European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse A i. A a. A r a a a ., Singapore Over Access to sunday july 8, 1990 the stars and stripes Pago 5 Washington apr negotiations will resume this week on final details of an agreement expanding Access to military facilities in Singapore the Pentagon said Friday. Deal would not give the United states its own military base in Singapore but it would greatly expand. . Military activity in the Southeast asian City state said it. Cmdr. Edward h. Lundquist a Pentagon spokesman. Said no Planes or ships would be based there permanently but a Small contingent of american military personnel a probably fewer than 200 a would be stationed at the Singapore facilities to keep them ready for Us Lundquist stressed that the proposed use of Singapore military facilities would not be a substitute for the larger Forces at Clark air base and Subic Bay naval base in the Philippines. A military bases agreement Between the United states and the Philippines expires next year and the Bush administration is seeking to negotiate some form of continued use of those facilities. If the Singapore Deal is concluded F-16 fighter planes based elsewhere in Asia would be allowed to conduct occasional training missions in Singapore and Navy ships could use Singapore a strategically located port Lundquist said. The negotiations began Early this year after Singapore prime minister Lee Kuan Yew offered to permit greater Access to his country s military facilities. The los Angeles times reported in fridays editions that it was possible that a final agreement would be signed when Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii visits Singapore in August. Lundquist said he could not say How close the two sides were to final agreement but that the remaining issues were mainly Legal technicalities. He said a new round of talks was scheduled for wednesday through Friday in washing ton. Lundquist said the main outstanding Issue was the Legal status of american military personnel who would be stationed in Singapore under the agreement. One open question he said was what rights the americans would have in the event they were arrested on criminal charges. Singapore authorizes the death penalty for convicted drug tray pickers. Singapore has one of the world s largest harbours. It lies in the strategic waterway through which Japan and South Korea get most of their Oil from the persian Gulf. J Singapore is a member of the association of Southeast asian nations a regional organization whose other members Are Thailand the Philippines Malaysia Indonesia and Brunei the Philippines is the Only Asean member hosting a permanent Military base. San Francisco apr More than two dozen police officers roasted some 100 transients out of their illegal Encampment across from City Hal before Dawn Friday the deadline for mayor Art Agnos eviction order. A few hours after the raid at civic Center Plaza where five people were arrested mothers wheeled their babies on the paths old men sat on benches Reading newspapers and chatting and kids fed the pigeons there. The plazas occupation by the homeless for More than two years seemed like it had never taken place. A i think this is very Nice a said a broadly smiling Jack Richards who moved to san Francisco from Ohio 20 years ago. A this is the Way it used to be a without the conflict the Yelling the some of the homeless had lived under the Trees in the Plaza one of san Francisco a showplace Sites. The Liberal mayor who had been under heavy pressure to restore the Plaza to general Public use promised months ago to find housing for the homeless whether they liked it or not. One Man was carried away in his sleeping bag. Keith Mchenry of the food not bombs group was arrested and booked on a charge of interfering with police. Other charges included Misdemeanour counts of illegal lodging and illegal distribution of food police said. Some of the hard Core homeless who refused to leave the Plaza and ignored the Friday deadline called their Home under the Trees a scamp the Plaza is bounded in the West by City Hall the North by the earthquake ruined state office building the South by the civic auditorium and the East by the main Public Library. As far As 25-year-old Dale Forbis was concerned life in the Middle of san Francisco a seat of government was Good enough for him and his wife Patricia. They moved to san Francisco from Chicago four years from Plaza in san Francisco san Francisco police watch a homeless Man carry his belongings with him As he leaves the civic Center Plaza. A life Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness a Forbis said. A a that a what this country was All about. So Why can to i pursue my happiness the Way i choose As Long As in a not bothering anyone a he said he has refused to take advantage of two City Multi service centers opened this week. They like living in the streets. Living a hard life often on the Edge of violence repaired Exxon Valdez going Back to sea with a new name Many of the homeless said they had formed Strong friendships. A we have a Small town Here a said Oscar Amezquita 33, who said he fled Guatemala two years ago for political reasons. He said he can to find work. A we Trust each other feed one another take care of each other Quot he said. A we done to want to live in a shelter with people we done to of time in the stars and stripes san Diego apr the Tanker Exxon Valdez source of the nations worst Oil spill is headed Back to sea after repairs to its shredded Hull. But it wont be going Back to Alaska and its name will be changed officials said Friday. The vessel that spilled nearly 11 million Gallons in alaskans Prince William sound will be called the Exxon Mediterranean when it returns to duty due next month said Gus Elmer Exxon shipping co. President. Quot due to declining alaskan crude Oil the vessel will enter foreign service most Likely loading crude in the Mediterranean or the Middle East. It is consistent with our policy that the vessels be named according to their location Quot Elmer said. He declined to say that the environmental disaster in Alaska 16 months ago was a major Factor in renaming the vessel and changing its use a it is strictly an economics decision a he said. Dennis Kelso Alaska environmental commissioner however said he believes the name change is due As much to Public relations As economics. �?o1 think the key question is what kind of tankers do we have operating worldwide a Kelso said. Quot the Accident happened Here but it could have happened in puget sound or san Francisco Bay a wherever tankers transport crude or its byproducts. A what broke Down Here was the system and the Tanker was part of it Quot Frank Iarossi former Exxon shipping co president acknowledged concerns that the ships association with the disaster May make it unwelcome in alaskan ports. He said last summer that the Tanker might be renamed and possibly put to work elsewhere. The Tanker ran aground on a reef on March 24, 1989, ripping the Bottom of its Hull open and spilling Oil that polluted hundreds of Miles of coastline and killed scores of animals. The 987-foot ship has been undergoing $30 million m repairs since August in a National steel and shipbuilding co. Dry Dock in san Diego. The company built the ship in 1986. A the ships ready. She a going smoothly a said National steel spokesman Fred Hallett. A a we re finishing the painting on it right now and we re doing some work in the machinery room.�?�40 years ago today. July 8, 1950 a the Of the draft Law to bring military forces to needed strength for the korean fighting. Government ordered use ill30 years ago today. July 8, i960 a the United states denounced what it called soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev a Quot slanderous attacks on the United states during his visa to Austria. At the same time the state department protested the austrian governments failure to a to disassociate itself from these attacks.�?�20 years ago 8, 1970 a Republican legislative leaders accused the democratic controlled Congress of being spendthrift in fiscal matters but slow in voting on the administrations Bills to ease unemployment and Cushion the transition from wartime to peace.? 0 years ago today july 8,-1980 a after a sizzling fourth of july weekend the South and Southwest faced More blistering temperatures As the heat wave that claimed at least 185 lives entered its 15th Day
