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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, September 28, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 28, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 dial a Pope in the privacy of your Home Vatican City a with some reluctance the Vatican has made a Concession to the phone fettered fax Happy 1990s. Now there is a Telephone service that lets your fingers do the walking All the Way to St. Peter s. The program nicknamed Quot dial a Pope a permits callers around the world to dial a 900 number or similar special Cost line and hear a recording from one of John Paul ii a recent speeches or sermons. The Vatican receives at least 50 percent of the charge for each Call to the service officially called a Christian messaging world from the Vatican Quot organizers said. Promoters claim the service could help build a fund raising network and brine the Pope s message Home a literally a to the 875 million roman catholics worldwide. A we have invented the world s first electronic collection plate Quot boasts Michael Fahringer of the London based cil Obal telecoms ltd., which runs the service. The Rev. Arturo Martin a top Vatican fund Raiser said the holy see endorsed the service because of popular demand from the phoning faithful. In addition it wanted to curb a rash of unauthorized dial a Pope lines some featuring Popes not known to the Vatican he said. I he papal messages w hich change each Day can be received worldwide in English Spanish French and italian. Fahringer noted that the pontiff was available Quot at any time of Day or night in the Comfort and privacy of your own  Fahringer said that if Only one tenth of 1 percent of . Catholics called each month the service would yield a Bonanza a Over 55.0 h Calls. A similar percentage of the world s catholics would produce Over s75.000 Calls. In the United states callers reach the service by dealing 900-230-Popl or 900-5os-77.lv the Spanish Lane Aee service is 900-250-papa or 9 h -.w-7799. For the International service which began about a year ago. Callers dial the International Access code then 011-411010 for Italy. 011-411- >11 for England. 011-411-012 for Spain or >11-411 old for  army Center seeks test vaccine for aids from wire reports Bangkok Thailand a the thai army a aids Center has recommended acceptance of a . Offer to provide an american developed aids vaccine on a test basis to infected thai army personnel a senior military doctor said Friday. A i think we would accept for tests on a voluntary basis a said or. It. Gen Arun Chavana Sai chief of the army a aids Center. Gen. Naru Edol  the spokesman for the thai supreme come however said agreement was unlikely because a thai troops Are not Guinea  on scrolls Jerusalem a israeli officials who threatened to sue a California Library Over its pledge to make Public photos of the dead sea scrolls have invited scholars to a conference to discuss the Issue of Access. The Israel antiquities authority said wednesday that it agrees in principle to opening up the pictures to All although not at the expense of the few scholars who have been studying them for decades. A while All parties involved Are in favor of free Access to the photographs of the dead sea scrolls it is also Felt that the work of scholars should not be harmed by any new arrangements a it said in a statement. The offer of the Huntington Library in Pasadena calif., last week to allow anyone to inspect the photographs had led to bitter controversy Over the valuable scrolls the first of which were found in 1947 in caves near the dead  petition launched Manila Philippines a some 700 peasants led by supporters of president Corazon Aquino launched a Campaign thursday to collect 4.5 million signatures for a petition calling for a referendum to override the Senate a rejection of a new . Base lease. Town mayors peasant representatives and lawmakers signed the seven Page petition at the Swank philippine columbian sports club at the Start of the two month Campaign. The petition will then be submitted to the commission on elections which will Call the referendum possibly in  hidden from Public View in 89 Al Salvador murder trial san Salvador Al Salvador apr jury members hidden from Public View have been hearing testimony in the trial of an army colonel and eight soldiers accused of the 1989 murder of six Jesuit priests and two women. The trial which opened thursday Breaks new ground in bringing human rights violators to Justice in Al Salvador s 12-year-old civil War. Most of the War s 75,0 m victims Are civilians slain by rightist military led death squads. It is also the first time in memory that military officers Are appearing before a civilian court on murder charges although five National guard soldiers were sentenced by a similar court to the maximum of 30 years for the 1980 rape and murder of six roman Catholic women Church workers. I the trial was to reconvene Friday. The Bush administration and Congress have made successful prosecution of the jesuits killers a condition jews protest plan to use burial site Hamburg Germany apr about 30 orthodox jews on thursday protested against plans to build a shopping mall on the site of a former jewish cemetery. Preliminary work at the site has involved Only the demolition and removal of a Cement air raid Bunker built by the nazis on the property during world War ii. The demonstrators who police said were from Belgium carried signs Reading a does anyone in Germany remember a apparently in reference to nazi atrocities against the jews during the holocaust German police said. A police spokesman who asked not to be identified said the local jewish Community in Hamburg was consulted before work at the site began. Agreement was reached with the company working at the site to preserve remains found there and have them reburied at Hamburg a main cemetery in the Wohlsdorf District the police spokesman said. Pieces of gravestones and Bones have been found during three test diggings Hamburg jewish Community spokesman Heinz Jii Ckel said. He said the cemetery probably dates Back to the 17th Century. Jii Ckel said his organization had lost Legal rights to Stop construction on the property which he said had been sold by a jewish Trust office to a Developer in 1952. For continued . Aid to i Salvador. To keep jurors from being threatened or worse. Judge Ricardo Zamora of the 4th criminal court chose the jury members secretly and is keeping them out of the Public View to prevent their identification. Only observers from the University diplomats and foreign delegates relatives of the defendants and about 30 journalists were allowed into the courtroom on thursday. Two Hundred police armed with assault titles stand guard outside. Army col. Guillermo Benavides three lieutenants and four soldiers Are sitting before the judge jury prosecution and defense. A ninth enlisted Man is a fugitive and is being tried in absence. Benavides who was director of the National military College when the priests were slain on the night of nov. 16, 1989, is accused of ordering the massacre and having the perpetrators wipe out All evidence. Israeli rabbi a run Gartner displays a piece of an ancient jewish Tombstone found at the cemetery site. Communist youth unit disbands despite 18 million membership Moscow apr the communist party a National youth league plans to disband this week the latest casualty of the coup that discredited the party and led to its suspension officials say. The 18 million member youth league called Komsomol was to formally dissolve itself Friday at a Congress of delegates from across the soviet Union its Leader Vladimir Yukin told a Moscow news conference wednesday. A it has become quite evident that an All Union communist youth organization can no longer exist a Yukin said. A we Are going to dismantle Komsomol As the nationwide political organization and declare the Republic youth unions and other youth associations our successors a he added. Founded in 1918 and representing people Ages 14-28, Komsomol was the communist party Stool to control youth keep it Loyal to the party and recruit full party members. In recent years As the party lost prestige and gave up its monopoly on Power Komsomol membership dropped from 40 million to the present level of about 18 million. Rock Bash planned in Moscow Moscow a four heavy Metal bands will play in a free concert saturday promoted As a a Gilt to the youth of russian for their resistance to last months failed coup. The bands a acc Metallica the Black crowds and Pantera a Are expected to draw tens of thousands of music fans to Kushino air Field in Northwest Moscow organizers said. A i think its going to be a huge Bash because i think music especially Rock music is a political statement Here a said Marilyn Harris a spokeswoman for the organizers. A Given the flush of Success of having put Down the coup when the youth of Moscow were on the barricades Rock a no Roll is the ultimate in free expression a she said. Moscow a Young people turned out in droves aug. 18-21 to protest the hard line coup. They held demonstrations and built protective barricades around the russian parliament building Headquarters of the resistance led by russian Republic president Boris n. Yeltsin  
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