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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes Friday july 13,1990 news Brief key North South Bridge to Austria Italy closed Kofstein Austria apr one of Europe a major North South links was closed thursday after authorities found a Bridge Section of it had sunk about 24 inches. The closing of the Kneissl Bridge part of a Highway connecting West Germany to Austria and a major route for vacationers heading South caused massive traffic jams among thousands of summer Holiday Drivers. Police tried to reroute traffic during the Peak Holiday season but it Only led to tie ups on alternate routes Many of which Lead through Small towns in Austria. A Driver had noticed the sunken Section of the Bridge wednesday night and notified police. Experts who inspected the site on thursday said one of the Bridge supports appeared to have been partially dislodged by the Force of the inn River flowing underneath it. They said repairs could take one year. The closure also halted traffic on the Scenic route which passes underneath the Bridge As Well As shut Down the train line Between Munich West Germany and the austrian City of Innsbruck. . Detectives escort Jerome Wright who has been charged with Dart attacks on women messenger from Page 1 ascription of the Man who has been blowing homemade Needle darts at the backsides of Well dressed women. Dimartino head of Manhattan detectives said the officers took Wrights name and address and passed it on to detectives who persuaded Wright to come in for questioning wednesday. Dimartino said Wright admitted to the three attacks he was charged with but did t have a Clear motive. The chief said Wright a indicated to us he has been under observation for psychiatric  he did not elaborate. Wright who is on probation until 1992 for a drug conviction Quot works in the area As a messenger and mail room clerk which puts him on the streets during the Day a Dimartino said. At least 55 women have reported feeling the sting of the so called Dartmann a Needle darts since june 26. A majority of the attacks took place in the Penn station and times Square areas Many at lunchtime. Eighteen darts were recovered and tests showed none was tainted. None of the women suffered serious physical injury. With crushed police cars Oka Quebec apr Mohawk warriors dug trenches and built up barricades with crushed police cars thursday one Day after fighting a gun Battle with police Over a Golf course addition the indians say encroaches on tribal land. A police officer was shot and killed wednesday morning when the 4-month-old dispute Between mohawks and officials from this town near Montreal escalated into a shootout. Both sides accused each other of opening fire first. About 100 police moved to dismantle a barricade of Cement blocks and barbed wire the indians had built on an Access Road to the disputed land. However the police were driven Back during an Exchange of gunfire with 200 armed mohawks wearing War paint. Officials were unsure whether the slain police officer Chi. Marcel Lemay 31, was shot by a Mohawk or a fellow policeman. After the fight the indians dug defensive trenches with a commandeered Earth mover and brought in reinforcements from other reservations. They patrolled the Edge of the Golf course in stolen Golf carts preparing for another attack. Down the Hill dozens of police wearing flak jackets and carrying shotguns patrolled their new sandbagged positions reinforced with Concrete blocks. During the night police brought in hundreds of additional officers the mohawks claim title to a Small Pine Forest which the leaders of Oka a picturesque town 18 Miles West of Montreal want to Cut Down so the Golf course can add nine holes. The police had intervened at the request of Okay a mayor. The mohawks said late wednesday that Quebec Security minister Sam Elkas had promised them police would not attack during the night or following morning unless they were fired on first. Several mohawks confirmed late wednesday that Mohawk warriors from the Kahn awake Reserve South of Montreal and the Akwesasne Reserve South of Cornwall Ontario had arrived As reinforcements. No figures were immediately available. A i know that if they police come in Well be ready for them a said Harvey a Mohawk who declined to give his last name. The indians took advantage of the police Retreat to seize four police cars and two vans then used the commandeered Earth mover to crush the vehicles forming a barricade on a Hill across the main Highway through the Region. Their position overlooked a police Roadblock at the Bottom of the Hill. Arab terrorist group Ludwigshafen West Germany apr a palestinian terrorist group has bought about 100 ultralight aircraft in four european nations for a terrorist attack on Israel a West German newspaper reported thursday. In 1987, six israeli soldiers were killed and another seven injured when a palestinian commando flew a motorized hang glider into Northern Israel from Lebanon. The guerrilla Pilot was also killed. The West German newspaper die Rhei Pfalz said israeli and other Western intelligence services discovered palestinian terrorists had recently been buying another 100 of the aircraft in Britain Italy Yugoslavia and Austria. The single person planes were being converted into two seaters capable of carrying 370 pounds of weapons ammunition and explosives the newspaper said. The ultralights Are highly Mobile make Little noise and can elude radar detection by flying at extremely Low altitudes. The paper added that one of the groups involved in the operation was the Palestine liberation front led by Mohammed Abbas also known As Abul Abbas a pro libyan group responsible for the May 30 attack on an israeli Beach. That unsuccessful raid in which four guerrillas were killed and 12 captured prompted the United states to freeze its fledgling dialogue with the Palestine liberation organization. There were no israeli casualties. Abul Abbas group also carried out the 1985 seizure of the italian Cruiser Achille Lauro in which an elderly american was killed. The newspaper said the other group involved was Ahmed i bps popular front for the liberation of Palestine general command which conducted the 1987 hang glider attack. It added that the planes were being financed partly by Libya and could be launched either from a libyan ship in the Eastern Mediterranean or from Southern  Pago 1 4,700 mostly hard line delegates who have dominated the Congress. Yeltsin told them he had thought about his decision for a Long time. A taking into account the fact that i was nominated for the Central committee i must make the following statement a Yeltsin said referring to the policy making body on which the Congress will vote this week. A in connection with my election As the chairman president of the supreme soviet of Russia and the great responsibility before the people of Russia taking into account the transition of society to a multiparty system i cannot fulfil Only the decisions of the communist party a he said. A i have to obey the will of the people and their Al powerful representatives. Therefore in connection with my obligations i declare my exit from the party a he said. Yeltsin a career communist official was brought to Moscow by Gorbachev to become party chief of the City and a member of the National ruling politburo. But Yeltsin a populist style demands for faster and More Radical economic reforms and More local Power for the republics and cities caused a dispute with Gorbachev that led to his ouster from the Job in 1987. However his popularity allowed Yeltsin to make a comeback. He won a seat in the Congress of Peoples deputies in 1988, a seat in the russian Republic parliament last year and the republics presidency this summer. At the current Congress Gorbachev has been the object of criticism from orthodox communists angered by his reforms which have stripped the party of Power in favor of the government. But the hard liners nevertheless rallied behind his candidacy concluding that Only he can guarantee the party a continued  Pago 1 would not say whether the base will be operational for aircraft after the first phase of construction is completed. The base about seven Miles North of Croton houses a civilian Airport and an italian air Force radar unit. The Airport closed to regularly scheduled commercial flights since 1979, is used by a four plane air club and in summer by government fire spotting aircraft. The present 4,000-foot runway will be demolished because it is too close to a nearby Seaside resort area an Airport employee said. According to a Gao report on the 401st move Italy agreed to House the Wing in 1988 and offered several Sites. The United states which had been interested in moving the Wing to its base at Aviano or the one at Comiso settled on the italian offer of Croton the 1989 report said. Croton is the principal Industrial Center of Italy a Calabria Region. The City perched atop Cliffs has a freight and fishing port and Superb Palm fringed beaches. Contributing to Thi report staff writer Candida san tone in Napier  
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