European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 news update the stars and stripes sunday july 29,1990 Driver blames brakes Gassaway , apr a truck Driver whose Rig careened into two cars at a construction site killing eight people blamed failed brakes for the fiery crash authorities said Friday a he Driver Manuel Cruzado jr., 25, Ofiu Falor n.y., was charged with six counts of negligent Hymi cide no further charges were planned until All the victims were identified. Cruzado who suffered minor bums told investigators his brakes failed death of Rocker Lafayette Calif. A investigators said it could be eral weeks before they know what killed Brent mydland the keyboard player for the popular coun band Sev Ter culture dead. Rock grateful mydland 37, was found dead thursday at his Home in the san Francisco suburb of Lafayette he had returned Home tuesday night from a three week National tour with the band. 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Baker and Southeast asian nations were at Odds saturday Over whether communist Khmer Rouge guerrillas should be included in a cambodian transitional government a if we Are serious about the objective of cambodian self determination we need. To urge the formation of a supreme National Council and the holding of  elections a Baker Saidt a that impetus can come from offering new diplomatic incentives and from showing no tolerance for the Khmer rouges dialogue of death a be said at the annual meeting of the association of Southeast asian nations or Asean the Khmer Rouge known for its brutal Rule of Cambodia from 197578, is militarily the strongest rebel group fighting an 1 1-year-old War against the vietnamese backed communist government in phenom penh. Two other rebel groups Are non communist. P Asean consists of Thailand. Malaysia Singapore Indonesia Brunei and in Donesia. The organization scheduled a series of meetings saturday in their annual dialogue with major trading part tiers a the United states Japan Australia Canada new zealand and the european Community. The association holds that a cambodian National Council would have to include a fall shades of political opinion a including the Khmer Rouge. Baker announced last week that the United states would withdraw recognition of the . Seat held by the three member cambodian resistance coalition because it includes the Khmer Rouge. The group blamed for hundreds of thousands of deaths when it ruled Cambodia now threatens a military comeback. Baker said Washington would open talks with Vietnam and possibly phenom penh itself to try to end the fighting. Asean wants the cambodian guerrilla coalition to form the Council which would occupy the . Seat at the next session of the general Assembly. The association expects former head of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk to a key role. His non communist Fol Owers in addition to anti communists under former Premier son Sann make up the weaker portion of the coalition. In other developments at the Asean meeting a Baker on Friday said the United states has done its share in helping indochinese refugees and that criticism of  Policy is unfair. A a senior state department official said the sultanate of Brunei has joined Singapore in offering american armed forces Access to its territory. Singapore and Washington Are negotiating an arrangement for increased use of the islands facilities by  Warships and planes. Quot Brunei is also prepared for an enhanced Security relationship a said the  Official who spoke on condition of anonymity. The Oil Rich sultanate on the North coast of Borneo is expanding its Navy with new patrol boats and buying its first fixed Wing combat aircraft a 16 British built Hawks Hilo 104 76 93 76 76 62 93 69 90 66 95 74 96 79 05 71 77 71 60 87 04 70 93 76 62 71 85 75 91 66 93 73 86 70 92 76 66 71 107 63 69 83 78 83 80 86 76 68 67 70 86 61 94 60 62 71 96 59 94 76 65 60 94 76 71 65 69 57 90 75 91 56 63 65 75 55 96 73 63 63 81 56 69 63 65. 74 66 71 100 73 97 77 85 72 97 70 67 63 65 70 Navy lieutenant Given 7 years for raping officer on ammo ship naval station Rota Spain apr a court martial saturday sentenced a Navy lieutenant to seven years in prison for raping an officer in her room aboard an ammunition ship. The military judge Navy capt. Thomas a. Lawrence also ruled that it. . Robin e. Brown of Rawlins wyo., should be discharged and have his monthly pay Cut until dismissal to $366 from the current $2,666. Brown showed no emotion As the judge read the sentence. On Friday Lawrence found Brown 27, guilty of one count of rape under the military code of Justice. Defense lawyers on wednesday requested that the Case be heard by a military judge instead of the jury of five men and a woman that had been Impan eled a Day earlier. The lawyers said All of the jurors had higher rank than Brown and were biased about possible strategies for his defense. Navy officials said Brown was expected to spend some time in the Brig at the joint .-Spanish naval station in this Southern port before serving out his term at an undisclosed military prison in the United states. Brown had faced a maximum sentence of life in prison dismissal from the military and loss of All pay and benefits. Defense lawyers said they planned to Appeal the conviction and sentence. The rape occurred april 4 aboard the ammunition ship Suribachi at Cartagena Spain after a group of officers had gone drinking in the Southeastern port. Navy officials at Rota said cases of shipboard rape Are extremely rare. The Case also has drawn attention because complaints of sexual harassment and discrimination in the Navy have increased in recent years As the number of women enlistees has grown dramatically. Quot unlike most rape cases the evidence in this Case is patently Clear a Lawrence said during sentencing. The judge also said that a the victim was an entirely innocent person and that the offence had a a significant psychological and emotional Impact on her and her family. He said he Hopes the sentence serves to express the a moral outrage and indignation of the naval Community that such a sexual attack could take place against a female officer. Berlin disco bombing suspect arrested Berlin up a a 32-Vear-Olri wino. Berlin up a a 32-year-old lebanese Man wanted in connection with the 1986 bombing of a West Berlin discotheque that killed three people including two  Servicemen has been arrested at his apartment City government officials say. A spokesman said in West Berlin on Friday that Ali Mansur now a West German citizen was arrested wednesday during a police search of his apartment in connection with the april 1986 attack on the la Belle discotheque which was frequented by americans. Arrest warrants were issued july 19 for Mansur and five other arabs charging them with murder and Organ izing the attack in which 204 people were injured the spokesman for the City government said. He said a search of five West Berlin apartments and a prison cell uncovered evidence written in arabic implicating the suspects. Authorities would not say How Mansur became a citizen or account for his whereabouts following the la Belle bombing noting that an investigation into Mansur and the others is continuing. In 1986, former president Reagan ordered the bombing of Libya shortly after the la Belle attack alleging the involvement of libyan officials. The West Berlin spokesman said that investigators had asked East German for files from the now disbanded Mir is try for state Security known As the Stasi but had not yet received them. A ruler High ranking Stasi offi ii told West Berlin police that Mansu was ordered to coordinate extremes activities from the libyan embassy i East Berlin which led to the arrest. Erich Mielke the former head of the Stasi was arrested thursday in eat Berlin on charges that he aided a Varic to of extremists wanted for violent Al tacks in Western Europe East German state prosecute Ginter Seidel said he investigate whether Mielke and other senior eat German communist officials knew i Advance of the la Belle bombing army colonel Dies in por Chute jump fort Bragg , fall a an no to Chi a t a fort Bragg , apr an army officer plunged to his death during a Parachute training exercise the second such fatality at fori Bragg this year authorities said Friday. Col Richard j. Malvesti died of injuries received in a Parachute jump at fort Braggs Holland drop zone about 10 . Thursday an army spokesman said. The 44-year-old colonel was the director of operations for the 1st special operations come at fort Bragg maj. Doug Foster said. Mah Esti was a native of Quincy mass. He was commissioned into the army in 1967 and had been assigned fort Bragg since 1980. Military authorities declined to Rele More details about the Accident Pendi an investigation. The last Parachute fatality at i Bragg was in january also during a Trai ing exercise officials said