European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 12, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 Honecker lays Wreath at Dachau meets with fellow victims of nazism Dachau Germany a East German Lender Erich Hon Cockcr placed a Wreath us the site or a nazi death Camp Friday and met with pc flow former Vic Tims of third Reich persecution before ending his historic Vejsil to West Ger Many. Honecker flew Hack to East Berlin Fri Day afternoon at lire end of his five Clay visit he first Ever by an East German communist party chief to West Ger Many. In Bonn government officials praised Hon Leer s prediction that his country eventually Wilt have Normal Border relations with West Germany Hon Cockcr who spent a decade in a nazi prison on political charges visited the site of the Dachau Camp after meet ing in Munich with Franz Josef Strauss Bavaria s Arch conservative minister president. At Dachau nine Miles North of Munich the 75-year-old Honecker Laid the Wreath of red carnations under a sign thai said "1933 to 1945." the years of nazi Rule in Germany under dictator Adolf Hitler. Honecker talked to a group of about 20 former nazi persecution victims and former inmates at the Camp where Many communists and Lef iils were held. He was visibly moved As he stopped to talk to each one and shake hands. "1 wish you Success in he fight against no nazism Eugun pcs scr a former Dachau inmate quoted Honecker As Tell ing the group i embrace you  Kessler a 75-year-old Munich Resi Dent said he was pleased by Hon Cekor s trip. It Means recognition or East Ger Many pcs scr told the associated press West German officials say Here Are now about 23.000 right Wing extremists nationwide with about  of them classified As Neo nazis East German Leader Erich Honecker St nigh ens the ribbons of the memorial Wreath. On thursday night in his Hometown of  in the Saarland Mon Cockcr predicted his country will one Day have a Normal Border with West Ger Many and indicated he favors tight Bonds Between the two Stales. Speaking Al a dinner in inc town Hall Hon Cockcr said inc two states arc neigh Bors on German soil but belong to Dif Ferent political alliances. It is understandable then that under those conditions the Borders Are Noi what they should be Hon Cockcr said. If inc German nations expand cooperation As outlined in a joint ,1 signed during his five Day visit then a Day will come when inc Border will no longer Divide us but will unite us like the Border Between East Germany ant Poland Hon Cockcr said. He did not elaborate chief West German government spokesman Fried Hielm Osl in Bonn Fri. Day welcomed the remark As a Public confirms lion of inc direction of the talks in Bonn Between Honecker and Chancellor Helmut Kohl Hon Cockcr s visit to Dachau attracted about 100 people protesting against the visit outside inc main Gates a Small group of the demonstrators held aloft a sign saying prayer at me Morial Sites shooting at the  the latter was a reference to shool to kill or Ders Given to East German Border guards for anyone trying to escape to the West. West Germany has repeatedly called on East Germany to scrap is shool a kill orders a heated Point of con ten i Ion for decades. West Germany s inner German relations ministry said the orders mines and other deadly traps have claimed the jives of Al least 188 would be escapees since the Berlin Wall was built in 1961 and then expanded along inc Border. The two German slates were formed in 1949. German hostage freed for Ransom Magazine says Beirut Lebanon a pro Irani an kidnappers received $2 million id free a Wesl German hostage this week and plan to release another West German for a Simitar Ransom soon the Magazine Ash Shiraz reported Friday. Also Friday the lebanese wife of . Hostage Joseph James Cicippio appealed for the release of All foreign hostages. She spoke one Day before the first anniversary of her husband s abduction. The hold warriors for Freedom a shiite moslem group released Alfred Schmidt on monday but still holds Rudolf Cordes. Both West germans were abducted in january. Ash Shiraz quoted Anonymous Security sources for its information on the ran som payments. Ash Shiraz gained Fame when it broke the Story of secret . Arms sales to Iran in Exchange for . Hostages last no vember but its More recent reports on the foreign hostages held in Lebanon have not been borne out the Magazine also said the kidnappers received indications from the Wesl German government thai Mohammed All Hamadi would be treated leniently. Hamadi a lebanese shiite moslem is awaiting trial in West Germany for hijacking an american Twa Jet to Leb anon in june 19bs and murdering an american passenger. The West German government denied thai any Deal was made to free Schmidt. Schmidt s employers the Munich based Siemens electrical concern denied pay ing Ransom to obtain his release. The kidnappers did nol receive solid promises from Bonn that Hamadi would be released. However they received Liinus Ihal Hamadi s situation would be settled and sentences issued against him would be commuted the Magazine quoted the sources As saying. Last june the Weil German govern ment rejected a . Request for Hama i s extradition for trial by an american court on a murder charge. Schmidt s release came a few Days after a visit to Damascus Syria by Heinz Fiedler the head of the West Ger Man foreign ministry s Middle East desk. Foreign ministry spokesman Jucar gun Chrobot said later that Iran and Syria both helped win Schmidt s release. They both said they would help and they did. West German government spokesman Froid Helm Osl thursday said Schmidt assured authorities thai Cordes was alive As of last week but was suffering from circulatory problems. Cordes s3. Beirut manager for the West German chemical firm Hock in. Was kidnapped in moslem West Beirut Jan. 17, three Days before gunmen snatched Schmidt in addition to Cordes 22 foreigners including eight americans Are missing and believed kidnapped in Lebanon since March 1985. Also. Anglican Church Ein of Terry Waite disappeared in january while on a Mission to negotiate the release of hos tages. No group has claimed kidnapping him. Cicippio who i urns 57 on sunday was acting comptroller at the american University in Beirut when he was kid napped Cpl. 12. I486. Briton contracts botulism after eating airline meal London a a Man who became ill after eating a meal on an air France flight is suffering from the first reported Case of botulism in Britain in nine years a health department spokesman said Friday. The communicable disease surveillance Center in London is conducting a Sis to determine whether the prepackaged Kosher meal of Rice and vegetables served by the airline is the source of inc we limbs fatal Bac Teria said the spokesman speaking anonymously in keeping with British custom. Roy Hayim a 49-year-old r if estate agent became ill after eating the meal on an aug. 30 flight from Nice. France to London s Heathrow International Airport it was the last meal Ihal Hayim ate before becoming ill. None of the Oiher passengers who ate Kosher meals including Hayim s wife. Caroline and their three Chil Dren have taken ill said the government spokesman and Suzanne Wyatt a Secretary for air France s Public relations department. No signs of botulism a bacteria which attacks the Central nervous systems were discovered in Oiler meals prepared for the flight they said. Liyim is the first person in Britain to have contracted botulism since 1178. When four elderly people Wen stricken in Birmingham Alicr eating a tin of contaminated Salmon. Two i aril m died. A spokesman for Edgware general Hospital said Hayim is on a life Suppon machine but ii in stable condition. The British health department said health authorities in France and Switzerland where the meals were prepared have been alerted. Botulism ii caused by a bacteria that grows Only in the absence of oxygen. It is sometimes found in food that has been improperly canned or preserved. The bit Luria is killed when heated to 176 degree fahrenheit for 30 minutes. The Canning process of food Molm Healing at around 120degrees f. Botulism generally attacks the nervous i mrm with in hours. Parak Irie he nears of lilt Eye and Throat treatment Imholte Nia Ive doses of an anti toxin combined with her Tuppen Piej utes to keep patients breathing