European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday july 13,1990 news updates Nixon Library a. 6 i a Yorba Linda Calif. Apr former president Nixon has reversed a decision to restrict Access to his Library and will allow scholars of All political persuasions to use its archives. Before mondays announcement officials at the privately operated Richard m. Nixon presidential Library had said researchers would be screened. For example Hugh Hewitt the Library a director had said that reporter Bob Woodward would be barred a because he is an irresponsible  Woodward along with Carl Bernstein wrote the pulitzer prize winning stories in the Washington Post that helped uncover the watergate scandal and led to Nixon a resignation in 1974. Nixon a personal assistant John Taylor said monday that Nixon wants scholars wishing to use the Library to be admitted a without regard to their opinions on any subject a a As Long As they Are a qualified and  Quebec police officer killed in gun Battle with mohawks a a a Quot it a a Quot a. Oka Quebec apr about 26tk> police spokesman Richard Bourdois Aford. Armed Mohawk indians wearing War key were blocking a Public Rota and paint fought off a police assault wednes this is criminal act a. Criminal Mohawk tribe members reacted anon private Golf course surrounded by tribally to the Phoc attack. Paint fought off a police Day in a dispute Over plans to expand a private Golf course surround. A land. One officer was killed. Provincial police officers in helmets fatigues and Gas masks exchanged hundreds of rounds of  the indians and fired tear Gas and stun grenades during a Battle Over several hours. Police later retreated and both sides remained behind barricades in a standoff. The indians patrolled the Edge of to to disputed course in commandeered joints in preparation for another attack. On tuesday Oka mayor a a to Ouellette had asked police to  to enforce a court injunction Hiering the removal of a Mohawk barricade set up three months ago it the Access Road to the disputed Kyd of a the rea0m we moved was because the my it of was were breaking the Law a would ate Mem Berel a i find it awful tack our people Eye Isai Eanor Montour 67. A a we re flirt Savages we re proud to be mohawks. We were pushed prot had for centimes and we re being pushed a trip and we re getting awfully tired of  1 the dispute centers on land owned by the town of Oka since 1947 the indians have always maintained it is their land and their Kahnes take settlement surrounds it Oka 18 Miles West of Montreal rents the land to the operators of the nine Hole course. The operators say they want to Cut the White Pine on the land and expand the course to 18 holes. Quebec a Public Security minister Sam Elkas insisted wednesday that Nei ther he nor any government official knew that police were headed to Oka. He said the police intervened at the request of Oka municipal authorities. After the police warned Oka officials of the possible consequences the police then asked the mohawks to leave the barricade Elkas said. A they refused at that Point we went in to remove them and gunshots were fired a Elkas said. About 200 armed mohawks wearing aint and covering their faces with  fought the police assault from the Bamide. They were joined by about 100 women and children from the 1,000-member comity qty. Mohawk spokesman Harvey Nicholas said the indians were unit returning fire after police began shoot id a they can shoot us Down Fik animals but we can to shoot Back a Nicholas said. A people Are getting killed because boys want to play  elections �?T90 Washington a primary elections will be held sept 18 in the state of Washington. The winners will compete in the general election on nov 6. A completed Federal postcard application should be milled Early to ensure timely receipt of a a allot officials said. Service members government employees and their family members who Are residents of the of Tate of Washington should Contact their unit voting officers for details on How to Register and obtain Absentee ballots. A nato membership a no done Deal East German defense Leader warns East Berlin apr East Germany a defense minister on wednesday warned against assuming that a United Germany will be a nato member and said Only a joint German parliament can decide on its military alignment. No nato troops can be deployed in any Case on what is now East German soil Rainer Eppelmann told East Germany a adn news Agency. The future Germany a military alignment has been discussed in the 2-plus-4 talks among the two Germany and the four world War ii allies that Defeated the nazi dictatorship in 1945. Among those the soviet Union is resist no nato 1of the mightiest military Powers in Central ing nato membership for what will be one Europe. But the United states along with France and Britain maintain that the nato Alii Ance would be an effective watchdog Over Germany. In the adn interview Eppel Mann said the impression had gained ground in recent weeks that a Many regard future nato membership for Germany As a done deals a the ease with which Many have mentioned a full nato membership a As if nothing less would do has made me worry that the concerns and interests of our Eastern neighbors Arentt being Given All that much weight a he said. Eppelmann whose official title is minister of defense and disarmament said the question of nato membership should be settled after German unification by a newly elected All German parliament. That would run contrary to the 2-plus-4 timetable which Aims for the Issue to be regional leaders Call soldiers wife Dies a a / a a of unknown causes w0rzburg, West Germany a amps a the wife of a a Ryburg Soldier died sunday of unknown causes at flak Cavern in ludwigs Bung a military Community spokeswoman mud tuesday. Karen s. Belden/27, was pronounced dead about 10 . W a German physician a b a after efforts to revive her failed. Babs Angel i a i k i said. The doctor a called after her Hus 1111 lit of Lull 11 band Cpl. Steven Ben of the 123rd Sig Quot we a in pm ii i ii Vii Umu i Nal in was unable t0 Wake her. It._.,. A a to deficit and nurse Back to health an econ omy ravaged by a decade of War and . Trade sanctions. Opposition is also Strong in the country of 3.7 million people to government plans to sell Many of the properties the Sandinia tas 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. Settled before a formal merger of the two Germany. Eppelmann added that German membership in nato should be tied to a transformation of the military Alliance into a political organization renouncing the a confrontational elements of its strategy. Experts have predicted that sheer logistics would stand in the Way of a full withdrawal of All foreign forces in less than fou years. In the next two years East Germany would reduce by half its National Peoples army of just under 100,000 Active duty troops and Cut the number of a main weapons systems by 25 percent to 50 percent Eppelmann said. Together with West Germany a 465,000 soldiers that would still leave Germany with More than half a million troops. West German officials Are ready to reduce the size of the joint German armed forces. The Beldens who lived in the Skyline housing area in i Iseburg were visiting friends in ludwigs Borg for the weekend. An autopsy will performed at the army Hospital in bad Cannstatt Angel said. An investigation is being conducted by the criminal investigation come. Saudi tragedy j1ddah, saudi Ai Bia apr saudi Arabia on wednesday affirmed that the Mecca tragedy in we Rich 1,426 moslem pilgrims died occurred when seven people tumbled from a Bridge Over the Mouth of a pedestrian Tunnel triggering the Stampede. Scientist Bernstein Dies Helsinki Finland not a or. Richard b. Bernstein who pioneered the study of Ultra fast processes that occur in chemical reactions has died. He was 66. A spokesman for the University of California at los Angeles where Bernstein was a professor said wednesday that Bernstein died sunday of complications after a heart attack. Bernstein suffered the heart attack in the soviet Union while attending a soviet american conference and was flown to Helsinki for treatment. Managua Nicaragua apr expo tied Tlly a _ called on the world to help the 10-week-old Sions and gunfire rattled through the capital on wednesday and the regions leaders 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 closed. 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, xxx armed sandinista control the City and Are holding More than a million inhabitants hostage the governments radio Nicaragua said wednesday. The sandinista oppose layoffs of civil servants ordered by the .-backed gov emment which is trying to Cut the budget the presidents of Guatemala Al Salvador Costa Rica and Honduras issued a vague joint declaration late tuesday a 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 in 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. Ella Fitzgerald better doctor says the Hascue Netherlands apr jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald had nearly recovered from exhaustion w several Days 01 before re Tumi states a Spok Fitzgerald Bronova Hospi after becoming essay but needs rest in a Hospital g to the United an said was rushed to i on monday ill in her hotel room. She was treated for exhaustion and dehydration. A her condition has improved much Over yesterday. She a sitting up in her bed and eating and drinking normally a or. Gifford Booker a physician and Friend travelling with her said wednesday. Fitzgerald who wean a pacemaker has not suffered any heart problems during the ordeal said Booker. Her health problems have forced cancellation of her euro an tour a Hijra was to begin begin wednesday night at a gala in her at the nor 8 Honor at the North sea jazz Festi Val in the Hague and continue on with appearances in Monteux Switzerland and Antibes France. Fitzgerald a release Date from the Hospital had not born set said Booker who added that Fitzgerald would then return to her los Angeles Home