European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 b the stars and stripes saturday february 8, 1992game wardens face trial in tourist s death Nairobi Kenya a the courts have said animals were not responsible for the death of a Young British woman at a Kenya game Park and now they will decide whether she was murdered by two game wardens. The trial which opens monday Caps an emotionally painful frustrating and expensive 3v-year Effort by the woman a father to exact Justice. The government initially maintained that Julie Anne Ward either had committed suicide or had been eaten by carnivores after setting out on foot from a disabled vehicle mired in a Creek in the sprawling Masai Mara game Reserve in september 1988. But wards father John Ward a Brit ish Hotelier insisted that his daughter had been slain and pressed his own investigation at a Cost of several Hundred thousand dollars. His daughters body had been chopped up and burned and Ward claimed the government engaged in a cover up to protect either her killer or kenyans lucrative tourist Industry. His efforts led to a judicial inquest in october 1989 that found that Quot the animals Are the inquest also ruled that the woman had been slain and it turned the Case Over to the attorney general a office. Jonah t. Magiros 29, and Peter m. I Peen 27, were finally charged with the murder in february 1991 and have been in custody since. Wards daughter was 28 in july 1988 when she arrived in Kenya the terminal Point of a five month Overland tour of Africa. In september the Amateur wildlife photographer drove to the Masai Mara game Reserve with a Friend. Her secondhand battered Bush vehicle developed mechanical problems forcing them to Hole up at a Lodge while parts were delivered from Nairobi. Because of the delay her Friend an australian zoologist flew Back to kenyans capital to attend a science conference leaving Ward to drive Back to Nairobi alone. She was last seen alive sept. 6, pulling away from the Sand River Gate campsite after dismantling the tents she and her Friend had left there. Her remains were found a week later in trackless Bush about six Miles from her vehicle. Searchers found a charred lower left leg still partially Clad in Denim and her lower jaw which had been Cut in two. Bone fragments and the burned remains of some personal belongings were fished from the ashes of a nearby fire. Several weeks later a subsequent search found More Bones including the Skull about a half mile away. The trial is expected to last at least three weeks and involve dozens of witnesses. If convicted of murder the game wardens will be Boom among British British soldiers Cradle their babies during a news conference thursday in the British forces Barracks in Verden Germany. The soldiers All members of the British army s 1st annd div were on duty in the persian Gulf a year ago. After the soldiers returned the birth rate doubled nine months assured holocaust Sites to be preserved or Nienburg Germany a a delegation of prominent american jews heard assurances that holocaust memorial Sites will be kept free of commercial use. Last year a supermarket was almost opened next to the site of the Raven Briick concentration Camp raising protests and concern about the Fate of other Camp Sites in formerly communist Eastern Germany. About 70 leaders of the american jewish committee toured the Sachsenhause Camp site 15 Miles North of Berlin this week. They were told that historians will soon Complete recommendations on How to change exhibits that had been Given an ideological twist under communist Rule. Under East German management the exhibits focused on the communist political prisoners held at the Camp and on the 18,000 soviet pos executed there in 1941. New displays show More details on jews who were among the 200,000 prisoners. About half of Sach Senhausen a inmates died either from execution malnutrition or overwork. Quot i done to think you need to fear a repetition of a thing like the supermarket on a concentration Camp site Uwe Koch a department head in the Brandenburg state culture ministry told the group. Work on the supermarket at the Raven Briick site was stopped last year As protests arose. Koch said the state government planned to adapt the building allowing the memorial to be expanded at that Winter storm blasts most of Middle East Beirut Lebanon apr severe Winter weather continued to punish much of the Middle East on Friday with heavy Snow flooding rain and freezing cold that left scores of deaths and damaged crops. Snow rain and Gale Force winds swept Lebanon for an eighth straight Day. Police said 10 people were killed 20 injured and 4,000 evacuated from flooded areas. Seven died in an Avalanche. Geneva based . Agencies said heavy Snow has blocked Access to northernmost Iraq cutting off some kurd already suffering from an iraqi government blockade through acute shortages of food and fuel. Storms and Strong winds also swept Israel the israeli occupied territories and Jordan swelling Rivers and lakes in the usually parched Region. Officials said the Jordan River overflowed its Banks damaging crops. On the Eastern Mediterranean Island of Cyprus police cleared Access to All of the 45 formerly snowbound villages but Only for specially equipped police vehicles slowly making their Way with supplies. Lebanese police said the storm the third in two months was the heaviest in Lebanon a recorded history. The storm uprooted Power and communications poles across the nation and inflicted extensive damage on at least 1,000 houses. Police said an Avalanche in the Village of Hiz Zirta in East Lebanon a Bekaan Valley killed seven people including three children and injured four others. An unidentified police spokesman said two elderly men froze to death in the Christian Village of far Sil wan Northeast of Beirut. A Newborn girl died in the druse Muslim Village of Ein Ata in the Bekaan Valley a few hours after her Mother gave birth a at Home because her family move her to the Hospital across Snow blocked Mountain roads a the spokesman said. Romanians enjoy the exposure Bucharest Romania up sex and capitalism Are thriving in Post cold War Romania now that the nations first topless bar is open. A i have opened this bar to make Money a said the owner who is one of the new Breed of Romania entrepreneurs determined to profit from the switch to a Market Economy. With an investment of $15,000 and mounting debts the proud owner of the sexy night bar has his work Cut out but a full House every night seems to indicate romanians Are enjoying this Westem style Novelty. Madelina Ivanciu 18, who just finished High school was delighted to have landed a Job As a waitress at the bar which opened this week. With a monthly income of $150, Ivanci us earnings Are on a Par with romanians prime minister. She is making More than three times the average monthly wage for Ordinary romanian workers. There is a $5 cover charge which May not seem like much to foreigners but it is a big sum to Ali Ordinary romanians since it represents about a third of their weekly income. 2 soldiers missing in Panama Panama City Panama up two . Soldiers last seen Jan. 31 waiting for a taxi outside a Panama military base have been declared missing the . Army said. Gay Veilleux and Antonio Gunn were last seen outside of fort Sherman 50 Miles North of the panamanian capital. They were wearing exercise clothes and waiting for a taxi the . Army said in a statement. The two had been Given permission to leave the base on Jan. 31 but were required to return before Midnight the army said. They were declared missing feb. 1, and their relatives were notified. The family members had no information on the soldiers whereabouts the army said. Gunn was known to speak Spanish and had been in Panama before the army said. . Army personnel and the panamanian police Force Are on the Lookout for the two men. Their hometowns and Ages were unavailable
