European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes thursday february 22, 1990 moroccan abuses Rabat Morocco a prime mini ice Izeddine Lara i declared ast Nish mint tuesday at what he Cal d a misguided Campaign led by amnesty International accusing i Morocco of holding political prior is. In a letter Peter Duffy the Lon Don based h Nan rights group s executive Percsi pm Lara i said am Nesty Intel National failed to distinguish to Ween political prison ers and come n criminals. Informal i shown to a delegation led by Duffy to the North african country Tulasi week showed prisoners Are lot jailed for Opin ions but for alts of violence the letter said. 3the organization appealed monday to Kite Hassan ii to intervene personally to end alleged abuses. Uneasy Calm Beirut Lebanon up relative Calm prevailed in Chris Tian East Beirut for a third Day tuesday As mediators intensified their efforts to resolve a dispute that led to 19 Days of fighting be tween Christian factions. Despite an announcement by mediators that Gen. Michel Aoun and militia Leader Samir Geagea had agreed on a peace pact Security sources and residents feared presumption of fighting soon. The sources said the truce could not last because both Aoun and Geagea were still massing troop Sand reinforcements along the newly established confrontation lines in East Beirut and the North Ern Region of pcs Louwane. Railway strike Athens Greece a National railway employees tuesday began a 48-hour walkout tying up Domestic and International serv ices while Urban bus Drivers began a series of four hour work Stop pages to press for higher wages and a collective labor agreement. The walkouts were called after negotiations Between the trans port ministry and representatives of the two groups ended in dead lock at Midnight. In addition to a collective labor pact the National railway employees Are demanding a 10 percent in crease Over and above the automatic wage indexation Ata set by the government at 5.8 percent for the first Quarter of this year. The Ata is based on the inflation rate and is reviewed every four months. Lava watch Kaapana Hawaii a officials have an around the clock watch on a lava flow from the i Lauca Volcano that is threatening to overrun a residential area. Another lava flow from the vol Cano already has destroyed on Home and threatened four others. Residents of the Kaapana sub division met with Hawaii county officials monday to discuss evacuation procedures As lava came within three quarters of a mile of the development said Bruce Butts assistant administrator of Hawaii Island civil defense. Kilauea has claimed 75 Homes since the eruption began Jan. 3, 198?. Valentine it s never too Lai messages that did for the feb. 14 cd Day. American cancer society plans programs for overseas tro6ps by Lanet d Agostino medical writer m cancer society believing the needs of Servic Mcm is. Is establishing health in Europe. Been an undeserved dam Pitt National american cancer so the Ami it has overt Bers living o programs and this has Community  vice president for piety. He noted that the ported for Yean by i Europe through the Campaign. We came to realize Ting Back the programs were already being com for Clampitt said. We Felt extend the program beyond we a Core of volunteers trained lean cancer society will develop has been sup personnel in lined Federal during the next year for military communities at Frankfurt and Ramstein a West Germany and Rota Spain. Those locations were chosen to represent the army air Force and Navy respectively. Programs will focus on Public education patient services and continuing education for health professionals depending on the needs of the communities. Gam Pitt and other american cancer society specialists from the United states were in West Germany and Spain earlier this month training volunteers for the Demon stration projects. The society will provide informational and educational resources for the volunteers such As films videos and teaching materials. In the future the society May pro vide funding to the overseas programs Clampitt said. The demonstration projects will be Eval year to see whether 1 to other military Ateyat the end Oft they should be exp  Are More fian 100 volunteers involved in the Thratt projects but More vol. Unters Are being bought. Volunteers include health professionals civilians and family members. Volunteers do not need to have any particular skills or educational Back grounds. There a something the an wide Volie liminal Tio Nanci. It sited working with the defense de part no in 1986, developing health promo Tion programs particularly no smoking signs such As the great american it held each november and the i Start smoking cessation program. Place for everybody to do  cancer society is a nation health Agency dedicated to i cancer through research Educa Genera see tvs word pric Jefe sums up reason for Nav no Block to history month by Peggy Davidson Kalser Lautem Bureau Lan Stuhl West Germany the commander of the 3rd support come said tuesday that he can sum up the reason for having a Black history month in one word  i Don t mean Pride in the arrogant sense Brig. Gen. John s. Cowings said at a Black history month luncheon at Lan Stuhl army regional medical Cen Ter. But in what the line in the song from Oklahoma says i Ain t saying i m better than anyone else but Damn if i Ain t just As Good " Cowings who also is the Wiesbaden military Community commander used examples from history to epitomize the Pride Black americans and All Ameri cans should feel about being military nobers. He reminded the audient if out 150 medical Center staff and s that the first killed in i be run far  there s going a be a War let begin now let begin  Takin Quick tour through h eluded his 30-Mmu Al reminiscence 01 King or s famous of Cowings a audience on a iry Cowings con in with a person Martin  Washington speech in 1963. Cowings described himself As a very bitter Roth student at the time of the March which he attended. Then he said i noticed something i had t seen be fore. It can Only be described As a sea of humanity 200,000 people. People of All Ages. I had expected that. Men and women i had expected that. I also saw people of All races not just one or two but whole groups. I realized then that just maybe or. King s message was t just for those who happened to be Black but for everyone Cowings said. The general said that at that moment he understood what King meant when he said that people should be judged not by the color of their skin but by the Content of their heart. Mold halts commissary Pes of Altwasser Munich West Germany is commissaries and Exchange service stores have stopped Selling 1.5 and 0.33 liter bottles of Altwasser after Mold was discovered under bottle Caps. The Mold was found during routine inspections by the 7th medical come. This is not a product recall but a medical hold until further tests arc Complete Taid Barbara Slifer a spokeswoman for the command. The hold went into effect feb. 14. Slifer said the contamination is not life threatening. It is unrelated to a worldwide traces of was of water bottled in april and delivered in december. That was an unusually Long period for the water to be stored. Closer said. Slifer said no figures were available on the number of bottles affected. Customers who have bottles of Altwasser with the 12-91 Sale Date May return them to the Point of Purchase for refunds said Lesman for Stolzenbac her Alp to. Spokesmen for the commissaries and the ers Taufen. West Germany said fit army and air Force Exchange service occurred in bottle production. The the 7th medical come conduct regular inspections of food products sold in com Issaris cafes outlets and dub through it Europe. The command s inspectors also it contractor facilities and storage Ware Hofues to ensure compliance. _ Ott cd water and in the prod in the Altwasser. S with a Sale Date of i ifs must be completed Haford r advisory is issued Slifer Slid ills Are expected this week. Recall of Pei benzene were a soft limited to final any fun those a Serin  is working to change the bottles position to prevent Mold from forming tin Markus Glaser said. The Mold was discovered in a shipment Hospital notes policy on Cir pm visions Frankfurt West Germany elective circumcisions now done at the Frankfurt army re medical Center Are Only for Newt facts who have not been Dischar the Hospital. In from parents who want circumcisions for their formed infants who have already been discharged the from the Hospital can have the procedure sued do done at a German Hospital. The procedure after Havivi will be partially paid for by the civilian summer health and medical program of the uni Mediati i for eligible families Ink Furt Hospital recently re 1 circumcisions on newborns stopped the procedure in the688 because of a shortage of 1 urologists. Appa act pm miners end strike Raffy pack s Day ii for love. Valentine l make the dead linens will appear Sun Dante a. A appalachian Coal miners voted nearly 2 to 1 to ratify their contract with the Pittston Coal group Union official announced tues Day. The vote ends a bitter 10-month strike that served As a rallying Point for the american labor movement. Pittston employees in Virginia West Virginia and Kentucky voted 1,247 to 734 in favor of the pact. Sixty three per cent of the striking miners and Laid off workers endorsed the contract and 37 percent opposed it according to figures provided by the United mine workers. The results were announced jointly in Virginia and in bal Harbour fla., where the Al Cio is holding up annual Winter meet ing. Ump presided to Richard Trumka Al Cio president Lane Kirtland and . Secretary of labor Elizabeth Dole joined in the Florida announcement Trumka called miners in Castlewood a. At about 9 15 . To Tell them the strike was officially Over