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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday August 5,1986 Detroit workers Back Detroit up about 7,000 City employees began returning to work monday after approving a three year contract and ending a re Cord 19-Day walkout that halted bus service and garbage collections. Members of american federation of state county and municipal employees Council 25 approved the pact sunday on a Vole of 1,298 956, a week after rejecting an earlier tentative agreement by a 3-1 margin. City officials said the agreement which pro Vides an average 13.6 percent pay hike Over cur rent earnings of about $19,000 annually will probably set the trend for about 30 other Union Snow negotiating for 5,000 non uniformed employees. Boy Cotters arrested Johannesburg South Africa up police arrested dozens and possibly More than a Hundred Black schoolchildren boycotting classes monday in Soweto to protest the deployment of police and soldiers at their schools Black sources said. The sources said the children were taken to Soweto s Protea police station but the reports that dozens and possibly More than a Hundred were arrested could not immediately be con  schoolchildren were continuing a class room Boycott that emptied 10 of 56 High schools in the sprawling township thursday and Friday. Star wars assailed Moscow up the soviet Union said monday development of the strategic defense initiative or Star wars violates the 1972anti-ballistic missile treaty and shows Washington s contempt for its International commit  assessment in an editorial in the communist party daily newspaper pravda cited Vladlen vere Shchet a soviet Legal expert who was asked by the government to study the implications of Star  the ski. Program is a massive attempt to achieve strategic military superiority for the United states the newspaper said. It is a continuation of an International policy dealing from a position of strength rather than a position  2 die in fire near reactor Johannesburg South Africa up two men died and two More were seriously injured in a workshop fire during the weekend near South Africa s oldest nuclear reactor but no radioactivity was involved officials revealed  was an Industrial Accident and had Noth ing to do with the reactor spokesman Peter  said a fire broke out As four men were cleaning the floor of the workshop which is about 500 Yards from the Small Oak Ridge Type reactor at the Pel Indaba nuclear research station about 30 Miles Northwest of Johannesburg he said the four men were taken to a Hospital in Pretoria and two of them died later. They were identified As . Hoffman and . Jansen Vanvuuren. Progress toward Summit Washington a the United states and the soviet Union taking a major step to Ward a Summit meeting late this year will hold planning talks Here in september Between Secre tary of state George p. Shultz and Eduard a. Shevardnadze the soviet foreign minister the state department said monday. However a Date for the Summit has not been set Charles e. Redman a state department spokesman said in announcing Shevardnadze s sept. 19-20 visit. Reagan and Gorbachev had agreed on a 1986 Summit in Washington and a 1987 Summit in Moscow. In fact the soviet Leader had been expected Here in late june or july. But the . Bombing of Libya in april in an attack described by the administration As Retalia Tion for terrorism prompted the soviets to can cel a Shevardnadze visit. In May Reagan announced he would no longer observe the in ratified 1979 Salt ii treaty which imposed ceilings on various . And soviet Long Range nuclear weapons. White House agrees Qadhafi May be linked to 3 slayings Washington up the administration suspects there May be a Qadhafi connection in the Mur Der of Peter Wilbum an american hostage and two British teachers in retaliation for the . Bombing of Libya a White House spokesman said monday. Deputy White House press Secretary Peter Roussel was asked about a report that col. Moa mar Qadhafi offered islamic terrorists $1 million each to kill Kil bum 62, of san Francisco and two British hostages Philip Padfield 40, and John Leigh Douglas 34. Their bodies were found last april three Days after the United states bombed Tripoli and Benghazi. A note reported to have been found with the bodies said the killings were in retaliation for the . Raids on Libya which were supported by England. Rep. Robert Doman. R-calif., has told reporters that he received information from the state depart ment that the Rumor of Qadhafi s offer was True. Roussel told United press International congressman Doman was apparently referring to the information which was made Public in the imme Diate aftermath of the bombing of Libya. At that time the British said that Libya was responsible for the Mur Der of Philip Padfield and John Douglas. Following the British Lead there May be grounds for a libyan connection in the murder of Peter Kil Burn. We have no new information on the matter. Wilbum an american University of Beirut librarian disappeared dec. 3,1984. Terrorists attack British air base machine gun Beach in Cyprus akrot1ri, Cyprus a terrorists attacked the sprawling British air base Here raking a Beach crowded with British servicemen s families with machine gun fire the British military reported monday. Several 60mm mortar rounds hit the married quarters area within the base and several rocket propelled grenades landed on the Beach next to the surfing dub which was also raked by machine gun fire a British spokesman maj. Gordon Birdwood told reporters. Investigators were still trying to determine How Many mortar rounds and rockets were fired into the base sunday. A Brief official statement by Birdwood late sunday night several hours after the 5.20 . Attack indicated that Only two or three rounds had exploded in Side the perimeter of the base in Southeast Cyprus. Despite the firepower used in the attack the Only reported casualties were two servicemen s wives who were slightly wounded. Both were still in the base hos Pital   a statement signed by the unified Nas Serite organization a purportedly pro libyan group claimed responsibility for the attack on the base the largest Royal air Force station outside Britain. The statement was delivered to a Beirut newspaper. Bush disappoints Egypt on Aid Cairo Egypt up vice president George Bush citing very difficult budgetary times in Washington disappointed egyptian officials monday by saying it is unlikely that Egypt will receive a much sought increase in . Economic Aid. Bush his Middle East Mission nearing an end with out significant achievement was the bearer of bad news during talks with egyptian president Hosni Mubarak that focused on Egypt s severe economic ills. I was t in a position to make any commitments on these difficult problems at this Point. Bush said. I did say that i would discuss them in detail with the president which i promised him i will do and i will do it the 2w-hour talks at Kobbah Palace like his meet Ings with other top officials also covered the search for peace in the Middle East another crucial area where Bush was unable to report dramatic Progress. Bush said his talks with Mubarak covered the Over All situation in the Middle East in great detail including the egyptian israeli dispute Over the Taba resort Beach in the Sinai desert Bush said the United states and Egypt shared the View that last month meeting Between Morocco s King Hassan and israeli prime minister Shimon Peres was  Egypt has asked that $500 million of its economic Aid be converted to Cash to offset a loss of foreign Exchange earnings. Only $ 115 million was approved for the current fiscal year Down from s150 million last year. Also requested was a reduction on interest rates on military debts accumulated before 1985, when All Aid to Egypt and Israel was converted to Grants rather than Loans. Thatcher from Page 1 the press following the morning session. European economic Community proposals would include a voluntary ban on new investment in South Africa a ban on the importation of Gold Iron steel Coal and Krugerrand and a ban on the promotion of tourism. A source said Thatcher also offered to introduce immediately a voluntary ban within the entire Commonwealth on the promotion of tourism and of Kru errands. Britain has already banned the Sale of the South african Gold coins. Earlier australian prime minister Bob Hawke said the minis Ummil will not accept a weak or delayed decision on anti apartheid measures. Hawke said he Thatcher and the leaders of Canada India Zimbabwe Zambia and the Bahamas held their second session to consider economic measures against Pretoria. At the Start sunday of the three Day review meet ing the seven Leaden agreed Pretoria was making inadequate Progress at ending apartheid but put off until monday the controversial question of imposing sanctions or not germans report warhead a shop Bonn up the Federal defense ministry said there was no danger to the health and safety of soldiers who were repairing a Pershing i a rocket when its nuclear armed warhead fell nearly one foot to a platform. Defense officials said the mishap occurred wednesday at a base they did not identify and was caused by Clumsy work during routine maintenance on the rocket a defense ministry spokesman told the stars and stripes monday that German soldiers caused the Inci Dent but that members of an american detachment assigned to the German unit were present the spokes Man who asked that his name not be used identified the site As being in Southern Germany which Diers with l inches to the platform. At no time were the safety and health of the sol Diers and the area around the rocket installation endanger the ministry said. Officials said a beam of a maintenance Crane was inappropriately swung against the tip of the rocket causing the warhead to drop to a platform directly below. The warhead rocket and its firing mechanism were not damaged the officials said. The ground to ground missile has a Range of about 420 Miles  
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