European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 20, 1993 Egypt arrests 3 suspects in murder of . Tourist from wire reports Cairo Egypt police have arrested three suspects in the murder and robbery of an american tourist an Interior ministry spokesman said thursday. Rita e. Arias 63, of Coral Gables fla., disappeared feb. 5 after arriving at Cairo International Airport to join an archaeological tour. Her strangled body was found two Days later in the desert Between Cairo and Suez 80 Miles East of Cairo. Her Money jewelry and baggage were missing ". /.,. / / / the Interior ministry spokesman who could not be identified under ministry rules said two of the suspects Youssef Mohamed Youssuf and saved to Shiyan confessed to murdering and robbing Arias. They allegedly confessed to taking $120, two cameras Arias handbag and suitcase. The third suspect was identified As carnal Zakariya Abdallah. All three men have criminal records the ministry spokesman said. German discos reject Baez Mannheim Germany Joan Daez on tour in Germany was refused entry at two Mannheim discotheques when sherried to enter As a guest a newspaper said thursday. The Mannheimer Morgen newspaper said Baez had gone out with her group to relax after completing a performance at Mannheim s Rosengarten concert Hall wednesday and was refused entry at the first disco because she did not have a membership card. The group went to another disco and the Doorman refused them entry saying this is too Many foreigners at one time the newspaper said quoting Baez s tour chief Barry Williamson. Williamson told the newspaper the doormen at both clubs said they knew who Baez was but still declined admittance. Mannheim mayor Gerhard Widder hearing of the problem sent Baez a letter of apology and a bouquet of Flowers the newspaper said. Russians show Friendship Moscow Young muscovites crowded around a 12-foot-tall greeting card on Snow covered red Square to write Friendship messages to the United states on thursday. The giant card sent from the United states and coordinated with the United nations was hand painted by 400 artists. The stars and stripes b Page 9 6 Ansbach gis accused in separate incidents Furth Germany is six soldiers from the 6th in 43rd air defense arty in Ansbach Germany ran into trouble with police sunday. Three were arrested for car vandalism in downtown Niernberg about 8 30 . Sunday. Three others were involved in an incident at the Sheridan club on Sheridan Cavern in Augsburg Early sunday morning. They were accused of drunk and disorderly conduct and of the larceny of private property a coat according to u. Col. Dick Bridges spokesman for v corps in Frankfurt Germany. Military police still Are investigating the Inci Dent. The soldiers arrested in downtown Niernberg allegedly damaged u cars. The Cost of the vandalism which consisted mainly of broken outside mirrors on most of the cars totalled 4,000 Marks or about $2,500, according to Niernberg police. Those three soldiers Are Ages 20,21 and 24, according to police reports. Military officials Are withholding the names while the incident is investigated. Police said the cars were parked near the old City Wall Between Farber splat and Graser Gasse in Nurnberg s old town. A witness called police who took the soldiers into custody and turned them Over to . Military police. The soldiers deny they Are responsible for the damage said Frauke Davis spokeswoman for the Ansbach Community. . Efforts for Mideast talks Suppo by Egypt s Leader Cairo Egypt a egyptian president Hosni Mubarak pledged Friday to support . Efforts for an Early resumption of Mideast peace talks but said it will take some time for palestinians to come aboard. Mubarak offered his Assurance after a 90-Minutc meet ing with Secretary of state Warren m. Christopher on the first Stop of a visit to the Region. The egyptian president said he would visit Washington in Early april. We agreed to intensify our joint efforts to energize the peace process Christopher said at a Brief news conference in Mubarak s Palace before flying to Jordan to see King Hussein. Christopher s chief obstacle is palestinian resistance to a Deal he struck feb. 1 with Israel for the return of 101 palestinian deportees from Lebanon right away and the 295 others by the end of the year. Israel sent them into exile on suspicion of links to Hamas a fundamentalist group that takes credit for bloody attacks on Israel. Mubarak met in Cairo on wednesday with Yassir Arafat chairman of the Palestine liberation Organiza Tion and there were reports afterwards that Egypt was suggesting Israel Speed up the repatriation to end the crisis threatening the resumption of peace talks in Washington in april. But Mubarak queried by a reporter said we have no new  he said Egypt was working for the return of the palestinians but added it will take some  Mubarak said he had a very Good meeting v with Christopher and was convinced that the United states was committed to the peace process. He said he was going to see what can be done to move the peace process Forward when he meets with president Clinton at the White House. After stops in Jordan Syria saudi Arabia Kuwait and Israel Christopher is to report his findings to Clinton. Before he met with Mubarak Christopher spent the morning sightseeing Louring the pharaonic wonders of 46 centuries ago including the pyramids the Sphinx and the solar boat built to take King Khufu to heaven. I make no apologies about doing that he said of the sightseeing. It seems to me it gives a context to what you Are trying to achieve. It s also a reminder to build some structures that Are  Christopher is trying to build an Arab and israeli consensus not Only to resume negotiations in washing ton in april but also to make compromises for the Sake of a settlement. Otherwise a senior . Official warned thursday president Clinton might consign Mideast peacemaking to a Back Burner. There Are important opportunities Here that should not be missed by the parties Christopher said in his arrival in Cairo. We Nave come to the Region ready to do our Best and we will be assessing whether the Par ties Are ready to do  drug probe ends at Garmisch one worker jailed others fired  Northern Italy Bureau one american is in jail and More than a dozen others have been fired by the armed forces recreation Center Europe after an investigation into illegal drug use by employees at its resort in Garmisch Germany. The 45-Day investigation began dec. 9 and was car ried out by the . Army s criminal investigation come. The probe was done at arc s request upon suspicion of drug use mainly involving marijuana in its employee housing area in Garmisch according to Kevin Dixon arc s Public affairs officer. The probe was carried out by two Cid undercover agents who had been placed in the employee housing area located within several buildings of the former Gen. Abrams hotel Complex Dixon said Friday. No american military personnel were investigated because arc has no military personnel assigned to it at Garmisch. The Man in jail and those who arc terminated for illegal drug use arc All local hire . Citizens said Rich Gorman general manager of arc Europe by phone from his Garmisch Headquarters. Gorman said some of the fired employees were family members of . Military or civilian personnel and that about half of the fired workers were seasonal hires. He said none of the fired personnel held management positions with arc and that the employees included housekeepers ski instructors and laundry workers. Gorman said the probe found evidence that illegal substances had been used by is employees and that arc fired 13 of them feb. 2. Another implicated employee resigned prior to the firings he said. The 15th employee,.now being held in a German jail also was fired for alleged drug use. German police issued an arrest warrant for an arc employee on Jan. 22 and jailed the employee in connection with the Possession use and distribution of marijuana and Ltd Gorman said. Hubert sch Cigar a German police official in Weil Heim said Friday that a former arc employee is being held there on drug charges but would not identify the Man on the grounds that the investigation into the Case has not been completed. Contributing to this report staff writer de Rosavis in Darmstadt Germany criminal investigators probe theft of cigarettes in Darmstadt break in by Craig Martin staff writer Darmstadt Germany cigarettes with a Possi ble Street value of More than $5,900 were stolen Sun Day from the Darmstadt commissary at Nathan Hale depot. It was the seventh time since december 1991 that cigarettes were stolen from agencies belonging to the Darmstadt military Community. The most recent break in and theft of the 205 car tons occurred Early in the morning and criminal investigation come officials in Darmstadt Are investigating said Denise Gomes defense commissary Agency spokeswoman at Ramstein a Germany. Neither Gomes nor Darmstadt officials would say Friday How the thieves got into the commissary whether the commissary has an alarm system or whether the latest theft was related to the other six. They also would t say whether there were any suspects or whether any vehicles were seen in the area at the time of the break in. . Army Liu rope officials could not provide additional details. The earlier thefts most of which occurred on a weekend or a Holiday totalled 2,674 Cartons and had a possible Street value of $52,400, three thefts occurred Between dec. 10, 1991, and Jan. 9, 1992, at the directorate of Community activities warehouse in Griesheim a suburb of Darmstadt. Another three thefts occurred Between Jan. 9 and sept. 14 at the commissary. In All cases the commissary and warehouse were broken into according to a Darmstadt official with the investigation command. Earlier in december 1992, German police in Wiir Burg arrested six americans and five germans following investigations invoking the trading of 1,100cartons of stolen cigarettes for two pounds of hashish and a Quarter Pound of marijuana. The cigarettes were stolen from the Wiir Burg commissary according to German police. The u Are expected to be tried in a German court this year. According to German police estimates from earlier thefts the Black Market value of american cigarettes is about 46,50 Marks or about $28.88, a Carton placing the Street value of the cigarettes stolen sunday at $5,920