European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 10 the stars and stripes world Friday Juty 23,1993 remains May be my As off Icia i says iian Pikok this Himl Mlej teams have bound line re Timins of several people pc paid turn out to be american servicemen missing from the Vietnam War a . Official said thursday. The identities cannot be known until . Forensic experts from the army Central identification Laboratory exam Ine them said David Atherton of the . Joint task Force full. Accounting office in Bangkok. These experts arc to go to Vietnam atthe end of this month. Atherton said the remains were found bythe search teams in a just concluded monthlong search or were handed Over by peasants. Searchers also interviewed people who May have witnessed incidents in which americans disappeared Atherton said. The search which concluded tuesday was the 24th such joint project. Recent searches have focused on discrepancy cases those in which the United states says it has reason to believe the Vietnam Ese have information such As those of air men who survived plane crashes. The official Vietnam news Agency monitored in Bangkok said tuesday that the searchers worked in Central Vietnam Ese provinces and interviewed 36 people with information relating to 11 missing americans. They also received relevant documents from a regional military com Mand it said. A total of 2,252 americans remain Lis Tedas missing in action from the War which ended in a 1975 communist Victory Over South Vietnam government. We continue to be pleased by the cooperation that we have received from the vietnamese Atherton said. He noted that the next joint search is planned for August. A woman polishes a Rolls Royce similar to the one for Sale by the yugoslav army. The photo was taken in 1991. Yugoslav army offers $814,000 Deal Belgrade Yugoslavia a has the Yugo slav army got a Deal for you. It s Short of Cash and it has to move merchandise now. So come on Down to Belgrade army headquarter Sand take a Gander at today s special a 33-year-old Rolls Royce phantom v once owned by the lat communist president Josip Broz Tito. It s Only got 12,000 Miles on it and it could be yours for $814,000.the army Hopes to get at least that much because it like other government organizations in what islet of Yugoslavia is struggling to make ends meet. The country s Economy has collapsed under sanctions and it has to finance rebel serbs in Croatia and Bosnia and need Cash said the officer in charge of the Sale. The 19 /4-foot Limo Complete with bar was a gift to Tito from Britain s Queen Elizabeth ii. Potential buyers will have to Deposit $160,000 be fore entering a bid at an auction. The army ran its first newspaper and about the car july 16, and the officer who would not allow his name to be used said no one had deposited the Money As of tuesday. Tito who died in 1980 after ruling 45 years was a passionate collector of expensive cars and other Lux Ury items. After Yugoslavia broke apart in 1991,most of his cars remained in. A museum in Slovenia now an Independent state. The yugoslav army kept the Rolls Royce and five Mercedes that used to belong to Tito. Four of the Mercedes which were used to carry the communist Leader s clothes when he travelled also Are on Sale. Mubarak picked for third term bid As Egypt s Leader Cairo Egypt a chanting Long live Mubarak parliament overwhelmingly nominated president Hosni Mubarak for a third term wednesday and virtually assured that he will run for re election unopposed. Mubarak accepted the nomination saying he canno abandon the country As it faces critical internal troubles. Along with a slumping Economy and accusations of government corruption Mubarak faces an 18-month wave of violence by extremists seeking to topple his secular government and install strict islamic Rule. The Call of duty dictates the acceptance of this nomination at a time when it is necessary to preserve the Unity of the nation to protect its present and secure its future Mubarak told a delegation of lawmakers who came to the presidential Palace to inform him of the nomination. The people s Assembly voted 439-7, Well More than the two thirds required. Since Mubarak s National democratic party holds 80 percent of the 454 seats soother candidate could secure the one third backing needed to be considered for nomination. Or no for that Means egyptians can vote Only yes Mubarak s election to a third six year term in october. Despite Public grumbling about the Economy and alleged corruption Mubarak 65, seems assured of Victory. In 1987, official results showed Mubarak also unopposed was supported by 97.1 percent of those voting. He will go into his third term As he did his first challenged by extremists. He took office in 1981 after mus Lim radicals assassinated president Anwar Sadat. Federal express eyeing former Subic Bay base Manila Philippines up Federal expresscorp., the global courier giant plans to set up a $100 million asian Hub at a former . Navy base a philippine official said thursday. The Memphis tenn., company has agreed in Prin Ciple to operate its regional air freight service from the former Subic Bay naval facilities Rodolfo Reyes should make an announcement Early next month said Reyes Deputy administrator of the government body working to convert Subic into a commercial port. Reyes said Federal express made the commitment during visit to Memphis by Subic conversion chief Richard Gordon. Sex contras sex sandinista rebelling offender of Gorbachev " m Listul Nicaragua a at least 150 former con tra rebels and discharged sandinista soldiers have joined forces against government troops in some of the worst Vio Lence since Nicaragua s civil War ended in 1990. The Interior ministry said that an attacker and a girl were killed and that one police officer was wounded. The fighting began wednesday afternoon and continued late into the night in Esteli about 60 Miles North of Managua the capital. Army helicopters fired machine guns and rockets at rebel positions. Tanks and other reinforcements were also sent to repel the attack which threatened to overrun the City. The attackers former Contra rebels and discharged soldiers of the former marxist government said they were led by a former sandinista army major Victor Manuel Gallegos Hernandez known As Pedrito the the rebels robbed three Banks and a supermarket and attacked several police stations witnesses said. Rebels said their action was to protest what they Saywas president Violeta Barrios de Chamorro s failure to provide promised land and Money for resettlement for former contras and discharged soldiers after the civil War. One Man who identified himself As Pedron told local radio station that the attack was a joint action with sex members of the nicaraguan resistance contras the police have become a repressive Organ he said. People Are dying of hunger and the government is doing the attack began at 2 . Local time. Reporters arriving from Managua several hours later could see army helicopters firing rockets on a rebel position at one in trance to town. The rebels returned fire with Small arms and mor tars. The rockets destroyed a House but rebel casual ties could not be confirmed. Freed after 18 months in jail Moscow a authorities have finally released Man jailed nearly two years ago for offending then soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev a news Agency reported wednesday. Viktor Leontyev who was sentenced for displaying caricature of Gorbachev in Public served More than 18 months in the former soviet Republic of Kazakhstan itar Tass said. Leontyev was jailed for violating a Law on the Protection of the soviet president s Honor and dignity. About 20 people were convicted of violating that Law an most received Small fines or spent a few weeks behind bars the news Agency said. Leontyev was a Leader of the Petropavlovsk Branch of the democratic Union political party in Kazakhstan itar Tass said
