European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday june 28,1968 news updates British parties polled London up a poll published sunday showed the opposition labor party suffering badly from apparent reversals by its Leader Neil Ken Nock Over defense policy the Harris poll in inc observer found 48 percent of voters sup porting he ruling conservative parly of Margaret Thatcher with Only 3fi percent for labor com pared la a 3 percent conservative Lead last month. The remainder of the polling Sample was for centrist parties or undecided. Book about Stalin East Lansing Mich. Up a Book critical of Josef Stalin that was written by a retired Michigan state University professor will be published in the soviet Union development scholars vie As More  openness. Fifty thousand copies of Robert Stu scr s Stalin in october which deals with Stalin s role inthe 19 7 russian revolution will be printed by the soviet govern ment publishing House under a contract signed in . Who subtitled his Book the Man who missed the Revo Lution argues that Stalin was a timid Follower of . Lenin and not the great revolutionary Leader he proclaimed himself lobe. Amerasian children to Chi Minh City Vietnam up three american fatherland one Mother have met with their vietnamese children Long separated by War  distrust and bureaucracy the parents said. It was so exciting i could t be Lieve when i saw him said Vernon Andrus of san Diego who was reunited with his 14-year-old son Hoane son. "11 a Miracle said Wes an Derson of Poulsbo wash., As he hugged his daughter Nguyen Thi Lam 16, for the first Lime since she was 2 years old. Bui for Andrus and Anderson As Well As for Nan Small of West Brook Maine the sad Side of the reunions is thai they must part again with their children who face months More of applications medical exams and bureaucratic procedures before they can rejoin their american parents. The Lucky one in the group of four americans was Joseph Crotty of Reading calif., who was scheduled to Board a plane with his son Khuchua is 18, for return to the United Stales. Ski Accident probe Chur Switzerland a investigators dropped a criminal in Quiry and cleared Britain s Prin Echarles of personal fault after an Avalanche that killed one of his close friends and injured another authorities said monday the inquiry s outcome ran counter to Early speculation in British tabloids that the heir to the throne might face charges. Authorities said in their statement that the Prince who was skiing in a ii member party March 10, cannot be faulted Fortis role. Correction prices for the Kenwood Krc-5001 car stereo and the Kac-9020 car amplifier at Safe audio clubs during their fourth of july Sale Are 1239.95 each not for both As indicated in yester Day s advertising insert. European leaders to discuss creation of single currency Hannover. West Germany up european leaders testing their new found Harmony monday began a two Day Summit that will include talks about the disputed creation of a single currency and a Central Bank for Europe. Following the customary photo ses Sion West German Leader Helmut Kohl British prime minister Margaret Thatcher French president Francois Miller Rand and the other leaders of the 12-na-Tion european Community sat Down to take Stock of the work to remove Trade barriers in the Trade bloc about 4,000police and Security details from each Leader s country guarded the meeting the 39th biannual meeting of the european Council As the group of 12 dec leaders is colled. The meeting is being held at the giant fair Complex in the capital of lower Saxony in Northern Germany. Kohl chairman of the meeting which comes at the end of the six month West German dec presidency was expected to propose appointing a panel of experts to study chances for establishing a unified currency and a Supranational Central Bank and report Back to dec Leaden in a year. Kohl and Mitterrand both favor a Cen trial Bank that would end Exchange fat fluctuations among the member Stales. Thatcher however is opposed to closer monetary cooperation As an infringement on National economic sovereignty and has resisted pressure to link the British Pound to the european monetary system. While Thatcher considers a european Central Bank unrealistic As Long As there is no United Stales of Europe her government is believed to be ready to go along with a High level study of the Isuel West German government spokesman Fried Dro Osl asked at a news Confer ence monday if he expected Thatcher to fight the Central Bank and single currency plans said Kohl and Thatcher bad i very fruitful discussion on the subject at the seven nation economic Summit i Toronto last week. "1 Don t believe there will be major differences Ost said. Tape of Airliner s last moments studied Mulhouse France a investigators monday began listening to a re cording of the final moments of a demonstration Light of a new Airbus a-320 jetliner that crashed at an air show kill ing three passengers and injuring so others. A spokesman Tor Airbus industries the aircraft s manufacturer said there were indications that human error caused the crash sunday of the air France Jet which was carrying 133 people. But Christian Roger the president of the airline s Pilot s Union said its engines May have failed to restart at the Pilot s command. Unlike other planes he said connections from the controls to the engines Are made through the com Puter and not directly by cables. The problem is finding out if the computer functioned properly or if there was a human error he said. Transport minister Louto Merman said nothing for the moment Calls into question either the functioning of the air Craft or the big Airbus project we will have to wait for the findings of the in Quiry. To know the cause of the  the narrow bodied Airbus a-320, developed by a european consortium Over four years at a Cost of 12 billion is the new entry in the commercial aircraft Market and a Jet advertised As the fast est Selling plane in aircraft history. It went into service in april. The air France twin engine plane clipped some Trees and plunged from about 60 feet into a Forest at the end of the Airfield in front of to cameras and a crowd of about 1,000 people attending the show. The aircraft burned and sent a pillar of Black smoke into the air. Only the plane s red White and Blue Tail remained in searched. A control lower official who spoke on condition of anonymity said the Jet appeared to lose Power As it passed Over the held in Hab sheim a Village about is Miles from the Swiss Border. A French newspaper reported monday that Pilot Michel Assitine told a rescuer "1 wanted to increase the Power but the aircraft did not  Airbus spokesman David Velupillai said human error May be to blame. In at least one television news report you can hear the engines begin to pick unjust before the plane hit the tree Velu Pillai said. 1 St inf div Soldier killed in car Accident Goppinger West Germany a test inf div fwd Soldier died sunday of injuries suffered when the car in which she was Riding ran into a wire Fence division spokeswoman said. Division officials Are withholding the Soldier s name until her relatives Tiave been notified. The woman was a passenger in a 1988 Sedan driven by her husband who also is a Soldier assigned to the division. The spokeswoman said the Driver apparently lost control of the car while attempting la pass another car and inc car ran into wire Fence supported by Concrete posts. Both occupants were taken to a Gap Pingen Hospital where the passenger was pronounced dead. The Driver was treated for facial Cut and scrapes and was released. The car was damaged beyond repair and damage to the Fence was estimate Dat about 12,760. German and . Officials Are investigating the Accident. Airman killed 2 others Hurt in Accident near Torrejon a Torrejon a Spain an air Force staff sergeant died and two other airmen were injured Early sunday in an off base car Accident abase spokesman said monday. Staff sgt. Anthony Obranovic of the 401st civil engr so was pronounced dead on arrival at about i . Sunday at the air Force Hospital in Torrejon ski Charlton Ritchie said. Obranovic was 35. Sgt. Robert c. Hedges and . Daniel Raussa passengers in the victim s vehicle received cuts and bruises in the Accident. Hedges and Raussa also assigned to the 401st, were in satisfactory condition atthe Torrejon base Hospital Ritchie said Obranovic was driving on an Access Road about half a mile from the base when the Accident occurred he said. No other details about the Accident were available. An investigation is in Progress. Obranovic from St. Louis was assigned to the base As a liquid fuels specialist. He is survived by his wife Cheryl and a 4-year-old son Matthew. A memorial service for Obranovic will be held wednesday at 4  the base Chapel Higgins tour would be Over now Lancaster by. A Marine la. Col. William Higgins who was taken hostage in Lebanon on feb. 17, would have ended his tour of duty in the War torn country this past weekend his wife said. Wiggim a Lancaster native was serving As chief of an observe group attached to the . Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon when he was captured. His wife Marine maj. Robin Higgins appeared at the Garrar county fair where she thanked Well wishers for their prayers. She would not comment on her husband s condition location or Chance for release. She said her Faith in god and her husband arc helping her to Cope. Wii red army deserter hid in cellar for 44 years Moscow a a red army Soldier who twice deserted the ranks during world War u spent 44 years hiding in the cellar of a relative s House in the Northern Ukraine until his recent discovery a newspaper reported. . Kondratenko lived undetected in his native Village of Zavodi panicked by the Light of Day the ukrainian newspaper pravda Ukraine reported. When Kondratenko s relative a 74-year-Oldwoman identified Only As . Kondratenko. Was hospitalized recently villagers discovered the deserter because of smoke coming from the House s Chimney the paper reported. The paper indicated that no action would retaken against him. Memorial service to be held for army Pilot killed in crash bad Kreuz Nach West Germany a memorial service for the army Pilot killed in a june 14 Heli copter crash has been set for 1 . Friday Al the Rose Barracks Chapel in bad Kreuz Nach an 8th inf div spokesman said monday. Chief warrant officer Robert Guerrera of co 0,4th aviation regt. 8th inf div died when the oh-58 Kiowa helicopter he was flying on a routine training Mission fell into Lake Stamberg about 25 Miles South East of Munich. Divers recovered his body Friday