European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday january 7, 1989 news updates Row work of d Bangkok Thailand a the United states and Laos have agreed to conduct year round join activities to resolve the Fate of missing american servicemen Bers a . Statement says. In talks the laotians also agreed in principle to cooperate in anti narcotics programs the statement said. The talks were held in the lao Tian capital of Vientiane. The statement said the joint activities would include research surveys and excavations. It said specifics will be discussed by tech Nical experts later this month. Whale returns to sea Orlando Fla. A a 22-foot, 5,400-Pound whale that was near death after beaching itself Ona Sand bar six weeks ago was re turned thursday to its natural habitat far out in the Gulf of Mexico. Researchers say it is the first whale in the Baleen family known to have recovered and been re turned to the Ocean. The 2-year-old Bryde s whale nicknamed Brydie by its rescuers was trucked to St. Peters Burg from Orlando on wednesday in a special water filled  there the whale and its handlers sailed 120 Miles Southwest of Tampa beyond the Continental shelf aboard a coast guard  animal was hoisted Over Board into the water with a Crane thursday morning sea world spokesman Nick Gollattschec  was outfitted with a radio transmitter attached to he dorsal Fin so scientists can track her Progress for about two month when the transmitter is expected to Slough off. Killer out of coma Pittsburgh a convicted torture murderer Gary Heid Nik has regained consciousness after apparently attempting suicide in his prison cell with a drug overdose prison officials said. Heidnik s condition was up graded to fair thursday but he remained under tight Security in the intensive care unit of West Penn Hospital said Tom Seiverling spokesman for the state correctional institution at Pitts Burgh. Heidnik 45, was  this week after being found unconscious in his cell sunday. Officials doubt feud to boost commissaries prices for now by Deedee Arrington Dok Kaiserslautern Bureau prices on food items stocked in . Commissaries in Europe won t be affected for now by stiff duties the United states imposed on some imports in a Trade skirmish with Europe military purchasing officials say. But the officials Aren t ruling out the possibility of Price increases As a result of the dispute. At this time it is impossible to pre dict if future sanctions and Counte Sanc tons might also affect goods delivered . Military commissaries said Mather Hyatt a spokesman for the defens subsistence Region Europe the Agency that handles purchasing for the military commissary systems. Even then commissary prices Only would be affected on items that first had been imported to the United states an then shipped overseas. That could affect the Cost of such products As prepared tomatoes which Are imported to the United states an packaged into sauces and Ketchup. Be cause the packagers would pay More forthe imported tomatoes As a result of in creased tariffs the products Price would reflect those increases. The simmering Trade War grew out of the european Community s late Decem Ber decision to ban meat from hormone treated cattle grown in the United states and other countries terming it a threat to Consumers. The United states in turn imposed100 percent duties on some european meat vegetables fruit juices and other products effectively doubling their wholesale Price at the . Border. Since commissary meat is bought fresh from suppliers in Europe or shipped fro zen from the United states the Trade War should not affect prices at the meat coun Ter officials said. Complaint from Kohl adds fuel to .-West German tension Eagle scout Heidelberg West Germany senior at Heidelberg High school advanced to the rank of Eagle scout the highest rank in boy scouting in a recent ceremony. John Oldham 17, has been in scout ing for six years. For his Eagle scout project he organized a food drive in the Heidelberg military Community. With help from other volunteers at the mar Twain Village Chapel John collected and delivered More than 400 thanksgiving food baskets to needy families in the area. Oldham who has been elected to the order of the Arrow the highest recognition for boy scout campers serves a Junior assistant scoutmaster for troop 29. He is the son of col. Michael and Astrid Oldham. To earn the Eagle scout award a Boyscout must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes at least 21 Merit badges and an average of 100 hours on Community project. Frankfurt West Germany a West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has complained to the Reagan administration about . Handling of the dispute Over a suspected chemical weapons Plant in Libya Kohl s spokesman said Friday. The complaint came As West German stepped up their criticism of the United states engaging in one of the sharpest Public exchanges Between the two coun tries in recent years. West German politicians and new commentators singled out the . News Media with the Moderator of a late night television news show telling his viewers that the new York times is a tradition Al defender of jewish  tensions Between the normally close allies have grown since the times and . News and world report last week end disclosed allegations that West Ger Man italian and japanese companies were involved in helping to build the libyan Plant. Related Story Page 8. West Germany has since absolved the firm named Imhausen Cherie of Lahr and further added that it has no proof that the Plant is designed to produce chemical weapons anyway. West Ger Man officials also have emphasized they take the allegations very  Kohl stepped into the fray on Friday As his spokesman told a news conference that the . Handling of the affair especially the Way the news Media have treated the allegations had not  Chancellor Helmut Kohl has let military identifies slain West German Kaiserslautern West Germany is . Military officials Friday released the name of the West German woman who was stabbed to death last week. Lydia Maria Krop an employee of . Army club system in the area was found dead from knife wounds in he Kaiserslautern apartment about 8 . Dec. 30. Staff sgt. Selwyn Andrew Charles of the 501st trans co has been charged by both West German and . Authorities with premeditated murder in connection with her death. West German officials have not yet decided whether they will try the Case or turn it Over to the . Military said Wilhelm Klein a Kaiserslautern police spokesman. Klein said police believe the attack Oukrop was sparked by her wanting to break up with Charles whom she had been dating. Washington know this by the appropriate Means spokesman Friedhelm Ost added. Ost declined to disclose the con tents of the message which he characterized As urgent and  . Officials including Secretary of state George Shultz have sharply and publicly criticized West Germany for alleged foot dragging in determining whether one or More West German companies were involved in building the libyan Plant. But Ost on Friday repeated the West German government s claim that the Reagan administration had failed to re Spond to Bonn s re quest for further Concrete information. The Federal re Public West Ger Many As a nation of Laws cannot operate on the basis of suppositions and suspicion Ost said As he called for Concrete facts. I Don t want tomake any speculation about the possible motivation for the Campaign by a Section of the . News Media added Ost talking before about 50 reporters. Kohl told foreign minister Hans die Trich Genscher to take up the Issue with Shultz at a chemical weapons conference this weekend in Paris Ost said. All major West German newspaper son Friday carried reports on the growing tensions and the counterattack led by Volker Rathe a top ranking official in Kohl s Christian democratic Union. The Frankfurter All Gemeiner Zeitun reported that Rune had even suggested closing the Goethe Institute facilities inthe United states if the news Media Campaign against West Germany continues. The Goethe Institute offices Kohl worldwide offer German language instruction and cultural programs. In a Telephone interview on Friday Rishe said what he meant was to ques Tion whether the Goethe Institute branches were necessary if relations be tween the two sides cannot be improved. It was Correct to sound the alarm Ruhe told the a in the interview sing Ling out for special criticism a new Yor times columnist s characterization of the alleged West German Aid in helping Libya build Auschwitz in the  Many younger West germans already have been growing increasingly impatient with . Insistence on flying Low level military training missions Over this densely populated country. A series of military aircraft accidents last year including one at Ramstein a and another involving a . Jet that crashed into a residential area fuelled the debate. The dispute Over the alleged Libya chemical weapons Plant added another troubling dimension to the bilateral ties. The americans just Don t Trust their German allies Frankfurt s conservative Neue Presse newspaper said in an Edito ral Friday. Therefore they act without asking politicians in  the newspaper also noted that the ice had grown thinner in relations be tween the two sides. Ard the no. 1 West German television network commented Friday morn ing in the Federal Republic West Ger Man the persistence with which the americans increasingly Are stepping up their charges against Bonn is running into growing  late thursday night the Adf television network ran a lengthy news report on the controversy. Moderator Peter Voss noted that the harshest allegations were published in the new York times which he described As a traditional de fender of jewish  Adf is the nation s second television network. Sailor under investigation in deaths of 2 italians Nas Simonella Sicily is a Sailor assigned to the Navy s helicopter combat support so 4 is being investigated by italian authorities in connection with the deaths of two ital ians in an Auto Accident a Navy offi Cial said Friday. An italian magistrate is considering charges of vehicular homicide against William Whitaker Iii 20, of Portland n.y., said it. Erick Armstrong staff judge advocate at the Nas Simonella. Whitaker s rank was not available. Fausto Antonino and Guardo Sebas Tiano died when a Bow driven by Whitaker collided with their Fiat 126 Earl sunday morning. Antonino and Sebas Tiano were reported dead at the scene. Whitaker is being treated at the army regional medical Center in lands uhf West Germany where he was evacuated after the Accident. He was listed in Good condition lat Friday