Gift offhe PanamaCanal Museum the Troic Times Vol. 11, No. 39 Quarry Heights, Republic of Panama Oct. 30, 1989 Briefs Ortega stuns summit leaders Riots injure 125 by Douglas Tweedale cheering Costa Ricans chanted, But Arias, who won the 1987 HARRISBURG, Pa. - Gov. "Oscar, Oscar," and gave Bush aloud Nobel peace prize for his efforts to Robert P. Casey said Saturday he SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (UPI) _ cheer during the ceremony, which end fighting in Central America, will appoint an independent Nicaraguan President Daniel Arias said served the dual purpose of refused to be cowed by the security commission to determine the Ortega, who stunned the Western closing the summit and dedicating worries and addressed the crowd cause of three days of rioting that Hemispheric summit by declaring an the new Democracy.Square. from a microphone placed in front of destroyed much of a central end to the cease-fire in his country, Bush and 11 of the 14 other heads the bulletproof enclosure. Pennsylvania state prison and left said Saturday he will reinstate the of government who attended the When presidents Julio Sanguinetti nearly 125 people injured. The truce if the U.S. Congress cuts off aid summit stood behind bullet-proof of Uruguay and Carlos Menem of governor, in his first public to the Contra rebels. glass on the balcony of San Jose's Argentina pointedly stepped out of appearance since the incident, At a news conference on the National Museum for most of the the enclosure to wave to the crowd, said at a news conference that it second and final day of the summit, 45-minute ceremony, because of Bush joined them and got a loud was too early to determine what Ortega said his government was concern about a possible terrorist cheer. caused the uprising, ending its 19-month-old unilateral attack by the powerful Medellin drug In a brief speech celebrating the Rican cease-fire because of increased cartel of Colombia. Ortega did not 100th anniversary of Costa attacks by the Contras, who receive appear at the ceremony. democracy, Arias avoided any No reminder needed about $4 million in U.S. non-lethal mention of the Ortega controversy SAN FRANCISCO - A humanitarian aid each month. which effectively upstaged his World Series tribute, a Tongan Ortega said he would not attempt to hold a hemispheric funeral, a piece of weakened announce the date on which the summit dedicated to peace, freeway crushing an empty house cease-fire would end until after he democracy and regional problems and tiny quivering aftershocks returns to Nicaragua, apparently like debt and drug trafficking. reminded northern Californians leaving himself time to negotiate with Bush earlier called Ortega's Saturday that they're still living in other leaders, announcement "an offense to the the aer o a ma The summit, which was so clearly president of Costa Rica" because of earthquake. No reminder was overshadowed by Ortega's the way it interfered with an necessary for thousands of bombshell announcements and otherwise smooth, if uneventful, displaced people lined up for food President George Bush's spirited summit. under sunny skies Saturday at San response, ended shortly before noon En route back to Washington from Francisco churches, shelters in Saturday with a colorful ceremony Costa Rica with Bush, a senior U.S. Oakland, and at a huge "tent city" hosted by Costa Rican President administration official said Arias for the homeless in Santa Cruz Oscar Arias at a downtown plaza. was "shocked" and felt "very much County. A crowd of several thousand Daniel Ortega betrayed" by Ortega's announcement. Democracy Now Aloha Island Air flight disappears BERLIN - One of East Germany's fledgling opposition KAUNAKAKAT, Hawaii (UPI) - the plane as 2 miles from the channel between Maui and Molokai groups Saturday demanded free A commuter plane with 20 people northeastern tip of Molokai, Aloha as well as along the north shores of elections and a plebiscite next year aboard disappeared Saturday night spokeswoman Stephanie Ackerman the islands. They were also to let East Germans decide during a flight between the islands of said. conducting a "track line search" whether the Communist Party Maui and Molokai, a state airports "The Federal Aviation Admin- along the aircraft's intended flight should keep its dominant role in official said. istration has said that it last made path. the government. The Democracy Aloha Island Air flight 1712 left (radio) contact with the aircraft in The plane was to fly from Kahului Now organization said in a Kahului Airport on the island of mid-channel between Maui and the nerwaso yf Kaui statement the socialist system in Maui for the 47-mile flight at 6:25 Molokai," Ackerman said. on the north shore of Maui East Germany has to be based on p.m. and was to arrive at Molokai The plane was carrying an northwest across the Pailolo channel the will of the majority and not on Airport at 7 p.m., Transportation emergency beacon but no signal was to Cape Halawa on the northeastern the Communist Party's claim to Department spokeswoman Marilyn reported, Coast Guard officials said. tip of Molokai, Aloha spokeswoman the dominant role. Kali said. Two Coast Guard HH-65 Stephanie Ackerman said. Police, crowd clash The twin-engine DHC Twin Otter helicopters and a C-130 aircraft were The flight was then slated to fly a disappeared with 18 passengers and joined by two Coast Guard cutters in mile offshore across the north coast PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia - two pilots aboard. searching between the islands of the island to the isolated Riot police clashed with a crowd The pilots and 14 passengers were Saturday night. Two Aloha settlement of Kalauapapa, where it of more than 5,000 people from Hawaii, 13 from Molokai and Island Air planes were to join the stt n ot a nd fhy a s shouting "Freedom, freedom" one from Maui, the airline said. Two effort at daybreak. was to turn southwest and fly across and "We want another of the passengers were from "The search is being hampered by the island to the airport. government" during a rally Philadelphia and two from Houston, low clouds and poor visibility," Ackerman said such flights are not Saturday marking the 71st officials said. Ackerman said. tracked on radar beyond Cape anniversary of the founding of Radar last recorded the position of Search aircraft flew over the 9-mile Halawa because of the terrain. Czechoslovakia. State-run Czechoslovak television said 250 Earthauake measuring 6.5 rocks Japan persons were arrested during five En hours of skirmishes with police. TOKYO (UPI) - An earthquake city of Sanriku, about 280 miles were reported in Ofunato, just south measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale north of Tokyo, a spokesman at the of Sanriku, but they were only about Time falls back rocked northern Japan on Sunday Japan Earthquake Center said. five inches high. A tsunami warning COROZAL (Tropic Times) - and touched off several small The earthquake, which occurred at was lifted after officials determined Most U.S. residents moved their tsunami waves but there were no 2:26 p.m., measured 6.5 on the the waves were too small to cause any clocks back one hour Sunday at 2 Richter scale, a magnitude capable of damage. a.m., as Standard Time went into reports of damage or injuries, causing severe damage, but was No aftershocks were felt following effect. As a result, some live SCN officials said. located in a sparsely populated area, the earthquake and there were no programs will now be seen one The center of the earthquake was the spokesman said. reports of serious damage or injuries, hour later. off the Pacific coast near the small Sea waves, known as tsunami, the spokesman said. TT publishes Thur. Passenger ferry sinks with 170 on board COROZAL (Tropic Times) - BANGKOK, Thailand (UPI) - A west of the capital, sank in a warship Sagu attempted to rescue Because Friday, Nov. 3, Panama's double-decked passenger ferry with "maelstrom" at about 9:15 p.m. survivors of the disaster. Independence Day is a holiday more than 170 people aboard sank in Saturday. It was only 2 miles from its "Of the more than 170 passengers, observed by U.S. agencies here, a whirlpool in Burma, killing four destination. rescue operations have so far saved the regular Wednesday and and leaving more than 60 people The location of Dedaye indicated the lives of 104 passengers and have Friday editions will not be missing, Rangoon radio reported the boat sank in one of the branches recovered 4 corpses," the radio said. published. Instead, the Tropic Sunday. of the Irrawaddy River that empty "Search and rescue efforts are Times will be published Thursday, The radio said the privately-owned into the Andaman Sea. continuin d reshe morts 60 Nov. 2. "Wiza Tun," on a voyage from continuing for the more than 60 Rangoon to Dedaye, about 80 miles Local officials and the naval missing passengers." Tropic Times Oct. 30, 1989 U.S. news 6 more bodies FBI disagrees with Navy investigation found at plant WASHINGTON,(Reuter) - The FBI has discovered no evidence to PASADENA, Texas (UPI) -- Six support a key Navy finding about the more bodies were found late blast that killed 47 crewmen aboard Friday and Saturday in the the USS Iowa in April, the charred wreckage of a Phillips Washington Post reported Friday. Petroleum Co. plant, bringing the The Post, quoting officials, said total number of bodies recovered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to 13 with nine other workers had found nothing to suggest there missing and feared dead.