European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday july 31,1d90novice takes Peru a Helm in rough seas Lim Peru apr Alberto Fujimori the Novice politic part whose election shocked Peru s Power brokers was Wom in sunday As president of a country beset by staggering political and economic problems. Aggei i Sai Fujimori said he owed no explanation for his decision to remove amp the Heads of the Navy and air Force in his first Day in office. He removed Gen German Vuce Tich As head of we air Force and replaced him with Gen. Amaldo Vela de Ramirez. He also appointed . Luis Montes Lecaros to head the Navy after removing . Alfonso Panizo. Fujimori kept Gen. Jorge Zegarra As head of the army the most powerful of Thor three armed forces. The 52-year-old presid to said he was confident the armed forces would respect the Powers of the presidency to the same degree As in recent years. The military last ruled in Pei from 1968 to 1980. There were rumours before Fuji Mdfee s defeat of novelist Mario Vargas Llosa in june s Lethion that the Navy was promoting a coup. \ unidentified sources in the government of former news updates president Alan Garcia Fujimori s predecessor said Navy officers were planning a coup if Fujimori won by a narrow margin he won by a landslide. The ousted Navy comander was quoted by the newspaper la republics As saying such removals had never occurred before with a change of government and he expected an explanation. Fuji Mon said Quot the president does not have to give Vucetich was accused of corruption earlier to Fis year by television newsman Cesar Hilderbra tit Tutje newsman also charged that Vucetich had tried to frighten him into keeping quiet. Jav a w in his inaugural address Fujimori rigid he would wage a Campaign against what he Dpi coed As widespread corruption m the peruvian Jive raiment. But when a reporter asked him if Vuceta Cne a removal was the first step in that direction Fujimori brushed aside the question. He said no wrong interpretation should be placed on the changes. Fujimori assumed Power from Garcia in an elaborate ceremony in the Tough Security measures rebels blew up two electrical towers late Friday to Black out most of the City for the second consecutive night. Earlier in the week guerrillas fired two rocket propelled grenades at the presidential Palace. Fighting in the andean Mountain and Amazon Jungle left hundreds dead. Peru a Economy has become increasingly unstable in the Days leading up to Fujimori s Sweang in for a 5-year term. Many Banks have run out of Money and workers canno Cash their checks. People wait hours to buy rationed gasoline and bread. The Dollar s value jumped More than 75 percent in one week. Daily inflation topped the 6 percent Mark by the end of die week the private economic firm cuanto said. Until last week daily inflation was running around 1 percent. Fujimori plans to devalue the peruvian inti to make the Dollar Cost 300 to 400 percent More. He has Al ready met in new York with the Heads of the International monetary fund and the world Bank. Peru has been isolated from world lenders since Garcia Cut ties with the two institutions in 1986. Bizarre Case stalled Sydney Australia apr the bizarre Case of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain seems destined to drag on forever. A government official has indicated that the couple s claim for compensation is at an impasse. The chamberlains Are seeking $4,3 million for Legal fees and personal hardship in connection with their wrongful convictions in the 1980 death of their 9-week-old daughter Azaria in one of Australia s most infamous cases. Mrs. Chamberlain was jailed for three years Ater being convicted of murder in Azaria s death. She Al ways has said a Dingo one of australians native wild dogs carried the child off in the Middle of the night from a campsite near Ayers Rock in ventral Australia. The child a body was never found. The St amp a was made into a movie Quot a cry in the dark Quot starring Maryj Streep As mrs. Chamberlain. Cab a River killed new York up a a cab Driver a amp shot to death in the Bronx bringing to 19 the number of Driver killed in the City this year police said sunday. The differ described As a 31-year-old Man was shot during an apparent robbery said sgt. Tina Mohrmann a police spokeswoman. \ the shooting took place at 11 23 . Saturday in the Melrose Section of the Bronx Mohr Mann said a a two men were in the car and they shot him in the head a a Mohr Mann said. A the car travelled about 30 feet and then crashed into a parked Mohrmann said the two men a out of the car when it and fied. Jumped crashed to govern Cambodia until vote nations say Jakarta Indonesia apr the association of Southeast asian nations and the uni Ltd states agree that a National Council Bould he formed to govern Cambodia a til elections . Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii said sunday. Quot the cambodians who compose that Council will of necessity be committed to free and fair elections Quot Baker told a news conference at the Eil of an annual meeting Between Asean and its largest trading partners the United states Japan Canada the european Community Australia and new zealand. Asean and the other participant at the meeting agreed that a cambodian National Council representing a to it Road spectrum of opinion must be Farmed to act As interim authority in the county. They said the Council should held cambodians . Seat until elections can be organized under . Auspices. Baker said there should be Quot no Rote in a supreme National Council for anyone who wants to pursue Power through the Battlefield rather than the conference table. That u what the National supreme Council is a he said such a Council should be composed of individual cambodians accept Able to one another indonesian foreign minister All Alatas who led the meeting said Asean a made up of Indonesia Malaysia Singapore Thailand the Philippines and Brunei a wants the Council to be established before the , Gener a Al Assembly in september. The United states has decided to withdraw recognition of the . Seat held by the three member cambodian resistance because it includes the Khmer Rouge. The guerrilla faction is blamed for killing hundreds of thousands of cambodians when it ruled the country from 1975 to 1978. On tuesday meanwhile Asean ministers issued a joint statement criticizing the United states and Vietnam for their positions on vietnamese refugees. The statement said Asean countries a oped resort to rebuffing refugees and withdrawing offers of temporary Refuge. J the dispute centers on a comprehensive plan accepted by 35 nations last year to Deal with the outflow that began shortly after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Asean members Vietnam and the United states signed the plan which provides for Asylum and resettlement of refugees in Western nations and repatriation of those found to be economic migrants rather than victims of political persecution. Hanoi and Washington opposed the compulsory return of migrants who did not qualify As political refugees. Baker said Friday that the United states has paid its share of the refugee Bill resettled those it promised to take in and pledged to accept More. Quot the United states is not a newcomer to these responsibilities a he said. Quot since 1975, we be resettled 900,000 of 1.7 million Southeast asian refugees and taken 120,000 More through the orderly departure program with fire knocks out Power to area 29-year-old Soldier drowns during Outing Augsburg Wesl Germany a a 29-year-old Soldier assigned to c Btry 2nd in 77th Field arty regt gowned saturday evening at Kussee Nar Augsburg a Community spokeswoman said sunday. The drowning occurred during a family Outing 1st it. Sonja Smith said. The name of the Soldier is being withheld until relatives in the United states Are notified. A memorial service will be held at 2 . Tuesday at the Sheridan Cavern Chapel. Chicago Ujj i a a fire at a Commonwealth Edison generating station caused a blackout in much of the City s West Side Early sunday triggering looting and another Blaze that killed three people fire and Power company officials said. A a the Blaze at Edison s Crawford station broke out in a Coal fired transformer around 10 . Saturday. The fire knocked out Power in an area that roughly covered 60 City blocks stretching from the near West Side out to Tjie Border suburb of Oak Park Commonwealth Edison spokeswoman Leslie Koczur said. The exact number of Utility customers affected was not known she said. Quot we have no Way to estimate How Many people Are without Power a she said. \ a a we re in the process of getting people Back up using other Edison lines to pick up the Load. We Hope to have All customers Back on line by this afternoon a the fire was extinguished about 4 30 ., but reignited a put 6 30 And was quickly put out again she said. No injuries were reported. Part of the problem i getting the damage assessed and Power restored was for a a a an enter Koczur said. A fire in a West Side Home that reportedly killed three people and injured three others was apparently started by candles that had been left burning throughout the night said sgt. Edward of Donnell of the bomb and arson squad. Whip Zhav ult Rev \ that firefighters were ventilating the station and would not allow employees to three other people who were in the Home were being treated for injuries at Loretto Hospital Hospital spokeswoman sue Robinson said. Police reported scattered instances of looting in some West Side business districts. About 60 people were arrested for looting Marquette District commander Joseph Delopez said. No injuries were reported he said. More than 100 Marquette District officers were sent out to patrol the streets during the night patrolman Jeff Bybee said. The outage also affected two hospitals and the Cook county jail but officials at All three facilities said they had switched to backup generators and had not experienced any difficulties. Jewish Graves in Stuttgart vandalized Stuttgart West Germany a police on sunday were looking for suspected right Wing radicals who ram through a jewish cemetery Here paged badly Adly damaging gravestones and Spray painting them with nazi symbols. No arrests have been made yet in the cemetery vandalism that occurred saturday. More than 60 gravestones were desecrated at the Stuttgart jewish cemetery police said. Nazi is symbols and slogans such As Quot jews out and Quot the gassing never happened were Spray painted on some stones police said. More than 6 million jews were killed in the holocaust Many of them in concentration Camp Gas Chambers. Right Wing extremists Are believed to be responsible for the damage estimated at More than $ 125,000, according to police. Late saturday night Heinz Galinski head of the German jewish Community expressed outrage Over the desecration. Galinski demanded better Protection for jewish cemeteries. Just two weeks earlier unknown vandals caused similar damage at a graveside for victims of Adolf hitlers nazi regime in tub Ingen about 31 Miles South of Stuttgart
