European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                He stars and stripes Page Al romanian communism called dead Friday december 29.1989 Bucharest Romania a a top official said wednesday Romania is no longer a communist country and its interim leaders warned against switch Hunt for supporters of executed dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Security police leftover Ceausescu loyalists at tacked the National television Headquarters in the Capi Tal Early wednesday morning but were repelled in a half hour fire Ghl news reports said. Romanian reports said Security forces were also holding out in isolated positions elsewhere in the coun try but army forces were for the most part in control. Trying to heal deep National wounds from roman a s revolution the country s interim leaders held out the possibility of lenient penalties to Ceausescu s Secu Rity police if they surrendered. But at the same time officials suggested that those who did not give up voluntarily could face the same Fate As Ceausescu and his wife Elena who were executed by tiring squad after a Quick trial. Security forces have reportedly been surrendering in Masse after battling citizens and army troops. No Fig ures arc available however on How Many Ceausescu loyalists have Given up. Dumitru Mazilu vice chairman of the National Sal vation committee which is now running Romania reaffirmed that the nation s interim leaders were de voted to setting up a True democracy in place of Ceausescu s 24-year stalinist despotism. Romania is no longer a communist country. To mania is a free land and we will create a real democracy he said. Cornclio Bogdan Romania s new Deputy foreign minister said although bureaucrats who had worked for years under Ceausescu were still in positions of Power the new government sought a clean but peace Ful break with the past. News briefs water Pip Frozen from ire reports plumbers worked overtime across the South Ern United states n wednesday repairing thousands of water pics that burst when they froze in record Low t Iscra turns. Slowed shipping a dial fishing operations. Temperatures nov the less eased since the re week and during the Mckend. Readings were in y in Georgia. Lumbers in Houston were p Isible repairing thousands three Days of record set re plunged the  wholesale produce Werc expected to climb experts said. To climb As  in Cost per gallon of Home Ligh $1.37. Cord lows of late Christmas Holiday the 40s and 50s wed homeowners and working As fast As of pipes broken Dun Ting lows. While water pics pressures of the Fri prices higher. Price within a week at Supen markets expert heating Oil prices inline cd in new Hampshire heating Oil hit a Reco e. Germans of sell Wall Berlin after licks of listening to West Erners Hammer away Job their potential Concrete Gold mine. East Germany announced that it would begin Selling of chunks of the Berlin Wall using the proceeds for humanitarian causes in East Germany a report from Adlfy the official East German the state owned Lime is taking Over the Sale to of the Berlin  protecting certain Sec further destruction by have been steadily Ham slabs of Concrete since news Agency said the. Bau Export import Fil of available original Border guards do Lions of the Wall for souvenir Hunters we Deering away chips a the Wall was opened r v. 9. Quake shake s Australia Sydney Australia an earthquake on Australia s Eastern be Oard caused widespread damage thursday Kiing up to seven people and injuring an Costima d 100 others. Dozens of building were reported collapsed in the City of Nec Asand police moved to evacuate the business District of the country fifth largest City. It was Australia s Sec id disaster in a week. On Friday 36 people died Hen two limousine buses collided on the Pacific to Highway linking Sydney and Brisbane in the coun by s worst Road crash. A citizen yanks Down a huge communist party sign on top of a Bucharest building tuesday As a Soldier watches. They Are not All criminals they were at the most too Servile and obedient. We must try to avoid a Witch Hunt at any  he said. Relief flights were shuttling into Romania As the country struggled to recover from its upheaval. At Bucharest Airport More than 40 aircraft came in by wednesday afternoon. Reports say tens of thousands of people were killed during Romania s revolution which started with Mas Sive anti Ceausescu protests on dec. 16. Massacred students Are believed to be hidden i mass Graves according witnesses who saw Ceausescu s forces fire on crowds. During his trial Ceausescu was accused of being responsible for the killing of 60,000 people during his reign. Normalcy appeared to be gradually returning in to mania and the government said Many factories an businesses were again operating after being crippled by the upheaval. Group vows to kill americans Mexico City up a group claiming to be panamanian threatened wednesday to attack Ameri cans in the United states and abroad to avenge the . Invasion of Panama vowing a dead Gringo forever assassinated  the threat was contained in a typed letter signed by the Omar Torrijos anti intervention command an postmarked dec. 25, that was mailed to the Mexico City Bureau of United press International. Torrijos was a panamanian military strongman and National hero who died in a 1981 plane crash. His protege and intelligence chief Manuel Antonio Noriega succeeded him. The letter called president Bush the pirate and demanded the immediate withdrawal of 26,000 . Troops that it said were sent Panama to dominate our canal and capture Gen.  Noriega look Refuge at the Vatican embassy in pan Vatican Ama City Christmas eve four Days after being deposed by the . Invasion. The letter giving no information about the group orits origins threatened to carry out random attacks against americans anywhere in the world. We will carry out actions in different parts of the world against diplomatic missions government officials and Yankee personnel in general. We will even take the War to Gringo territory it said. The attacks would continue As Long As marines Are treading panamanian territory with their Nasty  the letter said the group followed the principle of an Eye for an Eye and that its slogan is a dead Gringo for every assassinated  the letter urged the International Community to halt state terrorism undertaken by the villainous Bush against the panamanian  France Switzerland freeze Noriega funds from Page 1 chamber of Commerce Alfredo Madura estimated that losses from a week of looking would reach Between $750 million and $ 1 billion. At some gasoline stations motorists were lowering buckets into below ground storage tanks to fill up their cars. The pumps were destroyed at Many stations by loot ers. Meanwhile Panama s ambassador to Mexico Jorge Turner Morales resigned and asked for Asylum in mexi co. Mexico has not recognized the Endara government. I cannot accept a government that was imposed under the machine guns of George Bush Turner Morales was quoted As saying by Mexico s Excelsior news service. At an appearance in Texas Bush appeared to leave open the possibility that Noriega could be tried in Panama. He said there was a threat of Noriega regaining Power if he remained unless he were sentenced to the prison sentence he  in a speech before a crowd of More than 800 at a barbeque dinner in Beeville near one of his favorite South Texas Hunting haunts Bush Drew loud applause both when he promised to press to bring Noriega to trial and to avoid Hel Lacious cuts in the defense budget. I am determined to bring him to Justice. We have to work with our friends in the Vatican we have to certainly work with respect with the new Endara government in Panama he said. But i want to see this Man who is under indictment brought to Justice for poisoning the children of the United states of America with drugs. Washington a France and Switzerland have responded to a . Request by freezing millions of dollars in Bank accounts held by ousted panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega and members of his family. The . Justice department requested wednesday that four european countries freeze accounts in which Noriega is accused of hiding profits from illegal drug trafficking. David Runkl a department spokesman said the Legal papers were hied with the governments of France Switzerland Luxembourg and the United kingdom requesting authorities to order Banks to Block any transactions in the Noriega accounts. Authorities in France quickly froze accounts con Taining a total of $3.3 million while Swiss officials placed a precautionary freeze on two accounts at Banks in Zurich and Geneva. The amount of Money in the Swiss accounts was not immediately disclosed. French investigators said the Banks in France May have been used As transit Points for funds destined for Luxembourg or Switzerland. The Swiss Justice ministry said the . Request charged Noriega with giving logistic support to colombian drug lords shipments to the United states. Noriega is thought to Nave transferred at least s10million into numerous accounts in Europe Runkel said. State department officials however say Noriega s personal wealth could total As much As $300 Mil lion