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Vol. II, No. 37 Quarry Heights, Republic of Panama Oct. 16, 1989

U.S. hopes talks will speed Noriega's ouster

WASHINGTON (AP) - The criticized Bush for not providing Saying the time has come for invited are from Cuba, Chile and Bush administration, looking for Panama's rebel leaders with more Noriega to retire, Gonzalez last week Panama, none of which has an hopeful signs after the bungled coup military support on the day of the called for new elections followed by elected government. attempt in Panama, is encouraged by coup attempt. the appointment of a new military evidence of the growing repudiation Noriega seems to believe that commander by the elected president. in Latin America of Gen. Manuel diplomatic isolation counts for little As an inducement for Noriega to Antonio Noriega's rule. as long as he retains the support of go along with Gonzalez's plan, he And administration officials are Panama's Defense Forces, but U.S. would be allowed to retire in hoping to accelerate the process at officials say the country's outcast Panama, thus evading possible two major international parlays over role will further erode his already extradition to the United States, the next month and in other questionable support within the where he faces drug smuggling diplomatic encounters as well. military establishment. charges. So long as he remains in At his news conference Friday, The officials say all but two Panama, he cannot be extradited. President Bush said he was delighted democratic countries in the The administration will give by signs that Noriega has so little hemisphere - Mexico and Ecuador Gonzalez a hearing on his plan and support elsewhere in the hemisphere. - have withdrawn their ambas- also hopes to press its case against Panama's membership in an eight- sadors from Panama City. Noriega at a summit meeting of country hemispheric consultative "Those two embassies barely have hemispheric democratic heads of body has been suspended, and when contact with the Panamanian government set for Oct. 27-28 in the seven active members met this government," one official said Costa Rica. past week in Peru, Noriega's Friday, asking not to be identified. Bush and about 17 other heads of government was roundly criticized. He said the most active embassies government are planning to attend, BIGHONORS-PresidentBush Still, there appears to be litte in Panama City appear to be those of but administration officials say it watches the U.S. flag being raised sentiment in the hemisphere for U.S. Cuba, Nicaragua and Libya. would be a mistake to raise during a 175th anniversary military action against Noriega. In The Panama question is likely to expectations that the summit will ceremony at Fort McHenry in contrast to many members of be a major topic this week when lead to dramatic action against Baltimore last month. Lou Miller Congress, no hemispheric leader Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Noriega. stands in colonialuniform behind Gonzalez comes to Washington for Am o n g Sp an is h s p e a king the president. (AP Laserphoto) the only presidents not I 1 soldier dies talks with Bush. countries, in truck crash FBIgetsOKtoseizeforeignfugitives FORT CLAYTON (USARSO PAO) - One soldier fromAh WASHINGTON (Reuter) -- In a for acts committed abroad against to discuss the foreign policy Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, move that could help the United Americans, but the laws did not give implications. 5th Infantry Division (Mech- States snatch people abroad wanted the FBI the power to go into third The old restrictions had warned anized) was killed and another for crimes such as terrorist attacks on countries to make the arrests. that U.S. agents could face injured Saturday morning when Americans and drug dealing, the FBI The Los Angeles Times said the kidnapping charges abroad if they their five-ton truck overturned has been given authority to seize opinion giving the FBI the apprehended fugitives without near Empire Range. fugitives without the approval of broadened powers was entitled, approval from the foreign Names of the dead and injured foreign governments. "Authority of the FBI to override government. are being withheld pending Justice Department officials customary or other international law Even when foreign governments notification of next of kin. Friday announced the dramatic in the course of extraterritorial law have approved the apprehensions, One soldier was pronounced change in a policy that required the enforcement activities." anti-U.S. sentiment has often been dead at Gorgas Army Hospital. Federal Bureau of Investigation to It was not known whether the unleashed, as when accused Theinjuredsoldierwasflownto get the consent of a foreign Justice Department consulted with international drug kingpin Juan Gorgas aboard a Medical government before it moved to the White House, the State Matta Ballesteros was arrested in Evacuation helicopter from the apprehend a fugitive wanted in the Department or foreign governments Honduras in 1988. 214th Medical Detachment, 1st United States. Battalion, 228th Aviation The ruling was described by the Regiment. Los Angeles Times, which first vadoran reb , ovennnen The accident occurred while the revealed it, as the "president's snatch MA-13 five-ton fuel truck was authority." wiA l hold on attempting to climb a dirt road up It raised speculation over whether w talks cease-fire Cerro Paraiso. According to a the FBI could apprehend Department of Defense Panamanian military leader Manuel SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (UPI) - The talks will be mediated by contractor who witnessed the Antonio Noriega, who is under Salvadoran rebel leaders and Salvadoran auxilliary Bishop Rosa accident,partoftheroadgaveway indictment on drug trafficking government negotiators are to sit Chavez and Bishop Romeo Tobar and the truck rolled down an charges in Florida, and bring him to down today to try to reach a cease- Astorga, president of El Salvador's embankment, landing upside trial in the United States. fire agreement as a first step to conference of bishops. down. President Bush was asked by ending Salvador's decade-old civil "In the second round of dialogue Military Police are investigating reporters Friday whether the FBI can war. . they will discuss a definite the cause of the accident. go into Panama now and arrest The two-day talks, the second cessation of hostilities to put an end Noriega. face-to-face meeting of the rebels to the armed conflict," Rosa Chavez "I'm embarrassed to say I don't with the Salvadoran government of said. PD FSh keS upn know what it (the answer) is. I'll have President Alfredo Cristiani, will "We hope to go forward in the to get back to you with the answer to focus exclusively on a cease-fire in process of implementation and 6 vital posts your question," Bush replied during the fighting that has claimed some compliance of the timetable" said a news conference. 70,000 lives in the Central American Cesar Martin, a spokesman for the PANAMA CITY, Panama In 1987 Lebanese hijacker Fawas nation since 1979. FMLN. (AP) - The government Yunis was apprehended abroad by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias The Catholic Church called for announced a shake-up of six key the FBI, but agents were careful to Sanchez, principal author of the Catholics across El Salvador to hold posts in the military Sunday, lure him into international waters -- Central American peace plan that a two-day vigil to pray for peace. twelvedaysafterthebotchedcoup onto a yacht. He was convicted in called for negotiations between About 70 percent of El Salvador's against Gen. Manuel Antonio Washington for hijacking a governments and guerrilla groups, is population of 5 million is Catholic. Noriega. Jordanian airliner. expected to meet separately Monday Observers participating in the The announcement, made on a A legal opinion giving the FBI the with the delegation of the Farabundo second round include United television broadcast, said Maj. expanded authority had been given Marti National Liberation Front and Nations representative Alvaro de Rafael Cedeno was named state last June by the Justice Department's the Salvadoran government. Later, Sot o, delegates from the security chief. Cedeno, who has legal adviser at the request of the two sides are expected to hold Organization of American States worked as an assistant to Noriega, Attorney General Dick Thornburgh face-to-face talks. and representatives from Salvador's replaced Col. Guillermo Wong, but had been kept secret until Friday. The talks will be held today and political parties. who was detained as a result of the Under laws adopted in 1984 and Tuesdayin the Convent of the Clarist Both sides have said they are ready Oct. 3 uprising. 1986, the United States has legal Sisters about 3 1/ 2 miles northeast of to negotiate a cease-fire, a sticking jurisdiction to prosecute terrorists San Jose. point in past talks. Times 2 Oct.Tropic 16, 1989 U.S. news U.S. to rectify crisis procedures WASHINGTON (UPI) - The informal sessions for decision The Post, quoting congressional However, he said American White House has decided to try to making, but that he needs a "more and administration sources, said officals in Panama must be freer to rectify poor communications and formalized back-up system." Intelligence Committee Chairman elicit the kind of information that the coordination reflected in the More procedural changes also David Boren, D-Okla., and Vice White House evidently was unable to attempted Panamanian coup by were expected to be instituted to Chairman William Cohen, R-Maine, obtain during last week's coup automatically convening a crisis increase communications and agreed in an Oval Office meeting with attempt, the Times said. management team during emergen- coordination in the government in Bush Wednesday that the failed coup , cies, officials said last week. future emergencies. exposed "ambiguities" in the rules Under a new system, the so-called The New York Times said the CIA operatives were following in Deputies Committee, made up of the White House is expected to issue Panama. second top-level officials, would be specific guidelines to the military and Bush and the senators agreed to called into session in the 24-hour diplomatic communities soon, with clarify the rules for intellgence- situation room to handle an on-going the aim of enabling Americans in gathering during a meeting at the national security crisis. Panama to aid locals in their White House called by Bush to mend The panel, to include officials from attempts to' topple Noriega. fences, io official quoted in the the State Department, the Pentagon The Washington Post reported, Times said the new guidelines are and the CIA, is headed by deputy meanwhile, that members of the intended to help make U.S. officials national security adviser and former Senate Select Committee on on the scene less "inhibited" about CIA deputy director Robert Gates. Intelligence tentatively agreed to the questioning plotters and instruct White House press secretary plan for more covert intelligence- them in American foreign policy Marlin Fitzwater said Friday that gathering activity against Noriega. objectives. Bush "doesn't feel anything in Committee members had run afoul In the past, some American retrospect" should have been done of the White House for critical officials have been hesitant to even differently. remarks made after the crisis. speak to Panamanian counter- But national security adviser Brent The ordered review of crisis revolutionaries because they have felt Scowcroft has said a review of the management amounts to a White restrained by the rules of the Senate coup attempt has revealed minor House reaffirmation of Bush's Intelligence Committee. "glitches" and said some changes invitation to Panamanians to The official told the Times that would be needed. overthrow Noriega, as well as an Bush at this point was not The Wall Street Journal quoted an admission that the administration considering amending a presidential President Bush - more comfortable unidentified source Friday as saying response to the revolt was poorly order barring government workers in informal situations. (AP that Bush is more comfortable in coordinated, the Times said. from involvement in assassinations. Laserphoto) Credit card holders escape debt in bankruptcy SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) - In Visa USA Inc., Mastercard nation's largest consumer card debtor who transferred his yacht to the midst of one of the longest International and other card issuers, system, recently announced a his brother-in-law shortly before economic expansions in U.S. history, faulting them for making credit so program to flush out bankruptcy filing, or the gambler who lost more Americans than ever are filing widely available in the 1980s. bandits, claiming one in three filings $350,000 on one roll of the dice after for personal bankruptcy sparking a One thing is clear, more people are was abusive or fraudulent. getting 30 credit cards. debate about the role of easy credit. turning to bankruptcy as a remedy But bankruptcy attorneys and Visa President Jon Christofferen The credit-card industry, which for their financial woes. In the year judges scoff at claims of such says one reason credit-card lost $1.5 billion in 1988 when ended in June, 580,000 people, or one widespread abuse and say the credit- companies charge such hefty interest bankrupt card holders wrote off their in every 157 households, filed for card companies themselves - along rates - often as high as 20 percent - unsecured debts, blames the rise on bankruptcy in the United States, with banks, retailers and others who is to help cover their losses from debtors abusing the bankruptcy more than double the number five issue credit - have fueled the rise in bankruptcies. laws. years ago and up 10 percent from bankruptcies by making credit But bankruptcy attorney John But bankruptcy attorneys and 1988. available to nearly everyone, MacConaghy of Emeryville, Calif., judges point the finger right back at San Francisco-based Visa, the including those who have already expects the banks will find slim filed for bankruptcy. pickings when they try to prove Ripening fruit of Chinese ginkgo "What I see going on with credit abuse in court. In his experience, cards is a system run amok," said maybe one in 100 filings is fraudulent fk n U.S. Bankruptcy Judge George C. or abusive, not the one in three cited m ake all in M onroe a realS h Paine II, a Nashville judge who is by Visa. current president of the National "I think that number is outrageous MONROE,Mich. (AP)-While Monroe's annual Ginkgo Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. - and irresponsible,"he said. "I'min most Michigan residents enjoy the Mania festival, which began last "They send cards to everybody court all the time. I see these people turning ofthe fall colors, people in week, includes a contest to who will use them," he said. "We had and it's a very troubling decision for Monroe hold their noses as the determine what day the Dorsch an example the other day of a debtor them. It's an admission of failure . a ginkgo tree turns rank. tree's leaves will fall. Ginkgoes who received an application in the last resort." Visa and others The ginkgo dates back 200 shed their leaves in a matter of mail, filled it out truthfully, and MacConaghy, more hours. when he got the card he used the agree bankruptcy is becoming a dinomillion yearsears And to restthe era ayof Robert Peven, a Monroe money not to go to Las Vegas, or on acceptable alternative, however. dinosaurs. And, residents say, County Planning Department wine, women or song, but to pay the With huge corporations like every fall it smells l.ke it. employee by day but a ginkgo interest on his other credit cards." Texaco Inc. and Continental Airlines "It smellsjustlike a baby's dirty maniac by night, tried to write a But Visa says the availability of filing for bankruptcy and coming out pants. Really!" said Marie poem about the ginkgo but gave credit is a natural result of the ofit in fine shape, the stigma that was McNairn, a member of the up after realizing the only competition in the industry. The once attached to it is wearing off, Friends of Dorsch Library. "I rhyming word is stinko. responsibility to manage credit many say. smelled it for years." Instead, he found a passage in a prudently falls on the individual, not Even if Visa is unsuccessful it Since 1865, a ginkgo has been Japanese poetry anthology and on the credit-card issuer, the challenging many filings in court, may convince people to think twice standing in front of the Dorsch read it at a meeting of the Dorsch company said. library in this town 30 miles Friends Club: "Just as we don't force fat people before throwing in the economic soubrwry o etist. 3"Treading the fallen leaves of to go on diets, in the same way we towel. Part of the program is southwest of Detroit. the ginkgo tree, the boy comes can't force 'creditaholics' to go on designed to remind people of the The female tree, which down the mount." economic diets," said Ken Crone, scars left on their credit record by a originates from eastern China, Maxine Lahti, one of 18 in director of the bankruptcy project bankruptcy filing. bears an edible fruit whose hull attendance, concluded: "There's for Visa. "We see more and more people emits a strong odor into the fall just so much that can be said Stories abound of people who rushing into bankruptcy without air. about a ginkgo tree!" have abused credit and then gone to considering the consequences, the courts for relief. There was the Christofferen said.

Commander-in-Chief. . Gen. Maxwell R. Thurman Assistant NCOIC. . SFC Richard A. Czizik This authorized unofficial command information publication Director, Public Affairs. . . . Col. Ronald T. Sconyers Editorial Staff . . Sgt. Monique Chere is for U.S. Armed Forces overseas. The Tropic Times is Executive Editor/NCOIC. SMSgt. Harold J. Lee Spec. Anthony Craft published in conjunction with the Armed Forces Information Managing Editor . Colin Hale AIC Randy Lawson Programofthe Department of Defense, underthe supervision of Composing Room . Rosemary Chong the director of Public Affairs, U.S. Southern Command. -Ae Carolyn Coffey Contents of the Tropic Times are not necessarily the official view Tmth Mary Munoz of the U.S. Government, the Department of Defense or the t;.S. Southern Command. The address is: APO Miami. 34002. Albrook Post Office. Telephone 285-6612. Tropic Times a Oct. 16, 1989 U.S. news Feared computer virus'fails to instill epidemic

by E M. McKinnon "The (computer) information has computer club told the newspaper precautions to guard against United Press International just been affected - we don't know if the corporation had contracted its infection. it has been lost yet," said Bernard virus from software taken from an Computer operators at many U.S. A dreaded computer "virus" Fleming, the institute's community "electronic bulletin board" where Air Force bases across the country to make capable of zapping the memory education officer. "We're still computer users typically exchange were ordered last month banks of global information evaluating the situation." software packages. Because the virus backup copies of computer files on in case. networks surfaced Friday in a The virus showed up Thursday in was on a community bulletin board, floppy disks just handful of systems but failed to Dallas, where it was discovered by an there was a high probability that But Lola Hobbs, a spokeswoman evolve into the international disaster unidentified corporate computer other computer systems may have for the Air Force Communications some experts feared. user, the Dallas Times-Herald been infected, he said. Command at Scott Air Force Base in Rumors circulated for months that reported. Many firms and agencies that Illinois, said there had been no sign the virus, known variously as the The head of a Texas personal depend on computers took of the virus at any Air Force facility. "Columbus Day virus," the "Friday - the 13th virus," the "Jerusalem virus" and "Datacrime," would strike on Columbus Day or the day after. According to one theory, German terrorists and Norwegians unhappy about Christopher Columbus being credited with discovering America developed the virus, designed to infect IBM and IBM-compatible personal computers. A computer virus is a hidden computer command that is inserted into an existing program to cause problems, such as wiping out a computer's memory or generating meaningless data. "We're definitely breathing easier," said Michael Harper, of the University of Illinois' Micro Resource Center in Urbana, Ill. "It was set to go off today. But I've also heard reports it may detonate any time before New Year's." Harper said the virus apparently affected about 100 of 1,000 computer terminals at the school's campus, but officials were able to prevent serious damage and stop the virus from spreading further. In London, the virus struck five or six computers at the Royal National Institute for the Blind before steps ROBS BANK-- A masked gunman is shown in a bank camera photo as he takes cashfrom Betty Glenn, teller at the were taken to halt its spread. No Fisher branch at Bank of Weiner Ark. Bank customersLola Walkerand Christopher Jenkins lie on thefloor Sept. other incidents were reported in the 6 while the bandit takes the money. The man fled in a maroon late-model Oldsmobile or Buick. (AP Laserphoto) United Kingdom. Repaired Atlantis gets cleared for Tuesday countdown

by William Harwood morning for another review of interplanetary spacecraft ever built of three citizens groups trying to UPI Science Writer launch readiness." and one that has generated block the flight, said the Justice As of Sunday afternoon, agency controversy in recent weeks because Department filed documents on the CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPI) officials did not expect Hurricane it is equipped with two atomic power appeal Saturday and the activists - The repaired space shuttle Jerry in the Gulf of Mexico to cause packs loaded with about 48 pounds plan to file additional papers with the Atlantis was cleared Sunday for the any problems at the shuttle control of radioactive plutonium 238 appeals court Monday. restart of its countdown to launch center near Houston and weather at dioxide. "We have had no indication as to Tuesday, weather permitting, on a the Florida spaceport was expected Anti-nuclear activists, who believe when to expect a hearing and a delayed flight to fire the $1.4 billion to be generally favorable at launch NASA has underestimated the risk verdict," Smith said in Washington. nuclear-powered Galileo probe to time Tuesday, but deteriorating by of a radiation release in the event of a "We're expecting it by tomorrow Jupiter. Wednesday. launch accident, have appealed a (Monday) afternoon. Without a After a two-hour meeting to The goal of the sixth post- federal judge's refusal last week to temporary restraining order they can review the status of launch Challenger mission is the ground Galileo as a threat to public proceed. They don't need a go ahead. processing, NASA's top shuttle deployment of the $1.4 billion safety. We need a restraining order(to stop man age r s gave tech n i cia n s Galileo probe, the most sophisticated Kirk Smith, a spokesman for one the countdown)." permission to restart countdown If the legal efforts fail, protesters clocks at the Kennedy Space Center Fll ~ ave vowed to trespass at the at midnight EDT for a launch F B I arr st suspect Kennedy Space Center to disrupt the attempt at 12:57 p.m. Tuesday -five countdown Tuesday, prompting days late because of work to replace a WASHINGTON (UPI) - A 44- an appearance before a U.S. NASA to beef up security forces at faulty computer bolted to Atlantis's year-old man was arrested Saturday magistrate in Washington on the shuttleport. No. 2 main engine. in suburban Virginia and charged Monday, Kortan said. The charges Shuttle skipper Donald Williams, "That job is complete now," said with passing information to Soviet carry a maximum penalty of life in 47, co-pilot Michael McCulley, 46, NASA test director Mike Leinbach. agents, the FBI said. prison. flight engineer Franklin Chang- "We have retested that controller and The suspect, identified only as Kortan said details of the case were Diaz, 39, Shannon Lucid, 46, and everything looks perfectly fine. Our Frank Arnold Nesbitt, was arrested contained in an affidavit and arrest Ellen Baker, 36, reviewed their flight relaxed plan is to launch this mission on early Saturday at a Marriott hotel in warrant that were sealed by court plans Sunday and generally back to Florida late Tuesday regardless of outside Tysons Corner in Fairfax County, order and that no specifics could be after flying from Houston. activities." Va., just outside Washington, FBI released until the court appearance. Saturday the top of a NASA's mission management spokesman Michael Kortan said. Biographical details on Nesbitt Galileo, bolted to $45 team gave the launch team formal Nesbitt, whose hometown was not were also being withheld, the million two-stage solid-fuel booster, from clearance to proceed later in the day. released, was charged with spokesman said. is scheduled to be ejected espionage, specifically with Hesaid"wecanpresume"fromthe Atlantis's payload bay at 7:19 p.m. "Shuttle program officials are communication and delivery and charges that Nesbitt is accused of Tuesday. continuing work toward a Tuesday attempted communication and dealing with actual Soviet agents, Scientists hope that by studying . launch of Atlantis on its mission to delivery of unauthorized information rather than U.S. counterespionage stormy Jupiter in such detail they can deploy Galileo to Jupiter," to Soviet agents, the spokesman said. agents posing as Soviet spies. gain clues about the origin of the NASA said in a statement. 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"The Americans were ready. truck while coup leaders decided were afraid to appear before the killed Noriega, Giroldi would have Their helicopters were flying what to do with him, an act that cost media. killed us. He was a very straight overhead. They did badly. That was some of them their lives. The rebels forecast that Noriega's officer," he said. "He just wanted the moment." A 41-year-old Panamanian days are numbered and growing Noriega to retire." The Bush Administration has been sergeant who took part said in an resentment of his rule, particularly Romani said Noriega was taken criticized by some in the U.S. interview with Reuters that the among poorly paid and badly-treated out of the truck and back to his Congress for not taking stronger uprising last week by more than 300 soldiers, will soon lead to another offices, where he remained while action during the coup. members of the Urraca U.S. officials batalhon did coup and his overthrow. Giroldi began negotiating with have responded by saying the rebels not intend to kill Noriega but there Coup leader Major Moises Giroldi several colonels loyal to Noriega themselves were unclear about their was indecision about what to do with died after the uprising, in which outside the compound. him. goals, how much help they wanted Noriega said 10 rebels died. Romani Romani blamed Washington for and whether or not they would hand "They had Noriega, they put him said Giroldi was killed after being not taking more agressive action just over Noriega. in a military truck along with six taken alive but said he didn't know if after Noriega was detained by the (loyal) colonels. They put him in Noriega personally executed him. rebels. The US. Southern Command there but then, 10 minutes later, they blocked two roads leading to wo usa samenamean U .S. to give specific guidelines block athird and never provided air Romani, asking that his real name NEW YORK (Reuter) - The less "inhibited" about questioning support not be used to protect his wife and White House plans to issue specific plotters and giving them guidance on "They put him in and took him guidelines to U.S. officials in U.S. objectives. rghey bakut. hi din't a nnd tPanama so they can provide clearer Administration officials have said right back out. I don't understand and more rapid communication with they feel restrained by the Senate why," he said, shaking hisi head potential coup plotters, the New Intelligence Committee from even was to take Noriega, who is wanted York Times reported last week. talking to coup plotters, the paper on drug charges in Florida, to a U.S. The paper said the decision said. base. "amounts to a reaffirmation of A report i the Washington Post 30 percent Romani was one of 42 military President Bush's invitation to the newspaper said Bush had won Panamanian military to overthrow tentative agreement from leaders of PANAMA CITY, Panama General Manuel Anotonio Noriega." the committee for more leeway in (AP) - The government will fire covert intelligence-gathering up to one-third of its nearly G group of 8 GIt also amounted to an admission activities against Noriega. 130,000 employees in a purge of by White House officials that their The paper, quoting congressional dissenters following the failed onden ns response to the October 3coup and administration sources, said the effort to topple Gen. Manuel attempt "was poorly coordinated," leaders had agreed with Bush to Antonio Noriega, a city official the New York Times said. clarify the rules that Central said. IiP on rights It quoted an unnamed senior Intelligence Agency operatives were City Council Vice President White House official as saying the following in Panama on the ground Jose Reyes Encier said last week ICA, Peru(UPI)-Seven Latin goal of the new guidelines was to that the failed coup exposed that the firings over the next few American presidents concluded a make American officials on the scene "ambiguities" in them. weeks are to get rid of as many as two-day summit last week with a 40,000 disloyal employees. statement condemning human New PDFrule -- kill or be killed There are nearly 130,000 rights abuses in Panama. employees onthe public payroll. Presidents from the "Group of PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) Lorenzo, died in custody several days "This is not persecution, but if Eight" Latin American nations - GnMaulAtnoNrea aerhe pisg.TeDfse you have a guest or someone in minus Panamamins anma-- alsoasocale called on changed- Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega after the uprising. The Defense your home who turns against you, the rules of the barracks Forces has offered no explanation you musttell him to leave,"Encier the United States to honor the when he snuffed out the second for what the coroner called "death by said. Panama haas breteuspe military attempt to topple him in 18 asphyxiation." Many public employees from the "Grpof Eight si months. Now it's kill or be killed. Neither the whereabouts or rejoiced while a rebel unit held February of 1988, when military "I think the law of thejungle is now condition of 36 other rebel soldiers Noriega hostage during the coup strongman Gen. Manuel Noriega the rule within the military, " on the Defense Forces list of attempt. Forces loyal to Noriega, dumped President Erick Arturo opposition leader Ricardo Arias detainees is known . who as chief of the Defense Forces del Valle from power. Calderon said in an interview. "I am afraid other prisoners are runs the country, later overcame "This indefinite exclusion from When rebellious officers tried to dead," Roman Catholic Rev, the rebels. deliberations is based on the overthrow Noriega in March 1988, prepared to say a funeral Mass for increasing accusations of the the coup attempt was played by the preeo sa afe rP lf violation, of human and political old rules of Defense Forces power The rebels stopped short of killing , rights, which is the reason that the struggles. It was bloodless. Noriega when he was a hostage; U.S night. curf m Organization of American States But the Oct. 3 barracks uprising, officials say the rebels wouldn't even PANAMA CITY, Panama is asked tosend an inter-American which showed Noriega's hold on agree to turn Noriega over to the PA) A The P anan human rights commission to power was more precarious than United States for prosecution on (UPI) - The Panamanian investigate," said a final previously thought, may have ended drug charges. Instead, Giroldi and government has suspended the communique. with the summary execution of his men surrendered. nationwide nightly curfew The statement followed two several mutineers. Top members of Then Oct.sreels hesitated and oped after lasi week's bloody days of meetings in Ica, 155 miles his general staff were arrested, and died for it. Now that Noriega has Genp anel Ant Nrlega. southeast of Lima. their whereabouts or condition is rewritten the rules, few expect to see Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega The statement also said, unknown, the mistake repeated. As of this date the curfew as pointing to the United States, "the "In military life, he who takes up "He has established a new rule of suspended," Government and respect for international law and arms in rebellion has his answer in the game," said Arias Calderon. "Kill Justice Minister Olmedo u. the principle of non-intervention arms, too," Col. Arnulfo Castrejon, a or be killed." The Oct. 3 uprising not Miranda said in a statement issued supposes the faithful completion member of the general staff, said last only exposed deep discontent at the last week. ofthe Torrijos-Carter treaties over week. The de facto government of the Panama Canal." Noig - sacsdofproal highest levels of the 15,000-person Noriega, who is commander-in- The treaties, negotiated by oega accused of personal Defense Forces, its bloody ending chief of the Panama Defense Threr treatiengtimmarterb shooting the coup leader, Maj. also left Noriega isolated. Forces and has been indicted by former President Jimmy Carter Moises Giroldi, who was credited Three members of Noriega's two Florida courts on drug and ratified by the U.S. Congress with putting down the March 1988 general staff, including the head of trafficking charges, declared the in 1978, give Panama full control revolt, military intelligence, were among curfew hours after the coup of the waterway by the year 2000. The Defense Forces say Giroldi those arrested after the mutiny. Key attempt was crushed by loyal Participating in the meetings was killed by an artillery blast. units, such as the one responsible for troop s Oct. 3. were presidents Alan Garcia of However, the family said three bullet security at Defense Forces The curfew banned free Peru, Virgilio Barco of Colombia, wounds were found in his body. headquarters, were involved, m e inrte stre fr8 Jose Sarney of Brazil, Carlos '-mvmn ntesresfo80 Menem of Argentina, Carlos At least seven other officers and The Meinde o rgnta , Caxo, two sergeants also died, possibly shufflingrevolt of commandershas sparked inthe Defense largest laterp.m. theto 5:00curfew a.m., wasbut shortenedtwo days Salinas de Gortari of Mexico, after surrendering. Forces history. The internal purges from 10:00p.m. to 5:00a.m. Three Julio Cesar Sanguinetti of Capt. Leon Tejada was shot once leave Noriega with an officer corps days later it was again changed Urugua dC o din of Venezuela. the right temple, his mother said. stripped of many of its most from midnight until 5:00 a.m. Another officer, Capt. Nicasic professional leaders, sources say. 6 Tropic Times Oct. 16, 1989

1 sports Upsets dominate Sunday's football action Lions nip Tampa Bay a 29-yard field goal by Morten suddenly woke up and put together draft choices. Andersen. Andersen also kicked a scoring scores drives of 77 and 49 Walker paid immediate dividends TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Rodney 42-yard field goal on New Orleans' yards. as a Metrodome-record 62,075 fans Peete scrambled 5 yards for a first possession. Washington has lost twice to looked on. touchdown with 23 seconds to play, Geathers' other fumble recovery New York this season and can only and Detroit's Silver Stretch offense put the Saints in position for a five- win the NFC East by taking it Eagles clip Cards overcame four turnovers to beat the play, 40-yard drive to a 4-yard outright. TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Randall Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17-16. touchdown pass from Hebert to Eric The Giants (5-1) gambled Cunningham shook off three first- The victory snapped a seven-game Martin. Martin also scored on a 53- successfully three times to set up 17 half interceptions to throw two third- losing streak dating back to the 15th yard Hebert pass when the Saints got points and beat Washington for the quarter touchdown passes to Cris week of the 1988 season and was the the ball at their own 47 after a safety ninth time in 12 games. Carter as the Philadelphia Eagles first for the Lions (1-5) using the run- against the Jets. beat the Phoenix Cardinals 17-5. and-shoot attack installed by The Saints are 2-4. The Jets are Dolphins stop Bengals Cunningham, who completed just offensive assistant Mouse Davis. 1-5, their worst start since opening CINCINNATI (AP) - Dan 4 of 11 passes for 33 yards in the first The Bucs beat Chicago 42-35 last 1-5 in 1981. Marino snapped out of a first-half half, finished 16 of 29 for 192 yards week but played this week without Broncos buck Colts passing slump, setting up 10 fourth- and passed the 10,000-yard mark in his five-year NFL career. Testaverde quarter b a c k Vi n n y DENVER (AP) - The NFL's top- quarter points and running for a Peete, a rookie making his second rated rushing defense smothered Eric touchdown, as the Miami Dolphins The win was the second straight start, moved Detroit 76 yards in eight Dickerson and Denver's Bobby ended the Cincinnati Bengals' home for the Eagles (4-2), who moved into plays for the winning points. He Humphrey and Sammy Winder ran winning streak with a 20-13 victory. sole possession of second place in the the New dropped back to pass on fourth-and- for short-yardage scores as the Marino, 5-of-15 for 59 yards in the NFC East, one game behind goal and ran around right end when Broncos beat the Indianapolis Colts first half, completed passes of 41, 34 York Giants. he spotted an opening. 14-3. and 36 yards to Mark Duper on three Phoenix (2-4) lost its fourth The loss dropped Tampa Bay to The Broncos (5-1) held Dickerson separate drives in the second half, consecutive game despite the 266- 3-3 andkeptthe Bucs from goingtwo to 35 yards on 13 carries and the setting up two touchdowns and a yard effort of second-year games over .500 for the first time Colts to 44 yards on the ground and field goal. quarterback Tom Tupa, making his since 1991 128 total yards. Indianapolis fell to He scored on a 1-yard bootleg first NFL start in place of Gary 3-3. midway through the third quarter to Hogeboom, who missed the game Jackson leads Raiders That defense mounted a fierce cut Cincinnati's lead to 13-10, set up due to a sore right elbow. LOS ANGELES (AP) -Two-sport goal-line stand midway through the Pete Stoyanovich's tying 33-yard Steelers startle Browns star Bo Jackson, playing in his first third quarter, as the Colts came up field goal and drove Miami to a NFL game since baseball season empty on four plays after having a winning 5-yard touchdown run by C LEVE LA ND (A P)- In a ended, gained 85 yards and scored a first-and-goal at the Denver 3. On Troy Stradford with 5:31 to play. startling turnaround from their touchdown Sunday as the Los fourth down at the 1, Dickerson was Miami (3-3) then held the Bengals embarrassing 51-0 loss in the season Angeles Raiders beat the Kansas dumped for a 1-yard loss by Karl and ran out the clock, ending a 12- opener, the Pittsburg Steelers City Chiefs 20-14. Mecklenburg and Steve Atwater. game home winning streak by intercepted Bernie Kosar a career- Jackson, who reported to the Mike Horan subsequently punted Cincinnati (4-2). It was Cincinnati's high four times and forced seven Raiders last Wednesday, was held to the ball out of bounds twice inside first loss at Riverfront Stadium since turnovers, beating the Cleveland just 10 yards in the first half, but his the 20-yard line, helping preserve a the end of the 1987 season. Browns 17-7. final carry was a 2-yard touchdown precarious 7-3 lead. Seattle slides b The Steelers (3-3) has lost their 56 seconds before halftime, putting Following a 24-yard punt return by C1 argers previous seven games to the Browns the Raiders ahead 10-7. by Ken Bell, who had mishandled SAN DIEGO (AP) - Seattle (3-3), and they had not won in Early in the fourth quarter, he had two previous returns, the Broncos blocked an extra-point and a field Cleveland since 1981. The Browns runs of 45 and 11 yards to spark a drove for a clinching score with 1:56 goal attempt in the final five minutes had forced eight turnovers in the 70-yard, five-play drive, capped by left. Sammy Winder, subbing for to preserve the Seahawks' 17-16 opener at Pittsburgh. Vance Mueller's 6-yard touchdown Humphrey after the Broncos'leading victory over the San Diego Chargers But with Bubby Brister sidelined run with 11:18 remaining. rusher suffered bruised ribs in the on Sunday. by a sprained knee and several of The Los Angeles defense did the second quarter, capped the 27-yard After Dave Krieg's third-quarter Pittsburgh's other offensive starters rest as the Raiders raised their record drive with a 1-yard plunge. touchdown pass gave Seattle (3-3) a banged up, Todd Blackledge threw a under Art Shell, the first black head 17-10 lead, the Chargers drove 82 14-yard touchdown pass to Rodney coach in the modern NFL era, to 2-0. Oilers skin Bears yards in 10 plays, capped by Marion Carter in the third quarter and Shell succeeded the fired Mike CHICAGO (AP) - Lorenzo Butts' 2-yard run, to pull within one Dwight Stoned returned a fourth- Shanahan on Oct. 3 and Los Angeles White's 12-yard touchdown run with point with 4:14 remaining in the quarter kickoff 73 yards to set up a I- beat the New York Jets 14-7 six days 1:46 left after Allen Pinkett ripped game. But Seattle's Jeff Bryant yard scoring run by Warren later. off a 60-yard gain lifted the Houston blocked Chris Bahr's extra-point try Williams. The Raiders are 3-3 overall while Oilers to a 33-28 victory over the to preserve the lead. the Chiefs fell to 2-4. Chicago Bears. San Diego (2-4) got another Falcon FG tops Patriots It was the second touchdown in the chance when James Jefferson ATLANTA (AP) - Paul 49ers beat 0-6 Cowboys final four minutes for the Oilers, who fumbled the ensuing kickoff and McFadden's 22-yard field goal with I R V I N G, Texas (A P) - had closed the gap on a 1-yard run by David Brandon recovered at the five seconds remaining, his second Quarterback Steve Young, making Warren Moon with 3:38 left. Seahawks' 18. But the Chargers chance at victory late in the game, his first start of the season Sunday, The loss was the second straight fumbled twice and wound up on the gave the Atlanta Falcons a 16-15 rescued lethargic San Francisco with for the Bears, only the second time 33 before Bahr came on for a 51-yard victory over the New England a fourth-quarter scoring pass to Jerry since 1984 that they had lost two in a field goal try that was blocked by Joe Patriots. Rice to give the 49ers a 31-14 victory row. The last time was in 1987 to San Nash. The Falcons (2-4) drove 67 yards over the winless Dallas Cowboys. Francisco and Houston. Walker makes debut in 11 plays for the winning field goal The 49ers earned their fifth road The Bears, 4-2, fell into a tie for that enabled them to snap a three- victory against a single loss at home, first place in the Central Division. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Herschel game losing streak. Chris Miller while the Cowboys dropped to 0-6, Houston is 3-3. Walker ran for 148 yards in his completed a 20-yard pass to rookie their worst start since 1960. Minnesota debut, becoming the first Shawn Collins on a fourth-and-10 Joe Montana sat out with a sore Giants stop Washington Viking to go over 100 yards in two play to keep the winning drive alive elbow and the Cowboys, playing EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. years and helping the Vikings forget at the Atlanta 48. their first game without Herschel (AP) -Phil Simms threw fourth- a decade of frustration against the The Patriots fell to 2-4. Walker, made it a battle. quarter touchdown passes to Mark Green Bay Packers with a 26-14 McFadden had a chance with 3:21 Two big defensive plays, a blocked Bavaro and Odessa Turner and New victory. reamining to erase a 15-13 deficit, but field goal cashed in for a touchdown, York Giants gambled and won three Keith Millard had four of the was wide right on a 40-yard attempt. and Tom Holmoe's interception times as they defeated Washington Vikings' eight sacks, and Reggie Deion Sanders' 60-yard kickoff helped keep the 49ers from becoming 20-17 to maintain their hold on first Rutland had two interceptions as the return set up a 30-yard Atlanta the first team to lose to new Dallas place in the NFC East. NFL's top defense held the league's scoring drive that featured runs by coach Jimmy Johnson. The loss snapped a three-game leading offense to 219 yards, 222 less Gene Lang of seven, 12 and five S td J winning streak for the Redskins (3-3) than the Packers had averaged. yards. Keith Jones scored from the 1 aints groun ets and came in a game coach Joe Gibbs The Vikings (4-2) had lost four with 1:05 left in the first half to cut NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Bobby had called imperative for straight games and 14 of 18 to Green the New England lead to 15-13. Hebert converted two turnovers and Washington's division title hopes. Bay (3-3). Two losses to the Packers McFadden had kicked two 30- a free kick after a safety into short Neither team played particularly last year - when Green Bay won only yard field goals in the first half before touchdown drives, and the New well in the opening half, which ended four times - kept the Vikings from missing the 40-yarder. Orleans Saints used a big-play in a 3-3 tie. winning the NFC Central. Greg Davis kicked three field defense to beat the New York Jets After falling behind 10-6 late in the Hoping to avoid such losses in the goals, one a 52-yarder, to keep New 29-14. third quarter on a 29-yard future, Minnesota acquired Walker England ahead most ofthegame. But Jumpy Geathers recovered two touchdown pass from Mark Rypien from the Dallas Cowboys Thursday he also missed an extra point that fumbles for the Saints, one setting up to Ricky Sanders, the Giants offense for five players and as many as seven proved critical. Tropic Times Oct. 16, 1989 7 A's win two straight; down SF Giants 5-1 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - situation has suddenly gotten Oakland again made short work of desperate. They went into the series San Francisco, beating the Giants 5- with only two healthy starters, and 1 Sunday night and threatening to Scott Garrelts and now Rick turn the Bay Bridge meeting into a Reuschel have been hit hard. one-way affair. Of the 39 teams that took a 2-0 lead Terry Steinbach, playing on a in the World Series, 29 went on to hunch by Manager Tony La Russa, win. hit a three-run homer in the fourth Bob Welch, 19-4 lifetime against inning that made it 5-1 and ended any the Giants and 6-0 at Candlestick suspense. Park, will pitch for Oakland in Game Don Rickey Henderson went 3-for-3 3 Tuesday night against Robinson, who has not started since withick a walk and noww has reached3for d Set25 base in 20 of 32 postseason plate Sept. 25. appearances. From the start, Oakland did what Mike Moore, Rick Honeycutt and it needed to do while the Giants did Dennis Eckersley held the Giants to not. four hits, one day after Dave Stewart Henderson drew a leadoff walk -an shut them out on just five. San open invitation to trouble! - stole Francisco's only consolation came in second and scored on Carney ending a 23-inning scoreless World Lansford's double. Series streak that began in 1962. Will Clark and Kevin Mitchell, meanwhile, did not come through for Jose Canseco again didn't hit the San Francisco. They went 0-for-6 ball - he did walk twice - but the with runners in scoring position early Athletics didn't need him. He got in the game when the Giants had a nothing in two at-bats and is hitless chance, after hitting a combined .343 in 23 World Series at-bats; the record in similar situations during the slump is 0-for-31 by Detroit's Marvin season. They were a combined 1-for- Owen in the 1930s. 8 for the game with Mitchell reaching Rickey Henderson went 3-for-3 for Oakland during Sunday's game. (AP For the Giants, a dangerous on a single in the fourth inning. laserphoto) Johnny Bailey breaks Tony Dorsett -' NCAA rushing record EDMOND, Okla. (AP) - The Bailey also caught two passes for as A&I, ranked second in NCAA banged his right knee on 'the pursuit of his boyhood idol's NCAA 60 yards in the Javelinas' 41-0 Division II, took a 14-0 halftime 8-yarder. career rushing record is over. Now victory, giving him 232 yards of total lead. Then he went 49 yards for a "When I came out, the coach Texas A&I tailback Johnny Bailey offense. He has 7,506 all-purpose touchdown on the Javelinas' first wanted to keep me out," he said. "But just wants a return to normalcy. yards in his career, 117 shy of the possession of the second half, leaving it was just 2 yards (to break the "This record is something great to record held by Kenny Gamble of him 33 yards short of Dorsett's mark. record), and I said 'No coach, I want me, it means a lot," Bailey said Colgate. fo 18 to go on in there right now.' So he Saturday night. "But as I leave this Whether Bailey can move closer to Bailey carried five times fo1 returned, and quarterback Rod room, I want everything to end about that mark this week is uncertain. He yapping o the nexwithpohssesfu Brown called the play - I Left 48 this record. I want more people sprained his right knee on the carry cppin t dr Sweep coming to me talking about the team, prior to his record-breaker and met touchdown, a 3-yarder. Sweep. not just Johnny Bailey." the media afterward wearing a brace. "I knew I was getting closer and right side and gained 4 yards before Trouble is, people are likely to Neither Bailey nor Coach Ron closer by the way the coaches were being pushed out of bounds 3:05 left keep talking about him as he Harms thought the injury was severe, calling the plays," Bailey said. "Every in the third quarter. continues through his senior season. "A lot of it's up to Johnny," Harms other play they were calling my play, The public address announcer told His 172 rushing yards Saturday night said. "I'd say he might be out a week. and I felt it was getting closer and the crowd of 3,300 what Bailey had against Central State gave him 6,085 I'd be surprised if it was more than closer." done. for his career, eclipsing the record of that. " 6,082 Tony Dorsett set at Pittsburgh Bailey carried 16 times for 88 yards On the Javelinas' next possession, His teammates swarmed Bailey, from 1973-76. and two touchdowns in the first half Bailey carried for 5 and 8 yards. He then lifted him to their shoulders.

Soviets overwhelm opposition College football results

in gymnastic championships BThe Associated Press How the Associated Press Top Twenty Five college football teams fared STUTTGART, West Germany The United States made a Saturday: (AP) - The Soviet Union promising start in the women's 1trea overwhelmed the opposition competition, reaching a provisional I. Notre Dame (6-0-0) beat No. 17 Air Force 41-27 Saturday to build healthy leads in the fourth place on the strength ofCarrol 2. Miami, Fla. (6-0-0) beat San Jose State 48/16 men's and women's team events Michelle Stack's performance. Kim 3. Colorado (6-0-0) beat Iowa State 52-17 during the first session of the Kelly took 10th place. The best U.S. 4. Nebraska (6-0-0) beat Missouri 50-7 compulsory exercises at the World hope, national champion Brandy 5. Michigan (4-1-0) beat No. 21 Michigan State 10-7 Gymnastics Championships. Johnson, anchors the team Monday. 6. Tennessee (5-0-0) did not play After three of the six gymnasts on Elena Sazonenkova, a rookie on 7. Arkansas (5-0-0) beat Texas Tech 45-13 each team completed their series, the the international scene, thrilled a 8. Houston (4-1-0) lost to Texas A&M 17-13 Soviet men scored 174.800 points out meager crowd of 500 at the Hanns- 9. Pittsburgh (5-0-1) beat Navy 31-14 of 180 and already led by a huge Martin-Schleyer-Halle and scored 10. Southern Cal (4-1-0) beat California 31-15 margin, best in all four apparatus events 11. Alabama (5-0-0) beat Southwest Louisiana 24-17 China trailed by 3.1 points and Saturday. She totaled 39.399 out of 12. Auburn (4-1-0) beat Louisiana State 10-6 Japan by 4.8. 40 points. Svetlana Baitova followed 13. North Carolina State (6-0-0) did not play Led by Valentin Moguilni, the with 39.087. The two Soviets were 14 Clemson (5-2-0) lost to Georgia Tech 30-14 Soviets took the top three places and the only competitors to break the 39- were in an ideal position to retain the point mark. 15. Oklahoma (4-2-0) lost to Texas 28-24 world championship. Defending all-around champion 16, Illinois (4-1-0) beat Purdue 14-2 With a third of the women's Aurelia Dobre had a disastrous start 17. Air Force (6-1-0) lost to No. I Notre Dame 41-27 compulsory series completed, the when she fell off the uneven bars. She tie. Washington State (5-1-0) beat Stanford 31-13 Soviets led with 78.486 points out of totalled 38.212 as Romania slumped 19. Florida State (4-2-0) beat Virginia Tech 41-7 80. China was second with 77.849 to third place. 20. West Virginia (4-1-1) did not play and defending champion Romania Chen Cuiteng of China was third 21. Michigan State (2-3-0) lost to No. S Michigan 10-7 was third with 77.062. with 38.999, edging Romanian 22. UCLA (3-3-0) lost to Arizona 42-7 With reigning European Lacramioara Filip by .149. 23. Penn St. (5-1-0) beat Syracuse 34-12 champion Svetlana Boginskaya still The men's compulsory team 24. South Carolina (4-1-1) did not play to come, the Soviets appeared on excercises end Sunday, the women's 25. Brigham Young (5-1-0) beat Colorado State 45/16 their way to reclaiming the title they Monday. They are followed by the tie. Florida (5-1-0) beat Vanderbilt 34-11 lost two years ago in Rotterdam. optionals Tuesday and Wednesday. Times 8 Oct.Tropic 16, 1989 East Germany's leader may be forced to resign BERLIN (UPI) - About 20,000 pro-democracy movement and offered conciliatory statements fundamental change, while at the people have resigned from East Honecker repeatedly rejected the advocating change and has released same time stressing continuity of his Germany's Communist Party amid type of reforms that have swept the demonstrators from jail. brand of staunch communism. increasing pressure for reform and Soviet Union, Poland and Hungary. On Friday, Honecker also A pro-democracy group Saturday speculation that the country's But since then the government has switched policies and called for held its first national coordination hardline communist leader will be meeting in East Berlin despite official forced to resign, it was reported warnings the gathering was illegal, Sunday. sources said. The daily Bild newspaper said the The sources said the group, New party's Central Committee will hold Forum, formed just over one month an extraordinary session Thursday ago, had already collected 25,000 or Friday to discuss the crisis in East signatures of support. Germany and the future of several \ Although New Forum was initially leading Politburo members. condemned by the authorities, East Germany's leader, 77-year- recently regional government old Erich Honecker, may be forced officials and leaders linked to the to resign, the newspaper said. It said Communist Party have reportedly the committee may also force out planned meetings with New Forum other hardline government leaders, members to discuss their demands. including Erich Mielke of the State The escalation of the pro- Security police who was involved in democracy movement has been violently crushing widespread pro- seemingly fueled by a massive democracy demonstrations a week migration to the West that started ago. Sept. 11, when Hungary opened its Quoting sources in East Berlin, the western borders to thousands of East Bild said the Central Committee and German refugees. the Politburo were "flooded" with Border officials said 34,139 East resolutions and demands for change Germans had migrated through from party and workers' Hungary by Sunday. In addition, organizations. thousands more were evacuated to It said 20,000 people have resigned West Germany on East German in the past two weeks from the trains from Poland and Socialist Unity Party of Germany - Czechoslovakia, bringing to more the ruling communist party - which than 50,000 the number of East has about 2.2 million members. Germans who have fled their country East Germany has faced one of its in recent weeks. worst crises in its 40-year history, More than 1,000 more East marked by a massive migration to the WAITING -- A group of about 100 East Germans still wait outside the West German refugees in Poland were West, a mushro om ing pro - German consulate in Budapest. One of them reads a West German tabloid with granted permission to leave to the democracy movement and the headline: "Dadwe arefree"and tells a story about asuccessful defection of West and were told they must widespread demonstrations. East Germans to the west via the Hungarian-Austrian border. (AP emigrate in small groups, starting Authorities first tried to crush the Laserphoto) today.

Two killed in F/16 crash Executions for many 'common

FORT WORTH, Texas(UPI)- "Operational Readiness crlm nais still occurring in Ir=n An Air Force Reserve F/16 jet Inspection." fighter on a training mission ATHENS, Greece (UPI) -Iran has The report said that as of May this exploded in flight and crashed on Norton said the Air Force executed at least 48 people in the last year some 78 cases were reported in an Air Force base runway Reserve fighter was assigned to few days, including 41 convicted the official media of people being Sunday, killing both aboard, a the 944th Tactical Fighter Group drug traffickers, after a nearly two- stoned to death, mainly for sex military spokesman said. at Luke Air Force Base near month lull in mass executions, offenses. Lt. Stephen Norton, spokes- Phoenix, Ariz. The fighter was Tehran residents reached by man for Carswell Air Force Base, enroute from the Dallas Naval Air telephone said Sunday. Amnesty said reports were still i oceBsc Station excuios whel mn n so uno oiia said the pilot and another man Station. The latest executions, which prisoners being secretly executed in died in the crash. The identities of Norton said the F/16 was the brought the total number of people Iran. the fatalities were not disclosed. only aircraft involved, saying hanged or stoned to death in Iran to There were no injuries on the earlier reports that it hit a parked at least 1,466 this year, were reported ground, officials said. B-52 bomber were erroneous. in the state-controlled Tehran The crash occurred at 9 a.m. Norton said an Air Force newspaper Ettelaat. M IA r CDT during war games called investigation will be conducted. The official Islamic Republic o News Agency apparently did not finally bur ed carry a report of the executions. IRA obtains top secret documents The residents, who asked not to be FARMINGTON, Wash. (UPI) identified, said the executions were -- Nearly two decades after Air DUBLIN, Ireland (UPI) - Top Northern Ireland troubles began." carried out about a week ago in Force Capt. Larry Alan Trimble secret British intelligence documents For more than 20 years, the IRA Tehran and in nine other Iranian was shot down over North on undercover operations by MI5 has attempted to oust British troops cities, and inluded three women. Vietnam, Farmington's only and M16 agents against the Irish from mostly Protestant Northern The Ettelaat report said 10 casualty in the Vietnam War was Republic Army in West Germany Ireland so it can be united with the convicted drug traffickers were buried. were obtained by the IRA, an Irish mostly Catholic Irish Republic. executed in Tehran's Qasr Prison, Trimble's remains were among newspaper said Sunday. The documents, written between where common criminals are held, the 28 recently returned by Dublin's Sunday Tribune said the October 1983 and January 1984 by and 31 others in nine provincial Vietnam. documents name undercover Irish the West German headquarters of cities, including Shiraz and Qom. More than 300 people gathered agents working for the MI5 in West the British Services Security Besides the drug traffickers, seven at the Garfield City Cemetary Germany as well as other agents. Operation, include the names and people were executed in Karaj after Saturday to honor the one man Sinn Fein, the political arm of the duties of MI5 officers, their West being convicted in Islamic courts of this small farm town in southeast IRA, has threatened to name the German counterparts and eight armed robbery. Washington lost to the war. agents in its weekly newspaper actual or potential intelligence "We got him home after 17 Thursday. sources, the newspaper said. MI5 Since early this year, Iran has years. The wondering is over," The documents also detail how the and M16 are the main branches of the hanged at least 1,224 people said Foy Trimble, who knew agents were handled convicted in special Islamic courts nothing of his son's remains until by their British British secret service. frdu rfikn.Aohr22 ti umr intelligence supervisers and how they In one of the IRA's most serious have been hanged or stoned to death this summer. conducted surveillance. attacks in West Germany, 31 men for crimes that included murder, a Alatri The newspaper said the documents were wounded March 23, 1987, when ar rome ap and other Oakesdale salutatorian in 1965 may have helped the IRA carry out a 300-pound car bomb exploded offenses. an versite washcgren bombings and killings against British outside an officers' mess hall at State Unviersity, was declared a soldiers and their families in West British Army headquarters in the The London-based human rights casualty of the war in 1973 after he Germany. Rhine. organization Amnesty International, disappeared in combat over Dong The Sunday Tribune said the leak The IRA also claimed re- in a report published in June, Hoi on April 15, 1972. of the documents is "one of the most sponsibility for the July 13, 1988, included Iran among the countries He received full military honors serious and damaging security lapses bombing of British military barracks where common criminals were still at his burial, by British authorities since the in Duisberg, wounding nine solders. being executed in large numbers.