European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes Calvin is. The suns amps nov Didio a Calvin lives a As the sign next to this former snowman says. But he probably wont live for Long. Calvin posse Bly named after the comics character who builds weird snowmen was spotted monday lounging on the Lawn 33% of Hobby new Check for Berlin up a one third of Berlin s Volunteer police Force will undergo further investigations or be dismissed in an inquiry of allegations that the group is a hotbed for right Wing extremists and criminals the City a police chief says. The Volunteer Force dubbed a Hobby police because outside the 100th comm so at Raf mild halt England. Weekend weather had dumped 3 inches of Snow on the base but warmer temperatures since have made Calvin a bit out of sorts. Ice facing ties they receive no pay Are often deployed to guard hos a the Homes of prominent jews i groups have been targets of right Wing violence Over the past year. Police chief Hagen Sabe Schinsky said tuesday that of the 1,849 Volunteer officers who such Tell for foreigners or a 1 ast a have allowed police Access to their files 845 will under go further investigation to dear up issues related to their past. He refused to specify the nature of suspected past misconduct of officers. Sabe Schinsky said More than 500 of the 2,500 Volunteer police officers had refused to allow investigators Access to their More detailed secret files. The data Are protected under Laws written to shield people from the ind of abuse used by nazis. A these officers will possibly be suspended from the Force a said the chief who two weeks ago promised an investigation that would a a a Ray All 2,500 Volunteer officers. The investigation began after news Media reported that the organization was dominated by former criminals and right Wing extremists. Five members of the Force who have since been fired were found to belong to a right Wing group involved in gun smuggling. Sabe Schinsky said no further evidence had been found linking members of the Force to rightist groups. Berlin is the Only German City with a Volunteer police Force. The organization was created in 1961 As a cold War measure to beef up the regular police in former West Berlin. With the cold War Over Berlin s regular police Force Union has called for the Volunteer Force to be disbanded As have the social democratic party and the environmental greens. But the Volunteer but he enjoy Strong backing from mayor Eberhard Diepgen a member of the Christian democratic Union Dick san to it Cen a member of the Force since 1964, and a photo of him wearing the baggy 1950s-style Volunteer police uniform has been published in All local newspapers during the current scandal. Escobar reportedly May give up if . Ensures safety of family Bogota Colombia apr authorities say they have cornered escaped drug lord Pablo Escobar who reportedly has said he would surrender if the United states guaranteed his family a safety. Two members of the Medelin cocaine Cartel a Dario Cardozo and Gonzalo Antonio Restrepo a have surrendered Caracol radio reported tuesday. That brings to six the number of Escobar associates to give up in the past two weeks. A Escobar is left All by himself a said the commander of Colombia s army Gen. Hernan jos6 Guzman. In what May be an indication of Escobares desperation he told the new York times that he was ready to surrender in Exchange for . Protection of his family. Escobar who escaped with nine of his men from a luxury jail near Medellin on july 22, has accused colombian police of threatening his family. His wife Maria Victoria and two children Juan Pablo 16, and Manuela 8, tried to Fly to Miami last month but colombian authorities refused to allow them to Board a plane. The Day after the incident the . Embassy revoked tourist visas for the Escobar. Escobar responded by fax to questions the times submitted through his Medellin attorney. The times reported that in another fax Escobar wrote the ambassador in Colombia to deny responsibility for Fri Day s bombing of the world Trade Center in new York. Authorities believe recent surrenders and deaths Are weakening the drug organization led by Escobar. The government has stepped up pressure on Escobar in recent weeks launching searches involving hundreds of police officers and rounding up suspected Traffick a a ers. A group called los pepes or people persecuted by Pablo Escobar is waging a Campaign against associates and property linked to the drug lord. It is not known who is behind the group but Escobar has made thousands of enemies in Colombia while heading the violent Cartel. No arrests yet in fire at stripes Bookstore Raf we St Ruislip England a amps no have been made in a fire sunday that arrests have been made in a fire sunday pitted a building housing a stars and stripes Bookstore in England a Navy investigator said wednesday John Harris of the naval criminal investigative service in London said that a a we re much precluded from giving details about the Blaze because the investigation is under Way. But arson is suspected. Harris said he expected most of the investigation to be completed within a couple of weeks Navy investigators Are working with the British defense ministry s criminal investigation do Sion which is leading the investigation. British officers involved in the investigation could not be reached wednesday. The fire was discovered about 6 40 p m. Sun Day by defense ministry police on patrol. The fire was put out by the local British firefighters. _ no injuries were reported and no other buildings were damaged. Thursday March 4,1993 a chernobyl nuclear reactor shut Down by Leaky system from wire reports Moscow a a leak in a water Cooling system s9 forced the shutdown of a reactor at the troubled. Chernobyl nuclear Power Plant but no radiation a was released an official said wednesday. A the leak was discovered monday in a tube of one 5 of eight water pumps Cooling reactor no. 1 at the \ Plant in Ukraine said Sergei Pavlovsky a Char Nobel 1 spokesman. The Accident was not considered serious i because the leak occurred in a tube from a Reserve i water pump Pavlovsky said. \ the Plant was the site of the worlds worst nuclear Accident in 1986, when an explosion and fire Snew Eri a Cloud of radiation. P 0 russian suicides increase Moscow a Russia s suicide rate jumped 15 percent last year and the nations Overall population dropped for the first time since world War Al statistics show. A _ a it is a direct reflection of the crisis in our society a the daily Izvestia said tuesday in an article based on figures from the state committee for statistics. There were 46,000 suicides in 1992,7,000 More than year. In All the country lost 250,000 people to deaths from unnatural causes in 1992 while a falling birth rate and a rising mortality rate combined to reduce its population by 40,000 people the report said. Peacekeepers approved Rome a the factions warring Over Magorno Karabash have agreed to allow a multinational peacekeeping Force into the Region to supervise an eventual cease fire officials say. At least 1,500 people have been killed during four years of fighting Between Armenia and Azerbaijan Over the predominantly armenian enclave in Azerbaijan. The agreement was reached Over the weekend during talks sponsored by the 52-nation conference on Security and cooperation in Europe said Mario Rafael i who is leading the talks. The conference is made up of european nations the United states and Canada. 6 children killed in attack a Johannesburg South Africa a six schoolchildren were killed and seven others wounded tuesday when a pickup taking them to school was ambushed by men wielding ak-47 assault rifles. The attack in the violence torn Natal province came Days before the scheduled resumption Friday of multiparty talks on creating a new no racial political system in South Africa the first such talks to be held since May. Three of the dead were children of the head of the local chapter of the inkatha Freedom party. Inkatha spokesman Kim Hodgson accused his party s blood rival the african National Congress of carrying out the massacre. A i is f t a 1 j it v Al
