European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday Juna 3,1987 news updates Linder s death Washington a the Siale department needs to Bemore aggressive in pursuing details about Trie death of Benjamin Lind or an american killed last monthly anti nicaraguan guerrillas rep. Los Aucoin d-ore., said monday. Aucoin whose District includes Linder s Home released a letter to Secretary of state George Shultz urging Shultz to upgrade your eff to to get to the Bottom of this incident. Linder 27, was shot and killed by the Contra guerrillas april 28near a hydroelectric project on which he was working in Nicara Gua he had been working with the leftist nicaraguan sandinista government. Aucoin had asked the slate department to investigate the details or Linder s death but a reply to that request raised More questions than in answered the legislator said monday. Anti alcohol Steps Moscow a Tass said the communist party Central committee has ordered new Mea sures to boost the official fight against alcoholism which has recently been reported to be losing momentum. The official news Agency said the Central committee the party policy making body ordered that preparation and Supply or Home brew or having an apparatus tomake in without intent to sell be subject to an administrative Fine. Temperatures 3 9  53 u a Oulu to is jiqldg70 91 Anu m � Ahtty to 64 u Hahn u m37 m 9 1497 k to a � j m a 04 in Wotan. W i to " b4 b4 Cik fega m i qty Flo so 77 Cotom 71 07 Coufal m 7� 64 b2si n 51 a 77 my 17 u bum40 70 pm i u 73 fffl71 h Hillard � u honcuu73 a 90 eff Vonjo 7t a Kwh 36 91 so Oulu i a few m n to mud � Tucki 73 7d04 91 m 0 my Nylon european weather ind in wed  Lor if by Ujj Raj in Nan turn Mil of of Many Monty Cloudy la Cloudy Sikai with Ultimo run 41 pm eng 04?. He  a to. Inn 4s-s2. Sunui wok madly 9 27. Turku Tjom Tif 5 19, of fax a thu it act Muir Cloudy u of buoy pm inn it two Maui  or Jour if Tama in Nwart Ohio i &9 68 London r u i i did 5? s3 Munti. P 5d by fins p u 72 m 73 so. Tralon Trad act a n Klon Bull f Moscow i s3 46 Oslo d note made to Monitor Ollie Abrams tells Contra hearings Washington a assistant Secretary of stale Elliott Abrams Testi fied tuesday that at the urging of Secre tary of state George Shultz he made a note to Monitor Ollie to determine whether while House aide Oliver l. North was soliciting military Aid for nicaraguan rebels. But Abrams told the joint House sen ate hearings on the Iran Contra affair that he was convinced Al the time based partly on North s personal Assur ances that North was not soliciting arms for the Conlus. Under questioning at the congressional Iran Contra hearings Abrams re called that Shultz made the Point at a meeting on sept. 4, 1985, that we Don t want to be in the dark about North s activities on behalf of the Contra , 39, Heads the stale depart ment s latin american division. At the Lime. Congress had prohibited All direct or indirect . Military Aid to the contras. On Shutlz s instructions Abrams said he made a note to Monitor Ollie and added that monitoring Ollie is not an activity you do in one morning it s it behaviour  at a news conference tuesday Schuliz said he had Complete Confidence in Abrams. He s a person of tremendous Energy and integrity and i am sure he will emerge in that Light Shultz said. Abrams said that he had assurances from North that he was not making any illegal solicitations for Contra arms Aid and had checked his activities with the while House counsel. Abrams also noted National Security adviser Robert Mcfear Lanc s similar assurances to Congress. He said he thought North was simply keeping track of the efforts of various private american to Aid the  Abrams also testified thai at no time whatsoever did he instruct Lewis Tambs former . Ambassador in Costa Ricalo help establish a Southern front of armed resistance in Nicaragua. Tambs testified last week that he received such instructions from North shortly before he assumed his diplomatic Post in Costa Rica in jury 1985. Abrams contradicted Tambs testimony that instructions to open a Southern military front for the contras came from a three member inter Agency group in Washington chaired by Abrams. Tambs said the group known As the restricted inter Agency group also included North and Alan Fiers chief of the Cia s Cen trial american task Force. Abrams said Tambs Job was to re main in Contact with significant elements of the nicaraguan rebels who were in Costa Rica but not to get involved in guerrilla operations within neighbouring  another Point of controversy sur rounding his previous testimony Abrams said tuesday that in a in a gust or september 1985 that he first Learned of the construction of a Tercel Airstrip in Northern Costa Rica win funds provided by private benefactors. He said he could not remember whether he Learned about the Airstrip from North or the Cia and testified thai redid not know whether the Cia nation chief in Costa Rica was involved in the  acknowledged raising the Airstrip in a fall 1985 meeting with the Cia Sta Tion chief and two other Agency official in Costa Rica and that the station chief was so surprised i thought he was going to have a  but Ahrari attributed the official s Shock to his desire not to inform the other two officials about the  said he never asked Tamton to consult the Costa rican government about the Airstrip because Abri rns did not want to be accused of violating the congressional Aid ban by facilitating an arrangement Between Costa Rica and private benefactors who were financing construction of the Airfield Abrams also said he never reported learning of the Airstrip to Shultz. Asked Why not he replied that it was not important because a private benefactors were doing Oil sort of  Spain holds . Sailor As murder suspect Rota. Spain is a . Navy Petty officer is being held As a suspect in the death of a Navy woman with whom he shared a House in nearby puerto do Santa Maria a base spokesman said tuesday. Petty officer . Juan Raman gon Zalez 40, assigned to the base Hospital s information desk was named an official suspect in the Case on May 14 by a Span ish judge said it. Jeff Smallwood. Spanish authorities released the okla homa City Sailor to the Navy s custody while Spanish police continue their probe into the death of Petty officer 2.c. Phyllis Eileen Mcc hum 38, of peeks kill n.y., Sroaf Lwood said. Mccullum a medical corpsman at the Hospital had been reported missing from duty april 10. Her Bod was found april 13 along a Road in puerto de Santa Maria. Spanish authorities said the woman appeared to have been dead for 30 hours before her body was found. Autopsy re sults have not been released by the Span ish but officials initially said the cause of death appeared to be two Small puncture wounds to the Chest Smallwood said. Spanish authorities arc treating the Case As a homicide. Under Spanish Law once a person has been officially named suspect a Jud pc s investigation is Ini titled the investigation takes the place of what would be a grand jury hearing in the United slates. The Navy has asked Spain for jurisdiction in the Case and anticipates approval within the nest few weeks the lieutenant said. Smallwood said Mccullum was mar ried to Kenneth Mccullum of Webb City mo., but she and Gonzalez claimed to be married to each other. For a Foudy. Pointy dowdy 2 German tourists killed by rebels in Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwe a rebels killed two German tourists As they motorcycle Down the main Victoria Falls Highway in the South of Matabeleland province the German embassy in Harare said  said a gang ran out of the Bush and fired on the Man and woman when they stopped to rest monday 43 Miles from Bulawayo Matabeleland s provincial  couple tried to flee but the rebels kept firing tic motorcycle and Sidecar crashed and the rebels then shot and killed the two a police spokesman said. The spokesman demanded anonymity. The embassy confirmed that the victims were germans. An embassy official said they were in their 30s but refused to identify them pending notification of Kin. The embassy official who spoke on condition of anonymity said the two tourists were travelling South from Victoria Falls die famed resort in Northwest Zimbabwe on the last Slop of an african vacation that had lasted several months. They left Victoria Falls on monday after motorcycling from neigh Boring Botswana he  june 1982, six tourists two americans two britons and two australians were killed by rebels on the same  s slaving bring to seven the number of Whites killed by dissidents in Central and Southern Zimbabwe during the past three  May 9, four Farmers at a Matabeleland sports club were slain by rebels who opened fire at Point Blank Range. Nine Days later a Farmer was ambushed and shot to death near his Matabeleland  minister Robert Mugabe s 7-year-old government has been fighting for five Yean against rebels the government charges Are Loyal to Joshua Nkomo the main opposition Leader. Rebels deserted the array and began the insurgency after Mugabe fired Nkomo from a coalition Cabinet on allegations of plotting a coup. Officials suspect death of Soldier 19, is suicide Mainz Germany an 8th inf div Soldier was killed when she was hit by a train and authorities suspect the death was a suicide a Divi Sion spokesman said tuesday pfc. Debbie Jean Doss 19, was stationed with the 4th assault helicopter co 4th brigade bib inf div at Wiesbaden a. Capt. James Wharton said the Wiesbaden criminal investigation come believes the death is a suicide. Doss was hit by a train near the Mainz Kastel train station and died Early May 20. Doss is survived by her husband. Spec 4 Charles a. Doss of he co 143rd signal in in Frankfurt and her parents Robert e. Newton and Jeanne i. Newton of Harrisburg a. Nuernberg a Nuernberg boy scout was to receive the Eagle scout rank in ceremonies tuesday night on William o. Darby Cavern in Fuerth. Eric g. Karis 14, an eighth Grade student at Nuernberg american High school received the award for organising a Community blood drive in March. Fifty five units of blood were collected Karis also belongs to the National Junior Honor society the Junior Roth Honor guard and is a squad Leader in the 4th Junior Roth in. Karis is the son of Dianne and Daniel Karis