European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 a the stars and stripes tuesday november 26,1991 coast guard Rescue ships overflowing with refugees from wire reports Miami a the flood of refugees from Haiti following the military coup there swelled by More than 400 sunday filling coast guard ships and taxing their ability to search the seas for More. A Federal judge in Miami on sunday extended until dec. 2 his ban on forcibly returning the haitians to their Homeland giving human rights advocates time to travel to the ships holding the refugees and to take depositions. Nearly 4,000 haitian boat people have been intercepted by the coast guard since late october including 538 sent Back to the Island before the repatriation ban was imposed. More than 400 haitians on six overloaded boats have been rescued since Midnight saturday. Only three of the 10 coast guard cutters capable of housing refugees have room for More said Petty officer Joe Dye. More than 2,400 refugees Are housed on coast guard ships off the coast of Haiti or anchored in Guantanamo Bay Cuba. About 300 More have been taken to the . Naval base there and at least 350 have been transferred to Camps in Honduras Venezuela Belize Trinidad and Jamaica Dot a said. Only 101 have been brought to Miami with a plausible claims to Asylum a according to the state department. The latest wave of boat people followed the sept. 30 coup that exiled the Rev. Jean Bertrand Aristide Haiti a first freely elected president. Despite stepped up repression and arrests of Aristide supporters in Haiti . Authorities have maintained that the refugees Are ineligible for political Asylum claiming they Are fleeing poverty not violence. The Rev. Jesse Jackson on sunday blasted that policy As racist. Jackson along with hundreds of haitian sympathizers attended a prayer service for a Boatload of haitian refugees who drowned at sea last week. Jackson was among nearly 1,000 worshippers at the service organized by the National Center for the haitian apostolate. A you cannot be against the military coup. And then Send terrified people unarmed and hungry to be fed to the Sharks or the terrorists in Haiti Jackson said. In Cartagena Colombia Aristide and his parliamentary opponents ended three Days of informal talks sunday without reaching an agreement on a proposed Compromise to return him to Power. Cuomo says he s awaiting facts before deciding whether to run by the los Angeles times Washington a new York gov. Mario Cuomo who for the last seven years has been the democrats top undeclared candidate for president refused again sunday to be pinned Down on whether he will run or even when he will decide. Gov. Mario Cuomo talks with reporters on Abc to. A a in a not agonizing. In a not delaying a Cuomo said. A nor am i struggling Over the decision. In a struggling Over the facts. Once i get All of the facts ill make the decision. In less than three the governor did not say when he would pet All the facts but he nonetheless sounded like a candidate sunday As he sparred with reporters on abcs this week with David Brinkley Over their characterizations of his past statements and positions. He also lashed out against president Bush for failing to Deal with a sick Economy and chided his fellow democrats for offering Only vague proposals. But when pressed he refused to be specific about his own program and whether he would Cut a Middle class entitlements or raise taxes to reduce the budget deficit. In a Sharp Exchange with columnist George will Cuomo denied that he suggested last year that Bush consider giving concessions to iraqis Saddam Hussein to avoid War in the persian Gulf. On nov. 19, 1990, As . Forces were being built up in the Gulf Cuomo told a los Angeles audience that Bush should a try to negotiate our Way out of a full scale War. A you could negotiate something that gets them out of Kuwait for the most part leaves them maybe a Little bit on the water leaves them a Little bit of the Oil a he said in comments reported in the los Angeles times. The new York governor explained that Saddam in order to pull out of Kuwait would need a face saving gesture from the United states. But in an interview the following Day he denied that he was offering a a blueprint for a on sunday he was asked about operation desert storm in View of the fact that he had a suggested Early on that perhaps the Way to Deal with Saddam Hussein after the invasion was to give him a few a no i never said that a Cuomo replied. A look you people get annoyed when i Tell you what you re saying is not when pressed on whether he had a suggested territorial concessions a Cuomo replied a no no no Boyfriend accused in couple s death South Rockwood Mich. Api a Man beat his Girlfriend s parents to death circa their stove with a hand grenade and tried to set the House on fire sunday before fleeing and jumping off a Bridge authorities said. The unidentified Man was pulled from the Detroit River and was listed in fair condition at Detroit receiving Hospital. He suffered from hypothermia and a broken wrist Hospital spokeswoman Diane Cooper said. Julie Nasiatka reported to be the Many a Girlfriend found her parents Tom and Mary Nasiatka bludgeoned to death in their Home sunday afternoon div to in Detroit said citing the sheriffs department. The 25-year-old Man was still in the House when Julie Nasiatka went to a neighbors Home to Call police the to station said. The Man had wired a grenade to the stove and tried to set the House on fire div said. He ran out a Side door and was driven by his estranged wife to the ambassador Bridge from which he apparently jumped authorities said. The Bridge connects Detroit with Canada. Authorities would not say whether the Man was trying to swim across the Border or kill himself. The Bridge is 170 feet at its highest Point. The estranged wife was apprehended about five Miles from South Rockwood which is 22 Miles from Detroit and was questioned by police. Police deactivated the dioxide release makes 200 sick in Utah from wire reports Salt Lake City a a Cloud of Fulfur dioxide escaped from a chemical company sunday making about 200 people sick. About 300 people were evacuated from their Homes but were allowed Back hours later. The leak at Thatcher chemical co. Came from a ruptured Hose that was repaired less than two hours after it was reported sunday afternoon said fire capt. Dan Andrus. About 200 people including six firefighters suffered breathing problems and headaches and were taken to hospitals Andrus said. All but five were treated and released he said. Fulfur dioxide smells like Rotten eggs and can be runs Over victim mount Clemens Mich. A a 35-year-old woman remained hospitalized with a a massive head wounds sunday after a mugger she tried to Chase Down ran Over her with a car. Eva Brynski an engraver for the Detroit news newspaper was listed in extremely critical condition following the incident saturday in which an assailant drove Over her after stealing her purse. According to police officer David Purdle the mugger rubbed Brynski in the parking lot of a suburban Detroit store around 1 25 . Brynski chased the perpetrator Down As the person ran to a getaway car. Purdle said the mugger then apparently backed Over Brynski while driving off. Police have not made any arrests in the sounded familiar Waterford a. A a 911 operator heard a familiar voice on the line and the words a your mom and dads House is on fire a Lynde Palmer then calmly routed the Call to get the firetrucks rolling. Palmer 23, said that after trying to Calm Down the out of breath caller wednesday she recognized the woman a voice As that of her Cousin Laurie Derk. After she transferred the Call a they got me out of the office because they did no to want me to hear All the dispatching a Palmer said. Her parents suffered minor s diet Lizard Beer grand Canyon Ariz. A a Man whose raft capsized on a trip through the grand Canyon survived for six Days on a diet of Lizard Grasshopper and Beer. David Whittlesey a 44-year-old woodworker from Prescott was rescued saturday. The experienced Rafter said that when his Craft overturned near Diamond Creek at the West end of the Canyon the raft and supplies were lost. Whittlesey who had survival training from the military in 1966, said he built a shelter formed a big a out of stones and kept a fire going at night in Hopes that aircraft would spot it. He put hot rocks inside the shelter to keep warm. He ate a Lizard and a Grasshopper and found a can of Beer that washed ashore. Whittlesey was reported in Good shape despite breaking four Teeth and suffering a puncture wound in a 25-foot fall after he was stranded 83 plane wreck found Needles Calif. A an Aerial Crew searching the Mojave desert for a twin engine plane missing for More than a week spotted instead the wreckage from a 1983 plane crash and the remains of three people inside. The four seat Mooney aircraft was discovered Friday near interstate 40 in this desert town about 100 Miles East of los Angeles said it. Col. Robert Fowler of the civil air patrol. The skeletal remains were believed to be those of Robert Wakeman 60 son in Law Jim Huffman 41 and his son Grant 5. San Bernardino county sheriffs Deputy John Mcmahon said Wakeman a Wallet and other identification were found in the wreck. The plane piloted by Wakeman was reported missing in August 1983, after it left the grand Canyon in route to Fullerton said Wakeman a widow Carol Wakeman
