European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                World South african violence leaves at least 23 dead from wire reports Johannesburg South Africa a at least 23 people were killed in political unrest Over the weekend including four men shot by a police patrol after allegedly smuggling weapons into South Africa police said monday. A a the Lour were killed late sunday night near Komat poort on the Border with Mozambique after they opened fire on a police patrol according to a police statement. Police were acting on information about an arms smuggling ring they said. A. A Quot a a a Large shipment of arms was recovered from the car including 16 ak-47 rifles a rocket grenade launcher several machine pistols and ammunition the police statement said. Short Story writer Dies v Dublin Ireland a Sean of Fao Iain whose beautifully crafted Short stories won him a reputation As the a Irish Chekhov has died. He was. Ota Olain died saturday in Dublin following a Brief illness said a spokeswoman for the Clare House nursing Home where he had lived for two years. A his works included a Midsummer night madness a a King of the beggers a biography a a an Insh journey a a a Newman a Way a and several volumes of collected Short stories in the 1970s and Early 1980s. Tuesday. April 23, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 9 Ramstein 11 other bases to test reorganization plan by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a Germany a Ramstein is one of 12 air Force bases selected worldwide to test a reorganization plan that blends at least two wings at a smote base into one. A a _ but most people at Ramstein will continue to a work pm pie an it stay in the same place once the 86th tac fighter Wing becomes the bases Lead or Gamza Tion May 1, said col. Richard s. Castle vice commander of the 316th air div at Ramstein. Castle nol be Onty unt name changes the so called single Wing reorganizations Are aimed at giving commanders More authority for Day to Day and combat operations creating a framework for composite wings to operate in and streamlining the Chain of command. However Ramstein at this time is not in line for a composite Wing which is made up of different types of aircraft with different capabilities Castle said under the plan administration for base support and Mission operations at Ramstein will be streamlined by eliminating several supervisory layers. The 316th air div Ana the 377th coir Bat support Wing will be a cacti rated. The 86th tac fighter Wing will become the base s Lead organization overseeing Mission operations and Community support As Well As heading the Kaiserslautern military Community. The Wing commander will be a brigadier general the same rank As the current air division s commander. A colonel now commands the Wing. Currently at Ramstein the 316th air div oversees the Kaiserslautern military Community As Well As the 86th tac fighter Wing which governs fighter opera Lions and the 377th combat support Wing which controls base and Community Structure remaining intact at Ramstein Are the 7th air div and the 322nd Airlift div. The 7th is a strategic air come operation while the 322nd handles the military Airlift come s european operations. The reorganization will eliminate fewer than 10 Mili tary jobs including four colonels slots during the nine month test. Some officer positions will be downgraded to lower ranks. No civilian positions will be Cut. A we done to save a lot of people by doing this Scorga Bizalion. Its simply an efficiency measure Castle said. Stateside bases selected for the single Wing test arc Eielson Alaska Davis Monthan and Luke Ariz. Malmstrom Mont. Seymour Johnson . Grand Forks and Minot . Holloman . And Ellsworth  and Yoko la air bases in Japan arc the Only other overseas bases tapped for the change. Castle said he could not give a Dollar amount for Money needed to make the changes in such items As unit patches stationery and signs. But because the changes must be paid by existing funds they will be done gradually. Corrections to unit names printed on stationery will be made with pen and Ink for correspondence within Ramstein Castle said. Church state jousting for mummified Knight by Mark Fritz the associated press Neustadt Germany a once a powerful Knight Clad in Iron mail sir Friedrich von Kahl Butz now spats his Days gazing vacantly from a Glass covered coffin rigged with burglar alarms. He is a True scientific wonder a Puzzle that experts have studied but can to fully explain. While others decayed von Kahl Butz became a naturally occurring Mummy. A bit thin perhaps but perfectly intact. He fathered 41 children while he was alive but is even More popular in death annually drawing tens of thousands of tourists to see the shrivelled Nobleman from a Feudal Era. But now von Kahl Butz has become a prize in a very modern jousting match that has pitted Church against state in this tiny East German town. _ the mayor and the local pastor both claim ownership of the Money making Mummy. At stake Are enough tourist dollars to renovate a Church or build a municipal parking lot. A i will fight for my Knight a declared mayor Edmund Bublitz. A the is very important to this City a part of its  a i done to care about the Money just the rights of the Church a responded the Rev. Peter Freimark the combative lutheran preacher. Von Kahl Butz was born to Noble blood in 1651 in the old prussian kingdom of Brandenburg. He died in 1702, the father of11 children by his wife and 30 by peasant women in his Domain. He resides in a Dank and Chilly crypt where the Stone Walls Are adorned with his helmet breastplate and Lance. He lies in his Wood coffin its lid replaced by plate Glass his body hooked to a wire that triggers a burglar alarm. A caretaker flips on a tape recorder when visitors arrive and a narrator tells of the Battles he fought the scientific studies that speculated on Why his organs and the mummified remains of sir Friedrich von Kahl Butz who died in 1702, draw tourists to Neustadt Germany. Skin did not decompose and the offers from Rich people a including a $3 million pitch from an american a to buy the ageless aristocrat. Much mystery and legend enhanced by the locals surround the  we have to clip his fingernails every Weck a contends dead serious Iii Degard Mathiske the caretaker. One legend said  killed a Shepherd who refused to subject his wife to the knights Ravis ments. Von Kahl Butz supposedly denied the killing. A if i am responsible let my body never decay a he supposedly said the Mun my has been on Public View since shortly after world War ii when the soviet held territory of conquered nazi Germany was forged into communist East Germany. It is by far the biggest tourist attraction in this Region 60 Miles North of Berlin. Tourism chief Georg Steiner said 100,000 people visited last year Many 01 them West germans who began a of dlr it ils Crinan attractions after the Berlin. In july three months before formal unification East Germany and West Germany merged their economies and the powerful convertible West Mark became the official tender of the East. The nominal admission fees went up to $2.09 for adults and 90 cents for children. Shortly afterwards the Church filed a formal claim to the Mummy which is on the grounds of a Small Chapel run by the diocese. Freimark said the Church is Best suited to safeguard the Mummy. And despite the urgings of Bis wife to be quiet he accused the mayor of trying to sell the relic. The mayor denied this. Both men have agreed to turn the matter Over the City attorney who continues to study the evidence. Freimark a key evidence is a 1946 document from the then soviet backed government of Germany a Brandenburg state which deeded to the Church the land when the Mummy Lay. Bublitz however said one of Freimark a predecessors relinquished in writing All rights to the Knight during the 1960s. But he said the City can to find the letter. Nese Tokyo apr japanese voters have elected the nations first woman mayor and placed a record number of women in City Assembly seats unofficial results from nationwide local elections showed monday. A beaming Harue Kitamura 62, was shown in morning newspapers being lifted High by her male supporters in Ashiya City Western Japan after being elected As Japan a first female mayor. Kitamura an Independent candidate and a lawyer by profession campaigned for better education. A More women should become involved in City politics a the mass circulation daily Asahi Shimun quoted her As saying. A they should also Advance to management positions if they have the  in City assemblies women won at least 572 seats a record High after about 95 percent of the seats had been accounted for at noon according to Kyodo news service. The previous High was 504 seats s 1 St woman mayor in 1987. Women politicians began flexing their political muscle in this largely male dominated society with the 1989 parliamentary and Tokyo City Assembly elections As voters sought a cleaner alternative to the governing party a scandal tainted politics. Women running on a a voice from the Kitchen platform were viewed As More representative of the grass roots. In National politics women now make up 13 percent of parliaments upper House but less than 3 percent of the More powerful lower House. In All 85 mayoral races were contested sunday. Another 40 mayors ran unopposed. Of the total 125 mayor elected some 78 incumbents won re election Kyodo said. But 20 lost their bids a a High percentage compared with past elections a in what analysts said was a desire by the electorate to have a new younger generation of leaders