European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page so the stars and stripes wednesday november 12.1sb8 koreans give $ 1 million for War memorial Washington a the Ameri can subsidiary or Hyundai motor co. Of Korea contributed is million on Mon Day toward a memorial in Washington to Honor americans who fought in the korean War. President Reagan signed into Law last month the korean War memorial act which anticipates construction of a Monument within five Yean. It is 10 be financed largely through private donations and will Honor the 5.7 million . Men and women who served in Korea during he 1950-53 conflict. More than 54.000 were killed roughly the same number killed in Vietnam. The legislation Calls for spending $1 million in Public funds for punning an Sile preparation with construction financed by s3 million in private funds. The Public Money has yet to be actually appropriated however and retired Gen Andrew j. Goodpaster chairman of the american Battle monuments commis Sion said Hyundai s Early gift could therefore Speed up the construction process six months to two if All goes smoothly planning could be completed within two Yean and construction finished two years after that said the commission an Agency of the defense department. In a letter to Reagan . Park presi quartered in Garden Grove Cajet said please permit Roe this Opportunity to con vey a Small Token of our gratitude for the supreme sacrifices your countrymen made in the defense of our Freedom and Liberty. One major Issue yet unsettled is Sile selection. The commission wants to build the memorial inside Washington famed Monument corridor per Minear the Jefferson memorial. But wife Congress allowed the Vietnam memorial near the Lincoln memorial to rebuilt on that strip it has resisted further crowding of the grounds. Although the commission Hai not begun actively seeking individual donations in already had s gift More than j17,000 from 370 individuals. The commission s mailing address the american Battle Monument com Mission Washington , 20314. Molotov s death getting Little coverage in .s.r. Moscow a soviet Media dedicated scant coverage tuesday to the death of former Premier Vyacheslav Molotov and no official funeral was planned for Joseph Stalin s right hand Man. A foreign ministry spokesman referred to the deceased simply As a the spokesman who was asked about Fune ral arrangements replied regarding the pensioner his burial will be a personal matter for his family. We Here will not be participate no information about burial plans was re ported by he Itale con rolled Media. A woman who answered the Telephone at the communist party Central committee Headquarters said she did not know what funeral arrangements were being made. Molotov s death saturday at the age of 96 was reported Lale monday by the Tass news Agency first on its English language service then in rus Sian. 3 . Navy vessels end port Call in China Washington a three . Navy warships left Qingdao China monday night after a we Longport Call that marked the first such visit to China since the communists seized control in 1949, the Navy said. The guided missile Cruiser Reeves destroyer Oldendorf and guided missile frigate Rentz left the yellow sea port after a visit that the Navy described As a historic new chapter in the relations Between China and the United during their visit the roughly 900 sailors aboard the three ships viewed a variety of cultural and athletic events and played Host to a num Ber of civilian and military officials Louring their vessels. Ceremonies from Page 1 weary Soldier was to be unveiled tuesday at the dedication of the Oklahoma veterans memorial in okla homa City. Defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger Laid Wreath and spoke at ceremonies at Arlington National cemetery in Virginia where rests the soul of the defense Secretary an army Veteran of world War ii paid tribute not Only to those who died in Battle but also to the missing and wounded. We Honor those whose Fate in Southeast Asia still is not finally resolved countrymen whom we will no forget. We remember those who still carry the physical and mental scars of War and we try to give to them the Comfort they have courageously earned and justly de serve he said. President Reagan planned no Public activities for veterans Day but he asked americans to take Lime to Honor the nation s veterans whom he called the he roes among in a statement Reagan said it is right that we should meditate on the principles for which so Many americans have fought peace Freedom the sacred and inviolable dignity of All men principles that give Hope to the in Michigan the body of a civil War Wie Ritj removed fonday from a neglected rav i in Gnu rapids for military re Bunat tuesday in Battle creek1 fort Cutter Nasonal cemetery. The Rabunal Wai the culmination of an Effort by a few Peck who discovered the grave and fought for his recognition. The Soldier we a member of the predominantly Black 102nd . Inf. And his remains bad been marked by a Small Headstone bearing Only the inscription unknown 102 . representatives of Britain France Israel Mexico Belgium and Italy were expected for the 27th annual West coast sacred Torch ceremony at Forest Law memorial Park in California s Hollywood Hills Honor ing soldiers who have died for peace. Female veterans were featured in Plain for Ita Georgia veterans Day Parade in Atlanta. About 100women, most of them world War ii veterans were to take veterans said interest in the Day which commemorates the signing of the armistice that ended world War i has declined in recent Yean especially among non veterans. Emil Soroka commander of he veterans off Oman wars Post in Turnersville nj., said it i difficult to recruit new members As veterans of the Korea and Vietnam eras Are less interested than world War vets. I find that vows still maintain their Active natus mostly through workmanship of older veterans. We Don t last forever you know Soroka said. Freed from Paga 1 lag 85, and Marcel Condari 54, were released in moslem West Beirut Lebanon monday night into the hands of syrian army officers government sources said. They were driven to Damascus during the night an were Given clean clothes and a Bath at a government facility. They were driven to the foreign ministry inthe syrian capital s Malki District through rain swept streets Early remained there for More than an hour in on , a retired Auto dealer who had lived in Beirut for 40 years sat quietly saying nothing and slowly wringing his hands on his by. He appeared Well out confused. He wore a Gray suit and had an unkempt Beard. He said his kidnappers had broken his hearing Aid when he was seized in a Beirut Street May 7, and he could not bears do asked if he intended to go Back to Beirut be Laid loudly me me never Condari who had been missing since february Chain smoked american cigarettes and talked compulsively in arabic with syrian officials ii was very scary he said. "1 was frightened a lot of the he added Syria did everything for me Tod i m very in Paris the French government also thanked Syria for its help in obtaining the release of the two hostage. The government which rejoices very greatly to nth his Happy outcome and thanks the syrian authentic Tor the part they have played in it continues the Effort it Hil undertaken since its formation with a View to the Fame possible release of our other countrymen still or Tarn the French foreign ministry said in a to freed men were expected to Fly to pan in a special Jet later tuesday. German court rules against anti missile protesters by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Beeai Karlsruhe Germany criminal judgments against protesters who Block military base entrances do not violate the German Constitution the Federal constitutional court decided in a tie vote announced tuesday. Four justices from the court s first panel ruled against the complaints of several anti missile protesters who have been sentenced for blocking . Mili tary installations. The Justice decided that District and state courts Are empowered to treat the Hockaden As criminal offenders. Four other justices decided it the complainants favor but a majority is required for a ruling of Ity. Also on tuesday German police Cit ing violations of a local ordinance re moved 14 tents belonging to protesters camping in a residential neighbourhood in Muu Wogen. The unauthorized campsite is Only a few blocks from a . Army Airfield where penning ii missiles Are stored. Protesters have camped on Ireland for several years using Ilas the staging area for demonstrations and blockades outside the Airfield Gate. One bad nothing to do with the other police spokesman Gerhard Rol Ler said when asked if police had acted tuesday became Many of the resident protesters were at the court session 90 Miles away in Karlsruhe. The judges announced their decision to an unusually full yet silent chamber of onlookers Many of whom claim affiliation with protest organizations. We Are disappointed naturally about this judgment said Karl Joachim Hemeyer attorney for two protesters whose Lenien Ces have been pending tue 1983 court decisions in an upper state court in Stuttgart he Laid the unusual tie vote suggested that the court bad failed to resolve the Issue. There is some Hope in it said Ger Ald Gruenwald a Bonn lawyer represent ing a protester convicted in 1985. They do not Tay that the regional courts were right. They Only say that they did not violate the Gruenwald said protesters have not challenged the government s Contention that the blockades Are illegal even we on our Side conceded it Wai illegal the Only question was whether it was a criminal act he said. Volt or Nick spokesman for the Campaign for civil disobedience until disarmament said about two dozen members of Bis German organization would begin a three Day March to Mut Langen or Ninfi lately after the court session. The group intends to stage another non violent blockade of the Airfield Gate on nov. 19, he said Nick said local courts have sentenced him to a Tola of about 360 Days in jail for participating in blockades at several military bases. He said he believe tit Karlsruhe action will Handicap hit Pend ing Itale court appeals. This decision might mean Lor Roe quite a number of Tonuu in jail lit said. In Mut Tangen. Roller said police net no resistance when they began remove if the 14 Tenti at 8 45 am they Canp Fetty the Job at 11 10a.m. He Taid the people who had Mcteir the tents did not bold the required am Cipal permits to Camp on the property which ii on a Street Comer in a of dental neighbourhood. Wolfram rack Apo Koman of protesters at Mutl Anajean said the who remain will my in a maj on the site. Kouser Taid tent Supply proof of of their property at theoffice
