European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 news briefs the stars and stripes wednesday june 29,1988 sex i suspected in slaying leaps 5 floors to his death Hanau West Germany a former . Soldier suspected of killing his German girl Friend leaped to his death Early monday As police rushed his fifth floor apartment police officials said tuesday. Police said Courland Page 20, apparently strangled Patricia Hilson the Mother of his 5 week old baby about 4 . Monday. Page who was discharged from the  in october called friends at a . Military Cas Ernin Hanau and confessed the crime police spokesman Jurgen Grede said. Grede said the friends went to Page s apart ment and when Page did not answer the door notified their unit commander. Military and German police forced their Way into the apart ment about 7 30 ., at which Lime Page jumped from an apartment window. He was pronounced dead at a German Hospital at 9 . Police found the 24-year-old Hitson dead on Abed. Grede said Page who was unemployed apparently was trying to keep Hilton from leaving him. Hitson was still married loan american living in the United states Grede said. Airman German remain hospitalized for injuries Sembach West Germany is an air Force sergeant and a German civilian remained hospitalized monday after suffering injuries in a two car Accident saturday near Sembach a. Sgt. Pablo Soto Iii. 25, of the 66lh combat support group suffered a broken forearm a  cuts and a concussion in the head on Colli Sion said base spokesman it. Los Carroll. Solo had surgery on the forearm sunday Atlan Stuhl  regional medical Center. The other Driver involved in the crash Otto Spiess,54, remained in a Kaiserslautern Hospital where he was taken after the Accident a Hospital spokeswoman said. The Accident occurred on German Highway 40, three Miles from the base shortly after b ., Carroll said. Backlogs in . Delaying cafes car conversions by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer persons who recently shipped foreign cars to the United states for conversion to . Standards via the Exchange service s shipping and conversion contractor might face delay of up to four weeks in picking up their cars because of backlogs in the states. The cafes contractor. Trans car import Trade service inc., reported the number of cars shipped for conversion soared from about 70 per month to about 500 per month As owners of foreign vehicle Rush to beat environmental Protection Agency conversion deadlines and As the term anal change of station sea son begins an cafes spokesman Saia tuesday new Epa regulations require that most foreign made cars coming into the United slates be converted to . Emission and safety standards by Agency approved importers. The Epa waived the Rule for ,  and defense department civilian overseas who shipped cars by june 30, then extended the deadline to july 31. The backlog of vehicles lies with stateside conver Sion companies maj. Charles Hayes said and All cars scheduled for shipment from overseas location went out on Lime. A trans car representative said the greatest slowdowns Are in Charleston 5.c., and Baltimore the busiest ports for incoming vehicle shipments. In those places the Normal six to eight week wait for pickup May be delayed up to four weeks Hayes  the number of cars awaiting conversion at other stateside ports also has climbed conversion companies in those ports Are managing o meet deliver dates of four to six weeks As quoted to customers. All modifiers Are working As fast As they can Hayes said. They have increased their working and hours and employees where needed Bat the facilities Are  affected by the delay Are car that arrived in . Ports in the latter part of May. January through March volume remained steady while the increase began in april and More than doubled in May Hayes  representatives suggest that customers Call at least one week in Advance of the Day they plan to pick up their cars. Conversion status information May be obtained by calling import Trade service in the Stales Al 703 860-5833 or trans car in Kel Strbach West Germany at 06107-8051. Attack Paris from Page i first realized there was a Brake problem after the train had been stopped five Miles from the Accident site by a passenger who had pulled an emergency  of the 38 people injured in the crash was not freed from the wreckage until 5 . Tuesday More than 10 hours after the Accident at 7 10 . Monday and rescuers said she probably survived because the bodies around her protected her from the jagged Metal. � _ _ _ _ _ an official of the rail company Ociele nationals c c 1 of t ides Cheminis de Fer or in of said he was certain it of in. I to i was a Brake problem that sent an eight car suburban train hurtling at 40-50 Mph into a stopped train. From Page 1 Raoul Viger spokesman for the fire and Rescue is from Page 1 August after 30 years service his Mother said. The explosion occurred in the Northern Athens sub Urb of Kif Issia where Many . And foreign Diplo Mats live. Trees fences Gates and Walls in the Are around the explosion were blackened by smoke after fire engulfed both cars. Large body panels from both automobiles were strewn in a 50-Yard radius. Police bomb experts said the device was detonated by some kind of Remote control radio  they said the bomb apparently was planted in the trunk of a japanese subcompact. A witness told police he saw two men on a motorcycle drive away shortly after the explosion the associated press reported. We heard a tremendous bang and my House Rockenback and Forth i have never seen such destruction in my life said a resident Panor Ghia Kapodistrias. The windows exploded inward and even pieces of i hear were thrown into my House. My husband was hit in the face by the Glass she said standing in her front Yard near the Booby trapped car s mangled rear Axle. Her husband Yiannis Kaspo Dilria 84, was taken Toa nearby Hospital and treated for facial cuts. The Booby trapped car which exploded in front of their Home was destroyed in the blast. Two people have been killed and nearly 100 wounded in attacks on . Officials and military personnel in Greece since 1975. Responsibility for most of the attacks was claimed by the terrorist group no vember 17, whose demands include the removal of . Military bases from Greece. The group takes it name from a 1973 student uprising that helped oust Greece s military Junta Norden s killing came four Days after greek . Negotiators ended a seventh round of talks on a new . Bases agreement to replace an Accord that expires dec. 31. The talks ended without reports of significant Progress greek government spokesman Sotiris Kostopoulos condemned the killing saying the government expresses its disgust for the murder Here of the american military and naval attache William Nordeen. All greeks irrespective of their political leanings unreservedly condemn the would be undermine of the country s institutions and democratic  the . Embassy issued a statement deploring the killing and the use of terrorism in any  in Washington chief Pentagon spokesman Dan Howard also condemned to  United states condemns this terrorist outrage in the strongest possible terms Howard said. It Wasa senseless and cowardly murder of a highly regarded . Military officer the spokesman said the . Government had received no claims of responsibility Tor the assassination and at this Point we Don l know who is  no cause can possibly justify this murder and it will nol Advance any cause. Workers said 55 was the final number of dead buts of later reported 59 had been killed. Al least two victims died in the Hospital of injuries suffered in the Accident City emergency services reported. Viger said the Young survivor was found conscious at 8 . Monday and was t freed until about nine hours later. She did not need to have any of her limb amputated. Roger Gerin the in of official said at a news con Ference that Daniel Sariin the Engineer of the moving train realized his brakes were malfunctioning when hews about 1 mites from the station and he communicated with the Gare de Lyon. He told his passengers to change cars and go to the Back of the train germ said. At 600 meters the train. Ran through an activated Stop signal without the Power to Stop Geri said adding that Sariin 42, jumped free of the train and  Engineer on the train in the station Andre Tan Guy was killed in the crash in of spokesman Franci Boulanger said earlier reports that be escaped might have resulted from confusion with other rat employees who jumped from the train. Boulanger said Tanguy was one or seven employee who died. The armed services committees. Federal civilians would get a 2 percent raise next year under the Senate committee Bill the same figure As in the House Bill making that a virtual certainty. Other highlights of the Bill which was passed Lale Friday following the trend of other committees working on the defense budget the Senate appropriations committee Bill contains Tough language about increasing Allied Burden sharing ranging from a proposal for a permanent . Representative to conduct Burden sharing negotiations to a provision to have the aircraft Carrier Midway repaired in the United slates unless Japan picks up More of the Bill for the work. The Bill also follows the Lead of other committees i Cooling Down the rhetoric regarding military involvement in the War on drugs. With me explanation the Bill appropriates 1199 million for drug interdiction equipment. Enough Money is contained in the Bill to fund 72uh-60 and 72 ah-64 helicopters 545 my tanks 581 Bradley fighting vehicles. 84 fm-18 and 36 f-15 air Craft one Trident submarine and three destroyers. Accident from Page 1 Toskar Brocken. Contradictory reports from rail authorities and police Pul the time of the Accident Al 3 20 and 3 45 ., respectively. The crash look place near the Heliga Tunnel Between Kaiser Lautem and Hochspeier. Police said the freight train was derailed outside the Tunnel when Muddy debris blocked the tracks. A Pas Senger train carrying about 100 passengers on the opposite track then struck the freight train s  with serious injuries were taken to the City Hospital in  was nol immediately known if any americans were on the passenger train when the crash took  Early evening no wreck victims had been taken to Lan Stuhl  regional medical Center a .community spokeswoman said. . Military police assisted at the wreck Lite wit crowd control at the request of German authorities the spokeswoman  woman who answered tic phone to the German Hospital referred queries to the local German newspaper