European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse The St Sand St ripes vol. 53, no. 148 500 monday september 12,1994 r a Pope John Paul n Waves from his Pope Mobil to some of the estimated 800,000 people gathered for a mass in Zagreb Croatia. Pope urges Healing Balkan peace with in reach he tells Zagreb worshippers Zagreb Croatia a a frail but determined Pope John Paul i pushed ahead sunday on his pilgrimage of reconciliation in the former Yugo Slavia declaring that peace in the bal kans was not a utopian dream. A crowd of at least 800,000 people turned out for an open air mass at a Racetrack in Zagreb capital of predominantly roman Catholic Croatia. It waste Only Stop on what the Pope had planned As a wider tour to help heal the wounds of three years of bloodshed in the Region ,. John Paul repeated a Promise to visit Sarajevo capital of Bosnia and Herze Govina As soon As circumstances he had hoped to visit the Cit last thursday but his plans were can celeb because of Security concerns. The Pope stopped and talked briefly with Sarajevo archbishop Vinko Puljic during departure ceremonies at Zagreb Airport sunday evening. John Paul hobbled up the Steps of the Croatia air lines jetliner that took off for Rome at 6 40 . Ahead on the Pope s travel schedules a trip to the United states on oct. 20 and a tour of four asian countries i january. Walking with a Cane since breaking his leg in a fall in april the 74-year-old v pontiff appeared Haggard during an8 15 . Meeting with croatian presi Dent Franjo Tadjman and in the three hour mass that followed. He s in Good spirits but his leg i bothering him said the Rev. Roberto Tucci chief organizer of papal trips. John Paul used an elevator to reach the altar avoiding the 27 stairs the other celebrants climbed. State television said nearly 1 million faithful were on hand for the mass held under a Blaz ing Sun though organizers said the see Pope on Page 2 John Paul prepares to celebrate Sun Day s mass at a Zagreb Racetrack. Vicenza based paratroops make a big splash see Page 3 Church evicts preschool saying parents Are responsible for rearing their children see Page 5m d 8693 a Caribbean troops set to is up Haiti san Juan puerto Rico a about 150 soldiers from three Caribbean countries were to arrive in puerto Rico this afternoon to train for a possible invasion of Haiti. The soldiers from Jamaica Antigua and Barbuda arid Belize were to arrive at the . Naval station Roosevelt roads near Chiba on Cuba s Western coast 30 Miles West oif san Juan around 7p.m., military officials said sunday. The base regularly plays Host to .forces training under the Atlantic Conid which will be in charge of the Multi National coalition. American would be inthe first wave of the invasion with the Caribbean troops going in immediately afterwards. A similar arrangement was used in the 1983 invasion of Grenada to topple a leftist regime that had executed the prime minister. Maj. Steve pan Lon a military spokes Man said . Military staff would train the service members in administering fir staid handling civil disturbances and con trolling crowds. They would also receive cohesion. See Haiti on Page 2 miss Daisy Jessica Tandy Dies of cancer new York a Jessica Tandy who won an Academy award at age 80for her portrayal of a spirited Southern matriarch in driving miss Daisy died sunday at her Connecticut Home after a four year Bat Lewith ovarian cancer. She was 85. Her husband actor Hume Cronyn was by her Side when she died about 6 ., Lesle Edart the couple s Tandy press agent said in announcing the death. Tandy s acting career spanned More than 60 years mostly onstage in new see Tandy on Page 2 president s Pentagon Dod is running the Way Clinton wants see Page 15-17
