European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 b the stars and stripes thursday january 16, 1992 crying relatives urge Cuba to spare men from firing squad Washington apr the Mother and sister of two alleged guerrilla fighters appealed tearfully tuesday for efforts to save them and a companion from a cuban firing squad. A there is enough blood. We just want to Stop it a said Amelia Cardenas the sister of Daniel Candelario Santovenia 36. The Miami automobile body worker was captured with two others dec. 29 when they landed on a cuban Beach. The two others Are Pedro de la Caridad Alvarez Pedroso 26, a Carpenter and Eduardo Diaz Betancourt 38. Cuban authorities said the three were armed with explosives rifles and pistols. In Mexico City cuban foreign minister Isidoro Malmierca said the men a should pay for these crimes with their dozens of innocent cubans would have died had the men not been caught he said As he arrived for the signing of a treaty ending Al Salvador a civil War. . Embassy officials said there were no plans for Malmierca to meet with Sec retail of state James a. Baker Iii who also will attend the signing. Cardenas and Maria Antonia Gonzalez the Mother of Alvarez Pedroso said they did not know Why the men went to Cuba. Cardenas said she also did not know whether they were armed. But she said a Are Here to ask the . Government to help us to Stop the death sentences of these three men who have not killed anyone and have not harmed both women had tears in their eyes As they spoke at a news conference sponsored by the cuban american foundation a private anti Castro group that says it seeks a peaceful transition to democracy in Cuba. Amnesty International cuban exiles and the . Government have appealed to the United nations and to cuban Leader Fidel Castro to spare the men. This could be done Only by the cuban supreme tribunal or the 31-member Council of state headed by Castro. Jose Cardenas a Washington based researcher for the foundation who is not related to the condemned Many a sister said representatives of the foundation met tuesday with officials at the state department. A think that Justice should be done a Amelia Cardenas said. A the Only Law they have broken is the Law of immigration and believe they should be tried for breaking that she spoke in English and interpreted for Gonzalez who spoke in Spanish. Cuban authorities testified during a Brief trial in Havana that the men admitted that they planned to blow up Heaters and factories and seize radio stations. The Miami Herald said the men testified that the expedition was originally planned to include 22 heavily armed men and to spread to at least three cuban cities. According to this account the plan collapsed amid bickering among the organizers. Amelia Cardenas declined to answer questions about this account saying she was a not into politics and a not Here to judge it i it six v. So at ready for Takeoff two California condors flex their wings after being freed tuesday from their Cage at los padres National forests Sespen Condor Sanctuary. Its the first time since 1987 that California condors have been Able to i Joy the wild. Felon who used fax to escape is caught Phoenix apr police caught up with a forger who escaped from prison last month by having a fake release order faxed to his jailers authorities said. Jean Paul Barrett 27, was captured tuesday after he allegedly tried to withdraw nearly $5,000 from a checking account he had opened with a bad Check. Barrett got out of the Pima county jail in Tucson on dec. 13 after jailers received a faxed court document ordering that he be freed. Barrett had been serving a 33-year sentence for forgery and fraud. After his release procedures were changed to require jail employees to verify release orders by Telephone. Politics and a not Here to since 1987 that California condors have been Able to i Joy the wild. Spunky father defies death rejoins wife family in Poland by Michael Lindemann an automobile Accident last j january wiped him out i associated press Nanci ally and left him unable to return to Poland. Then the Media heard about Klisus plight just after students who killed Bird get proper scooper chores Baton Rouge la. A three College students accused of strangling an Ostrich were sentenced to what a judge called the a excrement details at an animal shelter. Louisiana state University students Robert a. Roberts 21, Brian b. Jones and Philip r. Robinson both 22, All of Baton Rouge were each ordered to perform 200 hours of Community service for the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. State District judge a. Foster a a foxy Sanders Iii said tuesday the work would be a in the nature of the excrement detail which they Are in great need of Volunteer help and Community the three men pleaded guilty to criminal trespassing in the death last april of a year old Ostrich. They were accused of entering a research pen near the leu veterinary school and killing the 220-Pound Bird. By Michael Lindemann associated press Warsaw Poland a Stanislaw Klis can to say a word. He can to walk either. Pushed around in his wheelchair the Best he can do is lift his hand to give a a thumbs but that a exactly what he did minutes after arriving at Warsaw Airport Early wednesday morning almost a year after he was diagnosed As having a terminal disease of the nervous system. At the time doctors in Albany ., gave him six months to live. Twelve months later his dreams came True and he made it Back to Poland to rejoin his wife and four children. Doctors predictions Are not the sort of thing to impress the 54-year-old former ambulance Driver from Debrica in Southeast Poland. A the did no to believe that a said Rev. Zbigniew pastus Zak a priest from Amsterdam ., who has been looking after Klis a the thought they were a bit. Pastuszak said tapping his Temple with his Index Finger. Klis whose Mother was born and raised in Chicago did cleanup work at shopping centers for three months after arriving in the United states 15 months ago. Then Christmas and soon donations began pouring in from people in the Albany area. Within six hours $3,800 was raised to enable Klis to buy the portable Respirator without which he would be helpless. The extra Money went to buy surplus medical e ment and special dietary supplements for Klis whose breathing problems prevent Nim from eating on his own. And Nis plane ticket Back to Poland. Although he a Home the future for Klis in Poland looks bleaker than at any time during 2vi months he spent at the Littauer Hospital in Gloversville Outside the terminal building Bozena and Jacek his eldest children said doctors at the Hospital in his Hometown had Little idea How to treat their fathers illness. And it seemed unlikely that Klis would be allowed to go to a state owned clinic. After months of anxiety his wife Emilia was in tears As she tried to wrap a Scarf around her husband before putting him onto an ambulance which had come to drive him the 150 Miles from Warsaw to Debrica. Suitor Bulldozer Way into his Lover s heart beverw1jk, Netherlands apr a Lovesick Bulldozer operator who Tore up streets smashed up cars and topples stoplights to win Back his sweetheart is registered to Many her today town Hall and newspapers reported wednesday. The 28-year-Oid local Man gained International notoriety last summer with his love rampage in the neighbouring town of Heemskerk. He wreaked the havoc after seeing her with another Man even though he had broken up with her just a week before. The two have apparently made amends and signed up for a civil marriage ceremony to be administered at town Hall today according to reports in nationally circulated newspapers. Municipal spokeswoman Jeanine Vanooijen confirmed that the prospective Groom who was identified As Hans Van w., was the Bulldozer maniac but refused to name the Bride or give further details in custom with privacy regulations. The papers identified the Bride As Sandra 34, of Heemskerk the bulldozers Lover who hid in her Sisters House during the july 18 rampage. The Groom is currently serving an 18-month sentence for his crime of passion but has reportedly been Given a one Day furlough for the wedding
