European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a. The stars and stripes sunday december 18,1994 Panama sets Day to mourn . Invasion Panama City a presi Dent Ernesto Perez Balladares declared dec. 20 a National Day of mourning marking the 1989 . Invasion to oust dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega. The decree capped years of angry political debate Over How Best to observe the assault by 30,000 american service members warplanes and attack helicopters. Hundreds of panamanians died in the invasion that led to the arrest of Noriega Pho. Was later convicted of drug and racketeering of lenses and imprisoned in Miami. The Day of mourning was declared in memory of the men and women who perished in the inva Sion of 1989." Prez Balladares ordered flags to be lowered to half staff but said government offices and businesses should operate normally. The decree is part of Panama s Effort to grapple with the still vivid National trauma. Some say the anniversary should be commemorated As a protest against the american intervention and others Call for quiet reflection. Some panamanian groups con tend thousands of panamanians perished Many of them in the poor neighbourhood of Corillo where Noriega s defense compound was levelled by rocket and artillery fire. Dogs have their Day of a str -. A photo Turing unique Christmas gifts bldg 7.495 Call 48o-5229 Smoky left the sad eyed Black Labrador retriever whose death sentence for chasing mail carriers attracted worldwide at Tention was sprung from the Pound Friday after the prosecution dropped its Case. Smokey scampered in Small circles around his owner Craig Jackson 29, in Danville a. Mean move while cokey right was recovering nicely last week following surgery earlier this month to remove cocaine sewn into the shaggy dog s Abdomen by drug smugglers. 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By Washington a fearful that they could be liable for failing to Stop alleged misuse of a act funds some prominent a act members said Friday that they will explore ways to remove the organization s chairman from Power if Hewon t resign. Calling themselves the save our ship committee the group urged Board chairman William f. Gibson to resign Over allegations that he had double dipped into a act expense accounts and used As much As $800,000 in a act Money for his own purposes. But the dissident members mainly directors and trustees of the National association for the advancement of col ored people acknowledged that they Are powerless for now because they Lack the votes to oust Gibson and because the a act is too Cash poor to conduct the necessary meetings. Those individuals who were of a mind to Call an emergency Board meeting Felt we should handle it in other ways said Board member Joseph Madison one of the dissidents. Legal action to remove Gibson is being looked into As we talk Madiso said. Gibson vowed that he will not resign. He said he is concentrating on one meaningful purpose raising Money to rehire a act staffers who were Laid off before thanksgiving. That was my first objective he said. The dissident a act members Are angry that a special audit called in octo Ber to address the allegations against Gibson has yet to be conducted. The audit is going to make some of the offi cers look bad Board member Lero Warren contended. But most of All the dissidents Are Wor ried by the Prospect that they too could be potentially liable to Legal action if they failed to act on the allegations against Gibson. Some activists such As the Rev. Joseph Lowery chairman of the Black leadership forum umbrella group declined to get involved in the fight. Although the dissidents earlier had included him in their ranks Lowery said Friday that he considers Public fights counterproductive. I would under no circumstances be come involved in the internal affairs of the a act regarding the removal or re Tention of its officers Lowery said