European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 16,1991 the stars and stripes Page 9 hard earned bread a woman holds a bread after waiting in line for hours at a Sharp increase in bread prices have made life More difficult for bakery in Sofia Bulgaria on tuesday. Food shortages and a bulgarians this Winter. 1 a a a a a. A. ,. A. A. A soviet nato weapons used in embassy attack official says by de Reavis staff writer terrorists used three weapons including a soviet ak-47 assault Rifle in wednesdays attack on the . Embassy in Bonn a spokesman for the German prosecutors office said Friday. The other two weapons were 7.2mm rapid fire nato weapons said Rolf Hannich a spokesman for the prosecutors office in Karlsruhe. investigators done to know which nato member produced the weapons. A so far we be found 250 shells and will probably find More a he said. A but the snowfall has made the search Hannich said investigators Are searching for the getaway car and three men believed responsible for the attack. A a we re still convinced that Only two men fired the guns while a third drove the getaway car a he said. A flier issued Friday by the German Federal office of investigation in Wiesbaden describes the vehicle As an older Model Blue Volkswagen passant with the License number Bot-wp38. On thursday police found an opel with the Bottrop License plate but it had nothing to do with the crime Hannich said. A a a a a a either the attackers used a counterfeit plate which is a common red army faction tactic or the eyewitnesses made a mistake a Hannich said. Hannich said its believed the attackers abandoned the car somewhere along their escape route. Officials Are appealing to the Public for information about the car and the men who used it. The gunmen took up positions in the front Yard of a House in Kunig Swinter and fired at the embassy which is located about 490 Yards away across the Rhine River. Fifteen bullets struck the embassy during the 7 . Attack. Several houses beyond the embassy also were hit. On Friday investigators still had sections of Kunig Swinter cordoned off. Security also was increased around the embassy and the american housing area in the Blittersdorf Section of Bonn. Go sentenced to life for son s murder schwe1nfurt, Germany a amps a 3rd inf div Soldier has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his 9-week-old son. Spec. James a. Muir 25, assigned to the 1st in 15th inf pleaded guilty to unpremeditated murder and false swearing at his feb. 8 court martial division spokesman maj. Steven Shively said Friday. A. On nov. 9, Muir hit his son Nicholas in the Chest because the child would not Stop crying. The blow broke two ribs and caused other internal injuries. When the child continued to cry Muir grabbed the baby by a leg and threw him to the ground Shively said. Nicholas was listed in grave condition after being transported to the German children a Hospital in Wurzburg. A rays revealed a broken leg and Skull fractures he died from his injuries on nov. 11. Muir a combat signalman who joined the army in april 1987, was charged with false swearing because he signed a sworn statement indicating he did no to know How the baby was injured. A the maintained that the baby fell a Shively said. The child smother also a 3rd inf div Soldier was not Home when the incident occurred Shively said. The jury of military officers also ordered that Muir be reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade lose All pay and allowances and be Dis honorable discharged from the army. A Quot a a. A Muir is in the army jail in Mannheim waiting to be transferred to the military prison at fort Leavenworth Kan. World today 6 americans killed on merchant ship Colombo sri Lanka a a fire killed a six member american Crew aboard a . Merchant ship off Southern India . Embassy officials said thursday. They said an engine room fire crippled the 28,5so-ton ship Stonewall Jackson on saturday and a Salvage tug boat towed it to Colombo on thursday. Bomb injures 4 Malaga Spain Apt a car bomb exploded outside a prison in this Southern coastal City Friday causing serious damage and slightly injuring four people. A Man who said he spoke on behalf of the Basque separatist group Eta claimed responsibility for the bombing. Eta seeks Independence from Spain Tor the three province Northern Basque Region. Lady Kong flops Tokyo a Japan a first newspaper designed for women stopped publication Friday because of financial problems. Kyo Moriyama a spokesman for publisher Karl i Sha co., said the newspaper lady Kong did not get enough financial support in part because of the persian Gulf War. A sales in the first month were Only 40 percent of its daily press run of 350, my. Abuse charges filed Ottawa up fourteen people who taught at a now closed Catholic Reform school face 149 counts of sexual and physical abuse for allegedly beating and sexually abusing their charges during a 30 year period. Wib Craig superintendent of criminal investigations for the Ontario provincial police said thursday that the investigation of alleged abuses by Lay teachers at St. Josephus training school in Alfred was the largest of its kind in Canadian history. Bomb a car clutch Berlin a police shut Down the main subway line linking Eastern and Western Berlin cordoned off streets and evacuated a major station thursday while they examined a suspicious object that turned out to be a car clutch. An explosives team was called in after the object was spotted in Busy tie Garten station in Central Ber. 1 in. The scare came one Day after gunmen fired at the . Embassy in Bonn. The terrorist red army faction claimed responsibility for that incident which caused no injuries. Ing disguised group charges Brussels. Belgium apr industrialized nations Are shipping millions of tons of toxic and other waste to the developing world disguised As materials for recycling the environmental organization Greenpeace charges. Despite recent efforts to limit the practice the Organ ill 1 a world have climbed to More Hun 50 million tons a year. Poorer governments a Gana from payments made for accepting the waste. A industrialized nations Are trying to find new hiding places for then said Jim Puckett head Tif i Greenpeace s Campaign against the waste Trade in Eil rope. A these hiding places tend to be in the poor and developing at a news conference thursday Greenpeace released a 400-Page report claiming More than 163 million tons of waste had been sent to the third world and Eastern Europe since 1986. The number of shipments totalled 1,000. According to the report the Greenpeace figures included some 10 million tons of toxic waste exports in the last five years. Many third world countries have taken Steps to Block waste imports. Most african governments have signed a total ban while latin american countries Are considering such a move. Still for Many poor nations importing Industrial trash and toxic waste from the developed world is a lucrative business. The Greenpeace report accused Many exporters of circumventing new restrictions on waste shipping and deceiving importers by claiming the wastes were to be recycled. Puckett said industrialized countries justify about 60 percent of All was f e. Cling or for use As construction material swamp filler fuel or fertilizer. But a High percentage of such waste is either totally a recyclable or reusable Only through costly and dangerous processes that produce hazardous wastes of their own the report said
