European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday. October 4,19bb news briefs Kaiserslautern Soldier Given 1 year for perjury Kaiserslautern West Germany a 25-year-old Soldier found guilty of perjury was sentenced to one year in jail at fort Riley kan., after a general court martial thursday pvt i hence Lamar of the 189th personnel services co. Kaiserslautern also was convicted of conspiracy to obstruct Justice and conspiracy to commit perjury. In addition to the jail term Lamar received a bad conduct discharge and must forfeit $300 per month for 12 months. A 21st support Corrod spokesman said the charges stemmed from a May 4 trial in which Lamar who held the rank of sergeant at that time was charged with and later convicted of dereliction of duty. In subsequent courts mania july 1 and july 5, iwo former subordinates of Lamar s were convicted of having committed perjury at the court martial in May. Testimony provided by the former subordinates led to Lamar s conviction on the perjury charges the spokesman said. Lamar a Philadelphia native was an eight year Veteran of the army and worked As a clerk at the Lime of her most recent conviction. Condition of Hirohito still serious officials say Tokyo a emperor Hirohito remained in serious but stable condition monday Palace officials  leftist group opposed to the monarchy vandalized several Imperial institutions in a series of attacks police and Palace officials said. Court physicians administered blood platelet monday morning to the 87-year-old emperor Palace spokesman Kenji Mazda said. Hirohito who has been bedridden since vomiting blood on sept. 19. Briefly lost conscious Ness when he discharged a Large amount of blood from his bowels last saturday. The emperor re Vived Afler doctors gave him emergency blood  claiming to belong to the revolutionary workers association Spray painted a sign at the burial Mound of emperor Jimmu the country s legendary first Sovereign and scattered horse fecs on the ground. 5 killed As heavy storms blast French City of Nimes Nimes France a heavy storms sent torrents of Rainwater and mud into the Street Sand highways of this Southern City monday kill ing five people cutting off Road and rail traffic and disrupting phone links authorities said. Officials at the regional prefecture in Mon Pel lick said All highways leading to the City of 130.000 were blocked and urged people not to try to drive there. The Waters also stopped All trains to Nimes 440 Miles South of Paris which is known for its Large and Well preserved roman Arena. In Paris the Interior ministry said five people had died in the flooding and said Interior min ister Pierre Joe went to visit the disaster scene. Overseas medical fee paid by Dod civilians hits $62 Washington s4s the fall rate fee that de sense department civilians pay to use military medical facilities overseas went from 156 to $62 saturday Pentagon health officials said monday. The fee is the average Cost for any services provided to people other than regular Dod health care Benefi tracs and their fam diaries Active duly personnel Reli Ilies it Pentagon official said. The rate change is indicative of the rising costs of medical equipment and services in general the offi Cial said Congress says we have to recoup the costs for services we provide to people who arc not regular beneficiaries. We keep a running total and each year the average of the total is what we charge As the  Many people complain that the fee is unfair because he services received May consist Only of a minor prescription. But the official said the fall Rale works out in the Long run. We try to be As realistic and fair As we can the official said. While it s True that it would Cost s62 just to get your temperature taken or to get some flu medi Cine it s also True that ii would Cost the same amount for $600 Worth of lab work or to have  the military medical system geared primarily to provide no Cost care to Active duly personnel retirees and their families in t set up to Bill civilians for the exact Cost of each visit the official said. Hostage from Page 1 the former kuwaiti embassy building facing the . Agency s headquarter in Bir Hassan on Beirut s South Ern outskirts police reported. About 7,500 syrian sol Diers Are stationed in West Beirut. Nasser Addor syrian minister of stale for foreign affairs said in Damascus that an american hostage had been freed and was in syrian hands. He did not give the Man s name and told journalists to return to the foreign ministry tuesday morning when the former captive would be turned Over to the american ambassador Singh holds an Indian passport and an american Green card that makes him a Legal resident alien of the United states. Earlier reports by the lbs and Abc television net works and a Christian radio station in Beirut said american teacher Alann Slenn one of Hose kidnapped with Singh was the Man to be released. A 36-word Handwritten statement in arabic delivered to a Western news Agency monday had said the hostage would be freed by 10 . At the . Agency s  the completion of necessary arrangements the islamic jihad for the liberation of Palestine de clares that it will release the hostage at the Unhwa building Between 9 . And 10 . Tonight it said. Accompanying the statement was an instant photo graph showing . Hostage Jesse Turner shaking hands with Singh while steer and Robert Polhill die fourth captive smiled As if bidding the Indian Farewell. Their wives waited for news at mrs. Turner s apart ment on the Beirut University Campus. We Are listening to the radios. Minsha Allah Minsha Al Lah god willing these rumours come True. It s a Good sign whoever is released Badr Turner a lebanese said in a Telephone interview. The kidnappers said in a statement released sat urday that they would free one hostage As a Goodwill gesture and to stimulate . Support for the 10 month old palestinian uprising against israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza strip. They urged the families of the hostages to be i Beirut for the release. The comment apparently was directed at so can s wife Virginia Rose who is vacationing with her parents in the United states. She is expected Back in Beirut on wednesday. Gunmen dressed As police kidnapped the four educators from the Beirut University College Campus where Singh taught , a 49-year-old native of Boston taught journalism at the school and his wife 31, of Jackson mich., is a Tine arts instructor there. Turner 41, a native of Boise Idaho taught mathematics and computer science and Polhill 54, of new York City was a business teacher and lecturer in accounting. Syrian troops in charge of West Beirut s Security patrolled several districts of the City soon after reports that a hostage would a released. Plainclothes Syria secret servicemen look up positions at the Mam entrances of Beirut University College in the kor item District of West  was bom in Varanasi India dec. 13, 1927. He Laught eight years at the University of Agra and eight years at the University of Gora Khapur before moving to the United states in 1965 for graduate work at the University of Oregon in Eugene. He obtained a Mailer s degree in business administration from the University in Oregon in 1968 and doctorate from Western Colorado an Independent study institution that operated from 1970 to 1983 i grand Junction colo., according to Beirut University. Are teaching at the University of Wisconsin plat to Villa Milton College wis., and Western Colorado he joined the Beirut University College faculty in 1983. Strauss from Paga 1 on treason. He created further controversy by ordering the arrest of several of the Magazine s staff members. In 1961, West Germany s left leaning publications also charged Strauss Wilh involvement in payoff scan dals in lire Purchase of military fighter jets by West Germany from the Lockheed aircraft company. For Strauss 70lh birthday in 1985, president Rea Gan signed the preface of a Book about Strauss com piled from commentary by prominent leaders including former Secretary of state Henry Kissinger and israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres. Strauss wife Marianne died in a 1984 automobile Accident. Discovery from Page 1 cheers of More than 300,000 spectators Many of them waving american flags. The music of the Star spangled Banner played Over loudspeakers. Hauck waved a giant american Flag himself As he and his Crew left the shuttle 55 minutes later walking Down a ramp decorated Wilh six smaller flags. They were greeted by vice president George Bush and senior National aeronautics and space administration officials and after posing for photographs they gave Bush a walk around tour of the shuttle which looked virtually unscathed from its fiery re entry. The textbook Landing capped a comeback Mission that marked Ameri Ca s return to manned spaceflight after an absence of 32 months. The flight began tensely last thursday when the si.5 billion shuttle soared off its launch ing pad powered by a pair of the Booster rockets that were redesigned after they were blamed for the challenger explosion. Those new rockets and just about everything else on this Shakedown flight performed splendidly. An hour before touchdown Hauck fired braking rockets 188 Miles above the Indian Ocean to drop the winged space plane out of orbit and Start it on a fiery dive through the atmosphere on a course Over the Pacific across the California coast South of Santa Barbara and into this flight test base in the Mojave desert. During the two minute so second Burn Hauck reported it momentary fail ure of a backup Cooling system that gave the Crew trouble throughout the flight. He flipped a switch and immediately corrected the problem. The spaceship was travelling More than 200 Mph As it touched the ground but it slowed quickly As Hauck operated new Brake and Sec Cong systems designed to improve performance so shuttles in the future can return to Landing at the launching site in Florida. In the final hours of their journey the astronauts checked spacecraft systems closed the 60-foot payload Bay doors and struggled into the Bulky Orange space suits needed if they had to make a emergency bailout during Landing. It s a Beautiful Day Down there and lots of folks wailing to see you land Mission control informed the Crew shortly before the descent from orbit Burn. The astronauts were awakened shortly before 4 . Wilh a parody of the Beach boys song fun fun fun radioed up by Mission control Well have fun fun fun until we gotta put the shuttle away it musical group chorused. Hauck and his Crew were coming Home from the first shuttle flight since the challenger explosion of Jan. 28, 1986, and on sunday they poignantly remembered the five men and two women who died in that tragedy. In an emotional message they look turns Reading Hauck Pilot Richard Covey Mission specialist George Nelson John lounge and David Hilmers eulogized their alien comrades As fellow so to umers and friends and expressed reverence for those whose sacrifice made our journey possible at this moment our place in the Hea Vens makes us feel closer to them than Ever before Nelson said As the television screen showed the Tail of the Dis covery was silhouetted against a striking View of Earth 184 Miles below. Lisl we Ever forget. That to ascend to this seeming tranquil sea will always be Frau Fth with danger let us remember the challenger Crew whose voyage was so tragically Short said Covey