European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday August 20. 1987 protesting throngs March in s. Korean provincial cities Seoul. South Korea a tens of thousands of workers marched in provincial cities tuesday despite Calls by president c Hun Doo Hwan to end escalating labor disputes. News reports said at least 21 people were injured when riot police tried to disperse 400 Coal miners blocking a rail line near Changhang on the country s West coast. In Ulsan. A major Industrial base on the Southeast coast. 40.000 workers of the country s largest conglomerate marched to press their demands for higher Wajcs and better working conditions. It was the second Day of Street protests by workers against Hyundai whose companies make products that include automobiles ships and computers. An associated press photographer reported from Ulsan that about 10.000 workers began marching along a Highway after a rally in which they burned Hyundai s owner Chung jul Young in effigy. . Forces join peruvian troops in Field Maneu vers Lima. Peru up six . Fighter planes and 450 american soldiers arc taking part in two weeks of joint Field Maneu vers with peruvian troops the first such exercises since 1983, the military said tuesday. The exercises come amid uneasiness in Washington Over president Alan Garcia s opposition to . Policy toward Central America and his recent proposal to nationalize private Banks in Peru. Sixteen . Aircraft including three phantom f-4 fighter jets and three a-7 Corsair attack planes arrived for the Maneu vers spokeswoman Susana Salmon de Bouroncle of the military joint command said. The Field exercises Are taking place in the desert near the group no. 9 air base in Pisco 125 Miles Southeast of the capital she said. A contingent of 450 infantrymen and paratroopers from the Southern come joint task Force based in Panama Are participating along with More than 900 peruvian soldiers airmen and seamen she said. The two weeks of Maneu vers end aug. 26. The Field Maneu vers include target bombing prac Tice ambush and counter ambush exercises and paratrooper training she said. She denied newspaper reports that the exercises included counterinsurgency training. The bastion of the maoist shining path insurgency is in the Southern Andes less than 100 Miles East of Pisco. Shining path has waged a seven year Campaign to install a worker and peasant stale modelled after the China of the late communist Leader Mao tsp Tung. . Military officers look part in training exercises in 1984 and 1985, but the last time troops from the two nations conducted Maneu vers in the Field was in 1983, she said. Peru is the Only South american nation to own sophisticated soviet military armament. Military rulers from 1968 to 1980 spent More than ji.5 billion on soviet Jet fighters helicopters and artillery. The number of workers swelled to 40,000 us they marched nine Miles into Ulsan. Reports said. Many of the workers were wearing helmets goggles and Gas masks. They shouted slogans such As democratic unions and Down with Chung jul Young As they marched behind trucks bulldog ers. Francs and trailers the re ports said. After assurances b Union leaders that the protest would not be violent. 1.500 riot police permitted the workers to March Inlo the City the reports said. After the 2 hour Noarch. The workers regrouped at a Public stadium outside the City and continued a pro test sit in for nearly five hours the reports added. Workers of six Hyundai companies have formed an Alliance to press their demands which the manage ment Calls company officials said they will Only Deal with each Union separately. Smokers Friend Heinz Brewers of Munich trying to counteract the worldwide sentiment against smoking is flanked by giant Model cigarettes As he proclaims the founding of the first smokers lobby. Brow Era said he Hopes to draw sympathy for smokers rights through publicity and political pressure. Sri Lanka intensifies patrolling As investigators Hunt attackers Colombo sri Lanka up heavily armed troops and police stepped up patrols in the capital audits suburbs wednesday As investigators hunted for those responsible for a grenade attack in parliament that killed a legislator and wounded five Cabinet ministers tuesday. The inspector general of police Cyril Herald. Said one of the largest teams of criminal investigators Ever assembled in sri Lanka was probing the incident which police sources described As an attempt to kill president Junius r. A award enc. Herald declined to state what Progress had been made. A criminal investigation department source said an employee of the parliamentary Complex who Alleg edly used a duplicate key to open a room adjacent to thai in which the bombing took place has been taken Inlo custody. Several other employees were being questioned and fingerprinted sources said. Meanwhile commandos of the special task Force a paramilitary police unit took charge of Security arrangements at parliament. Trained by veterans of Britain s special air services regiment the task Force until now had mainly Bee deployed in the provinces to fight tamil separatist guerrillas. Twenty two people were injured when three Gre Nades were tossed Inlo a meeting room about 40 min utes before parliament was scheduled to reconvene for the first time since Jayawardene signed a controversial peace Accord to end years of ethnic strife Between the majority sinhalese and tamil separatists. Uninjured in the attack Jayawardene in a radio address tuesday blamed the banned Janatha Vimukt Thi Pera Mune a sinhalese nationalist group accused of staging an unsuccessful 1976 uprising. Military Roundup air Force re establishes Shorter Iceland tour lengths Kef Lavik Iceland the air Force has re established its Iceland Lour lengths As two years accompanied and one year unaccompanied. The air Force had increased Iceland Lour lengths to2" years accompanied and i years unaccompanied. The change is effective immediately. People who have arrived in Iceland since july will have their Date of return from overseas corrected to reflect the change. Navy tour lengths will remain unchanged. More details about the tour length change Are Avail Able from the consolidated base personnel office. Personnel command plans organization Day activities Schwet Zingen Germany first personnel c omd will close Friday for Organ action Day activities. In Case of emergency callers can Contact the Shaft duty no Al ets 379-6186 or 379-7662. Quarters allowance lower for army civilian employees Heidelberg army civilian employees will receive less living quarters allowance in their paychecks today because of a recent adjustment in the current conversion rate and maximum payment Rales. Approximately 9,500 appropriated fund Usa eur employees throughout 11 countries arc affected by a change which allows adjustments to be made More frequently a civilian personnel official said. Previously the foreign currency conversion rate and depart ment of state maximum rates were adjusted three or four times a year based on foreign currency fluctuations. The change is expected to avoid severe Over and under payments of living quarters allowances since adjustments can be implemented As they happen. Since the allowance amount can changed As often As every two weeks employees with direct Deposit should Check their earnings and leave statement before enter ing the amount of pay into their Check books. Employees with personally owned quarters and Dol Lar expenses Are not affected by this change. Gen. Von Sandr Art to be accent commander shape Belgium German Gen. Hans Henning von Sandr Art will become commander of Allied forces Central Europe at Brun sum Netherlands on oct. I. Von Sandr Art 54, succeeds German Gen. Leopol Chalupa who will retire with More than 31 years serv ice. Von Sandr Art serves As chief of the German army staff. His previous assignments included chief of military policy at the ministry of defense in Bonn commander of the i Ith army inf div at Oldenburg Germany and Deputy chief of staff operations at shape. Marsh replaces Woodall As Berlin brigade Leader berlins a Brig. Gen. Caryl g. Marsh took command of the Berlin brigade wednesday from maj. Gen. Jack d. Woodall who will move to Frankfurt As Deputy commander of v corps. Marsh 47, was assistant division commander for the 101st airborne div fort Campbell ky., before taking the Berlin assignment. Woodall had commanded the Berlin brigade since june 1986. Management association to open overseas chapter Ramstein a Germany the International personnel management Assoc a inn is forming a local chapter in the Kaiser Slatlem i will be the organisation s first Over eras Chapur the Pima is a membership Jim action providing programs to personnel Agonci Nul coordinating re search in personnel adminis iat in. The group is open to anyone in personnel work teachers of Public administration my personnel Reti Rees. For information write j7r.sw is sir. Box 2, Aiji -ui2 or Call 0637l-4s i i d Ning evening hours
