European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes saturday november 9, 1991 Maxwell s body flown to Israel for burial Maxwell linked Jerusalem a the body of British publishing magnate Robert Maxwell was flown to Jerusalem on Friday for burial As More questions arose about his death. His widow cast doubt on an autopsy that concluded he died of a heart attack. Maxwells body arrived on a private Jet from the Canary islands a Spanish Island group off the moroccan coast where the 68-year-old publishers body was found tuesday after he disappeared from his yacht. Reporters were kept away As his widow Elisabeth Maxwell left the plane with her head Down and wearing dark glasses. She was accompanied by her eldest son Philip who will deliver part of the Eulogy at his fathers funeral sunday according to the israeli daily newspaper Maaris in which Maxwell had a majority share. The coffin was covered by a White jewish prayer shawl with Black stripes. Maxwell ran a troubled $2 billion Media Empire that included new Yorkus daily news London a daily Mirror and other British tabloids. Spanish authorities have attributed maxwells death to heart failure. But before leaving Las Palmas in the Canary islands mrs. Maxwell suggested the autopsy performed on the publisher could not be regarded As the final word on his cause of death. A unfortunately the autopsy is totally provisional a she said. A it takes much More than two Days to arrive at any conclusion that is of any  accompanied by a Spanish lawyer Julio Hernandez she said suicide was out of the question. London newspaper the Independent said Friday there is growing evidence that Maxwell suffocated. It said Maxwell suffered from pulmonary edema also known As water on the lungs and had been unable to shake off a heavy cold. Chief Coroner Carlos Lopez said the Spanish autopsy will not be concluded until Laboratory tests on samples from a Robert Maxwell s widow Elisabeth Maxwell leaves the family yacht before flying her husband s body to Israel. Maxwells body have been completed. He said he expects the results in a week. Investigating judge Luis Gutierrez said wednesday that preliminary findings indicated Maxwell died of natural causes and then apparently fell off the yacht. Maxwell did not drown he said. The death certificate said he died of cardiovascular failure or heart failure the British consulate said. Mirror group newspapers in London said maxwells body will lie in state at Jerusalem shall of the nation for an hour sunday covered with a Tallis the traditional jewish prayer shawl. The body will then be buried at the sacred mount of olives. It said israeli president Chaim Herzog prime minister Yitzhak Shamir and labor party Leader Shimon Perez All plan to attend the funeral. Memorial services for Maxwell Are due to be held later in London and new York but no details have yet been  arms sales israeli claims Sydney Australia apr a . Described former israeli intelligence agent said Friday that late publishing magnate Robert Maxwell was a conduit for arms sales to Iran and that Many people wanted to keep him quiet. Ari Ben Menashe a key source for investigative reporter Seymour Hershy a recent Book the Samson option said Maxwell worked for the israeli government and a was very close to the israeli prime ministers  Ben Menashe claimed in an interview with the associated press that he worked with Maxwell to arrange arms sales to Iran and that the publishers companies made Money in the deals. A this foreign editor was a full fledged israeli agent. He was controlled by me a said Ben Menashe who lives in Sydney. He spoke in a Telephone interview. Nicholas Davies foreign editor of maxwells flagship newspaper the daily Mirror was fired for falsely denying he had been in the United states in Spring 1985, when Hersh said he met with a former arms dealer Charles Benjamin Kauffman. Hersh wrote that Maxwell had close links to the Mossad israelis secret service and that Davies was involved in arms deals. Maxwell denied the allegations. Maxwell sued the pulitzer prize winning journalist and his publisher who counter sued. Ben Menashe was acquitted last year in new York on Federal charges of trying to circumvent . Regulations in an attempt to sell israeli aircraft to Iran in 1989. Israel said he was merely a Low level translator. British called insensitive on Lockerbie bombing Lockerbie Scotland apr american relatives of those killed in the 1988 bombing of pan am flight 103 have accused British officials of insensitivity and of complacency Over airline Security. The . Group is on a five Day visit to Britain to continue discussions about International airline Security and the search for those who planted the bomb that exploded in the hold of the Boeing 747 on dec. 21, 1988, killing 270 people. No one has been charged with the crime and an International investigation is ongoing. The american relatives were in Lockerbie on thursday to present to the local Church a Book of remembrance to the 259 people aboard the plane and 11 Lockerbie residents on the ground who died. After the ceremony the group made an outspoken attack on foreign office minister Douglas Hogg whom they met wednesday. The relatives had hoped to see prime minister John major but were told this was not possible because of existing commitments. A i had a very Strong feeling or. Hogg and the officials present did not want to see us. They Only met us because we Are americans but their attitude was condescending a delegation Leader Bert Ammerman said. Ammerman said the group was alarmed by its impression that airline Security in Britain had not improved in the nearly three years since the disaster. A we left the meeting with Hogg More disturbed than Ever Over the leaders of Airport and aircraft Security in the u.k.,�?� Ammerman said. A we feel they Are not up to the Challenge. We were very disappointed with their indifference Lack of knowledge and non committal  Ammerman said that when officials were asked specific questions about current Levels of Security they  Peter Lowenstein whose son Alexander 21, died in the bombing said a emr. Hogg was arrogant and insensitive and did not treat us with sympathy. He became incensed when we questioned  on Friday the last Day of their visit to Britain the american relatives planned to meet the police chief of Dumfries and Galloway chief Constable George Esson and Scotland a highest Law officer lord Fraser of Carmyllie who will report on the inquiry into the bombing. Bulgarians stage Rock concert to protest romanian pollution Rousse Bulgaria up1 a several thousand Young bulgarians braved Industrial pollution and Gray november weather to attend a Rock concert thursday on the bulgarian romanian Border to protest romanian pollution reaching their country a Northern Border. A the romanian government is not interested in ecology a priest and bulgarian ecology minister Stefan Stefa nov told the cheering crowd. The concert was held to draw attention to the noxious Chloride and Sulphur fumes from the romanian town of Giurgiu which Drift across the Dan ube to cause respiratory problems in 95 percent of the local children according to Rousse doctors. Standing in the front Row of the concert a teen Ager carried a placard Reading a Europe we Are dying before your  bulgarian authorities stopped South bound traffic from Romania for 12 hours during the protest thursday. The event at which ., British and bulgarian bands performed was broadcast live on bulgarian television and was attended by a Host of opposition figures. North sea cargo ship hits Tanker causing minor spill Amsterdam Netherlands apr a cargo ship carrying Iron Ore Tore Loose from its anchors in Strong winds Friday and rammed a British fuel Tanker creating a highly explosive but quickly evaporating Slick off the dutch coast authorities said. The size of the Slick of naphthalene a highly volatile Petroleum distillate could not immediately be determined. However the leak was halted and fuel was rapidly dissipating a spokesman for the transport and Waterways ministry said. A we think that the worst danger is gone a said the spokesman Jos Geluk. The North sea Waters around the Southern dutch port of Vlissingen were closed off to shipping traffic for Severa hours after the Accident he said. A total of about 10 people were of Board the two ships and no injuries Wen reported he said. Both the 40,000-ton maltese cargo ves Sel the Ipa Nema and the Tanker that esk were anchored about three Miles of the port of Vlissingen at the time of Thi Accident Geluk said. The esk owned by British Petroleum was towed about six Miles out to sea. Salvage workers boarded the esk to it determine whether it was still seaworthy the coast guard spokesman said am Geluk said port inspectors boarded the Ipa Nema to Survey the damage