European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a the stars and stripes news updates defense Plant layoffs Long Beach. Calif. Up a Douglas aircraft co. Will Lay off Between 2,000 and 4,000 workers most of them in Southern California because of the recently announced plan by Parent Mcdonnell Douglas corp. To Cut yearly costs by $700 million a spokesman has said. Quot the final numbers Are still sub sect to revision but it could be As High As 4,000,&Quot said Douglas spokesman Don Hanson. The Layoff announcement is the first from any unit of St. Louis based Mcdonnell Douglas since the company disclosed its Cost Cut Ting plans which Are designed to Cut its $2.5 billion in debt Annm prove a dismal earnings performance. The company s specific plans for Job reductions and other Cost cutting measures should be in place by Early August spokeswoman Barbara Anderson said. Battle Over Italy firm Milan Italy apr italian Media magnate Silvio Berlusconi has lost control of Armoldo Mondadori editor spa Italy a largest publishing group. Shareholders revoked his Powers five months after he took Over As chairman. The move meant a major Victory for rival shareholder Carlo de Benedetti even though the italian financier was unable to assume direct control of Mondadori himself. In fact shareholders immediately named Giacinto Spizzica a representative of the Milan District court As chairman of the newly appointed Board. Stormie still sick Pittsburgh apr thirteen year old Stormie Jones the worlds first heart liver transplant recipient is battling a perplexing infection attacking her second transplanted liver but in t Likely to need a third transplant soon doctors say. Quot we have no Silver Bullet for this Type of hepatitis. We done to have a specific drug that we can Ive Quot said or. Andreas Tzakis of itts Burgh a children a Hospital monday july 2,1990 Tours to visit indians on return trip san Francisco apr Nelson Mandela wrapped up his first visit to the United states by promising to return in october for a look at the problems of american indians. Two american indians said they delivered a one Page invitation and gins to a Mandela representative As the South african Black nationalist Leader arrived at Oakland International Airport for a rally saturday. The letter outlined several problems and. Said that Quot it has been 500 years since the first non indians came to this land and began the destruction of our culture Quot said one of the women Betty Cooper who is the director of the native american alcoholism program in Oakland. Mandela told 53,000 people at Oakland coliseum that he was Quot disturbed by what he read. He said he will visit a the Indian areas of the country Quot for a look at the struggle of american indians. The rally speech was one of the first occasions that Mandela has spoken Ottawa apr Queen Elizabeth ii urged canadians to unite and solve their differences in a speech sunday marking Canada Day. The National Holiday celebrates the 1867 establishment of the Dominion of Canada. In a speech on parliament Hill Britain a Queen said she is confident that canadians can overcome their constitutional problems. Quot knowing canadians As Well As i do i cannot believe that they will not be Able after a period of Calm reflection to find a Way through present difficulties Quot she said. Her speech was partly in French. A crowd of about 30,000 people flooded the wide lawns in front of the Centre Block to Greet the Queen. Quot i am glad to be Here at this sensitive time a the Monarch said. Canadas proposed Meech Lake con Iran says Aid wont help mend foreign relations Tehran Iran apr Interior min Istir Abdollah Nouri said sunday that foreign Aid to Iran a earthquake victims was Welcome but it is Only a Small Start to the massive work that is remaining. And Nouri rejected the suggestion that the gestures of Good will from other nations might  a relations with the West. Quot bilateral issues Between nations and governments whether general or fundamental Are not settled with such things Quot he said. He said that any nation seeking political objectives with its donations will be disappointed. Asked whether Iran wanted better relations with the United states one of the countries that sent help Nouri said flatly  he said Iran has two months to build shelters before the Rainy season begins in september and that it would Welcome donations of prefabricated housing from other countries. The houses he said would have to be Able to stand up to the weather and the High Mountain winds that Roar through the valleys of the earthquake area 125 Miles Northwest of Tehran. Quot the Best form of assistance is Cash a Nouri told reporters. He said Iran would not seek International Loans for reconstruction. He said experts were working on permanent housing and implementing codes that will require making the structures earthquake proof. He said 90,0 a is dances had been _ he quake were made of mute Brick Ort Kiln dried damaged in the sufi be. Most of them Brick with Little reinforcement in the Walls. Nouri did not have final figures on the death toll. The iranian red Crescent has put the death toll at 40,000 and the injured at 60,000. Estimates of the homeless Range up to 500,000. Aid for the quake victims continues pouring in from around the world. A second plane Load from the private new Canaan  Charity group Amer cares was due to arrive in Tehran on sunday. It was carrying 40 tons of supplies mostly medical equipment. Britain a Independent newspaper said it had collected 100,000 pounds $174,000 and had a goal of double that in order to set up a school or a Hospital in the stricken area. About the plight of ethnic groups m the United states. Chief among the concerns american Indian leaders would like to Tell Mandela about Are poverty unemployment and the Lack of health care plaguing indians on reservations and in cities Cooper said. Quot we told him in the letter that we share Many of the same problems of his country and would like to Nave the Opportunity to share them with him Quot she Saia. Mandela 71, said he would have looked into the problems before he com Gleed his eight City tour in the United tates. A but unfortunately my schedule is very tight. But i can assure the leaders of the american Indian Community that i will return in  \ Cooper and Sally Gallegos executive director of the Oakland based consortium of United Indian nations said they approached Mandela at the Airport but were kept away. They handed the letter and gifts to a Mandela representative instead. The gifts included a sacred Blanket and a shawl for Mandela a wife Winnie and some Indian Medicine. Roger Wilkins National coordinator of the Mandela tour said Mandela already had planned a return visit before he received the invitation. _ Quot the letters from the native americans were not the proximate cause of his decision to come Back Quot but since he was coming Back he would look into the Issue Wilkins said. Mandela and his wife left Oakland on saturday for Ireland via Canada. Earlier saturday he took a stroll through downtown los Angeles streets. He stopped several times to shake hands with admirers including a homeless Man in a wheelchair. Mandela is touring 14 countries on a round the world trip to raise Money for the struggle against apartheid South africans system of racial segregation. A Queen says Stith tonal Accord died on june 23after it failed to get the approval of All 10 provinces. The Accord was an attempt to get Quebec a signature on Canadas 1982 Constitution. The measure would have designated Quebec a Quot distinct  Many in Quebec viewed the accords failure As a Rebuff by English speaking Canada and some predicted it would revive separatist sentiment in the province. Quot i Hope my presence May Call to mind those Many years of shared experience and raise new Hopes for the future Quot the Queen said. Quot the Unity of the Canadian people was the Paramount Issue in 1867, As it is today. There is no Force except the Force of will to keep canadians  the hour Long program included a 21-gun Salute a Parade of ceremonial guards and a performance by the Canadian forces snowbirds Aerial team. Children presented Flowers and a new stamp was inaugurated. But the constitutional impasse and the failure of the Meech Deal left a Shadow across the festivities. Later the Queen was to Lake a Brief trip to Hull Quebec for a function boycotted by several local politicians. Before she arrived in Ottawa about 100 quebecois gathered to protest her visit. They earned Quebec flags and signs declaring in French that Quebec is their True country. Prime minister Brian Mulroney also called for Unity. A fall canadians must work resolutely at maintaining the Unity and Prosperity of one of the worlds great nations and i can Tell you. Your majesty that we shall and that we shall survive Quot Mulroney said. Peace corps Volunteer abducted in Philippines Manila Philippines apr communist rebels have kidnapped an american peace corps member but . Authorities said sunday they Learned of the abduction Only after other volunteers were ordered out of the country last week. Timothy Swanson 26, of Cheyenne wyo., was taken by gunmen on june 13 from his Home in Patag a Remote Village in the mountains of Negros Island philippine and . Sources said. A japanese Aid worker Fumio Mizuno was kidnapped on May 29 by Negros rebels and is believed to be held in the mountains near Bacolod. Embassy spokesman Stanley Schra Ger said american officials Learned of Swansong a disappearance saturday after trying to Contact him As part of the evacuation of peace corps volunteers from the Philippines. Last week the United states recalled the 261 peace corps volunteers in the Philippines after intelligence reports indicated that communist rebels might try to kill or kids apis pm. American authorities had said previously that All the volunteers were accounted for. The volunteers began leaving the Philippines on Friday. Schrager said american officials rushed to Negros to discuss ways to win Swansong a release but he said the United states would not pay Ransom for his Freedom. On sunday the retired roman Catholic Bishop of Negros the Rev. Antonio Fortich who has been trying to negotiate Mizunoo a release said Swanson had been Friendly with new Peoples army guerrillas. According to Fortich four to eight armed rebels came to Swansong a Home in the Negros mountains last month and told his filipino wife Merly that they were Quot borrowing Quot her husband. Fortich said the wife received a note from her husband last week saying he was Well but asking for his glasses Reading materials and clothes. She left the items in a bag outside their Home and a rebel courier retrieved it at night Fortich said. Swanson asked his wife not to notify authorities and she did so Only after hearing of the order to evacuate peace corps members