European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 update the stars and stripes saturday May 23,1987 Motorist cleared new York a a Motorist whose car hit a Black Man who bad been beaten and chased onto a Highway by White teen agers has been cleared or wrongdoing the special prosecutor announced thursday. The grand jury investigating Dominick Blum a 24-year-old court officer from Brooklyn has failed to find sufficient evidence to warrant a finding of an indict ment special prosecutor Charlesj. Hynes said in a statement issued by his assistant Dennis Hawkins Michael Griffith 33, and two Oiher Black men were assaulted by a Gink of White youths in the How Ard each Section of Queens on dec 20. Griffith died after being hit by Blum s ear. The grand jury decision came after five Days of hearing evidence Hawkins said. 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Maps unveil crime id computer at . Police seminar  staff writer Heidelberg faced with limited funds to combat crime military police have turned to the computer to identify the most frequent and serious offences committed by soldiers in Germany the printout for 1987 crimes involving drugs and alcohol rape aggravated assault and fraud Are areas where Mili tary police assets Are needed most and child and spouse abuse and suicides by soldiers Are problems that rate More study. The computer Model unveiled Friday at a German american police conference in Heidelberg also was used to pinpoint the High number or traffic deaths among Young people As the largest problem fac ing Law enforcement officials of both countries. Despite a plethora of programs on traffic safely. 139 Usa eur Soldier were killed in traffic Accident in Ger Many last year and that rate has continued in 1987, said it. Col. William Plant Gan a member of the command s Provost marshal s staff most of the Acci dents involved Young single Soldier who had been drinking and drove at High speeds without safety belts he said. German officials at the conference said they also were frustrated by a similarly High number of German youths killed on highways in the Federal Republic. We too see these Road deaths among Young germ am increasing month by month yet despite All our programs we cannot get Young people to drive moderately one German stale police chief noted even though we begin talking with students Ebo it Road safety while they Are still in kindergartens to 24 year Oldi Are three times As Likely to have a Fata automobile  the annual conference seeks to improve coordination Between military police and their German counterparts at the slate and Federal Levels. Before such conferences such cooperation was not always very Good Wolf von Hock Sci Mann chief of police for the state of Hesse said in opening remarks. About 40 Law enforcement officers turned out for the one Day meet which included slide shows briefings and de Bate on topics ranging from Security to fraud and joint police patrols. A Brief presentation on German american efforts to control the transport of dangerous cargo was followed by spin Ted comment from Hans Peter Ludwig chief of police of the state of Rheid tand Pfalz. Following a 1984 Accident involving an army transport vehicle Ludwig told the conference the stale performed a yearlong cries of spot checks on military munition transporters travelling Rhein land Pfalz highways almost All failed to Compla Ely meet safety regulations he said. Representatives from the two coun tries Nave since met to Nat Nier out a safety checklist Ludwig said. However an american representative to toe con Ference said the negotiations remain stalled Over German concerns about safety and the rights granted the Ameri can military in the status of forces agreement. Military police officials at the Confer ence described their Effort against White Collar crime As still in ill infancy about where drug enforcement measure were 10 years  More than 100 investigators cover fraud cases in usage to Many of which Are rooted in the of a contracting and procurement Prog -. Which spend billions overseas annul col. Albert Simpson commander of the criminal investigation come Region us oversees such fraud investigations in Germany noted that German police have been helpful in securing search War rants end performing checks of Bank and financial institutes. The difference remains however that when we identify a drug dealer a. The German police and he a taken o if the streets everybody claps and Tayi Good Job but when we identify a suspect in White Collar crime he is often corporate officer an upstanding member of the Community a member of the local Church choir. And people Are not so Quick to  the formal program ended with presentations on Security awl when vat measures which involve neatly 40 per cent of the 8,000 military policemen signed in Germany. Improvements in the military s civilian guard program the subject of Lively debate at last Yeu i con Ference were also Diu two. German police at last Yurt meeting complained thai the military tack of background checks had Ted to the Turin of civilian guards with criminal Cordt. British refuse to let census taker see Hess Berlin a British military authorities on Friday barred a German Cen sus taker from entering Allied controlled Spandau prison to include imprisoned nazi Rudolf mess in the current nation wide head count Filer Rebsch president of the West Berlin parliament and a Volunteer Cen sus Laker told a radio interviewer he wanted to include the 93-year-old Hess in the German census. Hess the former Deputy to nazi dicta Tor Adolf Hitler has been the sole in male of Spandau prison since 1966. He was put in the Allied prison after being sentenced to life imprisonment at the Nuernberg War crimes trial in 1946. Rebsch was refused Entrance to Span Dau by British guards on duty at the time. Heir Hess is neither registered in West Berlin or in West Germany and therefore the census does not apply 10 him Anderson Pardon a spokesman fur the British military government Here said. As a prisoner of War he Hess is the responsibility of the four Allied Powers Purdon added. The. Census Germany s first nation wide population count in 17 years is a healed Domestic Issue. The leftist Green party and various student groups have urged germans to Boycott the census White the government has spent hundreds of thousands of Dol Lars in an advertising Campaign urging compliance Wilh it. Census opponents say there Are not enough guarantees that the information gathered on citizens by census taker will remain Anonymous. Official have warned that if enough people Boycott the census the count would be invalid. Pre census opinion sur Veys indicated that from 5 Pero Eai to 10 percent of the people could refuse to be counted. The Federal government has warned of heavy fines and possible additional Legal action against those who refuse to com plete the census questionnaires. Inmates of other German prisons will be counted according to census official. The population count which started last week is scheduled for completion on monday the officially designated census Day. Cyclists on four can take bus to Utah Beach Schwet Zingen Germany is free bus transportation from Bas logic Belgium to Utah Beach on the French coast Wili be provided for cyclists entered in the Liberty Trail bicycle tour a spokesman from the Usa eur Community and family support Agency said. The bus will leave the sports Center in Bastogne thursday at 10 . Baggage and bicycles also will be transported. Privately owned vehicles May be parked at the town Hall and with be supervised by City personnel the Liberty Trail winds from Utah each in Normandy Down into Brittany and then East following the general track of Gen. Georges Padon or s 3rd army Dur ing its victorious 1044-45 Campaign. The 710-mile Trail continues into Lorraine then cuts North into Luxembourg then West and North again to the City of Eist Ogne. Bikers travelling directly to Utah Beach will meet fonday Between 10 . And 12 . At the marketplace at St. Mere l eglise. For More information cad 0032 62211002 or 0032-622 m269. German killed in collision with army truck Trier Germany is a German Driver died and iwo other people were injured when a . Army 5-ton dump truck struck two can wednesday afternoon on a two Lane Road in the Trier District of Quint. The Accident occurred when the dump truck belonging to the 18th ener brigade in Karlsruhe veered to the left into the oncoming traffic Lane grazed one car and then rolled Over a second car killing m Driver instantly a police spokesman in Trier said Friday. The car was in tired beyond recognition the spokesman said. Police identified the victim As Robert Meyer 27, of Trier. His 20-year-old Pas Senger suffered serious injuries. The woman driving the first car suffered severe Eye injuries from flying Glass frag ments police said. The Soldier driving the army vehicle received treatment for Shock at a nearby Hospital. Army officials Friday said they were unable to identify the Soldier. Police said the Accident caused about 40,000 Marks 122,727 damage to the three vehicles. The Accident is under investigation