European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes world saturday March 6,1993russian troops pullout leaves mess for Poland Warsaw Poland a thousands of russian troops who pulled out of Poland after a 47-Ycar stay left devastated Barracks and contaminated land that will Cost the country millions of dollars to reclaim a military official said thursday. Gen. Zdzislaw Ostrowski who is supervising the pullout of the last 4,200 russian soldiers of a total of 64,000 stationed in Poland since the end of world War 11, also said the russians have not paid a cent since mid-1991 for the Barracks they rented. Ostrowski reporting on the state of the withdrawal at a news conference said the russians paid symbolic sums until 1991 and later on one occasion turned Over $2,000. It a the russians admitted later the payment was their payment settles death Marine London up1 a the parents of a Royal Marine recruit who died after a drinking session to celebrate winning his Green Beret have been paid $11,455 by the ministry of defense the daily Telegraph reported Friday. 1 Ian Mallard 17, died from alcohol poisoning after drinking six cocktails made up of quadruple spirits at a party organized by his instructors. He had just completed a Tough 30-week course at the commando training base in Lympstone near Exeter in Southwest England the report said. The group of around 40 recruits and trainers spent $1,380 on drink in five hours and an inquest later heard How Mallard was More than four times Over the Legal limit for Drunken driving when he died. His parents sued the marines following their son s death alleging negligence on the part of his supervising officers they have now reached an out of court settlement. A ministry of defense spokesman said a the Money is the Standard entitlement which anyone can claim in the event of a death in the services and has nothing to do with liability. A it would have been the same if the lad had died of natural it. Peter Ainsworth and sgt. Richard Wallace who attended the party last june Are to face a court martial in connection with Mallard s death. An inquest last october recorded a verdict of accidental death. Error and i was congratulated by the polish authorities for getting it Quot he said with a smile during a news conference. A Poland is demanding $7.2 million for the rental of Barracks but the russians claim their ministry is not prepared for the negotiations. The debt is to be a subject of negotiations Between the foreign ministries of the two countries. Ostrowski said the negotiations will not help and russian will not pay a i am ready to Grant the Nobel peace prize to the person who finds a Way of retrieving the debt without unleashing a polish russian War Quot he quipped. Russian troops were stationed in 59 garrisons in 21 of Poland s 49 provinces. Bad Bills forged . Dollars Are displayed by a bavarian police officer in Landshut Germany about 35 Miles North cast of Munich. Authorities seized $5 million in counterfeit currency and arrested three suspects in a raid last week at about 70 Miles East of Munich. London photo exhibit focuses on sweethearts of the forces a by Jessica ualdw1n the associated press London a Sylvia and Jerry Wylie a Romance began amid boisterous be Day celebrations. Hut nearly 30 years and two attacks of cold feet intervened before the English land army girl and the texan bomber Pilot tied the knot. Their photographs a one As a couple in uniform holding hands and standing stiffly for the camera the other of relaxed casually dressed 68-year-Olds a Are part of a a forces sweethearts exhibition at the Imperial War museum that runs until oct 15. The Wylie who attended the exhibition opening keenly recalled the Day when Jerry and the navigator on his 13-17 flying fortress sauntered up to Sylvia and her sister Myra in Bedford about 50 Miles North of we had lots of fun just sitting and talking. Time slipped away and we missed our transport Back 10 the Hostel and the Guys got a cab for us a said Sylvia who was doing wartime farm work As a land army girl. As the time came for Jerry to return to Austin Texas the two 20-year-Olds were talking about a life together. But a few months after a a a heartbreaking goodbye at Luton railway station Sylvia got cold feet. Eventually they slopped writing. A both married had two children each and divorced. In 1974, emboldened by a few glasses of wine he wrote to her. A i had the urge to write and i wanted to before too much life went by. I wanted to try and Settle the thing in my mind. If she was happily married then id be Happy a said Jerry an aircraft Engineer at general dynamics. J Sylvia reached into her purse for that letter four pages that began a How to begin a letter started 100 limes and is 10 years Nihat led to a reunion at the same railway station in Luton. A the ran and i ran and we met in the Middle of the Road and hugged with traffic going All around us a a she said. She refused a proposal then but accepted a car later. After living in Texas for 10 years they resumed to England. British Marine in Norway drowns after mishap at River from wire reports Oslo Norway a a British Marine was killed thursday when a military vehicle plunged into an icy River during nato exercises in Northern Norway. The Marine whose name was not released was assigned to the Royal marines commando logistics regiment in Plymouth Accident occurred about five Miles from Sorrisa in Northern troms county. Nato said the Marine was trapped in the vehicle for 10 minutes and pronounced dead shortly after he was freed. The Driver and another passenger were lawyer convicted Berlin a a prominent left Wing West German lawyer was found guilty thursday of spying for the Stasi secret police of the former East Germany and Given 21 months probation. Klaus croissant 61, who became a West German leftist icon in the 1970s As a defense lawyer at the trial of red army faction extremists Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhoff was convicted of working As an East German spy. Judge Fritjof Kubsch said the 21-month probation sentence was made As a an offer of reconciliation.�?T1 state prosecutors had demanded a 2w-year prison term and the revocation right to practice As a lawyer. Kubsch said croissant had spied mainly on West German leftists and had not caused the former West Germany serious to Stop in Yucatan Vatican City Pope John Paul ii will visit Mexico s Yucatan Peninsula during a pilgrimage to North America in August the Vatican announced Friday. John Paul will spend a Day in Merida built on the site of a destroyed mayan City and now the capital of Yucatan state. No exact Date was Given for the visit. John Paul is scheduled to be in Denver in Mfd August for the roman Catholic churches world youth group checks out Athens Greece the world chess federation will move its Headquarters from Lucerne Switzerland to Greece by the end of april according to a news report thursday. The group known by its French acronym fide will receive an annual subsidy of about $180,000 from the greek government the sem official Athens news Agency reported. The federation was dealt a severe blow last week when world chess Champion Gariy Kasparov of Azerbaijan and British challenger Nigel Short announced they would not play their title match under fides auspices. They said the August match would be organized by the newly formed u chess As professional Magazine launched Berlin a a bilingual German polish youth Magazine called bord Erless aimed at reducing prejudice Between youth in both countries was launched thursday on a Bridge linking Poland and Germany. A we live Here right on the Border but we done to realty know anything about our neighbors a said Andrea Huebner the German editor of bord Erless at a news conference on the Bridge linking the German City of Frankfurt an Der Oder with the polish City of Sluice. In an opinion poll of polish school children published in the first Issue 80 percent said they believed the germans a a despised them. Ocean quake rattles Greece Athens Greece a a Strong earthquake in the ionian sea rocked Southern and Western Greece Friday but no injuries or damage were reported. The Athens seismological Institute said the 8 55 . Quake measured 5.9 on the Richter scale and bad its epicentre in the sea bed near the Southern port of kalamatas. 1 he Institute said the temblor occurred 43 Miles West of kalamatas and 155 Miles Southwest of Athens. Police and the Institute said no damage or injuries were reported but the temblor frightened resident m the Peloponnesus and the ionian sea islands of Akin Thos and cephalonia. A
