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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday january 6, 1992 at a glance civil rights worker Bill Moore was killed in 1963. His is one or four cases that have been reopened. See Story on pages 14 and 15. Hot houses found after a House by House search in 11 Pennsylvania communities for buildings constructed with Sand that had been laced with radioactive Radium a Federal Agency said it had found 25 contaminated Homes. A Page 4quayle�?Ts quiet Campaign Dan Quayle acknowledges waging a quiet six month Campaign to persuade George Bush to choose him As a running mate in 1908. A Page 5cuban cultural Center the historic Palace in Florida where jos6 Marti rallied compatriots to fight for cuban Independence from Spain was rededicated As a cuban american cultural Center. A Page 6book targets Wallace a Book in Progress by one of George Wallace a closest operatives in the 1960s depicts the former governor and presidential candidate As a Womanizer whose powerful political machine was corrupt. A Page 7return of matl Harl Mata Hari s scrapbooks have come Home 96 years after she left a quiet farming town in the Netherlands to become a nude dancer seductress and world War is most famous spy. A Page 8lovable, hug Gable car Genera motors corp. Has unwrapped a four passenger concept car designed for Highway driving at 100 Miles to the gallon at 50 Mph. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann landers.20 comics.18-20 commentary.13 faces a places .10 letters. 12 Money matters.17 sports.21-28 to listings.27 weather. A a 11 besieged Georgia Leader urges referendum to resolve conflict Tbilisi Georgia a georgian president Oviad Gamsa Hurdia offered sunday to hold a referendum possibly under . Auspices on his opponents demands for his resignation. Speaking to reporters in the basement of his stronghold at the parliament building Gamsa Hurdia said he was confident he would win such a vote in the mountainous Southern Republic. But he was not optimistic that rebel leaders would accept his offer. A if they speak about resignation of the president it must solved by referendum. Yes i am ready. But they do not want that they know they will be Defeated. They want to take Power by violence a Gamsa Hurdia said. At least 73 people have been killed and about 400 wounded in two weeks of fighting Between Gamsa Hurdia loyalists and the opposition which accuses him of seizing dictatorial Powers and violating human rights. The Tass news Agency reported sunday that the neighbouring Republic of Armenia has offered political Asylum to Gamsa Hurdia and his family. The georgian president said . Participation in the proposed referendum a would be very  but he added i do not know if the United nations will react to this because we Are not a  there was an uneasy standoff sunday after rebel leaders said they would not storm the building guarded by Loyal troops with a soviet made t-55 tank and several armoured personnel carriers. Sporadic gunfire rang out around the building As a few Western reporters entered it to speak with Gamsa Hurdia in his makeshift Bunker an a fortified basement Down three flights of stairs. Opposition leaders said saturday they would not storm the building. A i was sitting in jail for 11 months under Gamsa Hurdia. Let him sit in his Bunker for 11 months if he wants. There will be no storming unless it is provoked by Samsak Hurdia a supporters a rebel Leader Dehaba Iose Liani told a news conference. On sunday the rebels released a separatist Leader from prison in a bid to broaden their support Tass and the Independent inter fax news Agency reported. Gunman kills italian police chief wife amezia terme Italy a a gunman sprayed a police superintendent and his wife with bullets in this Southern City authorities reported sunday a a slaying that prompted National outrage about organized crime. Police superintendent Salvatore aver a 59, and his wife Lucia 55, were returning to their car in Central amezia terme during a shopping trip on saturday night when they were fatally shot with a 9mm pistol police said. The gunman escaped. Authorities said they did not know the exact motive for the killing. But amezia terme in the Southern Region of Cala Bria is considered a Center of organized crime groups known As the a a a and Range tax the City a government was dissolved by president Francesco Corsiga last september because it was suspected of having links to organized crime. The slain chief had taken part in numerous investigations into drug and arms trafficking kidnapping and murders Many involving organized crime. Corsiga was travelling to the City for the funeral today. Italy a three main labor unions declared a two hour strike for tuesday to protest the killing and provide a a Strong and loud response to Block the Advance of the mafia  a this new crime. Must make everyone aware of the necessity and the urgency of a stronger and More durable Effort to restore and guarantee legality in the South a said Nilde Iotti the president of the chamber of deputies the lower House of parliament. In recent months the italian government has passed a series of measures to curtail growing organized crime activity. Among them is creation of a Force of highly trained investigators dubbed the italian  4 die 2 Hurt in ambush of safari Convoy London up a four britons on an african safari were killed and two others were injured in an ambush near the Region of Tufia in Southern Angola the British foreign office said sunday. Killed in fridays attack were Mercedes Mackendrick 25, and Andrew Chandler Paul Couchman and James Pilbeam whose Ages were unknown the foreign office said. The party was driving on the Road Between Lubanko and Banguela near qui leagues in the Hula Region when they were ambushed the reports said. Two other britons were injured in the attack and a seventh escaped unharmed. No angolans were reported killed in the incident the foreign office said. British reports said Mackendrick a scottish doctor and the granddaughter of lord Cudlipp former chairman of the Mirror newspaper group was on a six month african Safan with her Boyfriend. She was to have begun work feb. 1 As a doctor at Poole in Southwest England. Angolan state radio monitored by the British broadcasting corp., quoted col. Padrino pilates a Silva As saying a common criminals May have carried out the attack. A Silva is the head of the National Union for the total Independence of Angola or Unita a rebel movement in Angola. A senior British consular official from Luanda arrived sunday in the Tufia Region to investigate the  from Page 1 after the syrians jordanians and lebanese joined the palestinians in delaying their departures for the talks to protest the planned expulsions. Palestinian negotiators claim Israel is trying to sabotage the peace Effort through the expulsions. It was not Clear whether the other Arab delegations would adhere to a Boycott by the Plo which is excluded from the talks but advises the palestinians. Foreign minister Amr Moussa also reiterated Egypt a criticism of the expulsion orders. A it has to be understood that As much As we Are interested in peace we Are also interested in Israel stopping its actions which Are against peace a Moussa told the news conference Arafat flew to Cairo on sunday morning and met with Mubarak Moussa and Osama Elbaz Mubarak a senior political aide. On saturday Mubarak asked israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir to overturn the expulsion order which has been sharply criticized by the United states. But Ehud Gol spokesman for the israeli government said Shamir turned Down the egyptian request. Egypt was the Only Arab country to make peace with Israel when it signed the  1979 peace treaty. The 12 arabs Are accused of links to anti Israel groups in the occupied territories. They May not be expelled for Days and have the right to Appeal. But All previous appeals by others have been rejected. Israel has deported 67 palestinians from the territories since rioting against the israeli occupation began four years  from Page 1 Asylum seekers come to wealthy Germany for mostly economic reasons. Chancellor Helmut Kohl is pressing for a constitutional amendment that would turn Back would be refugees who fall into that category. But the opposition social democrats say the constitutionally guaranteed right to Asylum cannot be tampered with. German far right wingers last year carried out dozens of attacks against refugees. There were widespread condemnations of the violence by most German citizens. So far this year there have been Only scattered xenophobic incidents but tensions persist. Police said a 27-year-old nigerian Asylum seeker died from unclear circumstances in the bavarian City of Augsburg Early sunday. According to bavarian police the unidentified refugee was in a group of about 10 africans who damaged cars in front of an Augsburg discotheque and threatened passers by saturday night. Two doormen at the disco were hospitalized after scuffling with the Asylum seekers police said. A few hours later the 27-year-old nigerian was found badly injured in the Asylum shelter where he was staying. He later died in a Hospital police said. Police did not describe the injury and said it was unclear whether the death had anything to do with the scuffle at the disco  
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