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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, February 15, 1993

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes monday february 15,1993 at a glance South african archbishop Des mond Tutu arrived in Bangkok Thailand the first of a group of Nobel peace prize winners seeking to free another laureate burmese opposition Leader Daw Aung san Suu Kyi. See Story on Page 10. Carnival Glitz dimming it s carnival time in new Orleans but beneath the glittery surface Are signs of Strain As the controversy Lin Gers Over the desegregation of the City s carnival clubs. Page 4 women prospects the White House is combing its resume files for female executives who could be appointed to some of the Pentagon s most visible posts. Pages new approach to crime an Oregon state lawmaker is sponsoring a Bill requiring each Home to have at least one firearm and ammunition on hand. Page 8 Early retirements officials of the overseas military school system have asked the de sense department again to approve voluntary Early retirements. Page 12 Grants under review the chairman of the House Sci ence committee has written to 50 universities demanding that they justify research projects funded by last minute provisions. Page 16 Index j Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 25-28 comics .21-23 commentary. 15 crossword 21 education 12 faces n places 24 focus 17-20 Horoscope 28 Jumble 28 utters 14 Money matters 16 sports ,.,29-36 to listings 35 weather 13 pakistani suspected in killings worked for Cia papers claim Islamabad Pakistan up the suspected killer of twp Cia employees had worked for the Agency and went on a shooting spree outside its Headquarters following differences with his employers several local newspapers claimed sunday. We Are not commenting on any of these reports As a matter of policy a spokesman for the . Embassy said when asked about the newspapers ver Sions. The Jang a mass circulation pakistani newspaper said local intelligence Agen cies had prepared a report indicating the suspect Mir animal Kanji was recruited cypriot vote by the Cia in Pakistan. The report that according to the news paper was prepared for prime minister Nawaz Sharif also claimed the Cia helped Kanji to get a . Visa and later a work  to the newspaper Kanji developed differences with his employers Over financial dealings but did not explain. The report Jang said indicated the Cia recruited Kanji when the . Agency was running Covert operations from Quetta Kanji s Hometown in Pakistan s Southern Baluchistan province to help afghan Mujaheddin fight the soviet Union. It said Kanji because of his links with the Pashtoon tribes living on pakistani Southern Borders with Afghanistan was involved in smuggling Cia supplied weapons into Afghanistan. Kanji s own tribe the Kanji be Lertg to the Pashtoon ethnic group and live both in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The English language news daily published from several pakistani cities re ported that pakistani intelligence Agen cies believe Kanji worked for the Cia. . Proposal Nicosia Cyprus a a candidate opposed to a . Plan to reunify Cyprus won the presidential election sunday according to computer projections. The projections by state radio gave glad cos derides 50.7 percent of the vote to 49.3percent for president George Vassiliou. Final results were due late sunday. The Mediterranean Island has been cutin two since turkish troops invaded and occupied the North in 1974.Vassiliou, 61, seeking a second five year term supports the . Proposal As a basis for negotiation to reunify , a 73-year-old right Wing Busi Nessman making his third bid for the presi Dency Calls the proposal a blueprint for disaster in its current form and wants it  plan Calls for the creation of a fed eral state comprising greek and turkish cypriot zones. Turkish cypriots in their breakaway state did not  won the first round 44.15 per cent ahead of 36.74 percent for derides and 18.54 for Paschalides. Sunday s Runoff was called because no one won a majority. The . Plan would reduce turkish cypriot territory from 38 percent of the Island to about 28 percent. There would be Freedom of movement Between the zones and limited settlement rights. The toughest Issue is the greek cypriot demand that 200,000 refugees be permitted to return to the North. Washington Lincoln used presidency to win favors Baltimore up two of the most honoured . Presidents whose memories Are jointly celebrated today were not above seeking the Odd Politi Cal favor. George Washington asked Secre tary of War James Mchenry to give his Nephew a Job. Washington note Din an aug. 10, 1798, letter that his Nephew had been an aide on an expedition to the West and therefore might fit into a Job in the War depart ment. He also said his Nephew had not asked for his intervention. It is not known if he got the Job. As the United states celebrates presidents Day the Evergreen housein Baltimore is displaying a variety of Handwritten notes by Washington an Abraham Lincoln As Well As some of the first president s mementos. The letters Are included in the vast collections of John Garrett president of the to Railroad who once owned the House. Lincoln pleaded with Garrett tomake a special delivery of Coal to the White House because it was dark in Side the presidential Home a privileged request in the grim Days of the civil War. We shall soon All be in the dark Here unless you can bring Coal tomake Gas Lincoln wrote. A Lincoln Faux Pas provoked outrage from the residents of the Virginia East Ern Shore. He erroneously put them on the Side of the confederates which prompted an apology from Lincoln for tailing to note their loyalty to the Union. A photograph from the school of Mathew Brady which stands in its place of Honor in the Library of rare books apparently was airbrushed and Cut and pasted to show Garrett stand ing next to Lincoln and Gen. George b. Mcdellar at the Battle of Antic Tarn in 1862. Shortly after the original photograph was taken Mcclellan known As tardy George was fired. What display would be Complete without a set of Washington s false Teeth on loan from the Baltimore College of dental surgery at the University of Maryland John Adams said Washington lost his Teeth because he used them to crack walnuts. The myth is that Washington s false Teeth were made of Wood. Not so. Or. John Greenwood made Washington dentures with Gold and Hippopotamus Ivory although wooden dowels were used to secure the Teeth to the plate. Greenwood by the Way noted in a1798 letter to Washington that the set of dentures he received for repairs was very Black occasioned either by your soaking them in port wine or by your drinking  Brick from Page 1 children Relief Agency handed out . Tiziano Nizzoli the civilian Liaison officer said some somalis were wounded in gun Battles with the troops who suffered no  the threat decreased the ital ians turned to nonmilitary projects Suchias fixing and rebuilding schools and hos  is helping provide veterinary care for livestock and organizing trash collection and even a mail service via Italy. About 60 somalis work for him and get paid with  wants to persuade italian businesses to return to Somalia which Italy Ruedas a Colony or protectorate for nearly 80 years until Independence in 1960. Many of the local somalis speak italian."1 Don t need an interpreter. That makes it a lot easier to find out what the need said Niz Oli known to town Chil Dren As Capitono Isis Otti or Captain cookie because of his Sweet handouts. Somalis interviewed in the town said there was no resentment Over italian co Lonial Rule though some accused Italy of siding with Mohammed Siad Barre be fore the dictator fled the country in Jan uary 1991. Ensuing clan warfare left Somalia devastated and famine stricken leading to the Allied intervention in  More than 3,000 troops in Soma Lia Italy has the second largest Force inthe multinational coalition after the United states. Aid officials said the were Welcome in Gail Alassi. They know this place and because of the common language no one was killed when the italians took Over the area said Ali Haji Khirya assistant director of save the children in Gail Alassi. The town and the rest of the country still require huge amounts of Aid. Or. Vincenzo Oddo of sos Cooper Zionc an italian Relief Agency pointed to flapping tarps instead of Glass panes inthe windows 01 one Ward at the Hospital. We need chairs tables and windows he said. 4 Hurt in crash of Marine copter Beli Dogle Somalia a a . Marine helicopter crashed on a training flight at an Airfield injuring the four crewmen aboard officials said Sun Day. The ch-53 sea stallion from Marine helicopter so 363, crashed saturday night in Belt Dogle 65 Miles Northwest of Mogadishu. The cause of the Accident was under investigation and the extent of the dam age was t known a . Military statement said. No one on the ground was Hurt. The Pilot and a crewman were flown to a . Army Hospital at the Mogadishu Airport for treatment and observation the statement said. The two others were treated and released. Names of the Crew based at the Tustin Marine corps air station near Santa Ana calif., were withheld pending notification of their families  
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