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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday june 8, 1990 news briefs Bush praises Gorbachev As a remarkable Many Milwaukee apr president Bush in his first speech since the superpower Summit. Thursday praised president Mikhail s. Gorbachev As Quot a remarkable Many helping to usher in a new Era in  relations. Bush made the remarks in a speech prepared for delivery at a Republican luncheon Here for gov Tommy Thompson on the first Stop of a four state midwestern swing by the president to raise Money for gop candidates. Bush ran Down a list of arms and Trade agreements that he and Gorbachev signed. He said even on the Tough issues that the Summit did not solve such As German membership in nato and the future of the Baltic states they made Progress with the Candor of their discussions. A of course we have differences a he said. A i want to see Lithuania have its Freedom. Although 1 am pleased that the emigration of soviet jews is at an All time High 1 want to see unfettered emigration. A we differ on Cuba and for now on a United Germany in nato and on Many other issues As Well a added Bush. A but As i chatted informally with president Gorbachev at Camp David i kept thinking that this new soviet Leader committed to Reform and openness is indeed a remarkable Man a he said. Armed mobs massing in 2 soviet republics Moscow apr thousands of people armed with Spears stones and guns Are massing along the Border Between the Central asian republics of Kirghizia and Uzbekistan seeking to avenge the 48 people who have died in ethnic warfare a top soviet official said thursday. Interior minister Vadim Baratin told lawmakers in Moscow that the violence which began three Days ago in one town in Kirghizia had spilled Over to Uzbekistan and spread to five regions in Kirghizia. A stale of emergency was declared thursday in Al it. Frunze the capital of Kirghizia where one person died from a beating cars were destroyed and thousands of people surrounded communist party and government buildings an official said. They demanded the resignation of the republics leaders and urged kirghiz to unite and strike Back at uzbeks the Tass news Agency  soviet Cloud monitored by Finland Helsinki Finland apr finnish authorities sent a Jet plane to Check on possible danger from a mysterious Cloud Drifting West from the soviet Union on wednesday but the Large Cloud changed course and stayed Over soviet territory. Weather analysts and radiation monitors in several nordic countries described the Cloud As about 60 Miles Long and 9,900 to 16,500 feet above ground. They said the Cloud warmer than the surrounding air was emitting steam or smoke. A it could have been caused by some sort of disaster or Accident. But it could also be just an Ordinary Large Cloud a said Markku Kanttinen of the finnish meteorological Institute. 12 injured As Tornado rakes Colo farm town Limon Colo apr a Tornado devastated this farming Community s commercial strip and a trailer Park injuring at least 12 people authorities said thursday. Warning sirens apparently averted More serious casualties. Sirens wailed in Limon for 10 minutes before the twister struck wednesday night giving residents time to take shelter officials and survivors said. Gov. Roy Romer who flew to the shattered town on a National guard helicopter Early thursday said he would seek a Federal disaster declaration. A the business District is 50 percent to 75 percent destroyed a he said adding that damage was Likely to run into the tens of millions of dollars. The town Best known for helping blizzard stranded travellers forced off interstate 70, was without water electricity and Telephone service at mid morning. National guardsmen brought bedding food and other supplies. The town Hall a Bank a supermarket a video store and a nightclub were destroyed along main Stree this town of 1,800 people 80 Miles from Denver most of the businesses were closed at the time in people in the nightclub were saved by taking refuse a a the bar s cooler a witness said. Three guests at the Lariat hotel piled into their Bathtub and pulled a mattress Over themselves aft the sirens went off. A we were doing a lot of praying in that bathtub11 said David Thomas 27. The Tornado Tore their room apart. A it Felt lib somebody just reached Down and squeezed your whole body. My eardrums were coming out a Thomas said most of the 20 to 25 Homes at a trailer Park on the Edge of town were damaged or destroyed resident Ber Nard Goetz  from Page 1 they can feel they re a part  . Secretary of slate James Baker outlined the plan for foreign ministers gathered at this wind swept Village on the scottish coast for talks on key issues facing the Western Alliance. A the problem is no longer a Germany in or out of nato but what kind of nato will a United Germany belong to a italian foreign minister Gianni de Miche Lis said. Among other things the plan which was developed with West Germany proposes that a no nato forces be stationed on territory that is now East Germany and that soviet troops will be allowed to remain in East Germany for a transition period with their expenses paid by the new German government. A nato allies will seek a second arms control Accord that will include limits on the size of a United Germany a armed forces immediately after concluding a conventional arms treaty now in negotiations in Vienna Austria. A a United Germany will reaffirm its Long standing West Gennan commitment not to develop its own nuclear biological or chemical weapons. A Germany will offer the soviet Union a variety of commercial Trade and lending agreements to help in the soviet transition to a Market oriented free Economy. A the 35-nation conference on Security and cooperation in Europe will be institutionalized and its role enhanced As the soviets have repeatedly demanded the soviets would then play a key role in the organization which would have a Security dimension to it. Baker told the foreign ministers that nato Quot can and should be prepared to meet reasonable soviet con Cems a but it should not allow the soviets Security concerns Over Germany to weaken the Alliance the plan was expected to be reflected in the final communique issued by the 16 foreign ministers after their meeting ends Friday. Should it fail to move the soviets the Alliance would still move ahead with its military and political restructuring which is aimed at ushering the organization into the 21st Century. But without the soviets the work will be More difficult. A it would change the whole atmosphere of european relations. It would put them Back considerably if we done to succeed with this process. The sense of Progress with the soviets will be dampened a another Alliance official said. There is a Strong consensus among the nations in Western Europe and the United states that nato and the 12-member european Community Are the two principal Western institutions for the future and that Germany ought to be a full member of both the official said. A but if the soviets Are raising All kinds of problems it makes it More difficult for  from Page 1 the secret police supplied her with false identity. West German and East German authorities had known since May that Albrecht had an East Berlin residence. Diestel said she returned to the apartment on sunday and was arrested wednesday. Chief detective Wolfgang Pauleit told reporters he presumed that she was on vacation from her Job and returned because she wanted to be in East Germany for the economic Union with West Germany. Albrecht is accused of killing Jurgen Ponto former head of West Germany a Dresdner Bank outside his Home in july 1977 in the West German City of Oberer Sel just North of Frankfurt. Albrecht an acquaintance of the Ponto family reputedly tried to lure Ponto outside but he became suspicious when he saw other people and was shot w Hen he resisted. Albrecht is also wanted in connection with the kidnapping and killing of West German industrialist Hanns Martin Schleyer. Schleyer the president of West Germany a employers and Trade association was kidnapped on sept 5, 1977, in Cologne. Two bodyguards were killed. Schleyer was found shot to death six weeks later in the trunk of a car in Mulhausen . Africa Ings. They must prove the necessity of each restriction in court. From Page 1 parliament by saying he had received a mandate from White voters for Reform. A we Are on the threshold of the real negotiation process and the time has come for other important role players to do their bit a de Klerk said a in particular the Anc must now Stop  Many of the emergency regulations Are duplicated in existing legislation. However without the regulations police no longer have immunity from prosecution actions they take during unrest and police commissioners lose their Power to impose sweeping bans on Public gather police also lose their control Over funerals in Black townships. The government wont be Able to suspend or seize newspapers at will and police must get warrants for most searches and seizures. The african National Congress has said the lifting of the state of emergency the release of prisoners and the return of exiles Are the main obstacles to full negotiation on a new Constitution. The White House called the end of the emergency restrictions a sign of a remarkable  a we look Forward to the Early beginning of a negotiating process a Deputy White House press Secretary Alixe Glen told reporters while flying aboard air Force one with president Bush to a speaking engagement in Milwaukee. A this is another significant step toward creating a climate conducive to negotiations that will Lead to a democratic non racial South  de Klerk said his government has accepted a joint program on major issues worked out last month by officials on both sides. He said he is ready to implement it but the Anc has said it will not respond until july 10. De Klerk said he wants the new Constitution to allow the country a 28 million Blacks to share Power with the 5 million Whites. The president thursday reiterated his Call for an end to International sanctions against his government. In Paris Anc Leader Nelson Mandela called de Klerks move a a Victory for the people a but he urged the West to maintain the economic sanctions. Some South african newspapers have said that by ending the emergency state now de Klerk could be trying to under mine Mandela As he Tours the won of support of continued sanctions. The emergency Laws which Imp some of the harshest restrictions a Lotical activity Ever imposed by Wenj Ricas White rulers would have toned by Midnight Friday if they v remain in effect for another year. More than 30,000 activists Harv them Black have been detained v trial for varying lengths of time i. Emergency Laws. Others went into n about 300 remain in detention. Jed no afro to 1 of nil ihi1 list  
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