European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 2,1993 i world the stars and stripes b pag89 Iran urges West to show Good will a. 1 a a. A Tehran Iran apr meeting foreign reporters for the first time in two years president Hashemi a Sfanjani said the West a especially the United states a will have to show Good will if it wants to improve relations. A Sfanjani urged the West to give priority to releasing assets Frozen by the United states in 1979 and lifting the . Embargo on arms sales to Bosnia and her Leeoy Irta a Muslim led government. His statements came As the nation prepared to Mark the 14th anniversary of the 1979 islamic revolution which brought the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to Power. There will be 10 Days of celebrations culminating feb. 11. A Sfanjani hinted during sundays news conference that he would run for re election in june but he did not flatly say he would. He faces rising discontent among the population Over economic problems including a shortage of foreign Exchange and pressure from hard line islamic clerics who Sun relations with the West. Some observers had expected the news conference would be a bid to reach out to the West including to newly elected president Clinton. Instead a Sfanjani used the conference to underscore Iran a isolationist policies. A they Western nations will have to show some signal of Good will in practice and not in theory a Rassan Jani said. He seemed especially pessimistic about relations with Washington. A at the present juncture we Are still witnessing the animosity of the United states toward our country and therefore i see no new avenues to explore for cooperation a he said. Washington severed diplomatic relations with the islamic state after iranian militants seized 52 hostages in the . Embassy in Tehran in november 1979 and assets held them for 444 Days. Still outstanding is Iran a $11 billion claim for american military equipment ordered by the late Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi before the revolution. A Sfanjani said Iran was concerned about the plight of Bosnia a mus. Lims who remain under Segic by serbian irregulars in the former yugoslav Republic. A if Justice is served the arms embargo should be removed because this is an unequal War a a Sfanjani said. The president would not comment on the a Rafa Sajani rest of an american travel agent in Tehran Long term resident Milton Meier saying it was up to the judiciary to decide the Case. Irian has accused the 58-year-old american of a links with foreign intelligence services.�?�. A on other topics a Sfanjani said a a German convicted of spying for Iraq dict or a Frisch had one step left in his trial before the supreme court decided whether to implement the death penalty. A the death order issued feb. 14, 1989 by Khomeini against British writer Salman Rushdie remains in effect. Iran accuses the writer of blaspheming islam in his Hook satanic verses. A open should try to achieve its target Price of $21 per barrel through production cuts. Iran is anticipating Oil revenues of about $17 billion next year. Any drop in Price could Hurt its development plans. Russians admit radiation leaks a a. Contaminated 450,000 in urals by Richard Boudreaux los Angeles times Moscow a russian officials disclosing new details about a series of nuclear disasters in the ural mountains have admitted that 450,000 people were contaminated by radiation from the giant mayak atomic Plant Between 1948 and 1967. They also said the site remains a potential Hazard. The disclosures accompanied a $20 million government allocation sent Friday to the supreme soviet to provide compensation and health services to victims and to improve waste management at the Plant near Chelyabinsk which made weapons Grade plutonium for nuclear warheads. Vasily Voznyak head of a government commission on the consequences of nuclear accidents told report ers that some of the plants radioactive wastes were still stored in unsafe conditions. A of course not All of this can explode at once tomorrow but there Are still some containers of the kind which leaked in 1957, and therefore potentially the danger exists a he said. A if there were a major Accident the radioactive dumps on the territory of the Plant Are still capable of producing much More pollution than he 1986 Accident at  chernobyl site of the worlds worst nuclear disaster in Ukraine sent radioactive Clouds Over much of Europe and halted the development of nuclear Energy throughout the soviet Union. According to Voznyak a account the most detailed Ever by a russian official the mayak Plant damaged the surrounding environment in three stages after its construction in 1948. For the first seven years As the soviets raced the americans to make atomic bombs the Plant dumped radioactive waste into the local River poisoning the drinking and irrigation water of 124,000 people he said. The most serious radiation in 1957, resulted from an explosion of nuclear wastes that caused thousands of casualties. Ten years later Lake Karachi dried up and radioactive wastes dumped there were scattered by the winds Over populated areas. Soviet authorities kept the incidents secret. They were first reported in 1976 by Zhores Medvedev a soviet dissident scientist and finally acknowledged by the government More than a decade later under president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. Sex Golf course manager Hurt in car crash Furth Germany a amps Brian Peroutka who was fired in october As manager of the Monteith Golf course in Furth was badly injured in an automobile Accident Jan. 19 near Glasgow by. Karen Nicoletti a Friend of Peroutka a said he was in guarded condition at a Hospital with broken ribs broken Bones in one leg a damaged spleen and lower intestines and missing Teeth. He also lost part of his Tongue she said. The Accident occurred when the car in which Peroutka was Riding hit ice and slide Down an embankment Nicoletti said. Peroutka and the Driver were out of the car when another vehicle hit the same ice and left the Road smashing into the fir St vehicle and crushing per Outka Between the two she said. Peroutka was manager of the Monteith Golf course snore than four Vears. He was fired after charges lha he failed to Deposit 1,000 Marks about $540, paid w him Quot a a a German associate member of the Golf course. Peroutka admitted giving the Money As bonuses to three employees without reporting it. An inventory shortfall As Well As other minor infractions also led to his dismissal. Peroutka returned to his Home in Dayton Ohio in december and recently found a Job As manager of a Golf course restaurant in Kentucky. Nicoletti who was an employee of Peroutka sat Monteith Golf course and still works there said he had not been at work Long enough in Kentucky to qualify for his company a insurance. Neither Driver was injured. A fund has been established at merchants National Bank in Furth to help cover medical costs. For information Contact Nicoletti at Dan 460-4621 or German civilian 0911-738-0621. Cards and letters can be sent to Peroutka in care of Nicoletti at Monteith Golf course Apo 09222.new chinese destroyer reportedly passes sea trials from wire reports Beijing a a new Model chinese missile destroyer has passed sea trials the official Xinhua news Agency said sunday. The report is seen As another indication of China a determination to strengthen its Navy Long the weakest Branch of its military to defend its claims to Taiwan and disputed islands in the South China sea. Avalanches kill dozens Moscow a avalanches that hit the russian Northern caucasus have killed at least 50 people officials said sunday. Ruslan Tavas Icv chief of the search and Rescue service in the province of North Ossetia told the inter fax news Agency that 35 bodies were recovered and that Rescue teams evacuated eight injured people from the disaster  bomb just Money Manila Philippines a police acting on an Anonymous tip rigged an electronic Detonator on a suspicious looking Jug on Claro Recto Avenue and set it off. It rained coins. Bystanders and police scampered to scoop up the Money. What police had feared was a bomb found Early sunday was actually a Jug filled with one peso 25-cent coins. It was not known what the Jug of coins was doing on the Street. A israeli soldiers kill 2 Jerusalem a israeli soldiers opened fire on a car that failed to Stop at an army Roadblock killing two palestinians officials said monday. As the car approached the Roadblock sunday night near Janin in the israeli occupied West Bank the Driver made a a turn to avoid being stopped. Soldiers called on the Driver to halt then opened 11 fire an army spokesman said. A the Driver escaped but two passengers identified As Nasser Marousi and Mohammad Abousif both 22, were killed. The army said the car had been stolen last week from the israeli City of Nytanya and that the two had been involved in other car  denied report says Seoul South Korea a North Korea has reportedly barred . Inspectors from a site that . Satellite pictures indicated was probably a nuclear waste Plant. The United states suspects North Korea is developing a nuclear Arsenal and has demanded More inspections. North Korea denies it is seeking to build nuclear bombs. The newspaper Cho Ngang ilbo quoting an unidentified South korean official said sunday that the North rejected a proposal by the Vienna Austria based International atomic Energy Agency last week to inspect a site at Yon Byon North of  service planned for Soldier killed in . Frankfurt Germany a amps a memorial service for a 3rd corps support come Soldier who was shot to death in the United states will be held thursday in Furth. Spec. Albert d. Brown 21, a direct support maintenance Mechanic with the 317th Maint co 71st corps support in in  was fatally shot Jan. 23 in Lexington miss., according to v corps officials in Frankfurt. Brown had been on leave in the United states. State and local police and criminal investigation come officials at fort Mcclellan ala., Are investigating the shooting. The memorial service is scheduled for 2 . At the Johnson Barracks Chapel. Brown is survived by his Mother Susie k. Brown who lives in Lexington