European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Paga b the stars and stripes thursday december 10,1987 soviets deny Pardon to Border Hopper rust 1 world today Moscow not i Illus Kush. Ilu i1or old West in run Pili Sam ii a four year sentence Hen As a result of his Border crossing Solo flight i tic Kremlin Ivull. Has been denied a Pardon i soviet Lur i i in ministry spokesman Saiu tuesday. His request nil reviewed the ministry so fees in. Yuri remit sikh said at a news conference in Moscow. The answer win Kush is believed u i in prison in mos cow lie was sentenced sept. 4 to serve his term in a general regime labor Camp the least harsh of the four categories of soviet prison Camp. Kiremit sikh said soviet Law allows for a Pardon when half of a prisoner s sentence has been served or when Here Are mitigating Cirrus Lance. He indicates hut neither of those conditions applied to rust during his irial rust said thai lie flew to Moscow because he wanted to talk to the soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev about achieving world peace. As a result of his journey he flew 500 Miles from Finland in a single engine Cessna across one of the world s most heavily defended Borders the defense minister was dismissed and the Border command was reportedly shaken up. The Sanctity of soviet Borders is one of the Credo of tic soviet government and Mili tary. The weekly newspaper a Cedelya reported last Spring thai lie new chief of air defences. Gen Ivan Tretyak Piid Iti Isi had Hern detected during his flight but that n o commander had been available to decide what to do about tic intrusion. Grelyak said that future unauthorised intruders would lie fired on. After h three Day irial. The soviet supreme court convicted rust on three charges malicious hooliganism violating International might rules and illegally crossing the Border. There was testimony in the trial about the dangers posed by rust s attempts to land on the crowded pave ment in red Square before he gave up circled St. Basil s Cathedral and landed near the Kremlin Wall. Judge Robert Tikhomirov said the evidence indicated that rust s motive was adventurism. Rust had appealed Lor a Pardon to the presidium of inc supreme Sovil the ruling body of the country s nominal legislature. His parents Heinz and Monika rust last visted their son in Kcf Ortolo prison in october. West Ger Man diplomats told Reuters that he was spending his Lime in prison studying russian and Reading books about science. Brightest spot in town countless Christmas lights some depicting Sarta Claus delivering toys across rooftops dominate re gent Street in Tendon the lavish illumination is an annual feature of the famous shopping Street which attracts throngs at visitors from All aver tilt world during the pro Christmas season. Perez cafe Cuellar orders probe into missing . War crime f/7es United nations a the United nations disclosed tuesday that More than 4fjii files in nazi War crimes Are missing Frum its archives and it has ordered an urgent investigation. The disclosure that the . Archives staff knew of the missing files lost year hut did not Tell he Secretary general raised questions of whether a cover up was invoked. Israel s . Ambassador said vital information on atrocities against jews and others by the a is during world War ii May have been lost or destroyed. In was the second dramatic revelation about the archives of the . War crimes commission. In March Init was discovered Llinat the files with More than 36.000 names contained a file on former . Secrce Lary Cic neral Kurt now the president of aus Tria. There also was talk of a cover up then a charge denied by the United nations and archivists. Waldheim has de Nied any wrongdoing during his service in the German army in world War ii. Licnik Lerud 11.n. Diplomats and stuff were asking tues Day How the files could have disappeared and How the information could have been kept secret. year they were ailing How Wai Dhim s file i Ould have been unnoticed for so Many Sears. . Secretary Genera Javier i Ere de Cuellar issued a stat Mcm saying he was surprised and disturbed to Zwirn for the first Lime through news repurt1. That some files us he War crimes commission were missing. The . Chief ordered a full Inu Sii Giuin by Richard Foran assistant Secrce tar a general Lor Genera Ien ices. The , will in to determine whether the missing tiles were separated Frum the a hives Isle Lac were in , custody or whether they Csc Werc received h the United nations when it first got custody of the a revises after the War. Australian gunman kills 8, Dies in fall from 1 1th floor Melbourne Australia a a Man rushed through i High rite building and killed eight people tuesday in Australia s worst random shooting then crashed through an Lith Story window and fell to his , police said. Revenge apparently was the motive for the massacre did a police spokesman who spoke on condition of anonymity. He said the shooting started when inc gunman confronted another Man in a dispute not of the Normal Medid not elaborate. Five women and three men were killed at the Tele com credit cooperative said Vaughan Werner assist ant police commissioner of Victoria stale. An undetermined number of people were wounded Werner said the Man entered the building at 4 40 . With a High powered weapon. Office workers at the credit cooperative were preparing to leave for the Day and pedestrians crowded inc sidewalk outside. Police withheld the Man s id mity but said he was 22 years old. There was no immediate explanation Why he fell to his death. Paris court blocks Sale of j accuse manuscript Paris a tie Sale of the manuscript of Emily Zola s Bror Vij accuse Lias been blocked by the Paris of appeals which is hearing a dispute Between two of inc author s heirs. The manuscript of the essay which launched the Dreyfus affair in France when published in the Paris Rcw Sparer l Aurore on Jan. 13, 1898, was to be sold Tui a m., i by rotheby s auction House in Monaco Fri is Emily Zola the author s grandson brought suit against Liis anti Glicr Brigitte place saying she had no right to put the document up for Sale. The court of appeals on monday issued an order barring inc Sale until he lawsuit is decided. No Date has been set for judgment in the Case. Zola s essay accused the authorities of unfair treat ment of capt. Alfred Dreyfus who was convicted of treason on Pic basis of what was discovered to be forged evidence. Food poisonings Spur Mussel ban in Canada Toronto a the province of Ontario banned inc Sale of mussels from Canada s Atlantic provinces and the northeastern United Stales on Mon Day after 37 cases of food poisoning across Canada were attributed to shellfish. Elinor Caplan provincial health minister said inc precaution wus necessary until inc nature and source of the Mussel toxin is discovered. Federal health authorities said toxic shellfish had been traced Only to shipments from Quebec s Magda Len islands and Prince Edward Island and Federal warnings would not be extended warnings beyond those areas Zaire s Diamond capital threatened by Cave ins Kinshasa. Zaire a the Diamond capital of Buji Mayi is seriously threatened by Cave ins a Swiss hydrologist says. Andre Burger said that in addition to the problem of Cave ins the City of More than 400.000 also faces major soil erosion problems due to the effect of vegetation and River water. Berger said underground streams of water charged with Carbon dioxide arc creating the problem in the City. The population of the Western Kaai Region has increased rapidly with the of Diamond diggers taking advantage of liberalised rules on Diamond sales in the Central african . Shuji Mayi is about 700 Miles Wem of Kinshasa. British plan restoration of old Albert memorial London Al l the Tovern enl has announced it will pay for restoration of the crumbling Albert Morial the ornate Monument built h grief sir Irten Quet a Viii he after the death of her Belot in Liu Shand 1 Albert. The 175-l ool tall memorial 3 popular tourist attraction a the South Side of London s Kensington gardens opposite the Royal Albert Hull was null heir Cen 1h64 and 1872 and Cost i 0, Muju pounds or about $22 Mil lion in 19s7 dollars
