European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes May world today aids reportedly spreading through Eastern Africa London a aids has taken hold in Africa and is spreading rapidly through the Central and Eastern part of the an International conference in Cairo reportedly has been nine countries already arc seriously in infections have reached very High Lon dons observer newspaper reported in an account of the in the cities of one in 10 people is thought to be carrying the virus in one study in 20 percent of those sampled were italian Scales 10th highest chalks up record in the process Nepal up Reinhold the indefatigable italian scaled the worlds loth tallest from the previously Lin climbed Northwest face on april according to the ministry of in the Messner claimed his record Lith Peak of or More the ministry Johann an italian from Campo climbed the Peak with the ministry quoting base Camp radio who climbs without the use of artificial plans to climb All 14 of the worlds eight they arc in Nepal and Messner still has to climb Makalu and All in to Complete his he has climbed Nanga Gasher Brum i and Gash Cebrum ii and is the Only climber to have scaled Everest he also made a Solo climb to the Summit of Nanga parbat in born in new now officially a British Knight London a Yehudi the new York born violinist who has spent most of his life in has become a British citizen and will be known As sir Yehudi his agents the 69yearold musician was made a Knight commander of the British Empire in 1965 for his services to but the title was honorary because of his foreign and he could not Call himself he can now take up his he was offered naturalization by members of the gov and he accepted it with Joy and pleasure and is very said Fiona Eakins of Menuhin Anglo Swiss artists Korchnoy says soviets protect then world chess championship Cap France a chess grandmaster Victor a russian who now lives in Switzer says the soviet Union uses chess As a psychological Arm against the rest of the speaking at a news conference in this Mediterranean town where he is presiding Over a chess Korchnoy said the outcome of the next world championship match Between soviets Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov depends on where the match is asked what he thought of Champion Korchnoy said the word Karpov Means for he is a fish without imagination or As Long As the world championship takes place in the soviet All Means will be employed to protect the title of a pure product of the the suspension of the cancelled 15 at a time when his Garry was inexorably overcoming his is flagrant Sinatra donates for restoration of British Church London a Singer Frank Sinatra is donating to a fund for restoration of a Church near the British apparently because he just kicked the smoking a gossip columnist has its a wonderful boost for House of commons speaker Bernard head of the fund to restoring the crumbling Church of was quoted by columnist Chris Hutchins As writing in the sunday Mirror said he had been reliably told by someone he did not name that Sinatra made the donation because sir Wal Ter Raleigh is buried at which is located Between the houses of parliament and Westminster the 16thcentury British is also remembered As the Man who introduced the practice of smoking which he found in into eng a group of Waffen is veterans stand at the Entrance to the hotel where they held a weekend a photo 300 is veterans gather in controversial reunion Germany a Hans Rosenberg says he never killed anyone during two years of combat in world War but he is routinely called a murderer be cause he belonged to the Waffen is one of 300 veterans of his unit that Gath ered in Ness Elwang during the weekend for a reunion that has been sharply criticized by including the local Catho Lic Franz and by a City Council this Alpine town is drawing worldwide attention because the former soldiers met on the same weekend that president Reagan Laid a Wreath at a German military cemetery in Pitburg where 49 Waffen is soldiers Are Twenty Young protesting against old and new staged a peaceful demonstration against the carrying banners with slogans such As 40 years after and dont give the nazis a Chance As they marched through they ended their March at a Church across the Street from the veterans where they set up signs they said documented hundreds of thousands of murders committed by members of the the from a youth group associated with the social democratic had heated arguments with some of the the problem is not whether they were there or the problem is the they know whose Flag they were marching said a 29yearold Eva expanded to include combat units the Waffen is was the fighting Arm of the notorious founded in 1925 As the personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler and other nazi it was later expanded to include combat some divisions of the Waffen is have been implicated in murder sprees in German occupied countries on the Eastern and Western fronts in world War and some guarded concentration but Many were drafted As teenagers and sent to fight in faraway places where they knew nothing about atrocities committed in their said an Austri the veterans Here during the weekend were from the 3rd Panzer whose members fought on the Eastern they were called the Todtenkopf deaths head division because of the Skull symbols they wore on their Rosenberg said it is ridiculous to think the veterans planned to sit around and talk about How great Adolf Hitler was at their Why should they talk about Hitler they didst even talk about Hitler 40 years ago when they were on the russian All they thought about was he the reunion gives them a Chance to see people for the first time in Many years and to drink a Beer together in he he pulled out a photograph of himself taken in 1941 a 19yearold youth wearing the Long Woolen coat and Black boots that were part of the uniform of the Waffen do i look like a murderer he i have nothing More to i never killed the town priest agrees that not All Waffen is Veter ans can be implicated in the atrocities committed by some of As a i cannot condemn these men in Gen eral As Gress said in an interview in his but the danger in a meeting such As this is that it gives the impression that the members have Learned nothing in 40 he it glosses Over the crimes that were he adding that he worried about the influence it could have on Young 600 sign protest petition some 600 people signed a petition protesting the and a citizens group against the is was headed by City councilman Wolfgang von Wys is veterans from different divisions have been holding reunions for and in 1951 a group known by the initials for Mutual Aid was the group qualifies legally As a veterans is not affected by a Law forbidding gatherings by nazi known Neo nazi groups Are banned in protests from local townspeople have forced the groups to move their meeting Sites from town to this is the first such reunion in a resort town with residents nestled in the bavarian the group is meeting behind closed and guarded doors at the hotel owned by Waffen is Veteran Rolf Many who ventured out for a walk in the Crisp air could be spotted by the White ribbon with the deaths head Symbol pinned to their the hotel is across the Street from the Catholic Church where Gress and from crests the veterans wanted to Lay a Wreath at a War memorial on the Church but were denied Gress activities included a dinner dance and a tour of the surrounding area for the wives before the reunion ended italian government gives break to polluted Adriatic beaches Rome a the government has lowered water pollution standards which could have closed Miles of algae infested Adriatic beaches to a new Law setting stringent water standards for bathing beaches was relaxed by the Cabinet just one Day after going into the government did not explain the but news papers said it was designed to save thousands of italian summer tour operators from a possible