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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes world saturday april 30,1994 korean High court upholds go s 15-Yedr prison term from wire report Seoul South Korea the supreme court on Friday upheld a lower court sentence and finalized 15-year prison term for a . Soldier on charges of killing a South korean bar hostess and abusing her body. A court panel found pvt. 2 Kenneth l. Marklevi 21, guilty of slaying Yun Kum i 26, on oct. 28, 1992, in ton Duchon 30 Miles Northeast of Seoul. The army medic is from Keyser  can be confirmed that the defendant deliberately committed the murder and sexually abused the victim s body and his actions cannot be taken As the result of excess in self defense the pane said. Following the ruling prosecution officials said they will soon ask . Authorities to turn Over the Soldier to korean custody. Markle has been held Ata . Military confinement facility. Danish Savior of jews Dies Miami Harry la Fontaine a  War it resistance Leader who helped save thousands of jew from nazi death Camps has died. He was 81. La Fontaine died april 12 in Miami his adopted Home after suffering an aneurysm a weakness of the blood vessels or heart his widow Edith said thursday. The funeral was  Fontaine an Engineer endured nazi jails. After the War he worked on James Bond movie Sand won dozens of patents in the United states. In Denmark he was considered a sort of National treasure said a Friend or Guenter Kahn. La Fontaine helped smuggle More than 8,000jews from nazi occupied Denmark onto boats headed for Neutral Sweden within two weeks in october 1943 when the germans decided to apply their final solution to Denmark s jews. Polish workers stage strike Warsaw Poland More than 10 percent of Poland s industries joined an eight hour nationwide strike thursday called by the Solidarity Trade uni onto Force the government to ease Tough economic reforms.   action idled More than 500,000 workers including miners in 19 hard Coal pits and employee sin several dozen heavy Industry factories said Solidarity spokesman Piotr  Union wants the government to abandon planned legislation that would control Public sector wages and to Speed up implementation of last year s agreements that define the role of state workers in privatized  also opposes planned Energy Price increases and Calls for tax Relief for needy families. S a n i s h d rops 2 i Etters Madrid Spain More than 300 million Spanish speakers around the world woke up thursday to find two fewer letters in their alphabet. The association of spa a language academies meeting in Madrid for it auth annual Congress voted almost unanimous wednesday to eliminate two phonemes the cd and a from the Spanish alphabet. The move was taken primarily to simplify the language and to make it More computer Friendly. The 12-nation european Union has urge member countries to adapt All measures that Aid translation and computer  two letters which historically have had their own separate headings in dictionaries now will relisted under other letters. Words beginning with cd such As Chick will fall under the letter a and words beginning with "11," such As Llama will fall under the letter  greeks head out on Holiday Athens Greece hundreds of thousands of people swarmed out of Athens on Friday to celebrate orthodox Christian easter in the Countryside and on greek islands. Traffic police said they expected More than150,000 cars would have left Athens by Nightfall. They warned Drivers to exercise caution in an Effort to avoid the dozens of traffic accidents that mar the Holiday exodus each year. They said six people had already been killed and 63 injured in accidents and collisions so  thousands have slowly been leaving Athens during the week Good Friday a National and Bank Holiday is the Day when most residents depart for the three Day weekend. . Transfer of nazi records to Germany sparking concern Berlin a the american director of the mos important Archive of nazi records in t worried about handing Over the millions of documents to Germany on july. David Marwell director of the Berlin document enter since 1988, said he was perplexed by the recent burst of criticism of the Transfer which was negotiated Over decades and signed last year. I Don t have any fears about Access for serious re searchers Marwell said praising the record of Ger Many s National Archive in approving applications by germans to see the files. The Center administered by . Authorities since the defeat of the third Reich in 1945, holds unparalleled records of the 8 million nazi party members and others affiliated with it. Some historians and jewish groups oppose the terms of the Transfer pointing out that Germany s privacy Laws make it hard to obtain permission to View Persona records. Some researchers worry that German officials could try to restrict inspections of the nazi past but . Officials assured Congress in Washington on thursday that microfilming of the records will make the documents freely available in the . National archives and that the originals will remain fully accessible in Germany. Mary Ann Peters Deputy assistant Secretary of stat for european and Canadian affairs said Access to the Berlin documents for official and Legal purposes will re main ironclad under the agreement. She said a . Liaison officer will prevail if the officer demands Access for anyone under the Transfer agreement. But rep. Tom Lantos calif., chairing a hearing of the House foreign affairs subcommittee that deals with International Security and human rights said that was a hollow Assurance since there was no guarantee the germans will interpret the agreement the same Wain a dispute Over Access. Lantos urged that the Transfer to the German gov i Don t have any fears Abou Access for serious researchers David Marwell director of toe Berlin document Center Ern ment be delayed until full Access is guaranteed say ing the Transfer could hinder research and the unmask ing and prosecution of War criminals. Peters said the agreement. Ensures continued Access for private scholars at a level commensurate with that which they have had in the  she added that the agreement also makes the documents More accessible by providing the Means to use them to Ameri cans who Lack the luxury of a research budget for travel to Berlin.". The Archive is in a Forest on the City s Western out Kirts and ringed with barbed wire. . Army military police screen visitors and German police guard the  to discourage intruders. In the 1980s, four peo ple were sentenced to jail for stealing documents fro the Center and Selling them to collectors of nazi relics. The records Are still used by authorities going after the last unpunished nazi War criminals. Marwell said he also has seen an increasing number of younger Ger mans inquiring whether their parents or grandparents were nazis. ,.-,. The documents include the Central registry of nazi party members personnel records of the party and trial records of infamous nazi courts. Files list is elite guards and their prospective brides who had to be racially sanctioned to Breed Adolf Hitler s master  among groups opposing the Transfer is the world jewish Congress. The group s executive director Ela Steinberg said Germany should get the microfilm copy and the United states the original records. Top Neo nazis held in Hungary raids Budapest Hungary a police arrested two Neo nazi leaders in pre Dawn raids on private Homes Friday two Days after their Radical groups merged. National police chief Antal Kacziba said that Istvan Gyoerkoes and Albart Szabo were arrested and that incriminating evidence was seized in helicopter crash kills 2 in Canada Saint John new Brunswick a military sea King Heli copter crashed just out Side this port thursday killing two Crew Mem Bers and seriously injuring two others the de sense ministry said. The crash occurred after a fire broke out aboard the helicopter Asit headed toward Fred Ericton defense min ister David Collenette said from Ottawa. The sea King base Dat Canadian forces base Shearwater nov Scotia crashed As it was trying to make an Emer gency Landing in a Field 13 Miles from Saint John Airport. Some pilots have complained that the helicopters subject to frequent overhauls and repairs Are becoming More and More danger Ous to Fly. Searches of 15 Homes. The state news Agency Mai reported that police had seized fascist literature and hundreds of stickers bearing swastikas the display of which is illegal under hungarian Law. Gyoerkoes 54, is the founder of the National front. Szabo 39, Heads the world National popular Rule party. Embach Prin spectacular Bazaar Friday april 29 h . To 8 , april 30 10 . To 8  sunday May 1 11 . To 3 , a an 429 & 430, Sembach a flghtfne15 Miks be of Power pentiumtkkn0106v / am interested in earning a certificate in computer operations housing address state country Home phone work phone Date entered Active duty rotation Date discharge Date married single age q i would like to use my . Bill a this Coupon to Ift 8303 Arlington blvd. Scuttt 210 i Iris a 22031 accrued Ltd  bar of the National Horn study Council  
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