European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 04, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes world holocaust survivor attempts suicide Nofe says Man could t face Demjan Juk s acquittal Jerusalem a a holocaust survivor at tempted suicide monday apparently unable to Bear the acquittal of John do Manjuk on charges of being the nazi Gas chamber operator Ivan the terrible. Yaakov Weinberger 66, who lost most of his family in the holocaust was found unconscious on the Street Sof Nahar Ivya in Northern Israel he had swallowed 41 valium pills the Domestic news Agency item reported. I As a holocaust survivor who saw the horrors up close. Could t face the suffering in the acquittal of John do Manjuk Ivan the terrible he wrote in a note he left. Item reported that Weinberger was taken to a hos Pital and is in Good newspapers reported monday that it was unlikely do Manjuk would be tried again because Israel Lack evidence to convict him of nazi War crimes. The reports came a Day after the israeli supreme court unexpectedly issued a restraining order s deportation from Israel for 10 Days. The Justice ministry had no immediate comment. The court ruled on an Appeal against Demjan Juk s being freed after he was acquitted last week of bin the brutal Gas chamber operator at the Treblinka death Camp where 850,000 jews perished. Israel s at Torney general was asked to say whether do Manjuk should be tried for other War crimes. The delay in the deportation came within hours of Demjanik s planned departure sunday for Kiev in his native Ukraine. Do Manjuk was upset by the ruling and jailers gave him a Tranqu Ilizar in his solitary confine ment cell at Ayalon prison near Tel Aviv. The roller coaster ride we be been living on for so Many years now just seemed to continue said dem Manjuk s son John or. But the postponement also inspired Hopes that his father could Fly from Israel Back to the United states where his family lives in Stead of to Ukraine the son said. Do Manjuk 73, a retired Cleveland Auto worker was stripped of his . Citizenship in 1981 for lying about Nis nazi past when he immigrated. But the 6th circuit court of appeals in Cincinnati was expected to consider a petition tuesday on who Thorto allow him Back into the United states on parole. In acquitting do Manjuk last week a israeli supreme court panel found there was evidence do Manjuk was a guard at another nazi Camp sob ibor in Poland but said it was not reasonable to put him on trial again. The most solid evidence linking Demjan Juk to Sobi Bor is his Traw Niki card a card issued at an is training Camp for guards which says he was transferred to Sobi Bor. But the 16-year proceedings against Demianiuk dealt Little with whether he served at sob ibor and focused on allegations he was Ivan the terrible at Treblinka also in Poland. The Haartz daily quoted unidentified Justice ministry officials As saying that attorney general Yosef Harish wild recommend against charging Demjan Juk for crimes in sob ibor. Both a Aretz and the a aria newspaper suggested that Israel lacked evidence to convict Demjan Juk of crimes at sob ibor and that to investigate again could take years. Previous press reports have said that Only 20 survivors of sob ibor Are alive and that in pretrial investigations none had memories of do Manjuk. A aria quoted Harish As saying that there was a lot missing in the evidence file and that this could prevent putting Demjan Juk on trial. Demjan Juk s defense attorney Orarn Sheftel has said his client denies being posted at sob ibor. In claim ing he was a victim of mistaken identity Demjan Juk has argued that he was kept in a German prison Camp Dur ing most of the War. . Must meet with aided somali asserts a new group of troops docs u Little Skinn it the Mogadishu Airport info it hiding to held Llucy on tuesday. Mogadishu Somalia a a somalian Media Tor called monday for urgent talks Between . Forces and a rebel warlord to Stem hostilities that he said have killed 35 peacekeepers and up to 500 somalis in recent weeks. A stalemate has been reached. To diffuse the Situa Tion we must have this dialogue. Tanks and helicopters Aren t to Ltd solution said Abdikarim salad Hassan a former Interior minister. . Forces have repeatedly struck targets linked to rebel warlord Mohamed Farrah aided who is blamed for the june 5 slaying of 24 pakistani peacekeepers. They also blame him for killing 11 other peacekeepers and wounding 157, including 17 americans since then. Critics say the world body is forgetting that its primary Mission is to safeguard Aid deliveries to a nation racked by famine and War. But . Commanders say the military strikes Are necessary to make Mogadishu Safe. The most recent . Air raid on july 12, provoked an outcry after the International red Cross said 54 so Malis died. Four foreign journalists covering the scene were slain by mobs. The United nations has refused to talk with aided or his supporters and has placed a $25,000 Bounty on his head. But Abdikarim a respected political moderate said he Hopes to bring together aided s aides and . Officials. Aided loyalists in the hair Gedir clan recently elected 25 elders to participate in negotiations he said. It is not the . Mandate to solve the problem by Force when peaceful Means Are still available Adika Sim said. Some senior . Military officers have said privately that by outlawing aided the United nations left no room or diplomatic Man Euver Over his role inane settlement. Officers have acknowledged that . Intelligence had located aided in hiding in South Mogadishu several times but thought that there would be too Many casual ties on both sides if they tried to arrest him. Family of ride victim collects Aid for fight i a a i i. I i. I i. i _ i i i i _ t Lisbon Portugal a the family of Frederico i Lonca Duurt one of two 9-year-Olds who drowned last week in a Lisbon water Park appealed monday for funds to help the victims parents love rests of suing the Park operators. Manuel Duarte Fred Rico s Uncle told reporters that the boy s parents had opened an account at a Lis Bon Bank after receiving thousands of offers of help from Well wishers around the country. We decided to open the account so that the process does t Stop and those responsible for the deaths can be found Duarte told reporters at a Lisbon police Sta Tion where investigators briefed the inn s parents. Al Fredo and Laura Mendonca. The bodies Frederico and Cist ii Chiklas a Rhode Island girl visiting Lisbon with her portuguese father were found Friday in the pipes of a giant water pump of one ride at the Aqua Park de Sestelo. Cristina had been missing at the Park for two Days before Frederico disappeared Early thursday afternoon. Operators drained the rides to search for the children after the Park closed thursday evening. Hundreds of portuguese later stormed the Park tearing up rides and clashing with riot police after news spread that the children had been sucked into the pipes apparently through Loose or faulty grids on the pump. 1 olice ordered the Park to stay closed pending investigations and safety checks Are being run on other Parks around Portugal. Authorities in the Southern Al Garve Region a popular Sunspot ordered a Small water Park at Monte Gordo closed after maintenance and water Quality were found to be lacking. Duarte said the Appeal account was opened because the parents of both Frederico and Cristina were notable to finance a possibly Long court Case. According to monday editions of the a capital daily the parents of both children have received thousands of sympathy messages and offers of help. Coinon a san Nib Sci child Protection organizations of 100.000 members sent a petition to prime s u no to bal Favacho Silva and Lisbon mayor Jorge a Landing an investigation and the introduce
