European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 11, 199< the stars and stripes b Page 3robertson cancels bid to buy up Washington apr religious broadcaster Pat Robertson on wednesday dropped his month old offer to Purchase financially troubled United press International in its entirety declaring that the a economics just Don t. Seem to make  at a news conference in Washington Robertson said he was instructing his attorneys to a modify our offer Quot initially set at $6 million. He said he was still interested in acquiring a one or two of the assets of this organization including its  Robertson said he was interested in purchasing upits radio operations. He made his comment at the National press club. Up is operating under bankruptcy Protection for the second time in recent years. Up president Pieter Vanbennekom speaking immediately after Robertson said the search would resume for another buyer. At the same time he said the company which employs 500 people would consider All its options a including a shutdown of  the wire service has been losing Money for three decades and now owes its creditors $60 million. In new York wire service Guild president Kevin Keane representing one of upits largest creditors said he was not surprised by Robertson a announcement but made no additional comment. Robertson emerged at a Federal bankruptcy hearing in Vermont last month As the Only bidder for All of up a company with a Long tradition As a wire service providing newspaper stories news photographs and broadcasting services. He was granted 30 Days to go Over upits finances before deciding whether to go Forward with his offer. East West enmities fade at different world seminar by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau Naples Italy a . Mike Boorda and russian army col. Igor Sinitzin have seen a lot of change during their decades in the military. But until recently they never dreamed they would be attending a nato seminar together. A a it a a different world  Sinitzin said. A live or six years ago this nato meeting would have been impossible to conceive  Sinitzin is one of the More than 20 Eastern european military officers and government officials joining their Western counterparts for the three Day military seminar at the Headquarters of nato s Allied forces Southern Europe in Naples. The seminar began wednesday. Besides Russia representatives from Armenia Azerbaijan Bulgaria and Romania had arrived and of South officials were also expecting georgian and ukrainian representatives. The seminar is an offshoot of the 1990 London declaration and the 1991 Rome declaration by the Council of the North Atlantic treaty organization. Both documents Call for contacts among military authorities of Central and Eastern european nations. A we saw you As the enemy and so we planned to counter your moves and to fight you if necessary a Boorda told the Eastern europeans. A today we Are friends. And today we Are working in a world where Friendship and Trust and competence May if we re serious about it make it possible for there to be less conflict and less enemies in the  Boorda explained that part of the significance of the meeting is that participants Are staff level. A some of you Are not quite so senior and that is Good because what you acquire Here in the next three Days and the friendships that you make will stand you in Good Stead for years to come As i Hope the Bridges Boorda Sinitzin Between nato and the former Warsaw pact and soviet Union countries get closer and closer a Boorda said. A a Phis is an Opportunity for the representatives of our East european countries to see How nato works and to Exchange experiences and to plan our cooperation in the future a said it. Vol. Ivan Woumn crop of the bulgarian army. Sinitzin said the seminar is an example of the cooperation that now exists Between countries. A a we re interested in the Means to regulate conflicts As in Yugoslavia or in places across Western Europe and Eastern Europe a we need an organization that can do that a Sinitzin said. . Navy it. De Daum said the Eastern european officers believe a the military people Are Way ahead of the  a the military can get along better Quot said Daum an analyst at strike Force South a subordinate command of ass Outka. A some of that attitude is wanting to believe its the and of the old War  crashed into tree hours before injury los Angeles apr entertainer Ben Vereen crashed his car into a tree hours before he was run Down by a truck and critically injured while walking on a Highway in the Middle of the night authorities said. Investigators said they did no to know whether there was a connection Between the accidents. Vereen 45, was in critical condition tuesday with head and internal injuries and a broken leg. He was conscious and talking after four hours of surgery said Mike Byrne spokesman for the University of California los Angeles medical Center. The actor Singer and dancer perhaps Best known for his portrayal of Chicken George in the 1977 minis pics roots and his work in the 1979 film All that was hit by a Small truck on the Pacific coast Highway near his Malibu Home about 2 45 . Monday. The Driver Wasny to injured. No charges were filed. Authorities said they did no to know Why Vereen was out at that hour. Deanna Holliday a Friend said he sometimes took vigorous pre Dawn walks for exercise. Six hours earlier Vereen crashed his Corvette on the same Road and was taken in for sobriety tests which he passed. Deputy Larry Mead said. Vereen suffered bruises but refused medical attention Deputy Rich Erickson said. Vereene a 16-year-old daughter was killed in an Auto Accident in 1987, sending the entertainer into a severe depression during which he abused drugs and  in Crane slaying charged in sex Case los Angeles up a a Man charged with killing Hogan s heroes Star Bob Crane waived extradition tuesday and will be transported to Arizona to face murder charges in the 1978 slaying. John Henry Carpenter 64, was charged with bludgeoning Crane to death at an apartment in a Phoenix suburb. In an unrelated Case Carpenter pleaded not guilty tuesday to three counts of child molestation in Long Beach municipal court. T he charges Stem from the alleged fondling of two girls in three incidents in 1988, said Sandi Gibbons a spokeswoman for the District attorney. The girls then Ages 10 and 12, were friends of carpenters family she said. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for june 18 in the molestation Case. Crane 49, played col. Robert Logan in the popular sitcom set in a world War ii German prisoner of War Camp. He was killed with blows to the head in an apartment in Scottsdale ariz., where he had been starring in a dinner theater production. T he investigation into cranes slaying remained open As a number of leads surfaced Over the years. Arizona prosecutors said they charged Carpenter with murder because of new evidence which involved body tissue of cranes found in carpenters car in 1978. Thais protest new prime minister Bangkok Thailand apr Somboon Wahong a lawmaker with close ties to the military said wednesday he had been approved As the new prime minister. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside to oppose his appointment. Somboon made his statement to reporters As parliament adopted measures to reduce the military a role in politics part of a Reform drive following massive protests that were crushed by the military. At least 40 people were killed by official count and hundreds remain missing. Somboon is a former air Force officer who won a seat in parliament complying with a Reform approved wednesday that requires the prime minister to be an elected member of the National Assembly. But he leads one of six pro military parties that advocates of democracy hold partially responsible for last month s military crackdown. The six party coalition nominated Somboon to succeed Suchinda Kra Prayoon a Noil elected former army chief whose appointment As prime minister sparked massive protests. Speaking with reporters at his residence Somboon said he received a Telephone Call from the Royal Palace confirming his nomination As prime minister. Nominations of prime minister Are submitted to constitutional Monarch King hum Biol Adulya Dej for pro forma approval. There was no immediate official announcement wednesday from the Palace. Opposition lawmakers predicted Somboon a government would last Only one month to three months because its unpopularity would Lead to new protests. Some lawmakers have called for a dissolution of parliament and new general elections. Even before Somboon announced his nomination More than 500 demonstrators gathered outside parliament to protest his expected naming As the country a 20th prime minister. Former Naples teacher Dies of 91 crash injuries Naples Italy a amps a a longtime Naples elementary school teacher who was injured in i car Accident in March 1991 died Friday at a Michigan Hospital. Margaret Murray 60, suffered severe head injuries in a two car collision that claimed the life of school Secretary Anne t. In Colacino who was driving the car. Murray a Boston native who taught at Naples for 22 years never regained consciousness after the Accident. She was transferred to a Hospital at Howell mich., shortly after the Accident said Mark Benham assistant principal at Naples elementary. Murray is sur void by a brother Benham said