European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a the stars and stripes tuesday february 12, 1991report of missing witness delays . Mandela s trial Johannesburg South Africa apr Winnie Mandela pleaded innocent monday to eight charges of kidnapping and assault but the judge adjourned the trial after prosecutors said a key witness had been i dripped. The Case was adjourned until tuesday after a prosecutor said one of the Young men allegedly assaulted by . Mandela had been. Abducted sunday night. Prosecutors said they  ask  to testily if their lives were in danger. Mrs. Mandela wife of african National Congress Leader Nelson Mandela and her three co defendants All pleaded innocent to separate counts in the Rand supreme court. Mrs. Mandela looked composed As she heard each of the eight charges. A i m not guilty a she told Justice . Stegmann. State prosecutor Jan Swanepoel then stunned the Conj to by announcing  to one of the key witnesses Gabriel Pelt mgr we was missing and that methodist Church workers who were looking after him said he had been kidnapped. Mek we was one of three Young men who testified at an earlier trial that they were kidnapped and assaulted by . Mandela and her bodyguards. A i cannot expect my witnesses to come in Here if their lives arc in danger Quot Swanepoel said. Asked who might be responsible for Meg we a Digap Fearance. Swanepoel said a Why would one suddenly ast night Kidnap the Man the answer is  prosecutors say members of . Mandela a former bodyguard unit the Mandela United football club abducted four youths took them to . Mandela s Home in Soweto township and beat them for several Days in Winnie Mandela arrives at court monday with her husband Nelson. December 1988. One of the youths Tompie Sci Pei died. The former Leader of . Mandela a bodyguard unit Jerry Richardson was convicted of a Tompie a murder and sen-., fenced to death. The three youths who survived testified at an earlier trial that . Mandela beat them with a whip. Prosecutors allege that . Mandela a bodyguards were motivated by accusations that the four had homosexual relations with a White method hrs minister and that Tompie was a police spy. The minister Paul Terryn has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the methodist church.4 airmen killed in 2 Sar wrecks Zaragoza a Spain  a four airmen assigned to Zarago a a were killed in two car accidents Early sunday an air Force spokesman said monday. A a three service members died in a single car crash about 2 45 . On the main Highway from Barcelona to Madrid about four Miles from base a joint  air base in northeastern Spain. The spokesman. Stall sgt. Ignacio Rubalcava Ridenti lied the three As a senior airman Joe Sanchez 22, of san Antonio. A airman 1st class Ruben e. Ortiz jr., 21, of Lancaster Calif. A airman 1st class Lori m. Boudreau 21, of de Witt Iowa. A. A. R a a. A a a a a. A a a. A a a a in the second Accident sgt. Robert e. Schroeder 26, of Glasgow mont., was killed when the car he was drive Jug ran off the Road and rolled Over Rubalcava said. Schroeder was assigned to the 406th tac fighter training Wing clinic Rubalcava said. _ Sanchez was assigned to 406th consolidated aircraft maintenance so Rubalcava said. Ortiz and Boudreau were assigned to the 4 Feth Security police so he said. All three we re declared dead on the scene  Span Isle Coroner. Sanchez was driving a Renault 11 which was headed from the base to Zaragoza. He apparently missed the first curve in a a curve ran off the Road and struck a Cement Barrier at the Side of the Road. All three occupants were thrown from the car Rubal Cava said. It was not Clear what caused the car to drive off the Highway United press International quoted Spanish police As saying. The other Accident occurred about 1 3? . On a country Road near a Spanish National police Barracks. Schroeder was approaching a curve when his vehicle left the Road and rolled Over As Many As three times before Landing upright about 80 feet from the Road. Preliminary findings indicate that Schroeder had been drinking Rubalcava said. An open Beer can was found in Schroeder a vehicle with some Tiger still in it. He had attended an off base party where he had argued with friends who tried to Stop him from driving Rubalcava added. Military news 1,500 reserves guardsmen arrive for duty in Germany Frankfurt Germany a fifteen Hundred army reservists and National guardsmen arrived in Germany last week for Atiye duty assign mints within v corps. The 750 soldiers from 3rd in 87th inf regt an army Reserve unit from Colorado Springs colo., will be attached to the 18th my brigade and stationed at Ray Barracks in Friedberg Germany. The 750 members of the 224th corps combat engr in an army National guard unit from a Fairfield Iowa will be attached to the 8th inf div and stationed at Vilseck Germany. The soldiers May serve on Active duty for up to one year a corps statement  computer training starts in 12 communities Worms Germany a 5th signal Good is starting free personal computer training for family members in 12 communities with priority in the first sessions going to families of soldiers deployed to operation desert storm. The two Day weekend seminars were developed to introduce new users to Basic personal computer skills a command statement said. Seminar participants will be Given hands on instruction in Basic word processing skills. Community directors for information a management will sponsor the training and certify the Volunteer instructors. Command officials stress the training will target improved personal communications but could also develop Job skills. Starting dates will be announced in local communities. The Community directors of information management can be reached at the following ets phone numbers Ansbach 468-8433 Schaffen Burg 323-7200 Augsburg 434-6222 Bamberg 469-8710 Frankfurt 320-5098 a Arnstedt 3428531 Giessen 343-6782 Hanau 322-8314 Heil Bronn 426-2695 Nurnberg 460-6844 Stuttgart 420-7019 a stu11gart-nc 1 Ingen 421 -69 l5 Wirz burst 350-6294. 1 a Graf upper Heyford England a Security policeman assigned to the 20th tac fighter Wing was awarded the airman a medal recently Tor rescuing a coworker from Quot a bin Ning car. Sgt. Brice j. Subin 23, rescued airman 1st class Victor Gilroy from Gilroy s burning Fiat after it collided with two tractor trailers feb. 9, 1990. Sabin was following Gilroy a car to a pub in Oxford when Gilroy attempted to pass a truck on a curve on the a43 near Weston on the Green and was struck by an oncoming truck. The car caught fire on Impact. It spun around and the truck that Gilroy had attempted to pass struck the passenger s door of the car causing the vehicle to spin again and squeezing it Between the two trucks. When the vehicle came Loose it landed in a ditch throwing two of the three passengers. Airman 1st class Glen firing and air iian Jennifer Shanover from the car. The third passenger was a British woman who was assisted from the car by one of the truck Drivers. Rescue Gilroy was still held in the burning car by his seat Belt however. After several attempts to release the seat Belt lock Sabin finally succeeded and pulled his co worker from the car shortly before it exploded. Gilroy and his passengers were treated at John Rad Cliffe Hospital in Oxford while Sabin received no injuries. Gilroy suffered received third degree Burns on his left  hand and left Side of his face. Firing suffered some broken ribs and Shanover had massive internal injuries. The British passenger whose name Sabin could t remember had a Gash on her forehead. Gilroy was charged with reckless driving Accord irm to thames Valley police records. He was fined 300 pounds about $61 it on aug. 6 in magistrates court in Bicester. Sabin a four year Veteran is from Madison w in. A the airman a medal which is thy air forces highest peacetime award for the enlisted is awarded to those who distinguish themselves by voluntarily risking their lives. A Quot czech Leader suggesting increased ties with nato Prague Czechoslovakia apr president Maclai Havel on monday suggested Czechoslovakia cooperate More closely with nato calling the Western Militar Alliance Europe a sole International body that follow democratic rules. _ Havel spoke to reporters just Days before a Summit involving Poland Czechoslovakia and Hungary Thi feb. 15 meeting in the hungarian City of Vise Grad is to Deal  future of the defunct Warsaw pact. Have said however that the subject would not dominate. Czechoslovakia Poland and Hungary seek dissolution of the pacts might any structures by june and compleat abolition of the Alliance e3rly next year. Bulgaria am Romania increasingly support such action. Havel called the North Atlantic treaty organization a the Only functioning democratic Security Structure of the continent  1 he dramatic developments Iri the Baltic the Gul War. The whole present situation strengthens the Rea sons for a closer cooperation with nato a Havel  infant car seats found to need modification Munich Germany a the Fisher Price compan says some of its infant car seats sold by the army Ani air Force Exchange service and other retailers neet safety modification. V Model 9101 car seats manufactured front anti through August 1985, contain Shields which could Breal during use the company said. Model 9101 car seat made from May 1987 through january 1989 have shield that May be difficult to Latch because of a cracked pias tie part on the inside of the buckle. I he company recommends continued use of tin seats but advises  make sure the buckles am Shields Are securely fastened. A usher Price w ill prov Ide customers with replacement parts if they write to consumer affairs department a Fisher Price 636 Girard ave., East Aurora . 1405