European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes monday july 16,1990 news updates hungarian probe Budapest Hungary up a the chief prosecutors office has ordered a full scale investigation of former hungarian officials who May have supported the notorious Carlos in coif acting terrorist activities in the 1980s, the news Agency mt1 Slid. The office pinpointed at least four crimes committed by the venezuelan barn terrorist and his gang just before coming to Hungary and during their stay. The allegations about Carlos e is Illich Ramirez d last month during Liam enl in which a Istir revealed that previous regime co whose real a Sanchez surf a session of a government m members of the and possibly can the late i Tommu Nisi party Leader Janos Kadar a a were. Apparently involved in harbouring the terrorists chilean drapes 11 Santiago Chile up a the president of the chilean association of importers Ronald Bown. Has blamed the . Food and drug administration for the poisoning of to it grapes that led to a temporary a ten on Sale of the product in the i baited states. A the two Graffis definitively were injected with cyanide in the United states or to be in orc precise in the Laboratory of  food and drug  a Bown told journalists while interviewed in the hallway of the fit inc ministry. Bown said i has asked the ministry of agriculture to sue the United states Fqy $350 million in damages for Bai Ping the Sale of chilean grapes for 32 Days begin ing March 14, ll�9, after the two poisoned grapes were discovered. The ministry fats not yet com men cd on Bown complaint. Bown has Dedaj Jned to explain Why somebody ii the Fra would want to Poison Tki chilean grapes or what evidence Fae has to support his allegation. R new Rushdie books London apr two new books by Salman Rushdie will soon be published his first since a the satanic verses brought death threats from Iran his publisher has announced. Granta books in association with Penguin books said it had acquired world English language rights to Rushdie a novel a Haroun and the sea of stories and a imaginary homelands a a collection of essays. Quot Haroun and the sea of stories a written for Rushdie a adolescent son Quot is the Story of a storyteller w to loses the gift of the gab until the gift is restored by his son Quot said Bill Buford of Granta books. It will be published in Britain on sept. 27 and in the United Stales next year. Quot imaginary homelands a with 72 essays will be published in Britain next Spring Buford said. . Red Cross to of a a. A a. In Europe a until the very end by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart West Germany the american red Cross faced with the need to restructure itself in the event of . Troop withdrawals has resolved to maintain services As Long As americans in Europe need them. The organizations priorities will be to strengthen its Field units maintain round the clock emergency services and support selected programs a red Cross management team decided at a special meeting last week at its Stuttgart Headquarters. A was Long As we have depended we will have volunteers. When to a re All gone they re All gone. We rear of amp to going to do anything prematurely said George Georgakakos the snip regional manager at the american red Cross european Headquarters in St Etgart. As some stations close with the departure of  they serve other stations my grow larger said Virginia Holm a a Volunteer Deputy National a Quot Quot a chairwoman for Europe. To mired Cross already is experiencing that surf cof change As the United slates closes Helle Fukon a in get face. The red Cross station there weft close late this month. A Lockary hired assistant station manager work Al Toci the Island of Crete will real acc help Ikon station manager and Riff cover most 6f43teece. Other it of animation Al changes  occur it Tiff til after the military announce its re amp of reduction plans. Quot the red Cross depends primarily on the maintenance of Good military communication lines to do its Job in Europe properly Holmes said. The organization forwards about 118,000 messages annually through military centers. Georgakakos said that if some military installations Cut their communication Back to daytime service Only it will pose a hardship for red Cross clients faced with a death in the family or a similar emergency. Because of the difference Between . And european time zones three fourths of the message traffic from the United states originates after Normal. European business hours. Holmes said demand for red Cross services May be troops Start to up the withdrawal i lies temporarily also has alerted greater than Ever As out partly because 1 split up some Fame he european Branch .-based red Cross chapters that they should be available to help discharged service members adjust to civilian life. V a the Only thing we want to emphasize fib Tiiu Well be Here until the very end a Holmes said of the european operations. The american red Cross in Europe employs a Pkt staff of about 325 and enjoys the service Rof some 10,500 volunteers Holmes Saith. The european Branch Ida a $6 million operating budget for the Julic. 1990-june 991 fiscal year about the Safoe a during the budget year that just waded Georgakakos said. Red Cross donor skin the United states provided about 80 percent of the funds with the rest coming from combined Federal Campaign contributions. 1 hiker Lone Pine Calif. Apr lightning struck a hut crowded with 13 hikers at the Summit of mount Whitney on saturday killing a 26-year-old Man and injuring at least six others authorities said. The hikers had gathered inside the 12-foot by 12-foot Stone Cabin at the Summit of californians tallest Mountain during a thunderstorm when the Bolt hit said it. Jack Goodrich of the Inyo county sheriffs department. Five injured climbers were plucked from the 14,496-foot Peak by a . Forest service helicopter As darkness enveloped the Sierra Nevada. At least two injured men were left on the Mountain Goodrich said. A military helicopter was scheduled to resume Rescue efforts sunday the five were flown to Southern Inyo Hospital in Lone Pine where one of them was declared dead at 9 09 . The victims name was being withheld until relatives could be notified Goodrich said. Another Man was admitted to the Hospital and was listed in stable condition Early sunday said nurse Debbie Plemmons. Three others were treated and released. Army National guard officials planned to Fly a ch-47 Chinook cargo helicopter from Stockton to carry hikers off the Mountain said staff sgt. Phil Jordan a spokesman in Sacramento. Aside from injuries caused by the lightning strike other hikers were suffering from hypothermia and Altitude sickness Goodrich said. By Chance the Rescue Effort began within three hours of the 3 30 . Lightning strike after several hikers racing Down from the Summit for help met someone with a two Way radio Goodrich said. Even experienced mountaineers usually take two Days to hike the roughly 16 Miles to mount Whitney a Summit from the Trail head at the 9,000-foot Elevation near Lone Pine. The Peak is about 170 Miles North of los Angeles. But the hikers frantic radio Call for help was heard by a jetliner passing overhead which notified air traffic controllers at the los Angeles International Airport of the emergency. The controllers in turn notified Inyo county authorities Goodrich said. Many sympathetic to Bush a son new York. Apr half of americans think that Federal regulators Are unfairly focusing on the involvement of the president s son in the Silverado savings and loan Case according to a Magazine poll. Newsweek also reports in its july 23 Issue that 42 percent of those asked done to think its unfair for investigators to look into Neil Bush a business dealings. The Telephone poll conducted by the Gallup organization indicated that 70 percent of americans think Neil Bush a involvement is damaging his father president Bush. Despite that 72 percent of those surveyed said the presidents son should be Able to engage in any business including those that receive Federal loan guarantees or Deal with the government. A Large majority 81 percent think that the a amp a scandal should be an important Issue in the next presidential election although neither political party was clearly blamed for the scandal Newsweek said. A republicans were blamed for the scandal by 35 percent and 19 percent blamed the democrats while 16 percent said both political parties were to blame. Other findings in the poll were a 59 percent think the a amp a scandal is very serious. A 72 percent oppose a special income tax surcharge to pay for the a amp a bailout. Gallup polled 756 adults on thursday and Friday. The margin of error is 4 percentage Points. Patch Barracks commissary closing for repairs by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart West Germany a the Patch Barracks commissary will close for two months beginning july 25 to replace the boor of the 2-year-old store. A Small commissary Annex will operate in the posts former lass six store offering customers about 900 of the most commonly purchased items Stuttgart commissar District manager Sidney h. Powers said. The $7 million Patch commissary opened in May 1988, and the store s linoleum floor began to Bubble and Peel within Days of the opening. The troop support Agency will pay for the floor replacement Agency spokeswoman Denise Gomes said because contract specifications of what materials to use were flawed not the contractors work. The new floor will be made of Stone Tita floors also separated and peeled at the 17 Midion Hanau commissary completed in 1986, and at the $8.5 million Robinson Barracks commissary in Stuttgart which opened in May 1988, contractor error was the cause of the defects at both those stores Gomes said. The floor was replaced at the Hanau commissary in 1988 at the contractors expense she said. The Robinson Barracks problem stemmed from defects in the subfloor the moisture Barrier and the glue and rubber. The contractor paid the army about $80,000 in compensation. The troop support Agency has not yet decided whether to install a floor surface of Vinyl Acry Lic paint or Stone tile Powers said. A at this Point in time because of its size we done to anticipate closing it a Powers said of the Robinson Barracks commissary. He said the floor will probably be replaced in one store Section at a time. Since the flooring problems occurred Gomes said the army has contracted for installation of tile floors in All new commissaries including one scheduled to open aug. 7 in Erlanger