European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes Friday november 9,1990 rabbi s alleged Assassin new York apr conflicting stories emerged thursday about Al Sayyid nos air As the alleged Assassin of Radical rabbi Meir Kahane began to recuperate from a Bullet in the neck. Nos air whose condition improved from serious to fair wednesday was described by Many acquaintances As a Man who kept to himself. But new York new Day reported one former employer fired him partly because his efforts to convert fellow workers to islam interfered with his work. Nos air 34, of Cliffside Park n.j., was shot by a . Postal police officer after he allegedly killed Kahane an anti Arab ultralight Wing zionist monday night. Nos air entered no plea wednesday to charges of murder attempted murder assault unlawful imprisonment and criminal Possession of a weapon and of a defaced weapon. The murder weapon a .357 magnum revolver had its identification numbers filed off. He was arraigned in his bed at Bellevue Hospital. A judge ordered nos air held without bail and set a court Date for nov. 13. New Day cited sources it did not identify As saying nos air had no arrest record and neither the Fri nor the Cia had heard of him before Kahane was shot. Tuesday Fri agents and police removed a file Cabinet several boxes and a target drawn on White plasterboard from nos air a Homo. Records in this country showed nos air was born in port said Egypt on nov. 16,1955, and graduated from a College in Cairo where he studied Industrial engineering. However Gen. Ahmed Zlatar an assistant to the Interior minister of Egypt said wednesday that govern ment records in port said showed no record of a Man bom there with that name or Spellings close to it. Immigration records indicate nos air entered the United states july 14, 1981, through new York on a visitors visa married a . Citizen Caren Ann Mills in 1982 became a permanent resident of Pittsburgh in 1983, and became a naturalized citizen in september 1989. The new York Post said nos air met the woman he married at a Pittsburgh  said they met while taking night classes at a University there. Nos air a first Job in Pittsburgh was As a Diamond setter at St. Claire a jewellers. Quot he came Here As a very naive very Nice Young Man from a foreign country a said Barbara Ausman his supervisor. Quot and he had a very High opinion of himself. His goal she told new Day was to get Rich and return to Egypt. It Ausman said nos air had tremendous National Pride As an egyptian and seemed reluctant to adjust to Amer ican customs. She said nos air was fired from the jewelry store in 1983. Quot we dismissed him for two reasons in part because of his Lack of ability to develop his skills a one said. Quot but also because he would consistently try to convert people to his Way of  in 1986, the nos airs moved to Jersey City n.j., then moved to Cliffside Park about a year ago with their daughter Nora 11, and two sons Abdul Aziz 7, and Abdul Rahman 5. Quot nos air used a relatives new York City address to obtain a City Job in april 1988 As a heating and air conditioning repairman. Assassination suspect Al Sayyid nos air . From Page 1 with soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev thursday. In Washington a Pentagon source said late wednesday that the Bush administration has decided to Send additional armoured divisions soon to beef up the 230,000 . And 70,000 other multinational forces in saudi Arabia. The source said most of the troops and tanks would come from Europe. Earlier in some of her strongest remarks of the three month old persian Gulf standoff British prime minister Margaret Thatcher warned Saddam that Quot time is running out for a peaceful solution. Thatcher told British lawmakers they must Send the iraqi president the message that Quot either he gets out of Kuwait soon or we and our allies will remove him by Force and he will go Down to defeat with All the  a the has been warned a she added. The iraqi information minister denounced Thatcher saying she was mentally unbalanced and possessed by the Devil. In a statement carried by the iraqi news Agency minister Latif Jassim said Thatcher s statements were Quot filled with rancor and hatred toward the iraqi people and did not befit the office of prime minister. He said Quot her continued Calls for beating the Drums of War unequivocally show beyond a Shadow of a doubt that this woman. Has lost her mental balance. The Devil has found a comfortable dwelling within her mind and  the Strong charges sent Oil prices surging upward. At the new York mercantile Exchange a key Market contracts for december delivery of Light Sweet crude Oil were up $2.68 at $35.31 per barrel at the close of wednesdays session. In iraqis latest round of hostage freeing 74 japanese nationals arrived thursday in Tokyo from Baghdad. The iraqi news Agency said 100 germans and 20 other foreigners including an unspecified number of americans Batons Ana italians would be released. State department spokesman Richard Boucher said . Officials had not yet been notified about plans to free any americans. He denounced Iraq s Quot cynical bartering of captive foreigners who were trapped by iraqis invasion of Kuwait. Iraq did not say when the 120 would be freed out suggested it would be soon. Crew missing in army copter crash Athens Greece apr a . Army transport helicopter carrying three crewmen crashed wednesday night into the sea Between Corinth and Athens officials said. No survivors were found. A spokesman for the Athens Region control Center that monitors greek air traffic said the uh-1 Huey helicopter vanished from radar screens at 6 20 p.m., in the sardonic Gulf near Corinth about 47 Miles West of Athens. An officer of the Isthmian port police said Rescue vessels found wreckage near the islet of Eireos in the sardonic Gulf. Quot they found fragments but there Are no signs of survivors a he said by Telephone speaking on condition of anonymity. The helicopter was based at hellenic Kon a near Athens the traffic control spokesman said also speaking on condition of anonymity. Two army warrant officers and a sergeant were on Board the aircraft said a spokesman from the Pentagon. The copter was Enro Ute to Athens from Spain when it crashed the Pentagon spokesman said. The Semi official Athens news Agency however quoted unidentified greek military sources As saying the helicopter was flying in from Italy when a malfunction forced it to land at the Island of Othonia just North of Corfu. The helicopters Mechanic repaired the malfunction and the helicopter then refuelled at Corfu before departing for Athens military sources said. Demo Celebration in full swing chairman says Bush is in a slide from Page 1 gov Bob Martinez. Pete Wilson Defeated Dianne Feinstein to keep California in Republican hands. And the republicans took Carlson Weicker away five statehouse from the democrats including Ohio and Michael Dukakis Massachusetts. Dukakis lost the 1988 presidential race to Bush. Arne Carlson won Minnesota in a race so close it Wasny to called until hours after the polls closed. With independents Lowell Weicker and Wally Hickel winning in Connecticut and Alaska respectively democrats held 28 governorships for sure and the republicans 19. If the republicans win Arizona where their candidate was leading narrowly but heading for a Runoff that would mean a loss of one for each party. Both sides claimed gains in the race to control the redistricting of House seats before 1992. Democrats emerged with Complete control Over reapportionment in Texas and Florida which together will gain seven seats and in 15 other states. Republicans have outright control in three states and Wilson a Victory gave them a share of the Power with the democratic legislature in California which gains seven seats congressman Beryl Anthony noted House democratic gains of two seats in the South and declared an end to the gradual shift toward Republican gains there. Quot you win some and you lose some a shrugged Bush spokesman Marlin Fitzwa Ter. He and Republican parly spokesman Charles Black emphasized that the party beat the historical averages for midterm losses by the party in the White House. Bush Quot campaigned hard in Texas and lost campaigned hard in California and won a Fitzwater added speaking of two key gubernatorial races. But Brown chortled that Bush a campaigned heavily for 18 candidates and 14 of them  a Fitzwater said Bush was looking Forward to working with the new democratic majorities in Congress but predicted the election results would not affect the president ability to sustain any legislative vetoes a it meant the veto will continue to be legislative strategy tool a he said. A the president has been very successful in tha regard upholding some 16. Vetoes in i first two  voter surveys said economic concerns were evident. Republican governors Mike Hayden of Kansas Kay Orr of Nebrask and Martinez of Florida All raised taxes and All were swept out of office. New Jersey democratic sen. Bill Bradley a close Call seemed to reflect anger with a tax increase engineered by democratic gov. Jin Florio. The number of women in the House shrank by one to 28, in part because Severa Veteran republicans chose to run for the Senate instead. They All lost. The number of Black members of the House Rose by one to 25, including Gar Franks of Connecticut the first Republican Black elected to the House since 1935. Wilson selection in California will meat a Republican replacement for his Senate seat. Wilson won instant National standing with his Victory while Richards Victory h Texas and Chiles in Florida gave democrats their biggest triumphs