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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 07, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 28 the stars and stripes South Korea tuesday june 7, 1977 . I withdraw 6,000 ground troops from asian nation by the end of next year by Jim Anderso Washington up the . Will withdraw 8,000 ground troops from South Korea by the end of 1978, state depart ment officials said  officials confirmed reports which first appeared in Tokyo that . Diplo Mats had told the japanese government of the planned pullout. The department of defense says 33,500 . Ground troops Are in South Korea plus another 8,000 air Force and Navy personnel. The decision Means president carte has overruled objections from the South korean government and . Army com Manders and will move ahead on a pro Gram to eventually pull out All ground forces but leave . Air Force planes and american intelligence gathering an Supply units. According to the administration plan the withdrawal of the ground forces will be phased with a buildup and modernization of South korean  principal . Ground Force the 2ndinfdiv, is poised just South of the 38th parallel and equipped with tactical nuclear weapons. In addition to its military role. It is in tended As a political tripwire to bring massive . Retaliation in Case of a attack by North Korea. . Officials said the 2nd div s conventional weapons including tanks would be turned Over to South Korea As the .army troops leave. Happy British watch their Queen Light Beacon opening Jubilee fete London up Queen Elizabeth drove through an Avenue of torches monday night to the great Park of Windso Castle where she lit the first of a Chain of fiery beacons signalling her people that tuesday would be a Day of thanksgiving for her Silver Jubilee on the  astonishing crowd of 350,000, Many of them dressed in carnival costumes Gath ered in Cool Damp weather to watch the opening ceremony of the most important week of the anniversary celebrations. The Windsor Beacon was regarded As the Queen s own signal to begin the Jubilee celebrations. An official called for three cheers for the Queen and the answering Roar was heard in Windsor town three Miles  flame from the tons of Brushwood piled up near Windsor Castle was spotted by watchers at Dunstable Downs and they ignited their Beacon next in the ancient network which centuries ago alerted the nation to danger such As the Spanish Armada in 1588 or summoned it to triumphant celebrations. 2 freed hostages report others still held Are of continued from Page ii ing saturday Between the militants on the train and two leaders of the South moluccan Community made Little Progress and a second meeting has not been fixed."1 Don t yet see any reason to be optimistic that it will All soon be Over he Saida the twin sieges went into their third re executive Scott Dies of heart attack Munich a Walter k. Scott executive vice president of the Munich base american transmitter radio free Europe radio Liberty died of a heart attack sat urday. He was 62. A spokesman for the government sup ported stations broadcasting to Eastern Europe and the soviet Union said Scott who was due to retire june 30, will be buried in , a Consul general in Munich from 19s9 to 1963, joined radio Liberty in 1965and was the station s executive director until his retirement in 1973.he returned to Munich in 197s to assist in the merger of the two stations. When death struck he was vacationing at Lake Chiem see. Some 50 Miles Southeast of  served in the army As a lieutenant colonel during world War ii earned the legion of Merit medal French British and belgian  graduate of the University of Mary land he joined the state department in 1946.Scott is survived by his wife Irene and five children. Europe Cloudy attn occasion ram Tuet Dey and wednesday. Frankfurt Heidelberg Man 43, Tow so. Sunset tue Dav i j1 a no write tuesday 4 17 . Temperature Rico rom monday ce1i 4am 4pm 4am 4pm 46 h  s2 57 Frankfurt it at 10  4s London r s4 u  so s Madrid i s3 u a Rtin a 54 Al Munich r so s7 Brussels r s2 u Paris cd 61 St Copenhagen cd � 70 . Cd Goudy p partly Cloudy ,  ministry spokeswoman Toos Kaber said the terrorists demands Are basically unchanged. They have demanded the release of 21 other South moluccas imprisoned for terrorist activity and a plane to Fly them All out of the  said there was no connection be tween the release of Ellenbroek an Brouwer and the session saturday Between the terrorists and mediators Josina Sou Mokil and Hassan Tan. Another official suggested the moluccas freed the women to get rid of a troublesome  officials had repeatedly sought the re lease of Ellenbroek Prinsen but they apparently did not know Brouwer Korf was also pregnant. Faber said the terrorists gave no Indica Tion they would free the women until they telephoned the government crisis Center Tassen sunday afternoon and asked officials to Send for the women. Or. Franz to Tuha Kunewa health minister in the government in exile of the phantom South moluccan Republic was sent to get them and an ambulance took them to a Hospital Here. Within an hour More than 100 huge fire were radiating in eight chains from wind Sor Castle including 10 mountaintops and18 offshore islands. The Queen lit a Torch from the Windsor fire and gave it to couriers to Fly to Australia where 3,000 Bon fires will be  Dover Beacon fired a rocket that triggered the igniting of a French Bonfire of Friendship on the Channel Cliffs near Calais the last stronghold of the British on the continent which fell to the French in 1558.the Queen was surrounded by her entire immediate family the blood Royal atthe opening of this most significant week of the Silver Jubilee celebrations marking her 25 years As Sovereign. Watching the fireworks display that Fol Lowed the Bonfire ceremony with her were her three sons princes Charles Andrew and Edward her daughter. Prin Cess Anne her husband Prince Philip her Mother Queen Mother Elizabeth and her sister. Princess  London meanwhile the first of a throng that police said would number inthe Hundred thousands were already Stak ing positions along the line of the Queen procession tuesday morning from Buck Ingham Palace to St. Laufs  British teen agers camped near the Palace at 6 . Monday with 29 hours to wait. The processions to the Mother Church of the Church of England where a service of thanksgiving was to be celebrated were Tobe the most colourful in the capital since the Queen s Coronation in june 1953 a Littleover a year after she ascended to the throne on the death of her father Kinggeorge i. Monday s baseball National league Uta Mem  001 000 1cwx 13 i Hoo Lon. Wall 171. Sou 17 and Yeager Oattla 7 . Sutler 71 end matter Weld.  . 11, students in canal zone stage anti-. Protest the first increment of the  5expected to be followed by similar cuts in the following years. The Jeff Cut indicates that the .  planned to take place Over about a four a Yeth air Force units would Rentto to South Korea under the Carter  a ton plan and the 7th Fleet and aircraft would be available As replacements. Bot the air Force and Navy units Are equipped with nuclear weapons. Ece Vit upsets Demirel Rule in Turk vote continued from Page i the three it previously held. Ece Vit survived five assassination at tempts during the Campaign which left i persons dead and 227 wounded in pistol knife and fist Battles Between rival factions. Western diplomats were obviously pleased with Ece Vit s Success and said they believe his election will help men strained turkish american relations. Ece Vit the diplomats said holds the key to resolving the simmering Cyprus con flirt. And Cyprus they said is the key that will solve the tense problems plaguing the Eastern Mediterranean and ultimately Lead to the restoration of nato s Crum bling Southeastern  became and remains a Mili tary hero when he ordered the turkish in Vasion of Cyprus. The invasion caused Washington to sever . Military Aid to Turkey and an insulted Ankara retaliated by taking control of 26 . Military installations in  diplomats believe Ece Vit the Victor Over Cyprus has enough popular Ity and clout within the military to make concessions to Athens Over the dispute Island. Ece Vit fostered those beliefs by using one of his own poems in Campaign speeches a poem praising greek Turk ish Friendship. Pensions. Continued from Page 1 rehire returning veterans without a loss of  Power had contended that its pension plan was a retirement program and not a seniority Benefit. Like the lower court the supreme court rejected that argument and ruled that the Federal Law intended to protect the pension rights of veterans. The ruling applies Only to veterans woo were employed by a company prior to their entry into the military. It does not require companies to provide pension benefits for military time to employees who Are hired after their discharge. Panama City up thousands of High school students shouting Yankee go  marched on the Panama canal zone monday took Down a . Flag and detained a Railroad train by lying on the tracks a Panama canal company spokes Man  panamanian government spokesman said there was no  2,000 students coming from schools All Over the City converged on Shaler Triangle a Small Public Park on the Pacific Side of the canal at about 7 .the Park is part of the zone but flies both the panamanian and american flags. The demonstrators took Down the Amer ican Flag and raised a panamanian one in its place the spokesman  a group of students moved into a commercial area on the fringe of the zone made speeches and left. At the same time about 200 students marched on the town of Colon on the Atlan tic Side of the zone. Several of them la across the tracks of the Panama Railroad company detaining one of its trains for Short time the spokesman said. The demonstrators painted Walls an Railroad cars with anti american slogans before marching off into Panama City. Bandits haul could be Worth More each Day Catania. Sicily a seven armed bandits made off with 440 million lire 484.000 Worth of Coffee from a Ware House in this sicilian City saturday in a carefully planned operation police reported. The gang waited patiently for four trucks to unload their merchandise then locked the Drivers in an empty truck. The transferred the sacks of Coffee into their own trucks and drove off. The drive freed themselves and called police about 30 minutes later  
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