European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 28 the stars and stripes wednesday september 2,1987 delay saves . Duty train from bomb from suit and wire report Munden Germany a 10-min Pic delay saved inc . Berlin duly train from being damaged by a bomb that exploded on a Railroad track in Cen trial West Germany Railroad official said tuesday. No injuries were reported in the Mon Day night blast. . Military officials said the train was on a regular trip to West Berlin carrying personnel and supplies. One official speaking on condition of anonymity said he diet not know How Many people were on the delayed train. But he said dozen of military person Nel and their families normally Nde the daily Frankfurt to Berlin duly train. A police statement said the bomb went off Al 11 . Monday on a Section of track South of Kassel. The blast dam aged a German freight train and part of the track. A . Military train that was scheduled to pass Over that Section of track was delayed 10 minutes so the freight train went ahead Federal Railroad spokesman Tho Wirges told the associated press in a Telephone interview. Ii is possible that the bomb was in tended for the . Train but there s no proof he added. A German police spokesman told the stars and stapes that authorities were looking for a Man seen fleeing the area of the explosion. Police said the nun was about 40 Yean old 6 feet tall and of Normal build. The Man had a moustache and was wearing Light pants and a brow leather jacket the spokesman said. The bomb did about $275 damage tothe freight train and the military train was not damaged he said. The blast also drove a projectile through the rear door of an automobile on a Road near the tracks the spokesman said. The two peo ple in the car were not injured. A spokeswoman for the . Army s Headquarters in Heidelberg said the army was aware of the explosion. It was a German train on German tracks so we re not involved staff sgt Elayne Venema said in a Telephone inter View. The police statement said the trackway closed for several hours while work ers repaired four Yards of thick. Gitzl in Tiv Jot it pow  to nil upon Boycott supporting Mutiny continues in military school Manila Philippines a cadets at the Philippines Premier military Academy tuesday boycotted meals and classes for a second Day in support of last week s bloody coup attempt the rebellion s six ringleaders remained at Large. The protest at the philippine military facade my which has 600 cadets began sunday night when students issued a manifesto of support forthe failed Mutiny against president Corazon Aquino. The document protested the government s us of artillery helicopter gunships and bombers to quell Friday s coup attempt and criticized the president for not authorizing the use of similar firepower against communist rebels. Commodore Rogelio Dayan the Academy s superintendent said two Junior officers who fed the protesting cadets had been arrested and were under investigation. He did not provide details. Pow from Page 1 that there is no evidence that living . Soldiers Are still held in Laos. Officially 349 americans Are listed As missing in that country. Children Mission coincided with the trip to Viet Nam by presidential envoy Gen. John a Vessey Rea Gan s personal emissary on the pow Issue i m going to ask president Reagan to turn Vessey around and Send him to Laos said the elder Donahue. One of the reports about his son originated with laotian immigrant who wrote the defense intelligence Agency to say a lao resistance Friend in Thailand had told him that a Morgan Jeferson poncho and five other americans were held at a prison Camp at Phou Bayton in the province of Kham Nouan. The laotian also related Donahue s Date of birth and two numbers which he thought were related to the american s aircraft which crashed near the to Chi mind Trail in 1968. The birth Date matched that of Morgan a Donahue As did one of the aircraft numbers 123. Donahue was aboard a c-123 which collide with another american plane. His Pilot who was res cued reported seeing the Parachute of another Crew member who never was found. The third number curiously proved to be the zip code of his parents address. Moreover that same number turned up in a separate report from a laotian informant in Thailand who also claimed that Dona Hue had been seen in a laotian prison. In was unclear whether the two separate reports might have stemmed from the same person. The elder Donahue who said he was shaken when the air Force sent him the censored copies of the re ports declared i know my son and i know that this is exactly the Type of information he would try 10 Pashto anyone who would listen. I know this information is from Morgan and he risked his life to get it  merchants predicts no delay because of Amelco protest Washington is american express Bank s protest Over the loss of its military banking contracts for Germany the Netherlands and Greece should not delay a switch in services to merchants National Bank a merchants spokesman said tues Day. It s a matter Between american express and the department of defense said merchants National Bank spokeswoman Lisa Hendrickson. We under stand it s not unusual for a protest to be filed. We re just in a wait and see Altitude right  we Don t anticipate that it should delay Mer chants plans to begin serving Germany the nether lands and Greece in february Hendrickson said John Barber of the Dod comptroller s office said it was premature to say whether merchants planned takeover of the european operations would be delayed. He said attorneys in the Pentagon s contracting office arc reviewing american express protest and the history of the selection process to determine i the complaint has any Merit. If the selection of Mer chants is Given a Green Light by the attorneys Dod will fight the protest he said. Until that review is completed he said in it futile to speculate on delays. American express officials in new York announced the protest monday. The protest charges deficiencies in the Dod selection process teat awarded merchants the contract aug. 22. The defense department is legally bound not to proceed with the new contract until the american express protest is stilled. Suspected terrorists shot Berlin judge Berlin a two men on a motorcycle on tuesday shot and wounded a Berlin judge who was considered a possible terrorist target after he helped curb Grants of political Asylum authorities said. It was the second such attack against a West Berli official involved with decisions on foreigners in less than a year. West Berlin police spokesman Dieter pict said the identity of the assailants was unknown but Polit ical motives Are suspected. He said the chief Federal prosecutor s office in Karlsruhe had taken Over the investigation because of the presumed terrorist link. The men Meed up to judge Guenter Korbmacher As hews walking to a garage outside his apartment in West Berlin s Lech Tenfelde Section at about 9 1 am a statement issued by the Federal administrative court said. One of the attackers opened fire wounding the 61.year-old judge in the legs according to police. He wat rushed by ambulance to a local Hospital where his condition was said to be not  both attackers fled on the motorcycle official said. Korbmacher is head of a court panel handling political Asylum questions for West Germany and West Berlin and was considered a possible terrorist target because of Bis position. His panel ruled in december 1985 that tamil Refu gees from sri Lanka have no general right to political Asylum in West Germany or West Berlin. Human rights groups sharply criticized the ruling. In May 1986, the court ruled against six Turk seeking political Asylum. Pilot from Page 1 examination and treatment. Although suffering from sunburn and dehydration the Pilot s medical Condi Tion was Good the Pentagon said the sources said the Pilot had been flying an Al Mirage Jet fighter and bad participated in raids on iranian targets before he ditched at sea. According to the Pentagon the Pilot was flown ear Lier tuesday from the Guadalcanal to Dhahran inter National Airport in saudi Arabia where he was turned Over to the International red Crescent society the islamic counterpart of the International red Cross. The Pentagon said the Pilot was not returned to Iraq because under International Law the United stain is a Neutral party in the War Between Iran and Iraq and under the Geneva convention cannot return downed airmen from either country to their Home. We have an obligation under International Taw to ensure that any member of the belligerent forces who is taken aboard one of our warships does not return to the hostilities the Pentagon said in its statement we had operational requirements of our own to meet and the saudi arabian Airfield provided the most suitable Neutral location for pulling the Pilot ashore. We Are not privy to any specific actions which May have been planned or perhaps already undertaken by the International red Crescent society or saudi Ara Bian authorities regarding the Pilot we would have done exactly the same thing if this had been an iranian Pilot said one Pentagon source. The Pentagon said it had been notified by the government of Iraq on aug. 30 that it was making a re quest for humanitarian assistance and asking All Navy ships to keep a Lookout for a downed airman. Although the Navy ships assigned to the Middle East Force did not mount a special search Crew Mem Bers on inc Guadalcanal spotted the Man Drifting in the High seas during the late afternoon on monday u he flashed a Mirror at the ship the sources  let Moad Coupon on Page 12 of the stars and stripes