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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 28, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 3communist course Market Economy ruled out in 3-hour speech Havana apr Fidel Castro blasted capitalism in his annual revolution Day speech Friday and defiantly pledged to maintain his hard line communist policies despite cubans deepening economic crisis. In a speech lasting nearly three hours the cuban president referred to what he called the a a craziness of capitalism and its free Market economic system. He called the crumbling of communism in Eastern Europe a a a tragedy and a a disaster a and he said Cuba would overcome its problems. A in this revolution there will be no changes of names or ideas a he said. A we Cut the sugar Cane. We carried it and we have machines to carry it. But if we have to carry it by hand again will we carry it a he asked. A yes a roared the crowd that heard his speech in the Matanzas Plaza. Castro has played heavily on cuban nationalism and Pride to coax his country through an economic downturn that has produced shortages of food and fuel. He also lauded South african Black activist Nelson Mandela who opened the commemoration ceremonies with Castro in the town of Matanzas 70 Miles East of Havana. Castro awarded Mandela who spent 27 years As a political prisoner the Josd Marti medal cubans highest onor. The speech was. Also dedicated heavily to justifying cubans 15 years of involvement in Angola at considerable expense to cubans Economy. A we Are smarter than the a smart weapons and smarter than the people who have those weapons a Castro declared alluding to . And Allied weaponry that Defeated Iraq. The cuban government dates its revolution to july 26, 1953, when Castro led an Early attack on an army Barracks in Santiago de Cuba. Castro overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista in january 1959. He has recently stressed that Cuba will go its own Way despite pressure to democratize. He said he will allow a pro american opposition. T Castro a government has adopted an increasingly intransigent approach toward its people. Red and Black painted slogans such As a this land is 100 percent cuban a a socialism or death and a we like it Here Castro abound throughout this Seaside capital. So do lines of people seeking Basic consumer goods. In a speech wednesday dedicating the pan american games Village where some 4,500 athletes from 39 countries will stay during two weeks of Competition beginning Friday he heaped Praise on the volunteers who helped build the Village. Castro has called for 120 hours of Volunteer work per person this year to improve the infrastructure. The support and Market for cuban goods provided by the East bloc has for the most part vanished and Cuba is scrambling for hard currency to meet its Basic needs. Gasoline is strictly rationed. Few restaurants Are open and people form Long lines for available food. A bad bad bad a said a Young Man in a lower class neighbourhood of old Havana. A soap a he Shook his head. A matches Beer sometimes yes sometimes  Halfway Down the Block a line formed and doubled around the Corner. A something is for Sale there a said the Man who gave his name Only As Migo. A when you Sec a line you know something is for  it was milk. . Officers massing against abortion protests Robert Ballard shown in a 1990 photo plans to search for the remains of sunken world War ii ships including John f. Kennedy a ship ft-109.titanic discoverers plan search for Juk s ft-109 Boston apr Robert Ballard the underwater explorer who found and photographed the sunken wreck of the titanic plans to search for the patrol boat Navy it. John f. Kennedy commanded during world War ii. Ballard and his wife Barbara said they expect to visit the South Pacific this fall to gauge the feasibility of finding the wreckage of Kennedy a pt-109, which Sank near the Solomon islands in 1943. A no one has Ever put their head underwater in this area of the South Pacific Quot Ballard said Friday from his office at the Woods Hole oceanographic Institute on Cape cod. The ballads want to use the pictures they take with a Remote control camera for a National geographic documentary on ships destroyed during world War ii. The program will be aired in 1992. The pt-109 Sank quickly on aug. 2, 1943, after a japanese destroyer rammed the boat slicing it in half. Two Crew members died. Kennedy helped Rescue several wounded survivors and returned Home a War hero. During his presidency the Story of the pt-109 became a Best Selling Book a movie and a popular country song. Wichita Kan. Apr scores of Federal agents were expected Here to enforce a court order stopping anti abortion protesters from blocking women a clinics. Demonstrations have already resulted in 825 arrests officials said. The demonstrators were not Happy with the development. A you done to storm the place with Federal marshals As though you be got people in Here busting windows and rioting in the Street a said protest Leader Jim Evans. On Friday the 11th Day of picketing by the National anti abortion group operation Rescue 128 abortion protesters were arrested. Since tuesday protesters have been arrested in the hundreds for blocking entrances to three clinics where abortions Are performed. Some people were arrested More than once a police spokesman said. Those arrested were issued notices to appear to answer charges of loitering a City ordinance violation. . District judge Patrick Kelly issued a temporary injunction to Stop anyone from blocking the Entrance to one of the clinics. Although the order allows for up to $25,000 a Day in fines no fines have been levied. However on wednesday Kelly ordered operation Rescue Leader Randall Terry of Binghamton ., jailed indefinitely for contempt of court when Terry refused to say he would obey the judges order. Two Days later Kelly freed a fort Lauderdale fla., radio talk show Host Pat Mahoney who had been jailed for contempt of court. Although Mahoney told the court he would return to Florida he told a news conference later in the Day that he changed his mind and would stay in Wichita indefinitely. A Large Block of Wichita hotel rooms was reserved Friday for Deputy . Marshals and agents of the secret service drug enforcement administration Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms and Federal Bureau of investigation. Wichita police and Federal courthouse sources told the associated press that 100 Federal Law enforcement officers were expected monday to begin enforcing the injunction against blocking Access to or. George tillers clinics. The protesters have concentrated mostly on tillers women a health care services inc because its clinics perform late term abortions. Dennis Amico supervisor in the Wichita . Marshals office would not confirm that officers were expected. A a we re like the military. We done to comment on troop movements a he said. . Doctor with aids virus agrees to leave Hospital Dunkirk  A an emergency room doctor who carries the aids virus has agreed to take a leave of absence at the request of the Hospital he works for in this Lake Erie town after new Federal guidelines for aids infected health care workers were released. Or. Neal Rzepkowski Learned he was infected in 1985. He said he never hid the fact from superiors told some patients and kept practising because he said it was unlikely that he would infect anyone. Four. Hospitals where Rzepkowski worked in the past few years sent letters this week to his patients telling them he carries the aids virus including Brooks memorial Hospital where 4,100 patients were notified said Richard Ketcham Hospital president. At least 6,400 health care workers including 750 doctors arc infected with aids. There has been one confirmed Case of a dentist infecting his patients according to the Atlanta based Federal centers for disease control. On july 12, the cd issued new guidelines recommending that aids infected doctors should not perform a exposure prone invasive  a few Days later Rzepkowski agreed to take a leave of absence from Brooks memorial Ketcham said  
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