European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 07, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday september 1,1977 authorities get letter from terrorists continued from Page i a wrists. There was no indication what the dead line involved other than a statement from the government but during the terrorist kidnapping of Berlin mayoral candidate Peter Loren a in 1975, the government communicated with the terrorists through the television newscasts. At a news conference earlier tuesday chief Federal prosecutor Kurt Rebmann added some details to the police reconstruction of the attack on Schleyer s two car Convoy in Cologne monday afternoon. Schleyer s Driver from the first car and three bodyguards from the second were killed in sub machine gun fire. Schleyer was dragged to a vow minibus which then sped away. The bus has been discovered in a base ment garage. A Lack of blood stains indicated that neither Schleyer nor his abductors was injured. Rebmann said five persons took part in the attack and that at least 15 persons were involved in the operation. Same kind of weapons the kind of weapons used were the same us used in the april 7 assassination of Siegfried Buback Rebmann s predecessor and the july 30 killing of banker Jurgen Ponto. This and other clues indicated to Reb Mann that the Schleyer attack was con ducted by associates of the Haag Mayer gang he said. Lawyer Siegfried Haag and his compan Ion Roland Mayer were arrested last no vember 30 and have been held since for investigation in connection with terrorist charges. In their Possession were papers which have been associated with plans for the at tacks on Buback Ponto and Schleyer. Police said. Buback was referred to by the initials of a West German Margarine Brand so me same As his initials. Ponto a leading banker was taken to be big Money referred to in the papers. Schleyer was As sunni a to be  the initials for his first and Middle names Hanns Martin. The papers called Lor chocking out " he two arrested two persons have been arrested in connection with the Schleyer attack Rebmann said tuesday but he said police were Uncertain they had anything to do with the kidnapping. The two persons arrested were not identified. Rebmann said a number of Shell casings had been found at the scene of the attack in a quiet wealthy residential neighbourhood of Cologne. He said they included casings for the same kind of semiautomatic weapon a 5.6 my Caliper used in the april 7 assassination of Buback. At least two of these weapons were bought in Switzerland by the Haag Mayer gang he said. There were also casings from 9 my and. 45 Caliper shells Rebmann said. All three weapons belong to the typical equipment of the terrorist scene he said. Rebmann elaborated a Little on the re construction by police of the attack which occurred at 5 28 . Monday the industrialist was Riding with his Driver in the first of two Mercedes sedans in a two car Convoy. As it neared his apart ment the convoys was blocked by a yellow Mercedes parked with its front wheels on the right sidewalk its Tail sticking into the Street. From the left Side a baby Carriage full of bolts of cloth was rolled out preventing the Convoy from pulling around the yellow car. Five persons jumped out of a parked vow minibus formed a semicircle around the Convoy. Then they opened up with Semi automatic weapons. Schleyer s Driver and the three bodyguards in the second car were killed. Two persons grabbed Schleyer signing wednesday and dragged him into the minibus which then sped a Way. Eyewitnesses had noticed a yellow vow minibus with yellow curtains at the attack scene several Days beforehand. Yellow remnants of material were found in the basement garage Rebmann said. He said that apparently the assailants had been observing Schleyer s comings and goings. He discounted Telephone Calls received by various news agencies and newspapers including one which threatened Schleyer s execution tuesday. These were probably from people trying to jump on the Bandwa gon Rebmann said. Schleyer chief of the powerful West German Industry and employers associations is Well known in the country from television appearances in which he acts As management spokesman. U.s., Panama approve final treaty language Washington a the United states and Panama gave final approval tuesday to the precise language of the Panama canal treaties As president Carter began Marathon talks with hemisphere leaders gathering for the formal signing of the accords. Appropriately Carter s first latin american visitor who stayed a half hour longer than scheduled was Panama s head of government Omar Torrijos. With 19 other government chiefs con verging Here this was but the first of Many such sessions at what is billed As the first hemisphere Summit in a decade. In contrast to plans for wednesday s nationally broadcast signing ceremony the formal initiating of texts of the canal agreements at a Brief state department gathering was Low key and almost perfunctory. But it culminated 13 years of often difficult negotiations. We have come to the end of a very Long Road said the co chairman of the . Negotiating team Ellsworth Bunker As he initiated the documents for the United states. The initiating for Panama was per formed by its chief negotiator Romulo Escobar Bethancourt and the panamanian minister of education Aristedes Royo. Lawyers for the two countries have been working on Spanish and English language texts since the Basic terms of the new trea ties were agreed to in Panama four weeks ago. One treaty Calls for the United states to relinquish to Panama All sovereignty Over the Panama canal zone by the year cheating band radio gang broken up by greek police Athens a Security police announced tuesday they uncovered an Ingen ious Trio who collaborated through radio receivers to pass University examination answers to a candidate. Andreas Kondylis 22-year old candidate for the prestigious polytechnic University was found to have a Small radio receiver under his fool wires around his body a bean size microphone on his Chest and a hearing plug in his ear covered by his Long hair. Outside the examination Center was a parked car with a transmitter operated by two friends of the candidate. Police said Kondylis read them the questions and they aided by books and a third mysterious Genius who still remains undetected. Fed through the answers. The would be University entrant had Al ready successfully written most of his exams when police became mystified by the unusual radio message picked up on their own receivers. Education minister George rallis who has repeatedly been under pressure to ensure honesty at the highly competitive exams personally or dered Security police to crack Down on the group the incident is a reflection of one of the most criticized aspects of greek higher education. While 80,000 candidates Are currently taking Entrance exams after previously having to go through intensive Post school preparations there Are places for Only 15.000 of them. 2000. The second recognizes that the United states can intervene militarily after that to insure the neutrality of the canal. Recent polls indicate . Public opinion opposes the accords by a rather narrow margin. Carter has predicted eventual majority support however and wednesday s signing ceremony and attendant Summit Are designed to enhance prospects for Senate ratification. A two thirds affirmative Senate vote is required to put treaties into effect. Ford mrs. Johnson to attend former president Gerald r. Ford will attend the signing As a Symbol of High level bipartisan backing for the treaties. So will mrs. Lyndon b. Johnson whose husband initiated the negotiations with Panama in 1964. When Torrijos arrived Here monday night Secretary of state Cyrus r. Vance declared that the treaties insure the canal will remain open Neutral secure and efficiently run for All nations of the  Nineteen hemispheric Heads of govern ment will attend the signing ceremony at the Headquarters of the organization of american states. In All 27 nations Are expected to Send delegations. Carter planned to meet privately with All the government Heads five of them on tuesday. In addition to Panama s Torri Jos they were the presidents of Peru Par Aguay Colombia and Chile. Carter also scheduled a tuesday session with the vice president of Brazil. Bakunin descendant slain in Brussels dance Hall fight Brussels a a great grandson of 19th Century russian revolutionary Mik Hail Bakunin was killed in a dance Hall fight Here. Three Young italians were charged with the murder police reported. The victim was Marc Bakunin 32, a former disc jockey at the dance Hall. Police said Bakunin tried to assist a door keeper and several patrons in repelling a gang attack at the Hall. He was beaten with wooden and Iron bars then stabbed with a knife in the Abdomen. Europe mostly Cloudy with intermittent rain. Little change thursday. Frankfurt Heidelberg nigh 75, Low 55 Sunset wednesday 6 58 . Sunrise thursday 5 51 . Temperatures recorded tuesday get 4am 4pm 68 90 Adana p 72 84 Athans p 61 84 Aviano p 57 73 Berlin p 63 73 Brussels cd 52 64 Copenhagen cd 4am 4pm 57 75 Frankfurt p 63 68 London cd 6 91 Madrid p 52 72 Munich p 54 17 Paris p 61 64 Rome p cd Cloudy p partly Cloudy. Del 25, 31st weather so Federal Interior minister Werner Mai Hofer said that Only 14 Days before the attack Security around Schleyer had been tightened on the basis of his being a Likely target for terrorists. The Hamburg spa Bureau meanwhile reported that it received a Call tuesday claiming that the liberation moment red morning had kidnapped Schleyer. The red army faction asserted in its letter to the spa Bureau in Frankfurt that there was no such thing As red morning and that it was an invention of Law enforce ment officials to discredit the faction. Red morning which also claimed responsibility for the Buback and Ponto slay Ings threatened to kill Schleyer if officials fail to announce in wednesday evening newscasts that they would free All political prisoners of War. Authorities confirm receipt of terrorist letter san Francisco posts Reward for 3 gunmen san Francisco up the City of san Francisco offered a $25,000 Reward tuesday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of three Young men believed to be Chinatown gang members who sprayed a popular restaurant with bullets Early sunday killing five persons and wounding nearly a dozen others. The bullets apparently were aimed at members of a rival gang but All the Vic Tims were innocent bystanders. Mayor George Moscone announced the Reward at a news conference calling the shootings an outrageous act and brutal and senseless  police said the massacre at the Golden dragon restaurant in Chinatown has partially broken the chinese Community s code of silence and volunteered information has pointed suspicion at the Joe boys one of several Youthful gangs involved in deadly warfare for control of Chinatown rackets and extortion. Police it. Dan Murphy said chinese wit Nesses and informers have provided bits and pieces of information. From information gathered so far Murphy said police Are fairly certain that the three masked gunmen who entered the Golden dragon about 2 40 . And sprayed Auto Matic fire at the 75 diners eating there were members of the Joe boys  sports in Brief Forest Hills . A Bjorn bore the top rated Tennis player in the world tuesday took himself out of the . Open championships because of a strained right shoulder suffered in a practice ses Sion prior to the Start of this classic. Borg overcame the pain to beat his first three opponents in straight sets but tues Day it became too much. After one game of the third set against Dick Stockton Borg called it quits. The final score 3-6,6-4,1-0default. Tuesday s baseball National league Montreal nog 0 0 2oo_3 7 0 new Rork too 202 01x-5 5 1 Holdsworth Mcenaney 6kero an 6atkinson 7scat Der 8brown 8 and Carter Todd Apodaca 7 and Stearns. A Todd. 3-4. A Mold Worth 21. Or Mon Treal Carter 24. 51 Louis 201 000 0003 10 1 Chicago 100 too 0001 6 1 Underwood and Simmons. Hernandez p Rauschal 8 and Swisher Hundley 8. A Underwood 8-10. A Hernandez 7-6. Or St. Louis Simmons 18. Syria reports a travel ban Damascus a senior syrian civil servants have been forbidden to travel abroad As part of the government s anti corruption drive the government con trolled press reported