European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 03, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes world saturday september 3,1994 11 bodies found so far on Banks of Nia Garci from wire reports Niagara Falls Ontario at least 11 bodies have been found on the Banks of the Niagara River this year including at least three people who committed suicide by jumping Over Niagara Falls. Seven bodies have washed up on the Canadian Side of the River in the last two months according to Niagara Parks police. In a regular summer and fall four to six bodies Are found on the Canadian Side below the Falls said police staff sgt. Fred Hollidge. This is craziness said Hollidge arid the season in t Over yet.". Four of the bodies have been identified. One was a Buffalo n.y., lawyer who fell through the ice near fort Erie in Ontario and the others were people who jumped Over the Falls in addition the body of a Toronto area Man was found Frozen to the Riverbank this Spring and a least three bodies have washed ashore on the american Side. They include a student from Guelph Ontario a hiker from British Columbia and another lawyer who fell through the ice i a _ russians seize marijuana Moscow russian customs agents inspecting an Indian flagged cargo ship seized 530 pounds of marijuana a news Agency reported Friday. The ship had been transporting prefabricated Metal pieces from Poland to Lithuania via the russian port of Kaliningrad when it was searched the itar Tass news Agency said. Customs agents worked in cooperation with local police and counterintelligence officers itar Tass said. another smuggling Case customs agents in Russia s far East confiscated 295 pounds of Ephedrine a substance commonly sold in China but banned in Russia because it can be used to make a narcotic substance. J _ l _ the substance Worth an estimated $54,000, had been concealed in suitcases carried by russian and chinese citizens itar Tass said. A i i o rde r pot o n Way Rotterdam Netherlands starting next 1 1 week potheads will be Able to order hashish and marijuana through the mail in the Netherlands an enterprising businessman announced thursday. Operators will be standing by to take orders for up to 30 Grams of pot for mail delivery right to the consumer s Doorstep said the businessman who was not identified. The new service wholly Legal in the Netherlands is being launched by the owner of hashish coffeehouses in Rotterdam and Groningen. Visit to Sarajevo called Security High Mare Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a Pope John Paul ii s planned visit to Sarajevo is being hailed As the biggest spiritual and morale boost to the besieged population since the Start of the War More than ago. " a ./.,. -. But for Security officials it is set to be a Nightmare. The Airport area is frequently raked by gunfire and often closed by mortar attacks. The Speed skating stadium where the 74-year-old pontiff wants to hold mass for 25,000 people is Only a few Hundred Yards from ser Bian guns on the front Linci and the risk of sniper fire on most parts of the planned papal route is omnipresent. ".-. V -. V All . Troops will be on full Alert. There will be maximum Security said col. Bertrand Laba Souque the . Military spokesman for Sarajevo. But nobody can guarantee 100 percent Security in Sarajevo . Officials privately refer to the planned sept. 8 visit As a Tjie Vatican said thursday that the Pope remained intention his trip. However bosnian serbian Leader Radovan Karadzic has warned the Pope against the visit citing Security risks. He maintains that the serbs fear they will automatically be blamed if something happens to the Pope. The same kind of threat recently prevented . De sense Secretary William Perry from Landing at Sarajevo Airport. In addition to the . Protection bosnian officials say they Are leaving nothing to Chance. This is the visit of the highest official to Bosnia Herzegovina. It s because of that we Are putting so much importance into it said Zeljko Warunek head of Security for the papal visit within the bosnian Interior ministry.-., the Best men we have in the Republic Are in this team he said. And they Are working around the. As soon As plans for the visit were announced bosnian police started to cooperate with foreign Security services including Interpol. Warunek said lists of International terrorists Are being checked and any Radical Muslim units in the bosnian Anny Are being brought under Netrol. Since the serbs were forced to pull Back heavy weapons from around Sarajevo in March a shaky Calm has descended on the beleaguered capital.,.-- i. British couple s baby smuggling trial delayed Bucharest Romania a a court Friday adjourned the Case of a British couple accused of trying to smuggle a month-old baby out of the country on grounds that the child s parents did not have a defense lawyer. Judge Rodica papa told the court mainly packed Witk British Media that the Case would be heard sept. 14, v she ordered the baby s 17-year-old parents Fiorina Pamir and Florin Balaram who Are accused of receiving $6,000 with three others for Monica Baiar Arn in july to get Ai defense lawyer she also called the parents of the romanian couple who Are minors to appear in court. Three witnesses also were ordered to appear for the next sitting. Bernadette and Adrian Moorey of Wokingham 35 Miles West of London were arrested july 6 on suspicion of trying to smuggle a baby out of the country by car Over the hungarian romanian Border. They Are charged with attempted human smuggling and illegal adoption. If convicted they could face up to five years in prison. " the couple were released on bail two weeks later and ordered to stay in Romania until the trial. Arafat condemns terror attacks Gaza City Gaza strip a Yasser Arafat tried to mend re lations with Israel on thursday by condemning terror attacks on israelis. / ,.-. ,. Arafat was trying to quiet accusations that his government is indifferent to attacks that have killed 11 israelis since the palestinians took control of the Gaza strip and Jericho on May 18. Ave Are against any terrorist action Arafat said after meeting with israeli housing minister Benyamin Ben Eliezer. We can t accept it and we have to coordinate with the israelis. Ben Eliezer repeated israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin s warning that failure to Stop the attacks could undermine the peace process. Due to renovation Stock clearance Sale upto50%0fl Sale ends 10 sep 94 hours tues Fri 1000-1800 sat 1000-1400 up Asbacher str. 2266877 Ramstein Telefoni 06371 57179 Leader of Noriega s party inaugurated in Panama j Panama City a five years after Gen Manuel Noriega was toppled by a . Invasion the former dictator s party has returned to Power with the inauguration of Ernesto Perez Balladares As president. Saying his party had reformed the millionaire businessman vowed to eliminate poverty and to crack Down on drug traffickers crime and corruption. We must close at last an unfortunate chapter in our history involving Noriega declared Perez Balladares 48, who won a five year term in a May 8 election widely perceived As Panama s . Perez Balladares hoped to quell linger ing fears of militarism within his demo cratic revolutionary party once a pillar of Noriega s Rule. Noriega is imprisoned outside Miami on drug and racketeering charges. His capture brought an end to 21 years of military domination of panamanian poli tics. Perez Balladares took Over from Guil Lermo Endara who claimed credit in a Farewell speech for leading Panama Back to economic and political stability. But Endara s own swearing in on a . Mili tary base at the Start of the dec 20, 1989, invasion shadowed his term. The . Government acknowledges killing some 400 people during the inva Sion. Other accounts put the death toll As High As 4,000. Perez Balladares noted that Panama remained saddled with $6 billion in for eign debt half its population of 2.5 Mil lion in poverty and 13 percent unemployment. He promised thousands of panamanians who Are untouched by 7 percent yearly growth in the Economy liberated by the 1989 invasion. He also pledged to seek membership in the North american free Trade agreement which groups Mexico Canada and the United states in a 360-Mil lion member consumer Market. He vowed to rebuild dilapidated Hospi tals and Rural health clinics improve highways bring water and electricity to the poor Countryside and attract new for eign investment. Our top priority will be to attack Pov erty he said. Perez Balladares also announced a Campaign to fight rising Street robberies and shootings in Panama City and neigh Boring Colombia s drug cartels. Pentium Lam interested in earning a certificate in computer operations housing address hate entered Active duty married single age q i would like to use my . Bill Hall this Coupon to Etc 8303 Arlington blvd. Suit 210 ii flu a 22031 accredited member of the National Home study Council
