European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 c the stars and stripes sunday August 4, 1991 it a glance Man i ibo / Ufi a a Jumo  m. A the Joys of the open Road in Europe bumper to bumper traffic on Germany a autobahn and tray lie like bumper car rides on italian roads. For a survival guide Sec sunday  epidemic a cholera epidemic that has killed More than 2,500 people in South America has hit Mexico and is moving North toward the United states. A Page 4televised pretrial hearing can and a smaller network brought audiences nationwide hours of courtroom drama in the William Kennedy Smith rape Case. A Page 5one charge upheld a Senate committee dismissed More than a dozen ethics charges against new York Republican Alton so d Amato but did say the senator acted improperly in a charge involving a defense contractor. A Page 6some hot frogs they can to Hurt you unless you eat them but even so scientists in Tennessee Are putting up a Quot Frog Fence to make sure radioactive frogs Don t Start hopping away from their Laboratory site. A Page 7ship after ship like the mighty Mississippi a River of military equipment from the persian Gulf and Turkey seems to keep rolling along into Bremerhaven a  Page 10 bad news at the Bank the Dollar took a Tumble in Europe late last week after worrisome signals on How fast the . Economy May recover from recession. A Page 15 Index Abby Ann Landers. 14 commentary. 13 letters. 12 Money matters. 15-17 sports. 18-24 weather. 11 Baker visits Morocco s on Rabat Morocco apr in an Effort to win Over the Quot palestinians the last holdout to Arab israeli negotiations Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii turned to King Hassan ii on saturday for a firsthand appraisal of the Palestine liberation organizations position. Baker had not heard from a palestinian delegation since Friday when emissaries met with him inter Salem to deliver a Plo statement. That statement insisted Oil a right to choose which palestinians would participate in the peace conference planned for october. Hassan who Over the years has tried to Spur Arab israeli negotiations met wednesday with Plo chairman Yasser Arafat. A the Bush administration suspended direct talks with the Plo in june 1990 after guerrillas from a faction headed by Abul Abbas staged a raid on an israeli Beach. Formerly it has excluded the Plo from a role in a peace conference to be sponsored by the United states and soviet Union. State department spokeswoman mar Garet Tutwiler said Baker and other . Officials  talk to the Plo which has its Headquarters in Tunis the capital of Tunisia. A there has never been any consideration Given to meeting in Tunis with anyone in the Plo a or anywhere else a she said last week repeating that assertion daily. However in Cyprus on saturday senior Plo advisor Bassam Abu Sharif hinted such contacts might take place when Baker visits. Tunis today. A we cannot say anything about it now. But important Security measures Are being taken a Sharif said Morocco Jordan and Egypt All in close touch with the United states Are also talking to the Plo about the conference. The toughest problem confronting Baker is How to get the palestinians to join a delegation with Jordan. That in turn May depend on a Green Light from the Plo whose covenant Calls for dismantling Israel As a jewish state. A we need to hear from the palestinians a Baker said Friday night in Amman after meeting with Jordan a King Hussein. In gaining israelis approval of . Terms for peace talks Baker assured prime minister Yitzhak Shamir that the terms for palestinian participation would be satisfactory to Israel. Specifically Shamir said Baker assured him that palestinians from East Jerusalem and the Plo would be excluded from the talks. The palestinians Lay claim to Jerusalem and want to press their demands for a state carved out of land held by Israel with its capital in Jerusalem. Baker was to visit Tunisia today and Algeria on monday before returning to Washington. He is trying to interest Morocco and the two other Arab counties in North Africa in joining the peace conference during a stage when such area wide problems As water Scarcity and threats to the environment Are discussed. Turks Hunt for German captives Ankara Turkey a turkish authorities have launched a huge military operation in Eastern Turkey to find 10 German tourists kidnapped by kurdish guerrillas a government official said saturday. Apparently angered by the ongoing trial of 104 kurdish rebels in Germany the guerrillas told the tourists that they were at War with Germany a witness told the Anatolia news Agency. The government official who spoke on condition of anonymity said military units were searching the area by land and air around the clock. The kidnapping occurred when two kurdish guerrillas raided a coffeehouse near the Village of Serin bag in bit Lis province thursday night Anatolia reported. Other rebels waited outside Anatolia quoted the coffeehouse owner As saying. Earlier a Germany embassy official who spoke on condition of anonymity said the rebels had bred at the tourists but that it was not Clear if any of the captives had been injured. Anatolia quoted witnesses As saying the gunmen ordered is German tourists into a truck after checking the identity cards of those in the coffeehouse. Five germans managed to escape by jumping from the truck while being taken away by the guerrillas. They reported the attack to turkish authorities. Azmi Sere Ohanoglu a witness was quoted by Anatolia As saying the gunmen told people in the coffeehouse that a we Are at War with Germany. They the germans suck our  Anatolia said the trial of 104 members of the kurdish labor party was being conducted in  from Page 1 Brady and Vyrlene Preston and their son ., also 8. The Preston Are so intent on keeping Terrence that Brady Preston has asked to delay his Transfer to the United states in. December so they can have More time to begin the adoption process in Germany. But adoption  a sure thing. A German social worker for the German youth office in Hanau said that if the Preston do leave in december it would not be enough time for German officials to properly Monitor the family a interaction with Terrence a necessity for the adoption to be granted. The social worker did not specify the time required. Social workers from the youth office met in april with Terrence a father James a. Lee jr., a former staff sergeant with the 2nd in 20th Field arty. At that meeting which Terrence did not attend the German social worker said Lee expressed an interest to be with his son but then missed the next scheduled meeting. A since that time we have had no Contact with him a said the social worker. Terrence is reluctant to talk about his past. He would rather discuss basketball Nintendo school and his new Friend  However he did say his parents were divorced several years ago. He said that he still loves his father but added a i done to want to live with him no  Corlin the american social worker said Terrence a father was counselled for child neglect a year ago after neighbors reported seeing the boy wandering around the sports Field housing area Dur a amps Ron Mckinney Terrence Lee ing school hours. But Corlin said social work officials took no action then because the father was seeking a hardship discharge at that time. Officials at the Argonne elementary school said Terrence had been registered for classes in May 1990, but did not attend school that fall. He began attending school in january shortly after his father disappeared. On Jan. 7, the friends of his father with whom Terrence had been staying contacted the social services office at the Hanau military Community and talked with Diana of Bryan a student intern. She contacted the army Community service Legal assistance military police and the red Cross. She said none of those agencies was Able to help a boy disconnected from the military. A they seemed concerned but following the regulations there was nothing they could do a of Bryan said. A in my estimation it seemed like nobody wanted to go a step beyond and that concerned  Crystal Mccormick the Foster care coordinator for the acs office said a without the child having a military sponsor the acs office does t have the authority to get  not even . Consulate officials in Frankfurt could intervene. A this is a Case for the German youth office a said a consulate spokeswoman. A if there is a local Law we cannot interfere in any  in Early january Brady Preston heard through friends about the boy. He contacted of Bryan and offered to take Terrence into his Home As a Foster child. On Jan. 11, Terrence moved in. Now he and  Insist they Are Brothers. A i guess he a figured he a got someone who will care a Preston said a i done to know if he Ever Felt he belonged  that is Why Preston asked for an Extension with his unit the 8th Maint in where he is personnel actions Center supervisor. A a what happens to him if i have to leave a Preston asked. The social worker at the German youth office in Hanau said Preston May not need the delay. His office will try to give the Preston full parental Power that would allow Terrence to move with the family. Once in the states the Preston can begin adoption procedures. Staff writers de Reavis and Randy Pruitt contributed to this report