European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes thursday april 13,19b9 stilted Kilt caper four year old Christopher pecks under the Kilt of Hilt will no bin ror " Vlku Runan us the a split Pluyer per forms fur passers by on a Street in Mel Bourne Australia. Windl did Little Christopher set did t say. Sex Aquino aide of hiding Gold Manila Philippines a a con Gressional panel has summoned presi Dent Corazon Aquino s former Security adviser 10 answer charges that he Ana american Ond filipino partners spirited away j4.5 billion in Gold uncovered four months ago. The former National Security adviser Emanuel Soriano and the others have denied the allegations made by a former business associate of International pre Cious metals inc. Of Las vegas nov. Rep. Jerome Paras chairman of the House committee on natural resources said he is determined to Start in official probe although he believes the charges arc a hoax. Craig Nelson told a local radio station wednesday that last december Charles Mcdoneald a prospector hired by inter National precious metals discovered Gold buried by the japanese in world War ii on the outskirts of Manila. Mcdougald s Siroi was exploring for treasure under an arrangement giving the philippine government 75 percent of any find. But Nelson who described Himsel fas an investor in the exploration claimed Mcdougald Soriano and another filipino partner stole the treasure and denied any find. Nelson claimed that the Gold was loaded onto military trucks thai trans ported it to an unknown location. He. Charged thai Mcdougald and  ordered filipino workers out of the Situ and carried the Gold themselves with the help of soldiers provided by the chief of Aquino s Security guard. The fad is there s no question it was there there s no question that they got it there s no question that they have a lot of Money now Nelson said. He said that despite All efforts by me Dougald and the others to keep the find secret he found out about it because they re not being  Soriano denied the allegations and said he would show up thursday before the House committee. I have a gut feeling that this is All o hoax,.that there was no Gold found Paras told the associated press. This is intended to drum up investment in All the Gold Hunting Here. It Drums up inter est in America and there Are Many Gulli ble  asked Why he was pursuing the investigation Paras said it was necessary be cause his committee was working on legislation to regulate treasure Hunting in the Philippines. / in 1987, Soriano advised Aquino to approve a request by International pre Cious metals to dig at fort Santiago for Gold that the company claimed japanese invaders buried there. The digging went on secretly under heavy guard but it was exposed when two workers were killed in an Accident the following february. Gold was not found in the fort and Aquino did not renew the permit because of Public opposition to digging at it historic shrine. Then last september Soriano admitted that he had deposited $69,000 from 1pm into his personal Bank account. -. He denied any wrongdoing saying that the Money was not a bribe but a Security Deposit to guarantee repairs of any damage to the fort a if la Vemury Spanish Garrison.  was replaced As Security adviser last february by former defense min ister Rafael lacto.3 German states offer to Bend partway to end inmates fast Sonn West Germany a three West Ger Man slates tried tuesday 1o persuade jailed leftist Ter Rori is to end a 70-Day hunger uric by offering to Louw them together in Small groups but two of the 34 fasting prisoners rejected the attempted Compromise. The proposal by the three states was also opposed by the West German Federal government whose con scr ale officials insist that terrorists should not be granted concessions. Imprisoned red army faction members arc de manding that they be jailed together in one or two targe groups. The Stales of nor Rhein Wesl Falcon sch swig Holstein and West Berlin offered to House prisoners in their jurisdictions in smaller groups of five inmates each. The three slates arc governed by the left of Cen Ter social democratic parly Isophe main opposition party in the Federal legislature. The hunger strike began on feb. I with two convicted terrorists. Since then. 32 other imprisoned red army faction members have periodically joined in the condition of the two original hunger strikers who have subsisted on water and Vitamin tablets for 70 Days has deteriorated but is not yet critical authorities said Dieter Wendorff spokesman for Nord Rhein Westfa Len s Justice ministry said 39-year-old Chrisla Ecks has weakened considerably but is still Able to take daily walks in the prison Karl Heinz Dellwo who turned 37 tuesday is Able to get up but has stopped taking walks in the prison courtyard Wendorff said.  lawyer Dieter Adler said monday that his client was weakening rapidly. Dell o is serving a life sentence for murder and kidnapping for his part in the 1975 red army faction attack on the West German embassy in Stockholm. Ecks is serving a four year sentence in a Cologne prison for illegal Possession of firearms we Dorit said Ecks was told Lale monday of the offer to House prisoners in several Small groups. She told authorities she wanted to consult by Telephone with other jailed terrorists across West Germany be fore deciding whether to end her hunger strike Wen Dorf said. However officials said two imprisoned red army faction members in West Berlin were sticking Wilh their original demands 10 be housed in one or two larger groups. Earlier tuesday Chancellor Helmut Kohl s govern ment strongly appealed to the three states to reconsider their offer to the jailed terrorists. The Federal government sees the go it alone approach of the spa govern cd slates As harmful chief government spokesman Fried Helm Ost said. A nation based on Law can not be  the Stales said they would make their own proposals after state arid Federal officials meeting in Bonn on monday failed to reach agreement on How to resolve the hunger strike. World today Geneva woman fights Fine Over hanging out bedding Gen Eva a a homemaker is appealing a -$25 Fine for airing her bedding after 10 ., saying the 30-year-old Law that prohibits the practice is out dated. She has enlisted the help of a biochemist Loback her claim that heavy pollution during morning Rush hour makes it impossible to air. Her bedding legally Geneva s la suisse newspaper reported. Under 1955 Public Hygiene regulations in Geneva people in Urban areas who hang Comfort ers or carpets from windows or balconies in pub lie View after. 10  Can be fined v the clause which remained in obscurity made headlines in Swiss newspapers tuesday when the woman identified Only As Claude appealed the Fine she received after a Calous police officer spotted her offending comforter 30 minutes after the deadline. Drop in Tokyo population blamed on land prices Tokyo a the City s population has declined for the second consecutive year apparently because of High real estate prices in the capital. Tokyo s population As of Jan. 1 was 11,718,720, Down by 21,641 from a year earlier the metropol Itan government announced tuesday. The National land Agency said the average land Price in Tokyo is 5630 a Square fool. In neighbouring areas the average Price ranges from si80 to $255 a Square fool