European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 stars and stripes world sunday december 12,1993 Scotland Yard reopens probe in London apr Scotland Yard said saturday that it has reopened the investigation of the death of Rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix 23 years after he died of a drug overdose. The attorney general a office said it sought the inquiry following a request from an individual whom it would not identify for a new inquest into the cause of Hendrix a death. The original inquest recorded an open verdict. Bom in Seattle in 1942, Hendrix died in London on sept. 18, 1970, after leaving the message �?o1 need help bad Many on the answering machine of his manager Chas Chandler. A pathologist concluded that Hendrix choked to death after taking an overdose of barbiturates. He also had been drinking. A Scotland Yard Hendrix so far has been requested by the Crown prosecution service to conduct inquiries into the circumstances of the death of Jimi Hendrix a said Scotland Yard spokeswoman Carol Bewick. A it is not known at the moment How Long that is going to take. But on conclusion a report will be forwarded to the Crown prosecution  the daily mail said the plea for a new inquest came from one of Hendrix a former girlfriends Kathy Etchingham who commissioned a private investigation of the Case. A the death was All very dodgy. 1 Don t think it should have happened. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong people Etchingham told the newspaper. Hendrix who was widely regarded As the most innovative Rock guitarist of his generation died at the apartment of his Girlfriend former skating Champion Monika Danneman a i never expected it at Alt and i was completely and utterly shocked when he died a Noel Redding Bass player for the Jimi Hendrix experience told bbl radio 4. A we took drugs but who takes nine Downers and drinks a bottle of wine a Redding said that he always was suspicious about the circumstances of his Friend s death but that alleged discrepancies in official reports have come to tight Only recently. A it was Only a couple of years ago when the ambulance men were traced they m3dc a statement that when they arrived at the Flat there was no one in the Flat and Jimi was there on his own dead. A that conflicts with a statement made by the person who was with him at that Point a Redding said. A the supposition is now that he died much earlier Ana supposedly someone whoever that is tried to cover it  Hendrix produced just five albums in his lifetime. But since his death More than 300 have been released to an audience fascinated by a Talent Cut off by an Early death. Attack on movie houses kills 1, injures 6 in Egypt Helwan Egypt apr amid reports of a government crackdown on islamic militants gunmen threw dynamite and fired automatic weapons at Side by Side movie Heaters killing a police officer and injuring at least six people. Officials blamed the attack on islamic extremists who have waged a violent Campaign for nearly two years to unseat Egypt a largely secular government. The Interior ministry said the incident occurred late thursday in Hal win about 15 Miles South of Cairo. A film had just ended and most of the audience had left witnesses said. The government owned Middle East news Agency and official egyptian television later said two alleged assailants were arrested. They said one a member of the extremist jihad holy War group was wounded and hospitalized but they did not specify his injuries. The Interior ministry refused to comment on the report. Ali Taha Ali who runs a movie projector said eight men staged the attack four of them with automatic weapons. Two of the men threw Sticks of dynamite one at each theater before escaping in a car he said. People screamed and ran for cover said another theater worker Ima Taher. A fall the Glass in front of the Heaters and in the ticket Booth was shattered a he said. Interior minister Hassan Elalfy injured by Muslim extremists in an August bombing visited the victims at Helwan Genera Hospital. Quot firing randomly in this cowardly Way shows that these groups have reached a level of despair after the Strong Campaign by the police during the past few Days a he said in a statement. There have been reports so far unconfirmed by the government that 1,200 suspected extremists were arrested throughout Egypt during the past week. Police announced wednesday that they had arrested 15 men suspected of membership in the outlawed jihad a revival of the group that killed president Anwar Sadat in 1981. All were charged with plotting attacks against government ministers. More than 240 people including militants shot by police have been killed during the anti government Campaign. Zoo to kill hundreds of its animals Montreal apr a Canadian zoo was forced to Slaughter 447 animals Friday including zebras yaks and Ibex in an Effort to keep a deadly disease from spreading. The Slaughter left parc safari in Hemmingford que Bee with Only 168 animals and a questionable future. A this is probably the darkest Day of my life a co owner Jean Pierre Ranger said As the animals were shipped to a Jie Arby slaughterhouse. The order to destroy All animals except those considered unique or on the endangered species list came from agriculture Canada. In May the government Agency found lesions in the organs of an Eland a symptom of Bovine tuberculosis. Following tests 79 animals most Likely to have been in Contact with the Antelope were destroyed. They included Bison exotic big horned cattle other antelopes gnus and fallow Deer. Officials destroyed 116 More animals last month including Llamas Elk White tailed Deer and Camel like guanacos from South America. Among the 168 animals spared were Bengal and siberian tigers Lions african elephants giraffes chimpanzees Arctic wolves japanese macaques Brown and Black bears extremely rare White rhinos and add axes a a kind of Antelope. Andry Legris an agriculture Canada veterinarian said destruction of the animals is Standard policy to prevent an epidemic. A they were All exposed and we can to Tell which ones have the disease so we decided to take the eradication route a he said. The government has recommended that no new animals be allowed in the Park until the remaining animals die or Are destroyed. Ranger said Park officials want to meet with agriculture officials this week to ask permission to Slaughter the rest of the animals and rebuild the zoo from scratch. Channel operator takes reins after construction phase ends London up a the dream of a High Speed rail link Between London and Paris moved one step closer to reality Friday when the builder of the English Channel Tunnel officially transferred the completed Structure to its operator. At a ceremony in Folkestone Southern England the construction consortium trans Manche link handed Over control of the Tunnel to the operator eur Tunnel a Tel spokeswoman said. The 95-mile-Long Tunnel dubbed the a sch Tunnel a will link Britain with Mainland Europe. Events were scheduled to Mark the occasion at both ends of the Tunnel which runs from Folkestone to co queries in Northern France. After the handover Tel and eur Tunnel will test the safety and transport system of the Tunnel for several months before opening it for freight transports in March next year the spokeswoman said. Train passenger services will Start after the official inauguration by Britain s Queen Elizabeth ii and French president Francois Mitterrand on May 6, a eur Tunnel spokeswoman said. Final costs for the Channel Tunnel Are roughly double the original estimates she added amounting to some $15 billion. Between now and May euro Tunnel plans to raise an additional $1.5 billion on top of the $13.5 billion spent on the project so  of Wii airmen sent Home from China Beijing a the United states sent Home saturday the remains of three american airmen killed in world War la when their plane crashed while ferrying supplies to China. The United states was the wartime ally of China a nationalist government and this was the first time since the communists took Power in 1949 that China has returned us. War dead. A their sacrifice in contribution to the just cause of the chinese people will live forever in our hearts a a Zhenyang director of the foreign ministry a North american department said in a ceremony at the Beijing Airport. Four . Soldiers slowly carried each Flag draped coffin into the Low belly of a . C-141. . Ambassador j. Stapleton Roy said China a Swift return of the remains which Hunters found in september on a Remote Mountain slope in Tibet reflected a new cooperation Between the two sides in locating . Service Mem ers missing in action from various wars. A . Team is scheduled to visit Southern China this week to Survey a site just inside the Border from Vietnam where a . Navy plane is known to have gone Down in 1967 with two Crew members aboard. The plane apparently strayed Oyer the Border by Accident and is one of eight Tost in chinese airspace during the Vietnam War. The remains of the three airmen found in Tibet were being flown to the army scentral identification Laboratory a Honolulu. The Laboratory s commander col. Bill Jordan who flew to Beijing said the chinese recovered portions of a flight log and mess Bills dated november 1943 but no personal effects. They also found parts of what appeared to be a c-87 cargo plane he said