European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday february 1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 High flying tales land astronaut in jail Boston a a Man who claimed to be an astronaut sported impressive medals uniforms and badges and even wangled a 10-minute audience with the lord mayor of Dublin Ireland. But Robert Hunt 27, was grounded earlier this week when he was arraigned on charges of larceny and fraud and ordered held on $100,000 bail. He was charged with duping a youth into joining the Navy and then claiming he could get him released from his commit ment for $2,000. Hunt claimed to be a Marine Captain As Well As a decorated fighter Pilot and told convincing but false stories about himself to his wife his in Laws people at the Bedford veterans administration Hospital an Are lingus Pilot and cadets at the . Naval Academy in Annapolis md., according to a Massachusetts police investigator Andy Palombo. Palumbo said he started looking into the stories ear Lier this month. I did some checking and found out there was no such animal As Robert Hunt who was a Marine Captain and fighter Pilot or astronaut he said. The charges against the Man Stem from allegations he persuaded an 18-year-old Saugus mass., youth to enlist in the Navy and then told the teen Ager s parents their son could get out of his commitment for $2,000, Palombo said. They paid him that amount twice once in a Check he said was no Good and then in Cash though he later cashed the Check Palombo said. Last summer the Man married a woman who like her parents was convinced he was an astronaut. The Man showed them burned Kitchen tiles he claimed came from the explosion of the challenger space shuttle three years ago. When i arrested him saturday noon at his Home his wife still thought he was an astronaut Palomb said. The charges against Hunt also include his alleged use of his wife s credit card for a variety of charges including chartering a private Jet to Montreal. He later wrote the Crew complimenting them on their performance. Being a former astronaut i would like to make note that the Landing in Montreal was equal to our Landing of the shuttle Atlantis the letter stated. Before flying with his wife to Ireland just before Christmas he called ahead to Tell officials in Ireland he was an astronaut Palombo said. He was Given a big state Welcome and made an honorary citizen of Ireland by lord mayor of Dublin Benjamin Briscoe because he was an astronaut pal combo said. But Briscoe s spokeswoman who requested anonymity said the lord mayor gave Hunt a 10-minute audience on oct. 8 at mansion House his official Headquarters after being told Hunt was a visiting astronaut. A source close to Briscoe also requesting anonymity said Hunt told him British prime minister Marga ret Thatcher was arranging for him to be married in Westminster Abbey in London. Briscoe quickly realized the Man was not the full shilling but politely went along with the charade the source said. He s very Good the trooper said. I had him in the Cruiser and i asked him one question. He talked for 10 minutes without hesitating from Medford to bos ton. I said to him but you never answered my ques Tion and he said that s right " pop Andreou s Girlfriend Hopes to improve image Athens Greece a Dimitra Liani the Girlfriend of Premier Andreas Papandreou says she Longs for the moment when greeks will accept her and get to know her. Liani 34, has come under heavy criticism from greek politicians and news papers since she began appearing in pub Lic with the 69-year-old Papandreou three months ago and he announced he would divorce his wife. I believe that at some Point the greek people with their sense of Justice won t stick by this picture that they have of me. But will get to know my real self said the tall Blond former Steward Ess in her first interview published in the latest greek edition of the French Magazine Marie Claire. I won t hide the fact that i m hoping for this to happen she added. Liani the daughter of a former army officer has been accused by the tabloid press of exerting influence Over govern ment ministers and leading Papandreou astray. She has also been accused of prompt ing Papandreou to neglect his health and has been cited As a major Factor in his apparent drop in popularity. The prime minister underwent open heart surgery in London last fall. Asked How she Felt about the Media s portrayal of her Liani said it would be a lie to hide How much i be been Hurt by and How bitter i feel about reports which almost daily abuse my Public image. Other women perhaps would not have been Able to endure  although Papandreou has not said publicly that he will wed the twice divorced Liani socialist party cadres expect he will. Papandreou announced in october he intended to end his 37-year marriage to his american born wife Margaret. Mrs. Papandreou 66, has said she is still waiting to see her husband for a talk about the divorce. The former Margaret chant of Elm Hurst 111., became the wife of Papandreou in 1951 when he was a Junior economics professor at the University of Minnesota. Both had been married before. They have four adult children and two grand children. Papandreou has weathered a number of scandals about his relationships with women since his panhellenic socialist movement or Pasok came to Power in 1981. Revelations last year that he had fathered an illegitimate daughter by a swedish actress while he was exiled in Sweden during the 1967-74 dictator ship barely dented his popularity. But the Charis Matic Premier s highly publicized Romance at Home has triggered the Wrath of some of his staun Chest supporters. According to political analysts the Liani socialists popularity has dropped by As much As 35 percent since october. Newspapers daily ridicule the Premier s relationship while there is a growing feel ing among greeks that the love affair is making them look ridiculous abroad. Pasok supporters Are among the thou Sands of athenians who nightly pack Thea ters to Roar at sketches satirizing Papandreou s private life and a string of financial scandals that have battered his government. Dog Days in Milan a High pollution in Milan Italy can make walking a dog a hazardous Busi Ness. This pet owner takes precautions for himself and his four footed Friend monday following the City s Alert last week about Fulfur dioxide Levels. Regu lations went into effect wednesday to curtail midday Home heating and limit downtown traffic. Warm weather has trapped the polluted air Over the City. Turkish officials to investigate mass grave claims Ankara Turkey a an investigation has been launched into allegations that a riverbed near the City garbage dump in the Southeast City of shirt has been used As a mass grave for kurdish guerrillas the local prosecutor said wednesday. Mustafa Erdogdu said a preliminary investigation was under Way into the allegations published in the sunday edition of the leftist weekly 2000ne Dogrul toward 2000. He did not elaborate. The weekly reported that kurdish guerrillas killed in shoot outs with Security forces As Well As suspects who died in Cus Tody were buried in a mass grave. The Magazine quoted Zube Yir Aydar a lawyer and the former local chief of the Mam opposition social Democrat populist party As saying the shirt garbage dump is full of  it also quoted Bedria akan whose son Hasan Akar died in detention in april 1985, As saying his body was never Given to the family and she had heard rumours it was dumped in the alleged mass grave. The report said relatives of missing peo ple in the City had been demanding that officials dig into the riverbed. It did not say How Many people were missing. The weekly also said Hayrettin Kozak Cinoglu the regional governor for the South East provinces conceded that three kurd ish guerrillas killed in a shoot out last february had been buried near the site when nobody claimed the bodies. I have no other knowledge it quote the governor As saying. The governor could not be reached by phone to comment on the report. There was also no comment on the report from officials in Ankara the capital City. Kurdish guerrillas members of the marxist kurdish labor party pkg have been fighting government forces in South East Turkey since 1984. So far about 400 people from each Side have died. The guerrillas aim to set up an Independent marxist kurdish state in the Region. Last month authorities arrested 400 people suspected of aiding the guerrillas. Opposition parties have charged that some of the suspects were mistreated and a few were forced to eat human excrement. Local authorities denied the charges. It is estimated that about one fifth of Turkey s 55 million population is kurdish