European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday november 20, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 world soviet refusal to Deport Honecker denounced from wire reports Bonn Germany a Germany a Justice minister , sternly denounced soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev a refusal to Deport former East German Leader Erich Honecker. Yet there were More conflicting signals on the Fate of the former communist Leader As there have been for weeks. The russian republics Justice minister Nikolai Feodorov said in Bonn that Honecker a extradition could happen in a a matter of Days or Feodorov who was in Bonn for a Justice ministers meeting stressed that doctors also could declare the 79-year-old exiled Leader too weak to leave Moscow. Honecker is wanted by Germany for allegedly giving shoot to kill orders to East German Border guards. From the time the Berlin Wall went up in 1961 until its fall in 1989, about 200 East germans were killed trying to shakes Tokyo Tokyo a a Strong earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale jolted Central Japan on tuesday swaying buildings and shaking furniture in downtown Tokyo. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The Central meteorological Agency said the quake which occurred at 5 24 p.m., was entered 50 Miles beneath the seabed in the Bay of Tokyo. Railway and subway officials said some trains were stopped briefly while Many others slowed pending safety growth removed Sydney Australia a Hazel Hawke wife of prime minister Bob Hawke was recovering in a Sydney Hospital tuesday after successful surgery to remove a growth Hawke said. Hawke said the growth was benign. �?o1 can to Tell you what a Relief it is Quot he said �?o1 am very pleased to say she is well.�?�. According to reports doctors at St. Vincent a Hospital removed an ovarian cyst. Hazel Hawke 52, entered the Hospital for exploratory surgery sunday after undergoing medical tests last fighter crashes Cologne Germany a a German air Force Tornado crashed in the North sea during an exercise killing both Crew members a German defense ministry spokesman said tuesday. The spokesman said the plane crashed in the North sea near the dutch Island of Vlieland monday night. He said the cause of the crash was being Diamond for Sale Geneva a a 106-Carat colourless Diamond Cut from a Stone found at a secret site in Africa last year will be a top lot at a Christie a jewel Sale thursday. The Pear shape 1 i Inch Long Gem is the largest of its kind Ever to go on auction. It weighs Only slightly less than the 109-Carat Koh i Noor the Central Stone in Queen Elizabeth a state Crown. Historically that jewel is unique but in clarity it is not Likely to match the one now for Sale said Christie a director in Geneva Francois Curiel. But a tiny a Birthmark a invisible to the naked Eye rules out a new record Price Curiel said. An Antwerp Belgium Cutter took eight months to Cleave it from a 220-Carat rough Stone for a Trio of dealers from the european Community. Curiel would not identify the Prince acquitted Paris a the heir to the vacant throne of Italy was acquitted monday of a manslaughter charge in the shooting death 13 years ago of a Young German at a Mediterranean yacht Harbor. A nine member jury after two hours of deliberation found Crown Prince Victor Emmanuel of Savoy innocent in the death of Dirk Hamer. The Prince 54, was convicted on a charge of illegal arms Possession and Given a six month suspended sentence. Measure would compensate Gulf reservists for lost by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a about 17,000 Federal employees and . Postal service workers who served As reservists during the persian Gulf mobilization would be compensated for any income they lost while on Active duty under a Bill approved last week. The Bill sponsored by rep. Gary l. Ackerman d-n.y., was approved by the House Post office and civil service committee on nov. 13 and will probably be considered by the full House some time in january a committee staff member said. The measure would authorize a one time payment to make up the difference Between employees government salaries and their military for the entire time they were mobilized for duty the staffer said. A a lot of private sector employers did the same kind of thing on their own such As ism at amp to and get and Many state and local governments also gave financial help to their mobilized employees a the staffer said. A this Bill would add the Federal government to the list of employers who Are saying they want to give something to their employees a the staffer said. A a it a hoped that this might set an example and make private sector employers who did not do anything for their workers anyone whose Federal salary was higher than their military during their mobilization would be eligible he said. However the Bill would not reimburse Federal employees for time spent on any Type of military leave that May have been taken in conjunction with their Call up. An estimated $39 million would be distributed under the Bill according to the congressional budget office. The Money would come out of funds earmarked for Federal workers salaries the staff member said. A the Bill would not require the appropriation of and additional funds a he said. A the co has assure that Federal agencies already have the Money to cover this in their existing conferees drop proposal to allow patient paid abortions overseas by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a a congressional Effort to allow abortions in overseas military medical facilities if patients for them has died once and for All a at least for this year. The proposal sponsored by rep. Los Aucoin d-ore., and taken up in the Senate by sen Frank r. Lau Tenberg d-., would reverse a 1988 Pentagon decision to ban abortions in overseas facilities a practice that had been sanctioned since the late 1970s. The measure was stricken from the Compromise fiscal 1992 defense appropriations Bill completed by House and Senate negotiators late last week. It was dropped from the fiscal 1992 defense authorization Bill for the same reason a a threatened veto by president Bush. Aucoin a proposal was narrowly approved As part of the House version of the authorization Bill. But negotiators dropped it from the House Senate Compromise version because they did not want to reopen debate on other issues already decided should Bush make Good on his veto threat. A a that a basically what happened with the appropriations Bill too a said a Senate appropriations committee staffer. A a we re already More than a month into the new fiscal year and there a still no defense budget set. A we a re mad As hell and we re not giving up a Eileen Goldsmith we have to get this the staffer said the votes would not have been there to override a presidential veto. A there was some talk about whether Bush would really reject the whole Bill for that single provision but in the end no one wanted to test him Quot he said. Aucoin who has sponsored the Bill each of the last three years vowed to raise the Issue again for the fiscal 1993 defense budget Cycle said his spokesman Eileen Goldsmith. A a we re mad As hell and we re not giving up a Goldsmith said. About 15 to 20 abortions a year had been performed in overseas facilities before the 1988 change which was made unilaterally by the Reagan administration with no congressional input. Reward increased in fort Dix murder fort Dix . A the criminal investigation come is offering a $25,000 Reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who murdered a fort Dix Soldier in april 1991. The murder of army spec. Lisa Ann Nadeau remains a top priority for the criminal investigation come fort Dix spokeswoman Dianne Felder said monday. The 24-year-old single Parent and Mother of two children was found beaten stabbed and strangled on april 5, 1991, in her quarters in the Sher Danville housing area of fort Dix Felder said. An initial Reward of $5,000 was increased a to get people to rethink what they know about specialist Nadeau a Felder said. Fort Dix officials contacted the stars and stripes hoping that someone who has arrived in Europe since the incident May have information Felder said. Felder said information on Nadeau or her activities in the weeks before her death can be passed to local army investigators or to the fort Dix Case agents Thomas Vos or Phillip Benjamin at 609-562-5006, a rewards have been successful during previous difficult investigations and the army wants to use every possible Means to catch the person who committed this brutal crime a Felder said. Callers May remain Anonymous but will have to reveal their identity to collect a Reward she said. Sex i still sought after escape from Brig Philadelphia a a former 3rd army div Soldier who escaped from the Philadelphia Navy Brig is still at Large a Navy spokesman said monday. Michael Andre Yam has eluded authorities since he escaped while assigned to a trash detail oct. 31, said it. . Braithwaite Philadelphia naval base Public affairs officer. Military and civilian Law enforcement officials Are cooperating in efforts to find Yam who served for 17 years in the army. Yarn 38, formerly of he co 5th in 18th inf in Friedberg Germany was awaiting Transfer to fort Leavenworth kan., when he escaped. Yarn was court Martiale at fort Dix ., on oct. 21 and sentenced to 25 years in prison for a rape he committed in Chester pa., in october 1990. The former staff sergeant is also facing a 15-year prison term for a March 1990 conviction in Germany for assault and attempted kidnapping. Yarn who escaped from military custody in Frankfurt in february 1990, was tried in absent a and dismissed from the army. He eluded police until october of that year when he was arrested in Thornton pa., in connection with the rape of a nursing assistant whom he met at his Job in a Chester nursing Home. He was living under the assumed name of Andre Campbell at the time of the arrest. Civilian authorities transferred jurisdiction in the Chester Case to the army on May 31, 1911
