European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday january 16,1990 gift Edroy Hannelore Hasbel left and horse Kowarek a Germany on sunday. The slogan on a protester s j the Chi we outside a . Army depot near Clausen West Oon says Voison Gas threatens Ever one a Vii wll cum i a ilk Alv la Vii flviv31ci a vh1uvii 3j3, of ui3u1i go9 ii1icuici13 Vcci Juilus chemical arms protesters rally at army depot in a Germany by Joseph Owea Virv existence Osuch mass killing weapons. Of staff write Clausen West Germany of about 200 people gathered sunday afternoon our fid a secluded .army depot to hear appeals of information about the chemical weapons believed i Jdc stored there. Most of the crowd walk a few Miles through frosty Forest to reach the of tool located near Clausen about i5 Miles South of Juser Slauter. The West German rows Magazine Der Spiegel re ported three weeks agon hat Clausen is a major storage site for . Chem off weapons drawing attention to the otherwise inconspicuous installation. The mag Azine did not i Denny its sources. Two rows of a purity fences topped with concertina wire surround we installation. Signs mounted in sever Al places want Hal deadly Force May be used to repel trespassers Ana that guard dogs patrol the area. To the Westpfal peace coordination the precise location a the weapons had Little bearing on the Point of its warning watch sunday. If we demonstrate in the Beautiful Pfalz Forest i front of a military depot it does t matter which one it group spokeswoman Hannelore Hobel told the crowd suggesting it was More important to protest the very g weapons she said protege in the past few years at the nearby Fischbach army Heppt had contributed to the . Decision to withdraw its chemical weapons from West Germany beginning i 1990. Spokesman Horst Pwarck said local residents observations of activities at and near the depot con Vinced peace coordination members that the weapons were at Clausen and to Hakkhe army was preparing to remove them. He acknowledged that the group had no proof however. The important question now the existing Security problems connected with Stltt removal of chemical weapons can be solved Kowark said. Der Spiegel reported that the Cas would be moved by Road and then rail Between Jove and August to the Northern port of no Denham theft by ship to the Pacific. \ Kowarek said the Federal and stae governments should Tell local residents such detail Ras whether the Gas containers would be protected from Cather during transport what emergency health service would be on Alert along the transport route and the condition of the Gas containers. East German party pledges Unity As goal by the Baltimore Sun East Berlin More than 200,000 people Gath ered Here sunday As leaders or East Germany s social Democrat party pledged themselves to Unity with West Germany. A East German government under the social democrats will initiate the important Steps toward German Unity in coordination Wilh the Federal government of West Germany Anna Katrine Pauk chairwoman of the social democrats in East Berlin told the crowd to heavy applause. The rally staged in Alexandc Platz with even More numerous West German flags waving followed the social democrats three Day party conference which gathered 400 delegates from around East Germany Here in Berlin along with West German spa leaders Hans Jochyn Vogel Johannes Rau and West Berli mayor Walter Momper. The party conference officially changed the East German social democratic party acronym from the sep to the spa bringing it in line with the West German party whose leaders promised Liberal funding and assistance As the May 6 elections approach. Betraying the Strong influence of the West German spa the East German party endorsed reunification with West Germany in the context of european Unity and within current Borders. Called for uniting the two currencies. Called for raising old age pensions which in East Germany run slightly More than 300 Marks a month about $54 at the official Exchange rate. Expanding parental leave rights. Establishing an unemployment insurance system in East Germany. Creating strict Legal controls on the Sale of real estate and other property. But for Many gathered Here perhaps the most important pledges of the party reborn after its forced merger with the East German communist party the sed in 1946, was its outright opposition to any future coalition with the sed. Civil War continues in 2 soviet republics by the Washington Post Moscow the soviet Union s warring Southern republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia mobilized thou Sands of armed volunteers sunday As the official death toll following two Days of anti armenian rioting in Azerbaijan climbed to More than 30. Armenian political activists said that a virtual civil War was raging in areas of Azerbaijan inhabited by ethnic armenians. The soviet news Agency Tass spoke of a night of atrocities in Baku the azerbaijani capital. In an attempt to Calm tension on both sides of the Border Between the two Transcaucasia republics the Kremlin dispatched members of the ruling communist party politburo to Baku and Yerevan the armenian capital. Cuban from Page 1 Erna Cut of Guillermo Endara who won a 1989 presidential election that Noriega annulled. The cubans have been housing Noriega s wife. Felicidad at the compound As Well As Noriega s three daughters a son in Law and a grandson. The cuban Consul said Mora refused to allow the . Soldiers to search his car saying its Normal transparent win Dows allowed the troops to View inside the car without conducting a search. Mendez said the . Soldiers seized the cubans diplomatic passports after Mora walked at allowing the search. Also sunday hundreds of cubans gathered at the holy Trinity Catholic Church to Pray for Swift processing of 5.000 exiled cubans applications for . Visas. The . Embassy shut its doors Dur ing the invasion of Panama stranding the cuban exiles who arc seeking to Emi grate to the .also, there were new disclosures Sun Day about top level official corruption in the governments controlled by Noriega and his predecessor Ornar Torrijos. Panama s general accountant Rubendario Carlos said several form presi dents maintained secret slate funds from which Money could be withdraw without providing receipts the local Dai lies Al Panama America and la Prensa reported. Carlos said More than $36 million had been spent from the Public funds. Between 1972 and 1989 these Pana Manian presidents received the following amounts Aristides Royo si7,017,036 Jorge ill Eca $1,641.893 Nicolas Ardito Barletta $1,524,245 Eric Arturo Delvalle $2,914,384 Manuel soils Raima $1,410,000 and Francisco Rodriguez $410,000. Reaches drug a con Witles. American countries Santa Cruz Boto a the United states and the cock tic producing countries of Bolivia colonial and Peru tentatively agreed sunday to intrude Mil itary units from each country in a stepped up War on drugs. A however South american Delegate said the agreement leaves out any Ian Guage that might open the door to Din . Intervention in the fight. The text of the plan will be col Cryl until president Bush and at Leas Jwo of the South american presidents shh at a drug Summit feb. 15 in co Lomke officials said. The agreement readied after a five Day preparatory an Inte Gral commit Enrby the four countries which have proposed carrying out a fron Tal and unstoppable assault on narcotics trafficking said Bolivia s foreign minister Carlos Iturralde. Iturralde said tic Accord recognizes the need for . Economic Aid to the South any can countries which in turn commit w themselves to a full fledged Mil itary Campaign against the mul billion in cocaine industry1. It until recently we perhaps Haven t " cd to accept the reality of narcotics Raff King he said. Before we under so agreement the South Ameri can committed to using All the Means they have available including the armed forces in Tel War on trafficking he said. Delegates said the Deta was prompted by arguments Over How is. Assistance should be directed and Aba conditions would be attached to it
