European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 01, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Is fakes a hoi Day there will be no newspaper tomorrow be cause of the new year s Day Holiday. The stars and stripes will resume publishing wednesday. Today we doubled up on the comics and crosswords pages 16-20 so you won t miss your favourites during the one Day break. The staff of the stars and stripes wishes you a Happy and Safe new year. Vol 48. No 259 monday tuesday. January 1/2.1990 d 8693 a no Panama pullout planned yet Bush to visit wounded is in Texas Houston a president Bush says he looking Forward to an Opportunity to shake hands with . wounded in Panama but that it s too Early to make Sharp reductions in . Troops there. We Don t want to act too the presi Dent said saturday As he continued to enjoy a year end vacation in his adopted Home state of Texas. Bush was travelling sunday to san Antonio where he was to visit two military hospitals the Wilford Hall air Force medical Center and Brooke army med ical Center. Related photos Page 3. Nearly All of the More than 320 . Servic Mem Bers wounded in the fighting in Panama were treated at the two hospitals although most have since been released. Fewer than 60 were expected to still be there for Bush s would like to. At year end Here Salute them once again for what they be done and i will have an Opportunity to shake hands with some of those Bush said. Speaking with reporters As he finished a game of Golf at the Houston country club on saturday bus sought to minimize the stalemate with the Vatican Over the Fate of deposed panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio has been holed up in the Vatican embassy in Panama City since Christmas eve. The roman Accident in Arizona an american West airlines Boeing 737 rests nose Down off the end of a runway at Tucson International Airport. The Jet skidded into the grass while Landing saturday after it apparently lost Hydraulic pressure. Three passengers of the 118 aboard suffered minor injuries. See Story on Page 7 procrastinators predictably late Philadelphia a soviet Leader Mikhail will become known As the nicest Guy on the bloc in 1989. Gel it bloc. Block. The procrastinator s club got it and made several other somewhat Tongue in Cheek predictions for 1989 on saturday. As usual the procrastinators were very late wit their prognostications and right on the Mark. We re perfect club president Les Waas said sat urday. We be never made a mistake yet. I Don t know Why that is. 1 guess because we spend a whole ear putting them the Rich the famous the infamous the political an the sports minded will have a rough and Rocky 1989, the club said. According to the club Catholic c Hurch has walked at . Demands to turn him Over to the United Stales to stand trial in Florida on drug trafficking think in s Lime to Cool it on both sides and let the diplomatic process bring this Mailer to a Happy Resolution Bush president said he had no quarrel with inc vat ican and might even Call Pope John ii if needed to reduce the same time. Bush said the Vatican had a history of giving Asylum to people who Are fleeing even thugs like meanwhile the White House on sunday denied a continued on on Back Page 1990 heralds Era of change in . Defense by William Bureau Washington the military rarely had it so Good. In the i Jos it asked and Congress gave. From Ivri to 1988, the United states spent $1.83trillion on weapons manpower operations and maintenance of its armed forces. Another $ 17 billion has been pumped into the defense budget since 1984 for former presi Dent Reagan s strategic defense initiative Orthe Star wars nuclear Ronald Reagan will become half of a skinhead. Zsa Zsa will slap slap a cop cop. An Oil company will try to exonerate itself after a Tanker Captain fails to gel a designated Driver in Alaska. Hotel Queen Lcona in Elmsley will gel an additional room paid for with taxes that Only inc Little people pay. Pete Rose although becoming known As a bet Tor player will be hustled out of baseball. The United slates will Send troops to a Centra american country in search of a pineapple. The procrastinator s club established in 1956 by employees at a Philadelphia advertising Agency has been making its Johnny come lately predictions for a least 20 years Waas said. But still inc members have trouble convincing folks that the club has High pow see late on Back Page the decade in review missile shield with in department of Energy spending an additional$1 billion on the controversial As a new decade begins the Pentagon sees Trou bled times ahead. Peace is at hand. And the once Gen Erous Congress has turned Inlo a Penny Pincher. As a result the army and air Force arc slashing43.000 positions this year As part of a $1.7 billion budget Cut ordered by Congress. More cuts Are sex leaders look Back at the spending of the Reagan years As a key investment that helped Lead Toile Domino like fall of communist regimes throughout see Era on Back Page it s not often that we get a window Seal to the great events in history. But those of us in Europe in 1989 witnessed a political and human upheaval of epic pro portions. We watched As rigid and powerful political systems crumbled to the collective will of people determined to control their own destinies. We saw the face of Europe change virtually overnight. In recognition of i Csc events the stars and stripes is producing a 16-Page special Section intended to Cap lure in words and photographs the Molion and significance of this newest revolution. East bloc in revolt appears in wednesday s editions. Don t miss it
