European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 13, 1995 world the stars and stripes Page 13 secret accounts linked to victims of holocaust nato East europeans hold exercises in Romania from the associated press Cisna Diomara Romania a some 135 troops including soldiers from Germany Luxembourg Romania and. The United states participated in War games tuesday in several ancient transylvanian villages under natos partnership for peace program. A ,. A a a y it was the second Day of military exercises involving troops from nato and Eastern european countries who want to become members of the North Atlantic treaty organization and have joined the program As a preliminary step. In the Gold War nato and the Warsaw pact were enemies two rival military alliances set to fight each other for decades. Now More than  after the demise of communism in Europe the Warsaw pact countries want to join nato. The exercises will run until the end of the week. It is the third set of War games held in Romania involving nato arid former soviet bloc countries. Countries participating in the exercise Are the United states Bulgaria Germany Luxembourg Hungary the Netherlands Romania Slovakia and Turkey chechen violence rises Grozny Russia a rebel forces escalated attacks on russian forces overnight killing nine soldiers in fighting in Grozny and nearby towns news agencies reported  attacks came after chechen civilians held rallies monday in at least three towns to demand that russian forces leave Chechnya the inter fax news Agency reported. Russia sent 40,000 troops into Chechnya in december in a bid to crush the tiny Southern republics Independence drive. Thousands of people have died in the ensuing  i is 3 in Plant Moscow a three sanitation workers drowned when a deluge of sewage trapped them in an engine room in a Southern russian sewage facility the itar Tass news Agency reported monday two other employees were hospitalized after the Accident which occurred during routine maintenance of the facility a engine rooms overnight Friday. A / y Quot a a y a a the five workers were repairing engines when they were suddenly overwhelmed by a Stream of sewage and a burst of what survivors described As Hydrogen sulfite Gas the news Agency said. The facility is in Shch Ebetino a town 360 Miles South of Moscow just a few Miles from the ukrainian Border. Injured Man got no help Stockholm Sweden a a police want to know Why no one helped a fatally injured Man who sat on a downtown sidewalk waving his hand to passers by for hours news reports said monday when someone finally reacted and police arrived the 19-year-old refugee from Chad was dead police said. The incident occurred saturday in the town of Slippan in Southern Sweden. The body of the Man whose identity was not released bore Marks of violence the National news Agency to reported monday. He was from a refugee Camp Northeast of Slippan. Violence Between ethnic groups has increased in Sweden in recent years and police did not eliminate the possibility that the Man who was Black was the victim of a racial  landslide kills 70 new Delhi India a Rains triggered landslides Iii Northern India and buried at least 70 people near a resort town tuesday a news Agency reported. Most of the victims were labourers Clearing the roads at Lugar Bhatti near the town of Kulu in him Achal Pravesh state the United news of India news Agency quoted unidentified officials As saying. Many Farmers carrying boxes of apples to nearby markets also were buried by the landslide it said. Rescue workers have so far dug out three bodies. Thirteen others have been hospitalized uni said. The landslide occurred along the Beas River 280 Miles North of the capital new Delhi. Other details were not immediately available. Bern Switzerland. Tap Swiss Bankers said tuesday they have found tens of millions of dollars in their vaults that could be from secret accounts of jews killed in the holocaust. / but the Swiss Bankers association dismissed As speculation some news reports asserting that the assets have swelled with interest Over the past half Century to As much As $1 billion. Y a. A the accounts now Are Worth 41 million Swiss francs or $34 million after the addition of interest and reductions for fees and taxes the association said. A it said that the accounts could belong to others than holocaust victims and that further investigations will be needed. A a a a even As the Swiss Banks disclosed new procedures to help heirs find the lost wealth jewish groups were meeting in Brussels Belgium to keep up the pressure for recovering assets lost in the holocaust. The pressure to find the Money has been building As Switzerland and the rest of the world observed the 50th anniversary of the end of world War ii. Earlier this year the Swiss government for the first time formally apologized for its treatment of jews. Many would be refugees were turned Back to certain death at the hands of the nazis. A the re examination of the Bank accounts has been spurred by first time claims of Eastern europeans who were unable under communist Rule to pursue their interests in the. West a the Bankers association said that in a Survey of a dozen Banks this year it had found 893 pre-1945 accounts that May have belonged to holocaust victims. All the accounts have been dormant at least 10 years. The jewish funds that came to Switzerland often were smuggled out of nazi controlled territory a at Oslo Norway apr a rare British warplane shot Down in the waning Days of world War ii flew again monday this time in the belly of a Canadian air Force transport plane the Handley Page Halifax bomber a is the Only Complete one left in the world a said it. Doug Rutley a spokesman for the Canadian air Force. Its Tail Section was flown to Trenton Ontario on monday for restoration Rutley said. The rest was being hauled onto Shore in Norway this week. The plane with four propeller engines was recovered by a Canadian led team from Lake Kjosa about 75 Miles North of Oslo. A it is in surprisingly Good condition a said Rutley a 44-year-old aircraft technician. Although the Halifax bombers a about the size of a modern Boeing 737 a were common during the War the risk of incurring the death penalty a and deposited in secret numbered accounts to avoid German detection., a a a a. V a a a a. A a. Y. The Effort to track the Money has been complicated for survivors by Swiss banking secrecy tightened after the nazis came to Power in Germany in 1933. Often the depositors were unable to pass on the account information to survivors before they perished. The Money May have been deposited by an intermediary making Niobe difficult the task of tracking the True owners names. Often surviving relatives have been Able to give Only the sketch est of clues or suspicions that the accounts existed y. But Georg Krayer chairman of the Bankers association said once a claim is made a banking secrecy docs not obstruct the search for assets in any Way a because Banks maintain tightly guarded details of the depositor. Under the new procedures the Bankers association will set up an office under the Independent Swiss banking ombudsman to assist with searches. Banks also will refrain from invoking Switzerland a 10-year statute of limitations on dormant accounts. A the relationship of the client with his or her Bank is a Long one a a said Krayer. A there is no limit of for example 50 years.�?�. T a y a. But the Bankers rejected jewish demands that the search be conducted free for holocaust victims and said the amount of  would be determined. Previously Swiss Banks have charged $85 to $850 to conduct such searches which often fail to turn up anything. ,.a a a a a a. The Bankers report made no reference to deposits made by nazis with assets stolen from jews and other nazi victims. None of the roughly 6,200 made was saved. The bomber from the British Royal air Force 664 so had flown from England with supplies and weapons for.  German occupation forces. After the drop Joe five Man Crew was headed Home to England on the Niht of april 24, 1945, two weeks before the War ended in Europe. 1 a it made its drop and was on its Way Back when it was hit by German anti aircraft fire Rutley said. The plane crash landed in Kjosa Norway a biggest Lake and Sank in 785 feet of water. Only one Crew member survived. Norwegian aircraft enthusiasts found the plane in 1982, after Alo year search. Canadian veterans and enthusiasts a in the Halifax aircraft association then won permission to Salvage the plane raised Money and enlisted air Force experts. Rutley said he did no to know the Salvage Cost. A a a a a. A map a British Halifax bomber shot Down in the last Days of world a it aril is salvaged sunday from Norway a Lake Kjosa. We ii plane salvaged from Lake