped Over Panama under cover of darkness tuesday night senior Pentagon officials said. The see Panama on Back Page
