European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page s the stars and stripes tuesday february 3,1987 . To seek . Discussion of rights abuses in 5 nations world today Geneva Switzerland a the . Human rights commission opened its 1987 session monday As the United Stales signalled it plans to aggressively push allegations or human rights abuses in Cuba. Bul Garia Romania Poland and Vietnam the chief . Delegate e. Robert Wallath also want the commission to drop the priority it tradition ally gives to discussions or conditions in Chile South Ern Africa and israeli occupied territories want european sources speaking on condition of anonymity have said Southern Africa the Middle East Chile and Afghanistan Are expected to be the focus of debate at the 43-Nalion meeting which is scheduled 10 last sin weeks but the United states says Chile has been More cooperative in . Inquiries by allowing on the spol visits by a commission investigator. Other countries such As Iran and Afghanistan have barred such visits. Wallach plans to Back up charges of human rights abuse by some countries with what he Calls a credible witness  one planned witness is Armando Valladares the cuban author released last year into exile after serving two decades in cuban jails. Cuba in response May Call for investigations of he human rights situation in puerto Rico and of policies toward american indians West european sources said. One potential dispute was defused when Hermann klan nor of East Germany a possible appointee to chair the 43-nation commission was left off of his country s delegation jewish groups have claimed Klenner who was com Mission vice chairman in 1986 and had been expected to become chairman this year had been a member of he nazi Pany. One West european Delegate speaking on condition of anonymity cited what he called a reasonable and cooperative approach by the soviet Union in preliminary talks concerning a declaration on the rights of human rights defenders. Canada which has observer status at the commis Sion and Norway have submitted a proposal specify ing that people promoting human rights must not be subject to any form of discrimination. No one shall be accused of undermining or subverting the political or social system Ofa stale because he advocates the actual Observance of human rights in that  the draft proposal says. The West european Delegate said a constructive so Viet approach As Well As the participation of Ndia the Philippines and other third world countries permitted cautious Progress toward agreement on a declaration. . Proposals 10 have the session shortened from six to five week were believed to Bave Little support from other Western nations which note that the United nations financial crisis already has forced consid Erable curtailment of activities concerning human rights. . Envoy to . Conference on a Sarma Menf Dies of age 57 Geneva Switzerland a Donald s. Lowitz the . Ambassador to the 40-nation . Conference on disarmament died Ofa heart attack the . Mis Sion announced monday. He was 57, he was stricken just after Midnight sunday at his Geneva residence . Spokesman Christopher Henze said. Lowitz s wife Shana called an ambulance when her husband complained of Chest pains but Ilowite died before the ambulance arrived at the House Henze said. Henze said Lowitz had no history of heart trouble served As chief Delegate to the disarmament conference Tor two years. The conference be world s primary multilateral disarmament negotiating forum opens ils Winter session tuesday. Lowitz was known by colleagues As a thoughtful Friendly and fair person who did not hesitate to speak his mind. Before being appointed ambassador to the disarmament conference in december 1984, Lowitz practice Law in his Hometown of Chicago for 32 Yean. Lowitz is survived by his wife and their three Chil Dren Amy Theodore and Joshua. Funeral services Are planned for thursday in Chi Cago Henze said. Soviets reveal bribery scams Moscow up a soviet newspaper sunday revealed serious corruption within the Legal and medi Cal system that allows Criminate from murderers to draft evaders to buy a finding of insanity that permits them to spend time incarcerated in a psychiatric Hospi Tal rather than serving a prison term. In a two part series that concluded sunday the newspaper socialist Industry said the whole system of saving criminals has been revealed and it is to put them in psychiatric  the newspaper said a special commission headed by Viktor Malykin chief of the Moscow health depart ment investigated the system for one year and Learned that Tor Between 5,000 rubles about 57,500 and 8,000 rubles about si2,000 a person could learn now to fool doctors at a trial or buy his Way into t menu Hospital to avoid conviction. It said one Man Dvo Ryadchikov who killed two men in Plain View of Many people was found by a panel of Eppens to be innocent on the grounds of in sanity and incarcerated for three Yean in a psychiatric Hospital. Several months after he was released he killed two Young women. Their corpses Cut into pans were found on the Bank of the Moscow River it said. He was arrested and experts at the serb sky forensic psychiatric Institute concluded he had no mental  Dvorya Neikov Hung himself in jail when he Learned their conclusion but he left behind a note condemning the dealers in White smocks for having no regard for their responsible position. The article did not say in what Way he murderer who would have faced the death penalty bought his Freedom. It said a Man seeking to avoid military service had a Friend find a place for him in a Moscow psychiatric Hospital for a $7,500 fee. For the same Price another official charged with bribery was instructed in How to behave so the psychiatric commission would find him insane. A clerk in a Butcher shop who was charged with cheating customers paid i j2, to be found suffering from schizophrenia. The head of the commission a Yuri Massover who Appa Ranly look the bribe was quoted by the newspaper As saying socialism opens Broad prospects for Businesslike people since the stale itself allows people to Rab it the article revealed deep corruption in such prestigious organizations As the Moscow Institute of cardio logy and psychiatric research Hospital. It came As a dissident psychiatrist analogy Korya Gin was reportedly released from Chi Stopol prison to a Rob holding cell while he was awaiting emigration with his family. Kryagin was sentenced to 12 years in prison and exile in 1981 for anti soviet slander after publishing in the West a revealing article charging the soviet govern ment with abusing psychiatry by treating dissidents he found to be mentally healthy. Dissident sources Friday said authorities would allow him to emigrate with his family. Rep. Anthony gets Post Washington a House democrats have appointed rep. Beryl Anthony d-ark., to run their Campaign organization. Anthony succeeds rep. Tony Coelho a Calif As chairman of the democratic con Gressional Campaign committee. Coelho was elected House majority whip for the i ooh Congress China reports existence of nuke defense network peking a China has a Fairty Complete system of defense with a special network Loen sure it can launch a nuclear counterattack and a Strong civil air defense the official Xinhua news Agency said sunday. The report quoting unidentified military sources said the system includes a Well pro Leclede automatic command network a network to ensure the counterattack ability of strategic nuclear forces and strategic bases for air and naval forces. Ii also include a civil air defense system to protect the country s residential political eco nomic Industrial and communications centers he report said. The news Agency said the system is highly effective against conventional and nuclear explosions and chemical weapons but it did not give details of any of the systems. Swiss aids cases up fivefold in last 2 years Bern Switzerland a the number of aids cases reported in Switzerland has in creased nearly fivefold Over the last two years the Swiss health office has reported. Forty people had been reported with acquired immune deficiency syndrome Al the end of 1984, compared with 192 Al the end of last year. The office said in its weekly bulletin. Switzerland has a population of about 6 million. The bulletin said an minuted 20,000 people Are believed to be carriers of aids but do not actually have the disease. It said 65 percent of people with aids in Switzerland Are bisexual or homosexual men and 10 percent Are drug addicts. The fatal disease Breaks Down the body s immune system and no cure has been developed. Pilot killed in crash of helicopter off Italy bar Italy a a helicopter caning customs police plunged into the wind whipped seas new thin Southern port lolling the Pilot authorities said. The body of 28-year-old, capt. Paolo Mancini was pulled from the water by Rescue teams a few hours after the Accident still sought was a Sec Ond Man travelling in the chopper. He was identified As Brig. Francesco Pierena 3i. Italian maritime officials were investigating the cause of the Accident saying they had received no emergency signal from the helicopter before it went Down about 16 Miles from ban. Germans May Bury milk tainted by nuke Accident Hamburg a about 3,000 tons of powdered milk tainted by radioactive fallout from Ute chernobyl nuclear Power Plant Acci Dent in the soviet Union will be buried in a land lid the Bild newspaper said sunday. Disposition of the powdered milk had created a quarrel Between three German states. The newspaper without listing its sources said Federal environment minister Waller will Mann has tentatively decided to Bury the product but did not say where. Ii Aid the govern ment would compensate the shipper who took delivery1 of the powdered milk from Bavaria. 2 drown when ice Breaks on Park Lake in Milan Milan Italy a two people including an attempted rescuer drowned sunday when the ice on a Park staling rink cracked police said. The incident occurred As Oieni of people skated on the Lake of Milan s for Lanini Pant on a Bright sunny Day. Police said the ice suddenly cracked and two skaters Oscar Manuel Colombo and Giovanni set lease fell into the water. Seil Catt managed 10 grab onto the ice and was pulled out. Bui Colombo in disappeared under the ice and his body was later recovered police said. Antonio i Giuseppe 20-year-old passer by jumped into the water 10 try in save the Ika lers but he Ulso drowned police said