European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Images80 by the stars & stripes photographers inside stripes Mog Ozine Rodey Utho Bifid unofficial Pui cation for the us Meo fonts vol. 48. Good Mornin . Seals off no. 256 Friday. December 29. 1989 s so o. M s.m., u Coso it Vatican embassy troops blast compound with amplified Rock music a . Helicopter hovers Over the Vatican embassy wednesday. Panama City. Panama a . Soldiers on wednesday blasted the Vatican embassy Here with such Rock classics As voodoo child and the latest Panama news bulletins As the standoff Over the Fate of Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega continued. Both the United states and the panamanian government renewed their pleas wednesday to the vat ican to release the ousted dictator who sought Refuge in the embassy on Christmas eve. We feel that the Nuncia Ture the papal Nuncio should in the very near future ask the sex dictator to leave said president Guillermo Endara. We be Lieve that Gen. Noriega s crimes arc nonpolitical. He is a common criminal of the worst he has been accused justly accused of homicides and narcotics trafficking and very very horrendous Endara said at a hews conference. In Texas president Bush said wednesday that he is determined to bring Noriega to Justice for poisoning the children of the United states with drugs but Bush conceded the Vatican refusal to give him up docs complicate see related stories Paije 5 and Back Page in Rome. Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro reiterated wednesday that there is no Legal Way the holy see can hand Noriega Over As there is no extradition treaty with the United slates. Among alternatives being discussed were Transfer to a third country and a trial for Noriega in Panama. Navarro added that the Vatican i studying the Case in its juridical Diplo Matic and humanitarian and therefore ethical As the diplomatic standoff went into it fourth Day . Troops surrounding the Vatican embassy blasted the building Withrock music from powerful loudspeakers set up in a nearby parking lot. The music played at top pitch in an apparent attempt preset n Bush talks to the press. To unnerve Noriega and Vatican official inside the building included such Rock songs As i fought the Law voodoo child and you re no throughout the afternoon the Olive Green loudspeakers also broadcast news bulletins from . Southern com radio. If Noriega had been listening he would have heard about negotiations Over his status and that the United states had moved to freeze millions of Dollar that he allegedly has stashed in overseas Bank troops also shot out All Street lights with Pellet guns and mowed tall grass outside the embassy compound. A Southern come spokesman refused today whether the actions might be for Security or for an agreement it would be nearly impossible for Noriega to get past . Troops surrounding the Vatican mis Sion. At the Lime . Troops cannot go after Noriega because embassies Are inviolable under International the battered capital meanwhile people were returning to work wednesday and lining up outside grocery stores that were not president of the panamanian see Vatican on Back Page Safe accidents put spotlight on Sefret a. .w7_i._ _ to Ikirt by Deedee Arrington Dotch Kaiserslautern Bureau a series of fatal flying accidents dogged the air Force in Europe in 1988. Crashes in spam England and Nevada in March and april of 1989 made i seem the bad string would plague this year As Well. More than seven months were to pass How vat fore Safe lost another Pilot. On dec. 18.rot-16jet fighters from Hahn a collided Nejuan Nchim West Germany killing a 29-Ycar-Ojd first lieutenant. It s cyclical. To jew r no one specific thing Youcan Point at and in that s the reason we Haven t had an acids Nln a while it. Col. Jim Donley an instructor Pilot said before the latest crash. No Safe aircraft were involved in major Accident Between oct. I and dec. 17, marking an auspicious Start to fiscal 1990. Four accidents including two commanded in fiscal 189, w ended sept. 30, Safe had nine class a Acci dents those that involved loss of life or property losses of $1 million or More. Six Crew Mem Bers including 16th air Force commander Mai. Gen. Winfield s. Harpe were killed. In fiscal 1988, four people died in nine class a when Gen. Michael j. Dugan took control in april 1989, he reportedly told Start members that he was not Only commander in chief or cinc of Safe. He was also cinc the aircraft accidents coupled with citizens con Cerns Over Low level flight training caused the air Force major Public relations problems in 1988, particularly in West Germany. Under Dugan s administration flight safety assumed greater command safely director s position was elevated to the Post of Deputy chief of staff. The no Cost no damage class d mishap classification in Jim for ground accidents also was a Klinl Sii inf a or Hurrl acid Unis. The reason for studying Dugan said was to find Oul what had gone dds other Steps to create Agbim environment in Safe included an in depth Analy Raj a 17 might continued off Page 3
