European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 / j the stars and stripes wednesday september 9,1987 belgian ferry disaster inquest opens .3 in Hal \ Siv a Coroner in a Model of t he car ferry hat capsized Dot Zeebrugge is carried into Dover town Hall As inquest opens. Dover Englan a Corone monday a pwned an my Ucol into the Ili Ailis a Ink people in the Zec Bru go ferry disaster telling the jury that if it re turns manslaughter verdicts criminal charges May be filed. The 11 member jury will be a ked to give verdicts on each of the victims who died when inc Townsend Thor san ferry Herald of free Enterprise overturned just outside inc belgian port on March 6. A 189lh victim comes under Wisl German jurisdiction. Ore potential Var Dick you might have to consider and perhaps the most controversial is unlawful kill Kent Coroner Richard slut told the jury at the Sla i of Bri la i n s biggest Over i a quest. A spokesman for the Coroner s office said if the jury found the victims were unlawfully killed papers would be sent to the director of 1 Public prosecutions to deter mine whether charges should be brought the department of transport said during the offi Cial inquiry that there would be no prosecutions of individuals or ferry operators Townsend Thor san. However the Coroner s spokesman who asked to remain Anonymous said that inquiry had been into the capsizing of the vessel and not into the deaths of individual victims. Slut said other possible verdicts were deaths by Accident misadventure or an open Var Dick. He said the main cause of death was drowning Al though there were some cases of multiple injuries. In the next few weeks you arc going to hear some of inc most harrowing talks Ever told in a British court slurp told the jury. Survivors arc among the More than 400 witnesses who could be called to give evidence during inc in quest in this port City. Also giving evidence will be the three men found seriously negligent by the government inquiry into the disaster capt. David Lewry first officer Leslie Sabyl and assistant Boatswain Mark Stanley. German hostage freed in Beirut flown to Bonn Bonn a freed German hostage Alfred Schmidt arrived in Bonn Early tuesday after a night from Syria. Inc Ard German television network reported. The 47-year-old Siemens company Engineer was freed monday morning by his kidnappers in Beirut. Lebanon and was then taken to the German ambassador s Resi Dence in Damas Cus. Ard television said the German military airplay carrying Schmidt touched Down al12 20 . Tues Day. The television report said that Schmidt Schmidt was then taken to a German government Security base in the town of Hagelar 6 m i Les away Ard said thai Schmidt planned to travel 10 Wisl Berlin later tuesday to be reunited with his family. He made no statements to reporters on his arrival but earlier before departing dam ascus. Schmidt told reporters it s wonderful to be a free Man he also said the Kidnap pers did t mistreat me. The treatment was All right the German government said no Deal was struck to free hijacking suspect Mohammed Hamadi. A shiite moslem arrested in Frankfurt on Jan 13, Twenty three foreigners have been kidnapped in Lebanon and arc believed still held. Also missing is anglican Church envoy Tern Waile who disappeared Jan. 20 in Beirut while trying to negotiate the release of foreign hostages. The foreign hostage held the longest is Terrya Anderson chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press who was abducted March 16, i9s5. Nato troops gearing up for annual War games Byj Kominicki the most realistic lest to pc Stern Europe As the an forge gels under nato planners Are profit Dale of their ability to defend n Ual series of exercises known As Centrepiece of he Maneu vers in Tajii largest peace Lime reinforcement of Germany in operation that began late last month with the air Nylof soldiers and equipment from fort 1 food Texas by thursday nearly 35.000 . Troops reservists will be massed on european soil pm a series of exercises around Hannover in Northern German the . In corps is being transported from fort howl once in Europe most of the . Troops will take part in 10 Days of War games dubbed certain strike which begins sept. 14 and includes 43,000 troops from Britain Belgium Germany and the second exercise cold fire 87, will Leslie 2nd Alli tac air Force s ability to support the ground forces i " part in certain strike. Jas pan of cold fire aircraft from lands the United kingdom Cormany Blue United states will Fly a planned 500 sorties jaw Many of them at . It Safe units in cold fire Fude the 20lh tac fighter Wing from Raf upper Leyford the 48ih tac fighter Wing from Raf Lakom la. The 81 St tac fighter Wing at Raf Ben Walers at Fth 42nd electronic combat so from Raf upper Herf Ford All a England. In Souther Jermany 55,000 soldiers from inc German 11 corps Willeam with 20,000 French troops for exercise bold a Furrow set for sept 17-21 Between Stull an and Regensburg. Shaded Section on partial map of Germany Haws Sec Tion Fehre exercise certain strike takes puce Turkey approves Multi party elections Ankara Turkey a voters narrowly approved a referendum proposal Ihm will allow a veral opposition figures to run for office according 10 offi Cial results announced monday. Even before partial results were made known Sun Day evening. Premier Turgut ofal called general elections for november a ear ahead of schedule. Dial s conservative motherland part Aiudi Vij of fice in 1983 elections that restored civilian govern ment. Passage of tile referendum Means Sulyman de Mirel and Bulent Mcevil 10 former premiers can run for office. The vote to lift the prohibition was 11,685,000 to 11.s44.000. Or 50.24 percent to 49.76 percent the Anatolia news Agency reported about 100,000 totes remained to be o Mcd but officials said they would not change the result
