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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, April 13, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 13, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 . Envoy views files on Waldheim United nations a a . Diplomat has become the latest envoy to the world body to see a secret file on Kurt Waldheim that sources say is based on yugoslav charges that the former . Chief was involved in nazi attacks on civilians. Earlier last week the file was examined by the israeli and austrian ambassadors. On Friday Deputy . Ambassador her Bert Okun copied the dossier for forwarding to the state and Justice departments said Irene Payne a spokeswoman at the . Mission. The sources summarized the yugoslav accusations against Waldheim made 40 years ago some of which were reported last month by the Belgrade Yugoslavia news paper be Cernie no Vosti. A translation of three be Cernie no Vosti articles said the yugoslav evidence was for warded in a seven Page report to the . Commission s Headquarters in London on dec. 25, 1947, with Aje quest for Wald Heim s extradition. Charges made the commission according to a document published in Belgrade listed Wald Heim As a person sought for murder and putting to death of  the commis Sion disbanded in 1948 and sent its files to the . Archives in new York. Still unanswered is Why the Case was not followed up four decades ago. Waldheim has noted that Yugoslavia twice voted for him to be . Secretary general. Waldheim has acknowledged he was in the German army during world War ii but he has denied being a nazi and says he knew nothing about nazi atrocities or deportations. The former . Chief now running for president of Austria has said the charges Are an attempt by his political opponents to discredit him before the May 4 election. In Vienna Austria president Rudolf Kirc Schlaeger gave Waldheim copies of the file and invited his comment a govern ment statement said Friday. Campaign trip Waldheim was campaigning in Eastern Austria. His spokesman Peter Marboe said Waldheim would not examine the co pies before saturday. According to be Cernie no Vosti the War crimes commission report said the i a department of the German army group e was involved in reprisals against civilians in the Balkans. The report implied that Wald Heim As a first lieutenant in the depart ment was involved. Waldheim did not mention his Balkan service in his biography. Recently he amended the Book to include it but said he had been an interpreter and worked behind the lines As a staff officer with army group a denying any knowledge of reprisals. Gen. Alexander Loehr commander of army group a which occupied Yugoslavia and conducted a merciless Campaign against yugoslav partisans under Josip Broz Tito was hanged in 1947 As a War criminal. Photo for is by Dominic Resl c3g3g3 air Force staff sgt. Matthew reginello defends his goal against German National hockey league player Jorg Heimer. . Airman makes own magic on ice by Jean Albright Pitburg Bureau Pitburg a Germany thursday evenings since november German National hockey league professional play ers at Dusseldorf have tried to penetrate Matthew reginello s defense of the goal during their open practices. They Are like magic on their skates said the 29-year-old air Force staff ser Geant assigned to the 36th component repair so. Reginello played goalie throughout the season when the team s own goalies were not on the ice. When practice is optional goalkeepers often sit out. They take a lot of knocks reginello said. They Are hit by hundreds of pucks in a season. The team practices twice a Day from october to april and there is no reason for them to practice every time. When they were out i was out  the practice brought out More skill than reginello thought he had. I expected a blistering he said. You have to act fast or that puck will be Between your legs and behind you. I think i played Over my limitations better than my abilities  during the season he Learned about differences Between european and Amer ican hockey players. What is considered a Legal Check for a player in the United states is considered photo for is by Dominic Resl showing intense concentration reginello Peers from behind his face mask. Unnecessary roughness for europeans reginello said. They use More finesse than Ameri cans he said. When germans play against Ameri cans for a while they see More aggressiveness finally get a Little mad and use their bodies  reginello also has played against professionals in Hampton va., while stationed at Langley fab. There he prac tired with the gulls and the Hampton aces two Short lived professional teams. The season is Over for the team in Dusseldorf but reginello is still sharing what he s Learned with Young German and american goalies. He s playing with the Pitburg City team he joined in octo Ber 1983. You learn when you teach reginello said. It s a lot different teaching Little goalies but they have the same personality traits As other athletes aggressiveness and Confidence. They have the personalities of  Eastern airlines cancels panned Miami Madrid route Miami up Eastern airlines has cancelled plans to open a Miami to Madrid route because increasing fears of terrorism in Europe have reduced bookings drastically airline officials said. We re in the process now of informing people with reservations they re going to have to seek alternate arrangements East Ern spokesman Glenn Parsons said. We had very Low Load factors. It was a very obvious economic decision to be  Eastern is believed to be the first major . Carrier to cancel flights to Europe for economic reasons related to terrorist Inci dents. Eastern flies to Only one european City London but saw the Miami to Madrid route As a lucrative pipeline linking Spain and latin America. Eastern pulled full Page newspaper ads thursday and halted a major marketing Campaign it began a week ago to launch the flights to Spain which were to begin May 1. Marketing officials had Given travel presentations touting the route to agents in Barcelona and Madrid Only last week. People Are booking the United states and Canada and Alaska and they re taking cruises but they re just not interested in flying to some of these places in the Middle East and Europe Parsons said. The cancellation of the new route will not alter Eastern s plans to hire 700 More flight attendants Parsons said. Eastern also announced thursday it will hire 220 new com Puter operators secretaries and part time reservations agents in Miami. In another development the department of transportation said it will hold a hearing next month on the competitive implications of Texas air s proposal to take Over East Ern. The proposed merger has been challenged by Delta presidential airways peo ple express pan american world airways and us air. We re disappointed. We really had hoped for an expedited procedure said Eastern spokesman Jerry Cosley  
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