European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes world thursday december 31. 1992 radio watch hat spell Freedom for missionary Manila Philippines apr Muslim bandits have freed an american missionary after 68 Days of Captivity in Exchange for a radio a Wristwatch and a hat. A a in a glad to be Back Home a a frail looking brother Gerald Fraszczak told reporters wednesday when he arrived in Manila after a two hour flight from Zamboanga City about 550 Miles South of the capital. Fraszczak briefly embraced fellow missionaries before being escorted to a waiting car to head to a Manila Hospital for tests. Fraszczak said to have been suffering from malaria and heart problems before the abduction was too weak to walk by himself and had to be braced by other missionaries. Doctors said he was in generally Good shape except for diarrhoea. Fraszczak a 55-year-old franciscan medical missionary from Chicago was freed late tuesday in the Remote town of Tipo Tipo on the Southern Island of Basilan. He was brought to Zamboanga City Early wednesday. A i was treated very Well a he told reporters in Zamboanga City. A i leave with a heavy heart because i was released on the condition never to return to he said the kidnappers warned that they would kill him if he returned to Basilan. The missionary had been held by renegade Muslim rebels in another part of Basilan since oct. 22. The kidnappers Are believed to be a breakaway group of the Muslim Moro National liberation front which has been waging a 20-year struggle to establish an islamic state in the Southern Philippines. Superintendent indo to the regional police spokesman said the bandits surrendered Fraszczak to chief negotiator Olbert a a Joey Tuung. Tuung said in Zamboanga City that Fraszczak was freed after he convinced the kidnappers that the Church and the . Embassy would not bargain further. Religious leaders had repeatedly turned Down a $200,000 Ransom demand from his abductors. Since the rebellion began in the Southern Philippines the late 1970s, Muslim groups have occasionally resorted to kidnappings and extortion. Kenyans push and shove tuesday to get into a polling station in Juja a town about 15 Miles from Nairobi. Kenyans go to polls for crucial vote Nairobi Kenya apr kenyans voted peacefully tuesday in their first multiparty election in 26 years after enduring months of politically motivated violence and widespread charges of Campaign fraud and intimidation. President Daniel t. Arap Moi 68, was expected to win re election against an opposition split by personal differences and Power struggles. At stake is the continued stability of Kenya once considered an exception to the autocratic Rule and economic collapse that have afflicted much of Africa. Election officials said votes were still being cast Early wednesday in the port of Mombasa the second largest City and significant returns were not expected until later in the Day. The East african nation faces its worst economic crisis and Many fear that political and ethnic rivalries sharpened by the Campaign a in which scores of people were killed and thousands driven from their Homes a could escalate into widespread civil conflict. Seven candidates challenged Moi who has held Power since 1978, and his Kenya african National Union which has ruled uninterrupted since Independence from Britain 29 years ago. The opposition candidates included two former vice presidents a former Cabinet minister and former dissidents. Voters also cast ballots for parliamentary and local seats. At least 16 of the National Assembly a 188 seats went directly to government party candidates who either were nominated unopposed or whose opponents dropped out or were eliminated. About 7.9 million kenyans registered to vote and turnout appeared to be heavy. There were 6,000 polling stations primarily at schools and churches throughout the nation which is slightly larger than France. Polling stations were due to open at 6 a.m., but Many opened late at the Lake Victoria town of Kisumu Mombasa on the Indian Ocean coast and in the capital of Nairobi. The delays caused some anger and voters at Nairobi a Kongo i primary school burned to shirts emblazoned with the name of ruling party. At Nauru about 62 Miles Northwest of Nairobi police used tear Gas to disperse a crowd at a polling station that tried to prevent a rival tribal group from voting in the first multiparty contest since 1966. Government spokesman David Andere blamed the problems on logistics and said most polling stations were operating smoothly by noon. Moi3 killed 1 badly injured in shooting Range blast from wire reports Berlin a an explosion at a private shooting Range in Western Germany has killed three people and seriously injured a fourth person. The Concrete underground shooting Range in the town of elms Horn in the Western German state of Schleswig Holstein was destroyed by the blast police said tuesday. Three men All members of a private shooting club that had rented the Range were kilted. The fourth mar was found about 150 feet from the site. Police a the cause of the blast was not known but said it might have been caused by stockpiled Gunpowder or train of d Rome a three Cabinet ministers have Given government approval for Italy to build a $3.8 billion High Speed train system that will link Naples in the South with Northern Turin. The plan Calls for the Treno i Alta velocity Tav to be operational by 1999 and insists that Revenue from fares be at least enough to service the debt on the massive project. The plan gained the approval of Italy a budget Treasury and transport ministers during a tuesday meeting in mishap hurts 13 Hohens Gwangau Germany twelve japanese tourists and a Carriage Driver were Hurt tuesday when a two horse Carriage overturned at the Entrance to bavarian King Ludwig is fairy tale Castle police said. Bavarian police said one of the two horses pulling the Carriage fell on the Steep Road near the Entrance to the famous Neuse Hanstein Castle and the Carriage tipped Over into a group of japanese tourists. The japanese suffered minor injuries while the bavarian Carriage Driver was reported in serious condition police fights drug flow Casablanca Morocco a Morocco will try curbing the flow of hashish to Europe with a $1 billion Aid program to Farmers in the rugged or if Region King Hassan ii announced tuesday. The five year program co sponsored by the 12-nation european Community the principal target of moroccan hashish exports comes amid a new crackdown on hashish smuggling. Police arrested a dutch truck Driver Jacobs Kro oders 50, on sunday after discovering 4.3 tons of hashish in his truck. He faces several years in prison if found guilty of drug smuggling. The King announced a stepped up Campaign against hashish production and smuggling recently on the condition that the wealthy european Community help Morocco financially. Hassan said the Money will be used to Aid Small Farmers who grow cannabis to make a living in the or if area. He did not specify details of the robber confesses Vienna Austria a a businessman has confessed to stealing the remains of the 18-year-old Lover of 19th-Century Crown Prince Rudolf solving a macabre mystery that gripped Austria during the Christmas holidays. Police said tuesday that Helmut Platze Steiner of Linz admitted robbing the grave of Maria Vetsera in july 1991 in a misguided attempt to solve the mystery of her death More than a Century ago. She was the Lover of Rudolf heir to the hapsburg throne. Their reported double suicide at a Hunting Lodge in mayerling near Vienna in 1889 stunned the Austro hungarian Empire. The theft went undiscovered until officials opened the grave last week after the daily Neue Krone Zeitung reported that the remains had been stolen. Platze Steiner came under suspicion when the newspaper named him As its source. Police said he led them to a warehouse where a Pewter coffin believed to contain the remains was hidden. A Federal investigator said Platze Steiner believed f become a hero if he could solve the Puzzle of the mayerling deaths Austria a press Agency Apa reported
