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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday. January 11,1990 news updates talks on Cambodia Bangkok. Thailand up indonesian foreign minister a Alatas said wednesday that he will talk with vietnamese foreign minister Nguyen co Thach and cambodian prime minister Hun sen in to Chi Minn City. Viet Nam to ecu cd All proposals for peace in Cambodia. I Hope to Sec Hun sen in to Chi Minh its on Jan u or 15. I will Wail for hat to happen first before i can. Sum up the Poji Tion of the four Khmer  said Alatas. Injured romanians Marseille. France up five romanians arrived aboard a specially chartered French air Force plane wednesday and were admitted to state hospitals for treatment of Dum Dum Bullet wounds sustained during demonstrations in Bucharest and Timisoara. Officials said. The five were hit by Dum Dum bullets provoking Large wounds and arc suffering from serious functional problems but nothing life threatening said or. Richard to Merguc. A health service official in Marseille. Sweden s budget Stockholm. Sweden a the social democratic govern ment on wednesday proposed to the Riksdag or parliament a re strained budget for 1990-91. Despite the trimmed budget Aid to Eastern Europe was included. Finance minister Kjello of Feldt said Sweden s Economy has reached a crucial  where production must be increased and wage demands must be lowered or the country would face an eco nomic crisis with increasing unemployment. Unemployment is currently at 1.3 percent a record Low. But Feldt warned that the govern ment s goal is full employment. He said the goal was threatened by Ris ing wages and urged unions and employers to limit wage increases which experts say will reach 8 to 9 percent in 1990. Eagle scout Wosch Heim West Germany a member of troop 202 recently joined the ranks of the Eagle scouts the highest Honor in scouting. Greg Cranmer. Who has been in scout ing for eight years also has been appointed As a Junior assistant scoutmaster. For his Eagle scout project he assisted the California Highway patrol in creating a video encouraging scat Belt use by teen agers. Cranmer. 16, is a Junior at Hahn High school he is the son of senior master sgt. Bruce e. And Iva Cranmer. To earn the Eagle scout award a boy scout must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes earning at least 21 Merit badges and completing a Community service project. Soldier reported unhurt after being hit by car Frankfurt West Germany is a Soldier knocked Down by a car Early sunday was taken to the army regional medical Center but was uninjured a 3rd army univ spokesman said wednesday. Earlier reports from West German police said spec. Dwayne herring. 23, of the 143rd signal in 3rd army div was seriously injured. Police said the Soldier was hit by a car driven by a Man with whom he had quarrelled earlier. . Considers the withdrawal of 5,000 troops from s. Korea Seoul. South Korea a the United states is considering withdrawing up to 5.000 troops from South Korea the . Embassy said tuesday. The decision on such a reduction will be made after Secretary of defense Rich Ard Cheney meets with his korean counterpart the embassy said. Cheney is cd pc Ted to  Seoul on i cd. 14. An assessment of South Korea s ability to defend it cd against North Korea is under Way and will be considered in the decision . Officials said. President Roh tac woo said tuesday he wants to meet with North korean Leader Kim ii Sung to discuss free travel across the korean Peninsula. Discussions of american troop withdrawals arc sensitive in Korea and Many people in the country have been alarmed Fay reports that the . Government May Bow to congressional pressure for spend ing cuts and reduce the 43,000 troops stationed in South Korea under a Mutual defense pact. Tuesday s statement was issued after korean Media quoted . Ambassador Donald Gregg As telling journalists in the City of Kwangju that a reduction of 4.000 to 5.000 troops was expected. The report is inaccurate said the statement. The thrust of ambassador Gregg s remarks was that. The . Troops will remain in Korea As Long As the people and governments of both countries wish them to  when pressed for an answer on How Man troops might be withdrawn the ambassador noted that the . Troop level at the beginning of the Reagan administration was about 4.000 or 5.000 less than now and that a return to this level was an option under consideration the statement said. Radicals and dissidents a Small but vocal minority have staged violent demonstrations demanding withdrawals claiming the pics Csc of . Troops Hin Ders possible talk on unification with communist North Korea. The korean Peninsula was divided in 1945. The North koreans invaded South Korea to Start the 1950-53 korean War. And the two sides remain bitter enemies. Despite repeated North South talks. There has been Little Progress at easing hostilities and both Seoul and washing ton have said . Troops will remain until there is a reduction of the threat from North Korea. Regarding Rolfs Call for Freer travel on the Peninsula the president said a North South Summit should be held As quickly As possible and he urged communist North Korea to Raspona positively. Speaking at a nationally televised news conference. Roh said he would seek an inter korean travel and communication agreement As soon As possible. If it takes Lime for the two parts of Korea to agree to free travel and full opening then exchanges of correspondence and Telephone Calls and free Home visits by dispersed relatives should be implemented first he said. On tuesday. North Korea said it wanted to Send two envoys to South korean leaders bearing letters concerning North Korea s latest reunification proposals. Pregnant teacher Dies of malaria contracted during trip to Kenya Darmstadt West Germany is a pregnant elementary school teacher who did not take an anti malaria Pill before visiting Africa Over the Christmas Holiday died of the disease wednesday morning. Maria a. Schrin died at 2 . In the Frankfurt army regional medical Center from malaria that she contracted after vis iting Kenya during the Christmas vacation said or. Col Ronald r. Banck. Who commands the Hospital. She was 40. Sherin a teacher at Darmstadt Elemen tary was inc months pregnant when she died and b Anck said she did not take an anti malaria Pill before visiting the african nation. He said her pregnancy helped bring on the Onset of the disease which is usually spread by mosquitoes. Pregnant people Are immune com promised. They Don t mount the same response to infections you and i do. Once this Falc Parum malaria gets into tissues kidneys or brain. Even the Best of very rapid treatment in a perfectly immune responsive person the Dis ease is often  a Hospital spokeswoman said that no autopsy had been scheduled. Blanck said Schrin was admitted to the Hospital monday evening suffering from a fever. Or. It. Col Arthur Shipule diagnosed the disease and admitted her to the maternity Ward. Doctors treated Schrin with quinine and anti malarial drugs and moved her into the intensive care Ward after her condition worsened tuesday. Blanck said. Schrin taught learning impaired Chil Dren at the school for the past two years. She is survived by her husband Rich Ard and three children. Her son James is an 11-year-old fifth grader at the school. Her stepdaughters Justine 21, and Juliette 22, reside in Oakland Calif. Schrin lived with her husband and son in Sossdorf a Small town near Darm Stadt. She earned a Bachelor s degree in anthropology from George Washington University in 1972. She took graduate courses at the University of Arkansas in fact Tevilla before joining the depart ment of defense dependents schools at Darmstadt elementary on sept. 5, 1988. Memorial services Are being planned in Darmstadt. Sherin will be buried in the Washington area. Vans carrying commissary supplies to be released from Northern ports by the stars and stripes some of the supplies held up at North Ern ports because of a shipper s bankruptcy should be on commissary shelves next week officials said wednesday. Do disc Gomes spokeswoman for the . Army troop support Agency said that 45 vans detained since last week in Rotterdam. Netherlands will be released on Friday and arc expected to arrive at commissaries next week. Filly other vans held at the port in  West Germany were were scheduled for release this week she said. However there arc still a few prob lems with the  she said that could delay the release of the vans in Bremer Haven. The 95 vans along with More than 300 others carrying supplies destined for Exchange outlets and commissaries were detained at the ports last week when the shipper top Gallant filed for a chapter 11 reorganization. The Law requires All assets of a corporation filing for chapter 11 la ire Sei Iea. But some of the vans Are being re leased and we re getting some of the merchandise in said capt. Was Davis an cafes spokesman. However Davis was unable to give de tails on the number of vans being released and exactly what merchandise was in them. Last week he said that the delay in delivery could cause shortages of soft drinks and american Beer among other items. None of the goods was perishable said Adam Cohen a spokesman for the de sense subsistence Region which handles the delivery of All Paris liable goods for the army. Air Force and Navy in Europe. Go gets 40-month sentence for robbery Heilbronn West Germany is the first of four soldiers charged in connection with a robbery spree last fall has been sentenced to 40 months in prison. Pvt. I Lenard j. Evans 23, a radio Tele Type operator assigned to the 237th engr in at Wharton Barracks was convicted monday in a general court martial at Hail Bronn Legal Center an army official said. Three other defendants arc expected to go to trial in late january and Early february in connection with a string of assaults and robberies that occurred Early sept. 16. The court found Evans guilty of two robberies and Drunken driving. Evans stole a Wallet containing 200 Deutsche Marks about $120 from one victim and a watch valued at $61 from another Vic Tim Early in the morning in Heilbronn. The Oklahoma native was found inno cent of a third robbery charge attempted robbery assault and being an accessory after the fact. The court also sentenced him to a Dis honorable discharge and forfeiture of All pay and allowances  
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