European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 / a the stars and stripes tuesday october 4.1936 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 Couch Manial . I Rance lunar of the 189th personnel services co Kaiserslautern also was convicted or conspiracy to obstruct Justice and conspiracy to commit perjury. In addition to the jail term Umar received a bad conduct discharge and must forfeit $300 Pei month for 12 months. A 21st support qom spokesman said the charges stemmed from a May 4 trial in which Lamar who held th4 rank of sergeant at that time was charged with and later convicted of dereliction of duty. 1in subsequent coughs martial july 1 and july 5, two former subordinates of Lamar j were convicted of having committed perjury at the court martial in May. Testimony prolific a by the former subordinates led to Lamar s conviction on the perjury charges the spoke Nan said. Lamar a Philadelphia native was an eight year Veteran of thl army and worked As a clerk at the time of her Host recent conviction. Condition of Hirohito still serious officials say Tokyo a psf emperor Hirohito remained in serious but Sable condition monday Palace officials said a leftist grow up opposed to the monarchy vandalized so Craf Imperial institutions in a series of attacks prolific and Palace officials  physicians administered blood platelets monday Morfing to he 87-Yearold emperor Palace spokesman Kenji Mazda , who has been bedridden since vomiting blood on1 sept 19, briefly lost conscious Ness when he discharged a Large amount of blood from his bowls last saturday. The emperor re Vived after doctors gave him emergency blood transfusions. The Patcle i were administered to thicken the emperor s blood which has thinned after co pious transfusions. Radicals 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 pc pcs on the ground according to police officials in Nark in Western Japan. 5 killed fas heavy storms blast French City of Nimes Nimes Fra race a heavy storms sent torrents of Rainwater and mud into the Street Sand highways of his Southern City monday kill ing five people fitting off Road and rail traffic and disrupting by inc links authorities said. Officials at the regional prefecture in Moniel lick said All Highway leading to the City of 130,000 were blocked and wed people not to try to drive there. The Waters Ako slopped All trains to Nimes 440 Miles South of Paris which is known for its targe and we or seved roman  Paris the Inlet or ministry said five people had died in the loading and said Interior min ister Pierre Joe weft to visit the disaster scene. Five helicopters were sent to evacuate people stranded by the  than 2 to metes of rain fell on Nimes in 36 hours. The storms let up before noon and forecasters said the floodwaters should subside monday night. Pontiff announces plan to visit Finland in june Vatican City a Pope John Paul ii said monday that he will visit Finland next june. Receiving the credentials of Finland s new ambassador to the holy see Richard toilet Man the Pope said. I look Forward with anticipation to the visit 1 plan to make in Finland in june of next  Pope accepted an invitation to visit the overwhelmingly lutheran Region at a Vatican meeting with the area s roman Catholic Bishops in february 1987.the Pope s statement monday was the first Vatican confirmation of any Slop. Overseas medical fee by t up civilian to rid $62 Washington is the in hate fee that de sense department civilians pay to use my Hajy medical i facilities overseas went from 156 to 162 sat Bitagon health officials said monday. The fee is the average Cost for any service pwividwp1 to people other than regular Dod Iteal Lotare beneficiaries Active duly personnel Rei Irmtrand their fam Ilies a Pentagon official said 0?" the rate change is indicative of the rising costs of medical equipment and Tfir vices in general the offi Cial said. Congress rays we have to recoup the costs for services we provide to people who Are not regular beneficiaries. We keep a running total and each year the average of the total is what we charge As the  people complain that the fee is unfair because services received May consist Only of a minor prescription. But the official said the Flat Rale works out in the Long run. We try to be As realistic and fair As we can the . While it s True thai it would Cost 162 just to get  taken or to get some flu medi Cine it s also the Julial it would Cost the same amount for 1600 Worth of Laptad or to have  the military medical by of tin search primarily to provide no Cost care to Active duly Jse Connel retirees and their families in t set up to Bill civilians for the exact Cost of cach visit the official said. . Told hostage in Lebanon to be released soon aide says Washington a the United slates has been told by another government that a hostage held by iranian sympathizers in Lebanon will be released imminently. President Reagan Schick spokesman said monday. Spokesman Marlin Filz water said that . Officials received reports monday morning that a hostage would be set free and that the reports came from a third party government in the  we have received reports that a hostage would be released he said. But we have not received a name and i cannot comment any  he said he did not know whether the hostage purportedly to be re leased is an american. Abc news reported thai Alann Olcen 49, of Bosto was being released. State department officials said they could not confirm the report. His wife Virginia told the associated press that Shehad talked with the stale department hours earlier. Related Story Page 8. We re just wailing and watching like everybody else there s nothing confirmed yet she said. Filz water would not identify the government involved and refused to answer when asked whether it was Syria. At the stale department an official said we have received positive signals from the  referring to dashed expectations in the past he said this May be the one. We arc highly  the official said the latest report came from the islamic jihad through the syrian government. He said that this is the group holding four american educators and that any release was Likely to come from those four hostages. Nine americans Are held hostage in Lebanon. The four educators believed held by islamic jihad All captured Jan. 24, 1987, Are Sleen a journalism professor at Beirut University College Jesse Turner a visiting professor at the school Robert Pohill an assistant business professor and Smithl Meswar Singh. Discovery from 53 minut Estaer waiting Down a ramp decorated with six smaller  Wen greeted by vice president George Bush and senior Tationa aeronautics and space administration officials Sod after posing for photographs the gave Bush a walk Anstad Lour of the shuttle which looked virtually unscathed fro tuts fiery re entry. The textbook Landing doped a comeback Mission that marked America s return Lif manned spaceflight after an absence of 32 months. The flight began tensely last thurs Day when the s1.5 billion  off ils launching pad powered by a pair of the Booster rockets that were redesigned after they were blamed Tor the challenger explosion. Those new rockets and just Aboul everything else on this Shakedown flight performed splendidly. An hour before touchdown Hauck fire braking Rock ets 188 Miles above the Indian Ocean to Dirouhe winged space plane out of digit and Start it on a fiery i the atmosphere on a course Over the Pacific California coast South of Santa Barbara and inn night test base in the Mojave desert. During the Law minute 50-Scoond bum Hauck i. De a momentary failure of a backup Cooling by Swan that gave the Crew trouble throughout the flight. He flipped a switch and immediately corrected the Promen the spaceship was travelling More than 260 Mph As it touched the ground but it slowed quickly Hauck oper ated new Brake and steering systems designed 10 improve performance so shuttles in the future Ca return to Landing at the launching site in Florida in the final hours of their checked spacecraft systems it s a Beautiful Day Down there and lots of folks wait ing to see you land Mission control informed the Crew shortly before the descent from Orbil bum. The astronauts were awakened shortly before 4 am. With a parody of the Beach boys song fun fun. Fun radioed up by Mission control we d have fun fun fun until we gotta put the shuttle away a musical group chorused. Life s a Beach Hauck told Misuku control. That i outstanding outstanding. Thank Yoy very much you do Good  Hauck and his Crew were coming Home from the first shuttle flight since the chapter Ger explosion of Jan. 28, 1986, Ana on sunday they poignantly remembered the five men and two women Yka died in that tragedy. In an emotional menage they took turns Reading Hauck Pilot Richard Covey Mission specialist Georg Enelson John Lound and David killers eulogized their fallen comrades at Lellow sojourners and friends an expressed Rcv Nice for those whose sacrifice made our . At mis moment our place in the heavens makes us feel closer id them than Ever before Nelson said As the talc vision of Creon show co the Tail of the discovery was Sil Hoeun against a striking View of Earth 184 mile below Juffet we Ever forget. That to ascend to this seeming tranquil sea will always be fraught with danger let us porn Ember the challenger Crew whose voyage was so tragic my Short said Covey. Strauss the astronauts the go foot payload Lulky Orange spacesuits urgency bailout during up Page 1 hone alter who visited Bavaria in september 19b7 came Ems oiled in a major scandal after he charged thai a re ports Der Spiegel Magazine criticizing West German Miniute Maneu vers bordered on treason. Recreated further controversy by ordering the arrest of several of the Magazine s staff members. In 1961, West Givnan s left leaning publications also charged Strauss with involvement in payoff scan dals in the Purchase Clifta Illary fighter jets by West Germany from the Lockhe aircraft company. For Strauss 70th Birt Davin 1985, president Rea Gan signed the preface of a Mok about strains com piled from commentary by prominent leaders including former Secretary of suite Henry Kissinger and israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres. Strauss wife Marianne died in a 1984 automobile Accident