European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Poge 8 the stars and stripes april 1978 Seoul boats sink Korea spy ship Seoul Dpi the South korean Navy Sank a heavily armed 10ton North korean spy boat off the Southern coast Friday in the first naval gun Battle Between the two halves of Korea in a at least two North korean infiltrators were killed in the gun Battle which took place near Komindo 215 Miles of South Korea suffered one dead and two others the South korean defense ministry said the communist vessel was spotted while approaching the coastal line in an appear of to leave Costa Rica Cut attempt to land North korean two South Korea built Navy speedboats gave the intruder vessel defied an order to halt and opened fire the ministry the North korean boat went Down after a 10mimite Exchange of it was the first such incident since May 14 last year when an armed North korean boat fired on a South korean fishing boat in the same Waters and abducted one Fisher the defense ministry said North Korea plea apparently fails to Block trip by Vesco san Costa Rica a the government asked a Federal court Friday to reverse an earlier decision that dismissed fraud charges against fugitive american financier Robert freeing him to leave the on wednesday a judge threw out a suit against Vesco and six aides charging he sold in worthless Stock to a Hun Gari Anborn Costa Kincan the attorney general sent a representative to court Friday night with a last minute Appeal to reverse the dismissal of toe charges and take the suit to after the dismissal judge Juan Jose Quiros gave Vesco permission to leave the country for the next Day the ministry of government confirmed the Vesco said through his attorney that he will travel to grand Cayman and the but will return in 75 because of a Holiday the court would not be Able to act on the Friday re quest until Vesco apparently would be free to leave the country in the crowds Hail Hirohito on his 77th birthday Tokyo Upu tens of thousands of Flag waving japanese flocked to the Imperial Palace grounds in Central Tokyo saturday to wish emperor Hirohito a Happy 77th tie aging the worlds longest reigning Monarch who was once considered a living made four appearances on a second floor Balcony of the Palace during the morning to wave to the Well wishers from behind a bulletproof Glass he was accompanied by Empress Nagako and other members of the Imperial including Crown Prince Akihito and Princess police said some people had entered the Palace Gates As of 11 to shout Banzai Long life to most were elderly but a few foreign tourists also took the Opportunity to snap pictures of the Man who reigned on drought threatens China wheat crops Tokyo a a severe drought has nit China this threatening seriously the wheat particularly in East Central Una radio peking the in a chinese language Broad cast monitored said wheat producing provinces along the Basin of the yellow and Huang Rivers were affected most seriously by the the state or convened a special conference in peking to discuss it speaking at the vice re Mier Kang Shinen called for Large scale mobilization of the masses to combat the drought with All possible the broadcast it said representatives attending the conference were officials from the state planning commission and numerous affected the chrysanthemum throne during the years of japans involvement in world War ii and its ultimate born april is in the 53rd year of his longer than any of the 123 japanese emperors who preceded him in an unbroken line from emperor Jimmu in 660 he is no longer considered a living god As he was up until the end of world War ii and holds no political he serves As a Symbol of state under the postwar Constitution Laid Down by the late Gen Douglas the stoop shouldered who stands 54 and wears thick smiled faintly As he waved to the crowd below Many holding aloft paper japanese the Moa encircled Palace grounds in the heart of Tokyo Are open to the general Public Only twice a year on Hirohito birthday and on the second Day of the new year Holiday the emperor later hosted a luncheon for members of prime minister Takeo Fukuda Cabinet and was scheduled to receive members of the diplomatic corps at a Tea party in the afternoon he will celebrate the birthday with his family at a quiet dinner in the evening Hirohito birthday kicks off a Holiday studded week in Japan called Golden Constitution Day is May 3 and childrens Day is May All three Days Are National the events provide an Opportunity for japanese to take a min vacation stretching Over As Many As seven or eight Days during which Many head for the mountains or seashore to enjoy the balms Spring siamese twins die Munich a Austria born Sia Mese joined at their died in a West German clinic from heart and circulatory will step up its operation to Send agents by taking advantage of the coming summer season when thickets give cover for infill the North korean government apparently hoped to create no trouble while president Carter goes ahead with his plan to withdraw the first group of Ameri can ground troops by the end of this it is the first phase of Washington withdrawal plan to remove All the member forces from Korea Over a period of four to five the ministry said the bodies of two North korean agents were recovered from the Battle scene along with a two and other is a search continued for More tis from the sunken it North Korea was expected to its infiltration activity because1 Korea has a series of important events scheduled for later this Yew North May want to take advantage of events to create political confusion on May the nation will hold Etta to pick members of the National Cas ence for an electoral whose key function is to elect the Early next year there will be Assembly a Little girl is a study in contemplation painting la Sib Lle by belgian artist Paul Delvauy at Art connoisseur the French artists exhibition opened last week at the grand Piuto
