European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Pages the stars and stripes thursday May 22, 19b6 Wall Seirn urges cooperation against austrian ant world today Vienna Austria a presidential candidate ,.harried by accusations that he hid past links with the nazis spoke out wednesday against Anli semitism and deplored the of jews. For i tic first time in a major Public speech during his Campaign the former . Secretary general discussed in detail the achievements of austrian jews and their suffer ing in the holocaust. The world jewish Congress based in new York has Bee relating several allegations each week against Watt him accusing him of involvement in massacres of civilians an claiming Ihal he knew of deportations of jews to death Camps while he served in the German army in the Balkans. Waldheim who won a plurality of 49.64 percent in the first election round May 4, has denied the allegations. He faces a Runoff june to. All the world can see Whin Austria has made of it suffering Flwler 1945 n Garcal work of reconstruction in the spirit of tolerance and reconciliation he said. Waldheim called for the cooperation of All positive forces also cooperation of All minorities which make up and enrich the cultural variety or our now expressly state also the jewish minority which has become so Small but important which we would not wan Tomis by any Means in our Community. Their forebears have left indelible traces in the spiritual history of our i condemn so decidedly what happened under the nazis it is exactly for the same reason that i reject the defamation made against myself and against our country during recent months with the same determination wit which i Call on my fellow citizens not to generalize in this rejection and above All not to Toler Alc any new anti semitism in our country.". The world jewish Congress s allegations against Wald him touched off a spate of hate mail and threats to jews during he first part of the election Campaign. Austrian jews including Naii Hui Ter Simon wisc Plhal have criticized the Congress for stirring up Sinai Sci Tison Here. In the speech in an ornate Haj of he downtown Schwar zen Borg Palace the presidential contender declared that the lessons to be drawn from the past arc tolerance and under standing not those of mid Waldheim said we would be bad politicians and bad patriots if we did not know that Host who do not want to learn from history arc condemned to repeating to overcome the past most not mean fleeing into the past. We will not acquire the guarantee that there will be nosecone Auschwitz by inciting to hatred and but by pleading with each other to forgive but not forget in spirit or tolerance and conciliation he added. In what appeared to be a marked departure from his pre Vious electioneering parlance he returned several times 10 the Fate of the jews during world War 11, when he served As a wehrmacht lieutenant in Greece where tens of thousands of jews were deported to concentration Camps the jewish people have suffered More than Many other people in this world. I stand Wilh deep emotion before this suffering said other people the austrian As Well have likewise contributed their share in the suffering not Only their share of guilt to Mankind s common history he said. As Many As 250,000 jews lived in Austria before 1938,before the country became a part of nazi Germany. There Are now about 9,000 jews in this country of 7.4 latest Issue of the weekly woche Presse Magazine said Waldheim the candidate or the conserva Ivr. Peo ple s party scored 53 percent in a Public opinion Survey involving him and his opponent Kurt Steyrer. Steyrer supported by the socialist party had 47 per cent the pal i tent City dismantled 195 nuke protesters arrested a Eckersdorf Germany a police arrested195 anti nuclear protesters and dismantled a Lent City the demonstrators erected near the construction site of Germany s first nuclear waste reprocessing Plant officials said wednesday. Police spokesman Oswald ertl said some 300 protesters remained at the Camp site not far from the German czechoslovak Border late tuesday when officers Assem bled to tear Down the tents. The Camp was dismantled and some 176 protesters who tried to obstruct police action were arrested ertl told the associated press. Later some 300 protesters gathered in the nearby Vil Lage of sch Ansdorf after old night and clashed briefly with police throughout the Early morning hours ertl said. The disturbances began when Between 10-is demonstrators began pelting fee local police station with rocks and bottles smashing windows and a Glass door he said. Demonstrators then marched through the Village hurl ing stones at police patrols. Police arrested 19 protesters in the sch Ansdorf disturbances Ell said. He said All but 13 of those arrested during the night were released wednesday morning. The rest would remain in custody pending further police investigations he added. No injuries were reported in the overnight clashes Ert said. On monday police said at least 157 policemen were injured in three Days of demonstrations at the hackers Dorf nuclear constr Union site in Rural Bavaria. Police said that 25 officers were treated at local Hospi tals during the clashes with anti nuclear protesters. Most were released by monday evening and spokesmen said none of the injuries was serious. Opposition to nuclear Power in Germany has grow since the april 76 reactor disaster at chernobyl in the soviet Ukraine. In the violent protests that continued in saturday to monday an estimated 5,000 demonstrators gathered in the area. Construction of the nuclear waste Plant began last de Cember. Work at the site has frequently been interrupted by protesters since Ihen but police said the weekend clashes were the most violent to Date. 5 at French nuke Retreat Menf Plant contaminated in radiation Accident Paris a five workers at a re treatment Plant were exposed to radiation while cleaning pipes one receiving More than double the annual allowed dose of radiation and another receiving More than three limes the limit the company said wednesday. An official of cog pm a a state owned nuclear reprocessing company said the five workers contaminated tuesday afternoon at the Cote Lin factory in la Hague i Northeast France were sent Home after medical examinations. The Colestin factory retreats spent fuel from nuclear reactors separating the plutonium. Two of the workers received is and ii rents respectively of radiation one received 1,6 Retro and the two others 0.7 rems each the official said asking not to renamed. The annual admissible dose of radiation for workers a nuclear Sites in France is 5 rems. The danger level is much higher but those receiving s rents Are advised to slay away from places where radiation is a risk for a year. The incident though painful and regrettable but no particularly serious is not due to the functioning of the factory the official said but happened during an opera Tion on an Annex piping system Long out of use and in an area outside the Section far products with High the official said that a radioactive solution which remained in the disused pipes flushed Forward As three work ers All from another company were cleaning them. He said the three failed to realize the solution was in the pipes despite measurement instruments. Two cog pm agents then intervened. Berlin Horowitz fans throngs of Burthen same of them lined up since Early morning wait patiently la buy tickets to hear concert by american pianist Vladimir i lore Wilt tickets sold out wednesday in few hours for the Berlin show Chi is scheduled for saturday. Germany to increase its order for european built Jet fighters Bonn a the German air Force will buy 35additional european built Tornado Jet fighters boosting its total order to 357 planes a defense ministry official said tuesday ,. The official said the 35-plane order was Worth about 3,3billion Marks $1.5 billion. He said the Sale would be announced this week. The Tornado fighter is built by the British italian an German pan Avla aerospace consortium. Germany had previously agreed to Purchase 322 Torna Dos from the group. / the new order must still be approved by the defense and budget committees of the German parliament accordingly the official. The fighters Are to be equipped with advanced radar gear air to ground missiles and electronic defense sys tems. Dutch train service returns to Normal after end of strikes Amsterdam Netherlands a commuter rain traffic in the Netherlands returned to Normal tuesday after e court ordered end to a series of rail strikes that Las week crippled travel Between the three largest dutch Cit ies. In its ruling an Ulricht court said he dutch Labo Runion federation s transport Union which began the strikes last thursday had walked out of talks with too quickly. The railway workers suspended their strikes Over the three Day Holiday weekend but had been due to continue them tuesday. Transport Union spokesman lock Grain said his Union would obey the court order and further negotiations or dered by the court were scheduled for next Friday. New communications processor to be introduced by itt corp. Brussels Belgium itt corp. Said tuesday , Irful commune cations Proca Sor the itt bb26, later in the year. The processor has More Power than any other similar processors available itt said in a statement. H said it can bl55drt a � i no International business machine or other tasks. .-p16 itt 8?.26 s being added to a recently announced it ps"1"1 a. A i office 2000, which is a package be and to few re systems enable a companies to integrate their communications systems itt said the new processor will be introduced sometime during the last three months of986.
