European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday september 1,1991 the stars and stripes world Page 9 . Journalists wounded Miami Herald reporter Thomas Long is wheeled into surgery Friday at a Hospital in san Salvador Al Salvador to have shrapnel removed from his Chest. Long and Dan Alder of up were wounded by a mortar round in Chelate Nango province 50 Miles from the capital. Holding Long a head is Pacifica radio reporter Beth Stickney who said the mortar seemed to have been fired by government troops aiming at rebels on a nearby Hill. Mosaics stolen by turks in 1974 Back in Cyprus after Legal Battle Nicosia Cyprus up a Church Bells rang and the Hierarchy of the greek orthodox Church of Cyprus held a thanksgiving service late Friday As four priceless mosaics were returned to the Island. The mosaics had been stolen by turks from a 12th-Century Church and sold to an american Art dealer. The primate of Cyprus archbishop Chrysostom of received the four mosaics at Lavaca Airport in a Brief ceremony As the pieces packed in two special cases were taken off a Cyprus airways plane. The archbishop expressed gratitude to the people of the United states who had a acted promptly and fairly in deciding that the mosaics should Tome Home to Cyprus. Chrysostom of condemned what he called the a systematic sacrilege of our churches and the International destruction of our ancient Christian heritage by the turkish Turkey invaded Cyprus in the summer of 1974 and expelled 200,000 greek cypriots from their ancestral Homes in the Northern third of the Small Island. The four mosaics were wrenched from the Walls of the Church of the blessed Virgin of Kanakaris. They were then illegally exported by turkish dealers and finally sold to american dealer Peg Goldberg of Indianapolis for $2 million. She later tend to sell them to a California museum for $20 million but the attempt was thwarted by an archaeologist who recognized them. The Church and government of Cyprus sued Goldberg. After a drawn out Legal Battle Cyprus won the Case when . District judge James Noland in Indianapolis ruled a the greek orthodox Church of Cyprus has a Superior and enforceable claim As valid title to the described by experts on byzantine Art As being among the most important Early Christian works the mosaics depict Christ the child the archangel and the apostles Matthew and James. Before the Church was vandalized they were part of a Large mosaic that showed the Virgin seated with Christ the child on her Knees. Italians arrest 2 suspects tied to counterfeit dollars from wire reports Cagliari Sardinia a two italians suspected of circulating counterfeit dollars at a dec Moman no air base have been arrested and $98,000 in false notes seized police said saturday. Officials gave few details. But they said Marco Murgia 28, and Angelo Cuccu 46, both from Sardinia had been under surveillance for some time. Police said the sardinian operated an Auto Dealership North of Milan arid made frequent trips to the Island. They were believed to have circulated the Well forged notes at the american air base at Deci mom Annu in Sardinia police said. Conference Calls halted the Hague Netherlands a dutch prisons Are cutting off inmate Access to Telephone conference Calls because of fears they could be used to plan escapes the Justice ministry says. The five maximum Security prisons have ordered the National communications authority to Block inmate Access to the conference Call circuits which arc the Only Way for prisoners at different facilities to speak by Telephone. Dutch inmates have limited Access to pay phones which in the Netherlands cannot receive incoming Calls. Officials Are concerned that the conference Calls could be used to Exchange information on prison Security and plan escapes ministry spokeswoman Jannic pols said Friday. Boeing gets polish order Warsaw Poland a the polish airlines company lot will buy nine Boeing planes to modernize its Fleet. Lot spokesman Jerzy Woy Dyllo said saturday that the decision was made after months of negotiations with French Airbus Mcdonnell Douglas and Boeing. The spokesman said the details about the Deal will be announced monday. Officer escapes injury Madrid so Ain a a police officer escaped injury from a package bomb believed sent by Basque separatists saturday a police official said. The police officer found the package waiting from him when he returned from vacation but thought it was too heavy to be a Book and tossed it half opened on a Terrace where it exploded said the official who is customarily not identified. The incident occurred two Days after a member of the Basaur separatist organization Eta was killed in a shootout with police in the Northern City of Bilbao. A police officer was seriously injured in the incident. Late bavarian Leader called East German spy Berlin apr a German lawmaker was quoted As saying saturday that Franz Josef Strauss one of West Germany a most powerful politicians was a an important spy for East Germany. Andreas von Bulow a member of a parliamentary committee investigating the dealings of a former East German financial official said evidence indicates that Strauss secretly helped East Ger Many a spy network. A if he were still alive he would certainly be before a court a Bulow was quoted As saying by the mass circulation tabloid Bild am sonntag. Strauss died in 1988. The newspaper quoted Bulow As saying that Strauss was a an important spy for the Cdr a or German democratic Republic As East Germany was known. The newspapers interview was released to other Media in Advance of today a publication. Strauss was the Leader of the Christian social Union the bavarian sister party of Chancellor Helmut Kohls Christian democrats. His party still runs politics in Bavaria Germany a largest state. The Bild article was the latest to allege that Strauss a Crafty Power broker for decades had regular dealings with Alexander Schalck Glodkowski East Germany a principal financial Wheeler dealer. Schalck Glodkowski was officially in charge of Germany a Export import dealings. He ran businesses worldwide and made sure that East Germany had a steady Supply of Western search for cause of Dolphin deaths Rome apr their carcasses Wash ashore with that charming Dolphin a a smile locked on their faces. It is As if these appealing creatures Are trusting Man to come to their Rescue. More than 150 dolphins dead or dying have washed up on Italy a Southeast coast this summer. For environmentalists and scientists it is a Puzzle. What is killing these animals a a virus pollution a combination of both for beachcombers the carcasses Are this seasons reminder that one of Italy a National treasures a its tourist attracting slice of the Mediterranean a has its troubles. Just two years ago smelly globs of algae washed ashore and ruined the Adriatic a swimming season. The profusion of algae then was blamed on pollutants pouring unchecked into the to River which flows into the Adriatic. Slicks of algae still Wash up occasionally. Scientists in Italy think the dolphins May be dying from a virus that is also blamed for the deaths of More than 1,000 dolphins and seals in the North sea and other parts of the Mediterranean since 1988. The virus from the same family that causes measles in humans has been found in some of the dolphins beached in Italy said Luigi stanza i vice president of the Marine mammal foundation based in Rimini an Adriatic resort. More analysis is needed however. A italia Italy a state airline announced Friday that it is flying Dolphin remains to a dutch Laboratory for study. About 150 dead seals and dolphins washed ashore in England and Denmark in August according to Chris Tydeman of the world wildlife federation in Gillingham England a and these May be Only a fraction of those dying. A a after All a stanza i said a we Only see what a turning up on our
