European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes May blocks entry to embassy for 15 hours Norway a an armed Marine corps guard blocked Normal Access to the embassy Here for 15 hours refusing to leave a key guard Post at the end of his tour of press officer Gary Morley said tues discussions with the guard during the incident indicated he had been under great emotional he has now left the guard Post without injuring himself or anyone he is in Marine corps custody and has already left Morley Morley said the embassy would not identify the guard or provide details of what might have caused his emotional the embassy press officer said the Marine was armed but declined to say whether he had threatened anyone with his the Marine had locked himself in a bulletproof guard Post that controlled other entryways in the which faces the Park of no ways Royal Palace in Central he had been on night duty sunday refused to leave monday and refused to let embassy employees enter the building when they arrived for the embassy press office the press office said the guard was persuaded to give up his action peacefully late monday norwegian police and firemen assisted in resolving the but officials declined to provide details on their we appreciated the help of norwegian authorities in bringing the episode to a successful Morley the Marine corps provides guards for american embassies around the a least one such guard is nor Mally on duty at All times at a Central guar Post near each embassy main in Mountain Man guilty of but not killing Virginia a a self proclaimed Mountain Man who said he was a puppet in the hands of his father was convicted of kidnapping a female athlete to be his wilderness but was found innocent of killing a Man who tried to Rescue the jury deliberated hours monday before finding Dan Nichols guilty in the abduction last summer of Ari also was found guilty of mis Demea nor assault for the wounding of but was acquitted of deliberate homicide in the death of Alan a would be who faced up to 140 years in prison under the original could be sentenced to a maximum of 15 years under the his is scheduled to be tried later on the same Don Nichols testified that he fatally shot Goldstein when he pointed a pistol at him and his the defense had claimed during the six Day trial that the Young Man was so dominated by his father that he could not have acted voluntarily in helping his father kid Nap a member of the olympic biathlon while she was jogging in the state prosecutor Marc Racicot had argued that Nichols was Able to act independently of his overbearing father and actively participated in the Racicot called Nichols and his father two Garden Vari Ety criminals who despise the Law unless it can be used to their the younger Nichols showed no emotion As the verdicts were read monday As he left the Nich ols was asked whether he was relieved at the i think he defense attorney Steve Ungar said he would decide after sentencing whether to Appeal the District judge Frank Davis ordered a pre sentence investigation and said sentencing would probably be in about two he said he would Rule later on Ungurs request for Nichols has been held without bail since his capture Berdina Nichols said she was relieved but not surprised at the its obvious he really want a she Ungar said the assault verdict apparently meant the jurors considered the wounding of Swenson Racicot said the jurors would either have to believe Swenson account of what happened july 1516 or the Nicholss the claiming Dan Nichols played Only a passive role in the admitted that they had kidnapped Swenson As part of a longstanding plan to bring a female companion to their Mountain Racicot said the defendant admitted he knew the kid napping was but assisted his father in tying Swen Nichols also set the course As they dragged her into the Woods and refused her repeated pleas to be freed from a Chain that bound her to a Racicot Ungar contended that subjected to years of emotional and physical abuse by his was As much a victim As Goldstein and As much a captive As Swenson do not punish Dan for what his father has Ungar he Don will face Justice on another in the Wake of reagans controversial visit Pitburg cemetery Graves now of limits to tourists Germany a gone Are the angry demonstrators and the stifling police Security they left behind is a trampled roped off to prevent further fallout from a seven minute visit by president less than a week after Reagan came by for a tour buses were Dis gorging the curious for a peek at the 49 Waffen is tombstones that brought notoriety to a group of elderly couples visiting the cemetery clucked and murmured at How Young the were when they some Middle aged american tourists Wear ing plaid pants and Caps talked loudly and craned their necks and camera lenses to record is inscriptions for the family travel but visitors can no longer tramp Back and Forth among the identical grave searching for the a marked ones scattered inconspicuously a new temporary sign at the cemetery Entrance says in German and please do not disturb the peace and rest of the the other signs around the fringes of the plot it is not permitted to walk on and Between the the protective rope around the Graves will stay at least through next Winter to keep the expected tourist crowds says mayor Theo we had so Many visitors walking All Over the Graves and matting the Vio lating the Sanctity of this Hallet said ruefully during a interview in his of it turned into a sport Field there were cigarette Butts and we could not per Mit this to go the mayor vandals have torn streamers from wreaths Laid at the cemetery octagonal Monument and uprooted a Hal let i Hope a night watchman wont be Nec he roses and potted carnations Are now growing by scores of the Floral wreaths line the step Way to the including one from the veterans of foreign War Susa rest in Many tourists applauded reagans grit in the face of massive pressure from jewish the Congress and others to cancel the Pitburg Stop because of the presence of the Graves of the is the Waffen is was the combat division of the corps which guarded hitlers concentration Camps Dur ing world War Reagan and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl defended the visit As a statement of German american reconciliation and current close Friendship 40 years after ending a War As it was a Noble thing for Reagan to the controversy was vastly Eagger said one elderly he said his eight Day bus tour through West Germany added the Pitburg Stop As a result of Rea Gans Elisabeth a longtime Pitburg the Young people who died Here had hardly people were or dered to serve in the is late in the if they were the protesters today had no idea of the conditions of the i found it almost she the Only people who profited from this controversy were the russians and others who want to split the Western said Alexander of Hallet is still smarting from a news Aga Zines cover picture of German flags stuck in the ground Over Graves with is i scrip he said the flags were placed by photographers to give a false it made it seem like an is cemetery the mayor the Paradox of it All is that the Ger Man american reconciliation Here began 30 years ago when the air base was he about of bit burgs Resi dents Are americans attached to the air base a group of senior cos at the base is Selling Beer mugs bearing the message president reagans visit to Home of the 36th tactical fighter Wing and bit Burger a base spokeswoman the liter designed by the local brewery and Soldi at Cost to the base Are being sold As souvenirs on profits will go to support base the spokeswoman no tour buses have flocked to the towns tiny jewish but even it bears the legacy of reagans moment a Wreath with a White Streamer we remember our jewish peace the pacifist German peace movement opposed reagans Pitburg Ortega says soviets will assist Nicaragua Paris a president Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua says president Francois Mitterrand socialist government has shown that it is prepared to help his country economically and politically in the face of the economic at a news conference Ortega also indicated that the soviet Union is prepared to extend itself to coun Ter the Ortega was scheduled to visit Italy on and then go to Sweden and Ortega thanked the French people for their support at a rally which Drew some Nicara Gua will they Ortega told reporters that As is prepared to make new efforts in favor of peace in Central in favor of a negotiated we have seen that he is prepared to make new efforts in favor of economic he Ortega would not specify the Type or extent of Aid his country might receive from he said earlier after meeting with Mitterrand at the Elysee Palace we absolutely have not asked for military there was no official comment from Mitterrand of spokesman Michel Rauzelle said earlier the United states is our but we do not base our attitude on that of the americans in this affair or in asked about his meeting with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev two weeks Ortega said that the soviet Union is the soviets wish to cooperate economically with Nicaragua in difficult like the moments we know he president Reagan imposed an embargo on Trade with Nicaragua on May prompting the nicaraguan Leader to turn his visit to the soviet bloc into a tour in search of support for the sandinista France opposes economic or military pressure As a Means of solving the Central american which it views As the outgrowth of socioeconomic France and Nicaragua signed a general cooperation Accord during omegas visit to France in july in they signed an agreement providing Nicaragua with million in credits for the current