European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 11, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 Sweden mourns palme with silent minute Stockholm Sweden a a thousand trains stopped and work halted throughout the country monday As Sweden a nation with no tradition of state mourning observed a minute of silence in memory of slain prime minister Olof palme. Thousands of stockholders filled the Street where palme was killed feb. 28, Many weeping silently As they stood at noon facing a Rose covered unofficial memorial and its flame. Let us never give up the fight against hunger and injustice never give up the struggle against violence for peace and Freedom Center party Leader Karin Soder told a memorial session of the swedish parliament which began with the silent minute. Let this be our Way of honouring Olof palme she said. Her party opposed palme s social democrats in the parliament. Palme s widow Lisbeth 55, who was grazed by a Bullet in the attack on her husband sat with the Palmes three sons at the quiet memorial in the sleek yellow Wood legislative Hall. It was her first Public appearance since her husband was shot in the Back with a .357 magnum revolver As she and he walked Home unguarded from a Stockholm movie theater. The memorial minute was the largest such gesture of mourning Ever Given in Sweden. Sweden has declared no official mourning period for palme whose funeral will be a civic ceremony this sat urday in Stockholm s Waterside landmark City Hall. Officials said after palme s killing that the country had no tradition of such mourning periods and that swedes own gestures of grief were enough. The swedish National Railroad had made elaborate plans to Stop at least 1,000 trains for monday s silent minute making sure for instance that heavily loaded freight trains would not be on Steep grades and unable to Stop at the stroke of noon. They had warned that some trains once stopped would stay stopped for up to 10 minutes because starting All the trains at once would overload the rail network s electrical system. Pedestrians in Stockholm s main downtown shopping area stopped to stand silently on sidewalks though Many did so Early because a department store s outdoor clock Lisbeth palme 55-year-old widow of Olof palme with their three sons from left Martin Mattias and Joakim. A photo was fast. There s not one single person who would not observe this said a woman who identified herself Only As mrs. Carlsson a retired shop worker. Swedish motorists had been told that they too could observe the silent minute As Long As they brought their cars carefully to a stopping place. At Sweden s parliament the Riksdag a bouquet of yellow daffodils marked palme s empty seat in the legislative Hall. A string ensemble played and a choir from Stockholm s great Church Cathedral Sang the american negro spiritual deep  we Are gathered Here to Honor Olof palme a great statesman a fighter for peace a considerate family father and Good Friend and Comrade parliament speaker in Gemund Bengtsson said in the first address of the Riksdag memorial. Palme s opponent in last year s National elections mod Erate party Leader Ulf Adelsohn said in the Riksdag Cere Mony that no one else could make me so upset but that he and palme had still shared the same belief in democratic values. 6 world leaders urge nuclear test suspension xic\\7 \7/vn v i a or i Ito .1  York a present and for Mer leaders of six nations including swe Den Greece India and Argentina have urged the United states and the soviet Union to suspend All nuclear testing until the superpower Summit scheduled for later this year. They also offered their assistance in on site monitoring of such a suspension according to a text of the Appeal made Avail Able monday. The Appeal was one of the last documents signed by swedish prime minister Olof palme before his assassination according to parliamentarians global action an inter National group of legislators that worked with the six countries on preparation of the document. The group made the text of the Appeal available in new York. Signers of the message were palme president Raul Alfonsi of Argentina prime minister Rajiv Gandhi of India president Miguel de la Madrid of Mexico former president Julius Nyerere of Tanzania and prime minister Andreas Papandreou of Greece. Parliamentarians global action said palme s replacement As swedish prime minister Ingvar Carlsson had been invited to join the petition. Leaders of the six nations issued their first disarmament Appeal to the superpowers in 1984. Last year the six offered to help verify a suspension of nuclear testing through monitoring stations on their own territory. The soviet Union says it is currently observing a moratorium on nuclear tests but it has not promised to do so beyond the end of this month. The United states has rejected several soviet Calls for moratoriums saying the soviets Are ahead of the United states in nuclear weapons testing. The six countries latest message was sent Friday to president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev according to parliamentarians global action. It offered on site inspection As Well As monitoring activities both on your territories and in our own  the Appeal said the Summit will in our View be a crucial Opportunity for the two of you to agree on Concrete Steps to halt the nuclear arms  it said a suspension of nuclear tests until the Summit would be a Confidence building measure that could Lead to further suspensions of nuclear tests and eventually a test ban treaty. You have a major responsibility for ensuring our common survival. People the world Over will support every step that you take to bring us nearer the goal of freeing the Earth from the threat of nuclear War the Appeal said. Many italian housewives say they want a salary Roll n. N y i i italian Lirtie Ichii Hiriko o of no for of s-vntr.,4s4u.n.u._u,., i i _ _ _. Rome not italian housewives Are aware of the vital role they play in daily life Here and they think they deserve at least a Little remuneration for it. That was the news anyway in a Survey of 1,500 italian women conducted this Winter by so a re search Agency in Milan for the Best Selling italian weekly Magazine Sorrisio e Canzoni or smiles and songs which is Italy s to guide. More than half the housewives interviewed said they should receive some form of salary for the Long hours they put in around the House. And 85 percent said they deserved social Security benefits apart from the Money drawn by their spouses for their years of service. The Survey a random sampling of women throughout the country conducted door to door found women not to be the Happy contented homemakers portrayed by guidebooks. About half said they got Little or no satisfaction from the tedious jobs they do each Day and they described their work As repetitive. About a Quarter of the women said they were Over worked regularly putting in eight hour Days. And 65 percent said they would not mind having a part time Job outside the Home to break the Monotony and the Lone Liness of their daily routine. Housewives it seems Are no longer willing to remain silent and self sacrificing. More than 30,000 women have joined the federation of housewives which was formed in 1982 to Campaign for their rights. The federation of housewives recently wrote to prime minister Bettino Praxi and other senior politicians demanding that the housewife s Active role in society be recognized. And they just might get pension benefits. According to the president of the federation of housewives Fede Rica Gasparini the group now has a Promise from the National insurance Institute an Agency of the Central government to create pension plans and life and health insurance policies for housewives. Women would pay 60,000 lire $40 a month and receive benefits in rela Tion to their age and the length of their participation inthe program. Unfortunately petitions and promises can t make the housework disappear. In the Survey washing dishes and ironing clothes were rated the worst chores. Cooking not surprisingly was the most favored task. More than a third of the women said the Only time they received help around the House was when they were sick. A few Hus bands could be persuaded to do the weekly shopping they said and children sometimes Clear the table after meals. The television set was considered far More important at Home than a vacuum cleaner or a dishwasher. Only a washing machine and a refrigerator were considered More necessary than the television. Nearly 30 percent said that much of their daily work was done with the Seton. The housewives also dealt a blow to the image of the amorous italian Man 62 percent of the women said they were far More romantic than their partners. More than three quarters said their husbands initiated love making but More than half of these women said their mates skipped the Best part the kissing and hug Ging unless the wives initiated it. While they might not be bringing in a salary the majority of those interviewed said they had total control of the purse strings. More than half said they made All the decisions on How to spend their husbands wages. Only 7 percent said they had no idea How the Money was spent