European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday july 11.1986munich, . Air base attacks linked Munich a Federal police said thursday the bomb that killed the research chief of Germany s larg est electronics company was similar to devices used i attacks on two . Air Force bases in Germany. Police said in a statement they were seeking nine suspected members of the red army faction terrorist group in the attack. They also said they were inter viewing witnesses. A government minister warned of further terrorist attacks by the red army faction one of Europe s oldest and most dangerous terrorist gangs. The group left a letter at the site of the wednesday bombing claiming blast killed Karl Heinz by courts 56, a nuclear physicist and member of the Board of the Siemens company and his Driver Eckard Groppler 42. Buck urts Bow Sedan was tossed 20 feet off the Road an flames shot 65 feet into the air. The explosives were planted by a Roadside tree i Munich s exclusive Strassbach suburb and attached by Cable to a Detonator in Woods police statement said at least two natural Gas tanks about 20 inches High were tilled with explosives an detonated with a device using a 12-Volt Battery. One of the Gas tanks was similar to one used in an aug. 8.1985, attack on Rhein main a outside Frank Furt in which two people were killed and 30 injured. Police said. They said the second tank resembled on used in an aug. 31,1981. Attack on the . Air forces in Europe Headquarters in Ramstein in which 18 peo ple were injured. In both base attacks the tanks were filled with explosives the statement said. Federal police have said they believe the red army faction carried out the earlier attacks. Thursday s police statement said one of the nine people sought in wednesday s bombing was Sigrid Sternbeck 37, who also is sought in the Rhein Mai attack. Police said the terrorists probably brought the explosives to the bombing site in a Small trailer pulled by a minister Friedrich Zimmermann said in a radio interview that he was not surprised by the red army faction is picking up new Active members from among its sympathizers he said. Have to figure on More attacks by the red army fac wednesday chief Federal prosecutor Kurt Rebmann showed reporters a letter found near the blast site that claimed credit for the bombing on behalf of the red army seven Page letter bore the Star and machine gun Symbol of the leftist group which has gained notoriety with several grisly slayings in Germany beginning inthe 1970s. The letter said Bec kurts was killed in part because he had participated in secret negotiations for Sie mens for a contract in the . Star wars research project. The mention of secret negotiations referred to Ajune 1985 meeting Between Siemens and German gov eminent officials to explore a possible role in the .space-weapons research program officially known As the strategic defense said police who raided a red army fac Tion hideout in january found a list of German businessmen among them Bec kurts who allegedly had taken part in negotiations on Star wars , one of Germany s Best known nuclear Sci enlists headed Siemens research division and played key role in developing a High temperature atomic reactor in red army faction has waged a Campaign of bombings and assassinations against government Busi Ness and military targets in Germany for More than is Yean. West German Security officials estimate it has about 20 Active members with about 200 sympathizers providing hideouts and other red army faction grew out of the Baader Meinhoff terrorist group which originated in leftist Stu Dent circles in the 1960s. . Re eases details on chemical weapons stocks Geneva Switzerland up challenging Moscow to be equally open and candid the United states made Public thursday previously classified details of its current Arsenal of chemical weapons. . Plans Call for the existing weapons dating Back to 1969, to be destroyed soon and replaced by a smaller stockpile of safer modern arms. Washington said its aim in giving the information to the 40-nation disarmament conference was to accelerate the negotiation of a global ban on chemical arms. American Delegate Thomas f. Bar Thelmey said the United states would news briefs prefer such a treaty to going ahead wit hits modernization program. Barthelmey presented other participants including the soviet Union with a 53-Page . Army document on existing chemical weapon stockpiles. In considerable detail it describe specific chemical agents and their Stor age Sites As Well As How and where they will be destroyed. A chemical weapons ban has been under discussion for eight years. Completion of a treaty has Bee blocked by the problem of verifying the destruction of All stockpiles and production facilities and preventing any future manufacture. Moscow concedes it has chemical weapons but has never Given any specific details on what types or where the Yare located. At the same time it charges that treaty would be almost impossible if the . Modernization plan goes ahead be cause it involves binary weapons two chemicals that Are Safe alone but lethal when combined. The soviets say they do not have such weapons. The . Document entitled chem ical weapon stockpile disposal pro Gram said the american arms Are stored at Aberdeen . Proving ground Anniston Ala army depot Lexington Blue grass by army depot Newport army ammunition Plant Pine Bluff Ark Arsenal Pueblo Colo army depot activity Tooele Utah army depot and Umatilla army depot activity. It described All the stockpiled weapons which fell into three Basic categories nerve agent vex nerve agent Sarin grand Mustard agents Hhd Andt. Remaining classified because of de sense considerations was the exact num Ber of the weapons. Facilities for their destruction the document said Are being built at Johnston atoll in the Pacific and at the Pine Bluff Arsenal in Arkansas. Palm Springs shaken by quake aftershocks Palm Springs. Calif. Up aftershocks rumbled and Shook this Swank desert resort wednesday a Day after the area s strongest earthquake in seven years caused at least $2 Mil lion in least six people remained hospitalized and cleanup of cracked and Boulder strewn Highway leading into the posh Community in the coaches la Valley was hampered by fear of More aftershocks. The aftershocks Are continuing a Baltec spokesman Laid. We be had at least three significant aftershocks Between 3.0 and 4.0 on the Richter scale since Midnight and Many More smaller earthquake was the strongest to hit Southern California in seven Yean. Cal tech seismologists estimated its magnitude tuesday As 6.0 on the Richter scale but revised their Esti mate wednesday to 5.9. The revision resulted from an analysis of Dat from All of the quake sensors in the area a Cal tech spokesman said adding that the earlier 6.0estimation was based on a Reading of Only a few sensors. Police scatter mourners for Man killed in protest against Pinochet Santiago Chile a As american and euro Pean diplomats watched riot police used tear Gas and water to scatter about 2,000 people marching in the funeral procession of a teen Ager burned to death in an anti government , mourners regrouped in the general cemetery on wednesday to Bury 19-year-old Rodrig Rojas de Negri who died sunday from Burns Over two thirds of his to witnesses Rojas who was raised in the United states and an 18-year-old woman we reset afire july 2 by an army patrol that seized them during a demonstration in the capital against presiden Augusto Pinochet military government. The woman was reported in grave condition separate development a government spokes Man in the port City of Valparaiso on wednesday con firmed Chile s Independent human rights commis Sion report of another spokesman for the Valparaiso governor s office said Mario Antonio Araya Marchant 24, told police that men in civilian clothes seized him late tuesday drove him to suburban Renacia soaked him with Flam Mable liquid and set him afire. The spokesman who demanded anonymity said the victim was hospitalized with Burns and other wounds and was in stable condition.. Ambassador Harry g. Barnes or. And four euro Pean diplomats watched from the human rights com Mission s Headquarters As about 2,000 mourners who gathered on a downtown Street after Rojas funeral Mas . After three police charges Over a space of eight blocks Only a few vehicles remained in the funeral cortege. Mourners regrouped at the cemetery for Rojas burial and some shouted slogans against Pino Chet s government government human rights panel said it would co operate in the probe of Rojas death by a special prosecutor. Judge Alberto Echavarria appointed at the Interior ministry s request Echavarria has ordered police unit that normally enforces drug Laws to investigate the slaying and report to , a free Lance photographer returned to Chile last month. 10 Yean after moving to the Washington ,area with his Mother an exiled supporter of the leftist government that Pinochet toppled in a 1973 Mother Veronica de Negri was banished by chilean authorities in 1976 after being arrested and Tor tured but was allowed to return for her son s funeral she planned to return Friday to Rock Vic my White a sister in Santiago pursues priming Char of in if out. Reagan from Page 1 producers who already have Tough enough times As a result Offe Rees beyond their for Farmers is of particular concern in this Community which is sur rounded by Flat Farmland for Miles around and proclaims itself the Peanut capital of the world. To help families and individual alike i Hope to see the conference in crease the personal exemption to $2,000except for the very richest taxpayers Reagan said. This is vital by talking an estimated 6 million Low income americans off the tax Rolls Rea Gan said such a provision would rep resent perhaps the biggest anti poverty program in our history. As for deductible individual retire ment accounts the popular iras made available to millions just three Yean ago. Reagan suggested he would accept Sharp cutback in those tax Breaks for All but taxpayers who Don t have pension plans at work. The Senate has approved elimination of the $2,000 annual Ira deduction for people who have other pension plans whereas the House would preserve the existing deduction
