European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday july 16,1988 news updates Crew in detention Seattle up a Federal magistrate thursday ordered de Tention without bail for the 18crew members of a freighter Alleg edly loaded with 72 tons of Mari Juana by the vietnamese army that was seized under gunfire by the coast guard. The ruling came Over objections by defense lawyers that the coastguard lacked authority to seize the vessel on the High seas and that deck hands and other Low level Crew members probably had no idea the ship was carrying $280 million Worth of marijuana. But . Magistrate John  ruled the government had shown during a three Day hearing that there was probable cause that each crewman was aware the panamanian registered Oil Rig Supply vessel was carrying a Large Quantity of marijuana. Shantytown arsonist new Haven Conn. A Ayale alumnus charged with setting fire to anti apartheid shanties on the Ivy league Campus was place Don two years probation thursday. Elwood Bracey 52, a physician from West Palm Beach fla., also was ordered to pay what his attorney estimated could be More than $40,000 in restitution to Yale do Nate $10,000 to two groups and perform 400 hours of Community service. Farmer holds hunger strike to protest Low level flights my sentence of to four Morffis on Dpi charge Kaiserslautern West Germany is a 28-year-old military police Man was sentenced to four months in jail this week for an april 1 Drunken driving incident. Sgt. Robert a. Barger of the 85th Field arty det in Geilenkirche pleaded guilt to charges of Drunken and reckless driving false swearing and obstruction of Justice in a special court martial. The Indianapolis ind., native also received a bad conduct discharge and was demoted to the lowest enlisted Grade. Hewill serve the jail term at fort Riley Kan. A 21st support come spokesman said Barger and three companions received minor injuries in a car Accident that occurred near Geilenkirche after the group had been drinking. When questioned by authorities Barger initially said he had not been driving. The spokesman said Barger also attempted to c9nvince his companions to corroborate his account of the Accident. A blood alcohol test Given Barger after the Accident recorded a 1.4 percent blood alcohol level the spokesman said. Out in the Green fest in Oldenburg cancelled the out in the Green festival scheduled for sunday at the Weser Ems gelande in Oldenburg West Germany has been cancelled according to promoters. Tickets will be refunded at Points of Purchase or can be used for the out in the Green festival at the vib Wald Sta Dion in Giessen on saturday. The festival features the bands for Eigner Jethro Tuli Sta ship t Pau ten years after and musicians Ron Wood and to diddle. By de Reavis staff writer a North German Fanner angry about Low flying military planes Over his land is in the second week of a hunger strike protesting noise pollution. Patric Knut Otto a Fanner in Bockel a town of 400 in the state of Schleswig Holstein began his hunger strike july 5 after the crash of a German air Force phantom. I heard the evening news broadcast of the Jet crash near the atomic reactor at. Stade which is about 70 Miles from Here. I almost choked on my potato he said. I got so angry and Felt so helpless i decided to go on a hunger strike immediately until the responsible persons in our government decided they were seriously going to do something about the  Otto said everyone in the area suf fers from the noise pollution and that he has received hundreds of support Ive letters since the local press reported his strike. He is living on water and a liquid min eral concoction. Otto said he is too weak ened to work his Small farm and friends and relatives Are doing his chores. Despite some published reports Otto said his protest is not anti nato but anti noise. The strike is an attempt to Force the Schleswig Holstein state government to Issue a Resolution similar tothe one issued in Rheinland Pfalz last week he said. That Resolution called for an end to most Low flying Over inhabited areas. But i m sceptical Otto said. Politicians have sacrificed the lives of Romany pilots in the past i m afraid they la sacrifice me too. I Hope not. I m not anxious to  the 35-year-old former travel writer who dropped out of the rat race Liveson the farm with a woman companion and their 13-month-old son. He keeps sheep six pigs a dozen geese 50 Chick Farmer Patric Knut Otto shown Here with son Johannes is not anxious to die. Ens and an organic Garden. And his farm the Johannes of sits right in the path of Low flying German air Force jets. Several times a Day weather permit Ting we have them thundering Over the House. The kid starts crying the sheep Start running helter shelter on the Mead of and sometimes into the barbed  a spokesman for the German air Force in Bonn said they heard about Otto an will talk to him if he addresses them directly. It s too late for talk Otto said when told of the air Force statement. I and everyone else want some kind of positive  1 killed 2 injured As German Driver slams into group outside go club Darmstadt West Germany is one Soldier was killed and two others injured Early Friday when a car ran into a group of people standing near a Mili tary club parking lot German police said. A 32nd army air defense come sol Dier was pronounced dead at the scene said command spokesman maj. David Hartman. The dead Soldier s name was being withheld pending notification of family members. The two injured soldiers whose names also were not released were treated and released from the Frank Furt army regional medical Center Hartman said. Both Are assigned in the Darmstadt military Community. The incident occurred about 12 45a.m. When a German woman left the Rainbow club the Darmstadt no and enlisted club and allegedly drove into a parked car careened off the vehicle and hit one Soldier. Leaving the parking lot she allegedly ran into a group of pedestrians killing one and injuring another German police said. A police spokesman said from the tire Marks she left behind we know she roared out of the Flot at top Speed and ran into a group of  the woman allegedly was intoxicated at the time of the incident according to German police. The Accident also caused about$2,750 damage to the parked car police said. The woman was held overnight by Darmstadt police. She was released Early Friday Pend ing charges police said. The Accident is being investigated by military officials and German authorities. Winnie Mandela rejects prison visit Johannesburg South Africa a Winnie Mandela wife of jailed african National Congress Leader Nelson Mandela Friday rejected a government offer to have a six hour visit with her husband on his upcoming 70th  family s attorney. Ismail ayob said mrs. Mandela decided to forego monday s visit which would have been the longest reunion since her Hus band was jailed in 1962 in order to focus attention on other prisoners held for anti apartheid activities. Mrs. Mandela will spend the Day quietly at Home As she has on his birthday for the past 26 years ayob said. She has taken this decision Asboth she and or. Mandela have never sought any special privileges for them  government confirmed the cancellation saying Mandela had told authorities the visit would not take place. The reunion which had been planned at Cape town s polls Moor prison on monday was to include 11 of Mandela relatives. It would have been the longest and largest reunion since he was jailed in1962 for leaving the country illegally and inciting unrest. While serving a Nve Yea term he was sentenced to life impris9n ment in 1964 for sabotage and plotting the overthrow of the White led govern ment