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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Friday. September 2 1994u.s. Says it would Hunt Haiti chief Washington a american troops invading Haiti would arrest it. Gen. Raoul Eldras and turn him Over to the Caribbean country a lawful government a senior . Official warned wednesday. With training of hundreds of mostly Caribbean troops about to begin Deputy Secretary of state Strobe Talbott said a a it a a dead certainty that a dras and his cohorts would be apprehended and turned Over to the elected government of president Jean berth arts Aristide. The predominantly american military Force would restore Aristide to Power. The politician priest was ousted nearly three years ago by the Junta. At a news conference with Talbott Deputy defense Secretary John Deutch in the stars and stripes 10 year Sago sept. 2,1984 a discovery astronauts sent their third satellite into orbit scoring a triple play Over three Days that restored the space shut tie s reputation As a dependable Orbital delivery truck. 20 year Sago sept. 2,1974 a a . Air Force sr-71 reconnaissance Jet broke the air Speed record Between London and new York by nearly three hours flying the distance in 1 hour 56 minutes. 30 year Sago sept. 2,1964 a vietnamese Premier Nguyen Khanh said he hoped to return from his convalescence and take up his duties As head of the Saigon government. 40 year Sago sept. 2,1954west Germany disregarding France announced a five Point foreign policy program based on Independence Equality and military cooperation with the nations backing european Unity. 50 year Sago sept. 2,1944 a . 9th air Force bombers hit Brest France concentrating on concealed gun positions motor Parks and two fortresses in Advance of a ground offensive aimed at crushing nazi defenders who have held off Allied attacks for More than four weeks. L world War ii 50 years ago today sept. 2 1 a 9 a 4 4 polish soldiers nearly capture Pesaro in Italy while Canadian troops reach the Conca River West of Cattolica. British troops enter Belgium from France. Convicted for his role in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Field marshal Erwin von Witzleben is executed by being hanged on a meat Hook. Finland s government Breaks relations with Germany and demands that German troops leave immediately. Source 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world l&v.j3ison books corp., 1981 a said american troops will be dispatched to Haiti a either to expel c6dras and his lieutenants from Power or to help restore order if they yielded to International pressure and departed. Deutch said about 10,000 . Troops would be in the coalition Force supple Quot rented by up to 1,000 from other hemisphere countries. He said the Point of such a Large Force would be to minimize american and haitian casualties. Clinton administration officials have warned Cidras for months that he is running the risk of an invasion. Deutch a statement was the toughest so far though he provided no timetable. Denying reports that the Pentagon was reluctant to act Deutch said there was no policy disagreement with the state department usually depicted in the Media As More prone to use the Force authorized by the . Security Council in july than the Pentagon is. Even so Talbott said Force would be a a last resort a adding that a we want to make sure we use other  Deutch and Talbott headed a . Delegation that went to Kingston Jamaica on tuesday and won unanimous support of the 13-nation Caribbean Community and common Market for the . Resolution. They then went to the dominican Republic to Check on infiltration of supplies to Haiti in Defiance of a . Embargo. Talbott said that during a helicopter ride they detected a Large makeshift pipeline apparently to carry Oil As Well As several Large barrels of Oil being car pedal pals first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and president Clinton vacationing on Martha a Vineyard mass., enjoy a fresh air Outing wednesday along the Road Between Edear. Town and Oak a Tufts. _ _ b fire threatens to jump River by the associated press firefighters in Idaho used hoses at ranches wednesday As a month old for est fire burned along the South Side of the Salmon River and threatened to jump it. The 83,375-acre Corral Blaze in the Payette National Forest was slowed by lighter wind but managed to Quot Inch eastward along the River. Fire Bosses worry that wind could carry the flames across the River to the Nez Perce National Forest. Crews secured lines on the Southern edges of the Corral fire and the nearby 44,861-acre Blackwell Complex of blazes to provide additional Protection against their doubling Back to the Payette Lake Community of Mccall. Fire Bosses at the 30,570-acre Star Gulch fire about 20 Miles Northeast of ried across the Border to Haiti. He said the dominican government had promised to enforce the embargo with troops. Administration officials Hope that three nations that would not commit troops on tuesday a the. Bahamas Antigua and Guyana a will do so eventually. They would supplement the troops that Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Barbados and Belize agreed in Kingston to provide. About 30 . Army experts will train the Caribbean soldiers a senior Pentagon official said. They will participate in about two to three weeks of training at the Roosevelt roads naval station in puerto Rico. It is expected to take up to two weeks to get the Caribbean unit organized before training can begin. A Rosa Parks Boise in the Boise National Forest had a new problem to contend with. Tests confirmed that at least 30 firefighters had Strep Throat and two full Crews had to be sent Home. Prolonged exposure to the smoke is hard on the lungs and Throat. Across the West fires still Active y burned across More than 464,000 acres m Arizona Colorado Idaho Montana Oregon Utah Washington and Wyoming according to the National inter Agency fire Center in Boise. This year fires have charred 3.1 million acres in the West double the acreage burned in All of 1993, the Center said. Most of wednesdays fires were on National Forest land. In Wyoming one fire has covered 2,700 acres in grand Teton National Park and two fires in yellow Stone National Park have burned More than 6,600 acres. Says attack won t cramp style Detroit apr even before police arrested a suspect wednesday civil rights Pioneer Rosa Parks said the assault by a robber who forced his Way into her Home wont slow her Down. A a in a a Little bruised. I believe i can go on with what i planned to do a said the 81-year-old Parks who is Active in the Community speaking at youth events and advocating nonviolence. And it was her neighbors who helped arrest the suspect wednesday. Recognizing the. Man from police sketches shoppers held the suspect at a grocery store near Parks Home until police arrived. Police would not elaborate. The 28-year-old Man whose name Wasny to released was wanted in two similar attacks in the area Deputy police chief Benny Napoleon said. Parks is known As the a Mother of the civil rights movement for her Defiance on a Montgomery ala., bus in 1955, refusing to give up her seat to a White Man. Her arrest triggered a 381-Day Boycott of City buses Leaby the Rev. Martin Luther King jr., and sparked the Modem civil rights movement. She described in detail wednesday How a Black Man knocked in her door late tuesday before beating and robbing her of $53. _ / the Man never gave any. Indication that he knew who she is she said. Parks said she was upstairs in the rented Home where she has lived since 1988 when she heard a noise. She said she walked downstairs and found a Man standing in the living room. A the said a somebody knocked in your door and in a Here to protect you Parks said. She soon realized it was the  who knocked in the door. He asked fora few dollars and when she went upstairs to get some Cash he followed demanded More Money and began to strike her she said. A the said a if you done to give me More then in a going to have to Hurt you Parks said. The Man left immediately after Parks gave him the Money. _ Parks was treated for bruises to her face and Chest then spent the night at the House of her executive assistant who lives across the Street. Parks attorney Gregory Reed said preparations were being made to move her to an apartment. Police Are providing Security for Parks for an indefinite period  
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