European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 a a the stars and stripes Friday March 23,1990 news briefs candidate assassinated by gunman in Colombia Bogota Colombia apr leftist presidential candidate Bernardo Jaramillo was assassinated thursday at Bogota a International Airport by a gunman who was captured after a gun attic according to police. Jaramillo was the second presidential candidate to be assassinated in the past eight months. The Caracol radio station in Bogota said it received a Call from a Man claiming the Medellin Cartel had killed Jaramillo but inc Call could not be verified. Jaramillo 38, while waiting for a flight with his wife was approached by a Man posing As a supporter. The Man reached toward the candidate As if trying to shake hands but instead fired a sub machine gun hidden in a newspaper police said. Jaramillo a bodyguards opened fire on the gunman and captured him. Jaramillo was rushed to a Hospital with a wound in the Throat and two in the Abdomen. He died two hours later said or. Juan Manuel rejects invitation to join Broad coalition Jerusalem up a labor party chairman Shimon Peres chosen by the israeli president to form a new government asked prime minister Yitzhak Shamir wednesday to join a Broad ruling coalition but the right Wing liked party Leader rejected the request. Peres told radio that he telephoned Sha air and proposed a meeting Between liked and labor to discuss a the possibility of setting up a Iuliu Nikii it tulu Jcu lit 0118 Mir and proposed a meeting Between liked and labor to discuss a the possibility of Setti Broad government or Unity a emr. Shamire a answer was that he will not join a government headed by labor and therefore he secs no need for a meeting a Peres said. The 15-month-old liked led coalition government which was formed after the indecisive november 1988 elections collapsed last week after Shamir refused to approve a . Formula for holding talks with palestinian representatives. Military couple s baby Dies despite Rescue efforts Augsburg West Germany a the 7-month-old son of a 105th finance support Soldier died in a local German children a Hospital Early thursday morning. Paramedics were summoned about 9 30 . Wednesday when Angela Davis wife of spec. Peter Davis discovered that their son Elijah was not breathing in his crib. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation efforts by Davis and the paramedics were unsuccessful. Doctors at the Hospital restored the child a breathing about 10 30 ., but the child did not regain consciousness and died thursday morning. An autopsy will determine the cause of from Page 1 or and the top enlisted men representing the Navy and marines. Quot some of us arc trying to Settle the problem. I just Hope we re not in the minority but we very Well could Hefner stressed that Many people do not understand Why some congressmen oppose the Transfer. A the administration should have thought of the Impact before now a he said. Opponents of the shift contend that president Bush should have budgeted for military personnel in his original plans for the 1990 defense budget instead of requesting Money for weapons and then asking for the Transfer. The Transfer must be approved by the House and Senate armed services committees and the House and Senate defense appropriations committees. French film director Dies Paris apr French film director Maurice Cloche Best known for his Oscar winning movie East German conservatives repeat unification pledge Berlin apr repeating a Promise that gave them an overwhelming Victory in East Germany a first free election East German conservatives said thursday they would forge ahead with Quick unification. The social democrats who finished As the second strongest party in sundays ballot said they were ready to begin talks with the conservatives on building a Broad coalition but set an important condition that could hinder the negotiations. The leaders of the three party conservative Alliance for Germany told reporters in Bonn that they would strive for a Quick merger with West Germany under a provision of the West German Constitution that provides for such a move. A two thirds majority in the new 400-seat parliament is needed to pass such a move and the conservatives need the votes of the social democrats to be assured it would be endorsed. The social democrats in a statement issued in East Berlin said they were ready to Start talks on a coalition with two parties represented in the Alliance for Germany but excluded any cooperation with a third party in the conservative group. The Alliance for Germany consists of Christian democrats by far the strongest party in the new parliament democratic Awakening and the German social Union. The social democrats object to working with the German social Union the most rightist of the three parties in the Alliance. East German Christian Democrat chief Lothar de Mai Zicree and other conservative leaders met late wednesday in Bonn with Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Kohl backs the Alliance and campaigned vigorously on its behalf. Kohl on wednesday predicted full German unification by the end of 1992. Frances president told him the meter should Lead to closer integration for All of Europe i. Jcj atthe Sta the big eur pea Quot Market on dec 31, 1992, we will also see a United Germany a know said in the Southern City of Constance. He Snoke no reporters after a two Day Summit with Spanish Prim minister Felipe Gonzalez. Kohl was referring to the european economic com i a Unity a plans to create a Barrier free internal Mari by that Date. To also wednesday West Germany a opposition social democratic party said it opposes nato membership for a United Germany unless the Western Alliance Abandons its strategy of nuclear deterrence. I the demand was made in a 12-Point disarmament program unveiled by the leftist social democrats it state that nato would have to undergo a fundamental changes if it were to include a United Germany As member. Speaking to reporters in Bonn de Maiziere and other conservative leaders said the three conservative parties would work closely in the parliament but would not build a common Block of deputies. I this was seen As a formula that would allow the social democrats to join in a coalition without formally having to cooperate with the German social Union. L concern is growing Over whether the new freely a elected parliament is riddled with members who once cooperated with the hated Stasi secret police. The West German newspaper Sii Deutsche Zeitung said thursday that pro democracy groups received an Anonymous tip in january that de Maiziere had Collar j rated with the secret police. De Maiziere denied the from Page 1 cratic controlled Congress appealed to lawmakers to give him the authority to decide How to pay for the program if they can to. He has said that he wants the Money to come from Pentagon programs. Bush said he takes soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze at his word in his assurances earlier this week that the Kremlin would not use Force to Block lithuanian Independence. The president at a wide ranging news conference that lasted half an hour also said he would like to see All soviet troops removed from Poland. Bush also said he will not go to Nicaragua on april 25 for the inauguration of Violeta Chamorro but that he hoped to visit a number of latin american countries in the fall. The president also said he Hopes to be Able to accept an invitation from australian prime minister Bob Hawke to visit Australia. In other remarks the president a sought anew to quiet polish fears about Poland a limited role in talks on German unification saying a a nuance of difference remains Between the poles Andl germans on the Border question and a they Are very very close a said it was for the a state of Idaho to decided whether to enact a Bill that would be one of the nation a most restrictive anti abortion statutes. But he said a i have not changed my position at ally in oppo of sit Ion to abortions except to save the life of the Mot Heij or in cases of incest or rape. A said the concept of linking Federal pay raises to performance a has my Strong support but that he had not yet signed off on a proposal that would specifically tie future pay raises to Merit. A disputed contentions that his comments linking israeli settlements in East Jerusalem with those in id West Bank and Gaza had played a role in the fall of the government of israeli prime minister Yitzhak Sha Inird a most people in Israel knew i was just reiterating Long standing . Policy a he said. A said no Date had yet been set for his Summit in june with a Monsieur Vincent has died at his Home in Bordeaux after a Jong illness the French press reported wednesday. He was 82. From Page 1 Day in the Kremlin a latest show of Force in the breakaway Republic. Lithuanians protested the increased soviet military activity and Gorbachev a decree ordering citizens to turn in their guns saying that the republics Independence movement has been non violent. The Convoy of 15 personnel carriers and five trucks towing military equipment rolled through Vilnius thursday afternoon. The action came just hours after lithuanian prime minister Kazimiera Prunskiene complained of the increasing activity of soviet soldiers and demanded an explanation from the Kremlin. During a break in thursdays supreme Council session she told reporters an estimated 30,000 soviet troops were stationed in the Republic whose parliament declared Independence from Moscow on March 11 after the ruling communists were removed trom Power in free elections. A but it changes daily a she said explaining Why she sent a Telegram to Gorbachev on wednesday night demanding to know the number of soviet troops and the amount of military equipment sent to Lithuania Over the past few Days. Gorbachev has called Lithuania a declaration of Independence illegal but he has also said he would not use Force to keep it from seceding from the soviet Union. Tow soviets annexed the Republic after assuming control Undin terms of the Hitler Stalin pact of 1940. Prunskiene called Gorbachev a decree to turn in weapons within a week a an expression of distrust Obj the whole population of the Baltic state. Lithuanian Interior minister Marion is Mya Sukonis told the associated press a there Are about 30,000 officially registered shotguns mostly in the Possession of Hunters and a there has not been one Case of aggression so Vahi confiscate shotguns a said lithuanian legislator Al Gimont tas Cekulis. A the Laws of Moscow Are not valid in inf Sovereign state of Lithuania. No guns will be Landsbergis said Gorbachev a decree shows a the ghost of stalinism is walking in the Kremlin and added that and order could be enforced a Only by brutal military Force. 1 Gorbachev using the Powers he gained when the Coal Ress of Peoples deputies elected him the soviet Union p first executive president last week said lithuanians had t week to turn in their firearms., if they fail to do so he said the soviet Interior minister should be prepared to confiscate them. Gorbachev also told Kab Border troops to tighten i Lieis watch Over the Republic and told officials to reduce i us number of visas issued to foreigners seeking to visit Tonj Republic. Also wednesday Moscow lawmakers gave initial approval to a draft Law that would make secession Fromi tin soviet Union illegal without a Republic wide referendum and a five year transition period. A
