European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes o Many top jobs requiring drug tests Page 5 d special Section on careers daily Magazine o Scott Simpson wins . Open sports Page 21 the Sims and raises see ill auth Mied unofficial publication Fok vol.46, no. 67 tuesday june. 23.1987 d 6693 a Chun seeking talks to end korean crisis Seoul South Korea a presi Dent Chun do Hwan has agreed to meet with opposition leaders to try and end the political crisis and he promised to consider the release or political detainees a top official said monday. Rob tac woo chairman of the ruling democratic Justice party said after a meeting with Chun thai the president had agreed to meet with top opposition Leader Kim Young Sam. Head or the re unification democratic party the agreement appeared to represent a major turnaround by the government which had repeatedly ruled out conces Sions. Roh said Chun made the decision after Frank i recommended it is desirable thai the president meet political elders and opposition leaders to work out Settle ments Roh told reporters after the meeting Al Blue House the presidential mansion. The reunification democratic party had no immediate comment on the government statement. The opposition had been demanding direct lilies Between Kim and Chun As a precondition to negotiations to try and end the nationwide protests that have swept the country since the opposition began a drive june 10 to oust Chun and Force direct presidential elections. But Roh said nothing about the key opposition demand that the government repeal its april 13 decision to suspend talks on political Reform. Chun contends the delay is necessary to safeguard National stability and the 1988 summer olympic games in Seoul. Roh said Chun promised to consider opposition demands including releasing people detained during the recent huge political protests. The talks Between Roh and Chun look place after riot police broke up crowds and beat protesters in Seoul and Pusan. Attack squads trained in martial arts attacked More than 200 students shout ing revolution and trying to March out of the compound of Seoul s roman Catholic Cathedral after an evening mass. Police hurled tear Gas grenades at close Range and were seen seizing and beating dozens of protesters overthrow the military dictatorship see Chun on Page 28 3, left and Friend Steve 4, Are walking or rather Roll in air now that school is out. The Long Btuch calif., teem took Lage of i sunny Day Friday to practice skateboarding off a homemade ramp. Is report claims my. F pm i Jcj at Washington a it. Col. Oliver North he White House aide fired in the Iran Contra affair Lold . Military official that one of his j complis the ossassiraiiarfirttrtictal5, . The Magazine also reported that in discussions on How to in _ Anian group asked for assistance in a plot to assassinate Khomeini. Meanwhile lbs news reported saturday that North through his attorney has demanded that a limit be placed on the number of hours he testifies in Public a join House and Senate committees Tri air. Another condition Calls Tor an agrcein7rnhvihi�r�calied before the committees once he has a a House committee spokesman con fir see North on Page 23 secret messages not so secret Sydney Australia up Security arrangements for visiting Secretary or defense Caspar Wein Berger and Secretary of state George Shulti were thrown into chaos sunday when secret service messages were broadcast Over a Sydney taxi radio network. Messages dealing with the de tailed movement of Schulz and Weinberger could be heard Over our radio network All Day sunday Wayne mulching traffic controller for combined taxis said. Our Drivers got the Shock of their fives As they and their Passen Gers listened to the explicit instructions and movement control of the two american big Shols he said. A spokesman for the . Consulate confirmed the bungle but refused comment. Store bombing was grave error Basque separatist group claims Barcelona Spain up the Basque separatist organization Eta Sun Day claimed responsibility for a bloody department store bombing but called it an unfortunate Accident and a grave the death toll Rose to 17 sunday. The Eta claim came As police said 70,000 people marched through the streets of Spain s second largest City to protest the attack the worst Eta Al Jack against a civilian target. I also sunday police said 2,000 people in the town of Santa Coloma de Gramc net near Barcelona sunday attended the funeral of three victims a married i couple and another Man. A total of 111 la Imi were buried sunday. In a statement sent to Media in the Northern Basque Region Eta said it accepted responsibility for this sad event and for the grave error made in carrying out this the Eta statement acknowledged that the bombing tarnished the Brilli Ance of our National liberation struggle and vowed to ensure that the unfortunate Accident would not be repeated. In the attack a car packed with explosives and flammable liquid exploded at a crowded Barcelona department store Fri Day killing 15 shoppers at the scene and Ujj luring 38 others. Earlier sunday two More victims died lat a Hospital raising the death loll to 17. A Valle de Hebron Hospital spokesman said Felipe Caparros 44, and Consuelo Ortega 66, died from the severe Burns they sustained when the blast ripped the underground garage of the Hipe Cor store in Barcelona 400 Miles Northeast of Madrid. The Hospital spokesman said 18 peo ple remained hospitalized sunday including two with severe bums who were listed in critical condition. It was the first attack Ever aimed solely at civilians and the seventh Eta car bomb since september in Barcelona which is preparing to Host the 1992 sum Mer olympics. To protest the attack police said about 70,000 people in the neighbourhood of Hipe Cor marched in the City. Led by mayor pasqual Mara Gall and iwo children carrying a Banner Reading we want peace Eta out the March ers proceeded to the department store where they observed a in mule of silence for the victims. Another March called by the regional see bombing on Page 28
