European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday May so 1989 the stars and stripes ". Page 3 world today police in Finland searching for missing Tass reporter family Helsinki. Finland a finnish police Are searching for a Helsinki based correspondent of the soviet government news Agency Tass who disappeared with his family More than a week ago. The foreign ministry s press department said tuesday the 39-year-old estonian born Tass correspondent Raivo of Saar vanished in his car with his wife 14-year old son and 2-year-old daughter during the May. 17-18 weekend. Oja Saar and his family have not been heard from since. We arc conducting a Normal investigation upon re quest Helsinki criminal police said. The request to launch a search for Oja Saar and his family came from the soviet embassy in Helsinki Lloyd s of London relocates offices for 4th time since1900 London a Lloyd s of London the world s biggest insurance consortium which started in a 17th-Cen Tury London coffeehouse moved tuesday Inlo its fourth Home this Century and Britain s most expensive new build ing. / the towering futuristic Structure in the London Finan Cial District was designed by British architect Richard Rogers it look five years to build and cos about s242 Milliun. For the first time the Public will be admitted to a viewing gallery to see the underwriters at work. Lloyd s expects More than 250,000 visitors a year. The insurance consortium takes in nearly $9 billion in premiums a year Waldheim grilled by students for 2 hours about his past Vienna Austria a austrian students con fronted presidential candidate Kurt Waldheim with accusations and Tough questions about his relationship with the nazis monday night during a noisy two hour meeting. The session held in a club popular with students was probably the most hostile reception Waldheim has faced in tils Campaign which has been plagued with accusations that he was involved in War crimes during his service with the German army in the Balkans. Beat Klarsfeld the militant German anti fascist tried twice to take the microphone to question Waldheim but Deputy mayor Erhard Busek amid a chorus of Boos and cheers told her the floor was open Only to Young austrian voters. ,. Basque group announces plans to cripple Spanish tourism san Sebastian. Spain a the Basque separatist organization Eta said tuesday it will sabotage Mediterranean resorts this summer to scare off tourists and harm the Spanish Economy. In a note to Media representatives in the three province Northern Basque country Eta which Means Basque Homeland and Liberty said it was announcing the Campaign to inform Public opinion tourism promoters and especially those planning to vacation in this area of its intentions. Tourism is Spain s chief Industry and foreign Exchange earner. In 1985, Spain earned almost is billion from tour ism lost summer Eta s military Wing claimed responsibility for setting off at least eight Small bombs on various beaches along the Southeastern coast the explosions caused no injuries or major damage police said. Greenpeace urges european ban on imports of Kangaroo products Londo Jupi the Greenpeace organization tuesday criticized Australia for permitting the wholesale Slaughter of kangaroos beyond Legal limits and called or a european ban on imports of Kangaroo products. Trevor Daly the worldwide body s Kangaroo project coordinator said Greenpeace will step up efforts in the nut few months to inform the european Public of their contribution to the unnecessary Slaughter of millions of kangaroos a Greenpeace said australian wildlife authorities admitted last week that More than 60,000 kangaroos were slaughtered in excess of the Legal quotas last year. In total a staggering 1,872,889 animals were killed for the com Mercial Kangaroo Trade in 1985." report on american women area May Spur Tokyo a the us. Pacific commander said monday he might investigate reports that hundreds of financially strapped american service women and military dependents Are working As bar hostesses on Okinawa and some As prostitutes. Adm. Ronald a Hays also said during n news Confer ence that while he is responsible for editorial policy at the. Military newspaper Pacific stars and stripes he will not permit the authorized unofficial paper serving Ameri can forces in Asia to be censored by officers displeased with its Content. Civilian editors at the Tokyo based paper said military officers recently barred publication of certain stories on grounds that they were too sensitive. The stories concerned testing for acquired immune deficiency syndrome among . Military personnel and the prostitution la which military women and dependents allegedly turned because of financial hardship caused by the decline of the Dollar s value against the yen. Sources at the paper who spoke on condition of anonymity also said the commander of Pacific stars and stripes had reprimanded the assistant managing editor for news Paul Sherbo for permitting publication of a May 11 Story saying tests had identified nine filipino women working As prostitutes near . Bases in the Philippines As of the aids virus. Air Force col. Richard Stevenson the paper s com Mander would not comment on the complaints. Hays spoke to reporters at the end of a tour of . Military facilities in several asian countries. He refused to discuss specifics of the controversy but he said in response to questions about the outside work of military personnel that the Navy inspector general must investigate any situation that appears to deviate from the rules and regulations that to live asked whether the situation As described posed a mar ale problem among the . Military. Hays said any time Well established rules Are flagrantly violated it affects my morale. We cannot tolerate that. We either enforce the rules or we change them. It s As simple As As to whether that meant an investigation would be made of the Okinawa situation Hays replied if approx off duty work is technically barred by the status of farces agreement under which . Military personnel Are based in Japan but officers acknowledge that the rules Are not strictly enforced mainly because of financial hard ships affecting lower ranks. Japan contends that outside work by military personnel violates immigration lows. Headquarters of . Forces Japan told the Admiral s office in Honolulu in a message april 16 that aids was a highly volatile Issue among the japanese that off duty work by american military people was sensitive and urged counsel of stars and stripes to discourage report ing in the subjects. The message a copy of which was obtained by the associated press said the Tokyo Headquarters has prohibited americans for Many years from working in bars or in other occupations that caused the most japanese complaints but Many continue to supplement military income by teaching English or. Working at other legitimate outside jobs. 1 recalling that similar publicity about . Farces in. South Korea led to a government crackdown there the message said the Headquarters was concerned that news Media coverage in this area by stars and stripes will be. Picked up by the japanese news Media and he whole Issue will be raised again by the accompanying political if this should happen in Japan it would be a tremendous blow to morale Here in the military Community the message said it would represent a financial hardship far some. The . Position on right to employment in the local Economy docs hot have a Strong Legal basis and our strongest position is not to have this Issue raised at the stories thai caused the controversy written by the paper s civilian Bureau chief Jim Lea on Okinawa quoted confidential american sources As saying that it least 35 members of the . Military Community there were sent Back to the United Stales after they tested positive last february for a virus the Story called a precursor to aids which destroys the body s immune system and usually proves fatal. An accompanying salary quoted japanese sources an american women it did not identify As saying that As Many As 300 . Servic women and wives of servicemen in Okinawa worked As bar hostesses. The japanese sources were quoted assaying that some but not All were engaging in prostitution and the number of those working had increased significantly since the . Dollar began its nearly 45 percent drop in value against the japanese yen last fall. About 30,000 american military personnel serve on Okinawa most with the air Force and marines. 3 nations May sever in. German lies it Border Rule enforced f sources say Berlin a the United states Britain and France Are considering breaking off diplomatic relations with East Germany if a Border dispute escalates Diplo Matic sources said tuesday in East Berlin. But a . Spokesman said he knew of no such plans. The sources represent one of the three countries allegedly considering the diplomatic move. Trie United states France and Britain have informed East German officials that they Are considering breaking off diplomatic relations if a new East German Rule for diplomats travelling into West Berlin from East Berlin is enforced an them according to the sources. The new Rule requires East Berlin based diplomats to show their passports rather than identification cards when crossing into the Western sector of the City and when they return to East Berlin. So far. East Germany has exempted the three West Berlin allies from the new controls. De Harper a spokesman for the . Diplomatic mis Sion in West Berlin said he had checked into the reports of a threatened break in diplomatic relations and we Don t know where that s coming you can assume that negotiations Are going on about this and that s How it will have to be solved Harper said he declined to elaborate. Harper said that the United states France and Britain still were unaffected by the new Border rules. It looks like this will not apply to us Harper said. The Only ones who go across with the Flash procedure Are the allies.". The Flash procedure is a Border Check at which a Diplomat needs Only to show the East German issued id card. you can assume that negotiations arc going on about this and that s How it will have to be solved,1 Harper added. He declined to elaborate. A . Embassy official in East Berlin declined to com ment on the Rumor regarding diplomatic relations i Don t know anything about that the official said. Spokesman Alain Rabine at the French diplomatic mis Sion in West Berlin said he could speak Only for French military Mission personnel who regularly pass through the East German checkpoint. They continue to Cross without showing their pass ports even today Rabine said Rabine declined to comment on the report about break ing off diplomatic relations with East Germany East Germany has not Given a Public explanation for the new passport policy however Western experts in East Berlin told the associated press that the policy might be a response to stronger Border checks by West Berlin police after the april 5 terrorist bombing of the la Belle discotheque. The tougher controls in West Berlin were based on Western suspicion that the disco bomber planned the at tack in East Berlin and then slipped into the Western sector of the City other experts say the new passport policy May be a serious soviet bloc attempt to Force International recognition of East Berlin As a Sovereign capital City Berlin has been partitioned into Western and communist governed zones since 1945 under a four Power occupation agreement. West Berlin a walled in enclave sur rounded of East German territory is overseen by us., British and French forces Berlin s Eastern sector the postwar soviet occupation zone was with soviet approval declared the capita of East Germany in 1949 and sealed off from the West by the Berlin Wall in 1961. The Western Powers did not recognize East German sovereignty in either move contending that Berlin is legally a United City under four Power administration East German Border sentries on monday turned Back diplomats of three Western nations it the fortified bound Ary with West Berlin after they did not show their pass ports diplomatic spokesmen said
