European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 29, 199 1 the stars and stripes b Pago 7former Stasi Boss Mielke charged Berlin apr Berlin Justice officials said they have filed charges against Erich Mielke the former head of now defunct East Germany a secret police but that he is still being investigated for aiding terrorists in attacking . Targets. Justice senator Jutta Limbach said the charges against Mielke include unauthorized Assumption of authority abuse of Trust and disloyalty. The charges were connected with his running the ministry for state Security in the one time communist nation she said. The once dreaded Mielke headed the secret police from nov. 1, 1957, until the fall of East Germany a Hartline communist government in the fall of 1989. In a statement to the news Media on saturday Lim Bach said Mielke is still being probed for allegedly issuing shoot to kill orders against would be escapees from East Germany to West Germany. He May also face additional charges officials said. Former East German Leader Erich Honecker 78, spirited away to Moscow by the soviets on March 13, is also wanted by Justice officials for his alleged part in the shoot to kill orders which resulted in the deaths of up to 200 people. The statement said that Mielke is also still under investigation for allegedly sheltering and supporting leftist red army faction terrorists As Well  them to train in and operate out of East Germany. Mielke 83, allegedly knew of terrorist plans for the August 1981 bomb attack on the . Air Force s Ramstein air base in Germany and against . Army Gen. Fri Crik Kroesen in Heidelberg in september 1981, the statement said. The Ramstein car bomb attack injured 20 people. Kroesen then commander of . Army Europe escaped with slight injuries when his armoured car was hit by a Bazooka Shell As he was being driven to work. A last june in close cooperation with former East Germany a first non communist government authorities arrested eight red army faction fugitives living in Eastern Germany. Among them was Susanne  her trial that began in Stuttgart on thursday that she had been a sheltered by the secret police known As Stasi from 1980 until her arrest. Charges against. Albrecht include accessory to the murder of prominent German banker Jurgen Pronto in july 1977 and helping in a june 1979 bomb attack against former Secretary of state Alexander Laig jr., then the supreme Allied commander of nato. The Berlin Justice statement said that the charge of unauthorized Assumption of authority against Mielke included a minimum of 25 cases of illegal tapping of telephones Between 1984 and 1987. The abuse of Trust charge is in connection with Mielke allegedly skimming off 305,000 Marks $180,000 for himself when he set up a company to of Tain luxury Western products for former East German communist officials the statement said. Mielke allegedly used up to 15 million Marks $8.8 million in then hard to obtain Western currencies to acquire the luxury products the statement said. Salvadoran leaders rebels endorse Reform that Down under feeling the Stockton a 65-foot ferry sinks saturday in pit water Australia North of Sydney Harbor. Forty three american tourists were on Board but the skipper managed to return the ferry to the wharf in time for the americans to get off safely. Mexico City apr salvadoran officials and rebel leaders agreed saturday for reforms in the government and armed forces but did not reach a ceasefire in the 11-Ycar-old civil War said a . Mediator. The Accord reached after More than three weeks of talks in Mexico City addresses changes in the nation s military legislature and judiciary. A cease fire and other issues were dropped from the Agenda after the talks began. . Mediator Alvaro de Soto said the pact also Calls for a .-appointed commission to investigate human rights violations in Al Salvador since 1980. Rebel Leader Chafik Handal said the agreements a bring us closer to unification a but he Saith fighting will continue until a truce is finalized. He called the Accord an achievement a of great importance which have been reached at the Cost of much blood much  a for the first time we have opened a Way for a constitutional Reform that would Lead to further reforms whenever necessary a said Salvador Justice minister Oscar Santamaria who headed the government delegation. The agreement Calls for constitute Oral reforms that would a clarify that the military is responsible to civilian authority. A create a civilian police Force Independent of the military. A create an intelligence Agency controlled directly by the president. A redefine the scope of who is subject to military Justice. Legislative changes would Deal with armed paramilitary groups forced recruitment of soldiers and professional education of militia organizations. Changes in the judiciary would require supreme court judges to be elected by a two thirds vote of the National Assembly dedicate 6 percent of the National Bud Getto the judiciary and name a prosecutor for human rights abuses. A my estimation of this round of talks is very optimistic a said de Soto. A it should Lead the Way to a successful  another round of talks Between the government and leftist guerrillas is tentatively planned for May. V the negotiators for the rebels and president Alfredo Cristianit a conservative government have been meeting since april 4. Sources on both sides said the results fell Short of what they had sought but they indicated it opened the Way for constitutional Reform needed to make further Progress. The War Between the Faramundo Marti National liberation front and a succession of .-backed salvadoran governments has killed More than 75,0 10 people the majority of them civilians. Hie United states has sent an estimated $4 billion in military and economic Aid to Al Salvador since 1980, and de Soto said . Officials will be closely involved in the peace process. De Soto Winnie Mandela loses bid for Anc position Kimberley South Africa apr Winnie Mandela standing trial on charges of kidnapping and beating four Young men has lost a vote for the leadership of the women a league of the african National Congress reports said sunday. At its first Legal National conference the women a league elected Gertrude Shope As its president in a secret ballot late saturday night reports said. A Victory by Mandela wife of Anc Deputy president Nelson Mandela would have solidified her standing in the Anc leadership despite the trial that began in february. A. A. A a a she and two co defendants each face eight counts of  assault for an alleged december 1988 women conquer Appenzell Switzerland a women on sunday conquered the last Swiss bastion of male supremacy As they joined men in the annual legislative Assembly of the confederations smallest  took an order of Switzerland a supreme court to have them finally admitted As voters to the traditional outdoor Assembly of the 14,000-population Canton of Appenzell Rhodes Interior. And women seemed to be eagerly making use of their newly won right to have a say on local matters. They made up about half of the 4,000 attending the meeting where voting is still done in pub lie and by a show of hands. The meeting came 20 years after a National referendum in which Swiss women won the vote on Federal matters and 10 years after the Federal Constitution was re Vised to include a formal equal rights amendment. Last year the Assembly in the tiny roman Catholic state had still voted for the third time in two decades to keep it All male. But last november the supreme court acting on complaints by Appenzell lers from both sexes ruled unanimously that barring women from the Legh nature incident involving four Young men. All three defendants pleaded innocent. Mandela has testified she was hundreds of Miles away from her Soweto Home where the alleged assaults occurred. The trial continues in monday. One of the four was later reported slain and Mandela a bodyguard Jerry Richardson was convicted of murder in the Case. Supremacy was in violation of the Federal Constitution. In an open letter the local government had warned the Assembly could degenerate into folklore or disappear entirely if it insisted on excluding women. A it is up to you now to take grudging note of the supreme courts decision or to be glad that you were spared the trouble of making your own decision Quot government chief beat Graf told the meeting sunday