European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday March 20,199059 soviet military officers murdered in �?T89 London apr an unprecedented wave of murders of soviet military officers claimed 59 victims last year ranging in rank from lieutenant to general a military affairs newsletter says. The newsletter published monday by the respected Jane a information group says the murders Quot appear to be part of the current move of antipathy Felt toward the armed forces particularly among younger age groups in ethnic  in 1988 two officers were murdered and in 1987 just one it said. The report said last years victims included it. Igor Kholost Yakov stabbed 14 times while returning to his unit one night maj. Sergei Komissarov 37, a research worker in an Institute . Sergei Zadoyan 27. A submariner murdered while Home on leave it. Col. Vladimir Bazhanova 38, commander of a Road construction battalion stabbed 12 times. It said a very few of the murders have been  and soviet authorities arc disturbed that local Law enforce ment agencies a Are either incapable of or not interested in carrying out any proper line of  a in the Case of it. Kholost Yakov the police official arrived to a Survey the scene a while his dog promptly fell asleep. That was nine months ago since then nothing further has been done to bring the murderer s to Justice a it said. It said a special Section has been set up in the top military prosecutors office to coordinate operations with local police and Law offices and new Security guidelines Are being drawn up to protect Mili tary personnel. The reported murders come against a backdrop of rapidly rising crime rates in the soviet Union. The murders were first brought to Public notice in january in a speech by army Gen. Mikhail Moiseev chief of the general staff to the soviet parliament. In most cases the place where the crime occurred was not stated in soviet accounts said Richard Woff who wrote the report. He said this made it difficult to establish any geographic pattern to the  descents amps Michael Abrams a paraglider enjoys a descent in a bavarian wonder Mountain landscape. Looming dimly in the Back land As a pre Spring Mist softens the outlines of the ground is the fairytale Castle of Neuse Hanstein. A ainu As a pre Spring Mist Sones me outlines of the ground is the Tair talc Castle of  says Shell fight Calls to quit London apr prime minister Margaret Thatcher interview. A this was not the beleaguered threatened it under pressure from within her own party to step Down Leader that labor and tory rebels imagine a the Sunda # s # v l lit.,  i a i.,.  _. J Ca. _ i i 11. 11. A a a a London apr prime minister Margaret Thatcher under pressure from within her own party to step Down took the offensive in an interview published sunday and said she will a fight every Inch of the  despite polls showing her conservative party at its lowest Levels for nearly two decades the prime minister told the sunday express she would not give up and encouraged party members to support her. A i have never Given up Battle never. I Battle every Day Quot she said in a copyrighted interview. Three Straw polls released last week showed that at least one fourth of conservative party legislators surveyed want her to quit before the next election. The governing party is some 19 Points behind the socialist opposition labor party. Major problems include soaring Home loan costs because the government has hiked interest rates to 15 percent to try and curb inflation and an unpopular new local government tax that has provoked violent demonstrations on town Halls. I he sunday express reported that the prime minister was in an Quot ebullient and confident mood during the interview. A this was not the beleaguered threatened Leader that labor and tory rebels imagine a the sunday express said. A indeed she appears to relish the political dogfight that swirls around  the newspaper said the 64-year-old prime minister urged party members to be patient. A frequently the policies that Are absolutely right have two effects. The Short term is a difficult one and the Long term is beneficial. You have to have the courage to stick to it a the prime minister said. A we fight every Inch of the Way. We fight on a very Good manifesto always. We always know where we Are going and people know we will stick to our chosen course because we believe that is right a she said. A i do not believe people want to go Back to a labor socialist philosophy particularly now they arc seeing the militant tendency and the intimidator anti democratic tactics they use a the True face that underlies the labor party a she said. Militant tendency supporters have been accused of organizing violent demonstrations against the local government tax. World today italian financial expert to head Vatican Bank Vatican City apr the Vatican has announced that a leading italian financial expert had been appointed As director of its scandal tainted Bank formerly led by american archbishop Paul c. Marcinkus. Giovanni Bodio 67, is the first Lay person to Lead the Bank formally called the Institute for religious works. The Post of director was created last year As part of a general reorganization which put the management of the Vatican Bank a affairs in the hands of a supervisory Board of Lay financial experts from five countries. Marcinkus had been president of the Bank from 1969 until the position was abolished last  growth plan in Iran draws criticism Nicosia Cyprus apr a Radical Tehran Iran daily on sunday criticized the governments Campaign to curb Iran a population explosion an Effort that has underlined fundamental ideological differences Between president Hashemi a Sfanjani and his Radical rivals. The official islamic Republic news Agency monitored in Nicosia quoted an editorial in the Jom Huri islami newspaper As saying the government had adopted an a unprincipled approach in seeking to slow Down population growth. Iran a population is swelling at a rate of around 3.9 percent a year. The government pegged the population at 55 million recently. A Sfanjani Leader of Iran a so called pragmatists has recognized that unchecked population growth threatens to outstrip economic development and jeopardize the country a reconstruction drive following the August 1988 cease fire in the War against , Mitsubishi study e. German venture Tokyo apr West Germany a Daimler Benz group has asked Mitsubishi motors corp. Of Japan about the possibility of taking part in a truck manufacturing project in East Germany the mass circulation newspaper Asahi Shimun reported sunday. Asahi said the proposal was made when executives of Mitsubishi and Daimler Benz met in Singapore Early this month on expanding cooperation Between the two firms. It said Daimler Benz is planning to build trucks jointly with East Germany Sifa industries verb and Fahrne Ubau. It said Mitsubishi a participation would help Daimler Benz Cut its financial Burden on the project and obtain technical knowledge. Officials of Mitsubishi motors were not available for comment sunday night. Asahi said Mitsubishi is interested in taking part m the project As it could help Japan a third largest automaker to Advance into East Europe. Reunited Mother daughter Dodge attention Ruuk rom 11 m t a a i a i. Christchurch. New zealand apr an american woman who was jailed two years for refusing to disclose the whereabouts of her daughter was reunited with the girl Over the weekend then spent monday guarding her from the Media. Or. Elizabeth Morgan drove her daughter 7-year-old Hilary Foretich the 200 Yards to her school monday morning after learning that photographers and reporters were outside the hotel where Hilary lives. She took a different route when she drove Hilary Back to the Diplomat Motel. Hilary has lived there with her maternal grandparents since mid-1988. Morgan refused to speak to the Media or allow herself to be photographed with Hilary. She would not say How Long she expected to stay in Christchurch. Morgan a plastic surgeon from Washington d.c., has accused her sex husband Eric Foretich of sexually abusing Hilary. She was jailed for 25 months starting in 1987, for refusing to reveal Hilary a whereabouts. The girl and her grandparents came to live in new zealand 18 months ago after living on the run in Anu a and Europe. Foretich a dental surgeon saw his daughter last week for the first time in More than two years and Lias since returned to his Home in Falls Church a. He found Hilary in Christchurch three weeks ago the new zealand family court is to Rule on the custody Issue and has barred reporters from covering us proceedings. No Date has been announced for the hearing