European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday May 30, 1990ceausescu son gave order when drunk officer says Sabiu Romania a Nicu Ceausescu was drunk when he ordered local army and police units to shoot at demonstrators rising against his dictator father the former military commander of Sabiu Garrison testified monday. The alleged shooting order was not heeded and under Cross examination col. Aurel Dragomir acknowledged i would have been ignored even if repeated. An order Given by local party organs must be re ported through Levels to our superiors the defense ministry in Bucharest and is carried out Only after their approval he said adding such approval was never received. Ceausescu 39, former communist party Secretary of Sabiu is charged with genocide for his purported part in efforts to suppress the popular revolt that ended Nicolae Caus Csc s 24-year hold on Power. He pleaded not guilty. Dragomir repeated charges contained in the indict ment read at the trial s opening saturday that Nicu Ceausescu demanded institution of a state of War in Romania and ordered the shooting of demonstrators without  former Interior minister Tudor Postelnicu testified he received no word of such a command and said a regional party Secretary such As Ceausescu was not entitled to order Security forces in his area to fire on protesters. Such an order should by obligation be reported on a Central level to the Interior ministry but i received no information that Nicu ordered shooting or no shooting Postelnicu testified. Postelnicu was sentenced to life imprisonment for backing the elder Ceausescu s order to fire on demonstrators. He was brought from Aud prison wearing striped prison garb but not handcuffed. The charges were based on stenographers notes of Telephone conference Call dec. 17 Between Nicu Ceausescu and local officials. Dragomir 40, said he took part in the conference Call and quoted Nicu Ceausescu As saying we Are in a state of War and not of Emer gency. We shoot without  he told a five Man military panel headed by maj. Doru Ursu that Nicu Ceausescu telephoned him the evening of dec. 17 to make sure the army was pre pared to Start shooting. Have you introduced cartridges in the barrels Dragomir quoted the younger Ceausescu As asking. The colonel said he replied no and was told you must introduce cartridges in the barrels and shoot because this is a  according to the indictment 89 people were killed in Sabiu 150 Miles Northwest of Bucharest. Soldiers who sided with the demonstrators battled Nicolae Ceausescu s die hard Security troops. Dragomir said Nicu Ceausescu was slightly intoxicated when he gave the shooting order  Ceausescu 17, and never repeated it in the following Days. The first bloody clashes in Sibi occurred dec. 21, and lasted about a week he said. Camil Stroe a veterinary surgeon and former director of the police dog training school said Nicu Ceausescu took part in a pheasant Hunting party that Day where he and his entourage drank wine and Plum Brandy. After the return to Sabiu Nicu went straight to the conference Call Stroe told the court. Dragomir said Nicu was under the influence of alcohol and he spoke with some difficulty but rather  the revolution began in Timisoara dec. 17 and spread to other transylvanian cities including Sabiu and to Bucharest. Communist dictator Ceausescu was captured on dec. 22 and was executed on Christmas Day. At least 20 former officials in Sabiu have been sentenced to up to 20 years in prison on charges arising from the revolution. Roman an strike strands Danube ships Bucharest Romania a a we Klong strike by More than 10,000 shipping and Harbor workers left romanian and foreign ships stranded on the lower Danube River tuesday. There was Little Prospect of a settlement the state news Agency rompers reported. The shipping Union and the department of shipping transport said monday night that attempts to Start a dialogue Between the workers and representatives of the shipping company Nav rom had failed. The department s administrative Council said in a com Munique issued by rompers late monday that it consid ered the strike unjustified and launched  it said the government agreed to three of 16 de mands presented by the shipping Union on april 25, a 25 percent salary increase for night shifts allowances in hard currency and food allocations for the merchant Marine. The 13 others will be put to the new romanian parliament including paid overtime and retirement stage 52 for men and age 50 for women it said. On May 23, the Union issued 22 other demands and at the same time declared a strike the communique said. It said some demands could not be considered be cause they were unjustified including a 50 percent salary hike and retroactive payment of night shifts forthe last three years. Nav rom which had a Good profit in 1989, is now on the verge of failure having lost 212 million leis $10.6 million in the first four months of 1990, the communique said. The department said the strike has caused grave economic problems for the Galati and Calabrasi steel factories and it called for the establishment of a com Mission to investigate the financial losses and deter mine who was responsible. French cops need no guns official says Paris a evoking the image of l9ndon s Bob Bies the French Interior minister has said that most French policemen Don t need to carry guns. Police unions arc aghast saying that French Crooks Don t pos sess the English sense of fair play. Why not demand the disarmament of the whole planet asked Bernard Del place Leader of the largest police Union at a news conference tuesday. In our latin countries the criminals arc better armed than the police he added. Interior minister Pierre Joe ignited the controversy monday with a spontaneous comment during a Dis Cussion about proposed legislation affecting France s10,000 municipal policemen. Joe said he not Only agreed with a proposal to disarm these officers but also believed that a vast majority of the 120,000 members of the National police Force had no need to carry arms. To Back his argument Joe cited the example of London whore Only 2,552 of the 26,800 police officers Are authorized to carry guns. All major police unions responded to the comment with Surprise and alarm. When the Crooks have Learned English fair play then maybe Well see said a spokesman for a Union of detectives. Crime in t going to decrease and we must t disarm the  Roger Chaix former director of the National Intelli gence service rejected Joe s comparison with Lon Don. Crime does t have the same characteristics i Britain As in France where unfortunately there is extremely violent crime he told the newspaper be Figaro. The French gangsters Are armed and Don t Hesi Tant to fire on the police. The London Bobby is respected his Mission is accepted. One can t say that about the police of Paris Lyon or  according to Union estimates weapons Are carried by most of the 80,000 uniformed officers in the nation Al police Force and 95 percent of them would oppose disarmament. We cannot subscribe to Joe s proposal said the Union representing police chiefs and senior officers. When one sees the criminality that confronts the police this is not a response. The French police Are More capable than they were in the  Joe acknowledged monday that his suggestion might face opposition. People Are very sensitive to this problem of arms " he said. Habits Are difficult to change. But i will never miss a Chance to express my  world today new North sea Oil Field looks promising firm says Brussels Belgium a belgian Oil company Petrosina said monday that a prom Ising new Oil Field in the North sea will be devel oped. The company said the International Oil group in which it holds a 34.26 percent interest has successfully completed an appraisal program of the Ann Gas Field in the British sector of the North sea. The last appraisal Well yielded a maximum flow of 31.5 million cubic feet of natural Gas a Day Petrosina said. It is expected that this Field will be developed As a satellite of another Field it added. American Phillips Petroleum corp., which holds a 35-percent stake in the group of Compa Nies is the operator for the Field. Scots americans Honor War dead in Edinburgh Edinburgh Scotland up scottish and american officials remembered the Ameri can War dead during a Short service at the Amer ican War memorial in Edinburgh on monday. Flanked by a crowd of scots and tourists Edinburgh mayor Eleanor Mclaughlin and american Consul general Donald k. Hold joined military leaders to Lay wreaths at the foot of the statue of a kilted Soldier titled  the sound of taps rang out Over the memorial in the famous princes Street gardens below Edinburgh s historic Castle. Romanian airline plans Friday flights to Chicago Bucharest Romania a Tarot the romanian National airline will starting flying from Bucharest to Chicago on Friday the National news Agency rompers reported monday. The flight will operate every Friday with a Stopover in Vienna the Agency said. Chicago will become Tarot s 40th International route and the airline s second to the United states it said. Tarot now flies to new York. 1 1 chinese train robbers reportedly put to death Beijing a eleven train robbers have reportedly been put to death As China continued an anti crime Campaign that has led to dozens of executions in recent weeks. The official Legal daily said monday that a court in Central China s Henan exercised the Iron fist of the Law in sentencing the 11 to death. It said the executions usually by a Bullet 19 the Back of the head were immediately car ried out after the sentencing saturday. The court also sentenced another eight train robbers to death with a two year suspension the workers daily said sunday. Such sentences can be commuted to prison terms if the condemned men behave Well in prison. Man barred from flight takes revenge on plane Lulea Sweden up a Young Drunken swede who was refused air passage took revenge on one of the airline s aircraft causing 50 Mil lion Kroner $8.5 million of damage police said. B the Man in his Early 20s, climbed into the empty swede air plane at Lulea Airport North of Stockholm and pulled in the Landing gear. The plane which had been due to take off an hour later belly flopped to the ground Damag ing the undercarriage police said. Lulea police found the Man unhurt in tieback of the collapsed plane. We have him in custody but he s too drunk to be questioned said Ulf sop Lulea police inspector. We Don t know How he managed to get into the plane but the damage he caused was extensive he said