European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Re v thursday novt Mytr 2s. In Page 12 the stabs Ano stripes \ world in a a a a a a a a a use of bodies in crash tests probed. In the 1980s. Graph of the main researcher Dimitrio in Nuj Noraian f Apt a Heidelberg tests must be carried out Ltd dummies Leav in renter Kaffie Ris. Bonn Germany apr Heidelberg University is being ordered to prove it received relatives permission to use More than 200 human corpses a including those of eight children a in automobile crash tests. The tests reported tuesday in the National newspaper Bild and by television networks Drew condemnation and outrage. A even the dead possess human dignity. This research should be done with mannequins a said Rudolph Hammer Schmidt spokesman for the roman Catholic German Bishops conference. Germany s largest automobile club adar also was critical. Quot in an age when experiments on animals Are being put into question such tests must be carried out on dummies and not on children s cadavers a the club said. A the research ministry of the state of Baden Wal Ottemberg where Heidelberg University is located ordered the school to disclose How Many tests have been conducted and to show proof researchers first received relatives consent. Quot we have demanded a written report from the University a said Heike Stroele Buehler a ministry spokeswoman. Quot we Jiheed to find out what the facts  German Law permits the use of cadavers for research As Long As relatives permission is obtained. Crash tests using human bodies also were conducted by at least two research teams in the United states in the l980s, said Clarence ditto head of Nile for Auto saftey a Washington based Public advocacy  the tests were done at j Detroit s Wayne state University and at the Cal Span corp. Research company s facility in Buffalo . In the German tests the bodies Are strapped into cars that Are smashed into other cars Walls and various barriers to measure the Impact on humans with the help of cameras and electronic sensors. The corpses undergo autopsies before being used in the tests and Are then Given Back to their families for burial. Bild splashed the Story across its front Page again wednesday with a photo jurors convict of murdering 2-year-old Tot Preston England a a jury wednesday convicted two schoolboys of murdering 2-year-old James Bulger a crime that shocked people worldwide because of its brutality and the age of the murderers. The judge sentenced the 11-year-old boys who lured James away from his Mother while she bought sausages in a shopping mall to indefinite detention a Quot very Vety Many years a in a secure facility. The defendants Robert Thompson fend Jon Venables looked at the jury Foreman but showed no reaction As he read the verdict. But both were sobbing when they were led out after sentencing. A yes a James father Ralph said quietly when the verdict was read. The detective who directed the investigation went Over to James Mother Denise kissed her on the Cheek and Shook Ralph Bulger s hand. Ray Matthews James favorite Uncle was heard saying Quot How do you feel now you Little bastards a both boys had pleaded innocent despite one boys confession and the other s admission that he witnessed James death. Once friends the boys blamed each other for killing James. By court order the boys had been identified in news reports Only As child a and child b. Following sentencing. Judge Michael Morland lifted the order that had forbidden naming Thompson child a and Venables child b. Venables parents were in court and Denise Bulger left the pregnant Mother of slain 2-year-old James Bulger arrives wednesday for her first appearance at the courthouse in Preston England his father slumped in his seat and covered his eyes when the verdict was read. James suffered a violent and prolonged attack at the end of a 2-mile walk across Liverpool on feb. 12. He died of 30 blows from bricks an Iron bar feet and fists. Security cameras recorded the toddler taking the hand of an older boy and being led away from the shopping mall. The defendants did not testify. The july of nine men and three women heard almost nothing about the motive which was not an Issue in the trial. Prosecutors had to prove that the boys killed James and knew what they were doing was wrong. Venables told police that Thompson Quot was probably doing it for fun or something a and was Quot laughing his head off As he battered James. The july also found the boys guilty of abducting James. But jurors could not reach a verdict on a charge that the two boys also attempted to abduct a second child and the charge was dropped. Aph of the main researcher Dimitrios Allters. A big headline next to Kalliris photo read Quot professor horror. He did car tests using dead  or. Rainer Mattern head of Heidelberg University a forensic pathology department told the associated press that the tests with children a bodies ended in 1989, but that the University is continuing test with adult cadavers. He said that All the corpses were used with the permission of family members and that the parents of the dead children Quot were clearly aware of what tests were being carried out with the  Quot the tests have saved lives of other children a Mattern said. Cities paralysed by 1 Day strike Brussels Belgium apr a one Day strike by belgian unions disrupted flights from Brussels International Airport on wednesday paralysed most trains and buses and halted work in some factories schools and Banks. Only four planes left Brussels Airport by 10  said a spokesman for the state airline Sabena. After 10 ., striking air traffic controllers allowed flights to leave until 3 p.m., when negotiations were to be held with controllers on the late shift an Airport official said. Both main labor Union confederations called for a 24-hour walkout in six of Belgium a nine provinces to protest government austerity plans. The general federation of belgian labor and the confederation of Christian unions plan a nationwide general strike Friday. In the South of the county no trains were reported running and Only a few left stations in the North. Buses streetcars and subways in the capital and some other cities were paralysed. Television and radio broadcasts were disrupted. There were scattered stoppages at factories schools supermarkets and Banks. Pickets gathered in the Snow outside factories and offices to ensure their closure. The main employers organization the duration of Belgium Enterprise said fridays general strike Coula Cost the country a up to $886 million. The latest action follows three similar 24-hour stoppages to protest plans by the Center left government to freeze wage rises increase taxes and Cut social Bene a fits. A vigils Honor 3 turks killed by Neo nazis Molln Germany a germans and turks held vigils tuesday in remembrance of a turkish woman and two girls paying tribute was Vignau Bubis or of Germany s jewish Community who has become the most insistent voice of conscience battling the resurgence of Neo nazi terror. Tia sen 19, who lived in the Molln area and were known Neo nazi sympathizers were arrested within a week Ana charged with murder in the attack. They Are now on trial and a verdict is in Wiesbaden. Eduard Lintner the no. 2 Man in the Federal Interior ministry said a loss of refilled year ago in one of the worst anti Spect for authority was to blame for the i foreigner attacks in postwar Germany. Creased violence. He said this loss was a. Among the several Hundred people caused in part by violence on television and expected dec,6. Irina tribute was Vignau Bubis the Lead sensational izing of crimes by news Media. The Federal government banned three since German unification three years ago Neo nazi groups shortly after the Molln More than 4,800 Radical rightist attacks have been reported with 26 people killed. In m61tn, firebomb cars attacked a Home on nov. 23, 1992. The fire claimed the lives of Zahide Arslan 51, her 10-year-old granddaughter Yeliz Arslan and 14 a i am of the opinion that the Federal Klemment simply Isnit doing enough ubis said. Hans Ludwig Zachert head of Ger year old Niece Ayse Yilmaz. Many a Federal police Force said attacks for weeks afterwards tens of thousands such As in Mcllan Quot show a condition in our of germans in cities across the nation communities that gives cause for gravest held nightly candlelight vigils against Rad  Zachert spoke at an annual Seal rightists. Rytir of the Force at its Headquarters Michael Peters 25, and Lars Chris fire and state governments undertook measures to curb Neo nazis but attacks against foreigners and desecration of jewish cemeteries and memorials Are still reported almost daily. The worst attack was on May 29, when five turks were killed after Radical rightists set fire to a Home in Solingen in the Northwestern state of nor Rhein westfalen. Five Young men were arrested and remain in investigative custody in that attack but have yet to be indicted. Copter crash in Israel kills All 5 aboard Jerusalem a a helicopter crashed wednesday morning in Southern Israel killing the five people on Board including two chinese tourists. Officials said the crash occurred about 6  North of the City of Beersheba As the private aircraft headed to Masada near the dead sea. A an initial investigation indicated the aircraft struck either an electric Pylon or wires