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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 31, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 3there�?Ts none better sister John Paul is in a league All by herself As she prepares to hurl the Ball Down Field during recess wednesday at Aquinas school in Woodbridge va., where she teaches seventh Grade. But could it be the sister has missed her calling heaven knows she a probably a Whiz at Hail Mary  Korea signs Accord on atomic work Vienna Austria a North Korea signed a Long awaited nuclear safeguards agreement thursday but remained vague on How soon it would allow International inspectors Access to its secret nuclear facilities. The agreement with the Vienna based International atomic Energy Agency allows on site inspections to determine North koreans compliance with the nuclear non proliferation treaty which it signed in 1985. Parties to the treaty Promise not to allow nuclear materials to be used for other than peaceful purposes. A we will fully and loyally fulfil this agreement a said Hong gun Pyo North koreans vice minister for the atomic Energy Industry who signed the Accord with Iaea general director Hans Blix. But the Accord is not valid until it is ratified by North koreans parliament a process that one North korean official said could take six months. South koreans expressed concern that the communist North koreans might have time to Complete an atomic bomb before inspections begin. The Seoul government urged Steps be taken immediately to allow inspectors Access to Northern facilities. A we consider it very fortunate that though belatedly North Korea signed a nuclear safeguards agreement a the South korean foreign ministry said. A we expect the North to take without delay Steps to bring the agreement into Force and to submit All its nuclear materials and facilities to Iaea inspection As expeditiously As  intelligence reports indicate North Korea is nearing capability to develop nuclear weapons although Pyongyang denies it has such a program. Chang Mun son a director in Pyongyang a ministry of foreign affairs told reporters in Vienna that the Accord would be ratified a at the earliest possible Date a but refused to be specific. A sometimes it takes six months or even More Quot to ratify an International treaty he said. Bus Hijacker killed after 4-hour, 320-mile Chase i. A. Re Kra Colton Calif. A a greyhound bus Hijacker with a religious hallucinations was shot and killed Early thursday after taking eight passengers on a wild 320-mile ride across two states authorities said. Fri agent Ron Heller said the Man who had commandeered the bus in Phoenix was shot when he became trapped on a residential Street at 3 45 . In this Community 50 Miles East of los  Hijacker was killed by a Colton police officer police capt. Bernie Lunsford said. None of the eight passengers was Hurt during the four hour Odyssey said sgt. Terry Dunne of the san Bernardino county sheriffs department. The terror ride ended when the Hijacker turned off interstate 10 and headed into a residential area. A the just got into an area too Small for him. It was a dead end and he was trying to Back up and  do it a said Dunn. A the Good Guys and the bad Guys came  at least one shot was fired but a a everybody a out and everybody is of a the sergeant said of the passengers. The Fri which joined Arizona and California authorities in the 60 Mph Chase was interviewing the passengers Early thursday. A i heard gunshots and somebody else in the House heard two  said 29-year-old Colton resident Fidel Luna. Law enforcement officers chased the bus As it passed Over several sets of spikes a designed for but failing to puncture the vehicles tires. A fifth attempt to halt the vehicle made near the Community of Banning about 70 Miles East of los Angeles failed said California Highway patrol dispatcher Bill Brown. The Driver was apparently unarmed said sgt. Rick Knight spokesman for the Arizona department of Public safety. Five men two women and an 18-month-old baby were aboard Knight said. Etc a apparently the person had some Typ of religious hallucinations Quot Knight said. The hijacking began at 11 45 . When the Man apparently climbed into the Drivers seat while the bus was stopped in a downtown Phoenix terminal Ana the Driver was in an office said Phoenix police sgt. Ron Gaillard. A from what they say there was no weapon seen a Gaillard said. A just some goofball got on it and drove off.�?�. The buses original destination was St. Louis. Army picks dragon 2 Over swedish weapon from wire and staff reports Washington a the army has seated its own dragon 2 missile Over a Verdish entry As an interim Short Range Jense against enemy tanks the army in ounces tuesday. The dragon is a medium size missile Uncher that lets infantrymen shoot at inks according to Jane a infantry Wear is a guide to military hardware. The louder fired weapon weighs about 30 funds and has a Range of More than half mile. It was first fielded in 1972. Between 150 and 200 dragons Are in be inventories of the two Germany ased army divisions according to army Gist is figures. The missiles portability lakes it a main tank killer for Parachute nits. The 82nd airborne div has nearly 00 of them. Tuesdays announcement said that in eld testing last summer the dragon 2 As found to be Superior to the swedish Bill missile. It said that dragon 2 can be carried by paratroopers As they jump from aircraft while the larger Bill can Only be dropped separately. It also said dragon 2 needs Only a two Man firing team while the Bill would require four. Moreover the army said Bill would Cost $750 million Over a 10-year period while dragon 2 would Cost Only $320 million. Dragon 2 will serve As the army a Short Range anti Armor missile until it is replaced by the newer javelin missile scheduled to be fielded in the mid-1990s. The anti Armor weapon Competition was ordered by Congress. Originally the contest had included the French Milan 2t missile and the Marine corps developmental dragon 3. The marines subsequently abandoned the dragon 3 and the makers of the Milan 2t dropped out of the Competition. Staff writer Vince Crawley contributed to this report Russia prepared to open Kab files to Mia searchers by Alison Mitchell the new York times an official whose commission oversees the Kab archives says he is prepared to invite american historians to search for evidence on the Fate of americans taken prisoner during the Vietnam War. The official col. Gen. Dmitri Voitko go nov said russian president Boris Yeltsin wanted to assure the . Senate that he was responding to a request for information on reports that some american captives might have been taken to the soviet Union. A we want to be honest a said Volko go nov chairman of the russian parliamentary commission that oversees the Kab archives. He said he would support a one two three american historians or specialists working with his commission in Moscow. To Logonov said the commission had begun examining the Kab archives but could not yet speak definitively about contacts with americans during the Vietnam War. But he said that so far he had found nothing to substantiate the statements of maj. Gen. Oleg d. Kalugin a former Kab official that soviet intelligence employees had interviewed several americans in Vietnam As late As 197578, after the War. A maybe there Are documents but we Haven to yet found them a to Logonov said in an interview tuesday at the russian Mission to the United nations. A maybe he spoke All the truth. Maybe to the contrary he spoke untruth. Kalugin spoke by memory. I think that a not   
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