European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday april 24, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3barry completes prison sentence Loretto a. Apr Marion barrys Dis washing Days behind bars Are Over. The former Washington mayor was released without fanfare thursday from a Federal prison after serving a six month sentence for cocaine Possession. A there were no crowds. It was a typical inmate release a prison spokesman Ron Hamm said. Barry was released about 5 30 . Supporters in six buses planned to join him in a prayer service at noon in nearby Johnstown before escorting Barry Back to the City he governed for three terms. Barry was caught in an Fri sting and convicted in a 1990 trial that featured a videotape of him smoking crack in a hotel room. He was transferred in january to Loretto about 60 Miles from Pittsburgh after a fellow inmate at a prison in Petersburg va., accused him of receiving Oral sex from a woman in the prison visiting area. Barry denied the allegation. At Loretto Barry worked a regular shift washing dishes Hamm said. The former mayor started his term at Loretto living in a dormitory with several other inmates. He later moved to a two Man cell. A a he a been very quiet. No problems a Hamm said before thursdays release. One of barrys supporters the Rev. Willie Wilson said he organized the bus caravan to show Barry he is Welcome Back in Washington. A people Are often stigmatized because of transgressions they May have committed and Many times observers done to realize that a human being is an imperfect thing a Wilson said. Dec tries to Stop fighting among bosnian groups Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr despite continued fighting in Sarajevo european Community envoy lord Carrington arrived in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina on thursday in an Effort to negotiate peace. Carrington arrived As serbs who Are trying to carve off a piece of the City for their own shelled Muslim sections of Sarajevo for a third Day. Sporadic fighting had continued overnight in Sarajevo and elsewhere in Bosnia. But it was less intense than in previous Days apparently because of Carrington a visit to the newly Independent Republic. Carrington who was scheduled to Confer with Bosnia a Muslim serbian and croatian leaders immediately started talks in the Airport building. He made no comment upon arrival aboard a White portuguese air Force Jet. Carrington was accompanied by portuguese foreign minister Joao de Deus Pinheiro Farinha and other dec officials. Portugal Heads the european Community a rotating presidency. The eco a chief negotiator on Yugoslavia was due to leave later thursday for Belgrade capital of Serbia Long the dominant yugoslavian Republic but now alone with Montenegro in trying to preserve a dissolved federation. Serbian leaders and the serbian dominated Federal army have been accused of aiding serbian rebels fighting to establish their own state within Bosnia a or to possibly Annex bosnian territory to a a greater the fighting in Sarajevo the past three Days has been the worst since Bosnia a majority croats and muslims voted feb. 29 to split from Yugoslavia. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the fighting overnight. At least 14 people were killed in Sarajevo on tuesday and wednesday and More than 200 people have died in Bosnia since the War began. Detonations of mortar shells could be heard throughout much of the night from the direction of Sarajevo s old Muslim City Center. Although the sporadic blasts abated Early in the morning they resumed at Sunrise. Even the famous Oriental Bas Casija District with its handicraft shops and its famous Sebalj Fountain was also hit by a mortar Shell. Bosnian authorities blamed serbian militants who hold the Heights overlooking the capital for the attacks. A if they arc not prepared to spare the citizens perhaps they will Stop for the dec delegation a Senad me Stovic a bosnian police official said on Sarajevo . Milutin Kukan Jac the yugoslavian Federal army commander in Bosnia claimed wednesday that army Barracks in Sarajevo were being attacked and threatened to bomb parts of the City the Belgrade based Tan Jug news Agency reported. X Carrington cafes was badly refuse to surrender Qadhafi says Beijing apr col. Moa mar Qadhafi says the two libyans wanted in the bombing of pan am flight 103 Are free to surrender to British or american authorities a if they so choose according to China a official news he also was quoted by the Xinhua Agency As saying that the two have refused to go and that he is a a Hundred percent sure they Are innocent. Qadhafi and other libyan officials have alternately offered and refused to hand Over the suspects in seeking to prevent the . Sanctions that took effect last week. A if they want to go they Are free to gout we can to Force them to go a Qadhafi was quoted As saying in a wednesday interview in Benghazi libyans second largest City. He was quoted As saying that Libya has a no objection to letting the two libyan citizens go for trial in America or but he added a they refused to Qadhafi repeated his assertion that it is a violation of libyan and International Law to extradite libyan citizens to foreign countries. The two men Are suspects in the 1988 bombing of pan am flight 103 Over Lockerbie Scotland that killed 270 people most of them americans. Frustrated by Qadhafi a a refusal to surrender the suspects the . Security Council imposed sanctions april 15. They include a ban on air links to Libya an arms embargo and a Call on nations to expel libyan diplomats. China which regards itself As a defender of third world interests generally has sided with Libya in its disputes with the United states. As one of the five permanent Security Council members with veto Power China could have killed the sanctions Resolution. Instead it abstained. The Xinhua report said its reporters accompanied China a ambassador to Libya Wang Houli who flew from Tripoli to Benghazi to meet with Qadhafi. The report said Wang and Qadhafi discussed the pan am crisis and bilateral relations but gave no details. It is possible Qadhafi was seeking stronger chinese Bear hug for a pal Anne Wheeler cuddles her favorite companion care Bear at Philadelphia International Airport. The youngsters stuffed toy logged about 80,000 Miles in six weeks after it was sent off on a geography project. The Bear travelled aboard a us air plane throughout the United states and then flew around the world. Japanese officials bristle at wrestler s cry of racism Tokyo a top japanese officials thursday sought to prevent a new irritant in relations from developing Over an americans reported allegation that racism blocked him from the top rank of sumo wrestling. Foreign minister Michio Watanabe told a parliamentary committee that the allegations attributed to the 577-Pound Salevasa Atisanoe known As Kon Ishiki should not be allowed to develop into a big Issue. And the governments chief spokesman Koichi Kato insisted that sumo promotions were a based entirely on ability when questioned about the controversy by reporters. Even prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa was quoted by japanese Media As saying he did no to believe there was discrimination in the sumo world. Atisanoe created a nationwide stir when he was quoted monday in the nations leading financial newspaper As saying his failure to win promotion to Yoko Zuna or grand Champion after winning his third tournament last month was because of racism. Atisanoe a 28-year-old samoan from Hawaii who is now an Ozeki or Champion. Also was quoted As Savine his position in the sumo Hierarchy was up in the air because it had been linked with Trade disputes. After saying he was unfamiliar with the remarks attributed to Atisanoe Watanabe said a it is really bothersome when a really Small thing turns into a ruckus based on misunderstanding. I believe it is necessary to be sufficiently careful so that it does no to become that kind of Atisanoe whose wrestling name Means a Little Broca Dii a has parlayed his massive Girth into three sumo tournament victories since 1989. He has won two of the last three bringing him closer than any other foreigner to attaining the top rank. A wrestler hoping to become a grand Champion must win two consecutive 15-Day tournaments or compile a record Quot of equal tournaments Are held every two months. Noboru Kojima a member of the to Koruna selection committee recently called for focusing More on the Hin Kaku or dignity of grand Champion candidates. The Call is viewed by Many As an excuse to close the door on foreign wrestlers who seek the title since Hin Kaku is not strictly defined and thus open to wide interpretation by the committee
