European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 news updates the stars and stripes monday january 16,1989 judge investigated Austin Texas a Testate commission on judicial conduct has taken up a complain against a Dallas judge who said he gave a killer a lenient sentence be cause the victims were  the closed door inquiry could result in dismissal of the complaint against judge Jack Hampton or in sanctions varying from a private warning to the appointment of a special master to hold a hearing on his removal from the Bench. Last month Hampton said heave 18-year-old Richard Lee Bodnarski 30 years in prison in Stead of the maximum of life in part because the two victims were homosexuals. The judge said those two Guy that got killed would t have been killed if they had t been cruising the streets. I Don t much care for queers cruising the streets picking up teen age boys. I be got a teen age  Gay rights and civil liberties organizations asked with the com Mission to remove Hampton. He apologized for a poor Choice of  basques arrested Bayonne France a police have arrested 10 Spanish Bas que militants including Jose Anto Nio Sruti Gochea considered by the Spanish government to be atop Leader of the Spanish Basque separatist organization Eta authorities said. Spanish officials party Leader Sand newspapers applauded the arrest of Sruti Gochea 38, also known As Josu  Eta has carried out a 20-Yearcampaign of violence in a bid to secure Independence for the three province Northern Spanish Basque Region. It maintains bases across the Border in French Basque coun try. 54 seamen rescued Anchorage Alaska up lifeboats and coast guard helicopters have completed the Rescue of 54 crewmen from a beached South korean cargo ship officials said. Twenty three japanese Crew men also were Safe after a coast guard Cutter pulled their disable ship the 164-foot Fuksin Maru no. 8, out of the Stormy Berin sea to safety. With the jeopardized seamen Safe the coast guard turned its attention to an Oil spill threat fro several grounded vessels. Toss reporters apologize for tale of quake survival Moscow a the official Tass news Agency apologized sunday for mistakenly reporting that six armenians had been saved after spending 35 Days in earthquake rubble calling its original re port a  we were the first to report this an today we want to offer our apologies to our readers Tass correspondents Edu Ard Shakhnazaryan and Akop Shakka Zyan wrote. A painstaking search conducted Over the past Days did not confirm the Story which we would like to believe so much such an apology from Tass is unusual and it is the first one in recent memory. Tass whose initials stand for the Tele graph Agency of the soviet Union likes to contrast its style of journalism wit what it sees As Western sensationalism. A Book written by the Agency s late director Sergei Losev is titled simply Tass gives you the real  the communist party daily pravda which printed the original Rescue Story wrote readers May ask the question Why did Tass correspondents Rush to re port the Leni Nakan Miracle and Man newspapers including pravda that believed them to print this dispatch prob ably because we All believe in Good news. We want the number of people saved Tobe  on thursday Tass distributed a electrifying report quoting Aikaz Ako Pyan 50, who was quoted As saying that he and five other people survived for five weeks in the rubble of a nine Story Leni Nakan apartment building by eating food stored in the cellar. That Story was picked up by Many so Viet newspapers and foreign Media and Akopyan told his Story to the National evening television news program Vrey a from his Hospital bed in Yerevan Armenia s capital. The tale of the Rescue which Akopya said took place wednesday made world headlines because the search for survivors from the catastrophic dec. 7 Earth Snake had been abandoned weeks be Dre. The quake killed 25,000 people in Northwestern Armenia. However 24 hours after its original report Tass acknowledged that it had t been Able to find the people who Ako Pyan said had been trapped with him in the ruins the rescuers who saved them or a single eyewitness to the incident. Akopyan s sister indicated saturday that his Story was a hoax to get him into a Good Yerevan Hospital Tass said. Hews reported to have pneumonia when he was admitted but Tass said a specialist believes Akopyan has suffered lung and heart problems for several years. Tass said saturday night that doctor still could t Rule out the possibility that Akopyan s Story was accurate but it sunday apology pointedly said the Leni Nakan electrician was the source of its mistaken  As for Akopyan s reported motive foretelling the Rescue Story Tass quoted Emil Gabne Lyan Armenia s health minister As saying now there is no need for using such extreme methods for any patient in Armenia to get skilled medical  warning system Cross wiring found in British 757 Jet after . Warning London a a British airline found crossed wires in a Boeing 757 Dur ing checks of cargo compartment warn ing systems after the discovery of wiring problems in two 757s in the unite states the civil aviation authority said sunday. The fault in a Boeing Jet operated Blair 2000, was caused by switched plugs and immediately repaired the authority said. The British airline flies from Gatwick Airport just South of London to Orlan do fla., and Mombasa Kenya. The aircraft has been cleared to re sume service. No faults have been re ported in the 39 other Boeing 757s oper ated by four British airlines. The aviation authority ordered Check son the cargo compartment fire warning systems of Boeing 757s on Friday after an Alert from the United states. The . Federal aviation administration had issued an air worthiness directive giving . Airlines 72 hours Tocheck whether Cross wiring in cargo holds might cause sprinklers to go on inthe wrong cargo area in the event of a fire. The possibility of faulty electrical sys tems is being examined by experts investigating the British Midland Boeing 737crash at Kegworth in Central England on Jan. 8. The crash killed 44 people. British crash investigators in France Are supervising the examination of the engines from the Midland plane. The engine stripping is taking place inv Laroche near Paris at the Headquarters of Snelma which builds the cfm-56 engines with general electric of America. Members of the Abib air Accident investigation Branch Are present at the stripping Down work at All times a department of transport spokesman said. We Don t know How Long it s going  the Midland plane lost the use of Bot hits engines As it tried to make an Emer gency Landing at East midlands Airport after an engine fire. Sixty two survivors of the crash Are still hospitalized. The plane s Pilot Kevin Hunt was moved out of the intensive care unit at Leicester Royal infirmary on sunday. Hunt 43, who has leg and spinal injuries was in stable condition after surgery saturday a Hospital spokesman said. . Computer software pirated by chinese visiting . Group says specialist who died during run identified Darmstadt West Germany the army has released the name of a 22-year-old Soldier assigned to the 596th Maint co at Kelley Barracks who die Friday during a training run. The Soldier s name is spec. Thomas  jr., a Community spokesman said. Swanson had been taken to a Battal Ion Aid station where he was pronounced dead. The cause of his death is undetermined. Swanson is survived by his parents Thomas and Barbara Swanson of Phila Delphia the spokesman said. A memorial will be held for Swansonn wednesday afternoon in the Cam brai Fritsch Cavern Chapel. A time has not yet been set. By the Washington Post Beijing american companies Are losing Many millions of dollars in potential business in China because the companies computer software has Bee widely pirated Here a visiting . Com Merce department delegation says. Jeffrey Lee a delegation member and director of the China office at the Commerce department said the Type of software piracy and copying committed in China required concerted efforts by chinese Engi neers who had to break sophisticated codes designed to protect the software. The copying therefore required a very serious decision made at a very High level in the chinese ministries research Institute Sand state run corporations that have acquired . Software Lee said. China has no copyright Law and has re fused to join the International copyright convention. Frank Severance Deputy assistant Secre tary of Commerce and the delegation Leader said the chinese failure to pass copyright and Patent legislation to protect software and other american intellectual property could create a big problem in .-China  delegation members said trademarks Are another concern. The Walt Disney company initiated Legal actions Here some time ago alleging trademark infringements. Disney characters have been widely co pied to advertise Small businesses around China. One variety of Beijing fast Foo stores uses Donald Duck As its Symbol and an american shopper recently bought a to shirt in Beijing that had Mickey mouse on it with the words Georgetown  Lee said the delegation presented chinese officials with several cases of soft Ware piracy including one in which a .company said it had lost $ 15 million in potential business Over a year. I can recall coming Here five years ago and discussing the same subject and i was told that in five years China would have copyright Law Severance told chinese journalists at the end of a four Day visit to Beijing. Severance later said american Compa Nies Are reluctant to sell the latest technology and software to China because they fear piracy. Another . Official said the piracy i becoming the leading problem for the moment in .-China relations partly because the new . Omnibus Trade Law requires that it be Given prominence and partly be cause there is a growing awareness of the wide scope of chinese piracy. Winston lord the . Ambassador i Beijing focused on chinese piracy in a speech delivered in Beijing this month. No . Manufacturer of software can afford to see its products copied and sold without permission lord said. No . Computer manufacturer can afford to see fake ism microcomputers for Sale. Therefore intellectual property Protection becomes the deciding Factor when deciding whether to invest in China or  Severance said he preferred not to identify the american companies that have suffered from piracy in China because it might get the companies into trouble with the chinese government