European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 03, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday septembers 1989 lie blames Bakker s collapse on Medicine. .,.-fe-3 government psychiatrists for wac wan evaluating pal founder Jim Bakrow let Carminc if he is competent to Standm luit the evangelist s wife said his erotic lapse was Only an allergic reaction Medicine. Bakker. Charged with fraud and conspiracy was taken to the minimum Secu Rity Federal correctional Institute a Butner in Handcuffs and leg Irons on thursday after his psychiatrist said head been hallucinating. Bakker s wife Tammy Faye visited her husband for six hours Friday. She said later Bakker had told her he had faked his collapse to halt the proceed Ings. She said he was suffering from an allergic reaction to Medicine. He just literally had More than could handle she told of the Institute. She . An anti administered to night May have . He take aspirin mrs. Bakker said. Of course when the doctor gave him the Medicine to sleep Jim was t used to it and that caused what happened a psychiatrist who has been treating for nine months told . Dis Robert Potter presiding Atal on thursday that Bakker was lying on the floor of his lawyers Yna fetal position. Bakker s lawyers Elk taking to him sent to a private Cli ordered Bakker sent inst Hospital at Butner forum ton to he is in his trial. Normal Tam valuation takes 30 to45 Daw marthas not been determined How Long this particular Eval will take said prison spoke Swo Lan Sharon Orr. By Friday afternoon he had already talked to at least one psychiatrist she said. But she declined to characterize his mental state or actions Friday. We re not planning on releasing an information specific to or. Bakker s evaluation she said. Mrs. Bakker travelled from her Home in Orlando fla., to visit her husband. She said she would be visiting Hin and hoped he would be Able " his trial next week. It in t accused of using butt million in ministry a lavish lifestyle Hasly had a breakdown. Don har tester Bakker s former Security chief said the evangelist cried and could t walk after he resigned from the pal is try in 1987 in the Wake of a sex o has written of suf in the Early years of his minis1 Orr said Bakker of cite option of wearing the standards a it prison jumpsuit or Street clothes. He7 to roam the grounds of the 700-acrcj.on, which houses about 800 inmates. That s his Choice because he is not convicted or sentenced prisoner she said. She said there arc 167 inmates in the mental Bdrm division of the facility in-cludinfz4 patients in the diagnostic unit Wakker is housed. Butner about hours from Charlotte is one of three Federal prison hospitals in the nation that do psychiatric evaluations. Inmates at the 12-year-old prison Are allowed visitors for about eight hours Aday except tuesdays and wednesdays Orr said. Guards Are not armed and only42 acres of the prison Are enclosed by fences. Mrs. Bakker said in a 1988 fund Rais ing letter that Bakker spent hours in a fetal position after he quit pal following revelations that he had sex with a Church Secretary and that she was paid Hus Money from Church funds. Bakker has said Public ally he consid ered suicide during a 1981 separation from his wife. In his 1976 autobiography the Valley of nerves Bakker Saidh bad a similar breakdown 20 year Sago bit working at the Christian . He blamed that col lapse on c agent says corruption hurts Colombia drug Wai Bogota Colombia a drug traffickers wanted in the United states have managed to avoid a government crackdown and remain in Colombia be cause of corruption among colombian authorities . Narcotics official said Friday. The . Justice department is seeking the extradition of 12 colombians believed to be key figures in cartels that Supply dealers in the United states with unto 80 percent of their cocaine. About 200 . Military advisers were due in Colombia on Friday to Aid colombians in training and using $65 million in equipment from the United states to Aid in the drug crackdown. Authorities in Medellin the Headquarters of colom Bia s cocaine cartels said explosives experts defused a40-Pound bomb that was left at a Bank Friday by terror squads working for the drug lords. The bomb was the latest development in a series of assassinations bombings and arsons by the drug cartels in the past two weeks. Drug lords Are trying to get the government to reverse its decision to begin extraditing drug figures wanted by the United states. The government began its toughest crackdown on drug dealing after a leading preside Rutial hopeful Luiscarlos Galan was assassinated aug. 18. Drug lords responded with threats to kill More officials. . Authorities said they believe that corruption i slowing the crackdown and that drug chieftains remain in Colombia protected by some officials despite speculation that some narcotics overlords May have fled the country. Infiltration is a very serious Factor the official said of attempts by the traffickers to bribe colombian government officials and members of government Security forces. The official said drug cartels May have people stationed in Small towns watching Only for military or police movement. Army colonels can make up to 15,000 monthly working for drug dealers. The narcotics official spoke with reporters on the condition that his name or title not be disclosed. The meeting with journalists was initiated by . Embassy indicating concern among some . Officials that Colombia s drug fight May be waning. Embassy officials said they had no information about . Advisers coming to Colombia to Aid that country s Security forces in using $65 million pledged by president Bush. The Pentagon said up to 200 . Military personnel could wind up in Colombia. President Virgilio Barco said thursday the $65 Mil lion Bush offered for Colombia s War on drugs was important but that the real solution is to put the brakes on the Spanish prime minister Calls oct. 29 elections Madrid Spain a prime min ister Felipe Gonzalez Friday called Early elections for oct. 29, trying to take advantage of a four year economic Boom that is endangered by inflation and a growing Trade deficit. Gonzalez 47, seeks an unprecedented third term for his socialist party. He said he is calling elections eight months before the Legal end of the cur rent four year legislative session to seek a new mandate to meet the important challenges when Western Europe drops Trade barriers in 1993. What we seek is sustained economic growth to continue Job creation our prime objective Gonzalez said. He touted the booming Spanish econ omy that has averaged a european High 4.5 percent annual growth since 1986,the year the country joined the european economic Community. But he also warned against runaway consumer spending. King Juan Carlos was to sign a decree saturday setting elections for oct. 29. The Date chosen is seven years and Aday from the oct. 28, 1982, landslide Victory that gave the socialists their first absolute majority of 202 scats in the 350 scat lower House of parliament. Gonzalez also seeks to take advantage of disarray among centrist and rightist forces. A major Factor in his decision is considered the socialists performance in june 15 european parliament elections. The socialists won 39.5 percent of the votes enough to gain another majority in parliament and govern alone through 1993, analysts said. If re elected Gonzalez is expected to take stiff measures to curtail demand and try to maintain the Economy s momentum needed to reduce Spain s 17.3 percent unemployment rate Europe highest. Observers say a Clear socialist Victor will relieve pressure from unions seeking greater social spending. A Long running dispute Between the government and the socialist general workers Union led to Aone Day National strike by workers dec. 14 that paralysed the country. But the socialists appear to have regained momentum since that Low Point in popular support. Socialists now hold 183 of the 350scats in the lower House of parliament. The popular party holds 91, the centrists28, and the conservative catalan minority 19. Smaller parties hold the rest. Sex i from Page 1 later exchanged for West German agents held in the East Forster said. After his arrest Conrad was expected to be charged with espionage. But in february West German prosecutors changed the proposed charge to treason after an expert witness concluded that the documents contained state secrets prosecutor s spokesman said. Conrad a native of Sebring Ohio re sided in West Germany until his arrest in 1988. Except for the period september 1979through november 1980, when he was based in the United states Conrad served from 1975 until his 1985 Dis charge with the . Army s 8th in div in bad Kreuz Nach. Bad Kreuz Nach where Conrad continued to live after his discharge is about so Miles West of Frankfurt. Seat centum t rest.1 4-year demobilization drive ends with China paring army by million Beijing a China has com scheduled to be achieved in one year but priorities to economic develop Mei completed a four year drive to demobilize i million members of the people s liberation army including 600,000 officers an official newspaper said saturday. The China daily quoted an official of the civil affairs ministry As saying it had found jobs in the civilian sector for the last 16,000 sex servicemen an women in the demobilization program. Senior Leader Deng Xiaoping in 1985announced plans to reduce the nation s military Force of 4.2 million by 1 million As part of efforts to reduce military spending and make the Pla a trimmer More modern fighting Force. The troop cutbacks were originally schedule ran into delays reportedly because of resistance from older officers reluctant to return to civilian life and give up the benefits coming with their military rank. The ministry said its Basic policy Wasto return people to the same area from which they were recruited. It said that of700,000 Pla personnel resettled since last year about 200,000 recruited fro cities and towns found jobs in enter Prises and government institutions. The remainder soldiers recruited from the Countryside usually returned to their Homes it said. China s military has suffered in recent years from budgetary pressures As the reformist government shifted spending priorities development areas. In addition to the troop cutback defense industries have been ordered to switch to producing consumer goods and Money for new weapons systems has been scarce. In 1988 defense received Only 7.49percent of the budget less than half its share before 1980, and defense spending in actual terms was expected to fall about 6 percent in 1989 after inflation. The Pla however played a key role in violently suppressing pro democracy demonstrations in june and China watchers speculate that military leaders will use this As leverage in pushing forbore funding for defense and a greater say in the government
