European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 281 the stars and stripes monday july 7,1986 Jet Homan Helene Dorriny and her passenger Haj their plans far a flight Over the French country Side deflated saturday when they encountered Little Hung up the gothic Cathedral at rebus the top of he Church Tower was slightly r the balloon was destroyed. 5 Black officials killed in South Africa turmoil Johannesburg not anti government gunmen armed with soviet ak-17 assault rifles killed five Black municipal officials Early saturday authorities said. Two of the assailants reportedly cruising segregated Lack townships in search of targets were said to have been killed by the police after a High Speed car  attack was one of the most audacious guerrilla assaults on Black supporters of government authority since the present period of unrest began in september let 4ithe Bailie appeared to represent a stepping up of Urban guerrilla warfare in South Africa after a spate of bomb attacks mainly in White areas. There was no Independent corroboration of the gun Battle from Independent sources or witnesses. News of the fighting came from the government Bureau for information the sole source of authorized news under the emergency decree. The decree makes it unlawful to publish unauthorized reports of police or military activities. The Bureau said two other Blacks had been killed i unrelated incidents. The total of nine dead in a 24 hour period was one of the highest since the state of emergency was declared on june 12. In another development labor monitoring group said Security forces arrested a Black Trade Union Leader James Munda went president of the Council of unions of South Africa. Munda went is being held on charges of attending an illegal gathering May i the groups  International confederation of free Trade unions which is based in Brussels said 165 Trade unionists had been detained under the state of Emer gency decreed in South Africa according to a Reuters report. The federation was also reported As saying that Alex Mahala Agie president of the transport and Al lied workers Union had been mistreated in Pri and had asked to be transferred to a Hospital prison polls predict Nakasone win As japanese line up to vote Tokyo up japanese voters lined up in drizzling ram sunday for parliamentary elections thai has prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone gambling Bis political future. Despite rain Over most of the country voters were waiting at Many of Japan s 50,000 polling stations for the doors to open at 7 . Polls were to close at 6  estimated 86 million people were eligible to vote for members of both houses of the  total of 838 candidates from five major parties and a Host of smaller groups and independents were vying for 512 seals in the lower House. Also at stake were 126 of the 252 seats in the upper House for which506 candidates were competing. Pre election poll predicted Nakasone i ruling lib Era democratic party which has held Power since 1935. Would regain the comfortable majority in the lower House that it lost in the last election in 1983. A High turnout would boost the ruling party s show ing but an election eve Survey showed 40 percent of the Public bad not much interest in the election and i dais shrugged off he dreary weather and made their final bid to gain supporters from the Northern Island of hokkaido to Kyushu in the  destiny of Japan depends on the result of this  Nakasone told a crowd in a Tokyo suburb before ending his Campaign in a popular downtown shopping  second two year term As Liberal democratic party Leader a Post that automatically makes him prime Minuter expires in october. He called the lower House elections 18 months Early to coincide wit planned upper House polls in a move interpreted As an Alt in to extend hit stay in  lacklustre Campaign was characterized by a no table Lack of burning issues. Japan s Economy hurting for the first time in a decade because of the yen s rapid Rise has forced both sides to downplay Prosperity As news briefs 250 Auto deaths Chicago api Street deaths across America Halfway Mph the Long Independence Day weekend a a 250, police said. Or before the weekend amt the National safely Council had Parkd 500 to 600 people could die on thou Pron s roads Between 6  i " an  n. Edt saturday 250 deaths Hud been with California accounting for 28 fatal land Texas 24, ought sunday local times trillion americana took to the syrian troops in Beirut Beirut Lebanon not Iback in Beirut for the first r troops cart theirer Yea North