| Show fA The Sait Lake Tribune Sunday September 4 Congressman To Meet Burma Heads V J 'M - i rt RANGOON Burma (AP) — US Rep Stephen J Solarz said Saturday he would meet with government and opposition leaders to see how the United States ran encouraee democracy after 26 years of authoritarian rule Small groups of protesters met in the capital but there w ere no rallies after a week of major demonstrations against the rule of the Burma Socialist Program Party ' I ve come in order to assess the situation and its implications for American interest in the region” Solans said after arriving Saturday in Rangoon He was reached by telephone from Bangkok Thailand Solarz said he wanted to see what if anything the United States can do to facilitate the peaceful emergence of a genuine democracy Sources said Solarz would meet separately with President Maung with Aung Gyi Burma s Maung dissident who was recently freed from a month’s detention and with Tin Oo a former deto fense minister who lead calls for multi party democracy Solarz D-- Y cnairs the Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee He has spoken out against repressive policies of former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Khmer Rouge and the ultra-radicthat ruled Cambodia until 1978 Diplomats say the international community has limited influence over Burma because it is a strictly neutralist nation w ithout close allies Burma also is extremely sensitive to what it considers to be foreign No Repeat of Air Tragedy US Vows to Germany I9it8 Y fi I r - 4 ' ' Sfc ! Mr air-sho- - -- $ s" 8' ns LfifSU one-part- y best-know- n r J Kevin Costelloe Associated Press Writer RAMSTEIN West Germanv — Mourners at a memorial sen ice for the victims of the Ramstein disaster wept Saturday as the U S ambassador promised that the tragedy would not be repeated The death toll from the Aug 28 accident reached 51 when a young West German died in a hospital in Ludwigsburg officials said miles The service took place from the Ramstein U S Air Force Base where an Italian air force stunt team jet collided with two other jets and crashed into a crowd of specta tors More than 160 people remain hospitalized many of them m serious condition with severe burns Relatives of the victims wept uncontrollably throughout the service which included the funeral march from Beethoven’s Third Symphony West German President Rmhard von Weizsaecker led the memorial service televised live nationwide Two elderly women who appeared nearly unable to walk because of grief were helped to their seats in a section reserved for members of victims families As about 500 West German and American mourners entered the red brick Church of St Nicholas a light rain fell on about 15 protesters from a local womens peace group The skies usually filled with the roar of warplanes heading to the air base were quiet and empty "I promise you that we will learn from events and we will ensure that’ such a tragedy is never repeated the U S ambassador to West Germany Richard Burt told mourners in this southwestern German town Since the accident many West Germans have criticized the the United States for allowing danger L'v f u y r i & hKI ' " r jf A t aff ir' v V WHMlll —Associated Press Loserooio Mourners gather at a memorial service victims A govern- for Ramstein ment spokesman says 20 of the 160 still burns hospitalized have air-sho- w Soviets Mapped Out a Plan to Fool the West MOSCOW (AP) — Roads rivers and towns were moved or removed on Soviet maps for 50 years by order of the secret police who were trying to throw off aerial bombers and spits Hit Soviet Ufliuu s top Cuitog-raphe- r said Those inaccuracies are now being corrected said the cartographer Viktor R Yashchenko “People didn’t recognize their own Yashchenko homeland on maps told the government newspaper Iz ics tia m an interview published Fri‘ day Tourists in vain tried to orient themselves to locations " Yashchenko head of the government s Main Directorate of Geodet- - ics and Cartography said the falsifi cations began in the 1930s under dictator Josef Stalin and continued until this year Stalin's policy of revising historical records to suit his political needs has been severely criticized under Soviet leader Mikhail S Gorbachev But Yashchenko imp’ied criticism of every successor of Stalin in saying that skew ing of maps continued even after Gorbachev took power in March 1985 Gorbachev has promoted a policy of "giasnost’ or openess that has uncovered previously taboo subjects known m the Soviet Union as “blank spots " d ’ Yashchenko said the blank spots were overwhelming and that they began when his agency was put under the control of the NKVD the predecessor of the KGB state security apparatus The atmosphere of mistrust and espionage was reflected on the production of cartographers as well he told Izvestia Orders would come down for cartographers to remove from maps certain locations or change those of others he recalled to reUnder Stalin airbru'-hmmove the faces of purged “enemies of the people" w as routine and references to such disgraced figures were removed from books newspapers and magazines on maps ‘ two-hou- r ous stunt flying at its annual Ram-teimilitary air show West Germany and its NATO allies have since suspended military air show s in West Germany Burt recalled several examples of bravery and willingness to help that followed the world s worst air show disaster German and Dozens of American medical personnel rushed to volunteer their services" he said Sixty French soldiers traveled here together to donate blood Two medics themselves bleeding victims of the crash their clothes burned off (heir backs worked together to res cue other- - even more severely in n off-dut- y jured Evewitnesses earlier spoke of a US’ helicopter ciew that touched down virtually in the middle of the inferno Bernhard Vogel governor of the West German state where Ramstein is located told the mourners: "Ram stein must not become synonymous with catastrophe" The Rev Helmut Pflanz the local Roman Catholic priest opfned the ‘ service and said Pain an sorrow are tearing at the hearts of so many people We are praying for the dead fcspecial-Iand injured of the tragedy ’’ for the children The church on the main street of this tow a of 7000 people is named after iljc patron saint of children Two of the dead were Americans — a US Army private and her son Rhineland-Palatmatgtate government spokesman Jueren Dietzen said about 20 of the hospitalized are v e suffering from g burns Pope John Paul II sent a telegram for the expressing "deep sympathy relatives of the victims " Bishop Schlembach of nearby bpeyer announced An-to- KEYBOARD & ORGAN CLASSES HOW FORMING 4 WEEKS OF INSTRUCTIONS ©ST MAKING MUSIC FOR FUN AND RELAXATION hotoy otter so much toy at playing a muster instalment If you vt saeretty wished you could make your own music this it your opportunity Enron now and weH have you playing in 4 weeks1 AH music instruction and private practice facilities are included in the smalt tee RHONE OR VISIT OUR KEYBOARD DEPT (You need ENROU NOW not own on organ) for beginning Adults ONL Sears Downtown ONLY No - 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