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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, December 13, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday december 13, 1986 Poland on Road to Reform Walesa says in to interview Washington up Lech Walesa founder of he outlawed Solidarity Trade Union Friday mid the polish govern men was on the Road to  interviewed from Gdansk Poland on Abc television Walesa said the government s september release of a number of former Solidarity leaders was indeed a step in the right  for this to have an Impact and in order to ensure thai this is not undone at a later Dale existing organizations in Poland must have a truly pluralistic charac ter/1 he said. Asked to describe the current situation in Poland Walesa said Poland was entering a new stage in which Poland needs Reform As one needs fresh  looking toward the future the polish Leader said neither martial Law nor any other Force could put an end to what we refer Loas  saying that Reform would come in stages Wales added that Poland was on the Road to  Walesa headed Solidarity which was outlawed five years ago after the government declared martial Law and arrested most of the Union s top leadership including  Solidarity founder said he was convinced that next year would bring us closer to achieving our goals to inc attainment of peace and a greater Well being for All  sen. Edward Kennedy d-mass., presents a Bast of his Laic brother. President John f. Kennedy to israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir. Kennedy met Shamir gets bust of Juk in Jerusalem Friday with Shamir. In Center is Ken Nedy s sister Jen Smith who accompanied him during his visit to Israel. German Poce report arresting 4 in Bank Teller machine thefts Wiesbaden up police Friday said they arrested four people on charges of plundering automatic Cash dispensing machines at Banks with the help of a  said the suspects obtained around 100,000 Marks $50,000 from banking machines in Frankfurt and eight other nearby cities and towns before they were  weekly illustrated Stem news Magazine also reported in its current edition that data thieves Ille Gally obtained Deposit records of prominent customers of Germany s largest Bank Deutsche Bank and use the information in an extortion scheme. The estimated 2,500 automatic Teller machines that German Banks have deployed around the country have proved particularly vulnerable to White Collar Crimi nals armed with computers police said the ring plundering the machines in the Frankfurt area included a 23-year-old Secretary a 24-year-old Mechanic a 25-year-old travelling Salesman and a 26-year-old computer Salesman. It said the ring members purchased i Ora friends an relatives for 3,000 Marks $1,500 apiece the secret banking customer identification numbers and the Plas tic Check cashing cards needed to operate the automatic Teller  people who wrongfully sold their cards simply reported them stolen to protect their own Bank accounts police  ring meanwhile used its computer to alter the magnetic data memory strip on the Check cards so the would still work in the machine after the card was suspended. With the cards and i Crisona identification number they were Able to obtain Money from numer Ous automatic Teller  the Deutsche Bank Case which is under investigation by the Frankfurt District attorney. Stem said employees working in the Bank s data Center passed information about important Bank customers to outsiders. People who come into Possession of the secret information then sought to extort Money from the ban management by threatening to expose the banking secrets Stern  said the compromised information included Bank account statements for Walter Wallmann the German environmental minister and former Frankfurt mayor the former German employers federation president Otto Esser and unnamed sheiks from Kuwait and other Arab lands in an unrelated incident data pirates electronically transferred a Large sum of Money to their own account from that of a Hamburg savings Bank to prove their Contention that the country s borne banking system using computers in not entirely secure. World today japanese postal service Tokyo a to warm the cockles of City kids hearts a Post office in Northern Japan has offered to Send the youngsters snowmen through the mail. For a Mere 3,000 yen 119 City Folk can order a hand made snowman Complete with charcoal eyes and Bullon nose. It will be delivered in a Day to any door in  Taniuchi a postal worker at the Haya Kita Post office in Japan s northernmost Mam Isle of hokkaido said Friday the Frozen friends stand 14,4 inches tall and come packed in styrofoam to keep them from melting into 8.8 pounds of slush. The idea came from Post office director Seilus Shin to who resumed recently to his native Snow country after 23 years of working in the capital. Recalling How Tokyo children make snowmen from filthy flakes. Shinbo decided to offer them the real thing. Group honors activist convicted of 2 murders Madrid Spain a Leonard Peltier an Ameri can Indian convicted of killing two Fri agents 11 year ago has been awarded the International human rights prize by the human rights commission of  president Jose Antonio Martin pallm said Peltier was chosen because he was defending the historical and cultural rights of his people against the genocide of his , 41, was convicted in 1977 of killing two Fri agents during a gunfight two years earlier at the Pineridge Indian reservation in South Dakota. He was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in  is imprisoned Al Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary in Kansas. Simple aids test May go on Sale next year Toronto a american and Canadian developers thursday said they have come up with a simple 10-minute lest for exposure to aids using a disposable plastic Cartridge and they Hope to have it on the mar Ket next  predicted it May be possible to conduct the blood test Al Home within two  Tan rightly be termed a major development in the struggle to control this devastating disease Saidt Armie m. Williams vice president of Pilot laboratories corp of Vancouver a medical finance  said the throwaway acquired immune deficiency syn drome lest is easy whether at Home or the remotest Sec Tion of the african  it probably will Cost about $10. Iran . Sign pact on economic cooperation Nicosia Cyprus a Iran reported Friday it has signed an economic cooperation agreement with the soviet Union and indicated that a return of soviet technicians was  protocol is seen As a major step in the soviet Union s Effort to improve relations with Iran. Iran s official i us Al a Ito Rcd in Nicosia thursday by Irani. Iravani and Konstantin a Lushch chairman of the soviet Union s new slate committee for foreign eco nomic  agreement covers cooperation on Commerce banking transportation fisheries and technology and construction of steel plants and Power stations in Iran irn Asaid australian Pilot fined for causing sonic booms Adelaide Australia a a Royal australian air Force Pilot Friday was fined for sonic booms that Drew complaints from homeowners and a greenhouse operator who said Glass was shall ered and Walls cracked. An air Force spokesman said the Pilot was fined the equivalent of $130 for disobeying orders not to by in excess of the Speed of  official spoke on condition that he not be identified and he did not disclose the Pilot s  air Force said the sonic booms during an air show nov. 16, caused an estimated $650,000 Worth of damage including $325,000 in destruction claimed by a Rose grower who said his greenhouse Walls were shattered. The air Force said it was flooded with Calls after the sonic booms  claims Are pending and the Pilot Fuu a right to Appeal the air Force said  
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