European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 a the stars and stripes sunday August 19,1990 news briefs. German opposition urges immediate Unity Bonn West Germany up a West Germany a main opposition party called saturday for immediate unification with East Germany in View of the grave political and economic crisis there. A every Day of further delay of East Germany a accession accentuates the crisis and increases the costs of Unity a said Ingrid Matthaus Maier Deputy Leader of the West German opposition social democratic party. She urged the East German parliament to approve an immediate merger at its next session wednesday. West German Chancellor Helmut Kohls bavarian partners the Christian social Union also said a Swift merger had become violence leaves 200 dead hundreds Hurt Soweto South Africa a Quot Quot Satur do guns a hundreds wounded., Black factions fought running Battles saturday with axes Spears and homemade guns raising the toll from the weeks fighting to More than 200 dead and the anti apartheid african National Congress accused the government Friday of encouraging the violence in the Black townships to justify repressive measures and to prolong White Rule. Police fired tear Gas to disperse rival bands of zulus a tribe that has largely rejected a future government controlled by Nelson Mandela s Anc and the pro Anc xhosa in the sprawling Black township of Soweto. Gis missing after dive in Italy a Lake Garda Riva Del Garda Italy a amps a divers continued to search saturday evening for two . Servicemen who vanished Friday while scuba diving in Lake Garda military authorities said the men Are assigned to i la co 3d in 325th inf airborne combat team in Vicenza Italy but declined to disclose their names until their families were notified. Italian police however identified the missing men As Timothy Bradfield 22, and Andrew Miller 19. Their ranks and hometowns were not immediately available. The two disappeared while diving with a third member of the unit Edward Oliver 21, police said. A military spokesman said All three arc experienced and licensed divers. They had gone to the Lake which attracts divers from All Over Northern Italy while on a training Holiday he said. Oliver told authorities he became separated from his two companions and returned to Shore. When they did not appear shortly he called for help and began his own search. Saudis threaten to pump More Oil if open talks stall Jeddah saudi Arabia up a saudi Arabia threatened saturday to pump an extra 2 billion barrels of Oil a Day if its open partners refuse to meet and agree to extract More of the vital commodity to meet global shortages caused by the iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Oil minister Hesham Nazer said saudi Arabia could satisfy half of a worldwide shortfall of some 4 million barrels a Day and believed the other half could be supplemented by Venezuela and the United Arab emirates if they pumped an extra 500,000 barrels a Day. Quot do you want a thirsty Market to be even More thirsty by reducing Supply and causing economic recession a Nazer asked during a news the first countries that would be Hurt by a recession would be the open Nazer said the 13-member organization of Petroleum exporting countries should meet immediately to forge a responsive strategy to the iraqi invasion which prompted a retaliatory embargo that has removed iraqi and kuwaiti Oil from world markets. Some countries have already refused to attend an emergency open session. Saudi Arabia said that if members cannot agree to meet it would turn on the taps to fill requests totalling 7.9 million barrels a Day. The nation currently pumps 5.38 million barrels a Day Nazer said. A we did not say necessarily to the members that we want to take unilateral action but if they refuse they leave us no alternative. We do not shy away from contentious and divisive affairs but we cannot see How any organization can turn its face the other Way and say there is no it was unclear which open nations had dissented but Libya was believed to be among those refusing Riyadh Scall. The minister warned that even with the increased output of saudi Arabia Venezuela and the use there would be a global shortfall of at least i million barrels a Day. 4 Nazer said iraqis 1.6 million Barret capacity pipeline running through saudi territory would remain closed until that country withdraws from Kuwait. Saudi Arabia has refused facilities to iraqi owned tankers that have arrived at the pipes terminus hoping. To Load up with Oil. Nazer said Riyadh a strategy was aimed at assisting Cash strapped developing nations that cannot afford Energy costs. The Price of Oil has risen to $28 a barrel from its pre invasion Price of $14. A we will not let the countries of the third world Down the Drain a he said. A july open meeting had concluded with an agreement to set the Price at $21 a barrel by december with a total open output of22.941 million barrels a from Paget month to replace her arthritic left knee with a Metal and plastic joint. An autopsy will be conducted in two or three Days Mcdonell said. In 1970, president Nixon called her americans a ambassador of love to the world. She was a special Delegate to the United nations under the Ford Reagan and Bush administrations. She wrote humorous and inspirational books including a hurry up America and last year she published an autobiography a Between you and Bailey was Well known for playing the conceited Dolly Gallagher Levi in the Black version of the musical a hello Dolly a on Broadway from 1967 to 1969, she also appeared on Broadway in a House of Flowers and a bless you All a and enjoyed a Long film career appearing in such movies As a Carmen Jones and a porgy and �?o1 have lost one of the greatest friends i be Ever had in my life a said cab Calloway a Veteran song and dance Man who starred with Bailey in a hello Etorly a she was one of show businesses great personalities cheering the loudest at Shea stadium when the once hapless new York mets won the world series in 1969 and dragging Johnny Carson from behind his desk for a fun filled rendition of a your love is Here to the languorous sexuality of her voice her warm smile and eloquent gestures put audiences immediately at ease. Flipping a Feather Boa or swathed in Chinchilla ablaze with rhinestones and jewels Bailey was renowned for her throwaway style of singing a mumbling growl laced with husky Patter. Among her Best loved songs were a St. Louis blues Quot a Row Row Row Quot and a a that a Good enough for a a in a More of a philosopher than a jazz Singer a she said in a june interview with the new York times. A when people say a Pearl where did you get your style a i Tell them �?~1 have no style just sing Quot Bailey who performed for 57 of her 72 years was one of the few entertainers who could still be called a trouper in the classic it s h e co n is dared h Ersel f fore m Ost a Singer. A to not a comedienne a she once told an interviewer a i Call myself a humorist i Tell stories to music and thank god in tune 1 laugh at people who Call mean bom in Newport news va., on March 29, 1918, she was the daughter of a minister and the youngest of four children. Ancestors on both sides of the family included Creek indians. She moved with her family As a child to Washington and later Philadelphia where she made her debut at age 15, winning an Amateur contest by singing a poor flu a a if 38 _ Lake Hatasu City in 1979, she also is survived by a son Tony and a daughter dec dec she moved from California wittier husband of 38 years to the Arizona resort Community Ofira from Pago 1 port said at the canals Northern Entrance a canal official said on condition of anonymity. The report came a Day after Navy commanders operating under new orders to intercept ships to or from Iraq stopped two iraqi vessels of the coast of Bahrain. The ships were allowed to proceed after . Forces determined they carried no goods and they were not boarded the Pentagon said. Washington also joined with the four other permanent members of the . Security Council in an unprecedented meeting to discuss an expanded . Military role to Stop any further Advance by iraqi president Saddam Hussein. The . Move to interdict ships has drawn criticism the latest coming from libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi. The official libyan news Agency Jana said Qadhafi had written to the . Secretary general to protest the move As illegal. The speaker of iraqis parliament said Iraq would hold All foreigners from a aggressive nations until the threat of War against his country ends. He said they would be spread throughout the country housed in military and civilian targets. The Baghdad government holds 3,000 americans 4,000 britons and about 14.000 other westerners among the More than 2 million foreigners caught in Iraq and Kuwait when Saddam sent forces into the Small Oil state on aug. 2. An editorial in the iraqi army daily Al add Aliyah said that a fall weapons at Baghdad a disposal Quot including those of a mass destruction Quot would be a awaiting anyone w to is thinking of aggression Ana turn him into fragments. Iraq used chemical weapons during its War with Iran. Iran said saturday that it freed 1,000 iraqi prisoners of War reciprocating for an iraqi move a Day earlier. The Baghdad government last week made peace overtures to Iran with an Eye toward switching troops from the iranian Border to occupied Kuwait and the saudi Border. It began withdrawing some of the 300.000 iraqi soldiers there Friday. The Al add Aliyah editorial also said saturday that the 30 divisions facing Iran a an estimated 300.000 troops a would now be used to bolster iraqi formations in the South. It was the first word from an official publication that Baghdad would redeploy forces freed from the iranian Border. Iran and Iraq fought a bloody War from 1980 to 1988. But peace talks have foundered since then and last weeks initiative by Iraq is aimed at reaching a permanent settlement. Iraqis invasion of Kuwait and the massing of its soldiers near saudi arabians Border led to the assembling of tens of thousands of . And foreign forces to forestall any further thrust into Oil Rich territory. With the takeover of Kuwait Iraq now possesses 20 percent of the worlds Oil reserves a second Only to saudi Arabia. _ the Pentagon said Friday that for the first time the . Civilian air Fleet was being diverted to military use with 16 airlines turning Over 38 commercial airliners to the military to help haul troops and cargo overseas. Officials at Bush s vacation Home at Kennebunkport Maine said the president has decided to Call up military reserves to meet shortages of doctors cargo handlers and other specialists in the crisis. The Washington Post said saturday that up to 80,000 army reservists and smaller numbers of personnel from other military Reserve branches could be called to Active duty. On thursday stealth fighter bomber planes left Langley fab va., and military sources in Washington said plans called for sending 22 of the radar evading planes to the persian Gulf. The stealth Are designed to penetrate heavily defended areas to attack vital targets. Marine corps amphibious assault ships carrying amphibious tracked vehicles that can travel up to 50 Mph on land also headed for the Gulf. A Fleet of . Vessels and Craft from other nations Are enforcing an International embargo on Trade with Iraq that is meant to Force Saddam to leave Kuwait and to withdraw his troops from the saudi Border. The . Battleship Wisconsin and three French warships steamed through Egypt a Suez canal saturday on their Way from the Mediterranean to the red sea the canal official said. The United nations on aug. 6 imposed economic sanctions against Iraq and on Friday a special Security Council committee met to discuss compliance with the embargo. The Security Council can declare a military blockade if the committee decides the Boycott is not being honoured and can urge member states to enforce it
