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Meanwhile, the city's monumental Palais de La Justice has been renovated for the trial. A special hall has been built to accommodate the hundreds of journalists, victims' families and a small army of prosecution lawyers and court clerks. Barbie sits in a dock protected by bullet proof glass. He faces nine jurors and the three magistrates who preside at the trial. The trial is expected to last 8 to 10 weeks. It will hear 93 witnesses for the pro- secution, the most notable perhaps being Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel and Simone Veil, former President of the Parliament of Europe. Both are Auschwitz survivors. Meanwhile, the Barbie trial opened with two surprises. Barbie, replying to the first question by the presiding magistrates, identified himself as "Klaus Altmann, a Bolivian businessman." He admitted that his father's name was Barbie and that he was born in Bad Godesberg, Germany. Altmann was the alias under which Barbie lived in Bolivia for nearly 40 years until his expulsion in January 1983. Legal experts believe he gave that name in court in furtherance of one of the defense strategies of his lawyer, Verges. Verges contends his client cannot be legally tried in France because he was never extradited to this country but taken into French custody when he was forced to leave Bolivia. Verges has used the word "kidnapped." The second surprise was the fawning courtesy with which the accused was treated by the court. The presiding judge addresses him invariably as "Monsier Barbie" or even "sir." Again, according to the same experts, the politeness is due to the court's deter- mination to observe all of the legal niceties to avoid any possible appeal on technical grounds or claim of bias against the defendant. The trial began immediate- ly after the jury of five men and four women was sworn in. The first legal action was re- jection by the court of a mo- tion by a lawyer for a Holo- caust survivor, one of Bar- bie's victims, to reinstate the death sentence imposed on Barbie in absentia by a French court in 1952. The State Prosecutor op- posed the motion on grounds that the war crimes for which Barbie was originally sen- tenced are covered by the 20-year statute of limitations. The maximum penalty now is life imprisonment. Support For Waldheim You're invited to see more of the first totally new Jaguar sedan in nearly two decades. The all-new 1988 Jaguar XJ6 sedan has arrived. As successor to the legendary Series III sedan, its introduction has been one of the most eagerly anticipated auto- motive events in years. According to the experts, it has been worth the wait. But we think you should experience the new XJ6 for yourself. We're inviting you to feel the authorita- tive power of Jaguar's new 24-valve, double overhead cam six cylinder engine. Sample 643,16900 1815 MAPLELAWN. 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The poll, in the newspaper Neue Kronen Zeitung, found that more than 70 percent of the respondents do not want Waldheim to resign in wake of the American charges; 57 per- cent think he should file libel suits; and 53 percent want Chancellor Franz Vranitzky to cancel his scheduled of- ficial visit to the U.S. later this month. Vranitzky is being urged to call off his visit by politicians of his own Socialist Party, his conservative partners and the opposition liberal-right - A BLENDING OF ART AND MACHINE. BETWEEN CROOKS AND COOLIDGE OPEN MONDAY AND THURSDAY UNTIL 9 P.M. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Freedom Party. They are echoed by editorials in their respective party newspapers which have called the Amer- ican action an anti-Austrian measure. But Vranitzky announced a meeting with Waldheim that he would make the visit which was planned some time ago. He said that while the government rejects the charges against Waldheim because of lack of evidence, the matter should be dealt with coolly and without emo- tion. Vice Chancellor Alois Mock, who is also Foreign Minister, told a press con- ference that he summoned the U.S. Ambassador, Ronald Lauder and gave him Aus- tria's official response to the U.S. ban on Waldheim for transmission to Washington. Mock said the Austrian government demanded that the U.S. authorities provide it with all the material and documents which led to their decision.