European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 01, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page thursday february 1,1990 greek ship lost in Channel London a a greek registered cargo ship disappeared during a storm in the English Channel and All 19 Crew members were feared dead the coast guard said tuesday. Two bodies one identified As a greek Mem Ber of the Crew washed ashore on the South coast of England with a Lifeboat bearing the ship s name. Rag Theofano. The coast guard said sonar readings located sunken vessel five Miles South of Portsmouth but Stormy weather prevented divers from positively identifying the wreckage As the 324-foot ship. Chileans Tunnel out of jail Santiago. Chile a forty nine leftist guerrillas including several convicted of trying to kill president Augusto Pinochet in 1986, escaped from a downtown jail tuesday through a Tunnel they spent a year digging officials said. Authorities said six of the escapees were quickly captured by police but the others remained at Large. One other prisoner proved too big for the Tun Nel s Entrance and was found stuck in it they said. Several hours after the escape was discovered a Man who identified himself As one of the escapees called radio cooperative in Santiago with details of he operation. Officials described All the escapees As leftists and said several were convicted in a september 1986 ambush of Pinochet s motorcade. Pinochet was unhurt but five bodyguard were killed and 11 wounded in the attack car ried out by the pro communist Manuel Rodriguez a Lotic front. Rains kill 22 in be Africa Maseru. Lesotho a heavy Rains an hoods have killed 22 people left 254 homeless and destroyed farms in the Mountain villages of the Southeastern african Republic of Lesotho officials said tuesday. Red Cross society officials said the death toll could be higher but helicopters from the Royal Lesotho defense Force had not been Able to reach Remote Highlands to Check on settlements there. The officials said floodwaters from the Tel River had engulfed 92 Homes and there were not enough tents and food for the refugees. . Envoy turns ceo Budapest. Hungary a . Ambas Sador Mark Palmer hosted a glitzy Farewell reception tuesday to Mark the end of his foreign service career and the Start of a new Job As chief executive of an East Europe based consortium. I Haven t been a typical Diplomat in the Pas few years and i thought i should not leave in a typical Way and Washington is cooperating he told those gathered to wish him Well in the hungarian National gallery the former Roya Castle. Palmer had been scheduled to leave after the March general elections until the announcement Jan. 25 that he was joining the newly create Central european development corp. As presi Dent and chief executive officer. The new company whose chairman is Este Lauder cosmetics Empire heir Ronald s. Lauder was created to take advantage of investment opportunities opened up by the Retreat of communism across much of the East bloc. Co Section three Onte charts that ran with schooling Earle Pahis week included Complete Smith of schedule cited the Hong Hjelt. Citation As its source. Therp Eljie was family. The defens Jon the be Caliliw Fol Home teaching states. Or profile of Home school Fame Reagan ordered to turn Over parts of diaries to Poindexter Washington a a Federal judge tuesday ordered former president Reagan to turn Over excerpts of his diaries to former National Security adviser Johnm. Poindexter for usow his Iran Contra Case. . District judge Harold Greene directed Reagan to produce entries from in sex president s diaries for 29 different dates in 1985 and 1986. In addition Poindexter imn titled to receive other diary excerpts said the judg in did not detail How Many or what was ordered to product a diary entry relat ing to a successful trip in december1985 to Central America. The entry includes a somewhat ambiguous com ment arguably indicating that the Folber president knew of Poindexter s activities on Cha Puthe con tras Greene said. Reagan was ordered to give Poindexter Abe diary entries by monday. Greene gave the former president nearly a week to produce the material in Case he decides to Assur Jhc doctrine of executive privilege in an attempt to a surrendering the diaries. The judge said Poindexter is entitled to diary entrician which Reagan describes an Effort to persuade the government of Honduras to release a seized arms ship ment that had been destined for the nicaraguan calf tra rebels. Of Greene also said Poindexter must receive i aryan tries focusing on . Military Type assistance a unidentified Central american country in sup 1uic5, i a univ at Uwi i ii Iii research by Brian Ray of Seattle Pacific in Home,.�. Or in s Home schoo defense Asso i did by the information h of the so came from i ban on .i leftist govern Vith conspiracy two counts Ort of the occurred during a Cong military Aid for the rebels fighting Centof Nicaragua. F Poindexter is entitled to because the May show what types of Aid pm silent Reagan thought could legally be provided of Jhc military or paramilitary operations of the Chi japs Greene Slid. Poindexter is Charof obstructing Cong and two counts of nuking false statements us icon a action with for Fer National Security Council aide Oliver North s assist Ance to Thearon tras and the 1985 shipment of Hawk my plus to Iran. He scheduled to Goon Irige feb. 20. Dexter also is entitled of Reagan s diary entries concerning meetings5th Poindexter and a thurs in december 1985 Poindexter to discuss the sales of arms to Iran said the court one diary entry addresses briefly the Issue of the a cd from these sales of arms to Iran it said. Fone of the diary entries Sheds any Light on the question of what Reagan May have known about the dive Ion of proceeds to the Contra rebels from the administration s secret Sale of arms to Iran. Threat prody ced by third world justifies Sadk Gen. To Ahan says by Dave Dieul . Bureau London third world advances in chemical and nuclear weapons justify continued work on the strategic defense initiative the director of the pro posed space based system says. As Many As 20 third world countries including Iraq and North Korea ill have Long Range chemical or nuclear ballistic missile systems by the end of the Century it. Gen. Gefrge l. Monahan or. Said Mon Day. Additionally Tho Oviet Union continues to upgrade its strategic forces and is deploying Mobile missile launchers. Those threads should ensure that the strategic de sense initiative gets congressional support Well into the future he addled. Ski popularly known As Star wars is designed to Blunt a fissile attack on the United slates by using space and ground based systems. The systems would include lasers and Rykr Tilc program is Irvinc for a $1 billion increase in funding to $4.5 Billi a in the 1991 defense budget unveiled monday by seckary of defense Dick Che Ney i the increase reflects Prda Donl Bush s interest in the program Monahan first phase of the two phase Star wars program is expected to be deployed by the air 1990s, Monaha said. It involves tracking and interceptor systems. The second phase involves the of space base weapons. A Monahan is in Europe to meet and ski contractors in Britain Crance and West Germany. Isome experts say the scud Type missiles sed in places such As Afghanistan and the Iran Iraq Waw Pulde a potential threat to . Forces stationed near Crne of the world s hot spots. Scud is a nato Nameb heavy artillery rockets made by the soviet Union. The missiles have a Range of about 170 Miles. Kidnap victim freed after 2 years Careri Italy a Cesare Casella the Youn Kidnap victim whose two years of Captivity gripped Italy was freed tuesday night. Police said a military patrol found Casella 20,chained by the wrist and the neck to a Post near a Bridge in the Aspro Moalc Mountain area of Southern Italy where he was believed held by the Anonymous kidnappers Italy s notorious Kidnap ring. The italian news Agency Ansa said the youth told police he was left chained to the Post by kidnappers who told him to remain Calm that sooner or late someone would pass by and free him. The youth was examined by a doctor found to be exhausted by his imprisonment but in Good condition police said. Ansa said his first request was for food. Give me something to eat i Haven t eaten for three Days the Agency quoted him As telling the military patrol. Casella had become a Symbol of the plight of Kidnap victims in Italy. His Mother Angela Casella was known As Mother courage because she travelled to Aspromonte to make dramatic appeals and to protest the kidnapping and government inaction. She made her first trip of Hope to the Aspromonte Region of Calabria in october 1988 and returned for 10 Days last june sleeping in a tent As my son is doing in these her complaints led to the resignations of All 42 May ors of the Aspromonte area near Locri in sympathy. Cesare is that you is that really you he said in choking voice when she spoke to him by Telephone for the first time since he was kidnapped. Yes yes mama. It is me he replied. Memorial service planned Fon airman at Al Conj Raf abcs Bury England Siff a memorial service for a year old airman we died monday will be held at 11 in the Pusc Chapel. Senior airman Rendone Robinson was found unconscious by his Rowna ote in Bis dormitory room monday morning and is transported to pinching Brooke Hospital in font Nevdon Cambridgeshire. He was pronounced do Flat 9 2
