European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Mes vol. So no. 239 sunday december 8,1991 authorized . Pussy cation for the . Armed forces 50 d 8693 Pearl Harbor dead honored2,000 survivors Parade through Waikiki from wire reports Honolulu a in an emotional prelude to saturdays remembrance of the 50th anniversary of the japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor 2,000 survivors solemnly paraded in intermittent rain through Waikiki on Friday. The Parade was a tribute to comrades who died in the dec. 7,1941, attack that plunged the United states More photos on Page 3 into world War ii. President Bush was to head a ceremony saturday that was scheduled to begin a to the minute a a Hal Century after Japan started dropping bombs on the . Pacific Fleet at 7 55 . In Japan on saturday leaders of Japan a largest opposition party said they will Issue a sweeping apology to the country a wartime enemies. Stymied in a bid to generate an apology from parliament the social democratic party sep said chairman Tanabe Makoto will acknowledge Japan a War crimes and Call for additional compensation in a speech today. Thousands lined the two mile Parade route to cheer the survivors most of whom walked proud and erect. As the marchers passed one of this Younst Community a main intersections the applauding crowd spontaneously erupted into a chorus of god bless America. Featured in the Parade was a truck drawn 34-foot see Pearl on Page 2 three Ion m who survived the japanese attack at Peart Harbor March in a Parade Friday. From left. Max sch Meling of Des Moines Robert Ulrich of Lisbon and Bud Wise of talks a watershed for european Union maastricht Netherlands up the future of a United Europe is in the balance this week As european Community leaders gather in the town of maastricht for their most important Summit since the treaty of Rome created the grouping in 1957. Dec leaders meeting monday and tuesday will be faced with Tough choices on taking the last irreversible step on the Road to monetary and political Union among their 12 countries. Beyond these specific decisions the maastricht Summit should present a clearer picture of what kind of Europe will be created for the next Century and what role it can expect to play in world affairs. Most observers said that failure to move substantially Forward on the two issues of monetary and political Union is Likely to further demoralize Eastern Europe which sees the dec As a Model and Anchor in a period of revolutionary change. But regardless of the outcome the meeting will Mark a watershed in the three decade old Effort to create a United states of Europe the once improbable dream of dec founding father Jean Monnet a if the Community fails at maastricht it win be the Start of its decline a French president Francois Mitterrand a Leader in the Effort to form a United Europe with a single currency and common Moreir policy said recent a the natural forces of history would take Over leading to disorder and to the end of a great if Europe fails to seize the historic Opportunity it at this moment it will be another generation before a a said German Chancellor Hel Accord on monetary Union and some Progress on political Union. Hie agreement is almost certain to Dis satisfy everyone but at least a total failure will have been averted. Mitterrand and Kohl As Welt As other leaders such As Spanish prime minister Felipe Gonz amp Tycz argue that Europe will Only be Able to compete economically against the United states of America and Japan Ana remain a significant player on the world scene if it presents a United front through the creation of a Federal Union with a common monetary unit and foreign and defense policies. These leaders Point to a concerted european absence during the Gulf War and its inability to halt the Yugoslavia As examples of the continents declining role. Unless the trend can be reversed they Tung i eur has we get another Chance Mut Kohl. In final analysis maastricht is Likely to produce an in to civil War in Yugoslavia As examples of the continents r unless the trend can be reversed they argue Europe a voice in the world will become even fainter. Yet even As Paris and Bonn try to move ahead with the unification process Public opinion in their coun see talks on Page 2steen to leave for . Anderson stays behind from staff and wire reports Wiesbaden Germany freed american hostage Alann Steen left the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden on saturday morning waving to reporters through the window of a Van As he headed to the Frankfurt Airport. Steen and his family boarded a Northwest airlines flight to Detroit late saturday afternoon. Steen and Bis family departed from the Hospital where the former hostage had been undergoing medical evaluations since he was freed by shiite Muslim extremists tuesday after spending More than five years in Captivity in Lebanon. The 52-year-old teacher suffered permanent neurological brain damage when his head struck a chair and the floor during a fall caused in 19s7 when his abductors kicked him. The injury has caused him slight weakness incoordination and numbness in his right foot and hand. Former hostage Joseph a Sippio left the Hospital Friday. See store on Page 6. That leaves Terry Anderson As the final former hostage remaining at the air Force medical facility. Anderson who was the first and longest held american hostage spent most of the Day with his family saturday after Tak ing an Early morning jog on the . Military compound and undergoing More medical treatment doctors who have examined Anderson said that he has a sinus infection a minor lung problem and pains in his knee from a pre Captivity injury but they reported no major health problems. Anderson said he will spend a few More Days readjusting to lire after Cap thirty before beading Home for a pre Christmas family reunion. A you done to just walk out of a cell one Day and walk out into the world the next its a pretty strange place Quot he said. Anderson had a breakfast of Coffee pastries and juice inside his Hospital suite military officials said. Relaxing with his family was also on Andersons Agenda for the Day according to a military news release. At an internationally televised news conference Friday Anderson recounted the horrors of More than 6vi years in the hands of lebanese kidnappers. He spent much of the time in chains and told of physical abuse at the beginning but he did not elaborate. He also made a chilling disclosure he believes that a fellow hostage american William Buckley died of an see leave on Page 2
