European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                News update Smokey the cat Dies Pittsburgh a Smo key a cat who Drew wide support after he was sued by a woman he scratched has died of old age. He was 19, the Large Gray cat lived in a stationery store and was sued with the business in 1987 by a woman who said the scratch left a scar. The woman Nicole Sikorski of suburban Pittsburgh sought $3,000 in damages but a panel of arbitrators denied the claim during a hearing in 1988. Customers of the store . Wel Din co., rallied to smok Cyl a Side collecting Money for the a Smokey defense fund. The cat also received dozens of flutters of support a a it a amazing How much Joy that cat brought to so Many people Quot said Margaret Brown who owns the store. A the received notes from As far away As Australia. One Day he got a bouquet of Pussy Willows from a couple in  after the hearing Smokey received a note of congratulations from Morris the cat who appears in ads for 9-lives cat food. Smokey was buried in a pet cemetery. . 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Who locally Cloudy condition and heavier rain in Dia control and Southern Arosa of Germany. Expect a Chen of isolated afternoon thunderstorm in the extreme South. Gusty ends wll continue in All areas. High temperatures 57-61, lows 4751. Suneet sunday 7 22, Sunrise monday 7 15. Outlook Lor mom Day no significant change a mostly Cloudy conditions wll prevail. Temperatures recorded saturday Adana f Amsterdam r Athens a Lino Fig Benin c Bremerhaven c Brussels 4am 4pm 66 90 Copenh Geil c 52 54 Frink flirt r 70 79 London t 61 73 Madrid m 48 57 Munich r 55 55 Paris o 52 54 Rome f 4am 4pm 49 55 bwb�?�1i i. A a 52 54 Rome f a provided by Del 13,2nd weather Wing Traier Triebsch. 43 so 61 45 54 63 54 59 64 64 64 79 other worldwide temperatures to my. La a a a Montreal f 63 57 44 Moscow u 57 50 46 Oslo r 54 79 61 Toronto c 66 77 63 Vancouver f 68 so a my Fly Cloudy a Cloudy. A rain  the Daw Cairo i do Jrsn a Dublin c Holst new r Jem Sajem f us on c 43 49 46 49 49 Bush emissary has Good news on Day to remember mias Washington a Vietnam has reaffirmed its willingness to Speed up accounting for the 2,296 american service members still missing in Southeast Asia a special envoy of president Bush said Friday. Retired Gen. John w. Vessey jr., the presidential emissary to Hanoi for pow and Mia affairs said he got the encouraging words from senior vietnamese officials in a meeting thursday in new York. A they said they want to continue to cooperate and to Speed up resolving the Issue a Vessey said after addressing a ceremony for pow Mia recognition Day. Vessey a retired army four Star general and former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff met thursday with Vietnam a Deputy foreign minister be Mai and the vietnamese ambassador to the United nations Trinh Xuan Lang. Also at the meeting were Richard Solomon assistant Secretary of state for East Asia Pacific and Ann Mills Griffiths executive director of the National league of families of pos mias. Speaking to several dozen people attending the pow Mia ceremony on a Lawn outside the Pentagon Vessey said the . Government remains committed to accounting for All american service members missing in action from the Vietnam War. A we say to our missing comrades and to their families a you Are not forgotten we will not forget you. The search goes on a a Vessey said. The ceremony featuring a joint service Honor guard and a display of All the . State and territorial flags concluded with a missing Man formation flyover by four Marine corps f-4 fighter jets. Paul Wolfowitz the undersecretary of defense for polity told those at the ceremony that the Bush administration is committed to resolving the Mia problem. A we will apply any and All resources necessary to achieve the fullest possible accounting of americans still missing in Southeast Asia Quot Wolfowitz said. A we bring an emotional commitment and sense of personal responsibility and accountability that is different from All the other issues and problems we face  the ceremony coincided with the return to the Continental United states on Friday of the remains of four american servicemen recovered in Laos last january during a joint .-laotian excavation Effort. The remains were flown from Hickam fab in Hawaii to Travis fab in California one Day after the Pentagon announced the identities of the four who were All lost March 5,1971. They were identified As David l. Nelson of Kirkland Wash. Ralph a. Moreira jr., of Beaver Falls a. Joel c. Hatley of Albemarle  And Michael e. King of Calhoun a. Cheney expects arms Sale to saudis to Clear Congress it to 77 65 79 65 73 59 61 63 68 67 68 62 65 66 72 49 64 46 83 63 92 72 71 59 75 65 75 47 80 59 75 49 95 75 73 60 95 73 72 59 66 51 90 57 69 50 75 68 73 43 60 54 76 83 89 63 73 54 76 53 92 76 76 66 76 61 90 79 77 57 60 48 81 m 94 73 72 43 76 49 69 57 95 75 78 46 93 70 82 59 73 63 77 54 66 55 73 60 Oporto Portugal apr defense Secretary  Cheney said saturday he was confident Congress will Back an increased arms package for saudi Arabia despite fears expressed by some lawmakers that the weapons May one Day be used against Israel. A we believe the saudis have very legitimate Security requirements Given the enormous iraqi Force that is now deployed on their Borders a Cheney told a news conference. The defense Secretary arrived in the Northern portuguese City of Oporto on a two Day visit for talks on Portugal a contribution to the enforcement of a . Embargo against Iraq. Officials will also discuss the use of portuguese military facilities by . Forces headed for the Middle East. Cheney said the United states had already sent an emergency arms package to the saudis under a presidential executive order following iraqis aug. 2 invasion of neighbouring Kuwait. The . Administration is now preparing a two stage package of longer term military Aid to saudi Arabia Cheney said. Saudi Arabia has asked to buy a reported $21 billion in . 3rmsj including High performance f-15 warplanes and the powerful my Battle tank. Some legislators say the Arab kingdom May later turn the weapons on Israel. They insist Only defensive arms be sold to the saudis. Asked whether the arms package would include offensive As Well As defensive weapons Cheney said a it is general military equipment. Tanks Are both offensive and defensive systems. A if you want to Deal with a Large armoured Force which Iraq now possesses and has used in Kuwait then you better have some significant armoured capability yourself a Cheney said. Anderson Washington up syndicated columnist Jack Anderson was hit on the head with a Lead pipe and robbed outside his office he Saia Friday charging it was a a outrageous that a mugging could occur near the White House and a Busy arterial. Anderson 67, said he left his Washington office about 4 30 . Thursday and headed Down an Alley to get his car when a Man approached him said a Good afternoon sir a and then hit him on the Back of the head with what Anderson said was a Lead pipe. The Man then demanded Andersons Money. A it was Broad Daylight and just eight blocks from the White House across from my office near a Busy thoroughfare a Anderson said. A i was just starting up an Alley where my car was parked and All of sudden i saw a blinding Flash. A the whacked me with a Lead pipe As i can nearly determine a Anderson said. A people did see it and a woman who saw it from a window started hollering and husky Young men across the Street responded to her screams and came  but the assailant fled leaving Anderson a about $100 poorer and with a monstrous headache after the a a outrageous attack he said. His spokeswoman Opal Ginn said Anderson made his Way Back to his office and she phoned the police. A i dialled 911 and the police put me on hold a she said. A i held for approximately five minutes then id say it took about 15 minutes before the police arrived. By that time the Man could be walked across the  District of Columbia police officer Shannon Cockett said that she had not yet seen the police report but that she would a Check on  Anderson said it was the first time in his 43 years of living in Washington that he had been a crime victim. He said he did not consider resisting when the Man demanded his Money Anderson went to his physician who he said called him a a fortunate because he was not paralysed by the blow to his head. Quot Well i knew that we had a lot of crime a a re a a Quot Fth probably avoid the alleys and be a Little More  Low level flight limit lifted for unit by Helge Thiele Start writer West Germany a defense minister has allowed a British Raf Tornado Squadron training for deployment in the persian Gulf to Fly below a new limit on Low level flights the new minimum height of 1,000 feet took effect last week in an agreement Between the United states and West Germany. Other Allied air forces Are also adhering to the new restriction. Because of the change the British asked West German defense minister Gerhard Stoltenberg whether he would Grant an exemption to Tornado pilots flying out of Bruggen and Laa Bruch West Germany. Stoltenberg gave the fliers a 14-Day exemption said it. Col. Kurt Wolf gang Fredeman a spokesman for the West German defense ministry. The new restriction is also being followed by the Canadian dutch French and belgian air forces spokesmen told the stars and stripes on Friday. The Canadian forces in Europe decided us i i the change said Barbel Newman a spokeswoman for the forces in Lahr but the Canadian Governa a aria m4w Vii Huilui eur Wii ment is seeking further talks with West Germany on the Issue Newman said. Like the canadians the dutch govern Mentis following the new arrangement until further negotiations with the West germans Are held a spokeswoman for the dutch embassy in Bonn said. The French and belgians Are adhering to the new limit without seeking further negotiations spokesmen said