European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january a 1987 the stars and stripes Kartas fkr first woman head of Sweden party resigning Post Stockholm Sweden of up Sweden skin roman party Leader resigned Friday after Oay a months at the hem of the opposition enter party citing poor health. Karin Soder 5s, a former foreign and social welfare minister collapsed due to exhaustion in october Al Ber office but returned to work aftera week. Further a cart checkups revealed that die had not Fidh recovered tra on the sick lie fora few months Soder ukr to a statement against that background it s inevitable that i resign. One can t be a party Leader on Tow  declined to elaborate on her illness. Soder had been battling declining . Ibe swedish doctorate As the Center parly Feo behind the Liberal and conservative pure in the opposition against the social Democrat Guteku Neathe agrarian cased Middle of the Road Cen Ter party dropped to 11 percent of the vote inthe september 1985 election half its Voles nine years earlier and three months late sacked Parry Leader Thorbjorn Falldin a former prime Inisi Isth  hid said she was ready to leave politics fast agreed to be interim Leader after Falldin departure. She was formally elected in june and became Sweden s first woman party  a foreign minister 1976-78 when Fieldin led Sweden s first non socialist govern ment in 44 Yean. At social welfare minister 1979-82, she acquired a dry puritanical image because she dosed the monopoly government liquor stores on saturdays. 0 Cardinal s trip concerns religious leaders in . New York not the controversy surround ing the trip to Israel by Cardinal John o Connor is being viewed with deep concern by american religious figures who have Laboured in the last two decades in the yield of roman Catholic jewish  the same time they have sought to put the o Connor trip in perspective noting a great stride was made in relations Between catholics and lews when Pope John Paul ii visited a synagogue in Rome Las april. The controversy arose when the Cardinal under vat ican pressure cancelled meetings he had arranged with several High ranking israeli officials the Vatican has indicated it objects principally to the idea that the Cardinal was to hold the meetings in Jerusalem. The Vatican like almost All countries does not recognize Jerusalem As Israel s  Pollack president of the jewish Community relations Council of new York said the  Ched uling of sessions with High level government officials in Jerusalem after going ahead with meetings wit Jordan s King and other officials in Amman Jordan signals a critical setback in the process of advancing understanding Between the two Faith  other Catholic and jewish leaders echoed Pollack statement but preferred to emphasize that the relation ship Between american catholics and jews was around one that would survive this setback. Our discussions can t Stop and won t Stop said Eugene j. Fisher executive Secretary of the secretariat for Catholic jewish relations at the National Confer ence of Catholic Bishops. The Vatican s refusal to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel or to acknowledge its sovereignty Over Jerusalem he been Central to the interfaith  issues broached in Catholic jewish exchanges have been abortion parochial school Aid and educational matters such As the setting up of holocaust curriculum and joint education programs for Semina rians Russell Shaw a spokesman for the National Bishop group which represents the 300 american prelates said it was sometimes difficult for non jews to under stand the significance of Israel to jews. By the same Token he said there is a Lack of appreciation on the jewish Side for the essentially benevolent policy that the Vatican is trying to play in the Middle East. Fisher said the o Connor trip underlined the Nee for More discussion but he declined to Call the Inci Dent a setback. It certainly is not a step Forward headed. Morris b. Abram chairman of the conference of presidents of major american jewish organizations called the o Connor incident a Blip in what he said has been a growing understanding Between jews and catholics particularly in the United  noted that last year catholics and jews celebrated the Zoth anniversary of Nostra acetate the declaration of the second Vatican Council which deplored Anli semitism and marked the beginning of anew openness Between catholics and jews. We never see Progress without a Blip Abram  this is a Blip. What is fundamental is that for the first time in 1,900 years a Pope visited a  is fundamental is that the Church says that the death of Jesus cannot be blamed on jews in our  is fundamental a that Cardinal o Connor joins us in new York in demonstrations to free  the Rev. Michael Mcgarry the Rector of saintpaul s College in Washington stressed it was important that exchanges Between american catholics an jews should continue because they could ultimately influence Vatican policy on  there is any Chance for change in the Vatican View regarding Israel in is going to come from the United states said Mcgarry who recently spent a year at hebrew University in Jerusalem and favors full diplomatic relations Between Israel and the Vatican. He said the Case of o Connor who is generally perceived As a conservative in the Church could be seen As another example of the Vatican s trying to assert control Over american Catholic Bishops in the manner that archbishop Raymond g. Hunthausen of Seattle was disciplined last year for Liberal policies i wonder if the Vatican feds that United state catholics have been Loo Ogg restive in Catholic jewish relations Mcgarry said. Maybe this would be one More example of them saying hey slow Down a min Ute we have a wider View of this " bomb damages transformer shed at British military Airport in Berlin Berlin a an explosion ripped a Hole in transformer shed at the British military s gatow air port Early Friday authorities said. It was the second attack on the Airport since october. No one was injured in the blast and Airport operations were not disrupted British military spokesmen said. During the Early morning hours an electric trans former was slightly damaged by explosives British spokesman Edward Clover said. Gatow is in the British sector of West Berlin and issued almost exclusively by the British military. West Berlin police spokesman Manfred Gunsch Owaid police could not determine immediately what kind of explosives were used. He also declined to speculate on who May have carried out the attack the second against the Airport unjust Over two months on oct. 20, unknown assailants sawed off five land ing approach lighting masts at gatow. Police suspect environmental activists were involved in that incident. Area environmentalists oppose the British military s plans to remove about 5,500 Treeson the Landing approach path to the Airport. British officials say the Trees present a Hazard to planes forced to make instrument landings at the air port during periods of reduced visibility. Since the end of world War ii Berlin has Bee divided into four sectors governed by the victorious Allied Powers the United states France Britai nand the soviet Union East Berlin is the soviet zone while the other zones make up West Berlin. Only 2 believed killed in apartment House blast Dublin Ireland a police said everyone was accounted for after the bodies of a couple were found in the wreckage of five Story apartment building torn Span by explosions. The said a Gas leak probably caused the busts. What could have been a major us Edy has been averted because to Many people were away from their apart menu for the Christmas Holiday did police sgt Aikichy Deputy Premier Dick Spring said reordered report on the explosion w be prowled Al t Cabinet meeting Friday. The explosions occurred within min utes of each other at about 9 30 . Thursday in the 92-Apartmeni building called the Raglin House in Dublin fashionable Busbridge District. The building s entire front Section collapsed. Police said the cause was not immediately known but a Gas leak was suspected. A smell of Gas Hung Over the neighbourhood. The Dublin Oas co. Issued statement thursday night saying in twice investigated reports of Gas Dorsin the area in recent Days but found Gas Levels were within safely limits. Rescuers found the bodies of the Cou ple Michael and Noelle Murphy buried under tons of nibble. Murphy worked for the Irish broadcasting net work Rte and his wife was a radiologist at a local Hospital. Their 4-year-old son was found Safe Al a Babysitter s Home. Police said a firefighter was slightly injured when he was hit by a piece of falling masonry during the search operation. Police issued nationwide radio appeals for those residents of the building who were not Al Home to Contact authorities. Nearly 12 hours after the explosions police said they believed All of the 30 residents were accounted for and called off the search for the  had a list and we Are satisfied he people on it arc accounted for Sowe be stopped the search until Tomor Row. We will resume the search in the morn ing just in Case there arc any More kill said. Several members of the Irish parliament the Dait demanded an imme Diate  Joe Doyle claimed mat when Gas company representatives we recalled to investigate reports of leaks Over Christmas they assured resident there was nothing to worry about. In View of thai evidence i will be demanding a full inquiry he said. Colleagues and neighbors said Mur Phy was among residents who recently complained about the smell of escaping Gas. Prime minister Carrel Fitgerald who lives less than a mile from Raglin House visited the scene and told re porters everything possible is being