European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May .22,.1986. The stars and stripes -.page. 9 21 koreans ousted after Seoul South Korea a r students seized the us information service building in the Southern port City of Pusan wednesday and caused extensive Dama a before they were overwhelmed by police authorities said. A us. Embassy spokesman in Seoul said 21 students armed with pipes and other objects charged into the build ing occupied All three floors and began smashing furniture and other facilities. Police took them away after about a hour. The building also houses the  office and the vice Consul and Usis director have living quarters on the third floor Pusan South Korea s second largest City is located about z50 Miles South of Seoul. About 20 american and Korea employees and korean visitors to the first floor Library were unharmed but the embassy spokesman said thai two South korean policemen had received unspecified injuries. None of the students appeared to have been injured. Police spread nets below upper Story windows in the event any of the demonstrators irid to jump from the building bul there was no report of such action. A student protester killed himself tuesday by setting himself on fire and jumping from a window on a Seoul Campus. Protesters in Pusan wednesday unfurled banners from windows denouncing the South korean government and . Imit realism and recalling the Kwangju uprising of May 1980. ,. The student led revolt in the provincial capital of Kwangju six years ago was put Down forcibly by the army. Officials say 191 people were killed during the nine Day uprising but government opponents say the toll was much higher.". Many dissidents and other activists blame president Chun Doo Hwan for the incident and critics have charged thai the United state at least condoned the military action there. The Kwangju uprising has become a rallying Point for opponents of Chun s  police official in Pusan said he Slu Denu threw two gasoline bombs at two policemen standing guard at the building when they charged in. Then they took Over All three doors and four companies of riot police about 600 men were rushed in to surround the building and cordon off the area. The . Embassy spokesman in Seoul David Fitzge Rald said in a statement because of the violent nature of the student action the . Consul requested the korean National police to enter and remove the students the students were removed from the building by korean police without apparent injury to the students. The embassy condemns the violent  the Stu dents in this incident. We Are grateful that the incident was resolved without loss of life or serious injury we appreciate the rapid and cooperative assistance of the korean National police throughout this incident and regret that two police men were injured in the line of duty the Yon Hap news Agency reported from Pusan that the students had demanded a meeting with the american con sul c. Kenneth Mainones but embassy officials in Seoul said they could not confirm that. Oiler sources said it appeared that the main aim of the student was to wreck the building students have staged repealed demonstrations through out the Spring on campuses in Seoul and in provincial areas and Many recently have taken on More strident anti Ameri Ca n overtones. The incident was the second in recent years at the . Facility in Pusan. In March 1982, students protesting the alleged american role at Kwangju set a fire in the build ing s Library. A Library visitor a South korean student died and three other people were injured. The main Usis Library in Scovil was occupied for four Days a year ago by a group of students also entering their protests on the Kwangju incident. They left on their own after lengthy negotiations. North Korea May launch War by 88, analyst warns Washington Sis pressure on North Korea building because of South Korea s booming Economy and the International acceptance Seoul will win when it hosts the 1988 summer olympics could explode into a military confrontation a Heri Tage foundation analyst warns the next two years could be the most dangerous Dary Planck of the conserva Tive think tank s asian studies Center wrote in a Pajur. Being distributed in Washington and asian capitals. The next two years Are Likely to be Cru Cial to the South s Security and to Region Al peace and Security Planck wrote. The South s symbolic Victory Over the North will be apparent during the opening Cere monies of the 1988 Seoul  the United states could help prevent trouble by emphatically reaffirming its commitment 10 South Korea providing More military sales credits upgrading radar and other electronic surveillance equipment on the Peninsula and encouraging the chinese to continue to play a moderating role with the North he said forty thousand is. Troops Are stationed in South Korea which has 600.000 soldiers compared to the North s 830,000. The major outside Factor threatening to upset the balance of the past 30 years is the soviet Union s attempts to buy influence with North korean Leader Kim ii Sung by providing modern weapons Planck said. Last year the soviet Union began to sup ply the North with sophisticated Mig-23 fighters Planck said. North Korea May have 30 of the aircraft already and soon will obtain 20 More. The soviets also Are supplying scud and Sa-3 surface to air missiles he said. The North has a 2-to-l advantage in artillery armoured personnel carriers combat. Aircraft and tanks and a 3-to-l Edge in sur face ships South Korea s military is continuing to modernize and could close the Gap with its Northern neighbor by the 1990s if it received More . Loans for military Pur chases. Congress should approve the entire s230 million in foreign military credits the Rea Gan administration has requested Planck said. . Military Aid to the South amounts to about 5 percent of South Korea s yearly military budget. Planck praised chinese efforts to make the North koreans More flexible in bar gaining with the South he said the chinese have made it Clear they Wilt not support North korean hostilities toward the South. Nicaragua says tourism gets boost from . Hostility Managua Nicaragua a . Hostility toward Nicaragua s leftist sandinista government is stimulating a curiosity that is bringing in foreign Visi tors and badly needed dollars tourism minister Herty Lewittes says. Every Day Nicaragua is in the world news and that makes More people inter ested in the country Lewittes said. People say let s go and see,1 and then they Home and  Lewittes said 38,900 tourists came to Nicaragua last year with a greater number expected for 1936. The majority Are europeans and americans. He declined to say How much Money the tourists left in the country in 1985, but he estimated it could amount to As much As 110 million this year. Every Dollar Nicaragua can get is a Bonus Lor ill starving Economy. Foreigners arriving Al Managua s Sand Ino International Airport Are required to Exchange Iso into the local currency at the official rate which is far below what they can gel once they Are in the City. Lewittes sees tourism As becoming one of the few growth industries for he country this year. The government ii planning to enlarge the intercontinental hotel in Man Agua from 220 rooms to 485 Over the next three years. Additionally Dewilles said the government is converting Moi Elimar on the Pacific coast a resort once favored by the late dictator Anastasio Somoza and his associates from a military base into a 375-room Complex Complete with Airport. Dewilles said the 140 million project will include a gambling Casino plans Call far the resort to cover about three Square Miles with an eight Story luxury hotel nearly 50 Cabanas six ten Nis courts a Golf course conference rooms burs and restaurants. It is very important to develop tourism at this Lime Lowit Jcj said. We need the dollars to pay the  Lewittes said 85 percent of the Visi tors take advantage of the one week tour Nica Lour package offered by the government. He said that under the plan the aver age daily Cost is about 130 a person arriving from Miami for a seven Day stay including transportation Hole and food. The More affluent tourists stay at the intercontinental hotel which is in the shape of a mayan Pyramid before the Sandini Itas took Over the hotel was a Retreat for the late billionaire Howard Hughes. Rapist to be re sentenced military appeals court rules Baychuc Vinch Washington Bureau Washington the court of military appeals has set aside the sentence of a Soldier convicted of rape because lower ranking officers and enlisted personnel were excluded from his court martial. Pfc. Gregory Mcclain pleaded guilty Al his Mart martial in dembevl982 in Nef Lingen. Germany. Mcclain then Aunedi to the 226lh Supply and service co in ludwigs Burt Germany was charged with sodomizing and raping a 16-year-old German girl he picked up hitchhiking. The appeals court allowed the conviction to stand but sent the Ewe w the army judge advocate general for a be hearing on Mcclain s sentence of 20 years confinement a duh stable discharge forfeiture of pay and reduction o Al. A Drew " agreement reduced the confinement to seven years. An army Legal official said any new sentence Given 10 Mcclain cannot be harsher than his original sentence in effect he has Noah Long to lose " the official said. He has a free shot at gelling a More lenient sentence Mcclain s court martial panel consisted solely of offi Bethe appeals court ruled that systematic exclusion of Junior officers and enlisted personnel below the rank of e-7 As members of an e-3 s court martial violated the code of military Justice and the limitation on command  chief judge Robinson Everett said it appeared the exclusion of lower ranking personnel in Mccain s Case was done in order to obtain a court membership less disposed to lenient  Mcclain s court martial did not include lower ranking personnel because of advice Given by co. Carroll Tichenor then Vii corps staff judge advocate 10 it. Gen. William j. Livsey then Vii corps commander in August 1982. Tichenor had advised Livsey to consider for court mar tial duly those nominees Best qualified by reason of age education training length of service and judicial tempera ment because he said he had observed a variety of unusual sentences during his tenure Al Vii corps Tichenor said there were repealed rumours that Many of these seemingly unusual sentences which included some very lenient sentences far individuals convicted of serious felony crimes stemmed from Young officers and enlisted members who had Little experience in the military. Tichenor said Livsey asked whether he bad the authority to appoint Only senior officers and enlisted members to court martial duty and Tien enor told him he did. When Mcclain s Case was referred to a general court martial composed solely of officers in october 1982, he ailed that enlisted persons be included Tichenor recommended id Livsey a first sergeant two master sergeants and a sergeant first class. Livsey agreed based on Tichnor s advice to consider individuals who were older and had been in the service longer in order to obtain a panel that was mature responsible and discern  a major a Captain and a warrant officer who Origi Nally were on the Case were removed. After Mcclain s arraignment his defense counsel con tested the appointment of the enlisted members arguing that Livsey had violated the Ucma by improperly excluding lower ranking personnel. The military judge ruled Livsey had not acted improperly. The defense counsel then withdrew the request for enlisted membership and asked for an All officer panel be cause a fair and property selected enlisted panel had not been provided. The court of military appeals ruled that the appoint Mentlo the court martial Only of persons in the upper three enlisted grades was not proper and that Tichenor i advice to Livsey was incorrect. The selection process employed created an appearance that the government was seeking to pack the court martial against Mcclain Everett said. Judge Waller to co Iii concurred with the chief judge