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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 06, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stripes an amour for Armor sunday Magazine 0 military to commercials to plus d rising Star in Miami blues to plus the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 22 sunday May 6, 1990 Good morning 25 daily and sunday d 8693 a allies take first Steps to build German Unity by David Tarrant Brussels Bureau Bonn West Germany the four Vic tors of world War ii and the two Ger Many decided saturday to hold a series of meetings through the summer to Clear the Way for an orderly unification of Germany. In a seven hour meeting the foreign ministers of Britain France the United states the soviet Union and the Germany opened their 2-plus-4 talks with the Central question of a United Germany s membership in nato unresolved. West German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher who chaired saturday s meeting at the Maritim hotel said the group agreed to hold meetings in Berlin in june Paris in july and Moscow in septem Ber. Genscher also said the polish govern see Berlin on Back Page czech City hails . Liberators by Randy Pruitt staff writer Pilsen Czechoslovakia the red White and Blue flags said everything in one word on saturday Freedom. Thousands of american and czech flags stood Side by Side As residents of this Western Czechoslovakia City paid homage to the . Soldiers who helped liberate the area from nazi occupation 45 years ago. It s like the fourth of july but i Haven t seen anything like this re marked an air Force band member from Ramstein a West Germany who Cameto perform at the historic Celebration. Flags by the thousands created an Al most dizzying impression of Czechoslovakia s fifth largest City. Flags of Ever size Hung from practically every window. They adorned the fronts of streetcars clothing baby carriages and vehicles. On Street Corners czech boys who did t know a word of English hawked paper flags. Six months ago  a Dis play would have led to arrest. Saturday s ceremony in Republic Square marked the first time that the americans had been formally honoured since 1948. After that the communists claimed credit for liberating the entire country and stopped the Celebration. Pilsen citizens knew differently. Sat urday was proof that they never forgot. As Many As 100,000 people gathered inthe heart of this workers City the Home of a world famous brewery and a Skoda car factory to show their appreciation in a Celebration organized by the civic forum a group that opposed the former communist government. It s Beautiful exclaimed Scheiba Vaclav from the top floor of the textile department store where he has worked for 60 years. Pilsen residents wave american flags saturday while celebrating the 45th anniversary of their liberation from the nazis. Below him the throng created a crazy quilt pattern As it stitched its Way across the Plaza. The swarm of humanity became so thick that it frequently halted a caravan of Vintage world War ii jeeps and trucks that threaded through the City of 350,000. As for the . Veterans their return was an exhilarating experience. Retired col. Fred Herres of fort Jack son s.c., found himself becoming a celebrity of sorts when he returned to Stara old Pilsen for the first time since the liberation. People asked for his Auto graph. Others produced pictures of themselves taken with the americans. Herres carried his own Box of photo memories to share. The czechs wanted to identify americans they had known he said. Herres was a 24-year-old lieutenant see liberators on Page 3 2 More gis charged with Panama murder Washington up the army disclosed it has filed murder charges against two More . Sol Diers who participated in the . Invasion of Panama last december a published report said saturday. Sgt. Paul Finsel jr., 25, of Arkoma okla., and pfc Mark Mcmonagle 20, of Philadelphia were charged with murder stemming from the Jan. 25 shooting of a panamanian woman in a Brothel the Washington Post reported. The victim was identified As Leila Diaz de Panay 50, said maj. . Walker an army spokesman at fort Ord calif., where the two soldiers were attached to the 7th Light in div. The soldiers also were accused of mishandling their firearms and of disobeying orders prohibiting sexual Contact with panamanian women and prohibiting the use of alcohol during the deployment the report said. The army spokesman did not elaborate on the Case but said the two would be tried this summer. The army last month brought its first Case against a . Soldier in connection with the Panama invasion. First sgt. Roberto Enrique Bryan 42, was charge with killing a panamanian Man following a dec. 23. Grenade attack on a . Checkpoint that wounded two american soldiers the report said. Bryan s Case is being reviewed by army officials at fort Bragg . The army is trying to determine if Bryan a 19-year army Veteran should be court mar titled. The Post reported Bryan s lawyer Mark Walc did not believe his client would be recommended for court martial. Waple said Bryan acted within the rules of engagement for the Panama invasion which allowed . Soldiers to fire when fired upon or when they believed their lives were endangered. The dec. 20 invasion of Panama by 24,000 .troops, dubbed operation just cause succeeded in rooting out dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega  
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