European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday july 6,1988 Safe resumes routine military flights by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiser Lautem Bureau Ramstein a West Germany routine Safe flights resumed tuesday after three Jet fighter crashes in West Germany june 29 resulted in a two Day halt to some . Military flying in Europe. Safe spokeswoman capt. Gail Hayes confirmed the resumption of routine flying following a command wide safety Day Friday and the july 4 Holiday week end. The grounding of routine flights had not applied to Alert commitments or previously scheduled events including air shows. The command called last week for the safety Day to review All flying ground and weapons safety operations after three f-16 Falcons crashed in two Inci dents a single plane crash near Karlsruhe and a two plane collision near Mainz. Capt. Michael a. Crandall 30, was killed in the two plane Accident about six Miles South of Mainz. The other Hahn a Pilot involved in that crash capt. Robert Mccormack 31, was released Early tues Day from the . Air Force regional medical cent Erin Wiesbaden said staff sgt. Donnie Veasey Lindsey As spokesman. Mccormack had been hospitalized since the crash with Burns and a Back injury. Capt. Jack Friedman the Span Dahlem a Pilot involved in the single plane crash was treated and released the same Day As the Accident. A memorial service for Crandall was held at 1 . Tuesday at the Hahn a Chapel said staff sgt. Paul Richard base spokesman. The june 29 accidents brought to five the number of Safe f-16s to crash this year. One of the advanced single seat fighters crashed into the West German town of Forst March 31, killing the Pilot and one villager. Another plane crashed in an open Field april 18 near Hermes Keil about 80 Miles Southwest of Frankfurt. News update asian group study Canberra Australia up japanese prime minister Nebo re Takeshita met australian prime minister Bob Hawke monday and afterwards their spokesmen announced they would set up a join study into the effects or trading blocs on the asian Pacific Region. The study proposed by Japan will also try to involve nations in the asian group they said. The spokesmen said the talks Between the two prime minister appeared to have moved them closer on policies designed to Deal with the Impact of trading practices by the european economic Community and the United states and Canada. Soviet amnesty Moscow a the soviet Union on monday offered an am Nesty to soldiers who turned against their country during there army s 8 /2-year intervention in Afghanistan the country s chief Legal officer said. Those who could not resist hostile propaganda who failed to withstand suffering and privations of Captivity and committed of lenses damaging our state All of them will be amnesties out of supreme considerations of socialist humanism prosecutor Genera Alexander Sukharev told a news briefing. Asked if the conditions include deserters Sukharev said they would be included. Go in Cycle Accident in critical condition Stuttgart a 19-year-old sol Dier was in critical condition tuesday in Katharine Hospital suffering from in juries caused by a motorcycle Accident the previous Day. The 90th med Del dental service Soldier was driving a 1988 Kawasaki motorcycle in the parking lot next to the Robinson Barracks Post Exchange at 6 30 . Monday when he apparently lost control of the vehicle because of excessive Speed said military Community spokesman George Huettig. The motor Cycle began to skid and slammed into a Large Concrete planter throwing the Driver into a Wall. The army is withholding the Soldier s name until his relatives have been Noti fied. Correction Friday s weekly television Page did not include the current German television listing. Instead an old weekly schedule was printed by mistake. Also the weekly radio schedule did not in clude any of the sports updates that were provided by an. Hamadi trial opens amid tight Security by de Reavis staff writer Frankfurt the air piracy an murder trial of accused Hijacker Moham med Ali Hamadi opened tuesday under heavy Security measures in a state Pris on. Hamadi is charged in connection wit the june 14, 1985, hijacking of Twa flight 847 from Athens to Beirut. He also is charged with the murder of . Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem who was killed and thrown from the plane As it sat on a runway in Beirut. Stethem s parents Richard and Pat Ricia Stethem were at the hearing As co plaintiffs. A Central question in the trial is Ham Adi s age. If the court determines Hama i was less than 18 years old at the time of the hijacking the youth court is the Correct venue for the trial and he could receive no More than a 10-year sentence. Four hours of court proceedings tues Day rendered Little but the admission by the defendant that he was indeed Mohammed Ali Hamadi. In contrast to his bearded appearance in april at his brother s trial in Dusseldorf Hamadi came before the five judge panel clean shaven. Hamadi s lawyers filed motions to Dis miss a judge a defense lawyer an expert witness and the court interpreter. Presiding judge Heiner Guckenberger dismissed All the motions except the onion the interpreter and will Rule on that before the next hearing on thursday. De a drawing Mohammed a Hamadi sense attorneys claim the interpreter should be disqualified because he too part in the pretrial investigation. Prosecutor Peter Korneck read the charges against Hamadi which include not Only murder but also brutal mishandling and robbery of the passengers an Crew. He also is charged with smuggling High explosives into West Germany. Testimony by passengers and Crew members of the hijacked plane is scheduled for november Guckenberger said. The trial opened in a specially built High Security building and courtroom added to a state prison in a Frankfurt suburb. The special facility Cost the Hes sen state government More than $6.6million. Security was especially tight in the Wake of growing West German concern Over the Downing monday of an Iran passenger jetliner by a . Navy ship in the persian Gulf. According to published reports West Germany fears the incident could affect the safety of a West German hostage still being held by pro iranian kidnappers in Lebanon. Hamadi was captured by German Cus Toms authorities Jan. 13, 1987, As he tried to bring explosives into the country through the Frankfurt International air port. Shortly after the capture two West German citizens Alfred Schmidt and Rudolf Cordes were kidnapped in Bei rut. Cordes an employee of a German chemical firm still is being held. Schmidt a technician with the Sie mens firm was released after the West German government decided not to extradite Hamadi to the United states. Abbas Hamadi older brother of Mohammed Hamadi was Given a 13-year sentence by a Dusseldorf court in april for participating in the kidnapping of the two germans. At the trial tuesday Stethem s parents were represented by German Law Errainer Hamm who said the proper place for the trial is been the United states where the majority of the victims came from. 181 poles seek austrian Asylum Vienna Austria a three buses carrying 181 poles drove straight from the Poland Austria Border to the main refugee Camp South of Vienna where the passengers asked for political Asylum the Interior ministry reported tuesday. The poles most of whom stand a Chance of being turned Down apolitical refugees arrived at the crowded Camp monday officials said. It was the latest group of East bloc defectors since Austria loosened visa restrictions with Poland and Hungary this year. Six to eight buses stopped at tra Skirchen s main Square said Karl Nevole spokesman for Interior minister Karl Blecha. All Pas sengers of three buses got out and walked to the refugee Camp to ask for political  the other buses left for Italy but Nevole said there was some confusion As to the status of the passengers. According to the interi9r ministry there Are 20,000 recognize political refugees in Austria. In addition there Are 15,000 Asylum seekers who Are also supported by the government. Nevole told the associated press that while in the january May period last year 126 poles asked for political Asylum in Aust a the corresponding number of the same period this year was 2,271. The visa free status must not become a one Way Street in the direction of refugee Camps Blecha was quoted As saying in criticizing monday s arrival of polish refugees. He said 90 percent of All polish Asylum seekers Are people seeking to resettle in the United states or other overseas countries. Body of car bomb victim Nordeen flown to . Athens Greece a the body of .Navy capt. William e. Nordeen killed in a greek terrorist bomb attack was flown to the United states on tuesday for burial at Arlington National cemetery. After a Brief ceremony on the Tarmac at the air Force base at Athens Airport six bearer carried the Flag draped coffin into an air Force transport plane for the flight to Dover Del. The coffin was accompanied by Nordeen s British born wife Patricia and 12-year-old daughter Annabel. Base officials said the plane was due to arrive at 5 05 . The burial will take place on wednesday. Nordeen 51, died last tuesday in a car bomb explosion As he was driving away from his Home in the Kif Issia suburb of Athens. He was serving As military attache at the . Embassy Here. Body of Sailor found apparent suicide Rota Spain is a 21-year-Oldnavy dental technician apparently committed suicide in his apartment Over the weekend a Navy spokeswoman said tuesday. Seaman Gregory Allen Armitage of Cor pus Christi Texas was found dead in his Rota apartment sunday morning after a co worker was sent to find out Why Armitage had not shown up for duty that  co worker smelled butane Gas and summoned Spanish police to the scene. Police forced entry to the apartment and discovered Armitage s body chief Petty officer Glenna Houston said. Authorities estimated the time of death at about Midnight saturday she said. Navy medical authorities were scheduled to perform an autopsy on the Sailor sometime tuesday afternoon. The death was under investigation by Spanish police and the naval investigative service. Armitage who was assigned to the ranch dental clinic at naval station Rota is survived by his parents Robert and Ketra Armitage also of Corpus Christi