European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page a the stars and stripes monday. June 16, 1986 chernobyl managers fired pravda reports world today Moscow a top managers of inc chernobyl Power station have been fired for irresponsibility and Lack of control during the april 26 nuclear disaster and some station workers arc still on inc run Hie communist party daily pravda said sunday. In the first Ripon of chernobyl firings in the Wake of inc world s worst nuclear Accident pravda said the previous directors have been released from their posts and criticized five senior officials including the station manager for poor response of . At least 26 people have died As a result of the Acci Dent at he four reactor station and hundreds of others arc hospitalized with radiation sickness. More than 100,000 people have been evacuated from areas of the Northern Ukraine and Southern byelorussian contaminated by the Accident. The naming of a new director for the Power station e. Pozdyn Shiv was disclosed in an article wednesday in the ukrainian newspaper pravda Utt Rainy but no reason for inc change was it nation re and the former director was not named. Pm via s sunday report said management at the Power station was discussed at a recent meeting of inc Kiev regional communist party committee. Regional party Leader a Malo much told the gather ing that the former director of the nuclear Power station v. Bry Ukhanov and senior Engineer n. Fomin in the difficult situation of the Accident failed to pro vide Correct firm leadership and the necessary discipline ant showed irresponsibility and Lack of control pravda said. They could not give an evaluation of what was happening or take the Cardinal measures for organizing accurate work for All sections for liquidation of the Accident s consequences the newspaper said. Because of these shortcomings in organization and miss Liberty in Germany a copy of the suite of Liberty u framed by rails of roller ouster in an amusement Park in Sal us Germany. The tue made of reinforced i Berglass will be dedicated on july 4 when new York celebrates the Centennial of the original. Training to this Day a in Ripon of the workers of the nuclear Power station can be found on the run " pravda said. Indeed among Iceni arc shift supervisors and senior  no figures were Given for inc number of workers who left the Power station after the Accident nor did the report say How Many officials were fired. The regional party meeting discussed ways of filling the vacancies according to the Ripon but no new appointments wac mentioned except hat of station manager Pozdyn Shiv. A recent meeting of party members at the station sharply criticised Lite leadership of the nuclear Power station for in admitted shortcomings the newspaper said in the Moit difficult moment Deputy director of inc imps r. Solovyev abandoned his Posl. Deputy directors 1. Tiara no and v. Gundar were irresponsible in fulfilling their duties pravda said without specify ing what they had done. The Trade Union committee of the station showed Little care Ghoul reinforcing discipline and guarantee ing secure conditions of Tabor daily life and recreation of people the newspaper said. A lot of criticism was addressed to the Power station s Komsomol Sec Cuiry a.  it was Noi Clear from the report whether any of the shortcomings mentioned could have contributed to the Accident the exact cause of which has not been fully explained yet. The no. 4 reactor at the Power station was torn open by an explosion at i 2j . On april 26 and engulfed m flames. The other three chernobyl reactors Are reportedly intact and officials have said two of them will be restarted this All election boosts Kohl s Chance for re election in 87 Hannover Germany apr the governing Christian democratic Pany was losing support bul looked Likely to stay in Power sunday in Niedersachsen stale elections boosting Chancellor Helmut Kohl s Campaign for re election next year. According to Early computerized returns shown on Germany s Adf television the Christian democrats received 44,9 percent of the Vole in  a considerable drop from their 50.7 percent received four years ago. But the Small Liberal free democratic party was polling 5.5 percent making it possible for the Chris Tian democrats to stay in Power in the stale by form ing a coalition mirroring the partnership in the nation Al government in Bonn. The Early returns were broadcast 25 minutes after the polls closed. Final results were not expected for several hours the opposition social democrats were scoring 42.6 percent Adf said. The Radical environmentalist Green parly polled 6.5 percent in the Early results. Some 5.6 million people were eligible to vote in North Central Niedersachsen Germany s second larg est agricultural state. Final turnout figures were not immediately Avail Able but officials said in was about the same As in 1982,7 7.7 percent. Boat tips 11 drown Islamabad Pakistan a a boat filled with three  on a pleasure Outing capsized in the Kabul River drowning 11 people and injuring seven authorities said saturday 7 asian nations agree on actions against terror Dhaka. Bangladesh a officials from seven South asian nations ended a three Day meeting in Dhaka on saturday by agreeing to cooperate More closely to combat terrorism in the Region. A bangladeshi spokesman Abdul Hameed Chowdhury said participants at the conference on terrorism also called for concerted action to combat the threat. Officials from India Bangladesh Pakistan sri Lanka Nepal Bhutan and the maldives la members of the recently launched South asian association for regional cooperation at tended the closed door meeting. The conference was called by the association s study group on terrorism set up at a Summit meeting in Dhaka last december. Academy receives Grant to excavate roman forum Rome a the american Academy in Rome on saturday received a $25,000 grand for a two year excavation of part of the roman forum the Academy a privately endowed Community of american artists and scholar is the first foreign Institute to excavate the forum Accord ing to prof. Adriano i Retina archaeological superintendent of Rome who is collaborating with the Academy on the project. The  of it excavation is to uncover Rem Nants of Rome from the sixth to the third centuries . In one of the most ancient area of the forum Between the Regia seat of the High priest and the Temple of Vesta. Modern excava Lions have generally concentrated on this area. Pakistan opposition Leader Calls for National elections Lahore Pakistan a opposition Leader Binazir Bhutto called saturday for peaceful demonstrations throughout Pakistan on july 5 to demand notional elections this fall a spokes Man said. A spokesman for Bhutto s Pakistan people s party said she made the Call at a meeting of party leaders and activists in this northeastern City. The spokesman quoted her Ai saying a major struggle lies ahead in achieving the de Mand for fresh  Bhutto. 32, is the daughter the late Zut Etkar Ali Bhutto who was ousted a prime minister by president Mohammad Ziaul Haq in a military coup ii 1977 and later was executed after being convicted of conspiring to kill a political oppo nent China reportedly to invite More foreign experts peking a More than 10.000 foreign experts worked in China last year and the government plans to increase the number Over the next five years the English language Chin daily newspaper said saturday. The newspaper did not say How Many experts the government plans 10 invite. It said one 66-year-old foreign expert retired West German Engineer Werner Gench was appointed director of a Dice engine factory and since late 1984 had helped Boon its efficiency by 250 percent. The report quoted Art unidentified official of the state sponsored China association for inter National Exchange of personnel Ai saying priority will be Given to inviting More retired foreign experts. Most foreign expert in China an teachers technical and managerial experts and specialist who come to work with imported equipment religious secular israelis continue bitter clash Tel Aviv Israel a a clash Between religious and secular israelis intensified sunday As. Vandals painted death threats and defaced town maps in suburban Tel Aviv. The escalation followed a v. Kend of violence by secular and Ultra orthodox extremists. The dispute centers around by the religious group s objections to a Campaign of advertisements featuring models in revealing swimsuits. Ultra orthodox israelis believe it is against religious Law for women 10 show their bodies and Over the past six months vandals have destroyed or damaged More than 100 bus shelters on which the ids Are ported secular extremists set fire to a synagogue last week o protest the bus shelter vandalism