European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 24, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 911 hostages to be freed Story says Beirut Lebanon apr the 11 remaining Western hostages held in Lebanon Are expected to be freed by the end of the year according to Lebanon a Interior minister. Shiite Muslim sources said thursday however that moves to free the Western captives have hit a Lull As Iran meets with the leaders of hostage holding groups to discuss israelis demand for information on its missing servicemen. A the kidnappers have decided to end this hostage Issue before the end of 1991,�?� maj. Gen. Sami Khatib was quoted As telling the syrian government daily Tishri. Lebanon has very Little influence Over the hostage holders. Senior officials in Iran which does made similar predictions last year. A even if we knew where the hostages Are being held we  try to liberate them by Force for their safety a said Khatib. The Beirut Magazine Ash Shiraz quoted an unidentified senior Security official As saying in an article Friday that the next release would be sept. 1. The Magazine gained International Fame when it broke the Story of secret . Arms sales to Iran in Exchange for hostages in november 1986. But its frequent predictions of pending releases since then have proved inaccurate. The shiite Muslim sources say Iran is pushing its efforts to help free Western hostages in a prisoner Swap for shiite muslims held by Israel although world attention has been focused this week on the soviet Union. A a the soviet events eclipsed news about the hostages but the efforts toward pulling off the Deal continued unabated in Tehran a an informed shiite source said. He said Iran was a keen on facilitating a  package Deal to free 375 lebanese held by Israel in return for the hostages and information on seven israeli servicemen missing in Lebanon. The missing westerners Are five americans three britons two germans and an italian. Most of them Are believed held by extremist shiite factions Loyal to Iran. A the iranians want the hostage file closed but not at any Cost a the source said. Quot they w ant to Tell their lebanese supporters that in return for releasing the hostages we be got your prisoners out of Israel israeli negotiators along with . Secretary general Javier pm rez do Cuellar have pledged to go along with the package Deal but insisted that Israel should first receive detailed and confirmed information about its missing servicemen dead or alive. The pro iranian Hezbollah or party of god which holds two of the missing israelis has so far shied away from providing that information to either the United nations or the International committee of the red Cross. Red Cross officials in Israel said Friday they have not received any such information. The statement came in response to a report from Beirut on thursday that one of the missing israeli air Force navigator Ron Arad is alive and that the red Cross was informed of this. The 1crc in Israel denied the report. Princess Diana leaves a London Hospital Friday morning. I s Friend Dies of aids London a Adrian Ward Jackson governor of the Royal Ballet and a close Friend of the Princess of Wales died Early Friday of aids hours after she paid a final visit to him. Ian Robertson manager of the Lindo Wing at St. Mary a Hospital in Paddington West London announced the death of 41-year-old Ward Jack son who was also an Art dealer and aids campaigner. Princess Diana interrupted a vacation in Balmoral Scotland with the Royal family tuesday to be at his bedside after being told he had Only a few Days to live Buckingham Palace said. She spent six hours at St. Mary a Hospital on thursday and returned Early Friday when she was told the end was near. She arrived just minutes after he died Robertson said. Diana remained at the Hospital for 6l/2 hours with Ward Jackson a relatives and looked grim faced and downcast when she left the Hospital Friday morning. The Princess who has close ties to the Ballet world is Patron of the National aids Trust and has campaigned to dispel Public prejudice against victims of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. . Group planning Quot peace walk Quot in Vietnam Bangkok Thailand up a group of 40 americans were to leave for Vietnam today Over the objections of the United states to begin a 1,000-Milc a peace walk to protest the . Economic embargo against Vietnam but for some of the Vietnam War veterans on the walk the trip also represents the Chance to finally purge the demons that have tormented them since they served in the War two decades ago. The a peace walkers a Ages 19 to 75, will not actually be doing much walking. The itinerary of the 1,090-mile trip from Hanoi Vietnam in the North to to Chi Minh City formerly Saigon in the South Calls for them to take buses most of the Way. They will actually walk Only during formal marches through some of the towns and cities along the Way. A the walk part of it is a symbolic statement a said Kermit Dorius a world War ii Veteran who has also taken part in peace walks through the soviet Union. A the main purpose is to Call attention to the .-imposed Trade embargo and the difficulties it has created for the vietnamese and their Economy a said Dorius of Newport Beach Calif. A we Hope to put the sanctions out of action a he said. A we believe it is the main reason the country is still suffering.�?�. The United states has maintained the embargo which bans All commercial contacts with Vietnam since the War. The government has also vetoed Loans to Vietnam by the world Bank and the International monetary fund. The 40 walkers who come from All Over the United states will be joined by vietnamese veterans for parts of the journey. The group plans to visit War Sites and Plant two peace poles a 8-foot totems inscribed with peace inscriptions at the site of the my Lai massacre and in the former demilitarized zone where there was heavy . Bombing. The peacemaking part of the Mission has special significance to the six Vietnam veterans on the tour three of whom Are making their first trip Back to Vietnam since serving there. A my most compelling reason for going Back is to close this period of my life. I have a lot of guilt about what 1 was ordered to do and my life was pretty messed up a said Stephen Stratford who plotted bomb targets for the . Military a secret War in Laos. Since leaving Vietnam Stratford from Napa Valley Calif., said he had suffered from traumatic stress disorder. He said he blamed the effects of his Vietnam experience for addiction to narcotics that de to a term in san Quinton prison on drug and fraud charges. I nazi said he wish he d killed More jews inmate says Stuttgart Germany apr Josef Schwamm Berger on trial for allegedly taking part in the killing of More than 3,000 jews during world War ii told a fellow prison inmate he regretted he Hadnot killed More a prosecutor said Friday. Schwammberge 79, who served As the is commander of nazi labor Camps in Poland is accused of involvement in the deaths of 3,374 people Between 1942 and 1944 and personally killing 43 of them. Prosecutor Kurt Schrimm told the court that an inmate at Stuttgart a Stamm Heim prison where Schwammberge is being held has claimed the former nazi commandant a bragged to him that he personally killed jews with his own  Schrimm asked the court to schedule the inmate who he said was serving time for a serious traffic violation to testify at the next session of Schwamm Berger a trial scheduled for wednesday. According to Schrimm the fellow inmate said Schwammberge bragged that he had killed polish jews for Germany and that he regretted that he had not murdered More of them. Since the trial began on june 26 at Stuttgart regional court witnesses have testified they saw Schwammberge personally shoot to death a jewish rabbi when he was in charge of forced labor Camps in Poland. Schwammberge was arrested in his native Austria in 1945 after world War ii and escaped to Argentina in 1948. He became an Argentine citizen and lived there under his own name until he was arrested in 1987. After a series of failed court appeals Schwammberge was finally extradited to Germany in May 1990 to stand trial.2 drinks a Day cuts heart attack risk study shows London apr two drinks a Day reduces the risk of heart attack by nearly a third according to a study of 44,059 men published in this weeks lancet. Among 27,717 men who have never been diagnosed As suffering from heart disease or a related illness those who drank Between a half and 2vi drinks a Day reduced the risk of heart disease by 26 percent said or. Eric Rimm who directed the study. A we found a dose response with the More alcohol consumed the More reduced the risk for heart disease a said Rimm of the Harvard school of Public health. Or. Norman Kaplan director of the hypertension division at the University of Texas southwestern medical school in Dallas and renowned expert on High blood pressure applauded the study. A for the 85 percent of people who can drink without abusing it our message should be keep it up Luxuriate in the Likely benefits that Are going to be Obain cd a said Kaplan. Or. Arthur Klatsky chief of the division of cardiology at the Kaiser Perma Nente medical Center in Oakland Calif., commented that a the Case is growing stronger All of the Lime that a few drinks a Day reduces the risk of heart disease. One drink is equivalent to a can of Beer a 4-ounce Glass of wine or a shot of spirits. Rimm said previous research has shown that drinking More than six drinks a Day increases the risk of heart disease