European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday july 9,1988 news updates child abuse probe London up a judicial investigation into an apparent mass outbreak of child sexual abuse in northeastern England castigated doctors social workers and police wednesday for wrong diag noses and bureaucratic infighting. In an affair that shocked the nation Between May and july 1987, 121 children were judged sexually or physically abused by male family members in the Small county of Cleveland about 200 Miles North of London. The county has a population of some 560,000. Two local paediatricians using a technique known As reflex anal dilation diagnosed sexual abuse in the children. She said some sexual abuse of boys and girls had occurred but she allotted blame for the bureaucratic situation that got out of hand to two doctors or. Mar Ietta Higgs and or. Geoffrey Wyatt for being overzealous in Pursuit of child abuse. Sex haitian Leader Brussels a ousted Hai Tian president Leslie Manigat said thursday the fight to end the Mili tary dictatorship in Haiti goes on. Manigat who was deposed by Gen. Henri Namphy on june 19 and is touring Europe to seek sup port for a new democratic govern ment told the press the military coup and military dictatorship Are not the last  i won t give up Manigat said. I have already started the fight. My european trip is already a fight. I will face All risks to re establish  the former president who went to Rome Paris and Madrid was scheduled to meet Here with Bel Gian government and european economic Community officials. European Christian democrats Al ready have expressed their full support for Manigat and condemned Namphy s coup. Bhopal hearing new Delhi India a a court thursday agreed to hear arguments that Union Carbide corp. Had scorned India s judicial sys tem in the cases stemming from the Bhopal Gas disaster according to a news report. A two judge panel of the mad Hya Pravesh High court accepted a petition accusing the Danbury  company of con tempt of court the press Trust of India reported. A hearing was ordered on the petition but no Date was announced the news Agency said. Union Carbide spokesman de Van Den Adelle said the company had no comment since it had not seen the report. The petition is the latest Legal entanglement stemming from the 1984 Bhopal Gas disaster in which nearly 3,000 people died. Army sergeant killed in single car Accident Wurzburg West Germany an army sergeant was killed tuesday when he apparently lost control of his car about seven Miles Southeast of Wurzburg a 3rd inf div spokesman said thursday. The Soldier was driving  and Ochse Furt at 12 28 ., when his car hit an embankment and rolled Over according to a West Ger Man  Soldier s name is being withheld pending notification of relatives. Rheinland Pfalz asks Sharp curb on Low level training flights by de Reavis staff writer the parliament in the West German state of Rheinland Pfalz has called for an end to All unnecessary military training flights under 1,000 feet. It also wants a ban on f-16 flights until the causes of three recent Safe crashes have been deter mined. The six Point Resolution passed wednesday was introduced after three Safe f-16s crashed in two incidents june 29, Dieter Lang a spokesman for the state Interior ministry said thurs Day. None of those planes was involved in Low flying. Lang said the Resolution was an at tempt to urge the German Federal government to take Steps to reduce Low Fly ing in the state of Rheinland Pfalz which bears the Brunt of the exercises. Safe officials said the issues raised by the Resolution would have to be handled by the proper German agencies and officials. It is therefore not appropriate for us to comment or address questions in this  the command said the nato allies Fly in accordance with rules established by German Federal authorities. The Resolution passed by the four  ties in the parliament the Christian democrats free democrats social democrats and greens came one Day after a West German air Force Jet fighter crashed on a training exercise in North Ern Germany. The two Crew members of the German f-4 ejected safely. It also Calls for an immediate ban on All air exercises Over inhabited areas in creased training in flight simulators and the development of alternate defense strategies making Low flying unnecessary. In addition Lang said the parliament asked for increased and More efficient control of Low flying in the state including fines or some other form of punishment for pilots who disobey Low flying regulations. German defense minister Rupert Scholz said he respected the Resolution but it was the wrong forum for such a sweeping decision according to it. Col. Peter trip Hermann spokesman for the German de sense ministry on air Force  defense minister emphasized the absolute necessity of Low flying exercises but is also acutely aware of the problems it causes part of the populace. He has made the Low flying problem a top prior Ity matter Ritterman said. Citizens and environmental groups in Rheinland Pfalz have protested the flights saying they make life in the re Gion unbearable according to the associated press. The parliament vote follows a series of military plane crashes in West Germany in recent months. In addition to the German f-4 and the Safe f-16s, a German army helicopter crashed sunday into a Cliff in Bavaria killing All nine aboard. And on Friday a civilian owned air plane under contract to the West German army crashed into a House in Northern Germany killing the Pilot. Contributing to this report staff writer Deedee arring ton Doke in Kaiserslautern court to determine if Hamadi will be tried As juvenile or adult by de Reavis staff writer Frankfurt the chief judge in the trial of accused Hijacker Mohammed a Hamadi thursday produced a 1983 court document signed by Hamadi that fixes his birth Date two years earlier than he now claims. Hamadi s age is a vital Issue in the trial. It will determine which level of court he will be tried in on charges of air piracy and murder in connection with the 1985 hijacking of a Twa flight from Athens. Hamadi a lebanese shiite mos Lem claims to have been less than 18 years old at the time of the incident which would allow him to be tried As a juvenile. The 17-Day hijacking began june 14, 1985, with 145 passengers aboard the plane. It ended when the 39 remaining passengers All americans were released after the jetliner had been flown to Al Giers. A . Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem was killed on Board the plane As it sat on a Beirut runway. Hamadi s birth Date also is important because it will determine the length of sentence he could receive if convicted. West German Law defines a juvenile As someone less than 18 years old a Young adult As Between 18 and 21 and an adult As 21. If Hamadi were less than 18 at the time of the hijacking he could receive no More than a 10-year sentence otherwise he could get life. But before the court hears evidence on the charges it must decide whether Hamadi is a juvenile Young adult or adult. In 1983, Hamadi received a nine month suspended sentence from a Juve Nile court in the German state of Saar land for theft and bodily assault. A document signed by Hamadi listed his birth Date As june 13, 1964. Hamadi now claims to have been born in 1966. The trial opened tuesday with presid ing judge Heiner Guckenberger hearing several motions. On thursday Mucken Berger approved Hamadi s request to re place the court interpreter. Hamadi claimed the interpreter had taken an Active part in the pretrial investigation and was not qualified in his arabic dialect. An hour after the trial resumed on thursday and a key witness failed to appear Guckenberger adjourned the court until next wednesday. The witness Klaus Schmidt a social worker who knew Hamadi while he was on parole in Saar Brincken originally was scheduled to testify next wednesday. The court failed to Contact Schmidt in time to testify thursday. Hamadi was arrested at Frankfurt International airp9rt in january 1987 for allegedly smuggling High explosives into the country in wine bottles. After the capture the United states unsuccessfully tried to have him extradited to the states to stand trial. Patricia and Richard Stethem the parents of the murdered . Navy diver Are attending the proceedings As co plaintiffs. Several of the americans who were on the hijacked plane Are expected to testify in the trial. 7 suspects held in Rhine River theft of . Cigarettes Worth $400,000 Wiesbaden West Germany seven persons believed responsible for the theft of More than $400,000 Worth . Government cigarettes were apprehended along the Rhine River last week after they allegedly took 60 cases of tax free cigarettes from a Barge. The suspected ring members non of them american were captured at 1 20  June 30 after authorities watched them remove cigarettes from a Sealand Container and place them in a waiting truck defense logistics Agency Europe spokesman Fred Otto Egeler said  arrest was the result of an under cover investigation by a .-German taskforce formed in february after separate army and air Force investigations into the loss of cases of Marlboro cigarettes bound for . Forces  investigations had indicated the cigarettes were being stolen i transit Between Philip Morris co., the defense depot in Mechanicsburg pa.,and . Military commissaries in West Germany. Investigators ultimately Dis covered the loss of More than 1,500 cases of cigarettes. Officials from the air Force office of special investigations defense logistics Agency come Security army criminal investigation come and German Cus Toms Agency serve on the task Force which is continuing to investigate cigarette thefts Egeler said. Italy oks Gulf Force funding through end of 88 Rome a the chamber of deputies gave its approval thursday for the financing of Italy s naval Mission in the persian Gulf through the end of the year. Premier Ciriaco de Mita a Christia Democrat who Heads a five party coalition has rejected Calls for a unilateral withdrawal of the Fleet from the Gulf. The coalition has a comfortable majority in both houses of  chamber of deputies voted on a measure allowing a government decree appropriating 84 billion lire about $63 Mil lion for the persian Gulf naval task Force to be extended for the next six  vote was 288 in favor and 210 against with one  sent a task Force to the Gulf last september to protect italian merchant ships after an italian freighter was at tacked by an iranian speedboat