European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 29. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 Refuldo and Luz Morales Perez parents of army Cpl. Ivan Perez attend their son s funeral in Central Falls . 5 gis buried with honors All died during Panama invasion fighting by the associated press four soldiers and a Sailor victims of the u.  of Panama were buried with full Mili tary honors and 21-gun salutes wednesday. The funerals held in West Virginia sout Carolina Massachusetts. Rhode Island and Ala Bama Drew scores of military personnel from each Branch As Well As High ranking elected officials and clergymen. Altogether 23 american troop died in the fighting last week. In Princeton w.va., army pvt. 2 Kenneth Douglas Scott 20, was buried in the snowy mountains he called Home As about 100 mourners looked on including his Foster parents and the woman he had planned to marry next month. I believe when he joined the military he wanted to believe in something. I want to remember him As a Soldier steadfast and unmovable who died for what he believed in said the Rev. Dwight Palmer pastor of St. Paul s holy United Church of Woodlawn  is the son of Scott s guardian. Ruth Palmer. Scott who joined the army in june and was stationed at fort Polk la., died serving with the 6th infantry division. In Central Falls ., 300 mourners filled Notredame Church for the funeral of army Cpl. Ivan Perez a native of Colombia who grew up in Rhode Island. The 22-year-old Perez was killed in an ambush by forces Loyal to Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega the army said. The Rev. Dennis Reardon told mourners that his death shatters the superficial Beauty  gov. Edward d. Dir Etc and sen. Clai bomb Pel were among those at the ceremony. Pell d-r.l., is chairman of the foreign relations committee. At St. Agnes Parish Church in Arlington mass.,about 550 family friends and sympathizers including roman Catholic Cardinal Bernard Law mourned Navy it. . John Connors. Connors a 25-year-old Arlington native had volunteered for service in Panama. He had joined the Navy in 1987 and served in the special operations uni known As the seals or sea air and land teams. The Pentagon did not release details of his death. In Seneca s.c., More than 300 people attended the funeral of army specialist Phiilip s. Lear one of three South Carolina natives killed in the invasion. The infantryman died dec. 20 of gunshot wounds White american troops were mopping up an area Nearh Tomato af3, about 65 Miles West of Panama City. Mai. Gen. John a. Renner director of military personnel management handed an american Flag to Lear s Mother after the burial and thanked her on behalf of the president of the United states and a very Gratful nation. For the selfless and honorable serv ice of your  at fort Mitchell National com chary in Alabama two military Brothers buried a third brother army sgt. Michael Deblois at a ceremony attended by about 40friends and relatives. Deblois 24, of Columbus ga., was eulogized As Good Soldier who turned in an honorable performance in Panama despite an earlier flesh wound he receive when hit by debris from an exploding building. Bush ponders drug blockade for Colombia Washington a president Bush is consid ering a Pentagon proposal to set up a virtual air and sea a Leokade around Colombia aimed at halting Nar Cotic shipments by drug cartels a senior and Mnira icon official says. The official said the plan was being formulated i cooperation with the colombian government and is not designed to impede the Export of Legal  s supposed to be a big time  said the Pentagon official. We want to make it impossible foray drugs to come out of there by air or  the operation would involve positioning an aircraft Carrier Battle group and its accompanying air Wing off the Caribbean coast of the South american country the source said. The Pentagon official stressed that there would Beno question of . Military shooting Down planes manned by suspected drug  Are no plans to Start blowing people out of the sky the official said. The R.L. Woulff be one of support and focus on forming a much much tighter  the plan could be delayed because the . Mili tary s attention has been diverted by the Panama inva Sion the source added. The source said the plan is part of the package Fanti drug proposals drafted by Pentagon regional and other specified military commanders that make up . Military s top Field leadership. It was requested by defense Secretary Dick Cheney in september. Their proposals approved by Cheney have Bee sent to the president who has pledged to attend a feb. 15 International anti drug Summit in Colombia. The official said the Man Euver targets Colombia be cause it is one of the major flow Points for drugs the offensive could be mounted prior to Bush s anticipated meeting with colombian and bolivian officials in Cartagena for the Summit. The official refused however to specify a Date. Cartagena a port City 680 Miles North of Bogota dislocated in a Medellin Cartel stronghold in a country ravaged by bombings and assassinations since colom Bian president Virgilio Barco declared War on the drug traffickers three months ago. Last week Peru condemned the . Military intervention in Panama and cancelled plans to participate in the Summit As a protest. Presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said afterwards that Bush still intends to go to Cartagena As a show of support for president Barco despite the pro test by Peru the world s largest producer of cocaine. The Navy would play the key R.L. in the operation the official said because of its ability to put airborne warning and control planes e-2c Hawk yes in the air from its carriers. Those aircraft with Saucer like radar equipment mounted on their frames Are Able to keep tabs on suspected drug smuggling planes or ships because the can track surface and air targets Over a wide Region. The Pentagon official said that while Congress had authorized $450 million for Dod s use in fiscal year 1990in support of the Campaign against illegal drugs most of the Money for the colombian and related Caribbean anti drug operation would come from training funds. Police in miss., Ark. Open 2 suspected parcel bombs Greenville miss. A a Par cel thought to contain a bomb and addressed to the principal of the biggest Lack school wednesday was found to contain educational materials. We classified it As a suspicious pack age. We have since then been Able to open it. It contained harmless sex an drug education material said police maj. Marvin minor. Police took the padded parcel about the size of a Shoebox to a Remote area near the Mississippi River where the officers were joined by a bomb specialist team from Pine Bluff Ark. Agents from the . Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms the Fri and . Marshals service also were on hand to in Spect the parcel which listed the sender As Rev. Bubba in Washington.  the specialists determined after a Quick search that the package carried education material. Minor would not say if the package would be delivered to a Greenville school. Also wednesday authorities in Char Lotte n.c., removed a package from the porch of state District judge Bill con Slang s Home and destroyed it discover ing it held Only a doll police said. An a Ray had revealed electrical and mechanical connections presumably in Side the doll officials said. Authorities were investigating whether the incidents were related to a spate of mail or package bombs direct a against judges courts attorneys and civil rights organizations in Alabama Georgia Flor Ida and Maryland. An Fri led investigation has concentrated on possible racial motives for the killings in Georgia and Alabama. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Dec. 29, 1949 after completing a two year study air Force officials announced there was no  thing As a flying  the statement was in response to a time Magazine article which said that informed air Force authorities believed ufos to be interplanetary vehicles manned by spacemen. 30 years ago today dec. 29, 1959 president Eisenhower proposed a mid May Date for a Paris Summit meeting with Allied leaders. Among the topics expected to be on the Agenda was America s nuclear future. 20 years ago today. Dec. 29, 1969 heavy Winter storms struck the Midwest and new England snarling traffic and shutting schools and businesses in some 16 states. 10 years ago today dec. 29, 1979 saying that Iran would continue to pay an increasingly High Price for holding the american hostages president Carter announced that the United states would ask the United nations to impose economic sanctions against the country