European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday january 22,1987 German is acquitted of malaysian drug charge Penano Malaysia map West German Frank for scr hugged his lawyer and friends after he was acquitted wednesday on a charge of drug trafficking. Had he been convicted a death sentence Wouldhave been mandatory under malaysian Law. Forster 24, a Bank clerk from Rudesheim was charged with trafficking in 8.4 ounces of cannabis resin on nov. 20,1983, at the Swiss hotel in Penan City 180 Miles Northwest of Kuala Bumpur. After High court Justice Edgar Joseph or. Acquitted and discharged Forster he broke into a big smile. When the court adjourned Foerster hugged his malaysian defense counsel Rasiah Rajas Ingam and thanked him. Proclamation sets stage for election in Ireland Dublin Ireland a president Patrick Hillery signed a proclamation wednesday Dis solving the Irish parliament setting the stage fora general election on feb. 17. Ravaged by record debt end unemployment the 4-year-old government of prime minister Garret Fitzgerald was forced to Call the election nine months ahead of schedule after his party the Fine Gael lost its coalition partner the labor party in a Cabinet rupture tuesday Over the 1987-88  visited Hillery at his official Resi Dence in Dublin s Phoenix Park and the formality to dissolve the 166-seat Dail or parliament was performed without ceremony. Iraq says Iran s holy City among 4 hit by bombs Nicosia Cyprus a Iraq said wednes Day its Jet fighters bombed four iranian cities including the holy City of qom after its ground forces halted an iranian Advance on the Southern iraqi provincial capital of , meanwhile said overnight fighting East of Basra left 1,500 More iraqi troops killed or injured bringing to 33,000 the number of iraqi casualties Iran has claimed since beginning it push toward Basra on Jan. 9. Iran s official islamic Republic news Agency monitored in Nicosia did not report major new advances toward the City  claimed tuesday to have ambushed iraqi troops less than 6 Miles East of Basra killing or wounding 1,500 enemy soldiers. Iraq denied the claim and said the City its second largest was inno danger of falling into enemy hands. Woman has quintuplets after using Fertility drug Nashville Tenn. A a 25-year-Oldwoman who took a powerful Fertility drug gave birth to quintuplets tuesday night after 24weeks of pregnancy. Darlene Hawkins delivered three boys an two girls within four hours said Bill Nance spokesman for the Vanderbilt University medi Cal Center. The babies were being treated in the Hospital neonatal intensive care unit he said. They re All alive. She was 24 weeks an that s pretty Tough Hance said. From what i understand it s going to be a  said he had no immediate report on the Mother s condition. Teachers go on strike Over wages in Sacramento Sacramento Calif. A City teachers went on strike tuesday Over a wage dispute forcing the Skeleton Crews that kept schools Ope for 44,000 students to Herd classes together in some cases to View popular  Union officials estimated that about 1,500 of the 2,200 teachers in the sacrament City unified school District stayed off the Job. They were replaced in part by  buses and cafeterias continued to oper ate and a majority of students showed up a usual District officials said. Talks were continuing Between the District and the Sacramento City teachers association. Reagan to meet with panel probing policy role of Csc Washington a president Reagan will meet monday with the panel he named to review the role of the National Security Council in carrying out his policies toward Iran and other countries the White House said  Larry Speakes also announced that the Jan. 29 deadline for the panel known As the special review Board to Complete its investigation and report to the president has been extended to feb. 19.speakes said Reagan s meeting with the Board would be primarily to consult with the members about the Progress of their investigation but he assumed that the panellists would also question the president about his recollections regarding secret arms sales to Iran. He said the president probably would Confer wit White House counsel Peter g. Wallison before meet ing with the Board to go Over the chronology Wallison has been compiling concerning the arms sales and the diversion of profits to nicaraguan  spokesman said the meeting would take place at the White House probably in the West Wing where the president and his top aides have their offices. He said it had not been decided whether it would be in theoval office the Cabinet room or some other room. He said no decision had been made on whether the president would have a lawyer or other aides with him in the  said the Jan. 29 deadline was extended to give the Board time to Deal with the volume of documents supplied by the White House and other sources and to continue interviews. He said the Board has interviewed More than 40 people and wishes to inter View 15 to 20  spokesman Herbert e. Hetu said the panel was meeting in Plains ga., wednesday with former president Carter. Subsequent meetings Are planned with former president Nixon and former president  was meeting for the second time wednesday with David Abshiro the outgoing . Ambassador Tonato whom he appointed As his special Counselor to coordinate White House responses to Iran Contra investigations. The first meeting was last week. Speakes said White House chief of staff Donald , whose role during the development of the arms sales policy has prompted criticism in and out of con Gress was not attending wednesday s meeting and did not attend the one last week. Abshire speaking to reporters As he emerged from Senate hearing on nato affaire said tuesday there is absolutely no stonewalling by the White House on the Iran Contra Issue. Meanwhile a former National Security adviser Rob Ert Kcf Artancy said he was told by the White House last May that a Deal had been worked out with Rea  s approval to release All four . Hostages in Leb anon before Mcfarlane made his May 1986 trip Toiran with a plan Load of weapons for the iranians. He said the White House had instructed him not to negotiate while in Iran. Mcfarlane. In an interview that lasted into the Earl morning on Abc s nightlife said that if any Laws were broken in the affair the president certainly did t do it and did t authorize anyone else  a White House official who declined to be identified confirmed tuesday that Reagan was briefed in the Oval office on dec. 19 by sen. David Durnberg or r-minn., then chairman of the Senate intelligence committee which had been investigating the Iran affair including the alleged diversion of profits to Nicaragua s Contra rebels. The official called the meeting a very Brief update on what happened & discussion of the fact that we wanted to get the Story out but that there were prob lems caused by the refusal of the fired National Security adviser vice adm. John Poindexter and staff Mem Berlt. Col. Oliver North to testify. In our minds it was not highly irregular said the official adding that Durenberger also briefed vice president George Bush the next Day. Speakes said that when Durenberger requested the meeting he said he would be accompanied by sen. Patrick Leahy d-vt., committee vice chairman but that when Durenberger came to the White House he was accompanied Only by a staff member he said Durenberger did not Tell the president any thing about the substance of testimony before the com Mittee. He said Wallison Regan and Alton keel the the president s acting National Security Adver at tended the meeting. Kidnap from Page 1 equipment for the new nine Story Middle East Hospi Tal about half a mile from the hotel. The Hospital manager. Or. Adel Alyeh said Schmidt was kidnapped from his hotel room. A Summerland hotel spokesman however said Schmidt left the hotel tuesday morning and has not  the spokesman said Schmidt checked into the Seaside hotel on thursday. West German businessman Rudolf Cordes was kid napped saturday shortly after arriving at Beirut s air port. No group has claimed responsibility for his abduction. German Security sources said he was being held by Hezbollah a shiite group Loyal to  German government said tuesday that Cordes kidnapping was linked to the arrest in Frankfurt on Jan.13 of Mohammed Ali Hamadi a lebanese wanted in the United states on charges of hijacking a Twa  the 1985 hijacking a . Navy diver was shot to death. Thirty nine passengers were held hostage in Beirut for 17 Days before being released. On wednesday German authorities declined to say whether the Hijack suspect would be swapped for Cordes and indicated the government May delay decision on the . Request to extradite Hamadi. Attorney general Edwin Meese called on Ger Many wednesday to assert its political will and extradite Hamadi despite the reports that a second German bad been kidnapped up reported. Meese addressing a terrorism symposium said nations committed to fighting terrorism must be will ing to use every available Means. ,. Including extradition As in this Case up said Meese also indicated that the United states was considering some action in regard to the most recent kidnappings but he declined to be specific up re a Plo official in Germany said wednesday tha Cordes will be killed by his kidnappers if the hijacking suspect is , on his fifth visit to Beirut in an Effort to free foreign hostages was seen leaving his hotel in West Beirut at 7 30 . Tuesday escorted by three druse  had planned to leave tuesday for London but cancelled his flight to remain for face to face negotiations with islamic jihad the shiite group holding Anderson and Sutherland. Sources close to the anglican envoy said he held meetings with islamic jihad late  looked As though he has had a breakthrough a source said  said monday that eventually the prospects Are Good for the release of Anderson 39, the associated press chief Middle East correspondent and Sutherland 55, acting Dean of agriculture at the Ameri can University of Beirut. Vice presiding on 1 Liam by islamic jihad had said it killed him in october 1985, but his body was not  was identified in published reports As the Cia station chief in Beirut. Smog from Page 1 got around town and there was a run on City Hall for driving permits Dick said. Hans Juergen Schweinsburg spokesman for the Kassel City government said the licensing office worked until of 30 . Tuesday. For More than a year we have been advertising the necessity of citizens having their permits but apparently no one took it seriously until the very real possibility came upon us Schweinsburg Tail in an Effort to reduce growing air pollution caused by cold windless weather authorities in Giessen Oker and Harli Gerode ordered industries to Cut production officials from the Hesse and lower Saxony state environment ministries told the associated press