European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes Friday May 2, 1986 police disperse pro Amarcos mobs in Manila streets Man i la Philippines a police used tear Gas and fire hoses to disperse loyalists of ousted president.  i. Marcos after Rock throwing Street batiks injured at least 13 people thursday during a labor Day speech by president Corazon Aquino. Aquino declared sweeping changes in inbox tips before a cheering crowd of workers at rival Park. Marcos supporters began demonstrating before Aquino spoke and continued through her speech. After Aquino left the area in a helicopter a Phalanx of police with riot Shields swept through several thousand Marcos loyalists. Marcos in a Broadens from Hawaii Over a Manila radio station appealed to military leaders to give his peo ple time to disperse and told his followers to withdraw let us keep this peaceful. Let yourselves be heard but do not Start the bloodshed Marcos said. He is in exile in Honolulu police brought out fire hoses and tear is when the protesters began throwing bottles at the police lines. The Marcos loyalists retreated to nearby streets. Earlier n policeman fired his gun into the air to disperse Rock and Battle throwing demonstrators As riot police moved in to Clear the area near the Park where Aquino was wailing to speak. With two recently freed communist party leaders and other labor leaders in the grandstand Aquino repealed or changed several taws imposed during Marcos 20-year Rule. Labor leaders accused Marcos of restricting their activities. He ordered dozens of Union leaders jailed and scores were killed in the violent breakup of strikes. Using temporary Law muting Powers Aquino repealed a Rule allowing management o fire striking workers who defy work orders lifted a ceiling on pay bonuses and changed the needed majority for a strike vote from two thirds la a simple majority. She also ordered police to Sony away from picket lines unless violence occurs and eliminated a controversial hous ing deduction from workers wages. She said she was abandoning policies that allowed Only one Union la rep resent an Industry and pledged to include labor leaders in All policy making bodies of government. Under this government Here will be Justice for the workers under the Laws and the Laws will be just Aquino said. She also announced a. Conference of labor management and government to explore additional benefits for workers including profit sharing. Workers now earn a minimum wage of about $3 a Day hut non Union labourers often earn much less. Labor Lead ers say filipinos Are the lowest paid workers in Southeast Asia. My government Shad promote and protect the rights of workers and employees to establish and form organizations and unions of their own choosing with a minimum of government interference she said. She said that if 20 percent of the employees in a firm support a Union it Wil be recognized. A p1wio Prince Charles and process Dlane a Lull Victoria. British Columbia greets Royal couple Victoria. British Columbia a greeted by thousands of lag waving fans Britain s Prince Charles and Princess Diana began a seven Day visit to British Columbia to Mark the opening or the epo 86 world s fair in Vancouver the Royal couple was relaxed and smiling As they arrived wednesday at Victoria Airport for a 30 minute drive to a formal welcoming ceremony at British Columbia s parliament buildings. The couple was greeted by. British Columbia it. Gov. Robert g. Rogers and Premier William Ben Nett. -. Eleven year old Al on Parker of Victoria who won the hearts of British columbian As she fought to survive after being mauled by a Cougar during a camping trip presented it bouquet to Fin thu  is a particular pleasure to be Able to introduce my wife to this great Pacific province and Lei her Sec for herself what a warm Hearty lot you All Are said the Prince who was interrupted by a scream and the waving or multitudes of Canadian and Brit ish flags. South african Blacks desert jobs schools in huge anti apartheid strike Johannesburg South Africa a millions of Blacks stayed away from jobs and schools thursday in what appeared to be the largest anti apartheid protest in South Africa s history. The association of Chambers of Commerce of South Africa he nation s largest business federation reported a massive absence from work across the country varying Between 70 percent and 100 percent in almost All Urban centers. Usually crowded commuter trains and buses arriving in Johannesburg Cape town Pretoria and other cities from outlying Black townships were virtually empty. The Campaign was organised by labor unions and Politi Cal groups to demand that May Day be made a Public Holiday and to Call for an end to apartheid the govern ment s policy of racial segregation. Many Black schools also were deserted As both teachers and students joined the strike. Police had warned they would act to harshly against any one trying to intimidate Blacks who did wish to work but Only a few incidents of violence were reported by mid morning. A Public toilet at a railway station near Cape town was destroyed by a mine blast during the night and two cars of a train leaving the Johannesburg township of Soweto were damaged by fire. No injuries were reported. The National Union of min worke a predominantly Black Union of roughly 250,000 members said most work ers of the country s Gold Diamond and Coal mines were involved in the strike. Marcel Golding the Union s chief spokesman said sol Diers in Kimberly were trying to Force miners there to go to work. He also said three miners were shot and slightly wounded by Security officers at the Lebanon Gold mine West of Johannesburg when they began heir stat Trade Union federations which had scheduled May Day rallies across the country reported they had been prohibited at the last minute from some locations. Union leaders appealed to Law and order minister Louis be Grange to rescind the orders. Among the rallies banned was one scheduled in port Elizabeth by the country s largest labor federation the Congress of South african Trade unions which claims 650,000 members most of them Black. The Congress is closely Allied with the United democratic front South Africa s biggest anti apartheid coalition. The two groups said they would urge thai the general strike continue unlit the ban on the port Elizabeth rally was lifted. Paris opera Ballet company to perform in Japan in May Paris a choreographer Rudolf Nureyev is to take the 300-year-old Paris opera Ballet company and nine of its lend dancers on a Lour  japanese cities this month the Paris opera announced. Nureyev 46. Who Hoij headed the Paris opera for the past three years has planned 12 performances with two different programs for the two week visit to Tokyo. T is the company s first tour our id France since 197s. H Mozambique Leader May Force thousands to leave capital Maputo Mozambique Dpi president Samoraj Machul thursday said a new Campaign to rid the capital of parasites would begin soon not those who did not produce would be sent to the Countryside. In a May Day speech Machul said there arc More than 200,000 people in Maputo who Are nothing More than parasites. He said that under the new Campaign people who per formed marginally or not at All would be sent to three Southern provinces Ghana Maputo and nth Ambani. I am not joking my friends the marxist president warned. They will go Back o tic Countryside to produce food he said. Only those the tvs Are really working will slay in Mapu  similar Campaign in 1983. Later admitted to contain mistakes and excesses led to the arbitrary relocation of 20,000 people from Mapu to to Rural areas operation production As it was called led to allegations that thousands died after arriving in a Northern prov Ince without proper tools clothing and food. The 1983 relocation program was halted after a year. Sudan citizens celebrate end of 17 years of military Rule Khartoum Sudan a thousands of chanting drum beating sudanese shouted their Joy Over the end off years of military Rule As newly elected legislators opened the nation s parliament. Gen. Abdul Rahman Swarc Dahab Sudan s ruler for the past year read decrees dissolving his transitional Mil itary Council and the mainly civilian Cabinet it controlled. He was greeted Wajih resounding applause. Pravda bestows lavish Praise on pianist Vladimir Horowitz Moscow up the communist parly newspaper pravda raved about the phenomenal skill of Vladimir Horowitz who has completed his first tour of the soviet Union in 61 years. The performances by pianist Vladimir Horowitz in Moscow and Leningrad Nave been a tremendous Success among specialists and music devotees the communist party newspaper said. The guest front the United states impressed the audiences with his phenomenal skill the Majestic piano tech Nique when almost every note scale or passage played by him gives High aesthetic pleasure pravda said. Horowitz g2, arrived in his native land an april 14 for a iwo week two concert Lour that packed the Halls in Moscow and Leningrad. The pianist s appearances were part of the new is. Soviet cultural Exchange signed at last november s Geneva Switzerland Summit. 2 gunmen kill 4 in attack at restaurant in italian City Foggia Italy up two armed and masked gun men burst into a private club in the old Section of Foggia Early thursday and shot and killed three men and a woman sealed Al a table having supper. Another Man at the table was wounded in the Aluck. The sixth person in the supper parly a Man police believed May have been the gunmen s main target escaped injury by diving under the table. Police said All six had police records for drug Traffick ing extortion robbery and Ili Igal Possession of weapons. The dead woman Antoniella Casanella 3d, also had been convicted of attempted murder. Police said they were treating the multiple assassination As a settling of accounts Between members of rival criminal gangs. The two gunmen one armed with a sub machine gun and the other with & pistol started shooting As they burst into the club. The attack look place in the Bacardi private club in the Center of the City around 3 30 . At the Lime Only Ine dub owner and the bartender were an the premises in addition to the six customers sealed at he table