European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 02, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday september 2, 1985 stalker suspect linked to satanic themes los Angeles a symbols of Devil worship were found in the Homes of some victims of the night stalker believed responsible for 16 slayings and the prime suspect was obsessed with a heavy Metal song night prowler according to news reports sunday. The suspect Richard Ramirez was arrested saturday after he was chased Down and beaten by a group of Resi dents in East los Angeles when he allegedly punched a woman and tried to steal a car. Ramirez 25, was being held without bail sunday after being booked for investigation of one unspecified mint of murder and for attempted Auto theft and assault. He was not to be arraigned until tuesday. He s being housed in one of the maximum Security cells at Central jail said Deputy Rick Adams a los Angeles county sheriffs spokesman. It s for his own safety and the safety of the  police released a photograph of Ramirez on Friday night. They identified him As the prime suspect in the night stalker series of 16 slayings and at least 21 As saults that have terrorized California since feb. 8. The victim were hot bludgeoned stabbed or had their throats slashed by an assailant who sneaked into darkened Homes through unlocked doors or windows. Pentagrams five printed stars associated with Witch Craft and Devil worship were painted on Walls in the Homes of some of the killer s victims said unidentified source quoted by the lot Angela times and los Angeles television stations Kab and Kobs. Kab also reported that the killer tried to gouge in. The Eye of at least one victim and ate meals in som victims Homes. Richard Ramirez. Taken into custody most of the killer s attacks have been in los Angeles county but other victims lived As far away As san fran Cisco and Orange county 55 Miles South of los Angela. Ray Garcia 27, a former classmate of Ramirez who just moved to the East san Francisco Bay Community of Al so Brant from Elpaso Texas told the san Francisco examiner that Ramirez was obsessed with satanic theme in the Rock band acc s 1979 album Highway to  the album cover depicts a band member dressed a a Devil while another wears a Pentagram shaped Pendant Ramirez grew up in Elpaso. Garcia said Ramirez s favorite song was night prowl  the song says in part was that a noise out your window or a Shadow on your Blind and you lie there naked like a body in a Tomb suspended animation As i slip into your  the times and Kab said investigators last month searched an area of East los Angeles where they believed a satanic cult had met and they found Tennis shoe prints which matched prints found at some of the night stalker crime scenes. Police refused to confirm or deny the reports. I have no information at All As to any relationship with any satanic rituals or whatever said Adams. Saturday s arrest relieved the fears of Many California residents who had begun to keep doors locked and outdoor areas Well lighted. Schuyler sprowles spokesman for the los Angels county District attorney said Ramirez could be arraigned no earlier than tuesday because of the three Day labor Day weekend. Reagan winds up free week vacation prepares to launch drive Tor tax Reform Santa Barbara. Calif. Up president Reagan ended his three week vacation sunday and prepared for the Kickoff of an aggressive fall Campaign to sell his tax Reform plan. Reagan and his wife Nancy Savoured a final Day of Leisure at their ranch in the Santa Ynez mountains before returning to Washington monday with a Stop in route in Independence mo., for a speech on Reagan s tax proposal. The nou Long visit to Independence in which he will give a speech outside the Jackson county courthouse where Harry s. Truman got his political Start will serve As the springboard for his Campaign to push tax Reform legislation through Congress by the end of the year. Although that goal is regarded by some As illusory. White House officials believe the House could approve a tax Reform plan As Early As mid october and they still Harbor dopes however slim that the Senate could follow suit with the differences in the Bills settled in a conference before Congress recesses for the year. Plans Call for Reagan to be on the Road about once a week through october preaching the need for tax fairness and simplicity to audiences around the coun try. The message in Independence a Rea Gan aide said is that the president said he d be Back full throttle to sell tax re form after labor Day and he s prepared to make Good on that  Reagan who will take Bis tax crusade to North Carolina state University in Raleigh on thursday underscored that determination 10 Days ago when he vowed to Campaign for the most Exten Sive tax overhaul this country has bad since the 1920s." it s a Choice Between the special in Terest and the general interest he declared. The administration estimates that if a Nagari o proposals Are adopted 58.1 percent of All american families would see their tax Bills decrease 20.7 percent would pay higher taxes and 21.2 percent would see no change. Reagan s pitch is aimed at Middle America where he Hopes to portray his tax proposals As pro family and to Posi Tion himself As a defender of the working class at Odds with powerful special inter ests. As Many As 8,000 people were expected at Independence to cheer Rea Gan s first real Public appearance since undergoing cancer surgery july 13. The Choice of Truman s Hometown for the speech underlines the president s need for bipartisan support in Congress if his goals Are to be achieved. Reagan s often refers in speeches to Truman and other democratic presi dents. West German Justice minister pledges clemency for spies who give selves up Bonn up German Justice min ister Hans Engelhard promised Eastern bloc spies clemency sunday if they give themselves up. Without giving any details he Seid some already have broken with their intelligence agencies and turned them selves in. Engelhard made the offer of clemency in a statement published in the mass circulation newspaper Bild am sonntag. Spies give yourselves up Engelhart said. It will be Worth your  he said that under West German Law people who commit crimes can get off if they show by their actions that they re pent. Some already have crossed this Golden Bridge have cleared their consciences and have won Freedom from punish ment he said. At the same time they have removed themselves from the influence of foreign  an aide of Chancellor Helmut Kohl in an interview with Bild said the defection of counterspy Hans Joachim Tiedge to Hast Germany has been a serious blow and the government has ordered stricter Security checks because of the spy scan dal. The scandal began july 30 with the Dis appearance apparently to the East of Sonja Lueneburg confidential Secretary to economics minister Martin Bangemann. Since then seven other espionage cases have come to Light. One involved a Secre tary in the Headquarters of president Rich Ard von Weizsaecker who had Access to top military and diplomatic secrets. The Kohl aide slate Secretary Wolf gang Schauble said there Are no grounds for hysteria but More secretaries might turn out to be spies. Naturally no one can Rule out the possibility that in one or the other offices spying is going on without our knowing Schauble said. But he said it would be unjust to be suspicious of secretaries As a group. Schaeuble last week warned that a network of agents covers the country " he gave no figures but estimates of the number of spies Range from 3,000 to a High As 25,000. Bild said that the East germans were trying to use the wife and child of Martin Winkler an East German Diplomat whorled to the West last week to blackmail him into returning. The newspaper said Winkler 44, hurriedly fled tie East German embassy in Buenos Aires. Argentina because he had i led Germany and he was afraid Tiedge would betray him. At the time he fled his wife and child Bild said Winkler fears an East German murder squad will try to kill him but he is Safe in american hands somewhere in South Ger Many and said that he will not be blackmailed into returning to the East  news update child sox abuse los Angeles up at least 22 percent of All americans were victims of child sex abuse with one third of them telling no one at the time and living with their secret into adulthood a nationwide study hat reported. The Telephone Survey of 2,617 randomly chosen adults was conducted by the lot Angeles times. The poll found that 22 percent of those responding 27 percent of the women and 16 percent of the men said they were molested As children suggesting that the problem is More widespread than earlier smaller studies have indicated. Iran missile trial los Angeles a a woman accused of playing a key role in a plot to buy us. Anti tank Mif Ules Worth $9 million to smuggle to Iran will be sent to Florida to stand trial. Fahrin Sanai 52, whose husband also was arrested in the Case waived her right to a hearing before us magistrate Volney v. Brownjr. Denies responsibility Trento Italy a the president of the company that owned a dam which burst and levelled a Vil Lage leaving More than 230 dead has disavowed responsibility for the disaster. I did t do anything wrong and i Don t feel guilty Gialto Rota presi Dent of the pre Alpi mining co., said at a news conference. Nuns get warning Washington a two dozen american nuns who contend that committed catholics can have differing views on abortion Are com ing under increasing Vatican pros sure to retract their statement and pledge adherence to traditional Church teachings. The Church s teaching on the Rad ical immorality of direct abortion is Clear constant and unequivocal Cardinal Jean Jerome Hamer the Vatican s top official for religious life said As he concluded a three we a visit to the United states