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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8the stars and stripes sunday april 2, f 987 South korean Leader plans to hand pick his successor Seoul South Korea a president Chun do Hwan will hand pick hit successor and will freeze All debate on constitutional Reform until after the 1988seoul olympics his party said saturday. Dissident Leader Kim Dae Jung currently under House arrest said most koreans want an end to Chun s military dictatorship and predicted Strong resist Ancelo the president s decision South koreans have been at Odds since Early Las year Over what form of government the nation should adopt after Chun s seven year term ends in  Chance of revising the Constitution through consensus has become Remote the democratic jus Tice parly s chairman Ron Tae woo said saturday. South Korea now elects its president through a electoral College system which the opposition says favors the party to Power Chun s ruling dip party responded to Calls for constitutional Reform by proposing a parliamentary sys tem with a Strong prime minister and a figurehead president prime led death Camp chronicler Dies Turin Italy a italian writer primal eve who wrote three haunting books based on his experiences at the Auschwitz concentration amp died saturday from a fall Down the Stair Well of his Turin residence. He was 68. Levi fell three flights to his death in what italian news Media said was suicide. The official cause of death was withheld pending an autopsy. Lev born of a Middle class jewish family Tinturin in 1919 and trained As a chemist was deported to the death Camp in 1943. He late said he was spared by the nazis because he was a technician and they needed him. His experiences formed the basis of three books so Questo e in Homo if this be a Man in 1947, la Tregua the truce in1963 and his last work Sommers e Salvati the submerged and the saved of 1986. Literary critics described him As a fluent an effective writer who expressed in a Clear and dramatic Way the human sufferings and horrors of the War. Among his other books were la Bistema periodic the periodic table in 1975, la i circa Dille Radici search for the roots in 1981 and so non Ora Quanot if not now when in recent years Luyi wrote about the prob lems of Industrial society bul in was his books about Auschwitz that stood out. The opposition which splintered last week has been agitating for direct presidential elections. Our parliamentary Cabinet system is the Bot Tomline and uncompromising. If we cannot put it through All constitutional debate should be shelved until1989," said a democratic Justice party official who asked not to be  said the Chun government would probably announce the decision within the week and Call a nation Al referendum for approval. Rah widely considered As a possible successor Lochung warned that his party will Deal sternly with the newly emerging hawkish  and other party officials said that while Freez ing constitutional debate the Chun government would carry Oul Broad democratic reforms. They said the government would put into effect local autonomy allow More press Freedom and release Many of the 2,000 people now in jail for anti government  s decision comes As discord is deepening in the opposition. Germany visit was Success Herzog says Tel Aviv Israel up president Chaim Herzo returned Home Friday from the first visit by an Israel head of state to Germany and pronounced the trip Complete Success. Ii proved to be a historic visit of the first import Tunce Herzog said upon arrival at Tel Aviv s Ben Gurion  was Able to bring the consciousness of the Holo Caust again to the  Don t believe there is anything apart perhaps from the Adolf Eichmann trial thai new done Smuch to emphasize the centrality of the holocaust s consciousness throughout Germany and throughout Europe and the world Ai this visit has done he said. Some israelis had protested Herzog s visit before bereft arguing that Israel should have nothing to do Wilh a country that spawned nazism and the holocaust the extermination of 6 million jews during world War ii. Herzog said that in addition to raising the consciousness of the holocaust he was also Able to achieve a second Goat he had set for himself to explain Israel to the germans. Herzog singled Oul German president Richard von Weizsaecker for special thanks saying he was a True Friend of  israeli president bad breakfast with Weizsaecker in Bonn and then flew by helicopter to Frankfurt fora meeting with outgoing Hessen minister president holier Boomer before flying Home to  Berlin police revealed that a palestinian and five German right Wing extremists had been arrest Edlo prevent incidents during Herzog s visit to the divided City on  36-year-old unidentified palestinian was picked up because he had been suspected of planning a bomb attack last year a police spokesman said. The right Wing extremists aged 17 to 25, had trav eled to West Berlin from Germany in an apparent plan to engage in some form of illegal activity. Die spokes Man said. Herzog s unprecedented visit also triggered a Spiri Ted Public debate in Germany Over the country s pro posed arms sales to Arab countries the dispute Over arms sales began when Cabinet minister Hans Klein and bavarian minister president Franz Josef Strnuss said in separate newspaper inter views that they favored Selling weapons to moderate Arab nations such As saudi Arabia Herzog said in an interview last saturday thai Ger Many had a moral obligation to refuse All assistance to Israel s sworn enemies and that this included Saud Arabia. During his visit to West Berlin Herzog Laid a Wreath at a Monument to More than 2.soo victims of the nazis including b9 germans who were executed for their role in the 1944 officers plot to assassinate Adolf  also met with the 30.000-Strong jewish Community. Before the nazi persecution Berlin had the fourth largest jewish population of any City in the world with 178,000 people. World today my Ferrand architect Pei tour louvre Pyramid site Paris a president Francois Mitterrand and chinese american a Chilco . Pei donned Blue hard Hals Friday Tor a Lour of the construction site at the louvre where a tall Glass Pyramid is being built to cup the museum new Entrance. Rising up in the Napoleon courtyard betwee the Louvres main wings he Pyramid is to be inaugurated in the Spring of 1988.the recent budget cuts voted by Premier Jac ques Chirac s conservative government do no affect the Pyramid but they delay rearranging the museum s vast collections by five , who has followed the grand louvre project closely since he launched it in1983, also examined a Sample of the thick color less gloss from which the Pyramid is being made. Missile misses target damages swedish Jet Stockholm Sweden a a radar guided missile missed its target during a training Manucher and crippled a Jet fighter a swedish air staff officer said Friday. The missile exploded very close to the plane which was towing Ibe Large on a three mile Long Cable said spokeswoman Gunnel Wirenius. The Accident occurred thursday. The severely damaged plane made an Emer gency Landing at a military Airfield in Northern Sweden where it was stopped by a safety nettle two crewmen escaped unharmed the said. An aeronautics Board planned to investigate the cause of the Accident. Tea lady s boiling mad that judge rejected Case London a a judge Friday rejected damages claim by a Tea lady who claimed she strained her right Arm pouring too Many cuppa and pushing an overloaded trolley. Justice Kenneth Jones said the Tea lady win Nie Pollard had been wrongly advised to sue her former employer British Petroleum co. , the judge said Pollard who had received Legal Aid would have to pay the unspecified court costs of her action Only if she happened to win a very Large sum betting on the outcome of soccer matches. As she left the High court Pollard s3,shouted angrily that the judgment against her was absolutely disgusting Greece expects 12% Rise in visitors from America Athens Greece a a senior greek tourism official on Friday forecast a 12 percent increase in american tourists visiting Greece this year after a Sharp decline in 1986 because of Mediterranean terrorism  american tourist Industry has regained its Confidence in Greece a Factor which we be Lieve will bring the return of american tourists Pantelis Lazarides Secretary general of the greek National tourist organization told a news  said 360,000 americans were expected to visit Greece this summer compare with 321,5 in 1986. In 1985, a total of 619.479 americans visited Greece thai dispute Over remark by sex official May be Over Bangkok Thailand a a military spokesman Friday said army chief Gen. Cha Obalil Yong Chaiyuth had resolved his dispute with a former prime minister who was quoted As saying the general favored  parliament plans next week id investigate the  crisis arose after i Bangkok Post quoted former prime minister Kukri Pramov As saying on april i at an academic seminar in Bangkok thai Cha Obalil wants to be the head of a revolution thai will change everything in thai  As far As 11 now he wants a sort of communism Wilh the k ing As the  Kukri denied Ever making the remark  
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