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Page 6AFhe Battalion/Friday August 9,1985 WORLD AND NATION Two Americans killed Air base site of car bomb Associated Press FRANKFURT, West Germany — A car Filled with explosives blew up at a U.S. air base outside Frankfurt on Thursday, killing two Americans — an airman and a woman civilian. Authorities said more than 20 Americans were injured. The Federal Criminal Office said it was seeking a dozen members of the leftist Red Army Faction terror ist group in connection with the bombing, at the Rhein-Main base. In Washington, White House spokesman Larry Speakes said, “Pre liminary information available to us here indicates a violent, radical group has targeted our military and other Western service personnel, as well as innocent civilians, for acts of violence.” Kurt Rebmann, West Germany’s chief federal prosecutor, said the ex plosives were planted in a ear with forged American Forces license plates. The bomb went off at 7:15 a.m. (1:15 a.m. EDT) in a parking lot as base personnel were reporting for work. The blast blew out scores of win dows in the headquarters building of the 435th Tactical Airlift Wing and a nearby dormitory, damaged or de stroyed dozens of automobiles and ripped a hole one yard deep and two yards wide in the ground. The U.S. military’s European Command headquarters in Stuttgart identified one of the dead as Airman 1st Class Frank H. Scarton, 19, of Woodhaven, Mich. The military said in a telex that Scarton, a member of the 437th Military Airlift Wing, was on temporary duty at Rhein-Main. The military said the second vic tim was a civilian woman, but de clined to further identify her pen ding notification of her family. West German police said she was an American. The statement from the military said that “more than 20 people” were treated in connection with the blast. It said at least two of the in jured remained hospitalized, but gave no conditions for them. Security was immediately tight ened at the sprawling facility of 4,000 Air Force personnel six miles outside Frankfurt. “The circumstances of the attack point to the Red Army Faction,” Rebmann said of the car bomb. The terrorist gang has been responsible for numerous attacks against North Atlantic Treaty Organization and U.S. military facilities in West Ger many. Late Thursday, the West German Federal Criminal Office released a statement naming 12 Red Army Fac tion members being sought in the bombing. West Germany’s chief govern ment spokesman, Friedhelm Ost, said that West Germany would use all legal methods available to “find and punish the murderers.” Entrance to Rhein-Main, one of the major U.S. Air Force bases in Europe, is strictly controlled with identification card checks. About 40 West German federal police aided U.S. military investiga tors in a probe near the bomb site. Pope tries to reconcile culture with religious teaching in Africa Associated Press The bombing followed predic tions by West German authorities in a recent report that the Red Army Faction was planning a new wave of attacks against military and civilian targets in West Germany. An estimated 254,000 American troops are stationed in West Ger many. LOME, Togo — Pope John Paul II embarked on his third trip to Af rica Thursday, encouraging the con tinent’s Ghristians to hold on to the “wisdom” of their native culture while embracing church teaching. The first stop on his seven-nation tour was Lome, the capital of Togo, where ocean breezes fluttered the pope’s white robes and the flowing, multicolored tunics of the thousands of faithful who greeted him warmly. The state television commentator said “the entire Togolese nation wishes the pope a hearty welcome in cluding our ancestors buried deep underground.” Among the diplomats who greeted the pope after he arrived at Lome Airport was North Korean Ambassador Kim Yang-Fang. Vati can officials said it was the first such gesture ever by a North Korean voy. The Vatican has no diploma*! lations with the ComniuniStjSj which lias banned Western relijie; The pope has said major of* lives of the 12-day trip —hisf and longest journey to Africa-l to consolidate the church’s gain conversion and improve telaim with Moslems. Reagan signs bill giving U.S. aid to Nicaraguan rebels Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Reagan signed a $25.4 billion for eign aid bill Thursday, saying he was “particularly pleased” it provides for the resumption of U.S. aid to the re bels in Nicaragua. But Reagan also criticized the measure — the first such legislation passed by Congress in four years — as offering “substantial reductions” in military assistance, a development he termed “disappointing.” The bill authorizes $12.7 billion in foreign aid for each of the next two years. It authorizes foreign aid spending in scores of developing na tions around the world but awards the largest amounts to Israel and Egypt. Not since 1981 were both houses of Congress able to agree on foreign aid spending authority. Attempts at passage always broke up over policy disputes, forcing the Reagan admin istration to use stop-gap financing measures for foreign aid. The bill Reagan signed into law includes spending authority of $3 billion for Israel for each of the two years, plus a one-time infusion of $1.5 billion in emergency economic aid. Egypt will get S2.1 billion for each year plus $500 million in emer gency economic aid. 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