European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes monday August 12,1991 Patrick you Gand of scr children like my invt by King i Giessen Germany what it is like to step on stage see Story on pages 14 and 15.search on for document japanese americans who claim they were forced off their hawaiian farms during world War ii could get up to $10 million in reparations if Federal officials find a document proving their Case. A Page Law snares the Law abiding a Federal Law designed to give police the right to seize the luxurious possessions of major drug dealers has ensnared the houses cars and Cash of Law abiding people a Pittsburgh newspaper reports. A Page 5oregon leads Survey Oregon has the nations Best Overall environmental health and Ai Obama the worst the 1991-1992 Green Index shows. A Page 7italy shuts Down Italy lovers beware Black August has arrived and the country has gone on vacation. A Page 8getting in the swing Dorin Zoita and his romanian teammates Are learning a few lessons about America s pastime with the help of some Young veterans of the game. A Page 10bus Purchase sought an investment firm and a former greyhound lines inc. Chairman Are seeking to buy the bus company and put striking Drivers Back to work. Page 17 Ihk i Abby Ann Landers. 19 action line. 16 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword. 19 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports 22-28 to listings. .27 weather. .11 sex head of East German Stasi to face 1931 murder charges Berlin a former East German Security Boss Erich Mielke will face murder charges for killing two policemen in 1931, a newspaper reported sunday. Mielke 84, already faces a string of accusations related to his 32 years As minister for state Security which meant he ran the secret police a called Stasi from its German abbreviation a for communist East Germany Mielkey a attorneys have said he is suffering from heart and brain ailments that make it impossible for him to stand trial. He has been in a psychiatric clinic since june for observation and tests and no trial Date has been set. The Berliner Morgen Post quoted Justice department spokeswoman Uta Foelster As saying investigators had decided that the statute of limitations had not run out on the shooting 60 years ago of two policemen in Berlin. The Issue of the statute of limitations was complicated because previously there had been a 20-year limit on prosecuting murder cases and it was Only in 1979 that then West Germany changed its rules to say there would be no limit. Berlin Justice authorities said in May they believed Mielke could be prosecuted because the murder accusation against him dated from 1947. At that time soviet occupying forces ignored an arrest order issued by German prosecutors in Berlin. More evidence linking Mielke to the killing came from files Mielke kept himself that were confiscated after the East German communist regime collapsed in late 1989 in the Wake of the opening of the Berlin Wall the news Magazine Der Spiegel reported in May. Mielke was arrested in december 1989 by the Reform communist authorities who succeeded the hard line communist regime. Since German unification last october states attorneys from the former West Germany have been investigating his Case. From Page 1 looked frail but spoke with Confidence. A a in a in perfect health. In a ready to go outside and do the 100-Yard dash one said. Tracy clean shaven and White haired with deep circles beneath his eyes said he was bedazzled by his new Freedom. A a in a surprised the world is Here. I thought that it had powdered off somewhere a he said. A i m really Happy to see a tree hear an air plane hear an automobile. I am amazed and baffled by. Them. I can to find words. A we played cards every Day we had Tea every morning we had video once or twice a week a Tracy said of his conditions. A no newspaper radio or television for quite a  Tracy a writer who was Well known among Many Beirut residents As a Book Salesman with Strong ties to the War torn country was taken at gunpoint by a band of gunmen in the Middle of ferocious anti Western attacks oct. 19,1986. The revolutionary Justice organization said Tracy a release was moved up because of a fast developments and the encouraging positive atmosphere of the current negotiations to solve the Issue of our Brethren detained in the prisons of the world topped by Sheik Abdel Karim  Obeid is a leading shiite Muslim cleric of the pro iranian group Hezbollah or party of god believed to be an umbrella for the hostage factions. He was kidnapped from his Home in South Lebanon by an israeli commando in july 1989. Sundays statement from the group Handwritten in arabic was accompanied by a picture of Tracy for authentication. A picture of Cicippio had been released saturday. The group had demanded that envoys be on hand at a Beirut hotel for the release but scores of reporters photographers and television Crews at the hotel saw no hostage. Also waiting at the hotel was Elham Cicippio wife of Cicippio. Cicippio was abducted sept. 12, 1986. Originally from Valley forge pa., he was the acting comptroller at the american University of Beirut. Perez de Cuellar appearing at a press conference with Mccarthy said he was unable to read the letter immediately because it was in arabic. He said he viewed both the letter and the release of Mccarthy and Tracy As a a signals of the kidnappers desire for a wide scale hostage Swap. A i have to be hopeful a p6rez de Cuellar said. A i have Here a wonderful signal of their interest in solving the problem a the presence of John is really something which Means a  the 34-year-old television journalist handed the Large Manila envelope to the Secretary general at an internationally televised ceremony on the Tarmac at the Royal air Force base at Lyneham 80 Miles West of London where he has been undergoing medical tests. A it was very important As part of my Mission to see the Secretary general and to hand the letter from the kidnappers to him a Mccarthy told reporters after a private 40-minute meeting with Perez de Cuellar. In Germany personnel at the . Air Force Hospital at Wiesbaden were standing by. The Hospital has been used repeatedly in the past As a Stopover Point where other hostages received medical checkups spoke with state department Deb Riefers and met up wit i loved ones. A a we re just waiting at this Point a army sgt. Elayne Venema said by Telephone from the Hospital before the release. The group holding Peyraud said earlier it was freeing the Frenchman to Spur efforts to Exchange remaining Western hostages for More than 300 Arab prisoners held by an israeli backed militia in Southern Lebanon. Israel has suggested such a Deal was possible but that they want seven missing israeli servicemen or their remains returned from Lebanon. Police said they found Peyraud at Daybreak sunday in the Beirut suburb of Ramlet Al Baida. He was bound and blindfolded but unhurt. The Frenchman who works for the Paris based Medici is do Monde or doctors of world was pushed out of a car onto the pavement in front of the Middle East  from Page 1 brother was not the Man released. A a it a a disappointment for us of course a he said. A but i am still very Happy with the fact an american hostage was released. Perhaps next time it will be Joseph or one of the other  he said he Hopes to talk to Edward Tracy soon about his brother. A i will try to find a Way to talk to Edward Tracy or someone from his family a he said. A i am still very Happy an american has been released. It is very very Gratifying to know Edward Tracy has been released. Ill be Able to talk to someone who has been with Joseph for a very Long  with that Cicippio went inside the House and brought out a Board he nailed above the name of Edward Tracy and 1,756 Days. The sign said a a freed in Bright red letters. The sign has been in the Cicippio front Yard since shortly after Joseph was taken hostage. It has the names of the hostages on it and Cicippio keeps track of the Days for each one. Die count for Joseph Cicippio says 1,795 Days. That was current with  from Page 1 fied and that investigators had no suspects. He did not know when the victims were last seen alive about 100 grief stricken Temple members gathered at the scene and stayed there throughout the Day. Jerry Hastings 19, said his grandmother is a Buddhist nun who had been living at the Temple. He believed she was dead because officials told his Mother that no one was found alive inside. A i just feel shocked a Hastings said. A i can to believe it. When my Mother told me i thought it was a joke or something. They were All lying dead on the  the mourners a most of them thais who speak Little English a weathered 100-degree heat to stay at the scene. They and reporters were kept several Hundred Yards from the Temple which appeared to be a one Story building flanked by shrubbery. Worshippers said Only six of the temples nine monks were in town. They said an elderly woman and two Young men or teen agers had been at the Temple taking part in a three week training program in self discipline and self awareness. A ceremony marking completion of the training was to have been held sunday said Robert Johnson whose wife Bupha is a worshipper. The Temple was frequented by a tight knit group of thais plus some laotians and vietnamese who came to this country after marrying Amman servicemen Bers. The Temple associated with the thai sect of buddhism was used for worship and socializing. A they stick together very much a Phil Borders said. The Temple which lies below the Estrella mountains and near Luke fab was founded about three years ago he said. It has a prayer room and a living room