European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes thursday. July 23,1987 16 alleged nazis traced . Spokeswoman reports _ ,. I. I i. I. _ it a Nail unlink flt pc in t 11 h Llyl i in London up Britain tuesday said it had traced 16 alleged nazi War criminals including accused concentration Camp guards Sull alive in the country and suspected of lying to win British citizenship. A Home office spokeswoman said Britain since last year has been investigating lists of 51 alleged nazi War criminals thought to have settled in Britain after world War ii by concealing wartime activities. Of these she said it has managed to Trace a total of 16 still alive and it is investigating the allegations including those raised by the los Angelus based nazi Hunting Simon Wiesenthal Center and a scottish Tele vision documentary maker. These people a private citizens so we can i publicly identify them but we Are investigating immigration records and the documents we have been supplied to see if action should be taken she said. She said another Sis on the lists have died and the others have not been traced. If the allegations Are confirmed the 16 could be stripped of their naturalized citizenship for lying on their immigration applications and failing to reveal their wartime activities leaving them subject to deportation proceedings Home office sources said. The Home office spokeswoman declined to give details on the alleged War crime but a source said some apparently were lithuanians accused of acting As guards in nazi concentration Camps in Lithuania Region now part of the soviet Union. But one of the alleged War criminals on the list has been identified publicly As a 71-year-old retired mining Engineer and resident of Edinburgh. Scotland who has admitted being a member of the wartime lithuanian police but has denied killing any jews him self during the nazi occupation. However officials of the Wiesenthal Center charged that Antanas Gecas commanded police in staging mass executions of jews and even climbed Mio execution plots to finish off people who had not been murdered by the machine  or. Occas murdered Many More jews than Klaus Barbie yet he remains a free citizen of this nation said the Center s Dean rabbi Marvin Hier. Barbie a nazi is commander in Lyon France was sentenced recently to life in prison for War crimes after he was extradited to France from South America. Gecas refused All comment from his Home. A Home office source said that under British Law alleged nazi War criminals could not be tried in Britain since their crimes were committed outside the country but if another country files charges they could be extradited. But the source added thai Britain has no extradition treaty with the soviet Union where the alleged War crimes look place. Athens firm suspected of aiding terrorist group reportedly closed Athens Greece a an Athens commercial office thought to provide funds and services for Abu Nidal s palestinian terrorist group has closed Arab businessmen and diplomatic sources said tuesday. The diplomats said the Al Noor import Export company was suspected of changeling Money and giving logistical support to Abu Nidal b organization which recently was expelled from Syria. An Arab businessman said the company had been operating in Athens for several years but shut us offices around three months  palestinian sources in Kuwait said last week that under an agreement with Premier Andreas Papan Dicou s government Abu Nidal supporters could use Athens As a transit Point if they did not commit terror is acts in Greece. Abu Nidal whose real name is Sabry Al Banna has claimed responsibility for scores of terrorist attacks including those on airports in Rome and Vienna aus Tria in december 1985 that killed 20 people. Published reports that the United states protested Greece s alleged negotiations with the Abu Nidal or Gan fixation caused problems with already difficult greek american relations. Papandreou denied the accusations and threatened to Call off talks on a new agreement covering inc . Military bases in Greece unless the United Stales made an official retraction. His government said later that a letter from under Secretary of state Michael h. Armacost calling the incident a misunderstanding was considered a satisfactory response. A report last Friday in inc Athens satirical weekly Pon Tiki known for its government connections said the United slates claimed greek officials had visited Syria twice for talks with the Abu Nidal organization. According to the american protest Pontikis said the greeks were told inc Abu Nidal group would not Corn Mil terrorist acts in Greece if three of its members jailed hic were treated leniently. Sources in Washington said last month that greek officials discussed release of the jailed palestinians. 91 year old american woman begins try to climb 1 2,385-foot mount Fuji.  _.,. I _ i. U  n a  v Knirr Hlj-1 or Foft Lotf. At if 3scmount Fuji Japan apr Hulda Crooks the 91-year-old american Mountain climber on wednes Day began her iwo Day attempt to scale Japan s tallest Peak the l2.j85-foot mount Fuji. The bespectacled Crooks of Loma Linda. Calif., set out on her quest to become the oldest woman to climb the Peak under Clear Blue skies from inc Mountain s fifth station 7,609 feel above sea level. Mount Fuji looks very interesting and i m eager Lobo " said Crooks nicknamed grandma Whitney for her 2i assaults on the 14,495-foot mount Whitney the tallest Mountain in the Continental United slates. She said she was confident in her health and in Rengh but worried about the near perfect weather. We need some More Clouds to Shade the Iun. Wearing Blue Panis a baseball jacket a to shirt pm he one with crossed . And japanese nags and the name Loma Linda red knee socks and a wide bring mid hat. The 5-foot. 2-Mch climber appeared frail bul her footsteps were steady. Each year dozens of elderly japanese scale the re Vered ancient Volcano. Lasi year 17 japanese age 90 and Over made in to the lop according to officials at a Summit Ahnne where the elderly record their con quoits. Bul if inc succeed Crooks ill become the oldest woman to reach the Summit surpassing the record Sel by mine Yajima of Kanagawa prefecture at the age of 90 in 1985. According to dents inc., the japanese advertising Agency thai invited Crooks to make the  oldest Man to climb the Mountain is Tench Igarashi of Fukushima prefecture who scaled Fuji last summer Al the Aee of 99. He plan 0 try again this summer. Crooks who has climbed More thin �6 mountains Over 4,950 feel High in Southern California alone plans to rest overnight Al the seventh station on the North pm slope before continuing her climb thursday. She Hopes to reach the Flat topped Summit Early Friday in Lime 10 see inc Sun Csc from inc top. She arrived monday in sub Crooks Nashiri a Small Lown Al the base of the Mountain 60 Miles South Wisl of Tokyo on tue Duy she walked for a mile with a Friend and fellow climber Bill Andruss. Also of Loma Linda around the fifth station to accustom herself to the Aluide. She is accompanied on her climb by Andruss. A Doc Tor and Ihrck representatives from Dan leu. Which is sponsoring its 60lh annual employees climb of inc Mountain thursday. World today Christo s next Art plans to cover Japan California Tokyo a Christo. The artist famed for wrapping landscapes and buildings in vast swaths of material said tuesday he plans 10 cover several Miles of land in Japan and califor Nia with huge umbrellas. The is million project which he Hopes to carry out in 1990, would involvement placing ,5 0 umbrellas on each Side of the Pacific Ocean. Christo told the foreign correspondent club of Japan that he envisions yellow umbrellas 15 feel High and 24 feet in diameter stretching 16 Miles along a California Valley burned by the Sun with Golden  the umbrellas will wind through Kern and los Angeles counties and Between he towns of Wheeler Ridge and Gorman he said. In Japan Blue umbrellas the same size would cover 12 Miles of a forested Valley in Ibaraki prefecture North of mho City and in Hitachi City about 70 Miles North of Tokyo. Soviet hungarian troops to hold joint exercises Budapest Hungary a soviet and hungarian troops Are to hold joint Maneu vers sept. I through 7 in Hungary the official news Agency Mai said tuesday. Mai did not say How Many troops would be involved and where cd tally the exercises would Lake place. It said All 34 nations that signed the i97s Helsinki final act had been informed about the exercises. The soviet Union the United slates Canada and All european nations except Albania signed the Helsinki accords. Bangladesh police Battle protesters during strike Dhaka Bangladesh a police wednes Day used tear Gas and Bamboo Staves against anti government protesters during a general strike called to press demands for the resignation of president Hussain Muhammad Ershad. Witnesses reported a series of bomb blasts in a downtown commercial District where protes ters blocked streets but there were no reports of injuries. About 500 protesters some hurling stones were dispersed with tear Gas outside government offices in Central Dhaka witnesses Saio. Police arrested at least 10 protesters at the scene they said. Two journalists were attacked in their car by Stone throwing crowds and one was injured his Driver said. The nationwide two Day strike was launched wednesday by opposition parties demanding he resignation of Ershad a general and the army commander. Buttery inmate gives swedish prison the slip Stockholm Sweden a a Skinny in mate covered himself with Margarine end succed to Freedom through a 13-Dy-6-Incn cell window a prison official said tuesday. It was the first successful escape from the Hall prison outside Stockholm according to newspaper reports the reports said the Man who was identified Only As a 20-year-old, saved All the Margarine Given to him with his meals for a week before his escape. He smashed the cell window Glass which prison officials had said was unbreakable undressed Reaud his body and prested himself through the window Slot. Quinde the cell he awaited the food truck s arrival Al Daybreak. When inc prison Gates opened for the truck the prisoner dashed out. The prisoner who was convict cd of narcotic charges had Bein dul for release in october