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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes saturday june 6, 1992 Assassin planned to bomb Law buildings records say Miami apr a top Assassin for colombian drug lords was planning to bomb . Courts and drug agencies before he was arrested according to documents released thursday in Manuel Noriega Scase the suspect Dan deny Munoz Mosquera was arrested in a new York City Telephone Booth in september he is now serving a six year sentence for giving a false name to Federal agents. Munoz planned Quot to organize a group to bomb critical government installations across the country e.g., the drug enforcement administration in san Diego and the United states courthouse in Miami and Kilt an anticipated witness in the Noriega prosecution Quot the documents said. . Agents said they were tipped to the plot by Roberto Striedinger 44, a Medellin drug Cartel Pilot who testified against Noriega the dethroned panamanian dictator. The colombian Pilot was sentenced thursday to five years in prison and could be out in eight months according to defense lawyer Neil Taylor. In handing Down the sentence . District judge William Hoeveler praised Striedinger a courage. Three of Striedinger a relatives and friends have been killed and other family members attacked since he began cooperating with prosecutors he told the judge. "1 know that my future is Bleak and Uncertain Quot he said. A i know that i will be hunted and  Cambridge mass. Apr a student commencement speaker urged Harvard University graduates on thursday to take advantage of one of their most abundant resources a arrogance. Quot talking about arrogance at Harvard is like talking about catholicism at the Vatican Quot said Peter m. Cic Chino a Law student who has described himself As the first openly Gay student speaker at commencement. Quot i say use that arrogance take that sense of Confidence and self esteem which Harvard has helped instill and deploy it to console the afflicted and afflict the consoled a Cicchino told 5,803 fellow graduates. Norwegian prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland also spoke telling graduates that the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro Brazil would fail unless it dealt with birth control As a Means to curb a runaway world population. Brundtland who on wednesday delivered a keynote according to a report submitted by Taylor so Riding or also helped drug agents by identifying Medellin Cartel chief Pablo Escobares representative in Miami. Taylor said he also provided the names of witnesses in a Miami judicial corruption probe and gave information on a corrupt Dea supervisor. At Munoz a bail hearing prosecutors said he was in the United states on an assassination Mission but never identified his targets. Striedinger a documents identified the Miami courthouse and the Dea office. Details of Striedinger a cooperation were apparently released by Accident. Hoeveler on thursday ordered the file sealed saying he was worried about the witness safety. But reporters had already obtained the report from the Public Case file and the judge said he could do nothing to Stop its publication. Media attorney Jerold Budney argued that Striedinger a cooperation was already widely known As witnessed by the attacks on his family and threats. Striedinger who was indicted with Noriega was arrested in 1990 in key Biscayne Fla. At Noriega a trial the colombian drug Pilot said he saw the former panamanian Leader twice during a 1983 visit to Cartel leaders in Medellin. He also flew one cocaine shipment to Panama with Noriega Friend Floyd Carlton. Noriega faces sentencing july 10 for his conviction on eight drug and racketeering counts. Speech at the Earth Summit called the conference Quot a watered Down climate  Quot i have been stunned to see How the Rio conference seems to fail to make workable decisions on How to curb population growth Quot said Brundtland a physician who has promoted abortion rights in Norway. Brundtland the first woman and the youngest person Ever chosen As prime minister of Norway received a masters degree from Harvard a school of Public health in 1965. The University a 341st commencement was interrupted briefly when Harvard Law school graduates booed Dean Robert Clark and waved a Banner demanding his resignation. The school is embroiled in a dispute Over student demands for More women and minority faculty members. Pulitzer prize winning author John Updike and violinist Isaac Stern were awarded honorary degrees. .escaped Ira members caught in California from wire reports san Francisco a two Irish Republican army members who broke out of Belfast a Maze prison in a 1983 mass escape have been captured in California the . Attorneys office announced thursday. James Smyth believed to be in his 40s, was jailed in san Francisco while Kevin Barry John Artt 34, was held in san Diego said u. S. Attorney William Mcgivern Quot they were indicted by a grand jury on wednesday on charges of passport fraud Quot he said. A i would imagine that great Britain would be very interested in them and file any requests through diplomatic  he said Smyth was living in san Francisco. Artt resided in Carlsbad South of san Diego. The two were among 38 convicted Ira members who broke out of the prison on sept. 25,1983. Artt had been jailed for life for the killing of Maze Deputy Warden Albert Miles shot at his Belfast Home in 1977. Smyth was serving a 20-year term for the attempted murder of a prison  love Lucy for stamp new Yor move Over Young Elvis. Lucille Ball led a recent Survey about women entertainers who deserve a postage stamp. Although about two dozen male entertainers have been featured on . Stamps Only one female Star a comedian Fanny Brice a has had a stamp of her own. Asked which woman entertainer most deserved the Honor 45 percent of 1,000 men and women in a National Telephone Survey last month picked Ball who died in 1989. Fourteen percent chose Judy Garland who does no to have a stamp of her own but does appear on a wizard of of stamp 13 percent Marilyn Monroe and 9 percent barbra Streisand. Cher and Madonna each got 2 percent. Three percent selected other women and 12 percent either did no to respond or said they had no nomination. The Survey commissioned by she knows a maker of women a sportswear had a margin of sampling error of 3 percentage Points. Streisand Cher and Madonna Are not yet eligible for postage Stamps. They re still  recovering Raleigh . Sen. Jesse Helms r-. Spent a a a fairly comfortable Day following open heart surgery his doctor said thursday adding that the senators recovery a has been  a spokesman said Helms 71, a a successfully completed the operation at Rex Hospital in Raleigh on wednesday. Doctors replaced his mitral valve with a valve from a pig and four coronary bypass grafts were done Helms office said. A statement by or. Bertram w. Coffer said he a continues to be very pleased with the recovery of the four term senator. A the has been awake Alert and his vital signs Are stable a the doctor  to Plant Trees Washington a first lady Barbara Bush said thursday she is borrowing a Georgia Many a idea and will Plant a tree at the Bush Home in Kennebunkport Maine every time a foreign dignitary visits. She told a White House gathering honouring the winners of the 31st National landscape awards program that the Man sent pictures of a driveway of Trees he planted in Honor of the first visit former soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev made to the Bush White House. A i wish 1 had brought the pictures Down but i put it by Georges bed Quot she said. She did not identify the Man who sent the pictures. A storm last fall Tore across the Bush a Ocean front property and the first lady said planting a tree for each foreign visitor a is sort of a Nice Way to remember visits and i would encourage other people to do the same  the landscape awards go to sponsors owners landscape architects installation firms and Plant suppliers responsible for 20 projects across the nation. The criterion was the Impact of a project on the Quality of life in the Community. Winning Elvis Priscilla Presley the one time wire of Singer Elvis Presley watches As associate postmaster general Edward Morgan Center and former postmaster general Anthony Frank unveil the winning Elvis stamp thursday at Graceland in Memphis Tenn. The More than  million ballots submitted by fans chose the stamp depicting the Young Elvis by a 3-1 margin. Presley died at Graceland in 1977 at age 42. Harvard grads urged to use arrogance  
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