European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d russian couple plead guilty to 5 d Bee it Ever so theres no place like comb 9 d cubs finally end wingless 21 the stars authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 72 june 1985 and q 8693 a Washington a president reagans administration stuck to its Rule of silence thursday amid indications that diplomatic efforts to win the Freedom of 39 americans hostages in Beirut Are at a particularly sensitive i have nothing to add to anything on the hostage situation and wont answer any White House spokesman Larry Speakes told Secretary of state George briefly breaking the news blackout wednesday made an emphatic speech in which he called for the immediately and of All american hostages in Speakes comments came As Nabih the shiite moslem militia told re porters in Beirut that the ordeal of the american hostages May be nearing an who suggested earlier that the hos tages might be moved to a Western Zembas hosta spoke after meeting with a French embassy France would accept responsibility for the american hostages As Well As four French Kidnap victims Only if they were free not its foreign ministry said according to United press French foreign minister Roland Dumas said in a radio interview that his country would not enter bargaining for the re lease of the up but Speakes refused even to confirm that diplomatic efforts Are under Way to secure the hostages at the state spokesman Michael austrian was asked about a suggestion that the hostages be turned Over to the the proper solution is the prompt release of All the he declining to in the Swiss government said thursday it is prepared to accept the hos tages in its embassy in Switzerland would accept the hostages with the stipulation that no further conditions were placed and that Switzerland had the Assurance that it could freely bring the people concerned to Switzerland or to an other place and set them a govern ment communique Berri was informed of the Swiss decision thursday Swiss foreign ministry spokesman Stephan Nellen on the Day the administration imposed its information there were hints particularly from the Jesse Jackson and Senate foreign relations committee chairman Richard Lugar that the 13dayold drama May have reached a turning the secrecy a tactic often applied when a negotiating Effort May be bearing was widely regarded As an indication air Force to charge service fee for Relief of value added tax nations of diplomatic speaking in san demanded the release of All american hos tages in Lebanon those captured in the hijacking of Twa flight As Well As seven americans who have been abducted in recent months in we Are working intensely on this and we insist on release of our All 46 of immediately and Shultz said at a Celebration of the 40th anniversary of the signing of the after his Shultz was close mouthed about the hostage Refus ing to answer any questions about who travelled to Syria in Decem Ber 1983 to win the release of a was accompanied to the meetings by Sheik Muhammad Jawad a Detroit based american shiite Chirri president Assad is a Man see hostage on Page 28 by Dick Hodgson Kaiserslautern Bureau chief Ramstein Germany air Force members in Germany who make purchases through value added tax offices will be paying a service begin Ning according to an announce ment by Safe Robert chief of the com Mand s welfare and recreation financial management said the service charge is being added to recover the costs of operating the program that allows service members to avoid pay ing the German value added tax Mehrer Steuer of 14 percent on big ticket in the past we have been Able to offset most our operating expenses with income generated by the Exchange of currency in the he under a recent department of defense we no longer have this and our a recovered operating costs will increase dramatic Jordan explained that mar offices in Safe formerly bought Marks at the bulk rate the same rate that is quoted As the daily fix and sold them to customers at the accommodation the accommodation he is the rate generally available to individuals and is normally about two pfennig above the bulk that two pfennig difference took care of most of our overhead he that Why we were Able to eliminate our service charge in command estimates place the Cost of see tax on Page 28 Jimmy Dell Palmer jokes with a shiite militiaman just before his a photo he was right at Home in the wrong House Taxt cd a san Francisco up Dave in from new York to visit his aunt and found the key under the mat when he he made himself right at watch ing to and helping himself to a pizza from the the Only problem was that he was in the wrong after arriving Early wednesday in san hailed a taxi and told the Driver to take him to 456 Belve Dere he was let off at 436 Belvedere instead but did not Check the address when he found the key under the i turned on the to and watched the he i was pretty so i went into the Kitchen and opened the re after his he used the bathroom next to the bedroom of his unsuspecting who were sound he got his first Surprise when he re turned to the living room and checked the record it was full of Rock re i didst think my aunt liked Rock v he said Jenkins then fell asleep in the living four doors aunt and Uncle were frantically checking the air police and local hospitals for their missing at about 7 Jenkins was awakened by an unidentified Man who what Are you doing in my living room the affair was straightened out Quick the Jenkinss brought their whom they had never a bottle of wine and Dave washed up his pizza dish the two families also agreed not to leave a door key under the mat