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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes monday May 7,1990 nicaraguan Leader contras sign pact Managua Nicaragua apr nicaraguan rebels saturday agreed with the new government to begin disarming this week and president Violeta Barrios de Chamorro pledged to Start reducing the size of the sandinista controlled army. If carried out the agreement that was signed will mean an end to a decade old civil War Between thousands of  Contra rebels and the previous leftist sandinista government. An estimated 30,000 people have died in the fighting. Chamorro also said weapons Given to civilian sandinista supporters by the outgoing administration should be a recovered and  Israel Galeano the Contra commander agreed his forces would begin disarming tuesday. The Accord which was reached after a 15-hour meeting said the rebel fighters would be disarmed by june 10. The Accord said the Security of the rebels and their families camped with them would be guaranteed. The bulk of the rebel army estimated at Between 9,000 and 12,000 fighters has returned to Nicaragua from honduran base Camps in the past few months. Many arc in Security zones supervised by . Peacekeepers. News briefs the rebels had previously agreed to surrender their weapons by june 10 but then stalled saying they wanted the army to be disbanded first. The army is controlled by the sandinista front which lost National elections to Chamorro a  opposition coalition in february. Chamorro who is also acting As defense minister did not specify by How much the army would be reduced but promised to do so by the Date of the Contra demobilization. A on june 10, we will announce the program of the reduction of the armed forces ordered in my inaugural address of april 25th, and whose implementation should begin immediately a Chamorro said. Her government has also forced top officers to leave the party in a move intended to de politicize the army. Saturdays announcements followed closed door talks that began Friday. Members of Chamorro a Cabinet and Nicaragua a roman Catholic Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo also attended. Galeano said Friday the fact that the contras were meeting with Chamorro shows a willingness to work to rebuild a a society that was  president Violeta Barrios de Chamorro and Contra Leader Israel Galeano stand together in Managua after agreeing to disarm the rebels and reduce the army a size. Many contras Are angry Over Chamorro a decision to keep Gen. Humberto Ortega As head of the army although she said the Post would be temporary. Ortega brother of former president Daniel Ortega had been defense minister under the sandinista. When Chamorro took office april 25, she charged the army Leader with coming up with a program for reducing the armed forces in keeping with Contra demands. However she said Ortega will stay on As head of the army until the contras Are disarmed. 3 children killed when car careens into baseball Field Rescue workers carry one of the victims of the plane crash in Guatemala City a West side.1 7 die in Guatemala City in cargo plane crash Guatemala City apr a Miami bound dc-6 cargo plane crashed saturday in a crowded residential neighbourhood killing at least 17 people including its Crew of three americans officials said. Several houses were destroyed by resulting fires. At least 10 people were injured when the plane crashed into several houses and slowed into a Hill shortly after  . Crew was identified As Pilot Joseph Babody co Pilot j. Theodore and flight Engineer Dallas white.20-year-old Kidnap victim found stumbling along Road s1derno, Italy apr Italy a longest kidnapping came to an end when Carlo Celadon was found staggering along a country Road in Southern Calabria after 27 months in Captivity. A a it a me Celadon help me a the bearded and emaciated 20-year-old told police saturday night. Celadon the son of an agribusiness industrialist was kidnapped by four masked bandits who burst into the family Villa in the Northern City of Vicenza on Jan. 25,191 Riverside 111. Apr a speeding car veered through a baseball Field saturday killing three Young children and injuring nine other people before crashing into a building officials said. Two of the six children injured were reported in critical condition. A i saw a car driving through the Field and i saw it hitting kids a said Amy Ulrich 14, who was baby sitting at playground equipment in Robinson Park in this Chicago suburb. A it was going kind of crazy and going real  a we heard people screaming a Ulrich said adding later a we saw kids lying on the ground and parents kneeling  the car slowed through a Fence into a Bench on the third base line hitting people on the Field before continuing across a Busy Street and ramming the Glass and steel Entrance to a medical clinic police said. A thank god no one was in the area of the clinic said Anthony Christiano a police officer in Berwyn a suburb adjoining the one where the clinic is located. The Driver of the late Model Cadillac a Man who appeared to be about 50 years old was coherent after the 1 30 . Accident and was taken to Macneal memorial Hospital in Berwyn Christiano said. He May have suffered a heart attack or some other medical problem and there was no indication he had been drinking the officer said. A it looked like someone had thrown a bomb in the Little league Field a said Riverside fire chief Anthony Bednarz. All of the children hit were 7 or 8 years old said Michael Maggio spokesman for Loyola University medical Center in Maywood where most were treated. Three were killed Maggio said. Bob Wengerski a coach of a to Ball team playing on the Field said youngsters were dragged from the Bench. A i saw a car a Large car. Go right past me from behind and hit the Bench where my team was sitting and getting ready to Bat. And it took about nine or 10 kids through the restraining Fence out into the Field where they dropped off one by one a he said. Of the six children injured two were in critical condition at Loyola Maggio said. Another child was in serious condition and two were in fair condition at Loyola Maggio said. One child who suffered minor injuries was taken to a Hospital in la Grange said Nancy Jacobus a nursing supervisor. Two adults suffered leg injuries and were taken to Loyola said Maggio who identified them As Mike Larmon 24, a baseball team coach who was treated and released and Bruce Anderson 43, a Parent of one of the dead children. The elder Anderson was admitted to the Hospital and reported in fair condition. About 50 people were watching a to Ball game when the Accident occurred. The Drivers identity was not released by late saturday. Roberto Alcantara 8, of Riverside said he was at Bat in the game when the Accident occurred. He said he did no to see where the car came from and recalled trying to talk to an injured teammate afterwards. A i tried talking to one but he did no to answer a he said. A i Hope they re  to Ball is a Type of baseball played by Young children where the Ball is batted off a stationary a a teen at Home  from Page 1 Fin ement while they were fortunate to have the two of them together at All times a Reed said. He said Mccarthy and Keenan developed a one of the unique relationships in the history of human  Reed talked with reporters after he joined other former hostages and their families for a Brunch and reunion at a hotel in this Washington suburb. His two daughters by a previous marriage Marilyn Langston and Jacqueline Reed both of Malden mass., were among those present As was Robert Polhill a fellow american educator who was freed by kidnappers april 22 in Syria. Reed had said he hoped the gathering would focus International attention on the plight of the remaining six americans and 10 other westerners held by islamic militants in Lebanon. Reed revealed details about Mccarthy and Keenan for the first time. A both of them physically in terms of muscle development Are probably in the Best shape they be Ever been in in their lives unlike myself who kind of in one silent protest i ended up just exercising by walking a Reed said. A they have been doing an excessive number of push  and sit  and any kind of exercise at All. In fact i looked at John the other Day and he looked Beautiful. I wished i looked like he does a Reed said. He said they had received a a lot of books so they in keeping their minds  Reed director of the private Lebanon International school in Beirut was freed april 30 in Syria two Days after he had last seen Mccarthy. Keenan 39, an Irish teacher of English at the american University of Beirut was kidnapped april 11, 1986. Six Days later Mccarthy a 33-year-old British television journalist was abducted  
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