European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 22, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 Black Miner killed 20 Hurt in s. Africa Johannesburg South Africa up one Black Miner died and 20 were seriously injured when armed mine Security officials sought to quell a renewed outburst of suite violence by men incited by witchcraft a mining company spokesman said Friday. The killing late thursday was he Sec Ond apparently strike related death in the Industry wide stoppage by 330,000 Black miners. About 300 miners have been injured in fighting and clashes with police and mine guards since the strike began. One Man was killed last week apparently be cause he refused to join the strike. About 4,000 striking Black miners were fired Friday for defying a Back to work ultimatum and 20,000 More were warned to report to strike bound mine shafts later Friday and monday officials said dismissal threats widened As manag ers hardened against the in Day old strike Over a deadlocked wage dispute in the 150 million a Day Industry. Michael do Kock. Spokesman for Gold Fields mining corp., said Friday that band of about 250 heavily armed miners attacked company guards and fellow workers at the Lebanon Gold mine West of Johannesburg about 7 20 . Thurs Day. They carried sharpened Sticks and Metal bars studded with nuts and bolts he said. To  i Gnu Lull Al Hungary jumpers a photo a group of parachutist drop into the As part of the nation s Celebration of con Danube River thursday near the Par stint Ion Day the parachutists were part i Ament building in Budapest Hungary of an Aerial and water Parade. The employees involved in the at tack were under the influence of narcotics and had been incited by a Witch doctor who scarred them by making incisions on their chests and fore Heads he said. Two policemen died last year in an attack by miners who believed they had been made invincible by a Witch doctor s treatment. De Kock said it was not yet Clear whether the Miner who died and the 20 who were badly Hurt were victims of the attack or of action by mine Security officials. Leaders of the National Union of Minc workers num South Africa s big Gest labor Union warned that layoffs will cause Witter walkouts. Neither mine operators nor num officials arc giving ground in the mining Industry s biggest and longest stoppage which i ringing up daily losses estimated at s8.5 million Anglo american corp., the biggest mining House and the one hardest hit fired 4,000 sinkers from its Western holdings mine Friday. It warned that 16,000 strikers at four other mines will be dismissed if they defy a monday deadline to return to work. Num spokesman Kuban Pillay said 18,000 miners employed sit other West Ern holdings shafts had started to leave the mine in Solidarity with their fired colleagues. Gnu growth Rote 2.3% in april june Quarter Washington a the . Economy grew at a moderate annual rate of 2.3 percent during the april june Quarter slightly slower than previously thought because of a disappointing spun in the Trade deficit in june the govern ment reported Friday. The Commerce department said that the Gross National product which is the broadest measure of economic health grew at about half the 4.4 percent rate turned in during the first three months of the year. The new estimate of Gnu growth was revised Down from an initial report a month ago thai Pul its growth at a 2,6 percent annual rate. The new report said that inflation As measured by a Price Index tied to the Gnu was rising at an annual rate of 4.3 percent in the Spring Quarter unchanged from the estimate a month ago. The 4.3 percent Rale of inflation was Down slightly from a 4.5 percent increase in the first Quarter. Inflation so far this year is rising much faster than the 2.7 percent increase in prices for All of 1986. The biggest reason for the revision in the Mccand Quarter Gnu growth rate was a Sharp widening in the nation s Trade deficit for june which deteriorated to s 5.7 billion for the month. That worsening of the Trade deficit slashed  billion from the government s previous estimate of Gnu growth after adjusting for inflation the Trade deficit still improved in the Spring Quarter but by a slight si.9 billion instead of the 17.4 billion rate of improvement previously reported. The government said exports of . Products were rising Al an annual Rale of 12.1 percent in the Spring but this was undermined by a 7.4 percent Rise in imports. Imports had fallen at a 5.2 percent Rale in the first Quarter while exports were climbing by 10.2 percent the Reagan administration is count ing on an improved Trade deficit to boost Gnu growth this year. Earlier this month the administration announced that it was clicking by its prediction that the Gnu would expand 3.2 percent this year when measured from the fourth Quarter of 1986. This would be a sub Stantial improvement from a 2.2 percent increase in 1986. The 4.4 percent growth of the first Quarter the fastest expansion in almost three years combined with the More modest 2,3 percent second Quarter growth Means that the Economy has expanded at a 3.4 percent rate for the first halfori987. To reach the administration s forecast for the year the Gnu will have to grow Al a 3.0 percent rate in the final six months a figure that is in line with the expectations of Many private economists. Analysts Are now More optimistic about the final six months of the year especially in Light of a siring of Good re ports about activity in july the first month of the new Quarter. Unemployment dropped to an eight year Low of 6 percent while Industrial production re Tail sales and housing construction All posted gains for he month in a separate report Friday the govern ment said that after tax corporate profits increased 4.2 percent in the second Quarter a Sharp turnaround after the first Quarter when profits fell by 3.7 percent. It was the fastest increase since a 6.5 percent Csc in the third Quarter last year. In addition to Trade the other main reason for the downward revision in Gnu growth was slower growth in farm inventories. This was offset somewhat by a faster Rise in government purchases caused in part by higher defense expenditures during the Spring. The second Quarter showed widespread strength. Consumer spending which had posted a rare decline in the first Quarter Rose by 2.1 percent in the Spring triggered by a turnaround in purchases of durable goods such As motor vehicles. Family upset by Neo nazis using hess1 death wuns1edel, Germany up bavarian Security officials and the Hess family complained Friday that Neo nazis were using the death of Rudolf Hess Adolf hit Ler s Deputy for propaganda purposes. The body of Hess who apparently committed suicide in Berlin s Spandau War crimes prison monday at the age of 93, was taken by his family to an undisclosed location in Northern Bavaria. British Mili tary authorities turned Over Hess remains to his relatives thursday. Wolf Rcd Igor Hess. 50, then of the last surviving former nazi Leader made arrangements thursday evening for his father s burial in a family plot at a Ceme Tery in runs icel. A Small City about 70 Miles Northeast of Nuernberg. The Bild newspaper quoted Waller Seidl the family attorney As saying he feared extremists might try to steal the body. The newspaper Aiso said the family had arranged for a second autopsy of the body by a civilian German doctor on Friday because it doubted Hess took his own life and suspected he might have been a victim of foul play. A British military a Lapsy Repon said Hess died of asphyxiation the apparent result of a suicide attempt in the Garden of the four Power Spandau prison in Ber Lin. Allied military authorities also said Hess left a suicide note. Hess spent most of world War ii in detention in Britain after bailing out May 10, 1941, from his mess Schmitt fighter Over Scotland in what he said was an attempt to bring a peace proposal to Germany s enemies. Hess was found guilty of War crimes at the Nuernberg trial of nazi leaders in 1946, and sentenced to a life term. We do not find any Trace of strangulation Marks on his  the Skepi Cal son reportedly said. Police and town officials have said the burial would probably nol Lake place be fore monday. Regional police have taken elaborate Security precautions against possible actions by  Mellef president of the bavarian slate internal Security Agency said Neo nazis have been Active in his Region since new of Hess death made the head lines and the leading rightist parly the National democrats planned to keep a Low profile at the  an interview with bavarian radio Mehler said Neo nazis have already committed some minor acts of Vandal ism against . Military facilities posted placard and attempted to place Hois obituaries in various newspapers