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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 8 b the stars and stripes Calvin is. The Sun Sis Dov ditto Quot Calvin lives a As the sign next to this former snowman says. But he probably won t live for Long. Calvin posse Bly named after the comics character who builds weird snowmen was spotted monday lounging on the Lawn outside the 100th comm so at Raf Mildenhall England. Weekend weather had dumped 3 inches of Snow on the base but warmer temperatures since have made Calvin a bit out of sorts. Widespread police raids target Neo nazi suspects Bonn Germany apr police raided More than 60 apartments belonging to suspected members of an outlawed Neo nazi group wednesday and arrested seven other right Wing extremists in a murder investigation. In Rostock a Man was sentenced to 2 i years in jail for his role last August in some of Germany a worst right Wing violence. The developments came a Day before parliament begins the process by which Germany a Liberal Constitution will be rewritten to limit the number of foreigners in the country. The government has blamed much of the right Wing violence on the social and financial burdens caused by an unprecedented number of refugees in Germany. Police said agents fanned out Over three states a nor Rhein westfalen nicer Sachsen and Sachsen an halt a in raids on the Homes of suspected members of the banned nationalistic front. A the government outlawed the group last november accusing it of espousing the political program of Adolf hitlers nazi party. It was the first such group since German unification to be banned As Bonn sought to come to grips with the then burgeoning Neo nazi violence. Police also said they were investigating four people on suspicion of being members of the nationalistic front or of founding a terrorist organization. There was no immediate word on what the raids uncovered. In a similar action when the group was banned police confiscated weapons explosives and uniforms. Meanwhile Dresden police said seven suspects were in custody in connection with the death of a 22-year-old musician in nearby  an Eastern City that has had repeated Neo nazi eruptions. The Man died last Friday a week after he was beaten and a car was rolled Over on him crushing him outside a club for Young leftists. The prosecutors office said the seven right extremists were being held on suspicion of murder or attempted manslaughter. One Man arrested in the Case hanged himself in jail last week. 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 colombians army Gen. Hernan Jose 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 though his Medellin attorney. The times reported that in another fax Escobar wrote the . Ambassador in Colombia to deny responsibility for fridays 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 traffickers 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. 1 thursday March 4,1993 chernobyl nuclear reactor shut Down by Leaky system from wire reports Moscow a a leak in a water Cooling system forced the shutdown of a reactor at the troubled chernobyl nuclear Power Plant but no radiation was released an official said wednesday. The leak was discovered monday in a tube of one of eight water pumps Cooling reactor no. 1 at the r Plant in Ukraine said Sergei Pavlovsky a chernobyl spokesman. The Accident was not considered serious because the leak occurred in a tube from a Reserve water pump Pavlovsky said. The Plant was the site of the worlds worst nuclear Accident in 1986, when an explosion and fire spewed a Cloud of  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.6 children killed in attack 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  arrests yet in fire at stripes Bookstore Raf West Ruislip England a amps no arrests have been made in a fire sunday that gutted 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 Quot 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 a criminal investigation division which is leading the investigation. British officers involved in the investigation could not be reached wednesday. The fire was discovered about 6 40 . Sunday 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  service today for Wil Flecken Soldier Wil Flecken Germany a amps a a Memoria service is scheduled for 2 , today in the wild Leckei Chapel for a Soldier from the 54th eng in who die it wednesday at University Hospital in Wurzburg Ger Many pfc. Johnny l. Mcgee jr., a 19-year-old combat Engi Neer reported to sick Call saturday at the wild Fiecke dispensary and was treated for an abscessed tooth. I returned to sick Call monday and was medically evacuated to the 67th evacuation Hospital in Wurzburg. He was transferred the same Day to University hos Pital for treatment of an acute infection. He died then about 11 . An autopsy is scheduled. The army also is conducting an investigation to determine the fact and circumstances leading up to Mcgee a Hospit Uliza Tion said it col Dick Bridges a v corps spokesman. Mcgee is survived by his Mother it Gloria Parkman from Silver Creek miss. And father Johnny l. Mege it sr., from fort Gibson miss  
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