European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday january 7,1988 abductors told they can t Sway judge dts Meldorf West Germany up1 the judge in the trial of an Arab charged in the kidnapping of two West germans wednesday told the abductors their threats of retaliation against a hostage would not affect the verdict. Related Story. Is 3. Judge Klaus Arend speaking directly to the Kidnap pers who still hold one German in Lebanon warned the kidnappers against making a connection Between the trial and their hostage. Ali Abbas Ramadei 29, a lebanese and naturalized West German citizen Wai charged with complicity in the kidnapping of two germans in Beirut last january in an Effort to Force the Bonn government 10 release his brother Mohammad Ali Ramadei charged with hijacking a . Airliner and murdering a . Passen Ger. Referring to a statement released by a pro iranian group threatening retaliations against the hostage. Arend said the kidnappers do not realize that the West German government has no influence on the  ii is another Mailer when the government carries out negotiations with the kidnappers he said the trial is being held to determine the  Arend said it was shameful that these things Hap  Ali 23, is awaiting trial a Frankfurt on a charge of hijacking a Twa Airliner from Athens to Beirut in 1985 and murdering one of in passengers a . Navy diver. On the eve of the trial a it anew group calling itself the stragglers for Freedom warned the welfare of Rudolf Cordes a representative of the Siemens electronics company who was seized in Beirut soon after Mohammad Ali s arrest in Frankfurt would depend on the Dusseldorf trial. Another hostage seized at about the same Lime was released in september under unexplained circumstances. Ramadei who appeared in court in a Gray Sun and without handcuff tuesday said he would not give any testimony on the charges. Through he attorney How Ever he pleaded his innocence and appealed for the release of Cordes. Ninety is witnesses were scheduled to testify in the tix week trial which was held under Light Security in an old Barracks can toned off by police wielding Summa  addition to the kidnapping charge Ali Abbas is charged with possessing explosives and of trying Tobl Dunau the West German government into releasing his brother. The in led states requested the extradition of Mohammad Ali Ramadei to try him for hijacking the Twa Airliner and for murder. The Bonn government refused to extradite him but promised 10 iry him in West Germany. Gulf from Page 1 insurance told the associated press he had nol Aulhorn a reductions of the 33-ship . Farce in and near the Gulf but said later that changes always were under consideration. Our commitment to protecting Ameri can Flag vessels and our commitment to continue to work with the moderate Arab Stales to Mil their legitimate Security needs continues and there will be no change what Soever in that commit Imenit he said in a interview with Abc news in Bahrain. In Washington. Reagan responded to a question about withdrawing forces with the comment tha one s easy  administration sources had said the Heli copter Carrier Okinawa would be pulled out and the battleship Iowa might follow. Tariq Al Moayyed Bahrain s information minister said is. Efforts in the Region have been succeeding and have increased american  there is no one who doubts that Ameri Ca has been a peacemaker. And also got the european Powers to take an Active Rote. Reinforcing  Law in the Gulf he told the a. I really think that everybody knows the american presence Here and the British an the French is appropriate the alternative is Complete  the United states which has Docking rights in Bahrain plans to sell the Island state up to 70 portable stinger anti aircraft missiles and 12 advanced f-16 fighter planes. Britain and France have naval vessels inthe Gulf to protect ships flying their National Dags As docs the soviet Union. Moayyed referred to indiscriminate at tacks on merchant ships before the . Navy began escorting or flagged Kuwait bunkers through the waterway in july. Shipping interests in the United Sunn and elsewhere have urged the Navy to extend Protection to foreign Flag vessels at least those involving . Interests. Iran and Iraq attacked 178 ships in 1987, the highest annual total yet. And about 4iohave been raided since the War began. Iraq attacks Oil installations and tankers in an attempt to destroy the exports with which Iran finances the War. Iran responds with attacks on Neutral vessels usually those trading with saudi Arabia and Kuwait which support Iraq. Cartucci is to visit saudi Arabia a major . Ally in the Region on thursday. From Page 1 Mobile insurance rates with the West German Federal regulatory Agency for insurance located in West Berlin. Sepa rate rates Are set for British and Canad an forces he said. Nato rate insurance policies Are valid for one year and Are paid in Marks a double Burden for . Policy holders suffering under a weak Dollar. Eighty is percent of the nato Tariff insurance holders in Germany will face increases under the new Rales Mcneely said. There were 196,000 privately registered autos listed in the Usa eur vehicle registry As of december she said. However the Tariff applies Only to Ger Many and West Berlin. Joachim Lowe of the Hamburg head quarters of Albingia insurance said it was shown that the damages paid out in past years had changed. Simply put some insurance categories were paying too much in relation to damages paid out by the insurance company and for others the reverse was True. Consultation with other insurance companies revealed that they were More or less in the same situation in the same areas Lowe said. The seven major companies asking for the rate hikes were no Kura Albingia Zurich Deutsche Lloyd american insurance underwriters a1ufortune and up formerly known As Saar Union. Together they handle 72 percent of the . Auto insurance business in Germany according to Mcneely. There Are about a half dozen smaller Compa Nies doing business with the . Nato Tariff she said. Auto insurance policyholders who Are married and Between the Ages of 25 and 34 will pay 20 percent More on lop of the Basic 1987 liability coverage median Rale a 779, up to 937 Marks this year according to Mcneely. Ratet Between the top seven companies doing business with americans vary Little she said. Single Drivers Between apes 25 and 34 will see a 21 percent drop in their medi an rate although they still pay the Sec Ond highest rate among the five Basic insurance categories meneely said. 1,762 Marks Mcneely said. Single or married Drivers 35 and older will see their liability rates go up from 592 Marks to 624 Marks a 5.5 percent increase according to the median rates. Spec. 4 Wesley Thomas a 25-year-old married administrative specialist in the office of the United Stales commander Berlin said i think i m going to feel it and the Damn thing about it is that i m going to have to  he said he pays 493 Marks a Quarter for full coverage on his late Model car. He will we an approximate 40-Raark quarterly jump because of the increase in Basic liability coverage. His wife holds a Job that pays in Marks which along with careful budget ing led Thomas to conclude he will continue full coverage insurance. We re willing to accept it. And there s nothing we can do about it Thomas said. The seven major insurance companies approached the Federal insurance Regula tory Agency As a body last year to request the hikes Kirsch said. His Agency set new liability Rales the Only ones it has direct authority Over based on a set of regulations that outline what factors can be taken into consideration Kirch said. Twenty percent of the . Auto insurance business in Germany is handled by a san Antonio Texas company United services automobile association whose policyholders Are officers and whose rates Are independently filed with the Berlin based regulatory Agency Mcneely said. Usaa increased their Rales in october she said. Eight percent of the military Auto insurance holders insure their cars under the German system which takes other factors into account such As the size of the car engine and the Driver s safely re Cord Mcneely said. German Rales can be cheaper than nato tariffs. Spec. 4 Jim Bailey a technical control Ler with the information management office Clay Headquarters compound Berlin said he was looking for insurance and that he was considering the regular German Rale for his 1981 Chevrolet Chevelle. Bailey Falls under the category hardest hit by the . Nato Tariff increase. To is married under age 24 and has a 21 month old daughter. Mostly i want a car to i la be Able to see Berlin and go to the West he said. If it gels to where it s Loo expensive i la sell my  Bailey s base pay separate ration Al Lowance and Cost of living allowance total about $13,200 a year he said. His median nato insurance Rale will come to slightly More than $1,000 per year. That is unless he moves quickly 10 take advantage of an offer he received when he called Fortune insurance in Berlin. He was offered the old Rale. The new rate was supposed to be effective Jan. 1, and then they Back tracked for one reason or another said Fortune representative Fred la Chance from his office near Andrews Barracks. Until he hears otherwise it s business As usual be said. Dyfed syrup recalled from shelves in Europe Heidelberg is a pharmaceutical recall of Dyfed syrup also known As generic attired was announced wednesday by the 7th medical come. Dyfed syrup b not sold at military facilities in Europe but it is prescribed by doctors and dispensed by army and air Force pharmacies spokesman Dave Stewart mid. The syrup is being recalled because of a potential uni up Between Dyfed syrup and Halo Peridot Oral solution a  he said the recalled Dyfed syrup produced by my a laboratories a from lot num Ber 1j7i8 and has an expiration Dale of december i9bb. Army pharmacies Are removing Dyfed syrup with it lot number from their shelves Stewart said and anyone having this product should immediately return it to their local army medical facility. Air Force pharmacies also Are removing Dyfed syrup from their the Devi and jul Check Pait  and notify those who have received the product Laid Safe Liprie Sworan Cape. Gail Hayes. Cold from Page 1 out Power for 2 a hours tuesday night after heavy demand caused by the cold weather overloaded a substation Saiu Commonwealth electric co. Utility companies reported record and near record Winter demand for electricity in Delaware and Maryland where a second consecutive Low of minus 10 de Grees was predicted for wednesday night. Iowa Power which serves 239,000 customers in Central and Southwest Iowa said it appeared to have met or exceeded an electrical usage record set in 1983, tuesday s heaviest snowfall occurred along late Ontario in Western new York where 3 to s feet of Lake effect Snow had piled up since monday night sometimes at the Rale of 4 to s inches an hour the weather service said. Sault Ste. Marie mich., received More than 17 inches of Snow including 15 inches Over a 24-hour Pend ending Ai 7 p. M. Tuesday. In addition to the death in washing ton weather related deaths since sat urday include three exposure deaths in Illinois and one traffic death each in Connecticut Utah and Oklahoma also tuesday a Man was found dead in Denver in a construction shed apparently overcome by fumes from a Mal functioning propane healer and a 94-year-old Hamilton Ohio Man died of hypothermia in an unseated Bouse. A36-Jiar-old Man apparently froze to death in Charleston w.va., after be was knocked unconscious in a fill and Lay unconscious outdoors nearly three noun. A Fisherman died off Northern califor Nia when his boat capsized in a storm