European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 25, 1986 the stars and stripes / i Page 9 businessmen Tell of abuse by saudis Washington Ikas in  of the Board of  group a califor Nia based Inte hip r financial and management Ison an Engi re other men Talvin l Levine who Rcd As a Quality control end Freer for the arabian american Oil co. Aramco nicer at the King Faisal specialist search Center who was hired to Bri Nup to . Hospital standards and Herbert former general manager of saudi Industrial Supply Ai construction corp. In Boston a . Subsidiary of a saudi firm. A recent letter from the state department sent to several members of Congress who inquired about the situation said 26 american labourers and businessmen have been detained in saudi Arabia within the last year. The department said Friday that nine americans Are no i fall ofor alcohol charges. Nola Al of them Are businessmen officials said Gjura of a think the government should open bearings and see what is going on in saudi  Nelson said he was arrested in 1984 after he reported a dangerous grease valve in the Hospital oxygen and nitrous oxide lines. He said he was taken to a Villa where he was handcuffed shackled and beaten for hours. After 39 Days in Captivity he said he was re leased but was denied his passport. Levine said he was dragged from his Home one eve Ning in March 1983, accused of running a sex club and taken to a filthy cell where he was chained beaten and professionally interrogated later he was convicted and sentenced to prison for a year. A Tew months late the sentence was increased to four years. Fourteen months after his arrest Levine said he paid 140,000 1 received a Pardon the employees of the state department Jacland misinform members of the Congress employers and the news Media about inc situation in saudi  the four men Are forming a coalition of american who say they suffered abuse in. Saudi Arabia. They said they have met with Many government officials to pro test treatment of americans in saudi Arabia. Moscow party chief ctssa/7s subway system Moscow a the local communist party Boss has harshly criticized the workers and managers of Moscow s showcase subway system Long ranked among the prides of the soviet capital for inefficiency breakdowns and Over crowding. The legend about the reliability of the Moscow metro remains unfortunately Only in memory the City s communist party chief Boris n. Yeltsin told a conference of Trade unions of the metro As the subway is known in the soviet Union. Officially designated the Moscow metropolitan named for Vladimir i. Lenin Leader of the soviet revolution the metro has Long been renowned for us Speed Economy and vaulted museum like stations with elaborate Marble Walls mosaics and chandeliers. But Yeltsin whose speech was published sunday in the newspaper Moskovskaya pravda said muscovites Are beginning to mutter about the metro s shortcomings. One used to speak about the metro i superlatives the most Beautiful the most reliable the most comfortable underground palaces Blue express trains Narf Miracle elevator in a word Symbol of Comfort cleanliness and order Yeltsin said in the speech delivered saturday. Unfortunately Many of these definitions have become things of the past he said Moscow s subway celebrated its 50thanniversary last year with television and newspaper reports praising its Beauty and efficiency. But it is Clear that inc system is Strain ing to keep Pace with growth in this City of9 million people with 124 Miles of tracks and 126 stations the Moscow metro is about one third the size of the new York subway system but carries about twice As Many  1985, More than 7 million riders a Day crowded through the turnstiles and into the Turquoise and Bluc trains. A ride costs 5 Kopek the equivalent of about 8  newspaper report did not provide any reaction by the metro s workers or managers to Yeltsin s criticism. Yeltsin a 55-year-old former building Engineer said he prepared for his report by Riding the subway and inspecting re pair stations and train Yards. I would say openly that my impression is rather grave he said. The passenger crowds into the in trance to the subway and he can hardly get into a subway car. And he has no Confidence thai the train won t be stranded in a Tunnel or that the escalator on t Stop or thai the turnstile control Ler won t curse  Yeltsin said that so far this year total of 1,350 trains have had to be pulled out of service for repairs and a least 1 million riders were late Tor work because of inefficiency of the system. The economic and of course moral damage inflicted was significant he said. He also criticized the safety of the sys tem citing a recent fire on a train in the Auto Zaborskaya automobile factory station in Southeast Moscow. Yeltsin termed the Accident extraordinary and blamed it cd inefficient maintenance. Birthday Blaze Ufa photo sen. Gary Hart a Colo blow oat the candles on his sofa birthday Alee at Vevish Lifton part. Hut a Letfin the Scute it the cad of us omit torn. Raf copters Rescue 28 crewmen from sinking ship Cork. Ireland up British Royal air Force helicopters Early Sun Day winched 28 crewmen from Shedeck of a sinking Ore earner in mountainous Gale lashed seas off the Souli til coast of Ireland Rescue officials mid. Two Creme Ribera of the Hong Kong regi Elered ship were slightly injured and an Raf rescuer Manning a Winch Uff cred broken Bones id his hand during the dramatic Rescue i darkness and drenching ram Rescue officials said. Ii was a Nightmare said an officer of the 54,000-ton Kowloon Bridge which had a Crew of mostly Indian Anil turkish seamen. The vessel sent an sos shortly be fore Midnight after it lost a rudder and its steering gear officials at the Iris hair sea Rescue Center in Shannon  crewmen were about to aban Don ship when two Raf sea King Heli copters reached the scene about 15 Miles off i. N head in Southwest  members of the Crew were taken to a Hospital in Cork for examination officials said. One crewman said he was nearly washed overboard by a giant wave As 40-foot seas and Gale Force win slashed the boat but he managed to cling to a railing. Maritime officials said the Carrie was reported to be taking on water at Daybreak and was sinking off the Irish coast. The Carrier which was on a voyage from Canada to Scotland had put into an Irish port last week for suspected Hull damage after talking a battering in heavy teas. But inspectors gave it theall Clear and it left saturday to resume the voyage Only hours before losing its rudder. A Lister i hip the Derbyshire went Down in a typhoon 600 Miles off  1980, with 42 crewmen and the wives of 2 officers