European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday april 15,19b9 news updates italian Bank scandal Milan Italy api a Public prosecutor has appealed a decision by magistrates Clearing financier Carlo do Benedelti of wrongdoing in connection with Italy s biggest banking scandal in decades italian news reports said Friday. Banco Ambrosiano Italy s larg est private Bank collapsed in 1982after it was unable to collect 11.3 billion in Loans made to 10 Dummy companies in latin Amer Ica. The Loans had been issued after letters of assurances from the Vatican Bank. De Ncncy Dotti was notified in1987 that he was under investigation for possible extortion in connection with his Sale of Banco Ambrosiano shares shortly before i went bankrupt. Lost week two Milan magistrates indicted 35 peo ple in connection with their investigation of the scandal. They cleared do Banc Delta of any wrongdoing in connection with the Bank failure. Dutch protest Amsterdam Netherlands a approximately 20 demonstrators Friday staged a sit in demonstration at a West German Cul Tural Institute Here to protest the treatment of jailed red army fac Tion terrorists in West Germany police said. ,. The peaceful protest at the Goethe Institute in the dutch City began shortly after 11 . Worner offers Compromise on up a tin g Lance Missi i is by the Washington Post Washington nato Sec Clary general Manfred Werner thursday said he is promoting a Compromise statement that Calls for keeping Short Range nuclear weapons in Europe up to Date so As to defuse a controversy that threatens to disrupt next month s nato Summit. Werner presented the approach As his idea in an interview with Washington Post editors and reporters but added that he is working with the allies to gel such a Compromise agreed  Firner had Jusi ended two Days of talks with president Bush and other key executive ranch and congressional figures. The dispute concerns the future of nato s Short Range nuclear weapons in of Uroic. The Alliance is committed to deploying a replacement for the Lance mis Sile by the mid-1990s, when it is due Tobe declared obsolete. Some nato Mem Bers would like to firm up that commit ment with decisions that would allow immediate development and Early production of the replacement missile. But others have reservations believing that Public support for new nuclear deploy ments has waned in Light of improved East a vast relations. Worrier s method of resolving the Dis Pute would not require a nato commit ment at this time to procure or deploy a new Short Range nuclear missile system nor would it appear to involve any Decla ration that nato is committed to modernize the Lance missile. Instead Worner proposes that nato leaders agree on a general assessment of the need for Suth weapons and a general affirmation to keep them up to  this formulation is close to the one that papered Over Alliance differences on the same Issue in last year s nato sum Mit in Brussels Belgium. Al that Lime former president Reagan and other nato Heads of government agreed to continue a strategy based on Ani Appo private mix of adequate and effective nuclear and conventional forces which will continue to be kept up to Dale where necessary.". ,. Abbie Hoffman autopsy inconclusive irl scouts Doylestown a. A an autopsy on Abbie Hoffman was inconclusive but officials hoped toxicology tests would determine How the 1960s Radical died. Friends and family said he had been depressed and May have committed Sui cide. Hoffman 52 was found dead in his bed by his landlord wednesday night. Kate Fluehr a spokeswoman. For Bucks county District attorney Alan Rubenstein said Friday that the Laboratory tests to find the cause of death had begun but the results would come some time next week at the earliest. Hoffman s Mother said at first that the family assumed Hoffman had taken his life. He sounded very depressed in recent Telephone conversations with his brother Jack. Florence Hoffman said thursday night. He had to do what he had to do she said from her Worcester mass., Home. Idon t know Why. I Don t know what Hap pened.". But the by year old Mother said Friday that she was encouraged Thini the initial autopsy was inconclusive and added it s very possible thai he had a heart  Mark. Broderick director of student activities at Loyola College in Baltimore said he also believed Hoffman sounded depressed when he called to cancel a speaking engagement hours before he was to arrive on tuesday he said that his Mother was dying that he really could t leave her Brode Rick said. -.-. A Hollinan Rose to prominence with the Chicago seven a group of radicals who stood trial on charges of conspiring to disrupt the 1968 democratic National convention in Chicago. He was acquitted of conspiracy and a conviction of crossing stale lines with intent to riot was overturned. He also founded the loosely organized Yippie movement or youth International party in 1968 to bring together Radi Cal to protest the government and the Vietnam War. Two Young americans in West Ger Many have been awarded the Gold award the highest achievement in girlscouting.". Tina Ann tyms an a year old senior at  High school has  scouting for 13 years. To earn the award she planned and directed a summer Day Camp program for children for three years in Virginia. She was responsible for program activities for the 25 children aged 2 to 9. Who attended the Camp. Tyms also is Active As an assistant Leader for a Brownie troop in her area and i the Secretary for the girl scouts overseas chapter in Allrn Borg. She is the daughter of chief warrant officer Alex and Mellonee tyms. Ann Holt a Junior at Kaiserslautern i a school also recently received her Gold award Hall 16. Has been in scouting for six years. For her Community service project she conducted an inventory of the girl scout storage room in  organized the supplies and equip men for the local girl scout Community and gave excess materials to other organization in the area. Holi also has served As an aide at the girl scout Camp in Lac Henwald West Germany she is the daughter of Charles and Gil Lian Holt. To attain the Gold award a girl Seoul must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership career exploration rid self awareness. She then must plan and carry out a Gold award service project Hal usually involves at last four months Effort. Correction a Story about the armed forces recreation Center in this weeks stripes Magazine contained several  Berchtesgaden reservation number is ets 441-5623. The Chie Sec travel amp number is 441-2719 or 2306, at Berchtesgaden and Garmisch a double room Wilhour Bath is $20 per night for e i through is and $24 for e-6 and up sub s nuclear items believed still intact Oslo Norway a the  and weapons aboard a soviet nuclear powered submarine that caught fire and Sank off Norway Are apparently intact in the vessel on the Ocean floor norwegian experts said Friday. The soviet news Agency Tass Friday said investigators have come up with four probable causes of the disaster which killed 42 of the 69 sailors aboard but it did not state them. 11 also said a decision on whether to Salvage he submarine could take  s National in  diction Protection said eight water samples collected near the sunken yes Sci 5,000 feet beneath the Ocean surface t selected no radiation leakage it said the vessel apparently with stood tremendous water pressure an explosions that Sank the Shi p april s. The soviets have said the submarine s to reactors were shut Down be fore the Crew evacuated and that Nei ther of the two nuclear lipped torpedoes was armed for  said there was no danger of a. Dio activity being released from the sunken vessel.-. But the Institute said it May collect further water samples. Deepwater cur rents May have prevented accurate detection of radioactivity said Uphan Baar i director of the government  tests taken near the tub 310 Miles off Norway s Northern coast showed no atmospheric contamination from the sinking. Voge Weh commissary of expand hours Kaiserslautern West Germany  keeping the Ramstein a commissary open 14 hours a Day has proved so successful that air Force commissary officials have decided to expand hours at the nearby up Jelweh store m Kaiserslautern the european commissary Region s commander said Friday. Beginning april 19, the Vogel Weh store will operate from 7 . To 10 . On saturdays said col. Terry Fowler. From tues Day through Friday the store  open from 10 . Until Midnight. Sunday hours will be i . To . The Vogl wih Branch is closed on  said he hoped both outlets would Benefit from the expanded hours ill Vogel Weh. Is Nee Ramstein began slay ing open around the clock feb. 21, to re twin s sales have dropped about 5100,000, or 10 percent a month Fowler said. Sales at the Ramstein store have increased about $400,000 per month since starting 24-hour operation but the store has had noticeable Stock shortages because of the higher traffic. Fowler said customers Are shopping later now at Rarrel Ein with the most popular shopping  6p.m.and Midnight. The commander said he is considering instituting expanded hours at other stores throughput Europe air Force no sentenced for indecent acts Soester Berg a Netherlands is a 23-year-old air Force ser Geant was sentenced 10 90 Days in jail after being found guilty of indecent acts and unlawful entry a  a spokesman said Friday. Sol. Haril Hurst assigned to the 7362nd munitions support so at Volic air station also was Given a bad conduct discharge and demoted 10 airman Basic Afler his general court martial held april 6 and 7 at Soester Brj he will serve his sentence at the army prison in Mannheim West Germany the spokesman  used the 19-year-old victim key to enter her Home Between 2 and 3 am. On feb. 4, the spokesman said. The indecent acts took place in the woman s bed , a s a year air Force Veteran arrived in the Netherlands in 19s6. Soldier 33, Dies 5 Days after collapsing Ansbach West Germany a 33-year-old 1 is  div Soldier died Mon Day after being hospitalized since he col lapsed on duty Panl 5.sol. A Ron h. Graham of he co 2ndbn, 37lh" Armor in Vilsick collapsed while working in the 1st brigade dining facility on Rose Barracks. The cause of Graham s death has not been deter mined a division spokesman said Fri  was first treated at the installation dispensary then transferred to . Army Hospital in numbers and finally to the Nurnberg City  Portsmouth native is sur Vived by his father Hanson Graham of Wilmington