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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 17, 1991 the stars and stripes a. Page 7 ., Albania Start relations Washington a the United states and Albania signed on Friday an agreement normalizing diplomatic relations after an often bitter 52-year estrange mint. With a delegation of members of Congress and Alba Nian americans looking on albanian foreign minister Muhamet Kapulani said the agreement a fills a Gap that has existed Between the two countries for too Long. Assistant Secretary of state for european affairs Raymond Seitz expressed support for the democratic process in Albania and said the United states is hopeful that Albania will carry out free and fair elections on March 31. A  Delegation will travel to Tirana shortly to observe the election process. A the United states is prepared to support the efforts of the albanian people to pursue economic and political reforms. Our ability to help is linked to albanians own commitment to Reform and to its governments respect for fundamental human rights a Seitz said. There were no references during the ceremony at the state department to the years of hostility Between the two countries that existed during the Rule of president Enver Hoxha. A hard line stalinist who died in 1985. During that period the United states was the target of frequent and bitter denunciations in the albanian Media a a a a a a a. A. \ a a a a a a. A a it a a wonderful  Kapulani told Seitz after they finished signing a memorandum of understanding to restore the diplomatic links that were broken when Albania came under italian control in the Spring of 1939. Addressing the gathering before him moments later Kapulani called the event a a Milestone a turning  he pledged that Albania Quot will March ahead on the Road to  Albania had shunned ties with the United states during the Hoxha regime but changed its policy last Spring As part of a Reform program that has transformed the country s internal system and external relations. When officials of the two countries met last May to discuss diplomatic ties it marked their first official Contact since the 1940s. Studio to cover Security costs times have changed a Vintage 1942 Luscombe sits on a Grassy Field at Liberty state Park in the Shadow of the world Trade centers twin towers after an emergency Landing last week. The two seater was travelling from Nashua n.h., to Wall township n.j., when an Oil leak forced the Pilot to land in Jersey City. Los Angeles a Warner Bros has offered to help pay for Security at movie Heaters showing a new Jack City and the inner City drug drama has a new advertising Campaign encouraging non violence. The Public relations firm that managed crisis control on the movies a the last temptation of Christ and a do the right things has been hired to work on a new Jack City a the films producers said Friday. Since the gangster drama premiered March 8, sever Al violent confrontations have broken out at Heaters. In Westwood 1,500 people rampaged when they  get into a showing. A Man was fatally shot at a Brooklyn theater. The movie was to be shown in nearly 900 Heaters Over the weekend the producers said. Warner Bros has agreed to reimburse theater owners for extra Security costs at any theater that requests it they said. A a new Jack City stars Wesley Snipes As a ruthless drug lord who is pursued by a police officer played by rap Star  workers May put honorariums in escrow by the Baltimore Sun Washington a Federal government workers who give speeches and write articles outside their jobs May accept payments for those activities but Are forbidden a at least temporarily a to keep or spend that Money a Federal appeals court ruled Friday for the time being the  Circuit court of appeals Here said the workers will have to continue obeying a new Law that bars them from receiving personally any fees or honorariums for outside speaking or writing even if unrelated to the Job. But on the Chance that workers ultimately might get the courts to strike Down the Law they May have any fees they earn put aside in a special escrow account out of their reach until a final court ruling emerges the circuit court said. A a a a a. A a. A a a a a a a a a a a a a if the claim that the fee ban is a Viola lion of the workers free speech rights is upheld the workers then could get the funds in such an account the court made Clear. It ruled therefore that the workers cannot show that they will suffer any real harm if they have to do without the fees in the meantime. For that reason the court refused to Block continued enforcement of the ban which went into effect Jan. 1. Dog s subway death decried new York apr an animal rights group accused a subway Motorman Friday of intentionally running Over a stray dog that had eluded capture and tied up subway traffic for four hours. A the Motorman was ordered to appear in court april 15 to respond to the groups complaint said Janet Schiff a spokeswoman for the american society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. Transit authority spokesman Jared Lebow said a we Are convinced that he committed no crime that he did not try to harm the dog that it was an  the Asp a accused the transit Agency of obstruction for refusing to divulge the Motorman a name Lebow said the identity was being kept secret for now because of death threats against the Motorman and his family and because he would be unfairly a vilified for an  the transit authority has described the Motorman As a 34-year-old Brooklyn resident father of a baby and owner of a pet husky. Lebow said the Many a name would be disclosed in court. Herman Cohen the Asp can a executive vice president said he made the accusation after two women gave statements saying they saw two track personnel wave on a subway train even though the workers had just seen the dog on the tracks. A based on that description it Means he knew it was there. They claim the train was moving very slowly and after these people waved the train on it sped up a Cohen said. The transit authority maintained that the dog was not in sight when the train was instructed to proceed normally in upper Manhattan. Conviction of unjustifiably inflicting pain suffering or death in an animal carries maximum penalties of a $1,000 Fine and a year in jail. Following the death of the dog a mixed Breed Shepherd that weighed about 50 pounds the Asp a received nearly 100 Calls from people who said they thought it had been killed on purpose Cohen said. Air crash kills 7 band members otay Calif. Apr nine people including seven members of country Western Singer Reba Mcentire a band were killed when their private plane crashed in a Mountain area near the mexican Border Early saturday officials said. The crash occurred about 1 45, shortly after the aircraft had taken off from a private Airfield about 15 Miles Southeast of san Diego and about four Miles North of the mexican Border. Mcentire was not on the plane her spokeswoman Jenny Bohler said. There were no survivors Federal aviation administration spokeswoman Elly Brekke said. Authorities said they had not determined the identities of the dead. However Bohler said seven band members and a Road manager were on the plane. She said Mcentire and her band had performed in san Diego Friday night and the Singer stayed behind and was going to take a later flight. Mcentire 35, is the Only Singer voted female vocalist of the year four times by the country music association from 1984 through 1987. Her hit records include a a whoever a in new England a a Little Rock a a walk on and a Trumor has  a message received James Morelli 13, displays the letter and photo he received at his Randolph mass., Home from an american missionary in the Marshall islands in response to a note that he put in a bottle in 1989 and tossed into the Ocean off the West coast of Mexico  
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