European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d California Highway violence continues Page 5 g athletic shoes which Type is Best for you daily Magazine d Brazil wins basketball Gold Molitor does it again sports the stars an Ruth Ohio unofficial publication it the . Ahmed Forcht vol. 46. No. 129 tuesday August 25,1987 d 8693 a Hess buried secretly Berlin a former nazi Deputy fuehrer Rudolf heis was buried secretly his family confirmed monday shortly after British officials said he 93-year old prisoner hanged himself. Also monday the Hess family lawyer said thai Hess 50-year-old son had suffered a stroke and was hospitalized. Andrea Hess the former nazi Leader sea Griter in Law ipod the associated press monday from her Home in Munich i can confirm that the burial of Rudolf Hess has taken place she declined to say where or when. She was reached for comment after Karl Walter mayor or Wunsai Milel the bavarian town where Hess was o have been buried said Hess had been buried in a secret location. See related Story Page 3. Walter said family members informed him of the burial by Telephone monday afternoon. He said he could not say when or where the burial took place but in definitely was not in Wun Siedel. Hess family lawyer Alfred Seidl said Hess son. Wolf Ruediger Hess had suffered a stroke. He was Token to a also monday Hess son hospitalized with stroke Hess hanged himself British say now Hospital after his wife found him motionless in their Munich Home sunday night Seidl said. He said he did not know Wolf Rcd Igor Hess condition. Previously British authorities said Rudolf Hess was found aug. 17 with an electrical Cord around his neck in West Berlin s Spandau prison. The earlier statements did not refer to a hanging. All available evidence including results of a full autopsy and investigations by the special investigation Branch of the Royal military police indicates that Hess used an electrical Extension Cord to hang himself and that the cause of death was asphyxiation Mon Day s British statement said. The statement issued by diplomatic spokesman an Derson Purdon in West Berlin also emphasized that Rudolf Hess had left a suicide note the Hess family has said it doubts inc British assertions issued on behalf of the four world War ii allies who kept him prisoner thai Rudolf Hess had killed him self. The family also said that a second autopsy performed at the relatives request failed to remove their doubts Seidl said Lasi week that he doubted Rudolf Hess could have killed himself by wrapping an electrical Cord around his neck. Rudolf Hess was arrested after parachuting into Scotland in 1941, in what he said was a bid to arrange a separate world War ii peace treaty Between Ger Many and Britain. He was convicted of War crimes and sentenced to life in prison. Farewell to Spandau amphora members of the is. Army s 5th in 502nd la regt Lew West Berlin spend to prison for the lust time Mon Day week after Ibe death of Rudolf hew i 93. For years the one time tide to Nui dictator Adolf Hitler was the Only inmate of the prison which i scheduled for demolition. Three Battal ions of the army s Berlin brigade rotated duty at the prison during the 40 years american British French and russian troops stood Gaud then. Brit ish soldiers will remain at Spandau until the prison u torn Down. Iranian ship reportedly chased away by Navy Manama Bahrain a . Navy helicopters and two warships Mon Day chased off an iranian gunboat that came too close to a Convoy escorting the mine damaged supertanker Bridgton in the Strait of Hormuz shipping sources said. The incident was the first significant confrontation Between the . And Ira Nian navies since the United slates began on july 20 escorting 11 kuwaiti tankers re flagged with inc Stan and stripes to protect them from iranian at tacks. Iran accuses Kuwait of supporting Iraq in inc 7-Ycar Iran Iraq War. The Bridgeton and three smaller tank ers in the Convoy later safely cleared Ira Nian anti ship missiles lining the Strait of Hormuz Gateway Cut of the persian Gulf and entered lie Gulf of Oman. The interception in the narrow Strait came As a new Convoy of three kuwaiti tankers flying the american Flag was re ported heading into the Gulf escorted by . Warships. Sources at the state run Kuwait Oil Tanker co., which owns inc tankers confirmed that inc outbound Convoy including the Bridgton sailed safely out of the Strait but denied that any new con see Navy on Page 28 Lonetree receives 30-year sentence Quantico a. A a military jury on monday sentenced sol. Claylon Lonetree the first Marine Ever accused of spying to 30 years in prison for Dis closing . Secrets to the soviets. The eight Marine officers sitting As jurors also fined the former guard at the . Embassy in Moscow 15,000, reduced him to the lowest pay scale and ordered that he forfeit All pay and allow Ancus and be Dis honorable discharged. If Lonetree fails to have his espionage conviction thrown Oul on Appeal he will be eligible for parole in 10 years. The jurors had begun deliberating on the sentence after Lonetree told them he would accept whatever punishment they decided which could have been As much see Lonetree on Page 28 smooth transition predicted by new military Bank by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart merchants National Bank is predicting an easy no Cost to the customer transition when it takes Over military Banks in Germany Greece and the Netherlands next year. The Bank which won a two ear contract Friday also plans to phase in a variety of technical improvements Afler taking Over from american express Bankers to service members abroad for the last 40 years. American express operates 129 banking offices in Germany three in Greece and two in the Netherlands. When merchants assumes control it will obtain Cus Tomer banking records through computer transfers James Massy merchants Board chairman said Mon Day at . European come he. He said most custom ers will be Able to keep the same account numbers. Although those who use automatic Teller machines will have to gel Access cards replaced. Checking account customers will be Able to use. American express checks until they run out then will receive merchants checks upon re ordering he said. The key is to make it least disruptive to the Indi  Massey said. Similarly the transition is supp Obi d to hive Little see Bank on Page 2b