European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 05, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes monday. February 5.1990 Rushdie stands by Book despite his year on the run Black history month by the Washington Post author Salman Rushdie who has been silent and in hiding since Iran s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini threatened him with death says he remains Happy to stand by his controversial Book. The satanic  which provoked the threat. After almost a year of virtual silence. Rushdie Dis cussed his Book his feelings and his life on the run in an interview in the forthcoming Issue of Newsweek Maga my. The interview was conducted by Telephone from Rushdie s unknown hiding place. I be thought about it and thought about  he said of his Book which was denounced As blasphemous by Khomeini and Many other moslem. And i m Happy to stand by it. I genuinely cannot believe that what i wrote has merited the treatment it s been  in the interview. Rushdie who is under Scotland Yard Protection told of missing Ordinary  he said that the Telephone was his Only Means of communication and that he spent his Days first working and then watching a lot of bad television and  after Khomeini s Call for his assassination he said. I walked out literally with the clothes i had on my Back and nothing else to begin a life in hiding keep ing secret the whereabouts of himself and his wife. American born novelist Marianne Wiggins. Since then he had issued Only a few Brief statements. His wife returned to Public life last july. Khomeini s death in june however did not lift the threat against Rushdie. Without offering any suggestion As to when his or Deal might end. Rushdie said i simply will not accept that this is going to be the rest of my life. I have to remain an Optimist in the sense of believing that solutions arc  the interview also described a dramatic episode in which he was smuggled into a Hospital by British police. He said he was placed under aesthetic which was  had Wisdom Teeth removed and then was taken out of the Hospital without anybody knowing 1 was  while he was having the Teeth extracted last Spring according to the interview it was reported that he was attending a dinner at Oxford University. One of the things i be Learned this year about the  he said in the interview is that when there s a hot s Ory the can t find out anything about they make it  without exception he said every alleged sighting of him he had read about was a Complete  in the text accompanying the interview he said the inter \ ice was the first he had Given since last feb. 14. A Newsweek spokeswoman said saturday that the Maga my was absolutely sure the material was authentic she said negotiations for the interview were arranged through both his new York and London  a printed statement issued by Newsweek said Rush die called the Magazine s editors for the interview from his hiding place in  in an essay accompanying the interview. Rushdie defended his Book in detail As a work of Radical dissent and questioning and re image  he said it is not How Ever the Book it has been made out to  he intended he i said was to provoke Dis Rushdie put dissent and even at times satire and criticism of intolerance. But not the thing of which i m most often accused not tilth not insult not abuse " in the essay he said it was bewildering that millions of people judged the Book and author without Reading it or learning about him. The satanic verses is a serious work written from a non believer s Point of View. Let believers accept that and let it be Rushdie wrote. Rushdie also expressed gratitude to the British government his bodyguards his supporters and to pub Lishing people and Bookstore workers. Who have held the line against  would i have written differently if 1 had known what would happen the essay asked. Truthfully. 1 Don t know. Would i change any of the text now 1 would  Survey ranks Queen Elizabeth As wealthiest woman in Europe London a Queen Elizabeth ii is the Rich est woman in Europe with an estimated personal Fortune of $8.9 billion according to a Survey published sunday of Europe s 20 wealthiest women. Harpers and Queen Magazine reported that the British Monarch the fourth richest person in the world has a jewelry collection of 25 crowns and tiaras and owns racing horses a valuable Art collection and thousands of acres of land and Mineral rights worldwide. The runner up in the Magazine s list is Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands with an estimated wealth of $4.7 billion. The third richest woman in Europe is Johanna Quandt who owns 66 percent of the West German automotive company Bow. The Magazine said. Harpers and Queen estimated Quandt s Fortune at $3.5 billion. Ranking fourth with an estimated Worth of $2 billion is another German Crete Schickedanz who owns que Lac. Europe s largest mail order firm the Magazine said. Al Ina Roussil. The 5-Ycar-old daughter of the late shipping heiress Christina Onassis and French pharmaceutical heir Thierry Roussel is no. 7 on the list. Harpers and Queen said however that she would not Lake control of her $840 million Fortune until her 18th birthday in 2003. The Magazine said Al Ina would inherit shipping interests an Art collection real estate investments and a Large Slock portfolio. The following is harpers and Queen Magazine s list of the 20 richest women in Europe i. Queen Elizabeth ii. British. 2 Queen Beatrix. Netherlands 3. Johanna Tuandt. German. 4. Crete Schickedanz. German 5 Liliane Bettencourt French pan owner of world s largest cosmetics firm. I Oreal St .6 billion Fortune. 6. Madeleine assault French who inherited Ner husband s Aero space company $1 billion. 7. Athina Roussel. Greek. 8 and 9. Alicia and Esther Koplowitz. Spanish Sisters and vice presi dents of a Madrid real Estalo group each has sg30 minion 10. Janni spies. Danish a former elevator operator who married the Boss. Simon spies and was left his charter Light travel Empire when he died a year later $554 million ii. Ida Gard i an italian Farmer s daughter who owns More than 2 million acres in Europe. South America and the Umed states. $554 million 12 Giuliani Benetton. Italian part owner of the knitwear franchise. $352 million. 13. Martha Philipson. A former swedish fashion Model whose late husband bunt a family Fortune $330 million. 14. The Duchess of Alba. Spanish known As the most titled woman in the world s1u million. 15. Eva Larson. A swede living in Britain who shares the Fortune made by her lather and brother. Ss9 million. 16. Odhe Rac Amier French who inherited the family Luggage firm. $151 million. 17. Charlotte Morrison. British with a real Estale Fortune. $15 million in Isabel pre Stey. Spanish the former wife of Singer Julie Iglesias. $89 million. 19. Lady Anne Cavendish Bentinck. British who owns land and prop erty in Betta in $87 million. 20. Lady Srur Tey Porter. British. The conservative Leader of the West Minster City Council and the inheritor of a retailing Fortune $84 million. For is spec j4tiws Scon Martin Luther King the celebrated civil rights Leader and Black american Clergyman was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1964 for his use of non violent tactics and civil disobedience to further the cause of racial Equality. Martin i Uther King or s dra Matic Boycotts marches and speeches led to Pas Sage of the civil rights act and voting rights act of 1964. The Black Leader who was born in Atlanta As assassinated on april 4,1968. Military Roundup unit s 3 airmen honoured for missile maintenance Wosch Heim. West Germany three members of the 38th tac missile main so have been cited for Superior performance in missile and munitions maintenance. Receiving the it. Gen. Leo Marquez award from . Air forces Europe were airman 1st class William Delancy missile maintenance technician senior Mas Ter sol. Michael Rohrer supervisor manager and capt. David Johanson company Grade manager. Army team to interview unit leaders on management Washington is officers and warrant offi cers in Europe can get the latest information on personnel issues and talk with officer management specialists when a 27-Mcmber team from the total army personnel Agency visits Usa eur later this month. The team will be in Europe to Brief the army officer corps on changes in personnel policy reassignment procedures promotion boards and other administrative  than 4,000 officers arc expected to be inter viewed and More than 50 formal briefings Are scheduled for the two week. 42-City visit. The team arriving in Frankfurt on feb. 18, will split into three smaller teams that will travel to various installations in West Germany Italy Greece and Turkey. Officers and warrant officers interested in attending the briefings or scheduling interviews should Check with their local personnel service centers for schedules and details on arranging appointments. Peugeot president warns of japanese threat Tokyo up Jacques Calvot president of France s Peugeot Auto firm has warned that at least one of six major european automakers will go bankrupt unless reciprocity in car Trade Between Japan and the european Community is maintained. In 10 years capacity of japanese automakers manufacturing cars in Europe will exceed 1.5 Mil lion units forcing one full Range automobile maker or an equivalent to go bankrupt Calvot said