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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday july 12,1990 warrant officer. A .1. Applications to be accepted Washington a an army recruiting team will visit installations throughout West Germany Between july 23 and aug. 9 to take applications from soldiers interested in becoming warrant officers. Openings for warrant officer training Are available in special forces missile technology nuclear weapons attach intelligence and terrain analysis military occupational specialities. Soldiers interested in flight training Are also encouraged to attend the briefings. Briefings will be held at 9 . And 1 . On the following dates july 23 in a Schaffenburg july 24 in Wurzburg july 25 Only at 1 . In Kitzinger july 26 in Schweinfurt july 27 in Bamberg july 30 in Numberg july 31 in Hohenfels aug. 2 in Munich aug. 3 in a bad Tolz aug. 6 in Stuttgart aug. 7 in Heidelberg aug. 8-9 in Frankfurt. Interested soldiers should Contact their local military personnel offices or Call ets 379-6037 for briefing locations on their installations. In with indians near Golf course Oka Quebec a provincial riot police and Mohawk indians blocking a Cess to a Golf course expansion project wednesday engaged in a gun Battle in which a police officer was shot and killed authorities said. Mohawk leaders also said they took a police officer hostage but police did not immediately confirm the report. A we Are now attacking the barricades and trying to pull them Down a said police spokesman Richard Bourdon. A indians inside Are firing at  police said Cpl. Marcel Lemay 31, was killed in the gun Battle in which hundreds of shots were exchanged along the blocked Access Road ambulances were dispatched to a campsite where about 300 indians including women and children have been living to oversee barricades in the land dispute involving Oka a town of 3,000 that is 18 Miles West of Montreal and the nearby a nes take Indian  of Montreal another Mohawk Community blocked roads in Solidarity with the indians in Oka and thousands of commuters could not reach the City. About 100 provincial riot police surrounded the wooded area in Oka a suburb Northwest of Montreal Island Early wednesday. They ordered the people behind the barricade to move away so it could be Tom Down to enforce a court injunction ordering the indians to let traffic pass. Bourdon said police then moved in to tear the barricades Down and were shot at. Bourdon said police also used tear Gas in the assault and the mohawks set fire to a pile of tires hear the barricade. Police and the mohawks pulled Back from their positions after the gunfight. The indians then seized four police cars and two vans and used a commandeered front end loader to crush and overturn the vehicles to form another barricade. Thick Black smoke belched from the pile of burning tires. The indians also used the loader to tear up one Green on the Golf course a photog a Phe Ratthe site said. One jubilant Mohawk fired his Shotgun As the police cars were put in place. Armed indians barricaded a Road to the Golf course three months ago to Stop the expansion project. Oka a which is next to the Kan Satake Mohawk Community near the Golf course a rents the land to operators of the private nine Hole course. The operators say they want to Cut Down the White Pine Forest on the land and expand the course to 18 holes. The land has been in the hands of the town since 1947, but the Kan Satake Mohawk settlement surrounds it and the indians have always maintained it is their land. Elections �?T9 Washington a primary elections will be. Held sept. 18 in the state of Washington. The winners will compete Iii the general election on nov. 6. A completed Federal postcard application should be mailed Early to ensure timely receipt of a ballot officials said. Service members government employees and their family members who Are residents of the state of Washington should Contact their unit voting officers for details on How to Register and obtain Absentee ballots. Soldiers wife Dies of unknown causes shake housing for needy group Americus a. Apr the millionaire found Epos habitat for humanity is keeping people at arms length these Days while its leaders and backers struggle with allegations that he improperly hugged and touched five female workers. The allegations have sent the organizations founder and guiding spirit Millard Fuller into near exile and put an uncharacteristic Strain on habitat a strongly religious organization that uses a sweat equity to build housing for the poor around the world. The group has a $50 million budget and 100,000 . Volunteers including former president Carter. A it has been a situation that has caused a lot of pain because we re All very close a said Claire Williams spokeswoman for habitats Board. Fuller who says he Only touched the women in exuberant shows of Friendship still can be found chatting with habitat volunteers. But he avoids the Headquarters these Days and is careful How he greets people. A i no longer initiate hugs a he said in an interview. A when charges of this nature Are made it s very difficult to defend  no criminal charges have been filed against Fuller 55. The women have not been identified and their allegations have been described Only in general terms. Geoff Van Loucks chairman of habitat for humanity International inc., has said the women alleged a nothing criminal when they complained to a habitat regional leaders Call Wurzburg West Germany a amps a the wife of a Wiir Burg Soldier died sunday of unknown causes at flak Cavern in ludwigs Burg a military Community spokeswoman said tuesday. Karen a Bolden 27, was pronounced f a a a Quot r i a Saif?, Tor help Tor Nicci Aqua Babs Angel said. The doctor was called i of after her husband Cpl. Steven Belden of the 123rd signal in was unable to Wake her. Chaplain. A they claim inappropriate comments and inappropriate hugging and touching. They be never Ever claimed anything More. Nor is there a hint of anything More a Van Loucks said. A let me make Clear there was no sexual  Fuller who founded habitat with his wife Linda also is to move his base of operations to Atlanta. Because of a reorganization that was planned before the controversy he has changed his title from executive director to president. The organization also hired the mennonite conciliation service to counsel Fuller and the women. But there have been divisions Over whether enough has been done. The Beldens who lived in the Skyline housing area in Wiir Burg were visiting friends in ludwigs Burg for the weekend. An autopsy will be performed at the army Hospital in bad Cannstatt Angel said. An investigation is being conducted by the criminal investigation come. Saudi tragedy Liddah saudi Arabia apr saudi Arabia on wednesday affirmed that the Mecca tragedy in which 1,426 moslem pilgrims died occurred when seven people tumbled from a Bridge Over the Mouth of a pedestrian Tunnel triggering the Stampede. Nurnberg phone service Forth West Germany a the ets phone service for the Nimberg military Community will be interrupted from 6 . Until 8 . Friday. All emergency phone Calls for military police and fire officials should be made to the civilian Telephone number 09 1713791. Managua Nicaragua a led this an _ called on the world to help the 10-week-old Sions and gunfire rattled through the Capi in. Expo deficit and nurse Back to health an econ Tal on wednesday and the regions leaders omy ravaged by a decade of War and . De government end a crippling sandinista led strike and Street skirmishes. At least four people have been killed and 84 injured in unrest that began after tens of thousands of government workers went on strike 11 Days ago. There were no new reports of victims wednesday. For a third Day the City was paralysed its streets a honeycomb of Brick barricades manned by armed people. Sandinista squads opened trenches in roads. Police used bulldozers to try to clean the streets. Without Public transportation since monday thousands tried again to get to their jobs on foot. Food supplies were shrinking because of the transportation problems and supermarkets again were dosed. Some residents said they saw army soldiers joining sandinista building barricades. The sandinista still control the army and police. A a minority of some 3,000 armed sandinista control the City and Are holding More than a million inhabitants hostage Quot the governments radio Nicaragua said wednesday. The sandinista oppose layoffs of civil servants ordered by the .-backed government which is trying to Cut the budget Trade sanctions. Opposition is also Strong in the country of 3.7 million people to government plans to sell Many of the properties the sandinista confiscated and nationalized after coming to Power in a 1979 popular revolution. President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro ordered out the army and police to restore order monday night As both strike sympathizers and opponents a including some former Contra rebel leaders a exchanged gunfire rocks and punches. The presidents of Guatemala a Salvador Costa Rica and Honduras issued a vague joint declaration late tuesday Quot calling on the International Community to lend its valuable assistance to the nicaraguan government in its search for a solution to the crisis it is  Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii speaking at a news conference in Houston hedged on the . Position on Nicaragua a quandary but stated a it goes without saying that we would want to be helpful m securing democracy in Nicaragua. So we would want to be  the strike has closed the International Airport Cut electricity and water service limited Telephone and mail delivery reduced gasoline supplies and shut Down factories and businesses. Frankfurt student gets top girl scout award Rhein main a West Germany a Annamarie Nieto a member of senior troop 859, has been presented the Gold award the highest Honor in girl scouting for her Gold award project the 18-year-old conducted a food drive in the Gateway gardens housing area of Rhein main a. Her six month project assisted family services in filling its food lockers. The 1990 Frankfurt High school graduate has been involved in girl scouting for 10 years. She is the daughter of master sgt. Philip Allen Nieto and Genevieve Nieto. To earn the Gold award a girl scout must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership career exploration and self service skills. This includes completing a Community service project that usually involves at least four months Effort  
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