European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes thursday. December 19. 1985 e. Berlin viewers might see  to news programs world today by run a l ind Wesl German official arc considering a Pton that would broadcast american run Nev a Sho a to Inisi. There y Market for Quail Public affairs program Ming in  William Marsh the u. Information a Penes of piter who runs Ris. Told the associated press Fofiu in at Ris. Which stands for radio in the Amer ican sector caution that their chances of getting funding for the project Are Only 50-50 Ai  but East German authorities arc taking the idea serious a. In a letter sent to West Berlin officials in october. East German warned that Rias television would place a Burden on our Mutual  according to West Ger Man and l sources. Bul i,.s. And West German officials a there  no Legal basis under International broadcasting rules to sup port the kist German protest. Rias was set up 40 Sears ago in inc War ruins of Berlin after the soviet Ann refused americans accost to the on German radio facilities still intact throughout most of the postwar scars. Hast German attacked Rias  an Encrum of the socialist state and jammed the station Edison ass and news programs. The jamming was stopped in 197h when flast Berlin joined the International telecommunications Union but last German officials still charge that Rias distorts news about East germans because of  staunch anti communism since West Berlin  located 110 Miles within East Ger mans Rias radio programs can be heard across most of the largely Flat communist country. Rias officials say their proposed television Channel which would be transmitted via satellite into West Ger Many Cable network also would reach viewers throughout East Berlin and nearby Hast German towns. West German television already can be seen by most l Isi germans bul communist authorities arc uneasy about a  operated Channel on their Home screens. Rias which  run and partially funded by the  information Agency seeks m ensure that it. News pro Grams arc balanced station official say. But the officials also knowledge they think of their listeners m both East and West when making program Ming decisions and Rias broadcasts More a Cutis about East germans than do other w it German news organizations the difference  Rias goes into Many topics relevant to those in the East More deeply than West German news organisations   office. Said privately. If funding i approved by the u. And West German Gosorn mints which together pay Rias radio costs the station will launch  television news operation in january 1987. The station has requested s35 million for 19x7 from the West German government and  million from the United states. Both Congress and the West German bundestag or parliament would have to approve the request. Rias managers say they plan a modest Start in the television world beginning with Only a few hours of Quality news shows. Marsh said a top priority would be to create a morning Public affairs program similar to morning news shows in the United states. We Are More interested in a few hours of Quality pro Grams rather than a Quantity  he said. West German officials decline to say whether they have responded to East Berlin Tetter of protest but they emphasize there  no Legal basis to Block the Rias request. The Only Legal argument would be based on technical  said Girt Summerfold a spokesman for inc West German Post and telecommunications ministry. Summerfold said that if the East germans had already filed a request with the International telecommunications Union for the broadcasting frequency Rias has requested they would get priority. But that does not appear to be. The Case he said. The Rias request cannot be legally  police give sleeping russian rude Awakening in French court App clo Vul Dimer Leo lev  wheeled into court by officials. Boulogne sur Mer France a a soviet emigre started talking again nearly three weeks after laps ing into a fake coma in Britain and he was charged by French officials with theft and concealment court and police sources said. However when Vladimir Leon Tiv opened his eyes he still refused to say where he got the 278,500 French francs about 136,000 found on him Afler a Road Accident in Britain said a court source who spoke on condition of anonymity. Instead a Conte said he had important revelations to make and demanded thai town officials be present said the source. The judicial source declined to provide details of the criminal charges. The source gave this account of the British and French investigations into the Case of the sleeping   it has been called on both sides of the English Channel. A Conte 43, a resident of France since 1978, left nov. 15 to visit London with Only 500 francs. He was involved in a traffic Accident on nov. 16 in a cml Hempstead England and police found he was carrying the Large amount of francs. He made a court appearance in connection with the traffic Accident but he collapsed afterwards and was taken to Hamel Hempst argeneral Hospital. There he demanded special treatment a stove in his Sioum and i nurse to read him poetry and when police tried to question him he closed his eyes nov. 29 an appeared to be asleep. After a Hospital stay in which he ale food Only when no one was around doctors said he was faking unconscious Ness. He was returned to France on thursday and was placed in a Calais Hospital. A police official in Calais said Leon Tiv started talking and was taken from the Hospital monday morning and turned Over to authorities in the nearby town of Boulogne sur mar the judicial source said a court prosecutor questioned a Conte for several hours monday afternoon before charging him with theft and illegal concealment. He said Leon lev was transferred to a Boulogne sur Mer Hospital an would undergo further examinations. Judicial matters Are made Public in France at the discretion of the court. Smokeless airline Christer Magnusson managing director of die swedish Domestic airline in Jefry holds a no smoking sip in Stockholm to Mark new ban on smoking of id line Flyg nights. The ban to begin Jan. 20, 1986, a enacted because of health concerns and polls thai show a majority of passengers in favor of the measure. 2 children in Scotland ask khad Afy to free dad from jail Auchtermuchty. Scotland a two Scot Tish children have written to libyan Leader Moa mar khad Afy asking him to let their father out of jail to Cote Home for Christmas their Mother said. Euan King 9, and his sister Melissa 5. Wrote to Kha Day Many family letters begging for clemency have met with no Success but we Hope col. Khad Afy will respond to the children  a gesture of Good will at this time of the  said their Mother Jean King. Michael King 33, who had worked for a u. Oil com Pany in Libya  an Engineer was arrested in june 1984at the Airport in Tripoli Libya and Given a five year prison term after being convicted of smuggling in two Grams of. Cannabis into Libya. Mrs. King said the family had heard nothing from King since he returned to Libya. Woman who sawed up Lover  sent to psychiatric clinic , Germany up a woman was sentenced to imprisonment in a psychiatric clinic for strangling her Lover in a Bathtub and stashing in sawed up body in her deep freeze. A  court sentenced Martina Zim Murmann 28, to eight years confinement in a Hospital for the criminally insane for murdering her live in Lover Heinz Josef Wirtz in 1983. When he pronounced the sentence the judge said the woman was not a Bloodthirsty Witch bul a sick he plea person who was not in Possession of her wits when 1� committed the crime. On april 29, 1983, testimony showed. Zimm Ennana strangled her Lover in the Bathtub sawed his body into Small pieces cooked some parts and canned All of it for storage in her Freezer. French speaking countries plan Summit talks in Paris Paris a a Summit meeting of French speaking countries the first of  kind Ever held  scheduled for feb. 17-19 in Paris foreign minister Roland Dunum bal announced. The Summit which will focus mainly on Protection Ami development of the French language will be attended w at least 34 delegations from 31 countries Dumas told reporters