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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, August 30, 1994

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday August 30,1994 police blaming grave desecration on Cool teens Muhlhausen Germany a three teen agers were arrested for knocking Over and throwing around 15 gravestones at a jewish Cem Cthery then freed after police decided they were not Neo nazis authorities said sunday. The three Ages 14 to 16, were picked up and questioned Friday about the vandalism which occurred earlier in the week said bed Mueller police supervisor in the Central German City of Muhlhausen. A the act was not politically motivated a Mueller said. A alcohol had a role in it. Their friends were there with them. They wanted to show their friends How Clever and Cool they  two of the teen agers were returned to the Home for troubled youths where they live and the third was turned Over to his parents Mueller said. He said the local prosecutor would decide whether to file charges. Mueller said he believed it was the first time that Muhlhausen a jewish cemetery had been defaced. A a a a a. A a a a Baltic eager to rejoice As russian troops leave Tallinn Estonia apr the last russian troop trains pulled out of Estonia and Latvia on monday without fanfare As the historic withdrawal from the Baltic entered its final hours. A after the last troop ship sets sail today from Tallinn Only about 100 russian soldiers will be left in the Baltic. The last Soldier should be gone by wednesday. In marked contrast to the russian pullout this week in Germany the Kremlin a troops Are leaving the Bab tics without ceremonies or parades to Mark the end of a 54-year presence in the Region. Russian troops Are to withdraw from Germany by wednesday. A the withdrawal looks like a sad event for Russia a estonian prime minister Mart Laar said monday. A for us its a Happy  Bells will ring throughout the Baltic on thursday and fireworks and concerts a including one at an abandoned russian base a Are scheduled in both Estonia and Latvia. The russians pulled out of Lithuania last year. The presence of russian troops has strained already tense relations Between Moscow and the three Baltic nations. Talks on the pullout dragged on for nearly three years after Baltic Independence in 1991. Seeing the Sites Jordan a King Hussein Waves to Well wishers in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on monday. Accompanying Hussein on a three Day visit to Germany is his wife Queen Noor second from left. The Royal couple was escorted around Berlin by the City a mayor Eber hard Diepgen right and his wife Monika left. Pro priest in in port a Prince Haiti a the slaying of a priest prominent in the democracy movement Drew denunciations monday from a leading centrist politician and a Strong supporter of exiled president can Ber Trand Aristide. The Rev Jean Marie Vincent 49, who saved Aristide s life seven years ago was killed by unidentified gunmen near his Home sunday night in the Turgeau neighbourhood of the capital. 1 Here was no indication Why Vincent a Leader of the Heads together peasant movement was slam he had made no Public appear lanes since a bloody Anny coup ousted Aristide in september Antoine Joseph former president of Ham s lower House of parliament a keyed Vincent s killing to the slav my of another roman Catholic priest but thugs m the last months of the brutal Dunaher dictatorship m Piks a the first killing was an ill Omen for the Duvalier dictatorship this one is an ill Omen for the de Facto regime Quot Joseph said referring to the military and civilian figureheads who have run Haiti since Aristide s ouster. The Rev. Gerard Jean Juste a Friend of Vincent a and an official in Aristides Brief government called the killing another attempt to quell free speech and thought in a nation Eursue with a succession of tyrants since Independence in 1894. Quot it is outrageous to team that one More haitian pro democracy activist. Has been shot dead Quot Jean jute said. Vincent saved Aristide s life aug 23, 198?, when men aimed with machetes attacked a roman Catholic Convoy during the Campaign for Clemions that were later cancelled by the military. Vincent was wounded in the head when he threw himself on lop of Aristide who escaped unharmed. Baltic leaders say the withdrawal will be the real end of world War ii for their nations which were occupied a and annexed by the soviet Union in 1940. The Baltic countries blame the russian military for devastating their environment arid helping Deport thousands of people to Siberia in the 1940s and 1950s. Russian troops Are taking everything they can with them leaving behind gutted shells of buildings. They have stripped their bases of floors windows radiators telephones and furniture not to mention military equipment. A a we be been loading these trains for two Days straight a capt. Ruslan Makarenko said As he shouted orders at a dozen Young soldiers beside the last troop train in Estonia. Inside a Barracks at the Looga military base 18 Miles West of Tallinn the Only thing left was a pile of torn crumpled books by Marx and Lenin. A a russian a military occupation has Cost us so much so Many lives a Estonia a Laar said in an interview. A Many people will just sit and contemplated after the last Soldier leaves. A we Hope we can really say that Well never see them  Indiana men held after five state crime rampage Cleveland apr two men sought in a Multi. State robbery spree were captured after they killed a Security guard at an adult Bookstore and led police on a car Chase authorities said. The men and two other suspects were arrested sunday. Besides the Bookstore Holdup the men were wanted in a slaying in Michigan and assorted carjacking Bank robberies and other holdups in Indiana Michigan Minnesota and Wisconsin since aug. 12. A they robbed and lived off the land As they travelled around the country killing and robbing a said Eastlake police it. John Wiecek. Benjamin h. Brooks 27, of new Haven ind., and Frederick j. Treesh 30, of Waterloo ind., both were in custody monday. Also under arrest is Keisha m. Hart 29, described As Treeshy a common Law wife. The three face charges of aggravated murder and aggravated robbery police said. The fourth person arrested sunday Anthony Washington of Cleveland was accused of helping them obtain drugs. Police said treesh and Brooks with guns drawn burst into an adult Bookstore in the Cleveland suburb of Eastlake just before Midnight saturday. They shot both the clerk and the Security guard then fled with an undetermined amount of Money. The guard Henry Dupree 58, died at metro health medical Center. The clerk Louis Lauver was listed in critical but stable condition at the Hospital. Treesh and Brooks also axe accused of a fatal Holdup last week in Livonia Mich. Two employees of a video store there were shot thursday and one died later. Among the other crimes linked to the pair a aug. 12 a Bank robbery in Delavan wis. A aug. 16 a Bank robbery in Staples Minn the Rob Ber displayed what appeared to be a hand grenade. A aug. 22 armed carjacking in Brooklyn Park and St. Paul Minn. A aug. 23 three armed robberies in Albert Lea and Austin Minn one victim was pistol whipped. A aug. 25 armed carjacking of a Mercedes near Sawyer Mich. A aug. 26 a robbery at a Motel in Livonia. A aug. 26 a Home invasion in Livonia. A couple was tied up the Home ransacked and the woman pistol whipped. The couples car was stolen. Spanish Highway deaths soar Madrid Spain a fifty four people were killed in Highway accidents Over the weekend As tens of thousands of spaniards returned from their summer holidays the National traffic department said monday. The deaths occurred in 42 accidents reported Between in riday evening and Midnight sunday a spokeswoman said. Thirty one people were injured in the accidents she added  
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