European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday August 1,1990news update hostage Case London apr a magistrates court on monday remanded into custody for one week a Man who police say held 100 people hostage in a London nightclub for 11 hours sunday. Hani Elrayes 30, a London importer and exporter appeared before the Bow Street magistrates court on two charges of false imprisonment possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life perpetrating a bomb hoax and making death threats. There was no application for bail and Elrayes is scheduled to appear in court again on aug 6. The charges were translated into arabic for Elrayes who was identified As syrian born by the Domestic news Agency. Press association. Police said negotiators pursue add Elrayes to give up his last six hos tags at the Tokyo Joe nightclub in London a Mayfair District. He surrendered sunday at 12 10 floods Dhaka Bangladesh apr fourteen people drowned in flood Waters sunday raising the death toll to 65 in a month of flooding that has also left 2 million Lime less officials said monday. A nine of the weekend casualties were children Relief officials said. The officials speaking on condition of anonymity said 25 of Bangladesh a 64 districts have been inundated by Monsoon Rains and overflowing Rivers. Floods also have destroyed crops in this agricultural nation where most people live below the poverty line. The nine children died in the Northwestern Sira Jeanj and Bogra districts where flooding has been worst the officials said. Five other deaths were reported in team arrives to inspect missile unit Wosch Heim air station West Germany a a team of soviet inspectors arrived at the base tuesday to conduct a Short notice inspection of the 38th tac missile Wing under provisions of the in Lerm Diate Range nuclear forces Accord. The i Aschheim unit is the . Air forces Only remaining activated ground launched cruise missile Wing in Central Europe. Thriving was last visited by the soviets in december. A the inf treaty permits up to 20 such inspections a year to verify compliance. The United state and soviet Union have agreed to eliminate All ground launched ballistic and cruise missiles with a Range of 300 to 3,400 Miles by june 1991. Berlin brigade Soldier killed during training Berlin a a Berlin brigade Soldier was killed monday in a night live fire training exercise at the will Teeken training area the . Come in Berlin said tuesday. The incident occurred during a platoon ambush exercise capt. Pete Pierce said. Sources at will Teeken said the exercise was on an m-16 infantry Man Euver Range. The Soldier from the Mil in 502nd inf regt died in route to the Fulda a try Hospital according to Pierce. The soldiers name was being withheld until his Fum it has been notified. The 7lh training t enter is investigating the Accident. No other information w As a \ mailable. Close its runways by Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramsten a West Germany a runways at Ramstein a will be closed whenever truck convoys moving . Chemical weapons from Clausen depot come near the base. The new no Fly safety area extends about 4 i Miles from the Center of the moving convoys which can stretch out Over More than four Miles while under Way. All flights to and from Ramstein a will be suspended when the by so is part of that zone officials said. The restrictions which will remain in effect until the convoys end in september follow an incident in which two . It 6 fighters from Ramstein flew near the first Convoy last thursday. Under the new restrictions the aircraft would not have been allowed to take off from the base while the Convoy was in the area. In addition to the new restrictions a previous ban exists on All civilian and military flights near the Clausen and Miessau depots. It places no flying limits for a radius of nearly five Miles and an Altitude of 6,600 feet Over Clausen and 3,960 feet Over Mic Sau. There Are additional flight restrictions for aircraft that Fly in a five sided area that covers the two depots and the territory Between them. Those restrictions require aircraft to keep in touch with the Ramstein flight Tower. Truck convoys Are being used to move the 100,000 nerve agent shells from Clamp Usan to Miessau. From there the shells will be loaded on trains and taken to the North sea port of no Denham. They will then be stowed on Navy ships for the voyage to Johnston atoll where they will be destroyed. The atoll owned by the department of Energy h located about 700 Miles Southwest of Hawaii. The first four convoys have used a route from Clausen through do sieders to autobahn 62, and then West on autobahn 6 to Miessau. Tuesdays Convoy the fourth of 30, look the chemicals close to Ramstein a briefly halting flight . The Convoy pulled into the Miessau depot at 10 17 a.m., according to an spokesman. The trip which went without incident look two hours and 18 port Vila Vanuatu apr australian prime minister Bob Hawke on tuesday said he will withdraw his support for . Plans to bum chemical weapons on Remote Johnston atoll if the incinerator is deemed unsafe. Although Australia supports the plan a i would say there Are question Marks. Being raised by a significant number of our colleges Quot Hawke told reporters on the opening Day of the two Day South Pacific forum. Only Australia and new zealand among the 15 nations attending the annual conference have supported publicly the chemical disposal. Most leaders on the Pacific Island have refused to comment until the proposal is discussed today. A before the forum some Pacific states including Kiribati and the Marshall islands attacked the scheme As a potential environmental threat. Hawke had said he would present to the forum an australian study approving the environmental safeguards. However on tuesday he said he would review his stand if the Plant did not meet safety standards or violated commitments to destroy Only weapons now on the atoll those now on their Way from West Ger Many and any others in the Pacific. A the question of Safe destruction singular importance a Hawke said. He said he would recommend a South Pacific forum scientific Mission to the tiny atoll if questions about safety emerged. The Johnston atoll Plant now undergoing testing is the first of nine planned to incinerate 90 percent of the . Stockpile by 1997. A Large . Delegation headed by Marilyn Meyers the Deputy assistant Secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific is in port Vila for the forum. The group will meet with forum leaders on thursday. W a Long fighting after failed attack Romm incr f a a _ a it _ ten n Una i _ i _. Bonn West Germany apr a letter bearing the name of West Germany s most notorious terrorist gang on tuesday promised More attacks following last weeks failed assassination attempt in Bonn. The letter a delivered to news Agen Wieson Bonn and Frankfurt a said last fridays attack on top Interior ministry official Hans Neusel was meant As the a Start of a Long fighting phase against the newly Arisen greater German West european world at the Bottom of the five Page letter written in German was the name a red it was dated july 29. T the gang s Symbol a a Star superimposed by an assault Rifle a was missing. The group has often used the Symbol on Neusel walked away with minor cult previous written claims of responsibility after a bomb rocked his luxury Sedan at however the Federal prosecutors of he was driving to work last Friday flee in Karlsruhe said the letter appeared. The most recent letter said the boat to be authentic. Spokesman Hans i Irgon was meant to a accomplish his cd Stair Forster noted that a similar letter was death a but a we calculated the amount o sent to news agencies several Days after explosives too Low a the assassination of Deutsche Bank pre the new letter also denounced Thi silent Allred her Hausen who died in a process of German Unity As imperialistic Matsoi Neuse 8 Smilar 10 a the bad West Germany and the. A. ,.whole West european Block has Beer i Terrons. A up had already made into an unrestricted supremacy a claimed responsibility for the attempt on the Swift development of the past month Ite m a pc it a j a a a a a a Neusele a life in a previous letter left at the attack scene. That letter was signed by a commando group adopting the name of a Spanish terrorist who died in May of a hunger strike while in prison. And the annexation of the Der was Germany a said the letter. The letter also vowed support for leftist terrorists in Spain and called for the new building of a Strong revolutionary movement Quot across Western Europe. Navy May have found jets cargo door Honolulu apr Navy searchers using a Remote controlled deep sea submarine said they found what could be the cargo door that Tore of a United airlines Jet hurling nine people to their death Over the Pacific. A metallic object that could be the 10-by-10-foot door was found wedged in the Ocean floor monday in 15,000 feel of water 90 Miles South of Honolulu near where the Boeing 747 ripped open last it ear. Said it. Cmdr. Bob Anderson. $. 1 he stiffs Quot sonar located the debris hut searchers were unable to get a picture with the sub s video camera to help confirm whether the debris is trom flight 811, he aboard a 224-foot Navy tug recorded the location and were to $ return to Honolulu on tuesday Anderson said. A the Navy will report the find to the National transportation safety Board which will decide whether to try a it recover the debris he said. The jumbo Jet carried 355 passengers when it left Honolulu for new zealand on feb. 24, 1989. Shortly alter take Oti a Careo door opened at 22,000 Leet tear inn a Way a Section of fuselage. Nine people were swept to their deaths and five others uttered serious injuries. The Crew managed to return the Jet to Honolulu. The Nosb inquiry determined that faulty design of the Locking mechanism probably caused a cockpit Light to falsely indicate the door was locked. It blamed United Boeing co. And the Federal aviation administration for failing to Correct problems with the door. The Nosb asked the Navy to find the door in Hopes an examination of it would Lead to better plane safety. The search began wednesday. The Orion submarine searched 24 Square Miles of the Ocean floor
