European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday. January 27,1990u.s. Increases military patrols to curb crime wave in Panama Panama City. Panama apr the United Stales has increased us military patrols in an Effort to Check a crime wave sweeping the capital and surrounding areas a spokesman for the . Southern come said thursday. A there was already some talk of setting up vigilante groups. The additional . Security should Stop that he said. The spokesman speaking on condition of anon i by. Said measures include additional checkpoints in Panama City but did not say How Many More soldiers were on the streets or give additional details. Gunmen have been roaming the streets at night and breaking into Homes. William Joyce an american working for the Panama canal was killed tuesday night in what appeared lobe a burglary. Masked men entered his Home in a supposedly Safe residential area and shot him. They stole jewelry and three rifles from a gun collection. Joyce was president of the Rod and gun club. Another Panama canal commission employee was held up a few Days earlier. Vice president Ricardo Arias Calderon who is also government and Justice minister met with commanders of the newly formed Public Force of Panama to discuss crime figures and ways of battling the crime wave a Force spokesman said. A the minister is going Over the figures so we cannot release them a he said. Business and other leaders have asked president Guillermo Endara a government to increase Security. Alfredo Maduro president of the panamanian chamber of Commerce said we know there has been an increase in criminal activities. We have asked that the Public Force and the . Army increase Security in Panama City and in Colon a the no. 2 City in Panama. A if there is no Security there could be additional instances of  Maduro was referring to three Days of widespread looting following the dec. 20 . Military invasion that deposed dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega. A for businessmen it is imperative to have a Public Force that can be trusted is respected and inspires  he added. Noriega now is in Miami where he is awaiting trial on . Drug trafficking and Money laundering charges. Endara a government with . Backing the Noriega administration hours after la it began. American military patrols were heavy following the invasion but were reduced last week. Succeeded in invasion pontiff exhorts Cape Verdi ans to maintain Faith amid hardship or Pope John thursday at Paul ii kisses the ground on his arrival Praia s Airport in Cape verde. Lindelo Cape verde apr Pope John Paul ii urged Cape verde s catholics to guard their Christian Faith As the Island nation struggled to overcome poverty. Speaking to 35.000 chanting islanders Friday in Lindelo. The former portuguese Colony s cultural and economic Center on Sao Vicente Island John Paul praised the islanders for their Faith in the face of Quot Adverse  Cape verde s 10 islands arc part of West Africa s impoverished Sahel Region which for years had been plagued by drought famine and encroaching deserts. Quot without natural riches your country is searching. With some Success for the paths to steady  the Pope said at the town s packed sports stadium. He said rain and food shortages As Well As storms in the archipelago Oft the West african coast brought a Quot trial of suffering Quot that had strengthened the islanders Faith. To the Delight of the crowd a Light drizzle marked the Popes arrival on silo Vicente. Quot never Hesi Lale to sacrifice everything to stay faithful to  the Pope implored the crowd in portuguese. The archipelago colonized by the portuguese in the i5lh Century has africans highest concentration of roman catholics Over 90 percent of its 360,000 in Habi ants. While stressing that the Church supported Progress that guaranteed human integrity and Harmony the Pope urged Quot Don t let yourselves be chained by the myth of economic Progress. Quot fight against religious indifference a the dangerous temptation of modern times. To abandon religious practices when you become too concerned with material interests Success or professional and social advancement Quot he said. The polish born pontiff received a clamorous Welcome thursday on Sal Island and in the capital. Praia on Sao Tiago Island after he urged Rich countries not to abandon the needy third world in favor of Eastern european countries emerging from years of communist Rule. During John Paul s eight Day tour of the Region he will also visit Guinea Bissau Mali Turkina faso and Chad i is his sixth african journey As Pope. Although Cape verde is one of the More prosperous nations in inc Region Many islanders have left in search of better living conditions. An estimated 400,000 Cape Verdi ans live and work abroad mainly in the United states Portugal France and the Netherlands. In his Lindelo address the Pope mentioned emigrants problems advising them not to lose their cultural identity and Christian Faith. World today Iran air guards kill 4 who attempted hijacking Nicosia. Cyprus apr Security guards on a Domestic Iran air flight foiled a hijacking and killed All four hijackers in a shootout the official news Agency reported Friday. The islamic Republic new s Agency quoting a statement from the islamic revolutions guards corps said four a armed terrorists tried to Hijack the Boeing 727 on thursday night on a Light Between the Southern cities of Shirar and Bandar Abbas. The corps the internal Security Force said All four hijackers were killed in a shootout with agents who were on Board the plane. An earlier report by the news Agency said Only that two hijackers were wounded. The hijackers had taken a Crew member hostage to Force the Pilot to Fly to an unspecified destination.. Navy rescues 14 from sunken chinese ship Manila. Philippines apr four . Navy ships rescued 14 chinese seamen and recovered four bodies from a merchant ship that Sank off Luzon Island a Navy spokesman said Friday. A fifth body was caught in the wreck and 20  were missing the spokesman said. It. Joseph Gradisher spokesman for the Navy a 7th Fleet said the chinese vessel Huazhou Sank before noon thursday about 40 Miles off the no the coast of Luzon. He said the survivors and the dead were picked up after More than three hours of searching aided by . Navy  prime minister gives birth to daughter Karachi Pakistan apr prime minister Binazir Bhutto gave birth thursday to a girl her second child. Bhutto s Mother said. She is believed to be the first modern world Leader to give birth while in office. Nusrat Bhutto a co Leader of her daughter s governing Pakistan people s party said Binazir Bhutto and her daughter were both in Good health. Bhutto the country s first female prime minister is married to industrialist Asif Sardari. Their son Bilaal. Was bom less than a month before the november 1988 elections that brought Bhutto to  Leader sets fire to Rhino horns game skins Nairobi. Kenya apr president Daniel Arap Moi set fire to $5 million in Rhino horns and wild game skins thursday underscoring kenyans commitment to save its threatened wildlife. The ceremony took place at the same spot in Nairobi game Park where Moi six months ago set ablaze 12 tons of elephant tusks valued at $3 million. The 302 horns were perched atop a pile of Wood and quickly disappeared in Black smoke and flames fed by 44 Gallons of diesel fuel. Also set ablaze were 13,000 skins of Leopard cheetah Giraffe Zebra Bushbuck colobus Monkey Buffalo and Thompson s Gazelle a some of the wild animals that inhabit the park.1 St private to station goes on air in Spain Madrid Spain apr Spain a first private to station to begin regular programming broke the state s 33-Ycar monopoly with a newscast that immediately took the government to task. Antuna 3 do television is one of three private companies that gained a License in August from the government of socialist prime minister Felipe Gonzalez. During the first broadcast thursday beamed Only to Madrid and Barcelona announcer Miguel Angel Nieto wasted Little time in showing the new station will follow the strongly anti government line of its National radio network. A we cannot ask your forgiveness for not appearing in All of Spain Quot Nieto said. A the government simply will not let