European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday november 1b, 1986 battleship Missouri making Call at Naples aboard the Missouri a the recommit signed warship Missouri on whose deck Japan sign edits surrender in world War ii sailed into the Harbor of Naples Nlaly monday on inc sixth leg of its round the world cruise. Among the 1,500-member Crew was a Sailor who was on Board the Missouri when it made its last Call in Naples 40 years ago everything was pretty Lorn up then. The War was just Over said master chief John Davidson 58, Ofsan Dio. Bui it s not All that different than in was in april 1946. There ire some new buildings but the Castle Castel Nuovo is still  Davidson first joined inc Missouri shortly after the historic even of sept. 2, 1945, when Gen. Douglas Macarthur accepted the japanese surrender on the deck of the ship in Tokyo Bay. The 58,000-Lori ship was taken out of action in 19s5 after the korean War. Bui it was recommissioned last May after to years of refurbishing in Long Beach Calif. The Missouri equipped with 16-incl_ blk of carrying Tomahawk and Harpoon missiles left Long Beach sept. 10 on its round the world shake Down cruise to train the Crew. The ship arrived in Naples after stops in Hawaii the australian cilia of Sydney Hobart and Fremantle and Istanbul Turkey. It next goes on to Palma de Majorca Spain and Lisbon Portugal before completing the 27.000-Niile journey in Long Beach before Christmas. The ship s Captain. Cpl. Al Carney said one of the missouri1 main assets is its steel Armor which is 17 inches thick in Tome places. The survivability of the Missouri is second to none Carney said. The commander of Chr . 3rd Fleet vice astr. Kendall e. Moranville said the Missouri and the Navy s other recommissioned battleships would be Able to take the place of a second aircraft Carrier in some Bailie groups. A Battle group generally include an aircraft Carrier and support ships. Thousands go on strike in Manila to protest slaying of leftist Leader Manila Philippines api several thousand demonstrators shouting for defense minister Juan Ponce Enrile s resignation marched through in streets monday in a general strike called to protest the slaying of a prominent leftist. Most businesses and offices in the capital remained open despite the strike. Leftists blame Enrile s followers for last week s slay ing of Rolando Olalia who was Leader of the people s party and he militant May 1st movement a labor federation. They claim it was pan of a right Wing plot to destabilize president Corazon Aquino s government Union spokesman Crispin Beltran claimed the pro test had taken off on a Good Start and would be extended until Olalia s funeral thursday. But Joey Lina mayor of Manila told reporters the protest had been peaceful and the situation is not As serious As some people might want it to  groups of workers and militant students num Bering Between a few Hundred and a few thousand staged rallies and blocked traffic in widely scattered areas of the City. One group of about 2,000 workers and students car ried banners demanding Enrile s dismissal and Chan Ted Entile resign As they marched toward the University of the Philippines Campus. The government suspended classes for the Day at All Manila Public and private schools and radio station said thousands of commuters were delayed or stranded As some transport workers joined the protest Lina said Only about is percent of the transport workers joined the strike. He said the government mobilized 100 extra buses and trucks to provide emergency transportation but Only needed 25 of them. He said there had been a few scattered reports of violence but on the whole the protesters Nave been  Beltran said six strikers had been arrested. He also claimed 139 factories with a total work Force of 30,000 were affected by the walkout in the Manila area but admitted some work bad continued. He also claimed nearly 200 other factories outside the capital had been involved in the protest. Una said Only five Manila area plants had been seriously affected by the walkout. Retired Gen. Jose Magno Aquino s military adviser told reporters chief of staff Gen. Fidel v. Ramos had assured the president the military could Cope with the situation. The strike appeared to be most effective in working class and factory districts strongholds of Olalia s May strike picket outside a Manila Plant monday to pro test us slaying of labor Leader Rolando Olalia. I is movement. Bui the protest had Little effect in wealthy districts such As Makalu the Hub of Manila s banking and financial Community. Olalia s militated body and that of his Driver were found thursday next to a Highway in northeastern Manila. He was one of the most prominent members of the Legal left in philippine politics. The communist dominated National democratic front which had been negotiating with the govern ment since August on ending the 17-year-old marxist insurgency suspended peace talks last week in the Wake of Olalia s murder. The battleship can use its firepower for operations Al sea and amphibious warfare Moranville said. This ship could fit into any operation we have in the  when the Missouri last came to Naples 500 sailors travelled to Rome for a special easier audience with Pope Pius on april 15,1946. Davidson then Only 18, was not among those who met the Pope but he does remember his trip to Rome. We went to a big swimming Pool and also saw la lint prime Minuter Benito Mussolini s offices in Palazzo yen Exia Davidson said. Davidson left the Missouri in 1947 and served on various other ships until he received a phone Call recently from his Navy Bosses in Washington. They Lold me 1 was being assigned to Shore duty but i said no Way " he recalled. They said How about a Lendert i said forget it then they said we know you re not interested in the Missouri right 1 said when do you want me to Leavet " world today 150 7th-Day adventists arrested by kenyan police Nairobi Kenya up More Ihan Iso members of the seventh Day adventist Church were rounded up by police because according to the Kenya news Agency they said the world will end nov. 27, children need not attend school and women should leave their husbands. The slate run Agency said monday that the crackdown on the seventh Day adventist re formed Church organization started iwo weeks ago and around Iso people had been arrested i police swoops in the Kishii area 120 Miles North West of  appealed 10 residents to inform on members of the sect Sabbath flying ban costs Al Al millions every year Tel Aviv Israel a Israel s National air line Al Al loses 525 million to $30 million � year because it is banned from flying on the jewish Sab Bath an airline spokesman nid sunday. The question of losses rises time and again especially when we have incidents like the one last Friday the spokesman Nachman Kleiman old the associated  Friday an Al Al plane was grounded in new York after its departure was delayed for two hours by mechanical failure and it was forced to wait in new York until sunday so As not 10 violate the  a result Al Al spent $50,000 for hotel accommodations for the plane s 450 passengers Kleiman  said that because Al Al is permanently grounded on saturdays other airlines increase their weekend occupancy by 20 percent. Sex party official in China sentenced in torture cases peking a a former local communist party official was sentenced to four years in Pris on on charges be illegally detained 72 villagers and tortured several because his bicycle Bell was stolen the party newspaper said sunday. I Jilin 47, enraged Over the theft of the Bell in december 1984had Security officers often Shan Village in Shan i province question 85 people the next Day the people s daily said. The report said 72 of them were held illegally and several were tortured. British firm negotiating to provide vehicles to Iran London up Britain s state owned land Raver company said it is negotiating a 27 million Pound j37.8 million Deal 10 provide 3.000 vehicles to Iran but denied it was secret Deal to help Iran in its War with Iraq the disclosure comes less than a week Alcor president Reagan admitted the United Stales had made arms deals with Iran to Foster relations with Iran but denied they were exchanges for the release of hostages held by pro iranian groups in Lebanon. The mail on sunday reported the company was involved in a secret Deal to provide Iran with vehicles that will go straight to the front for use As jeeps in the Gulf War against Iraq. The mail said that if the first order is delivered with no snags another 17,000 vehicles could be ordered in a bigger  it added that the deals Wilt stretch to the limit government guidelines restrict ing the Sale of military equipment to the Aya touch Ruhollah Khomeini  but the land Rover spokesman denied a secret Deal was under Way. He said the company would Slick to government restrictions which ban the Sale to Iran an Iraq of advanced equipment capable of exacerbating the 6-year-Oldgultwar. At this stage we have simply quoted prices for a potential order in Iran he said we have requested from the client a middleman the end user of the vehicles involved. Only when that information is Clear will we proceed with the quotation further. He declined to identify the client seek ing land Rover vehicles for Iran