European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A a a the stars and stripes Friday March 9,1990border Issue provokes fiery debate. German lawmakers pass Resolution Bonn. West Germany apr the West German parliament on thursday adopted a Resolution calling for a United Germany to Honor Western Poland a Border after a raucous debate marked by charges Chancellor Helmut Kohl had endangered the reunification process. One lawmaker from the opposition social democrats. Jurgen Schmuc said Kohls handling of the Border Issue had amounted to a political arson in the european  the parliamentary Resolution states that the two German nations should adopt identical declarations so that the Quot the polish people arc assured that their right to live in secure Borders will not be questioned by us germans through territorial claims either now or in the  it further says that the future government of a United Germany should sign a Border treaty on the basis of those declarations. Kohl had come under fire abroad and at Home for his previous reluctance to clearly state that a United Germany would never Lay claim to land ceded to Poland after the third Reich s 1945 defeat. Kohl with an Eye on the december elections apparently tried to avoid offending conservative voters and had insisted Only the government of a United Germany could address the matter. His demands that a Border treaty be linked to polish concessions also caused an uproar and he withdrew them earlier this week while at the same time proposing the Resolution that passed thursday. In thursdays parliamentary debate the opposition social democrats charged Kohls pronouncements had seriously endangered the reunification process. Spa chief Hans Jochen Vogel said a Seldom has a Federal Chancellor. So mishandled his responsibilities to West germans a was Chancellor Kohl in the last Days and  Vogel charged that Kohl s pronouncements on the matter had a squandered International Trust of the German people which is now needed More urgently then Ever so that our neighbors do not reject the unification  in his own address. Kohl battled Back by pointing out the social democrats contacts with East Germany Snow disgraced communist party in past years. A the social democrats contribution to the German politics unification matters in the last years can be characterized As simply pathetic a Kohl charged. Kohl also seemed to address worry expressed by the soviet Union that he is trying to make reunification occur too quickly. A we Are producing no artificial time pressures in order to Speed up unification a said Kohl. Apin the Middle seven year old Hilary Foretich who is at the Center of an american custody Battle is escorted Home from school in Christchurch new zealand by her grandparents William and Antonia Morgan. Hilary s Mother or. Elizabeth Morgan has arrived in new zealand and is expected to see her daughter  to launch american satellite Hong Kong up a China will launch a  communications satellite next month. Delivery of the satellite from Hong Kong to the Mainland was nearly blocked by american sanctions against the chinese government after brutal suppression of the pro democracy movement a business group said thursday. Siasat a communications satellite intended to provide television and Telephone service throughout the far East will be launched aboard a chinese made Long March Iii rocket from the Yichang missile Range in China a Southwest Sichuan province. A we Are now looking to put Siasat 1 into orbit Between april 5 and 9,�?� said Terry m. Seddon. Chief executive officer of Hong Kong based Asia satellite telecommunications co. Ltd. A we will be Able to be More specific in the last week of this month when variables such As the weather can be allowed  the satellites delivery was held up by  sanctions against the Beijing government following the crackdown on protesters at Tiana men Square in june. The sanctions included a ban on the Transfer to China of . High technology that has possible military applications. The satellite was manufactured by the Hughes aircraft co. Of Westchester calif., near los Angeles. Hughes is one of the biggest defense contractors in the United states. President Bush in december approved the satellites Export on the grounds that it and two other satellites owned by australian interests represented about $300 million Worth of business to . Companies. The two other satellites Are scheduled for launch in China later this year. The White House said Siasat would provide badly needed telecommunications services to several Friendly countries in Asia. Siasat will be the first Western made communications satellite to be launched by China. Its backers said it will also be the first privately owned communications satellite in the Region. American rancher in Philippines killed by communist insurgents Manila Philippines apr communist rebels killed an elderly american rancher on the Central philippine Island of Masbate after he refused to pay a revolutionary taxes a filipino and . Officials said thursday. The victim Stewart Frank Raab was the second american killed by filipino rebels in a month and the fifth in the past year. Raab 76, was seized tuesday by about 30 new Peoples army guerrillas at his ranch near Milagros 240 Miles Southeast of Manila maj. Leo Pangilinan said by Telephone from Masbate. The guerrillas forced Raab from his vehicle and shot him in the head Pangilinan said. . Embassy officials confirmed the report and said Raab bad been born in the Philippines when it was still an american Colony. According to Pangilinan Raab had been paying Quot revolutionary taxes a or Protection Money a until the rebels increased the fee to $34,000 a year. After refusing to pay Raab began receiving death threats Pangilinan said. One week before he was slain rebels ransacked his Home and took a television video recorder and assorted weapons and ammunition the major said. The rebels fled with Raabs clothing and personal effects after the killing Pangilinan said. On feb. 21, rebels killed geologist John Robert Mitchell 42, of Fairbanks Alaska his filipino wife and father in Law in an ambush on the Central Island Bohol. One rebel arrested in the killing said gunmen were out to get Mitchells father in Law for failing to pay a revolutionary  in september rebels killed two american civilians working at a . Military installation about 60 Miles North of Manila on the Day that vice president Dan Quayle arrived for an official visit. In april rebels killed . Army col. Janies a a Nick Rowe in an ambush on a Busy Street in suburban Quezon City. Rowe a Vietnam War hero was assigned to the joint . Military assistance group in the Philippines. In october 1987, three americans and a filipino were killed by rebels in a series of attacks around Clark a 50 Miles North of Manila. World today Geneva Auto show debuts cars for mom speedsters Geneva up a the 60th Geneva automobile show opened thursday with cars ranging from $6,500 models for doing the shopping to $250,000 High performance ferraris and Aston Martin Lagonda. From Plain to luxurious however the emphasis was on safety with Abs anti blocking Brake systems widely included in the Price or available As an option. The age of Turbo powered engines As in formula one racing also mainly gave Way to the Era of multiple valves with a wide Range of 12-. 16-and 24-valve units. World firsts from France included the 605 Erdt Turbo diesel limousine from Peugeot and the 210-horsepower Turbo Baccara and Alpine v6 Turbo be mans from Renault. Italian maker Maserati displayed the new eight Cylinder and 32-valve Shamal which puts out 325 horsepower and has a six Speed Gearbox and suspension which can be adjusted from inside the car. While Volvo of Sweden had the 480 Turbo  to buy 26% of East Germany a airline Frankfurt. West Germany apr the West Germany airline Lufthansa has tentatively agreed to buy a 26 percent share of inter lug. East Germany a state owned Carrier a Lufthansa spokesman said. The agreement is similar to those signed by Many West German companies who want to acquire partners Over the Border since East Germany ousted its hard line communist leaders in october. The two airlines reached a preliminary agreement earlier this week but details Are Stii being worked out. The Lufthansa spokesman Sai wednesday. 98 dead in outbreak of cholera in Zambia Lusaka. Zambia apr ninety eight people have died in a cholera outbreak that Bogi feb. 2, health authorities said thursday. Health minister Mavis Muyunda said tie number of people treated for cd Lols hic dwindled since the government banned p gatherings and Street vendors a month ago. Since the outbreak began 1,486 people tac been treated for the intestinal disease spa mainly by poor Hygiene and sanitation. Five people Are still being treated and s 1 special cholera clinics have been closed. Muyunda said 11 people died from -holer3 i Lusaka and its Northern suburbs in the it  in the capital remained shut win Day and Muyunda urged City dwellers hold Public gatherings