European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes sunday january 16,1987 Turkey sues nyc museum Over 6th-Century artefacts Ankara Turkey up Turkey is Takin Legal action against the new York metropolitan museum of Art for the return of sixth Century artefacts a government spokesman said Friday. The government has hired a new York la firm after failing to get a positive response from the museum on the return of artefact once be longing 10 the legendary King Croesus of Lydia in what is now Western Turkey said Olus Arik spokesman for the ministry of culture. The treasures were smuggled out of the coun try before being bought by the museum in 1966, Arik told reporters. The turkish government has been requesting their return since 1970. The Legal action followed a speech wednesday by turkish culture minister Mesut Wilmai who warned archaeologists thai Turkey is prepared to refuse permits for excavations to those whose countries museums fail to return artefacts. Iowa governor sworn in Calls for teachers raises lbs Moines Iowa a gov. Terr Branstad was sworn in Friday for his second four year term and called on lawmakers to in crease spending on education by $151 million including raises for teachers. There Are those who say that we cannot afford to make this commitment,1 Branstad said. Let us not forget that he one thing More expensive than education is  the governor said starting pay for teacher should be raised immediately to si8,000 at a Cost of $9 million $38.5 million should be spent for across the Board pay increases and another $50 million should be spent for performance based pay increases. Ecuador from Page 1 Cordero promised from Captivity that there would Beno reprisals. Ecuador a country of about 9 million returned Loci Vilian Rule in 1979 following seven Yean of military dictatorship. Debrei Cordero a 55-year-old conserva Tive and staunch . Ally took office in August 1984. In Washington White House spokesman Alber Brashear said the . Government was deeply Dis Turbed by the  confrontation Between the president and the general began in March 1985 when Vargas Azzos demanded the dismissal of defense minister Gen. Luis Pineiroo who later resigned and the army commander accusing them of corruption. Febres Cordero sided with the minister and the army commander and fired Vargas Azzos at the time chief of the joint forces  Bazios described As charismatic and popular with his troops then seized an air Forte base on the  several Days of talks he surrendered but then staged a rebellion with the help of about 200 office Sand troops at a Quito air base where he was being held. Febres Cordero sent army troops and tanks 10 the base and retook it after a Brief fight. Terrorists deliver photos of 2 american hostages Beirut Lebanon a a group of terrorist saturday released pictures of two americans Kidnap Ped last year but made no demands. Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite called it a very Good sign in a separate statement the same group the revolutionary Justice organization threatened to punish All participants of an islamic Summit to be held next week in Kuwait. The pictures of Joseph Cicippio and Edward Tracy were delivered to Beirut s Independent daily an Nahar in an envelope that carried Only the group s  think it s a very Good sign Waite said on learn ing of the photos. They Are alive and i m pleased that there s this  Waile also met with Cicippio s wife Ilhan for 15 min utes at his hotel. He was on the sixth Day of his stay in moslem West Beirut in a new bid to win the release of american and other foreign hostages held in Lebanon. There was no indication however of a link betwee Waite s Mission and the release of the two pictures by the revolutionary Justice organization. 11 in believed made up of shiite moslem extremist Loyal to Iran s revolutionary patriarch Ayatollah r Ruhollah Khomeini. Cicippio 56, acting comptroller at the american University of Beirut was kidnapped from the Campus last sept. 12. The revolutionary Justice organization claimed responsibility and said last oct. 21 n also had kidnapped Tracy 56, who said he was a writer of Chil Dren books. The group alleged the two americans spied for the United states Andl Kracl. Tracy old ppm. The revolutionary Justice organization Alto claim sit holds Frenchman Jean loud Normandin 35, a lighting Engineer for France s Antenne-2 television net work. He was abducted last March 8. The group has not been involved in any known negotiation with Waite who arrived1 in Beirut on Mon Day on his fifth visit since november 1985.his contacts on previous visits were confined to islamic jihad another pro iranian shut fiction. It claims toehold at least two american and three French hostages Waite met saturday with education minister Salim Hoss at his Home in the Mulla District Owett Beirut islamic jihad or islamic holy War issued a statement Friday threatening to launch terrorist attacks against Kuwait if he islamic Summit is held there Jan. 16, Germany Hunting for 2 assassins Hamburg up Germany s chief couple Ter Rorison official saturday assumed control of the Man Hunt for two assassins who gunned Down a prominent iranian exile on a Hamburg Street. A spokesman for attorney general Kurt Rebman said Rebmann took Over the Case under a Tough new anti terrorism Law that went into effect Jan. 1 an transfers responsibility for probing politically motivated violence to the attorney general As the country Schief terrorism fighter. The victim of the assassination that took place on a Hamburg Street Friday morning was the former Pilot forthe speaker of the iranian parliament Ali Raf Sajani. The sex Pilot identified As Ali Akbar ,35, was shot six times by two unidentified men. The assassins approached him and opened firt at he a leaving a Hamburg kindergarten after dropping Oft fail 4-year-old daughter witnesses  victim died while being rushed to a Hospital. Muhammadi with three other people fled Iran last aug. 12 in the parliament speaker s aircraft. He went to Baghdad capital of Iraq after he had spirited his family out of Iran. Freeze from Page 1 parked can and collapsed bams. The London fire brigade reported it received a Many As 1,000 flooding Calls an hour and newspapers warned or racketeering plumbers charging exorbitant fees and saying take it or leave  among the latest deaths were a British widow who died of an apparent heart attack As she tried to mop water from a burst pipe and a 7-year-old boy in Scot land killed when his sled Slid under the wheels of a truck Clearing Snow. In the Northwest romanian tit of Satu Mare 10 work ers were killed and 47 elapsed under the weight of Snow accumulated atop Al. In West Germany a 33-year-old Man who police believe was an East German and May have been trying to escape to the West was found Frozen to death on the order in the Snow covered Han Mountain. The official East German news Agency Aon reported Snow drifts up to 14 feet deep and wind gusts reach ing 31 to 43 Miles per hour making Many Road impassable in southwestern parts of the country. The polish communist party newspaper trybus Nayudu said five drunks passed out and froze to death an occurrence the soviet Union said it had managed to avoid in the Wake of Leader Mikhail Gorbachev s anti alcohol  officials reported problems in supplying neat in the Arctic port of sever Monk and in Gorky an the officials responsible were reprimanded moves from Page 1 counts. Dod and Congress have both tried to restrain that growth. The question is How much can it be re strained one Pentagon official said Congress gave the de sense department s2.j billion in reassignment fund this fiscal year. The budget request for fiscal 19&& and fiscal 1989, unveiled recently requests about the Sam amount each year with slight increases for inflation. The Pentagon requested the modest increases be cause officials think the services initiatives will keep costs Down the official  s the message we re getting from Congress the official said. They want us to reduce the Tempo of moves by service members and we re trying to  Congress ordered the defense department to con dict a study of overseas tour lengths and to justify any locations where tour lengths were less than the Stan Dard. That resulted in increased tour lengths at about 30 overseas  services have been pursuing their own Cost Cut Ling programs. The army already has announced number of programs and More Are planned As soon As service and defense department officials work out details. Last week the army announced it would release about 30,000 enlisted soldiers up to two months Early because of a $100 million shortfall in reassignment funds for fiscal 1987, the army had a similar program in fiscal 1986.the army already has increased time on Stalion requirements for stateside assignments from three to four years. Tours for first term soldiers on three year hitches in Europe and Japan will be increased from 18to 24 months. The army has asked the defense department to lengthen Tours in Europe and other Long Lour area by six months for career soldiers but no decision has been made the air Force last month revised ill regulation governing Tours. Essentially. Air Force members with their commanders approval can now stay overseas Long As they want to with an open ended rotation Date. They also May request pinpoint assignments on consecutive overseas Toura. Other changes Call for personnel on two year state Side Tours to serve another tour at the Tente location whenever possible and the elimination of stateside moves from one base to another unless a base Falls below a 90 Pere a Manning level in a particular Spe Fialty the Navy also is working on a program to reduce reassignment costs a personnel spokesman said. He would not give details on the initiatives being consid ered by Navy officials