European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 07, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Vol. 50, no. 238 saturday december 7,1991 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forc Sanderson Over whelmed Joyful sex hostage thanks thousands by David Tarrant staff writer Wiesbaden Germany a Terry Anderson choking Back tears thanked everybody who had offered him support and who had helped to obtain his release after almost seven years in Captivity in Lebanon. A a in be been just stunned overwhelmed in the last two Days by the Welcome. In a very very Happy a the associated press journalist said his voice breaking. A there Germany won t Swap for hostages a Page 3 Are so Many people thousands and thousands of Popple who i need to thank and 1 done to know How to do it. I think you know How i feel a a is Michael Abri a Terry Anderson and sister Peggy say share a tender moment at a news conference at Lindsey air station Germany. Anderson of Batavia n.y., held an emotional 45-minute news conference Friday at the Lindsey air station near the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden. Sporting a Buffalo Bills football sweat shirt he was joined by Louis d. Boccardi the Apps president and chief executive officer and Peggy say Andersons sister who crisscrossed the Globe talking to world leaders in an unrelenting quest to gain his Freedom. Anderson the Apps chief Middle Eastern correspondent at the time of his kidnapping in Beirut was the longest held of the 14 american hostages in Lebanon and the last to be released. Three of the american hostages died. Two germans remain held in Lebanon and . Officials Are working see Anderson on Page 2bush remembers shame glory of Wii from wire reports president Bush predicting an emotional Day As he commemorates the 50th anniversary of the japanese attack on Pearl Harbor said Friday he will acknowledge the . Internment of japanese americans Dur ing world War ii As a a very shameful chapter in an otherwise glorious More than 90,000 people including Bush were expected in Honolulu Tor the event. The president was due to arrive aboard air Force one just before Sunset Friday at Hickam fab a key target of japanese bombers 50 years ago. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney on thursday told survivors of Japan a attack that their sacrifices 50 years ago will not be forgotten and he pledged to keep americans defences spoke at a Pearl Harbor survivors association Flag raising ceremony at fort Derussy a beachfront Reserve Post in the Waikiki Section of Honolulu. Speaking with reporters in Washington shortly before heading off to Hawaii Bush spoke emotionally of inside the attack that changed the world and Drew him personally into War. But the president pointed to the positive Side of relations now with both Europe and Japan. A in a sense for me it will be emotional because like a lot of those veterans out there i lost friends a he said. A a. And yet i go there with no rancor but with a wonderful feeling that things it have moved dramatically Forward in a very positive Way. So this is what this trip is another part of his Mission he disclosed will be to make amends to the thousands of japanese americans who were rounded up shortly after the devastating attack and forced to spend nearly three years in internment camps.�?o1 will acknowledge that As. A tragic thing Loyal 194p 0 c i. I r <1 p o r t americans put into Camps because of race a he said. And while noting that Congress last year took action to recompense Many of the families involved Bush added a i will Point out that was on our Side one of the tragic things that happened and of course it will never happen again. A it was a very shameful chapter in an otherwise glorious achievement you might say the total Victory Over imperialism and the president who flew 58 missions As a Navy torpedo bomber Pilot will head a ceremony today that is to begin a to the minute a a half Century after Japan started dropping bombs on the . Pacific Fleet at 7 55 a.m., dec. 7,1941. He said he approached the anniversary As a a Day of Healing appropriately honouring those who died Quot and intends to offer words of Comfort to the survivors of the 2,403 americans killed in the attack that propelled the United states into War. A a in la be honouring those who made this Era of peace see Bush on Page 2 soviet coup fears rising sources say by Michael Parks the los Angeles times Moscow a ominous rumblings from deep within the armed forces have raised fears of another coup against soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. Many soviet political observers said the is increasingly alarmed at the soviet unions breakup the collapse of its Economy and the inability of political leaders to resolve the country a multiple crises. While these concerns Are widespread the conviction is said to be growing among the soviet officer corps that Only the armed forces have the organization the willpower and of course the might to save the nation. Andrei s. Grachev the presidents press Secretary acknowledged the growing discontent in the soviet military this week and said that a coup with its support was a a very real As the crisis deepens and political pressure consequently mounts Grachev told journalists a the May become an instrument of unconstitutional action of an irresponsible and with traumatic changes ahead As the soviet Union moves to a free Market Economy a the most dangerous period is yet to come Quot he said. Across the political spectrum the talk is of a coup that would of backed if not led by a military angered by the accelerating disintegration of the soviet Union. A we Nee new leaders a Gen. Leonid Koch Endayen of the soviet general staff see soviet on Page 2final Holiday mail deadline Europe to .cards amp letters dec. 9 source. . Postal service
