European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 5, 1993 the stars and stripes b Page 11car proves costly London up a a Driver who left his car on yellow lines while he went up etch water for its overheated engine has Beer Ned $725 for illegal parking the daily to graph reported thursday. Jonathan Brickwood 237flfcft his 11-year-old Dat Sun Bluebird for 20 a mutes on a sunday morning and returned to ind a traffic officer placing a parking ticket on the Windshield. Portsmouth magistrates fined Brickwood $725 after the self employed roofer filled in a Means test form indicating that he had $145, a week in disposable income. The amount allowed the magistrates to impose a penalty five times the level of income Given the newspaper said. A i was absolutely staggered a Brickwood was quoted As saying. A i had driven the car onto a deserted Industrial estate so it would be in As Safe a place As  v Brickwood whose wife works in a nursing Home had stated on the form that his rent was around $58 a week and then checked a Box asking if he had $145 a week left. Under a system introduced in october de signed to relate fines More closely to the income Oft the defendent the penalties Are calculated by multiplying the number of units reflecting the Gravity of the offence by the courts assessment of the offenders weekly disposable income. \ taken by police weapons and a Swastika Flag arc displayed in a police station wednesday during a news conference in Braunschweig Germany. Police said they found the items during raids in More than 60 apartments linked to right wingers in Northern German states. None of the owners of the items was  Cross seeks volunteers donations in Europe Stuttgart Germany is amps the american red Cross european area is launching its annual Volunteer recruitment and fund raising Campaign in conjunction with american red Cross month. There is no unified Campaign event said Christine spokeswoman at the Agency a Stuttgart Headquarters. Instead each Community office will run activities. The Grafe Wohr office for example is raffling off plane tickets to raise Money. The ranks of red Cross volunteers in Europe have declined in recent years in rough proportion to the drop in the number of the . Troops Charles said. Quot we be Felt it but not to the Point where we can to provide services a a she said. In Heidelberg red Cross station manager Karen woodward1 bemoaned the increasing transience of volunteers. A a we just have had so much turnover in our volunteers she said. A a it a been hard for us to plan on getting people with the same  Campaign activities there will consist of a Volunteer recognition luncheon and a safety demonstration at a meeting of parents and teachers. Those events Are modest compared with past years Woodward said. The american red Cross provided More than $4.4 million in financial help to More than 17,000 european based . Troops Ana their family members in 1992, Charles said. A the organizations activities in Europe include military personnel Sta and giving instruct Ncncy toned overseas and their families w. A a Tion about the human immunodeficiency virus and aids. The red Cross encourages those interested in volunteering to Contact one of its offices. Prosecutor says evidence shows no planned to kill Girlfriend by Craig Martin staff writer Rhein main a Germany a thex Hief prosecutor at a general court martial said thursday he will prove that an air Force technical sergeant planned to Cill his Girlfriend. Donald Gregory made the remark As opening statement As the trial 33, moved into its seventh Day. Maj. Ronald Gregory made the remark As part of his statement As the trial of James Ancell Thomas Gregory Laid out before the six member All male jury of officers what he said was the order of events that led to the death of Yolanda Pengson. Thomas assigned to the 435th Civet engr so at Rhein main is charged with premeditated murder and desecration of Pengson a Corpse. Her Torso was found pm. 9, 1991, burning in a forested area near Kai he Germany about 62 Miles South of Rhein main. Re Pengson a head and hands were chopped off and have never been found. Prosecutors still Aren t certain where or How Pengson 27, was killed. They believe she was slain at or near Rhein main five mites South of Frankfurt. The prosecutions Case is based solely on circumstantial evidence. Some of that evidence relies upon the process of identification called Dan testing Dan or Cox Tribo nucleic acid is the genetic code for living things. In his opening statement Gregory said the prosecution will show i a the Torso was Ping Sony a. A Thomas rented a vehicle the weekend during which Pengson disappeared. A blood specks from the trunk and seat of that rental car matched tissue samples from the Torso found in the Forest. A minute blood specks found on an a in Thomas workplace matched tissue samples from the Torso. Defense attorneys declined to make opening statements. The trial is scheduled to resume at 8 30 . Today. Bundesbank ignores pressure maintains rates Bonn Germany up a the German Central Bank decided thursday to leave key interest rates unchanged for the time being despite International pressure to help stimulate a global economic upswing. But analysts said they believe the Bundesbank could lower its Benchmark rates at its next meeting in two weeks or at the following meeting in a month. Bundesbank officials said the Bank a policy making Bard rate at 9 Central Council decided to leave the Lorn percent and the discount rate at 8 percent. The Lombard rate is the rate at which Banks can borrow emergency funds from the Central Banks and acts As an effective ceiling on overnight rates. The discount rate is the cheapest form of Bank refinancing. Sources said the decision followed a heated debate in which a number of Central Council members advocated lowering the rates. The Bundesbank last eased key rates one month ago when it lowered the Lombard rate 0.5 percentage Point from 9.5 percent and the discount rate by 0.25 Point from 8.25 percent. Thursdays decision followed speculation this week that the Bundesbank might lower the rates Arnid continuing International pressure particularly from France which fears a further onslaught by speculators against its currency. Stranded Bird a .-made t-33a Trainer without wings perches atop a townhouse in Tokyo put the re by local businessman l Ada Yosl Suzuki who likes air planes purchased from a scrap dealer the Craft was Complete when first mounted on the roof but Suzuki had to clip its wings because of limited space