European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 01, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday. December 1. 1985 Royal firepower Britain s Prince Harles loads a mortar during a Mil in the 2nd in King Edward nil s own gurkhas. Al Church Cookham England. The colonel in chief of the regiment. Rince of Wales is world today italian Seaman identified As author of hoax letters about kidnapping Ancona. Italy up police said Friday they have identified a local Seaman As inc author of a Long scrips of hoax letters purporting to be from the kidnappers of a Vatican messenger s daughter Emanucla Orlandi. Police named the merchant Seaman As Ilario Mario ponzi. 22. Who was declared mentally in Slaboc by a psychiatrist who examined him after he held hostages in an Ancona Bank for 13 hours March 25, 1982. They said he told investigators not everything Iii should hive been done has been done for Emanucla Orlan but icy said inc investigation made it Clear ponzi had nothing to do with the girl s disappearance. The police did nol arrest Pon i. But they sent their report to the local magistrate for a decision on whether to prosecute him. Police said irrefutable evidence provided by hand riling experts showed Pon i was the author of a to series of letters sent to italian newspapers and agencies since August 1984 claiming to be from the turkish anti Christian liberation front or turkish. Mandelas will receive prize for efforts against apartheid London a Nelson and Winnie Mandela were named joint winners Friday of the third world prize for the efforts to end apartheid in South Africa and help Blacks suffering under White minority Rule. The third world foundation for social and economic studies a London based organization thai administers the prize said in a stat Mcm Hal the mandelas would receive at an awards ceremony in Kuala Bumpur Malaysia in May. The statement commended Mandela jailed Leader of the african National Congress Anchor his vision of a non racial it commended mrs. Mandela who runs a medical clinic for her courage and unbroken determination to serve the people and for working to assist women and children under apartheid suffering its inhuman Mandela 64, was jailed for life in 1964 for planning sabotage. The Anc which he helped found is the main guerrilla group fighting to end apartheid or racial separa Tion in South Africa. The letters claimed to be of the kidnappers of Orlandi. Who was 15 when she disappeared from a bus Stop in Rome june 22. 1983. In the first weeks after her disappearance messages claiming to be from turks who kidnapped the girl demanded the release of turkish terrorist Mehmut Ali Aga As the Price for returning the girl. Aga is serving a life term in Italy for shooting and wounding Pope John Paul ii in St. Peter s Square May 13. 1981. In recent months he has been the Star witness at the trial of bulgarians and turks accused of plotting the 1981assassination attempt. At one hearing of the plot trial Aga said he was con Vinced Orlandi is still alive and that her Fate depended on the outcome of the trial. On july 20. 1983. Only a month after Orlandi Sam evidence in july " on a month alter Orlandi vanished writing Long inc alleged kidnappers announced she was being sup -. A i .-.-,. Pressed because italian Legal authorities and the Vatican had refused to respond to their demands that Ceca be freed. Since the girl there has been no positive evidence to show whal happened to her. But there have been scores of written and telephoned messages that police said were apparently hoaxes. The messages sent and telephoned by the so called turkish liberation front made a series of wild demands including one that Aga be freed and sent to Costa Rica in order to obtain the release of the Vatican messenger daughter. Most of these messages were mailed from the area of Ancona. A port City on the Adriatic coast of northeastern Italy. The most recent message was received Only two Days ago by the Milan office of the italian news Agency Ansa in it the writer said. This is the last message unfortunately Manuela will return no More. They Are merciless " police records showed that on March 25 a three months before the girl i Sappa de ponzi held 10 hostages Al pistol Point in an ancon., Bank for 13 hours while making a series of strange requests. Among other things he asked for a Mccuing with the Ope and local Church authorities took part in persuading go him to surrender. Because of this after Pon i was released from mail do acc questioned him several limes about the disappearance of Orlandi but they were convinced ponzi was not involved. Yugoslavia cuts service time for male recruits to 12 months . Yugoslavia api parliament has adopted a Law reducing service in the armed forces from 15 to 12 months for All male citizens newspapers reported. Under the Law. Recruits living abroad May report for military service after expiration of the Calendar year in which they turn 27. The Politika daily said. Recruits had been obliged to report to military author lies1 when they turned 19. Permission to cd land inc slay of recruits abroad will be issued by yugoslav authorities in cases w Hyrc they Are receiving medical treatment Are employed or have urgent family business in other countries Politika said thursday. There arc Many Young men among the i million Yugo slavs working abroad mostly in Wes Lorn Europe. Japan names new ambassadors to West East Germany Tokyo a Japan has appointed new ambassadors to West and East Germany the foreign ministry announced. Yasushi Miya Awa. Who in june ended a two year term As Japan s ambassador to Austria was approved by the c Abingt to be ambassador to West Germany a ministry official said. The official who declined to be named said the Cabinet also approved the appointment of Sciro Kimura As Ambas Sador to Easi Germany. Kimura was ambassador to Iraq for i rec years ending in october i9s5, the official said. Inc ministry also announced the appointment of Mitsu Taka Akiho. Ambassador to Bulgaria for the past three years As envoy in charge of hokkaido the official said. Akiho will advise the prefectural governor on International affairs. Major general is sworn in As Sierra Leone s president Freetown. Sierra Leone a maj. Gen. Joseph Saidu Momoh a 4s-Ycar-old army commander has been sworn in As Sierra Leone s new head of slate in a peaceful Transfer of Power. He promised action on the country sailing Economy. Momoh succeeded 80-year-old president Siaka Stevens who stepped Down after ruling this West african coastal nation for 17 years. There arc urgent problems facing the country and the solution to these problems must be found quickly Momoh said in his address Afier being sworn in by chief Justice . Kujubu. He said the Economy is suffering from severe setbacks udi Escly affecting inc Standard of living of every Pilot makes emergency Landing after finding Snake in cockpit Jakarta Indonesia a a Pilot on a Domestic Ili Ghl made an emergency Landing after discovering l Yard Long striped Snake moving around his feel the offi Cial Ankara news Agency said. The Pilot told the control Tower at an Airport on the indonesian Island of Sulawesi thai he named to return to to c Airport because of a minor disturbance inc Agency said. Security officers removed the Snake after the plane landed and the Snake caused no injuries the Agency said. It did not identify the variety of Snake but described it shaving Brown striped skin. The plane a Fokker f-28 twin Turbofan with More than 10 passengers was flying from Jung Padang to Ambon in the Cas Lorn indonesian province of Sulawesi world War ii bomb defused after being found in Berlin Berlin a experts defused a world War ii bomb after workers discovered it during a demolition Job adjacent to West Berlin s fashionable . A police spokesman said a nearby House was ordered evacuated for 15 minutes while officials deactivate the bomb which was found in inc ruins of a just dem Ted building on a Side Street off the . Inc unexploded bomb appeared to be of German make win a Ionel made Detonator said the spokesman who did not want us name used. Ilc said the bomb May Lac been dropped by the Oer sol s to arcs Ful Ilc Batlle p ins the advancing soviet red army in the Lasi Days of world War ii
