European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday september 13. 19b6 the stars and stripes Page 3 King refers to Botha As a Man of god m. A a Winnie Mandela gives a Black Power Salute Al meeting with Cor Cut Scott King. Johannesburg Squlo Africa up civil rights campaigner Sorelta Scott King spent one of the greatest moments of her life meeting Black activist Winnie Mandela thursday and called South african president Pietr w. Botha a Man of King widow of . Civil rights Leader Martin Luther King or. Then left for London on her Way Back to the United states. King met Mandela wife of jailed rebel Leader Nelson Mandela after caving in to pressure from South african Buck leaders including mrs. Mandela to cancel a meeting she had scheduled with Botha tuesday. She denied deliberately snubbing the Leader of the while ruled government blaming a Lack of time and proper Back ground briefing. "1 Felt thai i needed substantive and More Complete information before i met with or. she said. I expressed a desire to meet with him Al a later Dale. I know or. Botha is a Man of cod and i think when people of god come together they should be Able to King said she believes Botha will agree to meet with her during a future trip to the racially divided nation. We have set the stage for a return visit that could achieve More of the peace and reconciliation toward he Solu Tion that people Here seek than the conditions today she said. King met with mrs. Mandela for 80 minutes at Mandela s Home in the Sowe to Black township on the outskirts of Johannesburg. For me this has been one of the greatest and most meaningful moments of my life King said afterwards. Mrs. Mandela is a great Symbol of strength courage and dedication for women and children Mandela whose imprisoned husband is Leader of the outlawed african nation Al Congress guerrilla organization had threatened to reject a meeting with King if she held talks with Botha. King called South Africa s policy of apartheid a system of racial discrimination and segregation a form of Vio Lence and advocated sanctions against the Pretoria government. Any form of injustice is violence King said. Starving a child is violence. A priv Job is violence. My position on sanctions for the past 10 years or More is that i support sanctions she said la is a non violent tactic. Peaceful Means will achieve peaceful however she said Steps should be taken toward preventing suffering As a result of sanctions. I feel that it is necessary to have mime other measures Lake place simultaneously so thai Here in South Africa people would not suffer great hardship she said. King said she also would like to meet with Edson Mandela. "1 would like very much to see or. Mandela. 1 would like 10 reach out 10 him and give support to his she said when someone has struggled courageously and been imprisoned Lor 23 years a very Long time for whatever crime he has committed certainly he should be Given As much support As pos King said the tour of South Africa accomplished More than i "1 came As a peacemaker and 1 had hoped Hal the peacemaking process would begin because it is a very difficult process and requires Many opportunities and contacts and dialogue 10 Ede i Posi Tive and non Viola no elsewhere the government s Bureau for information in Pretoria said there were no fatalities in the 24-hour period ending thursday morning. Also in Pretoria a spokesman for the prisons service said three members of the african National Congress who were hanged earlier this week for acts of terrorism were buried in paupers Graves in the Mam Clodi Black township. Of lets again intercept soviet jets near Alaska Anchorage. Alaska up for the second Lime in a week the air Force intercepted soviet bombers flying along Alaska s Northern coast and steered the soviet planes Back toward Home Federal officials said thursday. Air Force f-15 Jet fighters scrambled from iwo alas Kan bases wednesday night and intercepted two soviet Tu-95 Bear a Bombera 102 Miles North of Point bar Row America s northernmost Point of land. The Pentagon released the information through sen Frank Murkowski a Alaska a member of the Senlac select committee on intelligence. Four f-15 lighters flew alongside the soviet bombers until they retreated toward the soviet Union. The soviet bombers Are capable of carrying cruise missiles according to the Pentagon. The soviet planes apparently were on the same course As four other soviet Bear a bombers intercepted sept. 4 about 90 Miles North of Prudhoe Bay but in wednesday s incident the soviets did not gel As far East As the big Oil Field. This is the second Lime in a week the Alaska air come has had to Chase the soviet bombers away from the Alaska coast Murkowski said. These flights by soviet bombers have been occurring More and More frequently aver the last two Al least 29 soviet bombers have been intercepted off Alaska s coast so far this year 14 of them since aug. 15, according to information from the air Force and the Navy. Last year the air Force intercepted 30 soviet Danes off Alaska s coast. Whir a detects an unidentified plane approach-1 Ling alas even if it is in International airspace i i the air Force sends f-15s up to Check it out and in the Case of soviet aircraft to perform an intercept. Past intercepts commonly have seen two f-l5s dispatched for each Mission but wednesday four fighters were scrambled. However la. Col. Ted Tilma Alaska air come spokesman downplayed the significance of scrambling four fighters instead of he usual two. The two planes dispatched from Anchorage s Elmyn Dorf fab had to Fly about 825 Miles one Way to intercept the soviets and Tilma said they had to be refuelled in midair. The other two of Lis were sent from Galena in Central Alaska. Tilma said there was no radio communication be tween the soviet and american planes. Last week s intercept found four soviet bombers cruising North of Alaska s Arctic Ocean coast. In Laic August Navy f-14 fighters intercepted a total of six soviet bombers Over a two Day period in three separate incidents during a big naval Man Euver in the Bering sea. The recent soviet flights have not been protested to soviet authorities Murkowski aide Jerry Kilter said i because there is no basis for that. They took place Over i International a pet owners fighting to keep cemetery open Paris a when Suzanne Brua s dog Topsie died last month she buried her pet by the River Seine in the famous animal cemetery where stars like Rin tin tin have been Laid to rest returning to visit the grave a few Days ago Brua was shocked to learn that Topsie and 3,000 other dogs cats monkeys hones and parakeets were about to be exhumed and the cemetery closed for Lack of funds. But the pet owners arc righting Back. They have organized a defense committee written to president fran Cois Mitterrand and actress Brigit a Bardol for support called a protest demonstration and demanded govern ment Aid to keep the cemetery open. It s a tragedy. There Are a lot of older people who come Here whose animals were their sole companions Brua said wednesday As she and dozens of other pet owners gathered outside the cemetery Gates to organize their protest. We re going to Light it Joelte Juneau said she was Given the option of paying $100 to have her dog s remains dug up and presented to her for reburial elsewhere or paying $85 if she wanted her Pel dumped into a mass grave we Are ready to do whatever we can to make sure the cemetery stays open said Juneau adding that she has signed up 150 members Tor the cemetery defense committee. The protest has begun to snowball in the Paris news Media and organizers expect hundreds to gather sat urday for a protest rally. The cemetery for dogs was founded in 1899 by actress and journalist Marguerite Durand with the help of such Belle Poque figures As Emile Zola Sully prud commean Camille Saint sans. Now the Shady Grove on a Bluff overlooking the Seine in the Northern suburb of Asni Eres is crowded with tombstones and monuments Many with pictures of the deceased animal or such inscriptions As deceived by humans never by my dominating the cemetery s Entrance is a 15-foot High statue of Barry the Saint Bernard carrying a child to safely. The legendary dog rescued More than 40 people leading monks from the hospice of is. Bernard pass in the Swiss Alps to travellers buried beneath the Snow Barry who lived from 1800 to 1814, was stuffed and can be seen Al the National museum in Bern Switzer land. Tourists often seek Oul Rin tin tin one of several dogs by the same name who starred in the american movie and television series. A letter posted at the cemetery s office says All the animals will be exhumed but the director said wednes Day no action was being taken until municipal authorities in Asni Eres decide whether 10 Lake Over the Ceme Tery from in private owners. It s a question of Money said the director. The cemetery is beginning to fall Inlo the Seine. The company does t have the Money to keep it up. Besides the tendency now is to incinerate animals rather than Bury
