European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d some like it hot but other Don t Page 3 q Utah now Only state without a porno theater Page 5 d pet Blessing tradition revived in Madrid Page 8 the stars author dec unofficial fu1lication Fob vol. 45, no. 275 tuesday january 30, 1987 d 6693 a German kidnapped t Asaf Sempf to Frog suspect Beirut up unidentified gunmen a German citizen shortly after he arrived in moslem West Beirut apparently in in attempt to Force the release from German custody of a suspected palestini an Hijacker lebanese Security sources said Rudolph Cordes s3, business manager pm " Frankfurt based chemical and Hoechst was seized at 7 jya0bbrday on his Way to the Cavalier 5 minutes after he arrived at the Beirut International Airport aboard a Yew Femc Middle East airlines flight from Franl Fomen brandishing automatic rifles inter him out and bundled Himi off to an unknown r. It anese Driver was released Ute Eba Csc political and Security sources belie kidnapping was linked to the arrest in Frankfurt last tues Day of Moli Ammad Ali Ramadei who was identified alone of inc hijackers of Twa flight 847 on june 14.1985. Ramadei a 22-year-old lebanese born palestinian was arrested on his arrival on on me a flight from Beirut when police found bottled liquid explosives in his hand Luggage. Tote German foreign ministry issued a statement saying it has organized a crisis staff to Deal with the situation Cordee also the manager of Oechsl in Syria an Jordan was described by newspapers As a frequent to Beirut who always stayed at the Cavalier ally came to Beirut 6y car from Damas Cus a Spohr a Jyh German embassy said. The West gerrfl1fflmugency spa quoted amal militia officials in West As saying some body made two other attempts Nalup West Ger mans before Cordes was grabbed. It said the German embassy received an Ano see German on Page surf Side Shivers few other dedicated surf chill. Weekend tempera area dipped below freezing Hope for warmth in sight. Story on Page 2. Bob Wivell of Seal Beach calif., Bundoff up against the Tarly in Arning Chlu wearing hat gloves and Scarf he his chair on the Sand and Shiv Why he s watching his son and a . Officers led Contra shipments newspapers say Washington a i the com Mander of . Milila Mirces in Al Sal Vador and his Deputy we among those directing arms shipments a Nicaragua s Contra rebels last year Ali ugh con Gress barred such action newspapers have reported. The report saturday detailed Sive interviews with crewmen in the1 vat Supply operation noting the counts contradict re peal administration assertions that no . Official actively participated in the arms Supply network. One witness said army col. , commander of . Milita forces in e Salvador guided secret drops of arms into Nicaragua Lasij Steele also reportedly handled Thon ands of dollars in Cash paid to the Sjef Ladoran military for fuel used during be Covert missions. Sleeve s Deputy air orce it Rankin jr., Yonally approved the acquisition of Sorre parts and other supplies needed a the operation s Heel of aging Airl Nufa crewman said. Contra Lead offs said the Supply flights were Assisto Rby Cia officials in Costa Rica wharf played the location of rebel units Iune Nicaragua. 84 Law passed by Congress when Covert Cia activities in Nicaragua tre revealed banned any . Military help to the c Cia formed Force Nicaragua s . In 1985, Congress a Jato another Law allowing some Snar of intelligence in formation. Of Steele reach Fry Knight Ridder re Powers Uloff leaven Worth kan., de to Juwer questions but defended pcs As certainly it no now works at the state Dent declined comment. Rew members told Knight rid. Der the Iteele and Rankin were involved from theweration1 inception helping obtain Trumand lumber from the Salva Doran Mili Taulto build a warehouse to store arms atom pal ies for the contras. Steele also card a special meeting of All members of the negation last july to make it run More in Bethly. He warned Supply Crews against Jang wallets or other identification on kits implying that carelessness with i Kitty could jeopardize then pending Csc Gressional Aid to the contras 7wrankin s name was on a Liff key contacts each crewman was Given his arrival in �1 Salvador and a often Cut through salvadoran red tape see Contra on Page 28 death toll stands at 347 in Frozen Europe by United press International Europe shivered into its third week of Arctic weather with a death toll at 347 and temperatures still below freezing across Large tracts of the continent. The blizzard conditions and extreme have cased but weathermen Are still wailing for a thaw la the big freeze stretching from Siberia to Ireland that has claimed 347 lives. Latest casualties included a 15-year-old German Mechanic crushed to death by a one Ion slab of ice Ai a saw Mill near Berchtesgaden in the bavarian Alps. Eight deaths were sported in prance sunday and three people were killed when a Light aircraft crashed in fog near Exeter in southwestern England. But the wintry weather May have saved the lives of three fliers who survived another plane crash at Castle Donnington in the English midlands. It May have pre vented in fuel from igniting rescuers said. Spanish authorities said Hope faded for 18 sailors missing after their maltese registered vessel Kythera Star Sank in the Stormy Mediterranean saturday mom ing. The temperature on France s South coast recovered to a seasonal 68 degress Over the weekend and the Sunshine Over Southern Italy. But away from the Mediterranean Europe shivered. In Norway 10,000 bottles of liquor Worth an Esti mated 3350,000 froze and burst in a train trapped in snowdrifts Between Oslo and Lillie Hammer in West Germany the Weser River was blocked by ice for the first time in 41 years and threatened to flood the area. Icebreakers were brought in to dislodge the 1.3-mile pack of ice after officials said it was Loo soft to be broken up with explosives. Smog was a Hazard in parts of Hesse and lower Saxony and kept the penguins indoors at the Berlin zoo. In France 15,000 workers were being Laid offal the see Europe on Page 28
