European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday november 30, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 92 German hostages go unnoticed release from Lebanon not imminent officials say by Tamara Jones the los Angeles times Bonn Germany a their Fate is Uncertain their government unmoved and their countrymen for the most part seemingly uninterested. Two and a half years after being kidnapped in Southern Lebanon German Aid workers Thomas Kemptner and Heinrich Struebig May soon become the epilogue to the hostage Story a the ones left behind. They Struebig and Kemptner went in spite of All the warnings. They Are not Terry Waite. They do not Josef Joffe foreign editor Sud Deutsche Zeitung since their captors Are insisting upon the release of two terrorists serving Long prison terms in Germany a Trade is considered unlikely. Speaking on condition of anonymity a government official conceded that Bonn had pinned its Hopes on quiet diplomacy. But Bonn now believes that chances Are slim for including the germans in the deals that have secured the release of a number of Western hostages in recent weeks including american Thomas p. Sutherland and briton Terry Waite. Struebig so and Kemptner 30, worked for Asme hum Anitas a private humanitarian organization that Struebig founded 15 years ago. They were abducted May 16, 1989, after ignoring warnings by the German foreign ministry and the lebanese embassy in Bonn to leave. A not Only did they not bring Struebig out As we warned them they sent Kemptner in afterwards when the crisis was imminent Quot said Renate Schimko reit a foreign ministry spokeswoman. A they were kidnapped a few Days not a word was heard about the germans until last summer when a Polaroid photograph of Struebig appeared in a lebanese newspaper. The two Are believed to be held by the Hamadi clan of shiite Muslim extremists who Are demanding the release of two Hamadi Brothers jailed in Germany. Mohammed Ali Hamadi is serving a life sentence for the 1985 hijacking of a Twa Airliner and the slaying of an american Sailor on Board. Abbas Hamadi is serving 13 years in the kidnapping of two German businessmen he hoped to use As oar gaining chips for his brother. The businessmen were released when Germany refused to extradite Mohammed to the United states. Germany does not condone capital punishment and the foreign ministry said it routinely refuses to extradite anyone to countries that impose the death penalty. Unlike the american and British hostages Struebig and Kemptner remain virtually unknown in Germany. The Media pay scant attention their families remain m virtual seclusion and their organization has Only one worker left. A they Are not very popular a the government official said. Asme human task Lone representative Dagmar nac Kuntz said the organization provides medical goods to underprivileged nations primarily in Africa. A we were aware of the danger in Lebanon she said. A we weren to going there for a nac Kuntz said Struebig had been in Lebanon for nearly two years. Twice divorced and the father of five children he is a rather brusque and not at All a Diplomat a she said. Describing him As a perfectionist she said a it is much easier for him to make enemies than Kemptner a male nurse had just responded to an Asme advertisement for volunteers to go to Lebanon. Neither the foreign ministry nor Asme knows much about him and his parents and sister remain out of the spotlight. The hostages cause was further muddied by Asmey a background including allegations of weapons smuggling by a Volunteer nac Kuntz said was immediately recalled from Lebanon and an earlier fraud Case against Struebig who was acquitted. Otherwise the Media have largely ignored the German hostages plight. A they went in spite of warnings said a Quot news Are not Lerry Watte. They do not inspire. Although nac Kuntz and a few friends sport yellow ribbons Public support and sympathy for the germans have been lacking. A a it a a different mentality a said the Bonn government official. A the . And Britain have cheerleaders and do their campaigns and Wear their bracelets and so Joffe agreed that the mind set is different in Germany. A America has been victimized so often and in such dramatic fashion a think of Twa in 1985. All americans feel like potential All the Josef Joffe foreign editor of the respected daily paper Sod Deutsche Zeitung in Munich. A they Ai Terry Waite. They do not actor Ralph Bellamy is dead at 87 Santa Monica Calif. A Veteran character actor Ralph Bellamy known for his vivid portrayals of president Franklin d. Roosevelt on stage and screen died Friday. He was 87. Bellamy died at 2 18 . At St. Johns Hospital and health Center said Hospital spokeswoman Pat Kirk. He had been hospitalized earlier this month with a Long standing lung illness Kirk said. Bellamy who also appeared in his girl Friday the awful truth and More than 100 other movies in a seven decade career was hospitalized for two weeks in August and september with a respiratory ailment. The actor starred As for in Sunrise at Campobello both on stage for which he won a Tony in 1958, and in the 1960 film version. He also played Roosevelt in the 1983 television miniseries the winds of War. He began his film career in 1931, but acted on stage for years before that. In 1933 alone he appeared in 11 movies. In his Early career Bellamy was typecast As the clod dish Man who never got the girl especially so in 1937�?Ts screwball comedy the awful truth for which he was nominated for a supporting actor Oscar. Later in his career he was praised for his versatility playing detectives and villains. Among his More notable roles were parts in the Eddie Murphy comedy trading places Blind Alley Rosemary a baby of god lady on a train and the professionals. He maintained a physical fitness program that he said included a half hour of exercises at Sunrise every morning. The calisthenic routine started when he was preparing for Sunrise at Campobello which told the Story of Roosevelt a struggle with polio in the Early 1920s. A i realized that to play a paralysed Man i would be using Muscles i Hadnot Ralph Bellamy used for a Lone time and some 1 might never have used a Bellamy said. He knew the Roosevelt family personally and spent months of intensive preparation to play the role a studying speech patterns working with people disabled by Folio talking with the former first lady borrowing for tapes from de Murrow and Reading extensively. On Broadway he also appeared in town boy Roadside tomorrow the world state of the Union and detective Story. His television credits included Power billion Dollar threat the millionaire the eleventh hour the immortal the most deadly game the clone master and the memory of Eva Ryker. Bom in Chicago on june 17, 1904, Bellamy ran away from Home at age 17 and joined a shakespearean repertory company. In the next nine years by his count he played 375 roles for 15 Stock companies running his own troupes in Evanston 111. Des Moines Iowa and Nashville Tenn. His film debut was a the secret six an Mem gangster thriller. In 1987, the Academy of motion picture arts and sciences presented Bellamy with an honorary Oscar award for his body of work. It was his first Oscar. A i consider this the greatest Honor that could be Given to an actor a consideration by ones Peers in every area of the business a and i deeply appreciate it. A a in be worked with a great Many of you Over the years and i expect to be around for quite a while longer. I would like to be Able to say that in be worked with everybody in the he played opposite Cary Grant and Irene Dunne in the awful truth worked with Rosalind Russell in his girl Friday and teamed up with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Carefree. Other collaborators include Bellamy a longtime pals James Cagney Pat of Brien and Frank Mchugh As Well As Bob Hope Frank Capra Lillian Gish King Vidor and George Burns. On Broadway he played opposite Helen Hayes in coquette. Among his four wives was new York actress Catherine Willard whom he married in 1931 and divorced in 1945. They had two children Lynn and Willard. He served president of actors equity the theater actors Union from 1952 to 1964 As a founding member of the screen actors Guild and As member of the Board of directors of the motion picture Academy. His autobiography when the smoke hit the fan was published in 1979.final charges filed against Imelda Marcos Manila Philippines filed the the government filed the fast of 80 criminal charges against Imelda Marcos on Friday the same Day the former first lady was evicted from her $2,000-a-Day hotel suite. Officials at the posh Westin philippine Plaza hotel ordered Marcos to leave the suite she had been staying in since her return. Marcos lawyer Antonio coronal said his client would move into a modest two Story three bedroom House in Pasay a suburb of Manila. The former first lady claimed she was penniless upon her return and friends were paying her hotel Tab. Coronet accused the government of pressuring the hotel into evicting Marcos from the suite. In submitting 12 new charges solicitor general Frank Chavez said Marcos her late husband Ferdinand Marcos and two others conspired in 1983 to float some s12s.9 million Worth of Treasury Bills in order to profit from the interest. Chavez said the Marc oses used funds kept in overseas Banks under names of phony foundations to Purchase $75 million Worth of the Treasury notes which earned $21 million in interest. The rest of the High yielding notes were purchased by investors close to Imelda Marcos. The charges were lodged before the Justice department which will review them before formally filing them in court. They were the last of 80 criminal complaints Chavez was scheduled to press against Marcos
