European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday. August in. 1987 s. Korean firms lock out strikers spurring riots world today Seoul South Korea a thousands of work ers clashed with riot police monday at South Korea largest shipyard after six companies locked Oul striking employees news reports said. In Seoul meanwhile Aboul a Don bus Drivers were reportedly injured when they clashed with Union Lead ers wielding steel pipes. Scores of bus Drivers have been on strike in the capital. And at least 19 striking workers were injured some seriously when they were attacked by office workers at the nation s largest textile company 85 Miles South of Seoul news reports said. South Korea has been gripped by four weeks of widespread labor unrest As workers demanding higher pay and Freer unions have walked off their jobs. The strikes come on the heels of a successful popular Campaign for democratic reforms. The government said Al least 276 work places were fully or partly shut Down monday. Yon Hap inc korean news Agency said the shipyard violence in the Southern City of Ulsan occurred after Union leaders from six of the Hyundai group s 12 companies threatened a joint Wildcat strike monday to press their demands for wage hikes and improved working conditions. Management responded by closing the six Compa Nies and declaring in was prepared to fight 10 the end against the Illig Allbor Alliance of the unions. Oni of the companies Hyundai heavy industries co., South Korea s largest shipyard blocked its Mam Gale with a 1,000-ton steel Structure Yon Hap said. Hundreds of riot police blocked a 2 / mile Road leading to the shipyard and surrounded the five other Hyundai companies Yon Hap said. Under a driving rain 5,000 workers gathered at inc shipyard and Cut open the gales. Riol police fired tear Gas to Block other workers from entering the shipyard but 15,000 More eventually poured Inlo the shipyard for a 2w-hour rally Yon Hap said. Some workers destroyed windows and blocked a four Lane Highway next to he shipyard with a steel apparatus the Agency said. After inc rally 5,000 of the workers using a Mova ble steel Structure As a shield marched Inlo nearby downtown Ulsan and clashed with riot police who fired tear Gas Yon Hap said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or arrests. The country s widespread labor unrest follows inc government s agreement last month to sweeping demo uralic reforms including direct presidential elections a and fewer restrictions on labor activity. President Chun Doo Hwan accepted the reforms Fol lowing weeks of violent anti government protests. The government has so far encouraged unions and employers to Settle their labor disputes through negotiations but some officials have warned of possible intervention. Culture and information minister Lee Woong Hec monday said South Korea s social and economic stability Are in danger because of unions seeking to re solve years old grievances at once and hastily. Roman times in a bavarian town there Are fest galore in Germany of is to celebrate a special brer or a Region s famed wine a fire depart ment s birthday or same historical event. For Resi dents of Kopfenberg in the picturesque county of Allue Altal in Bavaria men dressed As roman sol Diers monday for a fest that Marks a time when the Border Between roman and germanic regions ran through in Center of the to n. Team to learn if Mountain is higher than Everest Islamabad Pakistan a mint Hurcil inc highest Mountain in the world for decades schoolchildren around the world have been Lold in is. Now Lopo Grapher Are Noi so certain. A learn of italian and pakistani geologists Sel Oul from this capital sunday 10 determine if the Moun Tain k-2 on Pakistan s Border with China is taller i Nan mount Evereit. Alessandro Caporali science chief on the expedition told reporters before departure that the team would be joined later by the head of inc project Cardilo of Ocsio a renowned geologist who was the firs no conquer k-2 in 1954. Caporali said the team would use inc latest measurement equipment and techniques to determine the Peak s exact height. The Summit of mount Everest on inc Nepal Tibet Border has been measured As 29,028 feel above sea level. K-2, in the Karakoram Range near the Western Himalayas has been measured less precisely at 28,250 feet. 5,000 Nagasaki residents hold anti nuke rally Tokyo a about 5,000 residents of naga Saki which was devastated by a . Atomic bomb in 1945, held an annual peace March in six groups sunday calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons a Nagasaki City government official. Tomihisa Tauc said the demonstrators carrying banners with such slogans As abolish nuclear weapons marched Aboul 1.8 Miles to the peace memorial Park from six different Sites in the City. Taue said it was the 16th annual March. He quoted mayor Hitoshi Mot Oshima As telling inc marchers at the Park we must make efforts to play a leading role for the abolition of nuclear weapons by appealing to the fear of inc people of the  an estimated 70,000 people were killed in an atomic attack on Nagasaki on aug. 9, 1945, three Days after Hiroshima was the target of the world s first atomic bombing. Residents face eviction from cardboard City London a homeless people face eviction from their makeshift shelters of cardboard boxes bags and newspapers under the railway Bridge at Charing Cross in London the British broadcasting corp. Re ported monday. The shelters known As cardboard City will be cleared away by Westminster Council so shops and offices can be built in the area the bbl said. Since world War ii men and women have slept on the sidewalks under inc Bridge. The salvation army estimates that 10,000 people Are homeless in London. There is nowhere for these people to go our hostels arc full said Michael Carroll of the St. Mungo housing Trust which runs shelters for the homeless. Westminster Council has said it will provide accommodation for homeless people who have registered with local authorities. Britain finally turning on to 24-hour television London Dpi tradition docs not die easily in Britain where for the first Lime. British television viewers Are getting what to addicts in no her coun tries Hue Tia for cars 24-hour programming it is a bleat Day fur television. Though in theory in should t be Asil is the Fortt of 24-hour it the Independent newspaper said monday. 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