European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A a open r Champion Sampras upset in Paris a Page 24 the a limn types authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 49, no. 202 Friday november 2, 1990 a a a 25 daily and sunday d 8693 captives May get Holiday . Demands Iraq free hostages instead by the associated press Iraq is offering to let relatives visit foreign captives for the holidays but the White House thursday demanded that the iraqi government let them come Home instead. And on thursday Iraq said it would free four american hostages  the Bush administration again demanded the Freedom of All the captive foreigners. Iraqi information minister Ladin Jas Sim at a news conference in Baghdad Iraq thursday did not give the names or whereabouts of the four american hostages to be freed but said they were elderly and sick. He did not say when they would be released. Aboard the amphibious assault ship iwo Jima Navy sailors and marines held a somber memorial service for 10 mates killed in a boiler room steam leak. Tuesdays Accident was the worst suffered by the Navy since operation desert shield began in August. Iraq is holding hundreds of westerners at strategic installations As Shields against a feared attack. In letters released thursday by a . Official two of the captive americans described their isolation and anxiety. A you can survive. But individually interned one must be psychologically capable of living alone within himself a said one of the letters. It ended with a plea a please do not forget the guest  Iraq refers to the captives As guests. The names of the writers were not released for Security reasons. The letters were brought to the . Embassy by non american foreigners said the official speaking on condition of anonymity. President Bush in a speech in Burlington mass., thursday said the United see Gulf on Back Page a color guard crosses the deck of the iwo Jima during a memorial service for 10 of the amphibious assault ships sailors. Trick or Treater Dies in possible poisoning from wire reports Santa Monica Calif. A a Young trick or Treater is believed to have been poisoned when she collapsed and died of cardiac arrest wednesday. Another trick or Treater in California was hit by a car and killed while crossing a Busy Street and his brother was critically injured by a second vehicle. Other halloween stories on pages 3 and 6 authorities said 7-year-old Arial Katz collapsed and died about 8 . Wednesday after trick or treating. Police said she had no previous medical problems. Tests were being conducted on her body and the Candy she had gathered to find any evidence of Poison. In Stanton 5-year-old Hoang Minh be was killed and his 7-year-old brother Thanh was critically injured when they were hit by separate cars near knotty a Berry farm. The Brothers were with six other trick or Treater about 6 . When they got caught in the Middle of a Busy Street after attempting to Cross without a crosswalk sheriffs it. Larry Richey said. Neither Driver was charged. Meanwhile in Detroit an organizer who walked the streets with other volunteers to deter devils night arsonists on halloween eve said children took Over the streets the next night to look for treats. A the streets Are overflowing with Chil see Poison on Back Page thousands spend night in 120-mile traffic Jam Munich Germany apr thousands of German Drivers spent the right stuck in a Mammoth traffic Jam but at least they set a record a the lines stretched 120 Miles. Police said thursday they could not remember a longer traffic Jam on the Highway Between Nurnberg and Berlin. The Jam developed late wednesday As Drivers from former East Germany were returning Home after a one Day Holiday and germans from the West were starting another Holiday in some parts of Germany. Many minor accidents and a construction site coupled with rain and fog brought traffic to a halt on the heavily travelled autobahn. The two Lane stretch of the Highway has become known As the a trabant Racetrack a named after the slow two stroke cars made in East Germany that Are used by most germans from that part of the country. Authorities also reported a 30-mile Jam on the Highway Between Hannover and Berlin. Last years opening of the Borders Between the two German states and the oct. 3 unification has caused a multifold increase in traffic Between the two parts of the country