European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday August 19,1986 raise their Junda to show Tow Many of Ibum Bare led through East Berlin and West a Tunny. Little food squalid conditions marked voyage sri lankan say Toronto a the sri lankan refugees Castaway Oft Newfoundland have Lold of enduring such poor conditions that the parents of an 11-month-Oldbaby made a suicide pact in weekend interviews with reporters spokesmen for the Bijj tamils smuggled from West Germany in the hold of a Small cargo ship said they had Lillic food or clean water. The floors were awash with human waste and after can of coca cola wot stolen the ship i Captain threatened to shoot anyone caught in his Cabin the spokesmen said Many people went to the washroom in plastic buckets but i did t go at All Godwin Ranjith 21, Laid at a saturday night news conference in  smell was so bad that some people deliberately ale nothing to control their body functions he said. The Captain of the ship taunted the refugees when they complained of thirst Ranjith said. He told me you can go jump in the water if you want water head. The refugees said they offered the Captain $90 for acan of cola 10 help a severely seasick Man but the Captain refused. A fishing vessel found the refugees Drifting in iwo lifeboats off Newfoundland last tuesday. German officials said they were tamils who had fled the ethnic strife in their South asian Homeland but feared Ger Many would Send them Back. They have been resettled temporarily at Homes an churches in Toronto and Montreal. The Canadian government has said the tamils can stay and work for a year pending a review of their cts. The sunday Star in Toronto quoted two refugees Raja Raj Arata a v a 35-year-old construction supervisor and Siva Sivakumar a 22-year-Otd student As say ing the tamils were allowed on deck Only twice a Day to draw sea water for washing. If i had known what it was going to be like i never would have gone the Star quoted Sivakumar As say ing. Even an animal should not be brought like this. The paper quoted him As saying he paid $3,000 for passage to Montreal. Crowded together in lifeboats and on the  for a week the tamils insisted they sailed from India not Germany. Their chief spokesman Nalliah i Jayanathan 46, told the Montreal news conference that they lied under instructions from the ship s Cap lain. We deeply regret not having been open and Forth right at the outset he said. The tamils said they reached Germany through East Berlin and were living in refugee Camps and hostels unable 10 work and subject to heavy fines i caught leaving their designated cities. We left sri Lanka because we wanted Freedom but in Germany it was just an open prison the Star quoted Rajaratnam As laying. Police in Hamburg said the Auriga skippered by Wolfgang Bindel and now reportedly Olf North Africa set sail from Brake Germany with the Refu Cea on july 26. Bin Jel has denied the charge. The refugees said they were Pul in lifeboats off Newfoundland on aug. 9. The ship towed the lifeboats for three hours but then the Captain Cut the rope and told the tamils to sail 350 degrees Northwest they said. They lost their Compass overboard and the one out Board motor kept breaking Down. One Nir it they heard spouting whales and feared they would be Cap sized. When Young Mother mixed the last milk powder the bad for Ber 11-month-old baby older refugee heard her make b suicide pact with her husband agreeing to hurl themselves overboard will the child when the Las fresh water was gone. But then after three Days the refugees were foundry the Newfoundland fishing vessel Atlantic reaper. World today 2 killed As plane crashes at italian veterans rally Brescia Luly up a Small plan crashed close 10 a crowded army veterans rally in Northern Italy sunday killing the Pilot and passenger Rescue workers said. At least 1,900 veterans from Italy s crack Al Pine regiment watched from a Field in the mountainous area of Val Sabbia a Bione As he plane which was hired by ratty organizers to pull a message saying Long live the Alpini suddenly turned Over went into a dive and smashed into the Edge of the , Carabiniero paramilitary police and Volunteer Rescue workers raced 10 the  the Pilot Roberto Palazini 41, of Estone was killed instantly along with passenger Aldo Cereoli 47, whose body was found in a nearby Forest. Cut in israeli budget to affect All but military Jerusalem up Israel s Cabinet vote to slash its budget by 1213 million a Belt Light ening move that will affect All government ago ties except tie military. In its regular sunday session the Cabine voted 14 to 5 to Cut the civilian budget by 3.9 percent in an Effort to preserve Israel s economic stability. Five minister abstained. La july last year Israel enforced a hard Fittim austerity program to control the nation s 400 percent annual inflation rate. By january the inflation rate had dropped to 1.3 percent 6 killed 35 Hurt when bus slams into belgian Home stave lot. Belgium a a bus which went out of control during a sleep descent crashed into a House sunday killing six and in Juring 3j. A police officer who refused to be identified said the bus Driver loss control of the vehicle during a Steep descent into St Velot and crashed Inlo Lee empty building near the Center of town. The casualties included children and Parent who had visited a youth Camp in the Region in the heart of the sloping ardennes the office said. The bus was rerouted from the main Road because of the 24 hours of Franco Charu motorcycling end Renca race. The Road on which the bus crashed could normally not be used for heavy traffic the officer said. Rio daily says nearly 10% of brazilians disturbed Rio de Janeiro Brazil a thirteen million brazilians almost 10 percent of the population suffer from mental disturbance and the number of new cases is rising rapidly a Rio daily reported  calculation according to be journal do Brasil was made by Evaldo Gomes Leile Vieira acting director of lie ministry of health s men Tal health  ii important to emphasize that the mentally ill Ore not Only the irredeemably insane who live out tide of reality Leite Vieira Wai quoted As saying but also neurotics with pm obits those who need Tranquili Zers to Cope with Day to Day life those who Haven t been Able to and aptly the Pace off modern society the Alcho Bou is and the drug  King lights Torch destined for top of Everest Katmandu Nepal up Kin Birendra monday lit a Small lantern shaped Torch thai will be carried to in top of mount Everest the highest place on Earth by a . Climbing expeditions a Beacon of world peace. Four americans and 10 nepalese Sherpa guides will carry the Torch across the Himalayas and join six other Ameri cans in Tibet before they attempt to carry it to the Summit of Everest in the fall. A larger Torch will be lit by . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar sometime in september and will be flown to a dumber of cities around the world including peking and the Nepa inc town of Lurn Biriki according to tradition the Birthplace of Buddha to commemorate the 1986 International year of peace. The expedition led by Andrew har Vard 37, a new York lawyer will also try to solve the Riddle of whether sired Mund Hillary and the late Sherpa guide ten ing Norgay actually were the first conquerors of Everest when they reached the Summit in 1953, the expedition is trying to find in remains and cameras of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine who Are believed to have died on the Mountain in 1924. Recovery of the cameras could help determine if they had reached the Summit. After the lighting of the Torch Biren dra presented it to Al read 48, moan Tain guide from san Francisco arid Dep Uty Leader of the expedition. The ceremony a held at the sprawl ing Royal Palace Garden and attended by leading nepalese officials , Ambas Sador Loon Jerome Weil and Katmandu based .  americans on the expedition will meet at a Bow Camp Between aug. 23and aug. 25 to prepare for their Everest climb in the fall