European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday. August 19,1989 news updates China Aid resumed Tokyo a Japan has decided to resume economic assist Ance to China and to partially lift warning against travel there officials said thursday foreign ministry spokesman Taizo Watanabe told reporters that Japan will gradually resume work on existing Aid projects fro zen since the bloody suppression of pro democracy demonstrators on june 3-4. Lie said the decision followed improved Security in China. Officials have also lifted the travel ban on All areas of China except for Beijing Watanabe said. Offer by Singapore Bangkok Thailand a Singapore s offer to accept bases is a serious Chal Lenge to peace and stability in Southeast Asia an official Viet namese newspaper said thursday. Singapore announced earlier this month that it was willing to accept . Military facilities. In june an american defense team visited the Island state to look into the offer. The vietnamese newspaper nhan Danh said in an editorial that the move demonstrates Washington s strategy of strengthening its military presence in Southeast Asia by always and rites for Zia Islamabad Pakistan a thousands of pakistanis arrived in Banner draped buses and on foot at a giant mosque in the capital to observe the first anniversary of the death of president Mohammadza us Haq on thursday. Grcen and White banners Bear ing the late general s picture and slogans such As martyrs live for Ever were displayed along the three mile Faisal Avenue leading to the modern domed mosque where Zia is burned. Zia . Ambassador Arnold Raphel and 28 others died in the crash of Zia s presidential plane on aug. 17,1988. Investigators said it appeared to be sabotage but they Haven t said by whom. Parole denied again san Quentin. Calif. A former Black Panther party Leader Elmer Geronimo Pratt 41, was denied parole thursday for the ninth time since the 1968 murder of a Southern California woman during a $30 robbery. Board of prison terms commissioner David Brown announced after the hour Long hearing at san Quentin prison that Pratt serving a life sentence is not suitable for parole at this Brown who characterized the murder As heinous and despicable said the prisoner had consistently refused vocational training and a crucial psychological evaluation. Pratt also has been guilty of prison violations including sub stance abuse involving marijuana and heroin during All but a few years of his imprisonment the three member Board said. Correction an article yesterday incorrectly state the reason for the air Force s review of future flights into the army Airfield Aykit Zingen West Germany. The Issue is being reviewed because local official shave requested that military training flights at the Airfield be restricteda10,000-Pound training Load fell from a c-130 cargo plane last month and landed less than three Yards from a heavily trav eled Highway. Iran s a Sfanjani takes office with vow to Aid nation s poor Nicosia Cyprus a president Hashemi a Sfanjani took office Friday and said improving the Standard of Liv ing for the poor would take priority Over political infighting the official iranian news Agency reported. I will Start my work As president of the islamic Republic of Iran today the 54-year-old, Middle ranking cleric was quoted As saying by the islamic Republic news Agency. A Sfanjani in remarks carried later by the news Agency also said the iranian government will work for the release of Western hostages if the United states adopts a More Friendly stance toward the islamic Republic. The Agency said he made the remarks during a meeting with foreign minister Yaqoub Khan of Pakistan. We condemn hostage taking and have Many times declared this but we know that some of the people who resort to these things out of innocence and because they have no other recourse have no other Way to defend themselves he said. A Sfanjani emerged As Iran s new strongman following the june 3 death of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini a Hashmi a Sfanjani willing to Aid hostages chit act of the 1979 revolution that toppled the monarchy. Elected president in a landslide vote on july 28, a Sfanjani is viewed As eager to build tics with the West to gain technology and financing to rebuild the coun try s Economy shattered after eight years of War with Iraq. Khomeini s son Ahmad on Friday rejected any possible relations with the United slates. He also dismissed speculation that iranian authorities had been indirectly in Contact with . Officials to discuss the release of 16 Western hos tages including eight americans held by pro iranian groups in Lebanon. Tehran radio quoted Khomeini 43, assaying iranian officials will punch America in the face and they will kick America out of the Middle on wednesday parliament elected Radical anti Western cleric to succeed a Sfanjani As speaker rather than his Choice former Interior minister a Akbar Natch Nouri. Mahdi Karrumi a is year old Middle ranking cleric and Deputy speaker under a Sfanjani won 145 votes from the 243 deputies present. Of Captain from Berlin still restricted in probe by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer an air Force Captain from West Ber Lin remained restricted to base in Texas on Friday nearly three weeks after he was returned to the United Stales follow ing a routine Security Check. Capt. John Vladimir Hirsch 33, of the 690th electronic Security Wing at Tom pc Lipf Central Airport was sent to elec tronic Security come Headquarters in Texas after he reportedly failed a poly graph test administered by Security officials and after investigators found Classi fied documents in his Home. They also found More than $120,000 in several Bank accounts. The investigation has not proven or Dis proven anything said Hirsch s de sense attorney it. Col. Charles Lucy of Rhein main a West Germany. The government has been very non commit Tal in what if any action will be taken in the the engineering operations supervisor who held a top secret clearance will remain at Kelly fab in san Antonio until the air Force completes its investigation. Lucy who has been in weekly Contact with Hirsch labelled his client s mood As pretty Lucy and co defense counsel it. Col. Terry Woodhouse at Randolph fab Texas Are waiting to see what the investigation will disclose he said Friday. I expect my client will be exonerated. We re dealing with extremely circumstantial the Case began after a routine inquiry required for personnel with top secret clearances. People with Active Security clearances arc every five years. Hirsch s last routine was completed in May said i St it. Erlinda Baker spokeswoman for the electronic Security come. Hirsch was chief of the engineering and installation Branch of the Security Wing. Tempelhof Central Airport is the base of a radar and electronic counter measure operation that monitors soviet bloc air Craft Tempelhof also serves As an Intelli gence gathering Hub for other units. Cub inside Airport bearly raises fuss Ketchikan Alaska a a curious cub got a free one Way trip out of town after he wandered into the crowded terminal at the Ketchikan Airport. The 25-Pound Bear separated from its Mother tripped an elec tronic Eye on the terminal s Auto Matic doors and wandered Over to the baggage Carousel where he was surrounded by tourists. Alaska airlines employee John Naranjo said the cub bolted for a stairway. Naranjo grabbed it by its Bottom and the Scruff of its neck while another Man helped him place it in a portable Kennel. The Bear was held overnight saturday for observation and re leased the next morning near where the Mother Bear had last been seen said Todd Sharp a state wildlife Protection officer. The cub sustained a minor scratch on its nose. The tourists got a kick out of it Naranjo said. One said Only in Alaska another said they d never believe me at Home ". 4 firms recall 250,000 hair dryers Washington a the con Sumer product safety commission announced this past week that four Compa Nies Are recalling approximately 250,000 hair dryers that the commission believe present a danger of electrocution. In announcing the voluntary recall the commission said it estimates that 17 americans die each year of accidental electrocution by hair dryers usually when they Are dropped into Graham acting chairman of the commission said that from eight to 10 of the victims Are usually children often playing with the hair dryers As firms and the hair dryers involved in the recall Are mar industries inc. Of Miami Fla maker of Pomair pro 2100 and 1900 Mustang electronics inc., of Hallan Dale fla., maker of Mustang my 2100 major International inc. Of Orange Calif maker of major styling dryer Model 1250and China Bazaar of san Francisco mini mate hair dryer and Iron ds-601.the commission said All of the mini mate dryers had been stopped in inventory before being sold to Consumers. Officials at cafes Europe Headquarters in Munich West Germany said that they do not carry any of these product sin exchanges because they Are not approved by United laboratories Consumers who purchased any of the dryers can return them to the store where they bought them and receive a refund or replacement Graham addition to recalling the hair dryers these firms have agreed to Only Market hairdryers which meet acceptable minimum safety Levels she said. This Means that they Are contacting their foreign suppliers and demanding a safer product.". David Schmeltzer. The commission associate executive director for compliance and administrative litigation said virtually All hair dryers sold in the United states Are said the dryers that Are being re called fail to meet a voluntary Standar Laid Down in 1987 that requires a device to avoid any fatal leakage of current when the dryer enters the water with the switch in the off position.1a Schmeltzer said there arc still some 80 million hair dryers in the hands of con Sumers that do not meet this voluntary Standard and the staff is contacting other firms seeking additional recalls. Most Consumers have the erroneous idea that when a hair dryer is turned off it does not create an electrocution Hazard Schmeltzer said. This is simply not the ,
