European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 world b the stars and stripes wednesday May 6, 1992 30 suspected terrorists arrested in French raids from wire reports Paris a French police arrested about 30 people monday suspected of links to the Basque separatist group Eta widening a Campaign aimed at preventing violent disruptions of expo �?T92 or the summer olympics. The raids were conducted in Paris Brittany and the Basque country bordering Spain the government said. The names of those arrested were not disclosed. Turkish police kill 4 Ankara Turkey a keeping up their crackdown on a leftist terrorist group police killed four suspects in an overnight operation Ankara a police chief announced tuesday. Chief Mehmet can seven said the terrorists were members of Dev sol revolutionary Road. Police seized a rocket launcher guns ammunition and explosives during the raids he said. Minister visits nato Brussels Belgium a japanese defense minister Sohei Miyashita visited nato Headquarters monday for discussions on the Western Alliance and the changing Security Structure in Europe. A we brought him up to Date with All that is happening at nato a said Amedeo de Franchis Deputy Secretary general of the 16-nation North Atlantic treaty organization. Worner recuperating Brussels Belgium nato Secretary general Manfred Worner is expected to return to work later this month after undergoing surgery for an intestinal ailment the Alliance said monday. A statement from the 16-nation North Atlantic treaty organization said Worner 57, was released from a German Hospital sunday a for a Short period of  dutch seize hashish Middelburg Netherlands a customs agents have seized 22,000 pounds of hashish during a routine Check on a fishing trawler authorities said monday. The drugs estimated at a Street value of $21.5 million had been concealed in two Gas tanks in the Craft. Rites planned for family killed in Berlin area crash berlins amps a a memorial service will be held at noon May 13 at the american Community Chapel in Berlin Dahlem for spec. Christian n. Wilson and his family. Wilson a Supply specialist at Fin then army Airfield in Mainz was killed april 19 in a vehicle Accident near Berlin. Also killed were his wife Alexandra and 16-month-old daughter Amanda. Christian Wilson a parents Nuel and Brigette Wilson live in Berlin As does Alexandra Wilson s Mother Renate Dunker. The family asks that donations be made to the stumpers a Hospital for crippled children. The address is . Box 31356, attn Burns Institute Tampa Fla. 33631-3356. Merchants Teller machines will now take 4 new cards Frankfurt Germany a amps a customers can use four additional credit cards beginning today at merchants National Bank automatic Teller machines overseas Bank officials announced tuesday. American express discover Exchange and diners club cards can be used at the Bank a 139 Green machines in Germany the Netherlands and the United kingdom according to a merchants press release. Mastercard and visa users have been Able to use their cards at merchants automatic Teller machines for the past two years. Euini Csuvay May a Ito chemo Byl area wildfires spread radioactive Ash Moscow a wildfires caused by hot dry weather Are burning grass and Brush in the chernobyl area and the flying Ash is spreading radiation from the 1986 nuclear disaster the itar Tass news Agency reported monday. In the last two Days firefighters have extinguished about 100 fires in the Gomel Region of Belarus just North of the chernobyl nuclear Power Plant the Agency said. On april 26, 1986, a reactor at chernobyl exploded and burned spewing radiation worldwide. The current fires Are particularly intense in villages that have been evacuated since the chernobyl disaster itar Tass said. Radioactive dust from chernobyl contaminated dozens of villages. Radioactive topsoil was removed from some areas but Many Fields forests and settlements were simply deserted. Itar Tass said the fires Are stirring up radioactive matter and the Ash a is spreading Over significant distances poisoning settlements and Fields. The Agency did not give any details of How much radiation was spread by the fires or the geographical extent of the contamination. More than 100,000 people were forced to leave their Homes in Ukraine and Belarus because of contamination after the chernobyl Plant exploded. The official death toll from the 1986 Accident was 32. But some ukrainian doctors and environmental activists say at least 250 people have died and the toll could reach 10,000, counting deaths from cancer and other radiation related diseases. Humpback to Victory algerian me Ptah Dej Jena raises his arms in Triumph Degena completed the 26-mile race in 2 hours 32 min sunday after his mount crossed the finish line first in utes bettering the previous Mark of 2 hours 40 min the second world Camel Marathon at Doug Tunisia. Utes set in the first Camel Marathon two years ago. Conman sergeant gets 6-year term by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart Germany a More than nine years after he vanished from his last duty station in the Stutt Art suburb of ludwigs Burg sgt. Karl h. Pascascio has Een assigned to a new Post a a military prison. But it Wasny to Pascascio a Long absence from duty that prompted judge it. Col William Fischer to sentence the Soldier to six years in jail and a $5,000 Fine on monday evening at the Stuttgart trial Center. It was the fact that Pascascio had tricked four German women into lending him at least $20,000 Between 1988 and 1990, with no intention of paying them Back. A pretrial agreement limits the length of his sentence to 63 months. A desertion charge was dismissed because of the statute of limitations. Pascascio pleaded guilty monday to four counts of theft and one count of making a worthless Check for 18,000 Marks about $11,200 with the intent to deceive. He told Fischer he had met each of the women while Riding streetcars or walking in Stuttgart struck up conversations with them finagle invitations to their Homes and after repeated visits began asking them for Money. He said he made up a Story about having a sick grandmother who needed the Money for an operation. He also admitted having told the women he was a secret agent for the . Government and having shown them a false identification card As proof. Some women took out Bank Loans to get Money for him. Each time a woman gave him a Large sum of Money Pascascio abandoned her to look for new victims. A i Hurt the people who have Given me love and Trust a Pascascio said adding later a a in be not Only cheated them in be cheated myself by pretending to be someone and something that i was not. Fischer also sentenced Pascascio to a dishonourable discharge reduction to the lowest enlisted rank and forfeiture of All pay and allowances. A number of discrepancies remained unresolved As the court put the Case to rest. Pascascio said he was born in Belize City in what was British Honduras and is now the tiny Central american nation of Belize. But prosecutors alluded to documents which list other birthplaces. And while his military records say he is 39, his army lawyers say he will turn 49 this month. Pascascio a string of deceptions ended abruptly last year when one victim collected his general delivery mail at a local Post office and discovered angry letters from other victims. After that some of the women Rode the streetcars until they spotted him. German police arrested him feb. 26, 1991, in ludwigs Burg. He spent More than four months in a German prison before the army ascertained that he was a Soldier and took custody of him. Pascascio a army defense lawyers moved to Block his court martial last fall claiming he had been denied a right to a speedy trial. Fischer denied the motion dec. 6. The army court of military review issued an extraordinary writ after that delaying adjudication of the Case according to court sources. Later however the higher court withdrew its writ