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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes thursday january 14,1993 in i Berlin a Erich Honecker left a Berlin Rison As a free Mart wednesday a Day after the by mar East German Leader s trial for killings at the Berlin Walt was halted because of his rapidly declining health. Berlin Justice department spokesman Bruno Rautenberg said Honecker left the Moabite prison at 3 . Officials at nearby Tegel Airport said Honecker and his police escort arrived there about 10 minutes later. Earlier in the Day a Berlin court wiped out an imprisonment order and cancelled a second pros caution against the 80-year-pld unrepentant communist Boss who has terminal liver cancer. Quot Honecker is a free Man Quot the court said. Honecker plans to Fly to Chile to be reunited with his wife and daughter. East Germany harboured Many chilean communists during that country s right Wing Rule. Many germans had expected punishment of the Man accused of issuing shoot to kill orders for East germans trying to flee to the West during the cold War. Instead Only his underlings and the Border guards who pulled the trigger Are being hauled before courts. Berlins highest court ruled tuesday that keeping Honecker behind bars and going Forward with the manslaughter trial violated his dignity. Later the trial court halted the prosecution and lifted its imprisonment order. A second prosecution for the alleged misuse of state funds the Only bar to Honecker release was lifted wednesday. In Case by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau Tanker aircraft stationed at Moron a Spain were Idle for More than two hours wednesday to make Way for the possible appearance of the space shuttle endeavour. However according to a . Astronaut at Moron for the launch the chances of endeavour gliding to the base 35 Miles Southeast of Seville were Remote. Quot i done to know if the chances Are one to 1,000 or one to 10,000 or one to 100,�?� said astronaut William Freaddy. He piloted the shuttle discovery for an eight Day Mission last january. A Quot Readdy was right. The endeavour did no to need Moran a a help wednesday after liftoff. Readdy said a shuttle would land near Cape canaveral immediately after launch Only if problems developed with one of a shuttle s three main engines preventing the spacecraft from achieving orbit. He said a shuttle with engine problems could land at several emergency Sites such As Moran a. Two others Are in Morocco and Gambia. Quot for each Mission we have three Sites manned with crash Crews navigational gear unique to the shuttles medical personnel and a variety of specialists a Readdy said. Besides Modny crash Crew 25 specialists from the United states including shuttle technicians and navigational specialists were on hand for the launch doctors Rescue specialists and other air Force personnel from various . Air forces in Europe bases were also standing by at Moron. Naval station Rota 80 Miles Southwest of mor6n, also provided medical and meteorological personnel and a c-12 super King air aircraft to Check navigational aids and provide weather information Readdy said members store Hope the visitors and base personnel spent tuesday doing simulations of a shuttle Landing Readdy said. Quot we practice practice practice and Hope we done to have to put any of it to use Quot he said. Readdy said one astronaut is sent to each emergency Landing site ready to talk to the shuttle Crew and provide weather information to Cape canaveral and Mission control in Houston. Readdy a former Navy Carrier aviator and test Pilot is no stranger to the Mediterranean. He Parr Readdy tick rated in cruises aboard the carriers Forrestal and Coral sea in 1986, the year he joined the National aeronautics and space administration. During the discovery Mission he piloted the Crew included a German physicist and a Canadian neurologist. Instead of a satellite discovery a cargo Bay contained a Micro Gravity Laboratory the size of a bus Readdy said. His next Mission also on discovery is slated for july. Besides launching a communications satellite the Crew plans to use discovery a robot  to deploy and later recover a German  Gary Pomeroy staff writer As the Type of ethnic violence that Martin Luther King or. Sought to prevent continues Quot enveloping the wond the commitment against hatred is taking on greater importance an associate of the slain civil nights Cader Saia wednesday. The problem today is a Lack of commitment against evil said the Rev. Fred l. Shuttlesworth who with King and three others founded the Southern Christian leadership conference. Quot King tried to get that Over and i Don t think people understood that Shuttlesworth said. We have to begin being against evil in every form. Even the evil within us. Traps How it  Shuttlesworth said he will seek to re emphasize Kings commitment against evil when he addresses the German american Institute in Heidelberg Germany on Friday evening. The Cincinnati based preachers appearance will be one of Many workshops and programs scheduled in . Military communities across Europe this weekend. Shuttlesworth was invited to Germany by the Rhein Neckar chapter of the National association for the advancement of coloured people. At the time of his assassination in 1968, King widely was considered the Leader of the civil rights movement in the United states his efforts toward racial Equality earned him the Nobel peace prize in 1964. Shuttlesworth met King in Birmingham Ala in 1954 and spent much of his life at the forefront of the civil rights movement enduring 25 arrests and numerous beatings and  the message of King is not a new message a said Shuttlesworth whose involvement in civil rights action began in 1954 when he was the pastor of the Birmingham Bethel Baptist Church. Quot it s the biblical ethic Given by god himself come now Jet s reason  Quot and not Only that but people must stand and project truth honesty and integrity and be willing to suffer for  Shuttlesworth was president of the Alabama Branch of the a act when the state legislature outlawed the  in 1956. He said kinds life was a Livina Earth. King was a modern Prophet that a what made him different. He was living the  in addition to Shuttlesworth a speech activities in Europe commemorating King include Here is a partial list of events scheduled in Europe a Belgium Brussels a Community Library display honouring King. Monday to Jan. 24. A free prayer breakfast 7 30 , tuesday in the nato support activity gymnasium. Shape a memorial ceremony 2 . Monday in the main ballroom of the International club. Usa eur command sgt. Maj Gene c. Mckinney will be the featured speaker. A Germany bad a Reinach a a goal setting and motivation for inc 21st Century workshop 8-11  at the old Dominion gub. A a marketing yourself workshop 1 15-4 13 . Tuesday at the old Domin Ion gub. A Kim then a commemorative dinner 6 30 . Saturday at the Nahe club. Bamberg a luncheon and guest speaker 11 30 . Friday at 214th consolidated dining facility on Warner Barracks 1. A song and speaking program 3 . Friday at Community Chapel. A dinner program 4 . Friday at the Warner Barracks 2 dining facility. A basketball tournament Friday through sunday at Juk gymnasium. A a Brunch 10 . Sunday at senior leaders club. Quot a. Baum older a Kin birthday Observance 3 . Friday at Chapel i. Bib tire All. A memorial service 11 30 . Jan. 21 at the base Chapel. Speaker chaplain maj Reginald t. Cleveland. Darmstadt. A showing of the minis pics roofs sunday through wednesday at the Darmstadt recreation Center on Cambrai Fritsch Cavern. Farts 1 and 2 at 2 . Sunday parts 1 and 4 at 2 . Monday part 5 at 6 30 . Tuesday and part 6 at 6 30  wednesday. A a King birthday luncheon 11 30 . Tuesday at the Darmstadter club. Tickets 8.25 at the equal Opportunity office or base support battalion commander s office. 1 a a Cheiman a a King Freedom walk monday at Anderson Barracks. Call Dan 334-5879. A a Erlanger. A. A movie 77ic life of or. Afar in Luther King 6 . Friday at Erlanger Recic nation Centera Frankfurt a a King birthday lunch 11 15 . To 1 . Friday at the Abrams Complex dining facility. A musical memorial 2 . Friday at the Idle hour theater. Featuring gospel music a skit by the High schools Pride group Art display speeches and More. A King Celebration featuring gospel jazz and soul singers 3-9 . Sunday at Dun Tallinn in a a the Plantation gub. Fulda a free soul food Buffet and showing of the movie milk 3 . Monday at Bill s recreation Center on Downs Barracks. Books by and about King As Well As transcripts of speeches and other items will be on display. 1116 Fulda and bad hers old libraries will have displays of books about Kim it throughout the week. A a Firth a luncheon 11 30 . Friday at the 49er club on Wiiiiam q. Darby Cavern featuring George Amirson a motivational speaker and author. Hahn organization in 1956, he said Kings life was a living a luncheon 11 30ia.m Friday at Chapel 2. Guest speaker master set. Cabin l 111 t kit f it Rev it is Brltz Arteil a a no fan n is Ca t example of How people should be committed to love Trust honesty Anu integrity and to living the idea of trying to be nonviolent. But King was not without faults he said. Quot All of us Are evil All of us Are sinful everybody was sinful but Jesus Christ a including or. King Quot Shuttlesworth said. Quot but some people can be so committed to love and so committed to making thy kingdom come on Peterson a Lay preacher on base. A three on three basketball Competition starting at 10 . Saturday at the base gym. Tire entry fee is $20 per team. Hanau a breakfast am. Friday at he my Denuir club on flick erholm Cavern Cost is $6. A. Heidelberg a commemoration banquet Salu Day at Heidelberg officers and civilians gub. Call Dan 379-7854. 6 a King luncheon featuring gospel choir and dramatic ution of King s life 11-30 . Tuesday us Heidelberg officers and civilians club. Tickers $7 75 Call Dan 370-7243/8933. U it i he birthday Celebration sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity inc., Theta Lambda chapter Al the Heidelberg officers and civilians gub at 6 . Saturday. Guest speaker retired 14. Gen Andrew p. Chambers a former. Vii corps commander. Harriet Lewis will entertain. Cost is s25. Includes dinner. The Money will Benefit a scholarship fund. Call 06221-390667 or 06227-61259. Karlsruhe a open basketball tournament and slam Dunk contest saturday through monday Smiley gymnasium. A. A luncheon and speech 11 30 . To 1 . Wednesday at the pro club. Speaker col Billy r. Gamble. Call Dan 376-7069/6170/7042 Kaiserslautern a memorial service 1 . Friday at kyber theater. Lan Stuhl a a celebratory March 10 30 . Friday leaving from the Lan Stuhl Post Headquarters building with a birthday service in the Chapel following the much. Mannheim a King birthday Celebration 5-7 30 . Sunday at Spinelli gymnasium Al spin Elli Barracks. Featured Martin Luther King singers from Ledward Barracks in Schweinfurt and a soul food Buffet. Al us Heon and speech 11 30 . To i . Thursday at Coleman Barracks gub. Theme a where do we go from Here nonviolence learning it living it teaching it. 1 a. Parma sons a memorial service 9 am Friday at the 294th base support in Chapel. 1 a a Ramstein a a Chapel sender 1 , Friday at the Vogel Weh Chapel featuring the Vogel Weh gospel choir and a luncheon a a. Rhein main a memorials vice noon Friday at the Rhein main Chapel. Call Dan 3307804 or 069 699-7804,. Sembach a. A three Day Bowling tournament Start with Sig  at 5 . Saturday. Competition begins at 6 . Saturday and at noon on sunday Ana monday. Women will bowl wifi eight  will have nine pins. A a  r ? Puncheon an speech noon Jan. 22 at the Patch candlelight club. Speaker Sherstan ing 1 a living the dream let Freedom ring building Bridges of. Wiesbaden a tog birthday observation and worship service 11 30 am. Friday at Lindsay air station Chape. _ Worms memorial Simce 7 . Friday at Worms Community Chapel. Call a  a commemorative Semcer 11 . Friday at Kreiberg Chapel. Italy a memorial luncheon noon sunday at the Community gub at Camp Darby.  Ducam Quot pros a 30 pin thursday at the naval support an Waif Vadoni Marc it ? p my starting at the naval support activity hos we a Chapel. The program a living in l5nity�?� follows the March. Call Kathleen Harris at Dan 625-4269.&Quot birthday ban�41 the hold Emilia 8-10 . Monday in Honor of Kings dinner 6 . Saturday at dub Ven to. Speaker Michael Lam Teneni of cored people Quot res a National association for the Advance the Netherlands Antn Ecim a och Jacif cd in a choler in Friday at the of a Chapel inter Nat Ilij Hook choir per amp Romance 3 . At the a Oesterborg Jan. 29spccia i Pfay Honorins 8 a a be in the base Library monday through t  
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