European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes thursday january 9, 1992 Columbus voyage22 quit ships tracing Cabo Rojo puerto Rico a a Spanish flotilla retracing Christopher Columbus route to the new world was grappling tuesday with the same old problem a a mutinous Crew. Twenty two sailors quit their ships monday night and put up at a local hotel after the Spanish Quin Centennial commission announced it intended to fire one Crew member for leaving his duties As ship guard to go into town. Ignacio Fernandez vial a commission official overseeing the voyage said he was holding talks with the 22 sailors in their hotel. Vial said the commission was offering to Send Back to Spain any Sailor who wanted to leave. Eighty Crew members in All have been travelling aboard replicas of Columbus three wooden caramels the Nina the Pinta and the Santa Marfa in a re enactment of his 1492 voyage to the americas. Columbus also had to handle a restive Crew As he sailed then uncharted seas in Small cramped vessels. The replica ships arrived in puerto Rico in mid december. They landed at Cabo Rojo on the Western coast on monday. The ships were expected to leave for the Virgin islands As soon As the dispute was resolved. They Are to be used there in filming a movie about Columbus and then sail to the dominican Republic. The flotilla sails this month to Miami then Heads for new Orleans Tampa Fla St. Augustine Fla. Charleston . Norfolk a. Boston Newport . And new York where they will Lead a procession of tall ships into new York Harbor for fourth of july celebrations. World 2 freed from iraqi jail recall screams cold horror stories Kuwait City a three mine Field surveyors released from iraqi jail described brutal treatment at the hands of their captors but two of them said they will return to work in the demilitarized zone where they were arrested last month. A never in my wildest dreams did i dream that 1 would go through or survive anything like this a said Joe Ducat 24, of the Philippines. A i will go Back there on thursday because there is a Job to be done but it bothers me a said David Martin of Blue Springs to. The third Man Jim Aduddell returned to the United states for medical treatment. Martin said Aduddell had kidney and Back problems in addition to sores from sleeping on rough Concrete in jail. The three explosives experts were arrested dec. 6 while surveying mine Fields for a private company in the demilitarized zone. Although . Troops patrol the area that stretches six Miles into Southern Iraq and three Miles inside Kuwait they do not have jurisdiction inside the zone. The men were released last thursday and returned to Kuwait on saturday after an iraqi court found them not guilty of illegal entry of Iraq and espionage. During their incarceration the three were moved from one prison to another in Basra and Baghdad. They were Given Little to eat and were kept awake during Long cold nights by the screams of other prisoners being beaten. Martin said they were kept in a Concrete cell naked with no water or food for five Days. Ducat who works for the Kansas City based Martin explosives corp. Said he lost 20 pounds. A it was so cold in there we could see our breaths a said Martin adding that they  have made it out alive if they had been held in separate cells. A we Only had one Blanket and we used body heat to get  during their detention in Baghdad the three talked to other prisoners mostly iranians syrians and Egypt David Martin left of Blue Springs mo., and Joe Ducat of the Philippines Are Back in Kuwait City after their jailing in Iraq. Trans. They heard stories of How some were tortured with electrical shocks and Hung upside Down. Martin said the youngest prisoner he saw was a 9-year-old Arab. A iraqi authorities Are terrible very brutal a Martin said. A i feel sorry for the people for having to live under such a  on dec. 25, the three men were moved from detention to officers quarters where they had Beds to sleep in and food every Day. An official from the polish embassy who visited told them they were going to be tried for illegally entering Iraq and for espionage. Iraq Cut diplomatic relations with the United states last february during the Gulf War. Poland represents . Interests in Baghdad. Their iraqi attorney convinced the court that the three were innocent because they were arrested on the kuwaiti Side of the Border. China sends Canadian officials packing High air pollution Levels prompt ban on Athens cars from wire reports Athens Greece a the government on tuesday banned private cars from Central Athens As air pollution Levels soared. In addition it ordered a 24-hour reduction in Industrial fuel consumption and buildings Central heating. The ban on All private cars and half the City a taxis was to be in effect from 6 . To 8 . Wednesday the environment ministry said. Industries in the Athens area were asked to limit fuel consumption by 30 percent for 24 hours starting 6 . Wednesday. All Public buildings excluding hospitals kindergartens and old age Homes were ordered to shut Down their Central heating for the same period. The ministry also called on athenians to limit their use of private Central heating  testing ordered Budapest Hungary a the transport ministry announced tuesday that it would impose emission control testing on All vehicles in an Effort to clean up the country a air pollution which it said was the worst in Europe. A Hungary a 2 million cars trucks and tractor trailers and its aging Fleet of Public transportation buses will have to be tested first Between May 1, 1992, and april 30,1993. After May i 1993, All cars registered in Hungary must have an environment Protection certificate and will have to be checked once a year. Cars with catalytic converters must Only be checked once every three  taken in Romania Bucharest Romania a for the first time in decades romanians on tuesday took part in a census without fear that their answers would be used against them. Quot now you can say you believe in god and nobody will hold it against you a said 40-year-old Helena Hal magi after a 25-minute session with census takers. A fou can even Tell them what your nationality is a added Halmagyi whose husband is a member of the country a Large hungarian minority. Reliable figures on minorities were unavailable under dictator Nicolae Ceausescu who tried to assimilate the Many gypsies hungarians serbs and other minorities living in Romania. Ceausescu was ousted and executed in a revolution two years ago. The country a first head count since 1977 is also expected to provide needed information on the handicapped and other groups. Under communism the country a aids epidemic among babies was kept under wraps and the existence of lepers was not recognized. The census should reveal the True effects of emigration and decreased birth rates since the revolution. Some officials believe that romanians population now estimated at 22 million has declined by almost 1 million since 1989.ukraine buys 17 planes Warsaw a the polish state owned air lines lot has sold 17 outdated soviet built planes to Ukraine spokesman Jerzy Wojdylo said tuesday. Wojdylo did not reveal the exact figure the newly Independent former soviet Republic paid for the planes. A they paid several million dollars a he said. A it was Good business for  among the deliveries were seven 11-62 airliners considered to be Gas guzzlers and 10 medium Range an-245. Lot has already purchased three Boeing 737 planes to modernize its Fleet. Nine others Are to be de Vered by the end of the year. By the new York times Beijing a three Canadian members of parliament who came to China to investigate human rights gained firsthand insight into the Issue tuesday when the government detained them jostled them and put them on the first flight out of the country. The legislators had planned to go to Tiana men Square reporters in Tow to Honor the victims of the 1989 military crackdown on the democracy movement. They had also intended to go to the Gate of a Beijing prison to request permission to visit dissidents who Are known to be inside. A they engaged themselves in activities inconsistent with their status a the chinese foreign ministry said tuesday afternoon. A the Beijing municipal Public Security department has therefore ordered them to leave China  the incident underscores China a fundamental quandary in trying to address human rights issues. After the 1989 crackdown in which hundreds of protesters were killed and thousands wounded Beijing s initial response was to avoid the Issue of human rights and accuse critics of interfering in China a internal affairs. Then just Over a year ago the government switched strategies and expressed a willingness to receive human rights delegations and discuss human rights issues. The canadians made no Effort to keep their plans to Lay a Wreath secret. They invited reporters to go along speaking on Telephone lines that Are known to be tapped. Presumably there were urgent meetings among chinese state Security and foreign ministry officials on How to Deal with the problem. In september guards jostled three members of the . Congress who tried to unfurl a memorial Banner at Tiana men Square. The three were denounced but not expelled. A if this is the kind of human rights the chinese demonstrate to legislators of the Canadian parliament then god help the people of China a Geoffrey Scott one of the legislators said after arriving in Hong Kong. Scott a member of the conservative party is from Ontario. The other legislators Are Svend Robinson a new Democrat from British Columbia and Beryl Gaffney. A Liberal from Ontario