European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page2 the stars and stripes saturday february 10,1990 news updates polish Symbol Warsaw. Poland up the pol ish parliament Friday restored a Gold Crown to the White Eagle a Symbol of Independent statehood dating from the i oth Century but communist deputies walked out when a Solidarity Deputy declared they had no moral right to vote for it. A total of 3i6 deputies in the lower House of parliament voted for restoring the Eagle while three opposed and 52 abstained. The measure was proposed by president Wojciech Jaruzelski the first piece of legislation offered by a polish president in 50 years. Parliament speaker Mikolaj Kozaric Wicz had to announce a recess to bring the squabble under control. Iranian Tanker Madrid. Spain a an iranian Tanker that spilled millions of Gallons of crude into the Atlantic last december headed North to the Canary islands Fri Day from West Africa. A merchant Marine official. Javier Villanueva. Said the shark 5 was headed North from Sierra Leone West Africa for a Brief Stop in Las Palmas Gran Ca nary Island before sailing for 10 Days to an unnamed european shipyard. Last dec. 19. An explosion aboard inc Tanker 400 Miles North of the Canary islands opened a huge Hole in the Tanker s Hull causing it to spill an estimated 19 million Gallons of crude into the at lactic Ocean. Is switchboard to be shut Down Griesheim. West Germany is the Telephone switchboard at stars and stripes Headquarters willbe shut Down from 7 30 . To 12 30 . Today while additional Tele phone lines arc installed. When inc six additional lines go into operation feb. 28. People Call ing stripes by Auto on no Longe will need assistance from the switchboard operator. Direct a Cess will be available by calling 348-5 and the Extension  currently can Call direct on civilian lines by dealing 06is5-60i and then the Extension. Mandela sets conditions for his prison release Mannheim go gets 40 months for drugs Mannheim. West Germany is a specialist assigned to the 40th trans co in Mannheim was sentenced to 40 months in jail for Possession and distribution of cocaine. Spec. William e. Smith jr., 30, was found guilty at a general court martial held feb. 2. Smith also received a bad conduct discharge and was reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade. Between aug. 26 and sept. 16 of last year. Smith purchased and attempted to distribute 5 Grams of cocaine authorities said. Smith was convicted of buying the cocaine from another member of his unit and sharing it with a third Soldier an another Man in the Benjamin Franklin Village housing area in Mannheim. Smith  Chicago has been in the army three years. Correction a headline in yesterday s editions was incorrect. Staff sgt. Michael a. Yarn is a suspect in an attempted rape. Cape town South Africa up jailed Black nationalist Nelson Mandela told senior anti apartheid leaders Friday he would break apartheid Laws every hour of the Day if he is freed before the government lifts a state of emergency and releases All other political  what represented his largest meet ing with activists since he began a series of extraordinary prison talks last year Mandela met 22 members of the executive committee of the United demo cratic front a Broad Alliance of anti apartheid groups ideologically aligned with the african National  says he will never obey any apart Heid Law he will never obey any repressive measure and he will do what he con siders necessary to pursue the struggle said delegation member Dullah Omar a close family Friend and a senior unite democratic front official from the Western  he says in the process he would be breaking Many Laws every hour of the Vatican Hungary sign pact Budapest Hungary a Hungary and the Vatican Friday formally re established diplomatic ties that were severed in1945, the state news Agency Mai reported. The action was the latest sign of improvement in relations Between the roman Catholic Church and Eastern european countries that toppled hard line communist leaders in popular revolutions last year. Premier Miklos Nemeth and Cardinal Agostino Casaroli the Vatican Secretary of state signed the document restoring ties in parliament. Casaroli arrived wednesday on a five Day visit. In restoring relations with the Vatican Hungary became the second East bloc country to do so in less than a year. Poland re established ties in july. Czechoslovakia s new non communist government has also said it wants to restore ties with the holy  Between Hungary and the Vatican had gone on for months an both earlier agreed Pope John Paul ii would visit next  passed a Law Jan. 24 that separates Church and state ending stale interference in Church affairs and Grants All denominations full autonomy. Sepa rate legislation is planned on the return of confiscated Church  pressure from the stalinist leadership Hungary s Catholic Church surren dered its autonomy on aug. 30,1950. Day and he will find himself Back in Pris on the same  also on Friday police beat and chased hundreds of Blacks through the streets of downtown Johannesburg after the Black spilled out of St. Mary s anglican Church dancing and singing Freedom songs. About 1,000 people had been marking last week s legalization of the african National Congress guerrilla  policeman ordered the crowd to Dis Perse but within seconds his fellow offi cers converged on the activists from both sides and began hitting them with  Fri Crik do Klerk has said he will permit peaceful protest if Permis Sion is sought from authorities in and Vance. On several recent occasions police have forcibly dispersed peaceful crowds calling the demonstrations  told a news conference after the 5v hour prison meeting that Mandela was very optimistic the problems sur rounding his release would be resolved. He appeared totally in control of his emotion she s very Well and i must say he s very optimistic. He does not thin that the problems arc such that they can not be resolved Omar said. He s  there was still no word from the government Friday on when Mandela would be released following Klerk s announce ment a week ago that the Black nationalist would be freed  Klerk Friday accused right Wing Whites who condemned his racial Reform package of attempting to plunge South Africa into civil War and vowed to foil any attempts to set fire to this  be Klerk put Forward the boldest racial Reform package in More than four decades of apartheid Rule lifting a 30-year ban on the african National con Gress and restrictions on More than 30other organizations and 374 activists suspending judicial executions and announcing Mandela s unconditional re lease. Reagan agrees to give videotape testimony Washington a former president Reagan Friday agreed to give videotaped testimony at former aide John  s Iran Contra trial. In a court filing Reagan s lawyer asked that the former president be Al Lowed to give the deposition in Losangeles on feb. 16, four Days before  s trial is scheduled to begin on charges of conspiracy obstructing Congress and making false statements in the Iran Contra affair. Reagan who asserted executive privilege monday in connection with approximately 33 diary entries he has been ordered to turn Over to Poindexter said he won t assert the privilege with regard to a videotaped deposition. The former president has deter mined to accept and comply with the court s judgment that a videotape deposition is an appropriate vehicle for the Resolution of these difficult is sues said Theodore Olson one of Reagan s lawyers. . District court judge Harold Greene had Given Reagan a deadline of Friday to decide whether to invoke executive privilege or to allow  s lawyers to proceed with the deposition. On monday Greene said Reagan must answer 154 Basic questions from Poindexter plus relevant follow up questions. The subject areas include Reagan s knowledge of Oliver North s activities and whether Reagan authorized written responses to Congress for which poin Dexter is charged with crimes. Greene wanted the question of Rea Gan s testimony resolved before the trial saying it would be difficult if not impossible for Poindexter to prepare a defense without knowing whether the former president would answer questions. Missing no found dead Torrejon a Spain is Anair Force sergeant apparently shot him self to death this past week at an off base Motel a spokesman for the 16th air Force said Friday. The body of tech. Sgt. Robert r. Skorenki was found by Spanish authorities and agents of air Force office of special investigations about 10 30 . Wednes Day. The time of death has not been deter mined. Skorenki was reported missing on monday. Skorenki a native of Miami was As signed to the 1989th comm Wing. He was an air traffic controller at the Madrid Center Paracuelles. He is survived by a wife and two daughters. Memorial services have not been announced. Dulles Airport will retain name Washington a Kansas Law makers said thursday they will drop a proposal to rename Dulles International Airport outside Washington for Dwight d. Eisenhower because their suggestion had drawn unexpected opposition from area businessmen and the family of Chelate John Foster Dulles. From the outset we had no desire whatsoever to take away from the career of John Foster Dulles or to cause an problem said rep. Pat Roberts who had planned to introduce on thursday Resolution asking the regional Airport authority to change the name to Eisenhower International  minority Leader Bob Dole r kan., introduced a similar Resolution shortly after Congress convened last month. The name change was intended to Honor Eisenhower in the Centennial year of his  served As Secretary of state in Eisenhower s administration. In fact twas an executive order by Eisenhower in 1959 that named the Airport after  said that Eleanor Lansing Dulles the sister of John Foster Dulles had written to Dole that the renaming proposal was disturbing to the family. According to Roberts a Republican the Kansas legislators advanced their Eisenhower proposal on Capitol Hill Only because they thought the metropolitan Washington airports authority wanted to change the name of Dulles because of longstanding concerns that the Airport was easily confused with Dallas. Roberts said opposition to the proposal had grown in recent Days. Business men in the area around the Airport i suburban Virginia had particularly voiced opposition because Many shop Sand roads also use the Dulles designation