European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page b the stars and stripes saturday june 6,1987 2 seats with a View please a pow to a French tight rope Walker picks a precarious place la practice his Balanc ing set the Edge Oft 231-foot Cliff on the English Channel near Calais. Adding to the Challenge for the artist known As Henry the winds were blow ing at 37 Mph. What we d like to know is How does Henry gel Down rust s flight meant to end in his death pravda theorizes Moscow up the communist party newspaper pravda suggested Fri Day thai Mathias rust j flight to Moscow was a plot designed to end with the death of the German Pilot and the discrediting of the soviet Union the Story in the nation s most authoritative publication was the latest in a Stream of reports hinting at dark motives in the sensational flight by the 19-year old Pilot from Helsinki to red Square. More and More people Here Are Tak ing the View that he would not have Ris ked what for the time Beins we shall Callan adventure without consultation and preparation from More experienced instructors the newspaper said in a Story Dale lined Bonn. The newspaper repeated the previous charges that rust had carefully planned his tight which deeply embarrassed so Viet authorities by effortlessly penetrating one of the most heavily defended areas in the world. Many people with whom i have talked these Days have asked me in t it perhaps that some people in the West wanted very much that rust should not reach Moscow itself but be shot Down on the Way " the Story said. The comment appeared to reflect continuing soviet sensitivity to the world wide condemnation of its 1983 destruction of an off course korean Airliner that killed 269 statements have emphasized that rust s 140-Mph Cessna 172 could have been forced Down without having to resort to arms. Moscow says two soviet interceptors circled it hut did nothing la prevent its flying on to the heart of Moscow while average soviets joked about the May 28 escapade the nation s rulers re acted violently to rust s unexpected arrival at the Wall of the Kremlin. Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev fire both the defense minister and the chief of air defence forces and issued a scathing appraisal of the armed Force s competence. Western diplomats who have watched the series of soviet hints at a plot believe that the Kremlin May hold rust for a trial then expel him. The maximum punishment for intrusion into soviet airspace is one to 10 years in prison a Tine of 1,000 rubles about $1,620 and confiscation of the plane. Sweden gives Gay couples common Low marriage rights Stockholm Sweden a parliament approved a Bill thursday giving Gay couples in Sweden the same rights As com Mon Law marriages but enacted another measure clamping Down on saunas an video clubs frequented by homosexuals. The 349-Membcr parliament passed the Gay Ric its Bill by acclamation Fol lowing a six year study of homosexuals and their lifestyles by a government appointed commission. Under the Law homosexuals will be permitted to sign housing leases As Cou Ples regulate the division of property inthe breakup of a live in relationship and Grant partners the right to inherit prop erty in the absence of a will. The government proposed the Bill closing Sauna and video clubs to tight the spread of aids following news reports that guests were involved in Anonymous homosexual contacts. Hooray Henry four arrested after drinking Fortnum s finest London a four men working at the Royal family s grocer Fortnum and Mason in Piccadilly have been filed and May be charged with heft for drinking their Way through $101,250 Worth of Fine wines and brandies police said thursday. All four went to Public schools the British term for expensive fee paying schools and were described in Early Friday press reports As Hooray henrys Slang for upper class fools. London police Headquarters at Scotland Yard would not identify he four Bui a spokesman there said they were arrested interrogated at Vine Street police Sta Tion which covers London s West end and set free on bail until later this times of London said the quartet every week for a year were Able to go through drink Worth around 1,200 pounds ,944 without once getting so drunk that they risked it said the four carried on their illicit drinking mainly on lunch and Tea Breaks imbibing out of paper cups. Gerald Hamilton Fortnum s managing director admitted Only that losses from the wine department Are under Fortnum s is Britain s most elegant food store. The Rich and famous can be seen there daily selecting fro the world s choicest food and drink. The illicit Imbi Bers in their Back room Binge ignored cheaper brands and went for the Best Cham pagne Vintage Claret and Brandy and Premier White wines press reports said. The times reported they polished off clarets Bur Gundy costing 285 pounds 5330 a bottle Brandy Ai 140 pounds $227german dessert wines at 130pounds $210 and Fine port at 128 pounds $207the report said the company Only called the police when it discovered the losses during the annual Slock Check which revealed an unexpectedly Large deficiency in some of the wine list s priciest stolen plane files to . Base in Panama Panama City Panama a a Man stole a Small private plane in Costa Rica earlier this week and landed it at a . Air Force base near the Panama canal newspaper reports and diplomatic officials said thursday. The pro government newspaper critical said the plane was a Cessna and was stolen and flown to Howard Ati last tuesday by a Man it identified Only As Luis Salizar Rodriguez a Costa rican. Panamanian government officials and officials of the . Southern command refused to comment when que ried by re ponces. But a . Embassy source who spoke on condition of anonymity said the newspaper s information is both critical and the embassy source said Solazo Rodriguez would be returnee to Costa Rica. News reports in Costa Rica said the plane belonged to Edgar Sanchez a Cousin of Costa rican president Oscar Arias Sanchez and had been stolen. World today swedish monitors pick up nuclear blast in China Stockholm Sweden a monitors recorded a Strong underground nuclear explosion Friday in the people s Republic of China the Hagfors military Observatory reported. China s last nuclear explosion look place dec. 19, 1984, the swedish Domestic news Agency to reported. The Institute measured seismic signals from the explosion that registered 6.s on the Richter scale. Ii occurred in the lop nor area in Western Sinkiang at 5 . Get the Observatory said. The Richter scale is a measure of ground motion a recorded on seismographs. An earthquake measuring 6 on the scale can cause severe damage. Doctors plan separation of s. African siamese twins Johannesburg South Africa a six month old siamese twin girls Mph and Mph Nyana math Bela joined at the head May be separated Surgi Cally in about one month a Hospital spokeswoman said thursday. Twins joined at the head have been successfully separated Only twice before said a spokeswoman for Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto the Black township out Side Johannesburg where the operation is to take place. The spokeswoman said the main problem facing the team of neurosurgeons led by prof. Robert lips child is draining the blood from the children s brains. Their brains arc completely separate but they share a major vein. If they were separated without proper drainage at least one of the twins would die
