European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Jump stripes Magazine q anti cholesterol Drutok d Page 3 o Randy Harriett s car Corner Page 13 o High school football schedules Page 20 the stirs vol. 46, no. 138 Ruth Obieto unofficial puil1catioh it to . To Mfd Force thursday septembers 1987 i .o�j,.di.m., d 8693 a Iran Iraq Pound ships As Tanker War heats up Manama Bahrain apr iranian gunboats attacked a cargo ship and an Oil Tanker wednesday and Iraq said us jets hit two tankers in a dramatic escalation of the 3-Ycar-old persian Gulf Tanker  three other tankers were hit by Irani an ships tuesday night Gulf shipping sources and Lloyd s of Lon Dun insurers said. A cypriot Tanker was struck by iraqi jets tuesday night Baghdad radio reported. Set related Story on Pat 24. In Paris wednesday. Defense minister Andre Giraud said France has ordered three warships into he Gulf area to help search for mires. The mine sweepers were ordered into the Region of Khor Al Bakkan an Anchorage used by ships going to and from the Gulf and the scene of recent mine scares. . Warships have been escorting kuwaiti linkers  with the stars and stripes through the Gulf since july 20. In the latest iranian attack at least three iranian speedboats opened fire on the 97.286-ton greek Tanker Leaf in off the Northern saudi arabian coast near Farsi Island Marine Salvage executives said. Casualties and damage were not known they said. It was the fifth such attack reported in the Gulf in less than 24 hours As Iran continued its apparent reprisals for Iraq s weekend resumption of hostilities in the waterway after a Sis week Lull. The iranian attacks wednesday Fol sea ships on Page 24 rust tells court flight was Mission for peace Malhias Ribisi ii 19-year-old German Pilot leaves the courtroom wednesday with two soviet guards at his Side. Moscow us i West German teenager Mai i As rust wednesday delivered an to minute implant i lion of his sensational flight to red Square apologizing for the havoc he wreaked but describing it As a gesture for peace. The 19-year-old Pilot dressed in a Blue suit and Cal Why looking despite three a months in Kcf Riovo prison first pleaded guilty to All three charges then reversed himself 10 say he was innocent of malicious hooliganism. Rust wearing Gray Metal Frame glasses spoke in emotionally into a microphone As the judge listened with occasional hashes of scepticism on Nis face "1 am certain that i acted wrongly the fair haired youth said. I regret what happened but i Felt that there should be a big response in world opinion. I saw no other Way to achieve such a  rust s defense of his actions followed the Reading of a 50-minute indictment thai opened the three Day trial inside the soviet supreme court building. Rust fatal three charges malicious hooliganism punishable by one to five years illegal entry into the soviet Union carrying a 1-3 year term and violating flight rules which is Puni Halile with a term of one to 10 years or a Fine of 1,000 rubles about $ 1,600. He pleaded innocent of malicious Hooli Janiem after saying he circled ked Square in search of a place to put Down that would not endanger anyone. He landed on the ramp of a Bridge beside the Square and coasted to a Stop by the Kremlin Wall. Although the wiry teen Ager had been in Lite Kab prison since his spectacular arrival in Moscow in May 28. He showed a Reddish complexion and his flair was neatly trimmed. In the courtroom were about 100 people int Luiting 25 invited foreign journalists his parents and brother who flew in sunday in be with him. Rust described his incredible stunt saying no one else was involved and he did not make his final Ducci see rust on Page 24 reality bytes the dust in computer world Copenhagen Denmark up a Young Dane has been hospitalized with computer syn drome that made him unable to distinguish be tween the real world and computer programs Den Mark s it tit ii journal lays. The journal did the unidentified 18-year-old contracted the no form of psychosis called computer syndrome b three doctors at Copenhagen s nerd Vang hops Ilal after spending 12io 16 hours a Day in front of in computer. The doctors said the teen Ager began to think in programming language waking up in the Middle of the night thinking line 10 go to inc bathroom. Line ii  he told donors he discovered that Man is Only a machine. There is no i Terence Between inc com Puter and Man the journal weekly for physicians said tuesday. He merged with the computer and afforded it supernatural qualities said psychologist Lent Ottrok and psychiatrists Eva Jensen and Enk Simonn in the journal. In the end the computer Freak suffered from in Somnia and Ait my. And was admitted to the Hospi Tal. The article did not indicate his present Condi Tion. The Young Man s preoccupation with computers is not unique but his patriotic condition was unusual the report said warning against Many Young peo ple s excessive preoccupation with  the Ihrcke doctors said the computer was used by these Young people As a substitute for human Contact since it always responded in a rational manner but the stress on logic could Lead to immaturity and emotional limitations. The typical computer Freak is a boy Between 14 and 16," said Lars Knudsen 31, manager of a Copenhagen computer firm professional data information Knudsen who estimated there arc some 5.000 computer freaks in Denmark said they arc not particularly gifted or Well educated youngsters but rave an ability to understand complicated structures