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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday june 8, 1.994. My in who clawed Poland apr Pope John Paul 11 on Friday cautioned his countrymen that returning to european culture after decades of communism does not mean indulging in lust and sex. A i fall on my Knees before god asking for a the fortifying of Many sinner strength in the name of All of the sons and daughters of our Homeland who arc on the threshold of the times which have now come a and of those which will come a said the Pope. John Paul punching the air with his fist condemned the Western pornography sex shops and other a a facilitation of sex now flooding the open Borders of  pushing Man into All that is sensuous to All sorts of lust is not the measure of culture is not the measure of the european being a the pontiff told worshippers hidden by a sea of umbrellas raised against a Light drizzle. Continuing his series of warnings based on the ten commandments and addressed to Eastern europeans As they emerge from communist suppression the Pope invoked the ninth a thou Shalt not covet thy neighbors  for this Sermon he received some of the strongest applause so far on his nine Day 12-City pilgrimage his first to his native Poland since communism fell in 1989. Response has been More lukewarm to his homilies on abortion shunning a. To realism and merging state and Church delivered since he arrived last saturday. A do not. Let yourself get caught up by this civilization of desire and. Consumption which taking advantage of various Means of propagation and temptation has infiltrated our circles a the Pope said a is this a civilization or an anti civilization a. A. A a a in what John Paul himself referred to As a hot words a he continued a and what is supposed to be the criterion Freedom. World what kind of Freedom for instance the Freedom to deprive the unborn child of his use a. A a a. He said Poland a centuries of contributions to european culture Quot mean a we done to have to a enter Europe because it was us who created  a and we Are creating it with More  than those who Are credited a the Pope told his fellow poles. Europe a 20th-Century heritage is also one of crises the Pope acknowledged listing nazism and the communist party a but we Are supposed to liberate ourselves from it. Europe needs redemption a he said. Gorbachev won t use Summit to beg for funds aide says Moscow apr a top aide to Mikhail s. Gorbachev says the soviet president would not go to next months Western economic Summit to beg for Money if he is allowed to attend. Yevgeny Primakow told the government newspaper Izvestia in an interview published thursday that reports the soviets were seeking anywhere from $30 billion to $100 billion in foreign Aid from the West were unfounded. British prime minister John major who will Host the july 15-17 group of seven Summit of the worlds leading Industrial nations on thursday proposed that Gorbachev come to London just after the meeting to make a plea for Ali for his battered Economy. Primakow said he believes president Bush is leaning toward inviting Gorbachev to the g-7 meeting itself. Quot that is because he realizes that Gorbachev is not going with an outstretched hand to ask for specific figures of financial and other Aid a Primakow said Kremlin Pilot Mathias rust weds pole in . Hamburg Germany apr German a Kremlin Pilot Mathias rust convicted in april of stabbing a nurse who spurned his advances was married recently in Reno  a a a a a a a. A a rust 23, wits married May 23 at the a heart of Reno Chapel to Katarzyna Burdzy 27, of Poland said the Chapel manager Roberta. Monroe. The German newspaper Bild ran a Story on the wed Ding on thursday it did not provide any background on Burdzy or say where the couple met. Rust became a German Folk hero in 1987 when he a flew a borrowed plane through the soviet unions air defences and landed in red Square. He spent More than a year in a soviet prison for the feat. Rust was convicted april 19 of attempted manslaughter for stabbing a Young nurse at a Hamburg hos pita where they both worked. He was sentenced to 2 a years in prison but allowed to. Remain free while appealing the sentence Bild said that in a film of the couples 10-Day honeymoon filed by the private German television network premiere rust is seen gruffly ordering his wife to fetch his shoes. Later he berates her for eating a salad. Burdzy was asked by the film Crew Why she married. \ a member of Gorbachev a Security Council Primakow said the soviet Union needs foreign economic assistance but would not broach the subject at the London Summit. A the official soviet position does t have anything1 to do with these figures a he said. �?o1 am sure that on the part of the soviet Union figures will not be mentioned even during the London  Primakow said an invitation to the Summit would be consistent with Bush a commitment to improved soviet-. Relations. A in other words i am optimistic about  a. A a echoing Gorbachev a Nobel peace prize lecture earlier Primakow said it was in the West a interest to extend economic assistance to prevent the economic collapse of the soviet Union Primakow said the economic disintegration of the soviet Union would threaten the stability of Europe and raise dangers for the rest of the world. A a Mathias rust poses at Lake Tahoe nev., with his wife Katarzyna Burdzy shortly after their wedding in Reno. Rust. T. A because he. Needed someone. Urgently a she reportedly replied. Bild said she won $60 at a Reno Casino but rust demanded that she hand it Over. A Lucky at games unlucky in love a she was reported to have responded with resignation. But Monroe said she saw no evidence that the couple weren to getting  rejects Bill to tighten arms Export Laws. Quot a a a a a c. A a a a from wire reports. Bonn Germany a the opposition social democratic party on Friday thwarted a government plan to tighten arms Export legislation by using its majority in the Federal Council to reject the motion because it called for increased surveillance  spa which controls 37 of the 68 seats in the Council a the bundesrat a backed the concept of tightening Export legislation but objected to a clause that would allow authorities to tap telephones and open mail. A a officials of the conservative government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl said they would seek mediation to ensure the Bill is passed. Economics minister Juergen Muellemann who initiated the Bill after reports of illegal exports to Iraq by German companies said the social democrats a rejection of the Law would damage Germany a political credibility in the  storm ail Belgrade Yugoslavia a police commandos stormed a jail in Northwestern  Dawn on Friday to end a rebellion by More than 300 inmates and Rescue 13 guards held hostage for two Days officials of the croatian Republic said. A number of people including two of the hostages were slightly injured when the commandos opened fire during the assault on Leposlava Penitentiary. Several people also suffered Burns in a fire that convicts set during the raid on the prison located in Croatia about 250 Miles Northwest of Belgrade. A a the inmates rebelled wednesday and took the 13 guards hostage demanding that croatian government officials hold talks on their demands for better living conditions and amnesties.60 die in heat wave Karachi Pakistan a a we Klong heat wave considered to be pakistanis worst pm four decades has left at least 60 people dead in Southern Singh province officials say. Dozens of people were. Hospitalized As the Mercury Rose to a blistering 127 degrees officials said. A a a. A / most of the casualties were in Rural Singh an impoverished area where most residents live in dried mud huts. Quayle makes Brief but historic trip to Bulgaria Sofia Bulgaria up1 a vice president Dan Quayle Friday became the. Most senior american official to visit Bulgaria in 90 years of bilateral relations stopping for less than five hours at the end of his East european tour to reaffirm . Support for the country a struggle to  Khelu Zhelev and senior members of bulgarians coalition government greeted Quayle and his wife Marilyn at Sofia a International Airport on their arrival from Prague under Cloudy afternoon skies that later poured showers of rain and Hail. Quayle a arrival coincided with an announcement by Zhelev that he was asking the soviet Union to agree to Issue a joint declaration stating that a 20-year treaty of cooperation and military assistance not be renewed. He said that renewal of the treaty would a not suit the new realities Quot wrought by the demise of communism in Eastern Europe. He proposed the two nations negotiate a new agreement governing economic and political relations. A massive Security operation was mounted for Quayle s arrival. The main Highway to Sofia was closed to traffic As the vice president his wife Zhelev and accompanying officials were spirited from the Airport in two Armor plated Cadillac limousines flown in on a . Air Force transport plane on thursday. Quayle and Zhelev a former dissenter and opposition Leader elected As head of state last August held talks in the suburban Boyana residence which is reserved for visiting dignitaries. They were later expected to sign an agreement under which the United states will Supply Bulgaria with 200,000 tons of Corn in humanitarian Aid. Quayle and Zhelev were also expected to sign a pact designed to encourage . Investments in Bulgaria by having them insured by the . Overseas private investment corp  
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