European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 3, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 inflated idea of transportation it May not be As Good on land As the racked vehicle but he inflatable Hoter Craft racing boat in the foreground is great Over water Frank Wieder a Mem Ber of the German army s 6th Panzer Grenadier div has his superiors Blessing to Pilot his Craft on the grounds of Ilin Danburg Kasorn near Sci Muenster. Speeches riots highlight May i observances by the associated press millions of people marched in May Day. Parades thursday from Manila to Santiago in support of workers and in Poland police prevented Solidarity supporters from Stag ing their own unofficial celebrations. In peking a female Rock drummer in a so Quincy suit attracted enthusiastic crowds at a May Day party in the working peo ple s cultural Palace. More than 3,000 Model workers and army heroes were Hon ored at Tiana men Square. In the chilean capital of Santiago three policemen were burned when May Day marchers tossed acid on them during a pro test against the 12-year Rule of president Augusto Pinochet. Pinochet deployed truckloads of army soldiers to Stop an opposition labor rally. At least two men were shot. It was the worst disorder this year against his military government. After the shooting hundreds of protes ters rampaged through Santiago tearing Down traffic signs and benches and turning them into barricades. Riot patrols took to the streets to quell the disturbances and by late thursday 720 people had been reported arrested in Santiago and 21 in two other cities. In Warsaw Hal acted police with Shields and riot Sticks turned Back hundreds of sup porters of the outlawed Solidarity Trade Union who tried to stage an unofficial May Day March. Police also stifled demonstrations in Gdansk a Krakow suburb and wroclaw. Hundreds of thousands of workers paraded through Moscow s red Square under Brilliant Sunshine. Soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev joined ruling politburo members in watch ing the Parade from atop the Lenin mausoleum. It was his first Public appearance since the Accident late last week at the chernobyl nuclear Power Plant. As usual some marchers carried anti . Posters and placards and floats celebrated successes in soviet labor. But notice ably missing were the usual placards pro claiming the production goals of various Power plants. Marches also were held in other soviet cities including Kiev 60 Miles South of the damaged Plant the state run Media reported. Philippine police in Manila clashed with supporters of ousted president Ferdinand e. Marcos during a May Day rally. Police used tear Gas and fire hoses to disperse Marcos loyalists who were Demon Strating after a May Day rally led by presi Dent Corazon Aquino. Witnesses said both sides fought with rocks and bottles. In Asuncion capital of Paraguay police used tear Gas water cannons and night Slicks to break up a rally of about 1,200 supporters of an opposition labor move ment. At least five demonstrators were re ported Hurt. Monsignor Mario Medina a roman Catholic Bishop was among those soaked by water Paraguay has been ruled since 1954 by the military government of president Alfre do Stroessner. In Cuba thousands gathered at revolution Plaza were told during May Day celebrations that the sugar Harvest under Way is crucial to the Economy cuban state radio reported. This month will be the decisive one for the sugar crop and it is necessary to make a big Eifort from workers said Roberto Veiga Secretary general of Cuba s labor Central and a member of Fidel Castro s Council of slate. Castro attended May Day festivities but Veiga gave the major address which was carried on cuban radio monitored in Miami. Cuba this week announced a 90-Day sus pension of payments on its debt to Western creditors estimated at $3.5 billion. President Daniel Ortega s May Day address to 30,000 workers in Nicaragua de tailed the death and injury toll from More than Bur years of War against .-Backcd guerrillas trying to overthrow his leftist government. But in u separate rally the Leader of the nicaraguan workers federation and the roman Catholic archbishop Miguel Bandoy Bravo told 2,000 workers that there is no labor Freedom in Nicara Gua and noted that the right to strike has been suspended under an emergency de Cree. In san Salvador Al Salvador about 35,000 marchers paraded through the Capi Tal to Mark May Day. Painting anti Ameri can slogans on the . Embassy. In Guatemala about 4,000 workers and peasants from three labor organizations turned out for the first May Day Parade in Guatemala City in seven years. The coun try returned to civilian Rule in january. Elsewhere in latin America peaceful rallies were held in Mexico City where More than i million members of govern ment affiliated unions paraded peacefully before president Miguel de la Madrid and in Bolivia and Brazil. In South Africa millions of Blacks stayed away from work and schools in what appeared to be the largest anti apartheid protest in the country s history. The association of Chambers of com Merce of South Africa said worker absenteeism ranged from 70 to 100 percent. The predominantly Black National Union of Minc workers said 25 miners were injured in disturbances. In Athens More than 20,000 greek workers marched for higher wages and re peal of the socialist government s economic austerity program. In West Germany Union leaders reported More than 800,000 people attended activities nationwide. High unemployment was a common theme or Union organized marches in major French and Spanish cities which attracted tens of thousands of people. In Japan organizers said 3.8 million peo ple joined in May Day rallies nationwide but police put the number of participants at 1.5 million. Workers called for Shorter working hours. In Prague where stale run television said some 220,000 people attended a rally Czechoslovakia s president and communist parly Leader Gustuf Husak. Blasted what he called imperialist circles for escalating the arms race the official news Agency ctr reported. In Budapest Hungary former communist parly Leader Janos Kadar addressed a rally of about 250,000 people emphasizing National Unity. East Germany s official adn news Agency said hundreds of thousands of peo ple joined in May Day rallies and that1 speakers criticized the United states april 15 bombing of Libya and . Arms poli cies. Adn said tens of thousands of marchers in the bulgarian capital of Sofia carried signs praising soviet arms policies. Rallies also were held in Romania Alba Nia Egypt Angola Tanzania and Angola