European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday april 29, 1986 judge won t free suspect in Berlin bombing did Lext an a a _ i ii Berlin a a Berlin judge on monday refused to release a palestinian Man arrested in connection with the april 5 bombing of a discotheque frequented by . Servicemen a Justice ministry spokesman said. The explosion at the la Belle nightclub helped trigger the . Bombing raid on Libya april 15 after president Reagan blamed the North african state for the discotheque attack. Monday s decision meant that Ahmed Nawaf Mansur Hasi 35, can be held for up to six months in investigative custody without being charged with a crime spokesman Volkir Kaehne said. The court in the tie Garten District of Berlin ruled that Hasi is still urgently suspected of having participated in the bombing of the la Belle discotheque on april 5," Kaehne told the associated press. Hasi s lawyer Gisela Kihn told the a on Friday that prosecutors had no proof that he had been involved in the bombing which killed two people and injured 230. Kaehne refused to elaborate on the court s ruling. The hearing was closed to the Public. Authorities have said they do not believe that Hasi actually planted the bomb in the nightclub but that he played a role in the attack. They have not described his alleged role. Sources said police have collected evidence on Hasi s ties with his brother who has been charged with attempt ing to blow up an israeli Airliner in London. But the sources say the police have not made Progress in solving the la Belle bombing. Berlin police seized Hasi on april 18 on a tip from Scotland Yard after the arrest of his brother Nezar Hin Dawi. Authorities said they had found documents in Hasi s apartment indicating a link to the la Belle bombing. Hasi flew to Tripoli last year sources close to the investigation told the a. Berlin s Morgen Post newspaper said the trip was made in september and october. Police said last week that Hasi was also a suspect in the March 29 explosion at the German Arab Friendship society in the Kreuzberg District of Berlin. The explosion injured seven arabs two of them seriously club from Page 1 the two Man hit team to Ankara from Istanbul. The state Security court a special court to try terrorism cases and other crimes against the state did not press charges against two other libyans because of insufficient evidence. Co Sun said the two All Abdulhadi Shalmi and Bashir Al Mabruk Ibrahim would remain in detention until authorities determine what action if any would be taken against them. The . Officers club in this nato member nation was filled with about 100 people attending a wedding on the Day the libyans were found with the grenades and just one of the soviet manufactured Gre Nades could have killed or injured 50 peo ple co Sun said. There could have been a massacre he said. Co Sun said his investigation disclosed the two libyans were trained in guerrilla warfare in Libya purportedly by capt. Abdullah Mansur of libyan intelligence. . Embassy officials have said previously that they suspected involvement by the libyan embassy. . Embassy spokesman David Arnett said the head of the libyan embassy Muhammed Abdulmalik had been expelled from the United states in 1980 for alleged involvement in a Campaign to intimidate libyan students. Itt from Page 1 resented at inc meeting also has a counterpart German Agency. But the other four or top Tours Amtrak and enjoy depend solely upon american business. We have no other Community of travel ers to fall Back on the or representative said. Under terms of their contracts with itt the travel agents Are limited to operating Only through itt. We Are As concerned about the safety of our clients As the army is a top Tours agent said. We Are prepared to take All possible Steps to ensure their safety. We feel that americans May be safer on German buses with German License plates or stay ing in european tourist hotels than they Are in open . Housing areas or travelling in cars with . License on april 21, top Tours sent a telex to the non appropriated fund contracting of fice suggesting 11 safety measures that could be implemented during group Tours. However no action has been taken on their recommendations. Among its recommendations were id checks for All those boarding tour buses accepting Luggage Only directly from per sons boarding buses checks of the buses and passengers by military Security guards parking buses Only in secured areas and telling participants How to keep a Low pro file. We Are a German firm with All German Drivers utilizing All German buses with German License plates and Are not recognizable As ferrying . Passengers the telex said. Furthermore we stay at hotels that Are definitely not known As hosting Ameri can the tour operators said they were totally bypassed when the cancellation decision was made. No meetings were held with the tour operators at the time it. Col. Robert m. Mcdowell a Usa eur spokesman con firmed in a Telephone interview monday. He had no comment concerning the travel agents opinion of the safety of Tours com pared to staying in housing areas. The travel agents in their meeting thurs Day questioned Why group activities such As carnivals and travel fairs which attract Large numbers of americans Are not can celeb. They cited the Vogel Weh carnival which took place on april 19. Why close Down the Tours when a terrorist could just blow up a Beer tent asked an Amtrak representative. Mcdowell said on Post carnivals and activities Are allowed at the discretion of local commanders. The travel agents also said itt offices Are inconsistent in the cancellations. While Heidelberg has cancelled All bookings other offices cancel week by week. Mcdowell said the itts have not been Given specific direction for cancellations. It. Col. Charles Beasley a spokesman for the morale support directorate 1st personnel come said itt directors Are aware of their own programs and we Trust their judgment in dealing with the Ven one travel firm has asked its office staff to work half time in an Effort to save All the jobs. The five firms at the meeting employ about 300 office personnel and tour guides. That does not include bus Drivers and other workers. The agents estimated that they Send out 4,000 to 4,500 buses per year. Nuke from Page 1 program Eremya watched by millions of soviets throughout the nation in a further indication casualties were extensive. A Western expert said the announce almost certainly indicated that the death toll was chernobyl is about 80 Miles North of Kiev which has a population of about 1.5 million. The City is situated on the Banks of the Prip Yat River and is on a Railroad line. It s a big reactor. There Are four nuclear reactors of about 1,000 megawatts each at this time perhaps even five a Western Reagan from Page 1 Best handled through private Reagan is due to arrive in Bali tuesday evening and to spend wednesday resting up from the effects of Jet lag before turning to Deal with a set of problems not in keeping with a tropical Island Paradise. Reagan said in Guam that in Indonesia he will be bearing a message of Freedom add ing the foreign ministers i will meet in in Donesia represent nations that have in Large part embraced human Liberty both political and economic and in recent years the peo ple of these nations have produced a remarkable record of growth Reagan is making the first visit of a . President in More than a decade to Southeast Asia. Beyond the human rights Issue a Flap has Arisen because the press has been compar ing the 20-year reign of indonesian president Suharto to that of the recently deposed philippine president Ferdinand Marcos. Indonesia has barred two australian Broad cast journalists travelling in the White House party from entering the country because an australian newspaper the Sydney morning Herald alleged that the Suharto family and friends had used their positions to Siphon off a Fortune of Between "$2 billion and $3 although the 75-year-old president spent a restful weekend in Hawaii breaking his Long Pacific journey he could not escape placing a difficult phone Call to Marcos. A Marcos aide said the former philippine president complained bitterly during the hour Long Call about the Way he has been treated since he fled his native land feb. 26. He pleaded in vain with Reagan to recognize him Diplomat said. The chernobyl Plant was first put into operation in 1977, and the fourth reactor went on line in 1984. The nuclear Cloud swept across the Baltic sea and deposited a carpet of radioactivity Over Sweden Finland Denmark and nor Way. Concentrations were measured at be tween 1.6 and five times Normal Levels but were not considered harmful. As still being the legitimate philippine ruler. Unknown to the White House Marcos Al Lowed a Honolulu television Crew to videotape part of saturday s emotional Exchange. The camera caught Marcos wife Imelda sobbing As she spoke to Nancy Reagan who was stay ing at another beachfront House about 2 Amiles away. Speakes told reporters that Reagan had placed the local Call to Marcos because he s an old Friend and ally who accepted a peaceful transition of Power in the Reagan made it Clear however that the United states is betting All its chips on the ability of the new philippine president Corazon Aquino to hold and consolidate her Power. Nevertheless when Marcos spoke by Tele phone sunday to a rally of 12,000 diehard sup porters in the philippine capital of Manila he told them that he is still that country s legitimate ruler. Distributed by the new York times the turkish foreign ministry said no information or evidence had been found to link the ambassador to the bombing plot. However a top level turkish official said a change in the libyan embassy personnel was a Strong possibility. He did not elaborate. Turkey has close relations with Libya where 30,000 turks work on construction projects. Turkish businessmen have predicted there May be an increase in Trade with Libya to replace reduced Trade with common Market countries. This area around Kaiserslautern Al ready has 10.8 percent unemployment higher than the average for Germany an or agent said. We have constant applications from people who want jobs As tour Mcdowell said that the army regrets any hardships the situation May cause but that it is acting prudently. If you review comments made by the German elected officials you find a degree of understanding he said. The agents said their five firms at this time of year usually handle about $1 Mil lion per month in sales which Means the itts Are losing their 10 percent commis Sion or about $100,000, per month. Temperatures . Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Birmingham Boise Boston Buffalo Burlington it. Charleston . Charleston . Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas fort Worth Denver Des Molnes Detroit Fairbanks Fargo Hartford Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las vegas Mhz my a april 27 h l 72 47 Little Rock 64 37 los Angeles 52 32 Louisville 93 57 Memphis 65 49 Miami Beach 81 50 mils St. Paul 56 38 Nashville 89 57 new Orleans 57 38 new York City 57 47 Norfolk a. 76 55 Oklahoma City 74 47 Omaha 83 67 Orlando 88 55 Philadelphia 87 67 Pittsburgh 86 60 Portland Mains 83 60 Portland Ore. 78 47 Providence 61 41 Raleigh 74 43 Reno 83 56 St. Louis 46 32 Salt Lake City 42 .37 san Diego 73 48 san Francisco 85 72 Seattle 78 62 Syracuse 84 55 Tampa 94 60 Tucson 72 41 Washington 79 56 Wichita h l 75 53 87 65 88 60 82 61 78 70 72 58 88 62 81 68 72 56 77 53 73 44 68 32 91 60 76 49 84 55 67 43 61 41 58 52 84 55 73 49 83 51 58 49 87 62 72 s3 54 38 76 47 85 59 85 54 81 53 69 39 1 european weather forecast for tuesday Cloudy skies for Germany and the Benelux. Intermittent ral showers can be expected in Central and Southern areas. High temperatures 53-60,. Sunset tuesday 8 41, Sunrise wednes Day 6 03. Outlook for wednesday continued Cloudy skies in All areas. Intermittent ral showers will end by mid Day. Highs 50-55, lows 43-48. Temperatures recorded monday 4am 4pm 4am 4pm Adana f Amsterdam m Athens f Valano cd Berlin f Bremerhaven p Brussels p 54 45 59 61 50 45 46 81 54 72 66 66 48 57 Copenhagen f Frankfurt p London p Madrid f Munich p Paris p Rome p 45 45 43 43 48 45 52 59 63 59 55 59 61 59 provided by det. 13, 7th weather so Graben Trarbach. Other worldwide temperatures Cairo cd Dublin cd Helsinki f Jerusalem f Lisbon cd High Low 90 57 Montreal cd 54 41 Moscow f 70 46 Oslo cd 79 63 Toronto cd 61 45 Vancouver cd High Low 73 54 63 61 70 48 46 55 43 supplied by the associated press of far cd Cloudy a partly Cloudy a mostly Cloudy
