European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 c the stars and stripes thursday june 11,1992 prosecutors trying to link Demjan Juk to 2nd Camp Jerusalem apr John Dema Njuki a Appeal of his conviction As a holocaust Gas chamber operator ended tuesday with judges questioning the defense on whether he was a guard at another death Camp. Demjan Juk a native ukrainian who moved to the United states after the War is appealing his conviction As a Ivan the terrible of the Treblinka death Camp maintaining he was wrongly identified. The prosecution argues that even if the supreme court overturns his conviction it has shown that dam Manjuk was a guard at sob ibor Poland and that this alone would make him guilty of genocide. Judge Minachem Elon on tuesday pressed the defense on that Point. Quot All of sob ibor and Treblinka were created to kill 3,000 people every Day. They sent guards there. What did the guards do there. This is the definition of genocide a Elon said. Hut defense attorney Yoram Sheftel said any sob ibor evidence is irrelevant because the . Order extraditing Demjan Juk a former Cleveland autoworkers says he must be tried for a specific deeds by Ivan the terrible at Treblinka. There was no indication when the five judges might Rule. If they reverse the Treblinka conviction they also could Rule on whether Demjan Juk should be tried on other charges or released. Demjan Juk 72, sat through most of the six Days of summation listening to a ukrainian translation through headphones. But on tuesday he asked Sheftel to remind the court that when he listed sob ibor on his 1948 . Visa application As one of the places he had been during the War he meant the town of Sambor. Demjan Juk s son John jr., told reporters that the mistake was made because his father cannot write in English and someone else had filled out the visa application. Sheftel argued that depositions by Treblinka guards who said Ivan the terrible was a Man named Ivan Marchenko mean the High court should reverse Domjan Juke a conviction. A it has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the Appellant sitting Here. Is not Ivan the terrible a an officer escorts convicted nazi War criminal John Demjan Juk into the israeli supreme court on tuesday. Sheftel said. The depositions were made in nazi War crimes trials in the soviet Union in the 1940s through 1960s. Demjan Juk was convicted in 1988 and sentenced to death. The verdict was based on the testimony of five Treb Linka survivors who identified him As the Man they knew As Ivan the terrible a guard who tormented his victims on their Way to death. European to news network launched Lyon France apr europeans on tuesday signed an Accord to create an All news television network similar to Cable news network of the United states that will begin broadcasting in five languages starting in january. Eleven european Public broadcasting organizations Are taking part in the venture called euro news. They signed the Accord in the Southern French City of Lyon where euro news will have its Headquarters. The founding organizations include Tref of Belgium Cylc of Cyprus Vertu of Egypt rave of Spain Yle. Of Finland Antenne 2 and fr3 of France let of Greece Rai of Italy tic of Monte Carlo and Ftp of Portugal. Euro news will be broadcast in English French German italian and Spanish. It will be available to 23 million households in its first year. It was not immediately Clear whether the euro news signal would be available on a commercial or Cable basis but one senior official said that in France euro news would seek to use a commercial frequency left vacant by a network that went off the air in april. It will use footage front various television networks adding its own commentary. Massimo Fichera vice director of Italy a Public network Rai was designated As president of  editorial Council. A a this is a major event. In the european audiovisual scene until now the Domain of the private sector a Fichera said at a news conference. A a the passage of the Public sector across Borders assures the perpetuation of a mixed system. The future is no longer the exclusive territory of the private sector but of a  eur news will be completely free of countries political interests Fichera said. Heric Bourges president and director of Frances two Public to networks said eur news was born in part out of in no a dominating coverage of the persian Gulf War. Europeans saw Only the images of the War a that american censorship let through Quot he said. He expressed regret that Germany was not participating in eur news. Quot without them euro news will exist but with hem it would be much stronger a Bourges said. Germans to close Bridge near Ramstein a by the stars and stripes the Cobblestone Bridge that spans the Access Road leading to Ramstein Abs cast Gate will be permanently closed Friday by German officials who have deemed it unsafe a base spokesman said wednesday. German authorities informed base officials of heir decision late wednesday afternoon said maj. Bruce a Lewis or. The decision was based on a recent engineering study commissioned by the germans that apparently found the Bridge to be in disrepair. All Hough German officials expressed some concern about the Bridge at a recent meeting the sudden announcement caught some base officials by Surprise Lewis said. A there Are going to be some traffic disruptions a Lewis predicted. He cautioned motorists to be especially careful of local traffic Laws around the Bridge. A i have a sneaky suspicion that the Polizzi German police will be out there for traffic control a Lewis said. He estimated that about a Quarter to a third of the Ramstein base population uses the East Gate. Lewis said roads where traffic could be a problem include a westbound traffic on autobahn 6 toward Saab Rieken could use the Einsiedler Hof exit and drive to the base without a problem. Motorists however will not be Able to turn left and Cross Over the Cobblestone Bridge in the direction of Einsiedler Hof. A eastbound traffic on autobahn it toward Kaiserslautern and Mannheim will not be Able to travel to the air base. A traffic will largely be unaffected for those leaving from the East Gate of the base for either autobahn 6 or the Einsiedler Hof. World1 go killed in attack by gunmen in Panama from wire reports Panama City a gunmen opened fired on a parked american military vehicle wednesday killing one . Soldier and wounding another police and judicial sources said. The attack which occurred on the eve of a visit by president Bush took place on a Highway connecting Panama City and the Atlantic port City of col6n, said the sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. The shootings came As hundreds of panamanians protested the visit by Bush who ordered the december 1989 invasion of the country. The sources said they had no additional details on the attack and the . Southern come said it had no information to release. The sources said the vehicle attacked was a humvee an All purpose military vehicle that is replacing the  planning pullout Copenhagen Denmark v danish peacekeeping forces in Cyprus will withdraw after 28 years foreign minister Uffe Elleman Jensen said tuesday. The 352 volunteers patrolling Between the greek and turkish zones will probably be out of Cyprus by Early 1993, Elleman Jensen  s wife kills self san Salvador Al Salvador a the wife of vice minister of defense Juan Orlando Zepeda committed suicide at their Home in the salvadoran capital judicial sources said tuesday. Victoria Salinas de Zepeda 44, died monday of a gunshot wound to the head said a court official who asked that he not be identified. A we can Catalon it As a suicide a the official  plan auction Beijing a hoping to master the mysteries of capitalist style auctions and Stem the flood of Antiques smuggled out of China a state consortium announced plans tuesday to hold the country a first International auction. Organizers of the Beijing International auction which will run from oct. 10 to 15, will be Selling off everything from 16th-Century . Antiques to used  children too fat Vienna Austria a a study conducted at 33 schools in Vienna has found that 37 percent of children Are too fat austrian television reported tuesday. The study commissioned by the ministry of education was carried out by the University of Vienna on 2,000 schoolchildren in the capital Orf television  killed two injured in crash on autobahn 3. By the stars and stripes Nurnberg Germany a one Soldier was killed and two others were seriously injured in an Accident Early wednesday on autobahn 3 Between Wurzburg and Aschaffenbur. Names of the three soldiers from the 2nd army Cav regt in Nurnberg Are being withheld until family members Are notified a spokesman for the regiment said wednesday. The rented Volkswagen bus the soldiers were Riding in hit a gravel truck about 6 20 . They were on their Way to Rhein main a to Fly to the United Siaus where they were accepting new assignments. One Soldier is in critical condition and has Gruici gone brain surgery. The other survivor is in serious condition with a crushed lung. They Are in German hospitals. The Accident is being investigated by German and american police