European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a a news briefs the stars and stripes thursday january 18,1990columbia Crew celebrates birthday of commander Quot a be canaveral. Fla. Apr the Crew v lit Mem Plung d into its Lam Fui div of a a c re v.1a> d it . Competitiveness hinges on minorities official says but  a Vur stuff a rift if i f it i i i it  i he to it d   is Siruc i   Juh j he a  Ltd a  in -.  is i ,.  /  a c. F a Quot. M. Major whose wife fell Over railing to be tried Platte City. To. Apr an army major whose wife fell Over an eighth floor hotel railing while he was carrying her has been ordered to stand trial on assault in the incident. Maj. David Schneider. 34, told police at the time of the nov. 4 incident that he had picked up his wife in a romantic gesture but stumbled. The prosecutors sole witness at tuesday s preliminary hearing. Chantel Mcc ulchin 15. Of Blue Springs said inc saw Schneider flip his wife Over the 3-foot, 7-Inch railing overlooking the hotel s lobby. Deborah a. Schneider. 34. Suffered multiple fractures to both legs and a broken Pelvis in the 80-foot fall. She landed on a restaurant table. Platte county associate circuit judge Ward Stuckey ordered Schneider of fort Leavenworth. Kan., to stand trial and set a Jan. 25 arraignment. Schneider a wife who uses a Walker apparently has no memory of the incident prosecutors said. She no longer lives with her husband. Trade deficit in nov. Rises to $10.5 billion Washington apr the . Trade deficit widened in november to $10.5 billion ils worst showing in 11 months the government reported wednesday. The Commerce department said that while. A a lion Quot Argei. To s30.i9 billion. The Trade deficit is the differ a Partt imports declined by $593 million to $40.69 billion. . Exports dropped a larger $843 million ence Between imports and exports. The government blamed much of the setback on the Boeing aircraft strike which severely Cut into Copons of expensive commercial airliners. L. I a in jul ill pc ii end i Ehi   in in planet 1 Arth Quot  spoke to Ahou  people at a Heidelberg luncheon to commemorate slam civil rights Leader Marlin Luther King or. Blacks will need to take advantage of new opportunities to succeed in the nest Century with ils promised futuristic developments such As robot flight attendants and supersonic train travel. They re going to have to Quot Burn the Midnight Oil sometimes and work very hard plus make a heated Effort to solve the problems of our Young people Quot Haughton said. Quot we must let them youth know that illegal drug use and irresponsible sex will simply give them a Short term thrill but a Long term  said Haughton whose two week speaking tour in West Germany and Berlin will take him to two overseas schools. In the coming years he said Blacks must also remember to fall looking up if knocked Down by discrimination Quot because if you re looking up you can get  while recognizing the continuing struggle Haughton said he would be remiss not to acknowledge the Progress s larks a Quot Haughton  have also seen id in. In in the it ill tar it. V. Ith Mure than 4h generals . Oin pared to a handful when King Doln Rcd ins Nuis Irig speech said the Thibodaux la., native. But despite this Progress Quot we have to be careful not to be mesmerized by the delusion of  said Haughton whose civilian Grade is equivalent to the rank of a general. Haughton also chairs the defense department s equal employment Opportunity review Board and co chairs its or. Martin Luther King or. Military involvement committee. The impressive strides still arc not enough he said. Black generals for example represent just 6 percent of All . Generals and Black elected officials just 1.5 percent of All Public office holders. Blacks currently make up 21 percent of the armed forces and 12 percent of the Overall . Population. Borrowing a phrase from poet Robert Frost Haughton said Quot we be still got Miles to go before we sleep in this struggle to Sec Equality of Opportunity for african americans. Therefore we must not Ana we cannot rest on our  from Page 1 Dullin drug Cartel Leader Pablo Escobar Gaviria for the City a poor people. A we accept the Triumph of the state Quot the communique said. A thus we will Lay Down our arms and abandon our objectives for the Benefit of the highest interests of the  the communique came in response to a Call tuesday a a. Poi tags and end drug trafficking. The communique said the cartels accepted the Call and would go further dedicating themselves to peace in Colombia and ending the activities of All armed groups operating outside the Law. A we have decided to suspend the shipment of drugs and to surrender weapons explosives laboratories hostages. The Clandestine Landing strips and other effects re a by the roman Catholic Church and leaders of political parties for drug cartels to release their hos Latch to our activities at such a time As we arc granted constitutional and Legal guarantees a the communique said. A we submit to the existing Legal establishment in the Hope of obtaining from the government and from society respect for our rights and our return to our families Ana communities a it said. The statement said that As proof of the group s intentions it was releasing Echavarria and her daughter. It also said the group was not responsible for other abductions attributed to it. President Virgilio Barco said tuesday that he would not Rule out the possibility of negotiations to end the drug War which has led to More than 200 deaths and thousands of injuries since it began in August. At a news conference Barco said in answer to a ques a of talks a we in the Govch Tion about the i. Men Are not  Interior minister Carlos Lemos Simmonds said tuesday that colombian Law contained no amnesty for common criminals. Barco began his crackdown on the cocaine cartels Alicr the assassination in August of a leading presidential  from Pago 1 yet because they Haven to started to act Quot said Seleznyov. Reinforcements were also sent to the nearby Border with Lian Tass said. More than 7,000 Armeni ans have been evacuated from Baku Many in ferryboat across the Caspian sea. In Baku Tass reported that capt. Yevgeny Pilagin and a number of soldiers from the Interior ministry troops were surrounded by a crowd of 5,000 for nearly three hours As they tried to arrest 10 nationalists who had broken into the apartment of a russian family. They finally agreed to release the 10, and led the rus sians and an armenian family out of the House protecting them with Shields. Eighteen armenian residents were injured in Azerbaijan in the last 24 hours in Baku and 30 armenians taken hostage Tass said. The hostages were later released. The soviet government and the communist party issued a joint statement of condolences to families of the dead.44th Ada go gets 33 years for assaults on wife by Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau Kaiserslautern West Germany a a 44th air defense arty Soldier was sentenced to 33 years in prison for the repeated assault and attempted murder of his panamanian wife. On six occasions Between july 7 and oct. 30. Spec. Julian c. Guinn punched or choked his wife ultimately attacking her with a Steak knife according to court documents. During the first assault in july Guinn shoved his wife around their apartment in slain Wenden. Ten Days later he locked his wife and their three children in the apartment forcing Yazmin Guinn to lower a child from the Balcony to get help. Afier locating his wife at a Friend s House Guinn began choking her and finally stripped her of her clothing saying she did t deserve to Wear clothes he bad paid for. The abuse continued into August until Guinn s commander ordered him to move into the Barracks and not visit his wife unless escorted by a non commissioned officer. Near the end of october Guinn violated the order visited his wife and demanded she return her wedding band. Told she had thrown it away Guinn administered another beating badly bruising her face and the Arm she used to fend off the blows. On oct. 30, Guinn used a Steak knife to repeatedly sub his wife at the Home of friends. When the knife Bent Guinn began choking his wife with his hands then used a piece of rope to continue the strangling. He was beating his unconscious wife in the face when friends arrived and he fled. Yazmin Guinn was treated and released at the army regional medical Center in Lan Stuhl West Germany. She returned to Panama in december. Guinn 25, a native of Washington also was sentenced to a bad conduct discharge ordered to forfeit All pay and allowances and reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade following his Jan. 11 general court martial