European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday May 6,1987 news updates spy allegations Warsaw Poland Fuji spokesman for he outlawed Soli Darity Union said monday be was questioned Tor a second time byline military prosecutor s office about allegations that a . Diplo mat who left Poland was a spy. The questioning tailed for two hours Janusz Onyszkiewicz said government spokesman Jerzy Urban charged last week Iha Onyszkiewicz and three other per sons linked with Solidarity met Al Bert Mueller second Secretary at the . Embassy Urban said Mueller was in route to meet a pole working for american intelligence when he we de tuned april in Mueller left Poland april 19. Two Dayi later the government filed a protest conviction upheld Genoa Italy a to appeals court for juveniles on Mon Day upheld the conviction of one or the hijackers or the Chiue Laturo a Nus ship and convicted him on two other charge including dumping an american Passen get body overboard. The court in this Pott City where the italian luxury liner let sail of ils ill fated voyage in octo Ber i98s. Also extended by three months the leniency handed Downin december to Fiat san at a Ihler in the fint trial. The one Day appeals court trial was closed to the Public but Law yers later informed reporters of the verdict. Temperatures 43 h aunt m 71 u 41 bl4 n Ift to b4mw 9 94 Fiji Olav a n it tit h to cd 49 7j Zitlau 79 � so thong 7t Utu Utji 94 79 onto in sin u b sin a h Evjy 44 77 fief la a u u a Sakiw 37 s3 set attn h to 91 99 two a h tuctta91 i wind Hon 41 h woh pm h 93 huh 44 b4 vat Sungun Furo can weather ii we Nadir to Tuff i in Nan a rom Trot a of nun tra pm Bahia a Cloudy it on Cru . With Lului Anna. I attune. P dim Dutoi. H 41 �4s s u 44 . As u pint p 45 5j ram n m 3, to if. T a so. Of a of i 1u m t5 u More of personnel extend number of vacant slots drop Borein Ramstein a Germany the number of dots left vacant in the air Force because of tight permanent Beange of St lion funds will be 1,040 less than originally expected air Force personnel officials said tuesday. The previously announced figure of 1,600 overseas Job vacancies in fiscal1987 will drop to 560 because participation in Extension programs hat saved More Money than official expected the sole reason for it the lower dumber of vacancies is people Are Conti Nuin to extend said col. Ron Smith Safe personnel director of assign ments. The air Force faces a $96 million shortfall in ils assignments budget an has started a number of Cost cutting pro Grams to make extending overseas easier. Based on the number of extensions As of March 1, the military personnel Cen Ter had called for 1,600 airmen and offi cers to delay moves from the United Stales of overseas slots until fiscal 1988,Smith said. The delay program was scheduled for review after four weeks and continued requests for extensions through april resulted in the reduced number of vacant jobs. In Safe the number of people extending increased from 10 percent to 13percent of the 18,000 air Force members with 1967 Date of return from overseas. Safe now will face about 200 vacant enlisted slots during August and september. All of the expected vacancies in officer slots will be filled. Smith said most people Aren t going to notice the difference now Between Ihli an what gaps in Manning normally occur he said. The enlisted vacancies Are schedule for filling As Early a possible in fiscal 1988, he said. Air Force personnel officials will meet in the next two week to Braut Stone solutions to the budget crunch. We Don t see on the horizon a in crease in the pcs budget Smith know we be got to develop pro Grams to keep spending panel tells . To return iranian assets ruling not linked to captives in Lebanon the Hague Netherlands a the Iran us. Claims tribunal has or dered the United states to a slurp j451.4 million in Frozen assets to Iran. The Tri Buna the 1931 Algiers accords set up account no. T Ana established the tribunal As Well As arranging Freedom for the 52 american hostages held for 444 Days atthe embassy in Iran. Although the United states bad Azree to Iran s right to most of account no. I the United Stales sought to retain part of the Money to pay off a few outstanding Loans and interest. The United states also wanted a Legal quitclaim from Ira absolving the new York Federal Reserve Bank where the funds were deposited of any further responsibility for the account. A part of the settlement of the account no. I Issue the United Stales and Iran agreed to leave $6 million plot in Terest in the account to satisfy outstand ing claims out of the $514,4 null Foa left in the account As of March. The claims include contested Bank Loans and interest Iran May owe on some Loans. The two nations were Pnaife to agree on the warding of a quitclaim to the tribunal declared that upon to infer of the $451.4 minion to Iran the United state and the Federal Reserve Bank would be released from any further Irani an claims relating to the account. The tribunal stated in its monday decision that the account no. 1 Case had no relation or link whatsoever to the Issue of hostages held in Lebanon or any other political Mailer As both parties have the tribunal is the Only known official Forus where iranian and american officials have met since the two nation broke off diplomatic ties. Quick aids test kit developed firm says Ghent Belgium a a belgian biotechnology company tuesday Laid it has developed a diagnostic lest kit that can detect the presence of the aids virus in blood and other body fluids in just Over two hours. The lest is not comparable with exist ing aids tests said Erik Tam Buyzer a spokesman for the company in Nogent is ., which has offices and laboratories in Ghent and Antwerp. Current tests Only detect antibodies that Are produced As a defense by the human body normally after a lag of Sev eral months he said. There Are no tests now that can Tell with absolute certainty if the aids virus is present in the he said his company s tils can detection Little More than two hours the his i and hiv-2 viruses that cause acquire immune deficiency syndrome which robs the human body of ils natural Resis Tance to disease. He said the test can detect aids three to four weeks after the patient has been infected. This is months earlier than current antibody tests. Early diagnosis is one of the Sling Points of tic test said Tam Buyzer the director of business development at He said his company will Market the test kits worldwide for use in laboratories and blood Banks through a major pharmaceutical company. The tests have been named i Notest his Antigen. Tam Buyzer declined to name the pharmaceutical company As contract negotiations Are still under Way. We have already signed a letter of intent for in marketing he said. Inn genetic was formed ill 1985 to develop diagnostic and therapeutic health can products. It employs so people at its blown it Neering laboratories in Ghent and in Antwerp. It cooperates with 55 scientists in about 30 International biotechnology research facilities. Tam Buyzer said his firm s aids tests Are applied to blood Tenn or other body and culture he said the test kits will be available to research laboratories and open ure of Teod Banks. He said the aids test had been devel oped in cooperation with the Institute for tropical Medicine in Antwerp. Tam Buyzer said inn genetics also has developed other diagnostic tests in other research Fields. Among these is one for ovarian and Lesli Cular cancer and one for alzheimer s disease he said. Ramstein Blaze damages clothing store Ramstein a Germany an Early Moraine tire that started in a Neon sign caused $1,350 Worth of damage tuesday in a clothing store adjacent to a base teen Center. Passers by spotted the Blaze at the Starlight express boutique and reported it Al 5 50 . Firefighters from the37 7th civil engr so Etui gushed the tire by 5 56 ., said staff sgt. Tammy count Oyer with the 316lb Ajr div pub Lic affairs office. The Blaze was caused by the electrical ballast overheating inside a Neon sign fire officials said. Smoke and water damage was minor and was confined to the boutique Cour Noye said. Officials expect the Midnight Star teen Center next to the store to be open nor Mal hours
