European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 w. The stars and stripes tuesday August 7,1990 . Woman a ease by Ron Jensen staff writer the Zircon party and other organizations in West Germany Are attempting to win the release of an american Soldier convicted last year of adultery and other crimes. A letter signed by 20 bundestag parliamentarians and More than 30 parliamentary assistants was mailed in May to american officials. The letter says the army a treatment of pvt. I do Drc s. Ellis was a reminiscent of the dark Ages of Witch Hunts Scarlet letters and religious fundamentalist  it also questions the Wisdom of considering adultery a crime. Ellis was taken in chains through an Airport when she was being brought to West Germany from the United states. During the flight she attacked her guards and injured other passengers. The letter was sent to Gen. Crosbie Saint usar euros commander Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii . Rep. Patricia Schroeder a Colo. Secretary of the army Michael Stone Vernon wallers the . Ambassador to West Germany and Marilyn Elrod a staff member with the House armed services committee. Also seeking the release of Ellis is Kofira an organization of afro German women. This group is circulating petitions throughout West Germany asking for Ellis release. At a court martial in december 1989, Ellis pleaded guilty to five charges adultery being absent without leave endangering an aircraft while in flight falsifying a document and forgery. She was sentenced to 10 ears confinement but a pretrial agreement limited or jail time to 20 months. The German organizations Are asking that Ellis be i released from confinement and that All charges be dropped. They also ask that she be Given an honorable discharge a in a1 response to the greens letter col. Thomas m. Coca he of the judge advocate general a office in West Germany explained that a Case is rarely tried if adultery is the sole charge. Ellis pleaded guilty to other serious charges Crean said. Her Case is in the hands of the . Army court of military review where she will also receive clemency consideration. George Pumphrey a former . Soldier who is now an aide to a Green parliamentarian in the bundestag said the greens plan further written appeals for Ellis release and said he does not believe she has been fairly tried. A a she pleaded guilty because she was under arrest and she risked a greater sentence Quot he  updates cult murders Painesville Ohio apr a religious cult member who sat in on meetings where the ritual murder of a family of five was discussed has pleaded guilty to conspiracy  it aggravated murder. Susan Luft 31, told common Picas court judge James Jackson that she should have told authorities about cult Leader Jeffrey Lundgr Cne a plan to kill Dennis and Cheryl Avery and their three daughters. Luff was among 13 members arrested in january for the 1989 murders. The bodies of the victims were buried under a Bam at a farm in Kirtland about 30 Miles from Cleveland where the cult Mcm bars lived commune style. Jeffrey Lundgren 40, who prosecutors allege shot the averys could get the death penalty if convicted at his trial set for aug. 13. No sentencing Date was set on the five counts against Luft who could face life in prison. I Alice Lundgren 39, the cult leaders wife has been convicted on five counts each of complicity and conspiracy to commit aggravated murder and five counts of kidnapping. She faces life in  buys pal fort Mill . Up a a Federal bankruptcy judge has signed an order Selling Jim Bak Kerbs scandal scarred pal ministry to California evangelist Morris cd Rullo for $52 million. The signature of . Bankrupt by judge Thurmond Bishop was All that was needed to finalize the Sale a that and the $45 million Cerullo must come up with in the next 90 jays. He already has $7 million in an escrow account to be used toward the total Purchase Price of $52 million. "1 am both extremely Happy and gratified to see this transaction completed Quot Cerullo said. Quot it has been a Long and arduous process for All concerned but certainly Worth the  Bakker 50, could not immediately be reached for comment. He is serving a 45-year prison term at the Federal medical Center in Rochester Minn. Some Samaros firebirds have faulty safety belts Heidelberg West Germany a safety Belt buckles on 1984-90 models of Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac firebird automobiles base been found defective the Usa eur safety office said. Exposure to the Sun can cause the plastic push buttons on the Bells to malfunction. The detective belts should be replaced prompt. S. African talks expected to result in Anc cease fire announcement Johannesburg South Africa apr the african National Congress was expected to announce monday a cease fire against the White minority government after the two sides meet for talks according to reports sunday. All leading newspapers carried reports from Anc and government sources that the two sides expected a breakthrough monday at a meeting to try to Clear the Way for full scale constitutional talks on ending White minority Rule. The sunday Star said the Anc May even announce the end of its 30-year armed struggle against the government if All its demands Are realised at the talks in Pretoria. An agreement would Clear the Way for full talks probably Early next year according to political sources. President . De Klerk and Anc Leader Nelson Mandela were to head the two five Man delegations during the one Day Summit. The talks monday were the second formal round of talks following an initial meeting in May. Senior Anc official Afred no who took part in the talks said the Black opposition group was optimistic about a cease fire. A i should foresee no difficulties especially As i say if the Issue of the removal of obstacles has been finally arrived at and concluded a he said in a radio interview. The news reports said the two sides expected to reach agreement on releasing political prisoners and allowing return of political exiles to South Africa. The government is also expected to meet Anc demands for a review of Security Laws that have been used to suppress political activity. A the government would like to see immediate Progress on the negotiations. Laity Day Star quoted an unidentified Golem but negotiations cannot there is no climate of Stabilit e place if the Sun ment official As saying. The sunday times reported that up to 1,300 political prisoners could be released and some 22,000 political exiles could be returned to South Africa. A special committee was to consider disputed cases of people the Anc says Are political prisoners but the government claims Are criminals it said the release of political prisoners and return of exiles have been major Stiim bling blocks to Clearing the Way for full scale talks. The Anc has said it will not take part in full talks until these issues Are resolved. Do Klerk has countered by demanding that the Anc formally end its armed struggle which has virtually. Collapsed anyway. But Mandela has refused to formally renounce the armed struggle despite intense pressure. He has said the government must make equal concessions before the Anc declares a cease fire. The two sides Are also Likely to step up efforts to end the growing wave of violence mainly Between rival Black groups. De Klerk who has promised to end White minority Rule legalized the Anc and other Black opposition groups and freed Mandela in february. The government has already begun dismantling apartheid Laws although substantial restrictions remain. Honduran troops roust 4,000 striker Tegucigalpa Honduras apr hundreds of army troops on saturday evicted about 4,000 striking workers who occupied the .-owned Chiquita banana packing Plant for 41 Days in a Northern town. Clashes were reported. At least two workers were wounded by gunfire and two others were beaten when a the army evicted workers from the installations in la Lima 180 Miles North of Tegucigalpa said Union spokesman Alejandro Maldonado. A military intelligence source said at least two workers and one unidentified person were wounded. The circumstances of the clashes were not immediately known. The 600 troops also occupied la Lima and the government announced that the Chiquita Brand could hire new employees and resume production. Cincinnati based Chiquita Brand produces and exports 60 percent of Honduras bananas the country a main Export. Earlier saturday the company rejected a proposed 30 percent pay increase for the workers who began their strike june 25. About 4,000 of the 10,000 striking workers had peacefully occupied Chiquita offices workshops and packing and cleaning installations during the strike. The other 6,000 had remained behind closed Gates in about 80 Camps where they live around the installations. Troops did not enter the Camps. A la Lima has been occupied by the armed forces Quot the military source said. A the situation in la Lima is tense but there has been no armed response from the  he said troops had removed the strikers and remained in the main installations. On sunday he said a military operation would begin a in All the banana Camps to definitely re establish order in that  about 300 soldiers arrived in ticks and quickly occupied the installations. They were reinforced by 300 More soldiers and police the source said. Labor minister Rodolfo Rosales Abel la speaking on National radio and television said president Rafael Leonardo Callejas and his Cabinet decided to end the strike. The strike a constituted a threat to the social and economic stability of the country a he said. Fires scorch wide areas of Italy leghorn Italy apr Forest fires fed by wind and months of drought burned tens of thousands of acres from North to South sunday disrupted train and Highway travel and forced evacuation of some Hill towns. Tuscany and Liguria in North Central and Eastern Italy were hardest hit but blazes were also reported in the Hills outside Small towns near Rome As Well As in the Central mountainous Abruzzi Region and in the Southern Region whose principal City is Naples. A major state Highway running to leg Horn a tuscan port City was closed near the City for a second Day sunday. Traffic on the rail line linking leghorn to Genoa farther up the tyrrhenian coast was periodically closed. There were no major injuries but several Homes were reported destroyed in the evacuated Hamlet of Castellaccio on a Hill outside leghorn also known As Livorno. The lire in the Hills near the City was in its fourth Day. Air Tanker planes sprayed flame retardant chemicals on blazes and two French Tanker aircraft were dispatched from Corsica to help state television said. Rainfall has been 40 percent less than Normal this year creating tinder like conditions in the Woods. Broadcasts on the state run Rai network said however that Only a  of the fires were actually caused by the drought although the dry conditions aggravated the situation. The network said officials blamed most of the fires on the carelessness of motorists or campers or the accumulations of trash that sanitation service should have removed