European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and sth1pes Friday March 27.1987 military Roundup free vehicle registrations available to some gis Heidelberg Soldier whose hours in Germany have been extended involuntarily and whose vehicle registration expires during the Extension period will be issued a no fee renewal. Soldiers who qualify must obtain � statement from the approving authority in their Chain of command verifying the in voluntary Extension and specifying the new Oversea departure Dale. Soldiers should submit this statement and a registration application a form 1598 to temporary vehicle registration station within 60 Days of f heir current registration expiration Dale. The application form will indicate the annual vehicle safety i Rupee Ion was completed. The Usa eur vehicle registry will Issue registration certificate valid up to 60 Days after the new departure Dale registry personnel Laid the no fee renewal policy does not apply to Driver s licenses became Usa eur Driver s licenses Are issued for a four year period and Only personnel on 36 month Loun in Germany arc affected by the involuntary extensions. Soldiers can still form private Nijm Egen teams Mannheim. Germany Sis soldiers who want to form teams for this year s  in the Netherlands Are Loo late to be sponsored by Usa eur but they can still form Independent teams. The 3rd support come Nijm Egen office in Mannheim can help Independent teams sign up Tor the july 21-24 International event. Sec. James Bapp said 830 soldiers in 50 Usa eur sponsored teams will train for the grueling four Cay marches sponsored Tor the 71 uitime by the Royal Netherlands league for physical culture. Bapp assigned to the 181st trans in. Which is charged with coordinating the March for . Teams said units can still sign up. They re just not  he said. They arc however eligible to receive some support such As medical treatment As Long As they carry . Forces identification cards App suggested soldiers go to their local Volks Marchig clubs for More information. Units also can Call Bapp or sol. Bobby Slon Dond at ets 380-6271 or civilian 0621-377962 for information on lodging registration fees set Ling up a team and proper training for the 100 Kilometre 62-mile March. World Voclav Vietnam urges soldiers to raise crops livestock Bangkok Thailand a Vietnam is urging its soldiers to Plant crops and lend livestock to help the nation offset its food and Grain shortages. Virtually All units can practice scattered crop cultivation and livestock Breeding on a Small scale namely around mess and living quarters the official army newspaper quart Dai nhan Dan said in a March is editorial. The associated press obtained a copy of the editorial thursday. It was translated by a Western embassy. The i million Strong army fourth largest in the world already grows much of its own food while fighting guerrillas id Cambodia and chinese troops along the Northern Border. M photo group of salvadoran children Are led to safely by re Curr after Belog held hostage in a Lee imaged couple salvadorean couple surrender after releasing school hostages san Salvador Al Salvador api two armed teen agers claiming to be leftist guerrillas surrendered to authorities More than six hours after taking nearly 950 children hostage in a grammar school and threat ening to Kiu them a guerrilla communique denied any connection with the takeover at the school wednesday in the working class san Jacinto neighbourhood. The 947 Chil Dren and 27 teachers were released unharmed Ingroup Over the course of the Day. The siege began at about 10 30 . When a Young Man and woman pounded on a school door and insisted on being let inside for Protection said arely de Flora the school s director. Once inside the Man an army deserter armed with a German made automatic Rifle threatened to shoot if anyone entered the building. Police said the couple also had at least one hand grenade. A knife was visible during an interview the Young Man gave to a reporter of the television news cast Tel Prensa whom he invited to enter the school so Long As they Don t take me out of Here not single child will leave Here and if a single Soldier comes in i m going to let the bullets Fly and Iii kill myself and i la kill the students the teenager told the reporter. At one Point a girl peeked through the ban of ground floor window and told reporters we Are very scared., they threatened to kill us if we talked  but about four hours after the takeover started the couple allowed 25 firs and second graders to leave the building the children dressed in beige uniforms with White shirts were visibly frightened. An hour later most of the other students were Al Lowed to leave bin 47 ninth graders students 14 or is Yean old were still held. A group of Rescue workers meanwhile sawed off he bars on two windows and carried some children Downa ladder to safety. The couple released the last hostages after speaking with monsignor Grcgorio Rosa Chavez auxiliary Bishop Ofsan Salvador. "1 have the impression thai they Are not guerrillas because their arguments Are too incoherent Rosa Chavez said. The drama ended when Gen. Adolfo Blandon head of the joint chiefs of staff entered san Jacinto Gram mar school and persuaded the couple to give up. The pair left the school at about 4 45 . In a Blue minibus belonging to the army. Police sources  say where they were taken. Tunisia ends diplomatic ties with Iran Tunis Tunisia of the tunisian government thursday broke relations with Iran because the iranian embassy deviated from its Mission and propagated anarchy and religious sedition the foreign ministry said. The decision was made in a morning meeting be tween president Habib Bourguiba and members of the Cabinet. Premier Rabid Star said the meeting was devoted to the study of the implications and the breadth of the suspect activities at the iranian embassy in  it was decided to take appropriate measures to put an end to the consequences of these activities,1 the Premier said. Tunisian authorities alleged the iranian embassy recruited tunisian extremists abroad for subversive actions. The foreign ministry said in a statement Ira Nian diplomats were trying to sow religious discord in  iranian officials could not be reached immediately for comment. The embassy s Telephone appeared to be Cut off. Tunisia and Iran Are both moslem countries Tuni Sia is Arab while Iran is persian. Strasbourg mayor seeks to keep . Consulate Strasbourg France a mar get Rudlof the mayor of Strasbourg appealed to president Reagan not to close the . Consulate in his City. Rudlof. In a March 18 letter sent to the while House said the consulate constitutes an essential complement of the International life of the City and  in his emotional Appeal Rudlof re minded Reagan of his May 1985 visit to Strasbourg and his Praise of the City Asan important Symbol of european rec  we really Don t understand the Deci Sion a City Hall official said wednesday. We have had an american Consul Here since 1866," she said. The administration has decided to close one consulate i France this year As part of its Effort to save Money. Seven . Consular offices Are Tobe closed by he end of september. With the closure of the Mission in Nice last year the United states will keep Only four consulates in France in Marseille Bordeaux Lyon and Paris. A . Diplomatic source said the state department had earlier decided to close the Lyon consulate and leave the office in Strasbourg open. But the source said that decision has now been reconsidered and Lyon is to remain open. Strasbourg a medieval City of 250,000 on the French German Border is the scat of the european parliament the euro Pean court of human rights the coun cil of Europe and several other european institutions. Styling itself As the Crossroads of Europe Strasbourg proudly displays the mixture of French and German history that has shaped its culture. The . Mission Here has in recent years performed limited consular functions. Our principal function is political and commercial. Victor contras the Consul general said his predecessor Robert p. Homme was the target of an assassination at tempt Here three years ago. Home no escaped serious injury when a masked gun Man fired five shots into his car As he drove to his office