European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday August 3,1990 news updates Ceausescu plea Bucharest up1 a Nicu Caus Csc the youngest son of the former dictator is dying of liver disease in a prison cell and wants desperately to a Cpd his last Days As a free Man his la a scr said in an interview. Defense attorney Paula Jacob also revealed Ceausescu had a falling out with his fat per in the last years of his Rule and tried to persuade him to soft ii his hard line policies. A the dots no a want to die As a criminal a Jacob said. A the just thinks about spending his last Days in to obscurity getting married and maybe going into  Caus Csc 39, a reputed Playboy and Gambur is being tried on genocide charge stemming from his alleged order to troops to fire on demonstrators in the transylvanian City of Sabiu where he was communist party boss., before g monthlong recess was declared in the trial july 20, Jacob appealed the Floc Mcm bar military tribunal to release Caus Csc saying her client is seriously ill and May not like to hear the verdict. Pipeline Case Moscow apr. Seven offi cats have been charged in the june 1989 pipeline explosion that blew apart two trans siberian Railroad trains and killed s7s people soviet Media reported. The officials who held various managing gosts at the time of the Accident were charged after the Moscow prosecutors office completed its investigation the newspaper inv Csia reported. No details of the charges were Given. The Accident occurred june 3, 1989, after a liquefied Gas pipeline exploded of tween the Central asian City of Ufa and the town of Asha 750 Miles Southeast of Moscow. Investigators concluded that the pipeline was built in Gross violation of official standards the newspaper said. A Section of the pipeline had been damaged by an excavator in 1985, but  said. The pipeline was buried and then leaked and it spark from an overhead electric line caused the explosion. \ it a earthquake victims , Philippines apr miners recover cd nine bodies wednesday from the ruins of a luxury hotel and doctors said at least one of them apparently lived for a week alter a massive earthquake destroyed the building july 16. More than 45 people including 30 guests remain unaccounted for in the rubble of the Hyatt terraces hotel said Gus Balov a hotel official. The . Embassy said 12 of those missing at the Hyatt arc americans of filipino origin. Also wednesday president  Aquino visited Nueva Vizcaya one of t in provinces hardest hit by the quake which measured 7.7 on the Richter scale. S. Pacific nations oppose plan port Vila Vanuatu apr South Pacific nations wednesday criticized a. . Plan to bum chemical weapons on a Remote Pacific atoll and said they would not allow the Region to become a the toxic waste disposal Center of the  the communique issued by the 15-nation South Pacific forum at the end of a two Day meeting stopped Short of condemning the United states. The chemical weapons which were stockpiled in West Germany and elsewhere arc to be do stayed at an incinerator now beings tested on the Johnson atoll. The United states has agreed to move its entire stockpile of chemical weapons out of West Germany by the end of the1 year. Also to be destroyed Aret,26o tons of weapons. Already Ott Johnston atoll which arc so badly corroded by sea air they cannot Fie moved. In addition a  of about j00 . Mus Tard Gas rounds dating from world War to recently was found in the Solomon islands. Despite assurances from the Bush administration the Pacific leaders said they Quot remained concerned by the substantial potential risks to the environment of the incineration of the chemical weapons. Prime minister Bob Hawke of austra Lia argued in favor of the plan saying scientific evidence indicated the incineration was Safe. He said the project was in the interests of worldwide disarmament. F the communique called for the incinerator to Stop operating when the current project is completed. The Pacific leaders whose governments represent about 25 million people Wilt discuss the Issue Friday with a . Delegation. Also on hand far discussions will be representatives of Canada China Britain Japan and France. On a related matter Many Pacific leaders also strongly object to French nuclear testing in polynesia. Baltimore apr Federal authorities arc investigating corruption and bribery at the . Naval Academy where a contractor has admitted handing out More than $20,000 in illegal gratuities. Carroll r. Dunton pleaded guilty in . District court on tuesday to charges that he gave bribes and illegal gratuities to a Navy Public works officer and an Annapolis housing authority official. Dunton 65, is a general contractor in Annapolis where the naval Academy is located. He admitted giving $20,307 Worth of gratuities including Cash and household appliances to James Weston who was the naval Academy a Public works officer from july 1985 until his retirement in october 1989. In return Dunton allegedly received $3.7 million in Navy contracts. Weston reached by Telephone at his Home in Nevada declined to comment on the allegation. He has not been charged. Dunton also pleaded guilty Toon count of a giving $13,351 Worth of plumbing work to Arthur Strissel jr., who was the executive i Recto Roythe Annapolis housing authority. In return for the bribe to Strissel Weston awarded Dunton a company a $559,330 contract to install Gas meters at Annapolis housing projects according to assistant . Attorney Jane f. Barret. Dunton made a profit of $249,568 on the contract which was financed with . Department of housing and Urban development funds prosecutors said. Strissel is serving a 10-year prison term on unrelated racketeering and crib cry convictions. Academy spokesman Noel Milan confirmed that the Fri and naval investigative services began an investigation in March 1989 into procurement irregularities during Weston s tenure at the Academy. Quot the Academy is cooperating fully in the probe a Milan said. Dunton the owner of Dunton contracting inc., faces a maximum sentence of 12 years in prison and $500,000 in fines if found guilty. Sentencing was set for oct. 26. Malaysian officials testify american on trial mailed marijuana to himself Kuala Bumpur Malaysia apr malaysian officials testified wednesday that an american Man a the first to stand trial under this nations strict drug Law a apparently mailed himself a package containing marijuana. Malaysian Law carries a mandatory death sentence for those convicted of drug trafficking. Kerry Lane Wiley 38, of Sacramento calif., is being tried on charges he had 16,85 ounces of marijuana i Liis Possession in november. Under the Law prosecutors done to need to prove a Sale occurred to win a trafficking conviction the Mere Possession of 3.5 ounces or More of marijuana or half an ounce of heroin is deemed to constitute trafficking. Malaysian officials testified that the marijuana was in a package that Wiley apparently mailed to himself from Bangkok Thaila land. Zainard Daud a customs officer attached to the malaysian postal service told the court that authorities became suspicious when they noticed that the sender and the recipient of the package were the same person. They opened and inspected it she said and found the marijuana. Wiley was arrested after signing for the package when it was delivered to him officials said. # customs officials said Wiley a lecturer in computers at a College in Hawaii entered Malaysia from Bangkok and was staying at a friends House. Since 1975, when parliament allowed the death penalty for drug trafficking 340 people have been sentenced to death. Of these 112 have been hanged including about 30 foreigners. Wiley is the first american charged under the Tough Laws. At wednesdays proceedings judge Shaik Daud Ismail granted defense counsel Mohamad Shafee Abdullah s request that Wiley a trial be conducted in English. Malaysia recently made the native malay language the official language of the court system replacing English. Malaysia is a former Antish Colony that won Independence in 1957. The court agreed to dispense with the new policy since it said Wiley would not be Able to understand the trial. The trial is scheduled to run until aug. 11, then resume again aug. 20. Those charged with drug trafficking do not qualify for bail and Wiley has been confined to Kuala Lump re Spud . To scrap sub that Sank Argentine Cruiser London apr the British submarine conqueror. Which Sank the Argentine Cruiser general Belgrano in the falklands War is to be scrapped As part of cuts in military spending the ministry of defense said tuesday. A the 19qcar-old nuclear powered submarine is one of nine vessels to be broken up or sold. The others Are the frigate Phoebe two diesel powered submarines mine Hunters patrol Craft and the diving ship challenger the ministry1 said. The defense ministry said cuts also will affect the army the Royal air Force and research and recruitment for All the armed scr ices. The details of reductions released tuesday amplify an announcement on july 25 by defense Secretary Tom King of cuts totalling 600 million pounds $1.1 billion. The ministry said the conqueror would be scrapped because it was due for a refit costing More than 20 million pounds $37 million. The Devonport dockyard adjoining the Plymouth naval base in Southwest England said it will have to fire hundreds of workers because of cancellation of the refurbishing. The conqueror will be towed to Devonport for decommissioning. For the past seven months it has been moored at Aslane on the Clyde River near Glasgow while checks Are made on the reactors of All British nuclear submarines. A crack in the water Cooling circuit of one of them the Warspite was announced in january. The Argentine Navy lost 368 of More than 1, men on Board its Only Cruiser when the conqueror fired two conventional torpedoes at the warship or May 2, 1982. The loss of life was the worst single disaster to either Side in the 74-Day War. The sinking kept the Argentine Navy in port for Trie rest of the conflict which ended with a British task Torce regaining the islands from Argentine occupation