European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page z the stars and stripes saturday december 31,1988 news updates Sakharov Mission Moscow a a lop arme Nian official on thursday dismissed the mediation Effort by human rights activist Andrei d. Sakharov in the bloody caucasus ethnic Dis Pute saying authorities can Settle the matter on their own. "1 think we have sufficient Helmand advice from the government and parly on the Karabash Issue said Vardges arts Niny a Deputy Premier or the armenian Republic when asked if officials welcomed Sakharov s Mission. Sakha Rov. A 67-year-old physicist and Nobel peace prize Winner returned monday from a trip to Armenia and the neighbouring re Public. Azerbaijan with which it is feuding. Armenians familiar wit the Mission said it was aimed at seeking a Compromise in the 10-Monlh-old rift Over control of a Gorno Karabash. . Aid request Lisbon Portugal a an Golan president Jose Eduardo Das Santos formally asked the unite nations on thursday for Aid to finance the withdrawal of approximately 50,000 cuban troops the slate news Agency Ngop reported. report monitored in Lisbon Portugal said Dos Santos sent a letter to . Secretary general Javier Perez do Cuellar requesting International Aid for the s800 Mil lion the Luanda government says it will Cost to Send the cubans Home. The troops have supported marxist Angola in its 13-year civil War against . And South Afri can backed rebels. They arc being withdrawn As part of a peace plan for Southern Africa. Civil War death toll san. Salvador Al Salvador a leftist guerrillas said thursday they killed or wounded7,932 soldiers his year and a human rights group said 1,747 civilians died during that time in Al Salvador s civil Wara report on the rebels gave no breakdown of dead and wounded. Nor did it say How Many guerrillas were kilted. Ii claimed the guerrillas fro the Faramundo Marti National liberation front caused s3 Mil lion in property damage through sabotage attacks including those. On numerous military install tons. I ithe Independent human right commission of Al Salvador said 1,747 civilians were killed in Vio Lent conflicts his year and 231 civilians were reported missing. Brezhnev son in Law sentenced to 1 2-year term in labor Camp Moscow a a military Tribu Nal Friday found the son in Law of for Mer president Leonid i. Brezhnev guilt of taking bribes and abusing his office and sentenced him to 12 years in a labor Camp. Yuri Chur Banov who served As first Deputy Interior minister during Brezhnev s years in Power had systematically taken thousands of rubles m bribes in Stead of enforcing soviet Laws said the judge. Army maj. Gen. Mikhail Marov. The verdict came a Day after the Krem Lin struck a further blow at the legacy of Brezhnev accused of fostering a period of corruption and stagnation by ordering that a memorial plaque be removed from his former Home and that All factories and schools named for him be originally had faced the death penalty in the sensational trial that began sept 5 on charges that he had accepted bribes of More than 11.1 during the trial the court threw out some charges and reduced the amount of bribes he was accused of Tak ing to si45,000. Prosecutors had recommended a 15-year sentence. The 52-year-old Chur Banov who mar ried Brezhnev s daughter Galena in 1971, stood throughout the entire 3 i hour procedure at the soviet supreme court Star ing calmly at the judge and two Lay assessors. he did not react to the announcement of the verdict and sentence and declined to talk to reporters after the proceedings. But hit lawyer Andrei Makarov Tai the courts decision showed that the so Viet Union i on the Way to Izriel based on Taw. Curb nov was tried Baloiu with Dahl other former government Ori Dili from the Central asian Republic of uzbek one of the eight was acquitted and the Case of another former uzbek Interior minister Khaizar Yakuby Tye was turned Back to prosecutors Tor further investigation. Kas Limur a Karamanov. A former Deputy Interior minister who was acquitted by the court took a seat in the audience after the court pronounced him a free Man. He broke Down and cried and nurses Clad in White came to twist him Germany s Genscher urges ., dec to defuse Pofeng a food Trade War Bonn West Germany a for eign minister Hans Dietrich guns Char appealed to the dec and the United stain Friday to avoid an All out Trade War in a dispute Over hormone treated meat. But the european economic Community should not reconsider its refusal to accept us meat products containing growth hormones Genscher said in an interview with Wesl Deutscher . He said the ban is not any form of discrimination because the same rules apply to All of us and the decision i based on health american officials arc threatening Limpose i100 million Worth of Trade sanctions on european food products starting sunday because of the dec s refusal a accept american meat containing growth hormones. . Trade representative Clayton Cutler said on tuesday that he sanctions which would effectively double the Price of european food imports would go into effect unless the meat restrictions arc lifted. The use of growth hormones on livestock is prohibited in the dec Al though a number of scandals involving illegal hormones have rocked the meal industries of West Germany and other european nations in recent urged that no countermeasures be taken by the dec if the .sanctions Are imposed. He said the two sides should try to resolve their Dis agreement through the framework of the International general agreement on tariffs and Trade known As gait Genscher said the dec should try to defuse the dispute in talks with the american government at the same time. European and some american con Sumer groups say the hormones which . Producers use to make cattle grow faster arc hazardous to human health. But the . Food and drug administration says the quantities Are minuscule compared with the amounts of the Sam hormones produced by the human body. The Fra approves Only three lands of hormone treatment oestrogen progesterone and testosterone. U banned i Chyl soil Westrol or Des 10 years ago after it was proven to be cancer causing. Top legion Recruiter in Coli Fornix pc Guserl of falsifying members list Rhein main rites planned for club worker who died Rhein Maln a West Germany is a memorial service has been scheduled for a woman who was found dead in her on base apartment this week. Services for Cathy l. Richardson 33,will be held at-3 wednesday in the. Rhein main base Chapel a base Stokes mansard Friday. Richardson who worked at s Galaxy club was found dead in her bed about 9 30 aim. Wednesday. The cause of her death has hot yet been deter mined. Richardson is survived by her Hus band Dale and children Brian Bird 15,and Rebecca Bird 11, Costa Mesa Calif. A a american legion commander allegedly signed up 200 false memberships including a former German Soldier and several dead people to win a Recruiter of the year award a newspaper reported. Cosia Mesa Post cmdr Robert , who was named the slate legion s lop Recruiter in june May have Bough Thil Way to the top according to a report detailed in thursday s editions of the Orange county Register a three member legion committee is sued its findings in a 13-Page report signed dec. 5 by state cmdr. Andrew j. Steffanic v the state american legion awarded Hanson is Recruiter of the year award at its Sacramento convention after Hanson submitted 801 new memberships Between july 1,1987, and the 1988 convention. But the investigation found just 18 of the 801 applicants paid dues by Check while Hanson wrote about 25 checks tothe Costa Mesa Post for $8,250 from his own account. A " the report concluded the question arises was this an attempt to simply buy a Large roster of members if so it would constitute an ominous attack on the integrity of the american legion it recommended charging1 Hanson with violating the organization s rules busing unorthodox and erroneous recruiting methods. Hanson faces expulsion from the legion Steffanic said. Hanson 67, declined to discuss the re port " ,. The investigation began after the legion s National Headquarters received in quiries front people wondering Why the were receiving the american legion Magazine. the report said one of the tetters was from a disabled Man who had never served in the military while another was from Aman who had been a Soldier in the German army during world War ii and was a Pris Oner of War in the United states. Investigators found 205 apparent phony memberships according to the re port some of the people contacted did not know Hanson and denied wishing to join or being eligible to join. Many were dead the report said. -.-., " Althe report said Hanson was unable to explain Why his membership applicants said they never agreed to join to be eligible applicants must have been discharged honorable from us . Military and have served in world War i world War ii the korean War or the Vietnam War. Of releases report on Ramstein tragedy Sembach a West Germany s&s1 the . Air Force Friday released the report of its investigation of the Ramstein air show disaster including the planning procedures that went int coordinating the even the report is a compilation of fact which focus of the planning and implementation of Flug lag 88, together wit disaster response actions in the aftermath of the Accident air Force officials said in a statement. Gators accepted a Irin Attona panel ear Lier conclusion that Pilot error by the so Loist of the italian recce Trico Kwi stunt lying team led to the disaster which killed 70 people and injured Hundred. the report was mailed Friday to Jour apparently resulted in his arriving too lists. The stirs and strip said not re carry and too Low to avoid missing two other recce Tri Codori to Mattes during the pierced heart flying planes collided and nut aleuts slammed. . Questions regarding the emergency response and safely measures taken to protect air show spectators heated up debate Over the future of air shows in Europe after the aug.28 Accident. The finalists chive its copy by deadline Friday,.butdetails will be published As soon As the report is available the air Force s statement said incs to
