European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday july 14,1988 news updates rampage Case los Angeles a a truck Driver has pleaded innocent to 20 charges stemming from a driving rampage that left damaged cars and shaken Drivers along 40 Miles of a Southern California superhighway. Charley Tom Lee was arraigned on 16 charges of assault with a deadly weapon a truck and four charges of vandalism possessing amphetamines possessing a hypodermic syringe and carrying a loaded firearm. Lee 25, was ordered to appear aug. 10 for a pretrial conference. He was held on $500,000 bail after a preliminary hearing. A Parade of motorists testified at that hearing about being hit by Lee s truck which rammed 30 cars May 18. Lee was chased by a dozen Highway patrol officers a police helicopter and a canine unit before he was pulled Over on the Holly Wood freeway at Rush hour. His 18-wheel Semi tractor trailer bounced off cars across 40 Miles of freeway witnesses said. Nepal flood toll Katmandu Nepal a the death toll from landslides and floods earlier this month Rose to 24 with the report tuesday of four More deaths. Three members of a family lost their lives in Sidd swore Village 343 Miles Northwest of Katmandu and a woman in nearby role swore Village also died. Eagle scouts three senior transatlantic Council boy scouts have advanced to Eagle scout the highest rank in boy scouting. Kenneth Trzaska 15r has been in scouting eight years. Trzaska s Eagle project consisted of collecting old and new toys for army Community services. He distributed More than 2,000 fliers throughout the military Community in Augsburg West Germany and logged More than 230 hours in the completion of the project. Trzaska is the son of Ken and Carol Trzaska and attends Augsburg High school. Neil Titus 16, has been Active in scouting for 9 years. For his service project Titus collected used clothing and old newspapers from the military Community in Augsburg and donated them to the bavarian red Cross. Titus is the son of Calvin and Cathe Rine Titus and now attends St. Vincent de Paul High school near fort Lee a. Kevin Gilmore 17, has earned 32 Merit badges in his scouting career. Gil More s service project was aimed at fur Thering alcohol and drug awareness in the Heidelberg Community. Under his leadership fellow scouts made More than 2,500 just say no buttons and distributed fliers and advertisements during the summer sense Campaign in his Community. Gilmore is the son of buddy and Peggy Gilmore and is a recent graduate of Heidelberg High school. To earn the Eagle scout award a boy scout must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes at least 21 Merit badges and an average of 100 hours on a Community project. Correction Hamadi admits smuggling explosives into w. Germany by de reams staff writer Frankfurt Mohammed a Hamadi facing charges of murder and air piracy in the 1985 hijacking of a Twa Jet testified wednesday he smuggled explosives into West Germany. Speaking for the first time since his trial began last week Hamadi also de Nied he belonged to Hezbollah a Radical pro iranian shiite moslem group believed to be responsible for several kidnappings of foreigners in Lebanon. Hamadi is charged with the june 1985 hijacking of a Twa Athens to Rome flight in which a . Navy diver was killed and his body dumped on a Beirut Lebanon runway in a demand for fuel. Thirty nine americans were held hostage during the 17-Day ordeal Between Al Giers Algeria and Beirut. The parents of the slain diver Robert Stethem were at the trial wednesday. Hamadi also is charged with smug gling explosives into West Germany in 1987. He was arrested at Frankfurt inter National Airport. Speaking through a court appointed interpreter Hamadi said he smuggled liquid explosives into West Germany on two occasions. The first time it was successful but the second time i was caught he said. In earlier statements to the police Hamadi claimed he thought there was alcohol in the bottles. He told the court he smuggled the explosives for a certain person in  he made no statement on How the explosives were to be used. Hamadi said All his previous statements to the police were made under duress and that West German authorities threatened him with extradition to the United states if he did not Cooper ate. In his testimony wednesday Hamadi told the court he has never been a Mem Ber of Hezbollah and had no idea what the group really stood for. One of his Brothers Abdul Hadi Ham Adi is chief of Security for the Hezbollah in Beirut. Another brother Abbas a Hamadi was Given a 13-year prison sen tence in april by a Dusseldorf court for kidnapping two West German business men in Lebanon in an attempt to free Mohammed Hamadi from West German custody. Hamadi told the court he belonged to the amal militia from 1980 to 1982 but denied it was a shiite organization. How Ever the amal militia claims to be a shiite group. The defendant said he took part in Street fighting for the amal militia with his brother Fouad who was killed in an Exchange of gunshots. Hamadi said he left the organization when it changed ideology. In addition to the murder and Hijack ing charges the court is hearing evidence to determine Hamadi s real age. On wednesday Hamadi said the 1964 birthrate in his passport was false. I am one or two years younger he said. I used that Date consistently after i came to West Germany because i did not want to be charged with using false a  Hamadi gave the court a Long description of How his parents registered him As being older to collect social support Money from various agencies in Leb anon. Hamadi s age will determine whether he will be sentenced As an adult juvenile or youth. Based on his age his maximum sentence could Range from 15 years to life. The Only witness heard on wednesday was Klaus Schmitt a social worker who dealt with Hamadi in 1983 after he received a suspended nine month sentence for stealing a Cash Box and throwing it into the face of a Man who tried to Stop the theft in Southwest Germany. Schmitt said he could not identify the Man in the stand As Hamadi but said Hamadi never protested the 1964 birth Date on several documents used in their dealings. On thursday the court plans to hear evidence on the smuggling of the High explosives and of Hamadi s life in West Germany. Genera says Gorbachev suggestion on f-16s would Hurt nato air Power by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Kaiserslautern soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev s suggestion that nato cancel the planned move of 72 f 16 jets from Spain to Italy would mean a tremendous reduction in nato air Power the Deputy supreme Allied com Mander of Europe believes. Gen. Eberhard Eimler speaking tues Day before a German american defense group deviated from prepared remarks to respond to the suggestion made Mon Day by Gorbachev. In an address to the polish parliament Gorbachev said he would be willing to withdraw some soviet air Power from Eastern Europe if nato dropped its planned deployment of the 72 planes currently assigned at Torrejon a Spain. The soviet Leader also called for a meeting of european leaders to achieve movement on reducing conventional arms a suggestion that was flatly rejected by the . State department on wednesday. State department spokeswoman Phyl Lis Oakley called the proposed meeting an attempt to divert attention from the business at hand the associated press reported. She also criticized though less harshly the Trade of f-16 stationing for a scale Down in air forces in Eastern Europe saying that any reduction of forces in Europe was a subject for consideration by nato and not for the United states and the soviet Union to decide on their own. A matter of common Alliance con Cern will not be undertaken on a bilateral basis she said. We Are prepared to give serious consideration to any proposal that will enhance the common goal of enhancing stability in  multinational negotiations now Are under Way in Vienna Austria on reducing conventional arms. In his Kaiserslautern address Eimler said the location of the f-16s, and not the Quantity is the key Factor in deter mining the necessity of the deployment. He said the Gorbachev proposal would have More of an effect on our Structure than on  in a question and answer session after his talk Eimler commented further on the deployment plan saying a reduction like that would be a tremendous re  he made the remarks to the Gesellschaft Fiir Wehr Kinde an information and discussion organization dedicated to airing defense issues. Also in the Audi ence were . Air Force and army officials. The Deputy nato commander s planned speech entered on the significance of air Power for the defense of Europe. Why Are the soviets concerned about Allied air Power a simple answer would be because they fear it Eimler said Cit ing soviet studies that credit nato s air forces with 50 percent of the Alliance s total firepower. Eimler emphasized nato s continuing need to keep on top of technological advances to retain its Powers of military deterrence despite soviet efforts to alter the West s perception of a soviet threat. Warming trends Between the West and the soviet Union Are not new and they have often been followed by periods of major crisis Eimler said. He acknowledged that economic pres sures Are being brought to Bear on nato nations to reduce defense spend ing while costs of upgrading existing Mil itary technology Are increasing. But Eimler later noted deterrence is not something you pay for once and put it on the shelf for time of need. It is More like an insurance policy that requires Contin Ual contribution if it is to remain  Gorbachev urges poles to support reforms a news Brief tuesday gave the wrong Date for the Allied forces Central Europe Reserve corps re designation  event will be held monday at 9 30 . In maastricht Netherlands. Szczecin Poland a soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev urged polish workers wednesday to support his social and economic reforms in a speech at a Baltic port shipyard that was a Center of unrest during the birth of Solidarity. Speaking in a huge Hall at the Warsk shipyard to rows of Stony faced workers in hard hats and dungarees the soviet Leader emphasized the theme of cooperation Between Poland and the soviet Union. If the soviet and polish leadership did not feel the support of the working class it would not be Able to undertake the act of perestroika restructuring an renewal he said. And one More thing without the support of the working class these poli cies would not be Worth , shipyard officials Hung a Banner Reading we Are in Solidarity with the soviet  the Stop was Gorbachev s main Opportunity to address polish workers Dur ing his six Day polish visit which began  Leader Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski spoke earlier to the Warsk workers and referred to the Stormy Days when Solidarity the soviet bloc first and Only Independent labor move ment was  creative and valuable brought along by that period will be developed he promised. But he said the period set working people at variance. It has already become