European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday december 22.1989 news updates state official Dies Nashville Tenn. A Tennessee s Secretary of state. Gentry Crowell who shot himself in the head last week As a corruption probe tightened around his of fice died wednesday after doctors declared him brain dead. Crowell 57, never regained consciousness after the shooting. He had remained in critical condition and was treated with intravenous injections of a drug designed to remove fluids from the brain and reduce swelling. Controversy much of it growing out of his passionate Devotion to the democratic party followed Crowell during most of his 18 years in state government. As Secretary of state he was i charge of regulating Bingo and spending by lobbyists and political campaigns All of which were involved in the Federal state investigation into Public corruption. He testified in september and no vember 1989 before Federal grand juries in Nashville and Memphis investigating Bingo corruption in ten Nessee. He said he was told by Feder Al agents that he was not a target of the investigation. Ethiopian coup bid Addis Ababa Ethiopia a the court martial of 14 Gener als accused of taking part in failed coup earlier this year began tuesday but was immediately adjourned until next week. It. Gen. Tesfaye go arc Kidan the presiding judge said the adjournment was to allow 10 of the defendants to seek Legal counsel before trial resumes dec. 26. The 14 Are accused of participating in an attempted coup thai began May 16 but was crushed three Day Slater by troops Loyal to president Ming Isle Haile Mariam. The exact charges against the generals were not made Public at the morning caring. Another 100 senior officers reportedly were arrested during the failed coup and arc awaiting trial. Memorial service set for 3rd army div Soldier Kirch Gons West Germany a memorial service will be held at the Ayers Cavern Chapel at 10 . Friday for a 23-year-old 3rd army div Soldier who died wednesday morning at the Sulzbach training area. Spec. Bryant k. Taylor of the 503rd support in apparently died of natural causes after collapsing while participating in a land navigation course a 3rd army div spokesman said. An autopsy will determine the cause of death the spokesman said. Taylor is survived by his Grandfather Lumon Taylor of Frisco City Ala. Military authorities Are investigating the incident. Eagle scout Sembach a West Germany a member of troop 58 has been awarded the rank of Eagle scout the highest Honor in scouting. John Ball a Junior at Kaiserslautern High school has been in scouting for 5 a years. Ball 16, is the son of Richard and Suntok Ball. For his Eagle scout project he re stored the Sensbach a fitness Trail. To earn the Eagle scout award a boy scout must fulfil requirements in leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes earning at least 21 Merit badges and completing a Community service project. Mitterrand seeks closer links to East urges caution on German unification Berlin a French president Francois Mitterrand on thursday called for closer links Between East Germany and Western Europe but stressed the need to avoid rash moves toward Ger Man Unity. Mitterrand also urged the ouster of Niculae Ceausescu s hard line leadership following its bloody crackdown against demonstrators. It is a regime of personal family Power that has no honest reason to re main Mitterrand said during a meeting with East German students in Leipzig East Germany. I think that the Days of this regime in a Europe in full move ment Are numbered. But at what Price Mitterrand spoke after meeting East Germany reformist communist Premier Hans Modrow and other political leaders earlier thursday in East Berlin to express the West s concerns about the possibility of German unification. In his first condemnation of the bloody suppression of protests in Roma Nia Mitterrand ruled out foreign intervention to topple Ceausescu. He said the response has to come from  denouncing what he called Ceausescu s dictatorship Mitterrand said i simply condemn the manner in which the regime is acting and think it would be Good that romanians could decide themselves what they want to  referring to German unification Mitterrand said that France set conditions but not a  German Unity is first and Foremost an affair for germans. France will not stand in the Way Mitterrand said Dur ing the meeting with about 600 students of Leipzig s Karl Marx University East Germany s second largest. But the German people must take the european balance into account in its decision he added. Since the peaceful people s revolution forced the ouster of the former hard line communist leadership a growing num Ber of East German demonstrators have made loud Calls for Quick German reunification. With world War ii memories still fresh in Many minds european leaders have cautioned against Quick unification and its consequences for the postwar stability in Europe. Mitterrand the first head of state from one of the world War ii Western allies to visit East Germany arrived in East Berlin on wednesday shortly after West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl ended his visit to East Germany. Kohl and Modrow announced that the two countries expected to conclude a treaty providing for practical Steps to establish close links in Many areas. But Kohl also urged East germans to be patient about unification saying the process could not come overnight and that germans had to consider Security implications of such a move for their neighbors. At the Brandenburg Gate work on creating two pedestrian Crossings immediately North and South of the Gate was expected to begin about 11 . Thurs Day the official East German news Agency adn said. West Berlin authorities said one Pas Sage would be for people crossing into the Eastern half of the City the other for those coming West. The West German government said East Germany would open the be Linwall at the Brandenburg Gate at 3 . Friday with Kohl and Modrow in Atten dance. Sex army sergeant convicted of espionage by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau a former . Army sergeant de scribed by his attorney As the Pawn of a major spy ring was convicted of espionage in an italian court wednesday. Tommaso mortal was sentenced to 20 months of House arrest said his attorney Paolo Mele. Mortati was convicted of Selling information about Caserma Ederle the . Army base in Vicenza Italy to hungarian intelligence Mele said. Mortal 42, was arrested dec. 2 by italian police in Vicenza at the request of a Rome based italian military spy unit Mele said. The unit based its request on information provided by convicted spy Zoltan Szabo Mulc said. Szabo to a retired army sergeant first class was convicted in september by an austrian court of gathering information for a foreign Power and sentenced to a 10-month suspended jail term. Szabo has been identified by Clyde Lee Conrad who faces charges of High treason in West Germany As the Man who recruited him to sell nato secrets to Hungary and Czechoslovakia Abc news has reported. Conrad also a re tired . Army sergeant first class had Access to papers marked cosmic top secret according to the West German prosecutor s office. Conrad had been assigned to the 8thinf div Headquarters at bad Kreuz Nach West Germany until his retirement. He lived nearby at the time of his arrest in August 1988. The Fri says Conrad and Szabo were members of one of the largest spy ring since world War ii Abc has reported. Mele described his client As a Pawn of the real spy Szabo. Mortati was unemployed and needed Money when Szabo offered to make Hima loan about a year ago Mulc said. When he tried to pay Back Szabo a month later Szabo told Mortati that the Money was payment for Mortati s services As a spy for Hungary. Mortati continued to accept $300 a month but passed Little information to Szabo Mulc said. Since his arrest Mortati remained in confinement at his apartment until he was admitted to a psychiatric clinic tuesday because of stress associated with the Case. Mortati left the clinic wednesday. While he is under House arrest Mortati May work. But he will be under police surveillance and May not leave Vicenza without permission. Mete also said Mortati a native of Civita in Southern Italy was a naturalized . Citizen and was in the army for seven or eight years. He was a sergeant and a paratrooper when he was Dis charged in Vicenza in i98s. American authorities had nothing to do with the investigation Mele said. . Officials were unaware of any spy ing or Mortati s arrest until after it happened said it. Col. Lee rials spokes Man for the Southern european task Force the major command at Caserma Ederle. The Usa eur command supports . And nato forces in the Southern Region. W. German loses court bid to restrict smoking Munich West Germany is a bavarian constitutional court rejected on thursday a West German citizen s year old attempt to put restrictions on smok ing in restaurants. The citizen whom court officials declined to identify had claimed that the Munich City ordinance governing the food Industry was unconstitutional be cause it allowed smoking in restaurants while restricting it in other commercial food preparation settings. He sought to have the court ban smok ing in Munich restaurants or barring that require each restaurant to set aside an area for non smokers. The court rejected his claim deciding that while the state Constitution May empower cities to ban smoking in restau rants it does not require them to do so. Even if the exception in the ordinance were removed the court ruled the Ordi Nance applies Only to food service employees and not to customers. Horst Tilch the court s general Secre tary said the citizen had initiated the Case under a Law that allows anyone who observes apparent inconsistencies in Law to ask the court for a review. Tilch said the plaintiff simply fell personally disturbed when he went into a restaurant and other people were  intruder shot at . Envoy s Home in Bonn Bonn West Germany a a naked Man tried to Force his Way into the . Ambassador s residence and was shot and wounded in a struggle with an armed guard the . Embassy said wednesday. According to a . Embassy statement the tuesday incident was apparently not politically motivated and the intruder May have been under the influence of drugs. The Man who Bonn police said is a san Gacse born Frenchman climbed the Fence at the ambassador s House tuesday morning after he was told he could not enter the embassy statement said. A struggle ensued with a Security patrol officer on duty said the statement. The intruder tried to grab the guard s gun at which time the intruder was shot in the leg the statement said. The Man was taken into custody by Bonn police. Police said the incident occurred after the Man got into an argument with a West German companion stripped off his clothes and ran through the Street. He tried unsuccessfully to Rob an elderly woman and then climbed Over the Fence at the embassy police said. Vemon a. Walters the . Ambassador in Bonn was not Home at the time the embassy said