European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday. July 22,1936 update news update rail traffic resumes Miamisburg Ohio a train traffic resumed sunday through the site of a tank car derailment that spewed toxic phosphorous fumes for five Days and Breed the evacuation of about 30,000  transportation the operator or the train thai derailed july 8, sen a train along the track at Low speeds to Check on rebuilt portions of the track and a Bridge said Miamisburg fire capt. Mike Sennet computer starts up Mountain View  the world s most Power Ful computer system capable of doing 250 million Caput actions per second went on line monday atthe Ames Rete arc Center. There was no Button pushing or switch throwing but it s a.m., the numerical aerodynamic Simula Tion system was nude accessible to Persona computer of More than150 scientists from the Pentagon universities and Industry. Temperatures jult1i hit Opran we Curdt few mum  Umu ii to the Olbrat no 1kb but l n jail 64. A raw  to agouti Pfuntn  it buoy Fol tool. Soldier found dead in Barracks identified Boe Bunsen Germany  officials monday identified the Soldier who died in his Barracks at Panzer Ca sern last week As pvt 2 Michael Joseph  cause of the i a year old s death is not yet known said division spokesman capt. Wes Werner but an autopsy is being performed and the death is under investigation. The Soldier died in his Barracks de Spile the efforts of other soldiers medi Al personnel and a German doctor to revive him Weiner said. Scott was assigned to the 1st in i6lhinf, 1st inf div fwd he is survived by one brother living in los Angeles. German Engineer convicted of spying for soviet Union Munich a a bavarian court monday convicted a former senior Engi Neer at Germany s largest aerospace con Cern of spying far the soviet Kab and sentenced him to Ali years in  Rolsch 62, who gave soviet agents important information about the Tornado Jet tighter plane was also ordered to pay a 18,000-Mark $8,000 Fine to the German government. He had been paid 25,000 Marks a 1,400 by the , the former chief Engineer of the aircraft construction department of the Messer Schwili Bolckow Broehm mob firm had been a soviet spy for 30years, presiding judge Werner Biej said. Rotsch a former East German Emi grated to West Germany in 1954 As a communist agent assigned to collecting information about this country s aviation Industry Biebl  had passed the Kab about 700 pages of information on 50 different subjects the judge said. He had Given the soviets important information about German aerospace programs including the weaknesses of the Tomann Jet fighter plane Biebl said. Roisch s last meeting with a leading officer of the soviet intelligence Agency Kab look place in february 1983.he was arrested in september 1984 after he was implicated by statements fan East bloc defector to French Intelli gence  worked for several aviation companies before joining mob in 1969.prosecutors had asked for the maximum sentence of 10 years. Rotsch was a worst Case of espionage the judge said but added thai for a variety of reasons above All Roisch s confession the Maxi mum sentence was not handed  noted that Rotsch had lost i income and will not receive a  witnesses testified during the three month  said thai Rotsch endangered important Public interests with his actions especially his betrayal of classified inform  fact that Rotsch got training in radio communications and was included in an agent warning system proved that his work for the Kab was no unimportant said Biebl. Prosecutors said they would have no comment on the sentence. Roisch s lawyer Hans Peter Poetschke said he is considering an Appeal. Hostage s sister meets syrian official to discuss ordeal of five americans Damascus Syria a the sister of kidnapped american journalist Terry Anderson monday met with a Syria foreign ministry official to talk about the ordeal of her brother and four other american captives in Lebanon. Bam Zayyani head of the . Department in the foreign ministry was the first syrian to receive Peggy say since the arrived sunday seeking hip in freeing Anderson chief Middle East Cor respondent for the associated press and the older , 45, of Batavia n.y., told report ers Trier meeting Zayyani that she was carrying letters from the hostage families thanking syrian president hafe Assad for his support the five captives have been missing for Between one and two years and Are believed held by shiite moslem extremists Loyal to Iran. Say began her trip in Athens Greece last week and also slopped in Cyprus. Say said she would like to meet with Assad but would not be disappointed if that is not possible. We re interested i talking to any of the syrian officials to pass on to president Assad our appreciation and hopefully to get some guidance from them she said in a Telephone interview with the a in Washington. Syria which maintains about 25,000troops in Eastern and Northern Lebanon is regarded As the country s main Power broker. It has denied any direct relation Peggy say Frires in Damascus. App Tou ship with the kidnappers but syrian officials have said they have been trying to get Iran and shiite leaders in Lebanon touring pressure on the kidnappers. Asked How she saw Syria s role say said even though maybe at the present moment they re unable to do anything think they be made a Strong enough commitment and i believe that Syria is the key to the solution and 1 think that they re going to work very Bird o gel themselves in t position where they can do something for  is 25 Miles East of the Leb anese Border and it is the closest say has been yet to her 38-year-old brother who was kidnapped in Modem West Beirut on March 16, 1985. One of the More difficult things i that 1 can look out of my hotel room and see the mountains that beyond lies Terry and that makes it very emotional for me said say. But it was important for him to know that i m of and. Trio fighting for his release and i be been re assured that he does know that now be cause it her trip has received such publicity in the lebanese press the other hostages arc the Rev. Law rence Jeaco 51, a roman Catholic priest David Jacobsen j5, director of the american University Hospital in Bei rut Thomas Sutherland 55, Dean of agriculture at the american University and William Buckley. 58, a political offi cer at the . Embassy in Beirut Bonn allows spy to return to East Bonn a suspected communist spy Herbert Meissner returned to East Germany monday after a West German warrant for his arrest was revoked end ing a six Day confrontation Over his Fate. Meissner 59, left after assuring Bon officials that he was going voluntarily Ludwig Rehlinger no. 3 official in the West German Inua Germun relations ministry told a news conference. The official East German news Agency adn confirmed late monday that Meissner was Back. Meissner is Deputy chairman of the East German Academy of sciences in East Berlin. The decision to let Meissner go Al though he confessed to being a spy indicated West Germany s desire to quickly end the Case and its negative effect on the nation s relations with East Ger Many Bonn officials said. He was not important enough As a spy for this argument id continue unofficial said. Meissner interviewed by the private West German Cable television network sat-1 at a Highway rest Slop on his payback to East Germany said he Felt fantastic i m driving borne to my family be said he brushed aside questions about fear of returning Home saying no i veneer had tear about my country and 1 Don t have any fear now Meissner repeated his Contention that he had been kidnapped by West German agents. The standoff Over Meissner started when he avoided arrest on espionage charges by holing up in the East German diplomatic Mission in Bonn last tues Day. But Meissner i return left Man questions about his Case unanswered. Meissner said he was kidnapped july 9, drugged and forced to defect by West German agents before escaping to the East German Mission. Bonn officials said he defected after hews picked up for shoplifting in West Berlin july 9.they said that he confessed to having been an East German spy since at least1978, but that be disappeared from Munich during briefings with West German intelligence agents and resurfaced in the East German Mission in  German officials issued a War rant for his  agreement to let him go came sat urday in negotiations Between Renli Gerand East German spy broker Wolfgang Vogel. Both men have Long been involved in negotiating East West spy sex  said no spy Exchange was involved because Meissner was not important enough