European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 03, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday september 3, 1977 . Again has a Man in Havana  up the . Now has a representative in Havana for the first time in nearly 17 years. With toasts of Welcome with cuban rum and Budweiser Beer the . Thursday opened an interest Section in Havana working under a Swiss Flag in the old embassy building surrounded by dust Rusty pipes and a time capsule of Memorabilia. Both . And cuban officials made speeches but almost were drowned out by the hammering and banging of cuban workmen trying to repair the stately build ing on male con Boulevard overlooking the sea and a soviet tracking ship in the Harbor. The entire Havana diplomatic corps plus 120 cubans turned out for a reception in the Patio of the old embassy. Prime min ister Fidel Castro did not attend. The ranking cubans who attended were Marcelo Fernandez the minister for for eign Commerce and Pelegrin Torras vice minister for foreign affairs. Torras spoke for the cubans. This is not the time to Analyse the prob lems existing Between the . And Cuba he said. Over the past 16 years there have been Many problems. The pending prob lems Are not easy to  but if we solve them As we have fishing maritime boundaries and the interest Sec Tion these problems cannot help but be solved  Lyle Lane chief of the new special inter est Section spoke for the . As close neighbors Cuba and the . Share important interests but we will also face major problems in our relations some of Long standing Lane said. To find solutions to these problems will take time As Well As Mutual efforts Goodwill and increased  there were no flags and no air condition ing. Diplomats ranging from the chinese to the africans to the Swiss hosts stood in line 500 to 600 guests crammed Elbow to Elbow in sweltering heat perspiration running Down their faces to shake hands with the americans and say Welcome  at one Point there was a great crash from the direction where the cuban work men were hammering. No one even looked. Chunks of plaster littered the floor and several windows were broken not by rocks the Swiss caretakers said but from High winds from the sea. The wading Pool in the Garden was boarded Over and the pipes had rusted. Dust was everywhere on the stairs the filing cabinets the floor. When one guest patted the Cushion on a sofa he was Sud Denly engulfed in a Cloud of dust. The sole communications Are a simple Telegraph line to state department. Lane sent the first message wednesday. It said i arrived and i assumed charge of the . Interest Section in  on a tour of the embassy earlier the americans found what one called a time capsule of Memorabilia from the late 1950s and Early 60s. There was a soft drink machine that took Nickels some Dusty photos of the late president Dwight d. Eisenhower and some movie reels of the 1961 Rose bowl game. The . Diplomats have been assigned housing by the cuban government. Lane was supposed to move into the old . Ambassador s residence but he said that Virtu ally no work has been done on it since the last ambassador left it in january 1961. It will need quite a bit of refurbishing i Don t know where i m going to live  we re Halfway camping out Lane said we be got Good support from the tuna weighs More than boat Porto empedocle Italy a an Angler caught a 763-Pound tuna fish in the tyrrhenian off this tuscan Ian resort town after a Long Battle that threatened to Cap size his boat. The fish weighed More than the boat. Cuban Side. We go to them for everything from carpenters to  among the technicians brought in by the americans was a repairman from the Otis elevator co. But the new tenants will not need an elevator operator. Everardo Herrada 71, has operated the embassy building elevator since 1942. He stayed on when the americans left and the Swiss moved in. He said his wife had fled history being made in Havana exchanging greetings at the opening of the . Interest Section in Havana Are Pelegrin Torras left Cuba s vice minister for foreign affairs and Lyle Lane who is in charge of the new Amer Good for minor cases ican office. In the Center is Swiss ambassador to Cuba Etie Nive Serra whose country has been handling . Inter ests in Cuba since the 1961 closing of the embassy. A photo soviet people s court wins Burger s Praise Leningrad user up Accord ing to . Chief Justice Warren Burger it May not be a bad idea exploring the possibility of introducing the soviet Peoples court system in the . But Only i minor cases. This Peoples court system is very effective the chief Justice said in a rare interview thursday. Regarding minor  handled by the complexities of . Courts it is worthwhile  the soviet Peoples courts Are composed of a troika of judges one professional and two laymen who serve for a period of two years. There is no jury trial. Burger Here on a nine Day tour of the soviet Union at an invitation extended by soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev in 1972, said the Peoples court system has been under study for quite a while in the  he also advocated that american prisoners be paid the going rate for work done while in jail. Room and Board however should be taken away from their salary also at the going  on the soviet Union in general Burger said he was amazed at the restoration work of Leningrad s historic structures. People Here take a tremendous Pride in the russian  the chief Justice said american Small claims courts Are sup posed to work in a roughly similar Way As the soviet Peoples courts but then top rate lawyers arrive and the next thing you know an elaborate jury trial is  As i said this Peoples court system May be effective in a minor court and the american bar association is currently examining where to draw the line Between minor and major cases he said. He said a solution has to be found to alleviate the already overworked american courts. In the big cities court cases Are sometimes backlogged from four to  the russian system of using one professional judge and two laymen is very effective Burger said. They also use this same system when it comos to serious cases that we could never use under  the two assistant judges in soviet courts Are sort of a jury according to Bur or but they also participate in the trial As court officials and have the right to question both the defense and prosecution. The dissident question aside Burger said the soviet Union s civil Law system is comparable favourably with any system anywhere. I Amby its to the . At the time of the 159 revolution and he did not know where she was. Was he Happy that the americans were Back Estoy Encanado he replied. I am  Kappler Tell their Story to Magazine Bonn up Herbert Kappler the former nazi police chief in Rome who escaped from Italy two weeks ago is hiding out in the Home of friends near the North German town of Soltau he disclosed in a Magazine article published thursday. Kappler wasted by cancer is confined to bed but the wife who freed him from a Rome military Hospital goes shopping daily in Soltau using various disguises the Magazine reported. The Kappler told their Story to the weekly West German picture Magazine Bunte Illus Trieste which began publishing it thursday. I still am fleeing but i have returned to the Homeland for which i longed for More than 30 years Kappler said. I owe it All to the person i love above All Anne Liese Kappler my  the Magazine published photographs of the Mountain climbing equipment mrs. Kappler said she used to lower the 70-year old convicted War criminal from his third floor Hospital room around Midnight aug.15. Once safely on the ground he hid in the trunk of mrs. Kappler s automobile and was driven to Germany where Legal authorities said he faces no charges. Varied disguises the Magazine published photographs of a Bald mrs. Kappler wearing some of the 12 wigs and eyeglasses she uses As Dis guises. She also is shown in a Man s suit and hat sitting behind the wheel of her automobile. The article described As ridiculous nonsense the official italian explanation that mrs. Kappler smuggled her husband out of the Hospital in a wardrobe trunk. She said she used a 49-Yard-Long Mountaineer s rope and Belt with shoulder sup ports to lower him from the guarded Hospital room. I did it All alone she wrote. And i had no other motive but love for my Hus band who after 32 years in Arisen in my opinion has the right to die in  Kappler who is said to Vei i Only 119 pounds was being treated in the Rome Hospital for intestinal cancer. The Maga Zine published a photograph of a Man with a Gray Beard lying in bed with mrs. Kappler sitting on the Edge beside him. The Magazine said they were living in a House of friends near Soltau where mrs. Kappler s father had been the local nazi party Boss. Mrs. Kappler a 53-year-old Lay medical practitioner said she decided to free her husband when he began to talk of suicide. The Magazine quoted him As saying that after 32 years imprisonment he had Only one wish suicide. Kappler was convicted of the 1m4 reprisal killings of 335 italians. His escape caused an uproar in Italy strained italian German relations and led to criticism abroad of Germany. Two anti soviet swedish women missing in Warsaw Stockholm up two swedish women visiting Poland who told friends before leaving Sweden they intended to hand put Aviti soviet leaflets in Warsaw Are missing according to the swedish embassy in Warsaw. The women identified As Elisbeth lie and Annelie Koppel of Stockholm