European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes monday october. 1987 Appu one of Rome s Orange trolleys rumbles past the colosseum. The trams Are scheduled to be replaced soon. Rome s 60-year-old trolleys to be replaced by new system Rome a the familiar rumble of Rome s 60-Ycar-o d Orange trolley can Ai they wind their Way among ancient monuments and Modem Palaz ids will soon be a sound of the past. The italian news Agency Agi said the Tram would be replaced within in to 20 months by Sleeker More advanced cousins expected to carry More passengers and be easier for the elderly and the handicapped to Board. The new system produced by the milanese firm Sokimi and commissioned by the City transport Agency Atac will cos 100 billion lire about so million according to Agi. The new generation of troys will have a capacity of 200 passengers with a Central corridor Mea Suring 72 feet Long age said. The existing trams can pack in about 80 riders. The new trolley Entrance would Alia be flush Wilh the trolley platforms. Currently passengers must step up about a fool from platform to Tram. The Tram system openly along a track skirting the City Center in a circular fashion with one end near the Vatican and the other at the Basilica of St. John lat Cran. Wilh their characteristic Bells and burst of spark from overhead Power lines the trolleys pass through some of Rome s finest scenery from the colosseum to the Palatine Hill and the Villa Borg Csc. Tibet curfew ordered after riot Lhasa Tibet a chinese authorities imposed curfew and tried to Stop at least one Busload of for eign Louriski from leaving the tibetan capital sunday following pro Independence demonstrations in which at least six people died tibetan dissidents posted signs in the City streets i chinese and tibetan proclaiming that those tilled in thursday s assault on a police station died for All the tibetan people not for  a group of Buddhist monks at the Sera monastery outside Lhasa said they hoped to hold another Demon stration wednesday the Day that chinese communist troops moved into Tibet to Annex it in 1950. A 10 . Curfew was imposed on tibetans Al though foreigners were allowed to move about after the curfew. Foreign travellers in Lhasa pooled Medicine to give to wounded tibetans who feared going to hospitals for treatment. Chinese authorities however posted warnings a several hostels for travellers that foreigners should not become involved in the unrest said William Milberger of san Francisco a tourist. The nation s leading newspaper the people s daily Renmin Riba Oon sunday carried a detailed Story and pictures of thursday s demonstration. The eve Ning television news for the first Lime aired film of the protest. It showed a crowd surging through Lhasa Sjo Khang Temple Square and tossing stones at police and the police station there. Despite the unusual official coverage authorities in Lhasa continued to attempt to prevent news from Leav ing the City. An american traveler said saturday that chinese police had withdrawn from the Square allowing Tibet ans id loot a bumped police station. Witnesses said some demonstrators were arrested inthe first protest which occurred sept. 27, and Xinhua had reported some police were injured. The number of arrests was not known. Xinhua disputed travelers1 reports that chinese police fired on the protesters thursday. It bum cd the violence on the Dalai Lama the tibetans spiritual Leader. The Dalai Lama living in exile in India condemned the killings. Paper reports on anti Aquino coalition Manila Philippines a vice president Sal Vador Laurel and sen. Juan Ponce Enrile Ore trying to form a new political Alliance to oppose president Cora Ion Aquino a major newspaper reported sunday. The philippine daily inquirer quoting opposition sources said Laurel would head the coalition which would include elements of his Union party Enrile grand Alliance for democracy and moderates within the new society movement of ousted president Ferdi nand Manx. According to the report the two political groups sched an agreement in principle to forge Ucb in Alliance during a meeting a few Days ago in a Manila suburb. Such a move has been widely predicted by philippine commentators since Laurel announced he would no longer serve in the Cabinet and late launched a Campaign to expose alleged left leaning officials in the Aquino government. Aquino fired Enrile a defense minister last nov. 23,after the government said it foiled a coup plot by his followers. They included col. Gregorio Gringo to Nairn Enrile s former Security chief and Leader of the aug. 28 Mutiny. World today Van packed with explosives defused outside Belfast Belfast Northern Ireland a a Van crammed Wilh 500 pounds of explosives was defused on the Western outskirts of a Claa saturday night alter army experts worked on it for nearly 30 hours police  said the Van was hijacked by the outlawed Irish Republican army and then made into a bombard left on lie main Rood Between Lisburn and but inv International  was probably limed logo off As a Security Force patrol went by but it had ailed to detonate police  Era is trying to Force a British withdrawal from Northern Ireland with a violent Campaign that has claimed 2,560 lives since it began in 1969. 3 Young martyrs beatified by Pope at Vatican City Vatican City a Pope John Paul ii on sunday beatified two Young italian women killed in sexual attacks and a French youth who died in a nazi concentration  thousands of faithful in St. Peter s Square John Paul called the three Young martyrs witnesses Ofa continuing love and said their example was especially significant because of the Bishops Synod on the laity that began Las week. Pierina Morosini Antonia Ocsina and Marcel Callow re All devout Lay catholics according to the Vatican. Beatification is a major step toward possible taint Hood. Taiwan deports american who interfered with police Taipei Taiwan up an american citizen was proclaimed Persona non grata and deported by the nationalist chinese government saturday after a Tai Pei District court convicted him for intervening with the official duties of police Eric Hoyer Scott 26. We sentenced to eight months in prison with a reprieve of three year Tor cutting barbed wire set up by the police on May 19, around the or. Sun vat sen memorial Hall in downtown  Hall was the scene Ofa protest by supporters of the opposition democratic progressive party against the enactment of the National Security Law in place of the 38-year-old martial , who had studied the chinese language at a ordered the police to Deport him. Group Calls for abolition of Bank notes depicting Tito Belgrade Yugoslavia a a slovenian organization has demanded immediate abolition of 5.000-Dinar Bank notes featuring president Josip Bro Tito s portrait saving hat Rampan inflation devalues the image of he late yugoslav  annual inflation at an official 123.4 percent the yugoslav currency is Worth less than half u value a year  5,000-Dinar note the Only one decorated with Tito s portrait is currently Worth is.75, Down from$16 when it was introduced 20 months ago. Iran to lease equipment from soviets for Oil drilling Nicosia Cyprus a Iran Wilt charter drilling machinery from the soviet Union to search for Petroleum and Gas in the Southern Caspian set the iranian Oil ministry said saturday. The announcement earned by the official islamic Republic news Agency in a dispatch monitored i Nicosia said the equipment would be supplied by the soviet cute firm techno Export Moscow and Tehran have expanded their economic contacts improving tie after Yean of bad relation brought on by Iran s crackdown of the pro Moscow Udeh  soviets Are tending technicians to help com plete a steel Mill in the Central City of Isfahan and the two nations Are Folia Ting Over a possible rail link and a joint shipping line on the Caspian sea. The iranian news Agency did not say when drilling in the Caspian would  has about 300 Onilea of coast on the cat Pun adjoining the soviet Oil producing Region of Azerbaijan