European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday july 27,1988 nailing Down a record British Soldier Christopher Lockert appears highly confident As he negotiates his Way Down a rope suspended from one of the tallest skyscrapers in Hong Kong. Lockett who descended 860 feet dangling from the rope claimed a world record for Urban rap Pelling. Hamadi sent card from Greece 1 Day before hijacking Frankfurt West Germany a Mohammed a Hamadi sent a Post card from Greece the Day before Theta Airliner he is accused of hijacking departed from Athens according to Evi Dence introduced tuesday. The postcard introduced by prosecutors during Hamadi s trial on air piracy and murder charges was dated june 13, 1985, and was sent to the brother of Hamadi s West German Girlfriend. Twa flight 847 was hijacked june 14, 1985, and diverted to Beirut Lebanon after it had departed Athens. A . Navy diver was fatally shot and 39americans were held hostage for 17 Days. The postcard was read by chief judge Heiner Mickenberger at the Start of the fourth week of Hamadi s trial in a court room on a Frankfurt prison compound on charges of hijacking murder and pos session of explosives. The postcard written in German is addressed to Paul Miiller brother of Hamadi s former West German girl Friend Birgit Miiller. Hamadi lived in West Germany for two years until no vember 1984. The postcard carries a stamp for june 13, 1985, and reads i Send you this card after seven months because you Are my Friend and brother. Take care of my daughter Lydia. Your brother Moham  in the text Hamadi purportedly wrote today is my birthday and i am now in  Mickenberger said the postcard was sent from Greece. Hamadi is being tried by a Frankfurt juvenile court which is attempting to de Termine his age at the time the Twa hijacking began. Depending on the court s decision on the age Issue Hamadi could receive a maximum prison sen tence of 15 years As a Young adult or life imprisonment As an adult if found guilty As , a lebanese shiite moslem allegedly sent another postcard dated june 11, 1985, to his Girlfriend in the Southern West German town of Saar  said the stamp on the second postcard had been torn off and it was not Clear if the card had been sent from Greece or Lebanon.  says to my Lydia Greet Ings from Lebanon and  the postcards were introduced As Evi Dence during testimony by Lydia Miiller Mother of Paul and Birgit Miiller. Mrs. Miiller 48, testified that Moham med Hamadi had told the family he was born june 13, 1964, which would have made him 21 when the hijacking took  records show Hamadi was born june 13, 1964, but Hamadi has said the year of his birth on official records was altered by his father making him one or two years older to gain More social sup port payments for his family. Sole of tainted food was of d r a i m i a i i own Uusi i int us i offer chernobyl British panel says with australian Poike world today 300 aborigines clash London a the government permitted radiation contaminated milk and Lamb to be sold and failed to take other necessary responses after the april 26, 1986, chernobyl disaster an All party parliamentary committee said tuesday. In a report on the disaster the House of commons agriculture select committee said the government failed to co ordinate its response to the crisis. It recommended the creation of a Clear contingency plan to Deal with atmospheric radiation in future. Bob Thomas a spokesman for the ministry of Agri culture said the committee s report will be carefully studied. It is too Early to reply to its  the committee drawn from Britain s elected lower chamber said the government had permitted the Sale of Lamb and milk contaminated when a radioactive rain Cloud passed Over Britain on May 3-4, 1986. Similar radioactive Clouds swept across much of Europe after the world s worst nuclear Accident at the soviet reactor contaminating agricultural produce in parts of most Northern european countries. The government was particularly negligent in ignoring an especially radioactive hot spot in Northern Yorkshire for 18 months despite warnings from the meteorological office the report said. Two weeks after the disaster the government instituted a ban on slaughtering sheep in this Region but the report said the balance of probabilities would tend to indicate that Lamb from this Northern area was not banned although it emitted radiation above the safety limit. Although saying there was no convincing Evi Dence that sales of this Lamb was a health threat it cited statistics which suggested that the radiated Lamb might Lead to a Rise in thyroid cancer and other Dis eases. Burmese ruling party picks chairman Rangoon Burma a Burma s ruling party today chose its no. 4 ranked Leader Sein Lwin As party chairman to replace be win who wielded authoritarian Power Over this Southeast asian nation for a Quarter Century. A Brief news release said the Central committee of the Burma socialist program party elected the 64-year old retired army general during a special session. Sein Lwin had served As the party s joint general Secretary since 1985. He also holds the government Post of Council of state Secretary. Be win asked to step Down saturday after 26 years in Power. On monday a special party Congress accepted his resignation and that of the second most powerful figure in the country party vice chairman san you also the country s president. The 77-year-old be win who came to Power in a1962 military coup cited anti government rioting in March and june for which he acknowledged som Repon in Jefty and has age As reasons for stepping Down. Today s news release said the vice chairmanship of the party was left vacant and Aye to who some had expected to succeed be win retained the no. 3 Job of general Secretary. It was not Clear Why Aye to was passed Over for the top Job. A three Day special party Congress ended monday with Little but vaguely worded statements issued to the Public possibly reflecting splits within the party Over recent events. After the Congress ended the 1,061 delegates were suddenly summoned Back some from areas outside Rangoon but the session did not reconvene. Official radio Rangoon announced monday that delegates had firmly suggested rejecting a referendum called by be win which could have ended 26years of one party Rule. It marked the first known instance in which the party did not rubber stamp be win s proposals. Perth Australia a about 300 aborigines smashed windows damaged cars and fought with police late monday following the funeral of an aboriginal Man who died in a jail cell. Police reported that seven people were arrested Dur ing the violence in Geraldton a town in Western Australia state 360 Miles North of Perth. Geraldton s police superintendent Adrian Barnes said no one was seriously injured in the rioting. Mayor Faye Campbell estimated the damage at $80,000. Some of the aborigines had attended the funeral monday of Edward Charles Cameron 23, who was found hanged in a cell at the town jail on july 8. Head been charged with breaking into a store and was awaiting trial. Liechtenstein Prince Marks 50th year As Monarch Vaduz Liechtenstein a the tiny principality of Liechtenstein on tuesday marked the 50th anniversary of the coming to Power of Prince Franz Josef ii Europe s longest reigning head of state. Parliament held a special session in Honor of the 81 year old Monarch and a portrait of the Prince etched onto Liechtenstein Marble was unveiled in the govern ment building in the capital Vaduz. Franz Josef is the second longest ruling head of state in the world behind Japan s emperor Hirohito 87, who has reigned for 62 years. He is also probably one of the most popular rulers overseeing a 62-Square-mile principality with a homogeneous population of 27,000. Four years ago Franz Josef turned Over administrative duties to his eldest son Hans Adam and since then his role has been largely  Franz Josefs Rule Liechtenstein moved from being a poor agrarian state to a modern Industrial nation. The Prince is also credited with resolving internal political unrest before world War ii and with keeping the principality nestled Between Switzerland and aus Tria Neutral during the War