European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday March 24, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 5time running out in Hunt for nazi killers los Angeles apr nazi Hunters sifting russian european and Argentine archives to unmask aging War criminals in the United states say they fear the newly available dossiers will ultimately serve history but not Justice. Investigators Are poring Over archives throughout Eastern Europe and m provincial capitals in the former soviet Union that were off limits during the cold War. And last month Argentine president Carlos Menem released files to the los Angeles based Simon Wiesen Thal Center about nazis who fled to Argentina after world War ii. What researchers Are finding will add detail to nazi atrocities and the Fate of thousands who disappeared in the holocaust. But the archives May be of limited use to prosecutors. A we must move with dispatch because time is against Justice a said Martin Mendelsohn Legal counsel to the Wiesenthal Center and former chief of the Justice departments nazi Hunting unit. Brewster Chamberlin archives director of the new . Holocaust museum in Washington has microfilmed documents in Latvia Russia Ukraine Belarus Hungary Poland Czechoslovakia and Eastern Ger Many. The museum will have 1 million documents on the holocaust when it opens next year. Allan Ryan jr., a former chief of the Justice departments office of special investigations estimates 10,000 War criminals including prison guards their superiors and collaborators were among 400,000 refugees who came to the United states Between 1948 and 1952. Since it was founded in 1979, the office has obtained orders to Deport Only 30 alleged War criminals from the United states. Prosecutions by the office based on the new information Are unlikely Ryan said. A the Trail grows cold. Witnesses die a said Ryan now a Harvard University attorney. A cases that could be made in 1950 can to be made today. And the Burden of proof against the government is very the office refuses to comment on its hundreds of Active cases. In february Wiesenthal investigators obtained Argentine files on nazis who fled there after the War including those on Josef Mengele. The a Angel of death at the Auschwitz concentration Camp in Poland is believed to have died in Brazil in 1979. The files have yet to provide information on possible Imi nals in the United states acknowledged rabbi Abraham Cooper Dean of the Wiesenthal Center. But in the stars and stripes 10 years ago March 24,1982 a patches of missing insulating tiles were spotted on the upper nose of the orbiting space shuttle Columbia but Mission officials assured the astronauts that they did not anticipate any heat problems on the spacecrafts searing re entry. 20 years ago March 24, 1972 a an air Force regulation requiring the discharge of women who become pregnant was struck Down by a Federal judge who said the Rule might be based on Quot outmoded 30 years ago March 24, 1962 a for the first time during the years of intermittent rebellion by european settlers in Algeria orders were Given for an All out attack by French troops on the right Wing secret army organization. The group was fighting for Algeria s Independence from France. The Daylong Battle occurred in a suburb of Algiers. 40years ago March 24,1952 a Gene Kelly actor dancer Singer and director said he was grateful after hearing that his picture an american in Paris had won the Academy award As Best film of the year Over a Streetcar named desire and a place in the Sun. World War ii 50 years ago today 24 march1 a 9 a 4 it japanese artillery and planes begin bombarding american forces on the Bataan Peninsula and the fortified Island of Corregidor in preparation for a renewed offensive against the Mam position in the Philippines. A japanese attack pushes North of Tou goo in Burma nearly cutting off the town s chinese defenders. In new Guinea japanese planes heavily bomb port moresby Mcneme a decision to make them Public nonetheless has had a significant effect. A every time you have a historic move by someone like president Menem it takes the wind out of the sails of the holocaust deniers Quot Cooper said. If War crimes suspects turn up in the United states the special investigations office can sue to strip them of . Citizenship and Deport them. The office generally argues that citizenship should be revoked because the people concealed wartime roles to get it. However it is not known whether the new Eastern european governments would be willing to accept alleged former nazis for trial said Elliot Welles director of the anti defamation leagues nazi War criminals task Force in new York. Cooper said the new material presents a last Opportunity to track Down criminals. A a we re reaching a crucial stage because of the biological question. But we be never had a greater Opportunity to do More in a Shorter period of time a he said. A now is the time for that final big train collision kills 1 in Kentucky Fulton by. Apr two Illinois Central freight trains collided head on Early sunday outside a rail Yard killing a crewman. A northbound train with 65 cars collided with a 19-car southbound train near Fulton in southwestern Kentucky said Charlie Holcomb a chief dispatcher for Illinois Central Railroad in Chicago. An engine from one train and two engines from the other derailed but no other cars left the tracks Holcomb said. He said the southbound train was carrying cars and trucks and the other was carrying regular freight. Holcomb said the cause of the Accident has not been determined and officials done to know How fast either train was moving at the time. A a we re in the process of getting tapes off the engines and we have officials Down there on the scene a Holcomb said. Mark Mcdaniel a spokesman for Kentucky disaster and emergency services said no hazardous materials were spilled except for a slight amount of diesel fuel from one of the engines. Mcdaniel and Holcomb said the name of the Crew member killed in the Accident would not be released until his family was notified. Two Illinois Central freight trains remain tangled after crashing head on sunday. Leader predicts United Way s fall if chapters Don t Stop dues protest source 2194 Days of War w. H Smith inc. Would almanac Book of world wat ii. B son books corp ,1981 a Indianapolis apr United Way of americans acting president warned sunday that the National organization May be dismantled unless affiliates Forward the dues they withheld to protest his predecessors lavish spending. Interim president Kenneth dam asked representatives of the local chapters to show understanding saying Cost cutting measures Are already in place. Nearly 100 of the nations 1,400 United Way affiliates have withheld dues from the National organization to protest the $463,000 annual salary and generous Perks Given the former president William Aramony. Aramony resigned under pressure Over reports that he Rode in chauffeured limousines and on the supersonic Jet concorde at United Way expense and rewarded friends and associates with highly paid jobs. A it is extremely serious. We re living from payroll to payroll a dam told a National conference of United Way representatives. A i May have to preside Over the dismantling of United Way of he said the National office was not asking for full dues payments right away a but wed like you to consider at least partial payment of the local chapters raise Money and give Grants to charities in their territories. They customarily Send 1 percent of funds they raise to the National office in Alexandria va., which provides administrative support and has a budget of $29 million. Dam said the Agency has stopped paying club memberships for its officials banned the use of portable phones sold All its cars and is using the most economical transportation available. Limousine travel is banned and coach class airline tickets now Are mandatory he said. The organization has also instituted a hiring freeze and ordered a 10 percent Cut in its annual budget and More changes Are planned dam said. He said an Independent Law firms investigation of the Agency would be made Public after it is completed next month. John Akers chairman of ism and of United Way of americans Board of governors and other Board members expressed Hope that the National organization would emerge from its current troubles with streamlined operations. A the Way we govern in Alexandria needs to be reviewed and adjusted a Akers said. Quot there a absolutely no reason we can to come out of this stronger and healthier than Ever the conference attended by about 1,400 United Way representatives was originally scheduled As a meeting for the organizations Volunteer leaders. Its program was adjusted to hear the concerns of local affiliates Over How the scandal would affect fund raising. Some of the representatives asked for reforms but also praised the National organization for the help it provides affiliates. A the process we re going through this weekend is a really healthy one a said Bonnie Oliverio of Mentor Ohio. A a it a Good for All of us to talk and take a look at the
