European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday february 3,1989 38 jailed terrorists on hunger strike Frankfurt West Germany a West Ger Man authorities Are worried that a hunger strike declared by 38 jailed leftist terrorists could Lead to a renewed wave of attacks a spokesman for the Federal prosecutor s office said thursday. The hunger strike began wednesday when 28 imprisoned members of the red army faction refused to take food. The action was joined thursday by 10 More imprisoned terrorists spokesman Alexander Prechtel told the associated press. The hunger strikers held in 12 different prisons across the country Are demanding to be jailed together and want other concessions. As you know All previous hunger strikes were accompanied by terrorist acts Prechtel said when asked if authorities feared another wave of terrorist attacks by red army faction sympathizers. The red army faction the country s most Noto rious terrorist group has carried out numerous bomb attacks and assassinations targeted at the . Military and West Germany s business and government leaders. Prechtel spoke in a Telephone interview from his office in Karlsruhe. Federal prosecutor Kurt Rebmann handles cases against West German terrorist groups. The coordinated hunger strike brought the red army faction Back into the headlines after a relative Lull in terrorism in recent months. It also came at a time when some leftist politicians sparked an emotional debate among West germans by calling on authorities to Start a dialogue with the red army faction in an attempt to get its members to move away from terrorism. Hews briefs germans extend detention of sex i suspected As spy Karlsruhe West Germany a a for Mer . Soldier suspected of being the ringleader of an International spy ring apparently dam aged nato defense strategies far More than officials first believed a spokesman for the fed eral prosecutor said thursday. Alexander Prechtel spokesman for the Federal prosecutor s office in Karlsruhe said Federal judges extended the detention warrant for sex . Service member Clyde Lee Conrad to in clude treason in a extremely grave  Conrad remains in investigative custody in a West German prison after his arrest last August. Prechtel refused to provide details of what new evidence had led to the judges decision. Charges Are still pending and the investigation is continuing Prechtel said. Go gets 6-month term for theft at Post office Stuttgart West Germany an army specialist received a six month prison sentence and a bad conduct discharge for stealing $1,300 from the Post office where she worked a Vii corps spokeswoman said. Spec. Kelley l. Richards 20, of the 139th adjutant general co postal Stuttgart took the Money Home when she discovered her Cash receipts were $1,300 higher than they should have been for the period of oct. 1 through oct. 5, the spokeswoman said. Richards pleaded guilty to larceny in a general court martial. She also was reduced tuesday to the lowest enlisted Grade and ordered to forfeit All pay and allowances. Spanish Duke buried in Madrid Royal Chapel Madrid Spain a Alfonso de Barbon the Duke of Cadiz was buried thursday in the crypt of a 16th-Century Convent following his death in a skiing Accident in Colorado. King Juan Carlos Alfonso s first Cousin Queen Sofia Crown Price Felipe princesses Cristina and Elena and members of the Spanish aristocracy and close family and friends at tended the funeral mass and burial service at the Descal Zas Reales Convent in the heart of Madrid. Alfonso de Borbon 52, a member of the inter National ski federation died monday when he skied into a Cable at the base of a downhill course at the Beaver Creek ski area in Colora do. Several red army faction members have been pardoned in recent months after renouncing terrorism. Practically All of imprisoned red army faction terrorists Are now on hunger strike Prechtel said. He said Only three convicted members of the group who have distanced themselves from terrorism and May come under consideration for a presidential Par Don have stayed away from the strike. Prechtel said authorities had searched the prison cells of the hunger strikers for documents that could indicate How the action was coordinated. He said the had confiscated some material. We Are still evaluating the material Prechtel said adding that authorities had not determined what tar gets if any might be attacked by red army faction sympathizers. Prechtel recalled that the Start of the hunger strike coincided with the fourth anniversary of the execution style slaying of Munich industrialist Ernst Zimmer Mann by a red army faction commando. After Zimmermann s murder 37 jailed red army faction terrorists announced they were giving up their60-Day hunger strike. That hunger strike was the longest of the nine Simi Lar actions carried out before the latest fast. Convicted terrorist Holger Meins died in 1974 after a hunger strike in prison and red army faction Mem Ber Sigurd Debus died in 1981 after a fast. The latest action appears to be designed to avoid deaths. According to a statement by a red army fac Tion prisoner printed in a newspaper the group will fast for two weeks. After that the hunger strike will be continued by two members of the group rotating every two weeks. The letter signed for the group by Helmut Pohl said the jailed red army faction members were de manding to be imprisoned together in one or two groups. They Are also demanding Freedom for four jailed red army faction members whose health the group claims has been damaged in prison. The group is also demanding free political communication with All social groups and unrestricted medical care outside police supervision. The statement from Pohl who is serving a life sen tence was published in the leftist West Berlin newspaper Taz. Pohl was convicted in a 1981 car bombing at the . Air Force Headquarters at Ramstein that injured 18 people. We will not give up now before we achieve the right to be imprisoned together the statement said. The statement accused authorities of torturing imprisoned red army faction members by holding them in solitary cells. The group s ultimate goal is to gain Freedom the statement said. Among the group members who went on the latest hunger strike Are such notorious terrorists As Brigitte Mohnhaupt Giinther Sonnenberg Giesela Dutzi Eva Sybille Haule Frimpong and Christian Klar. All Are serving either life sentences or Long prison terms after being convicted of murders bomb attacks and other terrorist acts. Armenian kids Fly to Rhein main Rhein main a West Germany is five armenian children Hurt in a devastating earthquake dec. 8 arrived at Rhein main on thursday night for treatment at a . Military Hospital in West Ger Many. The children from 5 to 16 years old flew from Moscow on an air Force c-14,1 and were taken to Wiesbaden air Force regional medical Center officials said. Each child was accompanied on the plane by an adult guardian air Force officials said. A representative of the . Embassy in Moscow also was on the flight. The flight left Moscow about 5 . And originally headed for Ramstein a. Three of the children were to be treated at Lan Stuhl army regional medical Cen Ter with two others to be taken by helicopter to wies Baden. However fog forced the flight to Rhein main where the plane touched Down shortly after 9 . All of the children Are now expected to be treated at wies Baden. The air Force brought the children to West Ger Many in conjunction with project Hope s humanitarian evacuation of armenian children. It is the first time that victims of the earthquake have been treated in a . Military Hospital according to a spokesman for the air Force in Europe. No information was available on the conditions of the children or treatment to be received. The earthquake rocked the mountainous area around Leni Nakan killing an estimated 25,000, injuring thousands More and destroying several cities. The quake is believed to have left 500,000 people Home less. Pay hike from Page 1 tally certain to turn it Down. Wright said of course there s always a Chance that his proposal would be Defeated. But he said he was encouraged by answers Given by 326 House members to a Survey he conducted this week on the pay raise. Wright has tried to persuade his colleagues for weeks to reduce the raise to 30 percent but told reporters previously the members were privately telling him they wanted 50 percent without a vote. The raise becomes Law unless bathhouses of Congress vote to Stop it. Wright appeared to be going along with these Pri vate sentiments until he abruptly reversed course this week and ordered the Survey. Aides said the speaker was tired of Reading that he was stopping the will of majority to vote on the raise. An associated press informal Survey of nearly a third of the 435-member House showed about 88 per cent of those responding wanted a vote on the Large package. Groups opposed to the increase said their own sur vey showed that slightly More than 60 percent would vote  meanwhile House and Senate negotiators moved ahead wednesday with separate but similar proposals to bar speaking fees and restrict other outside income should the raise become Law. A bipartisan draft document Given to senators and obtained by a compared the latest House and Senate proposals on outside income. Both packages would ban Honor aria including fees for speeches appearances and articles upon enact ment of the raise. Leaders in both houses have made Clear that Honor aria would continue if the pay raise is Defeated because members Don t want to suffer a loss of income. House members currently can retain $26,850 and Senate members $35,800 in Honor aria. Quayle from Page 1 cuss details.  ambassador Otto Reich said Quayle had no plans to meet with Carter although the two did speak briefly wednesday night at a reception at the Ambas Sador s residence. Quayle held get acquainted sessions thursday with Heads of state before and after the inaugural ceremony for Perez. Quayle s latin american trip is the first foreign diplomatic Mission for president Bush s administration. While Quayle held meetings upstairs thursday in the Caracas Hilton hotel Ortega met briefly with Cuba s president Fidel Castro in the downstairs lobby. Quayle met first with Spain s prime minister Felipe Gonzalez and then with brazilian president Jose Sarney. The meeting with Sarney entered almost entirely on the latin debt crisis and the one with Gonzalez on a Range of .-european political and Security issues said Quayle s press Secretary David Beckwith. Quayle also met wifi the presidents of Costa Rica Guatemala Honduras Peru and Portugal and had lunch with Caribbean leaders. On Friday the last Day of Quayle s three Day trip to latin America Quayle is to visit Al Salvador where he said he wants to emphasize concern for human rights and support for democracy. Quayle warned on wednesday that the United states would not look kindly on formation of a debt ors Cartel to Deal with the Region s creditors. Latin american countries owe More than $440 billion combined