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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday november 28,1987 to surveyors of Japan s maritime safety Agency take measurement of  Island 1,000 Miles South of Tokyo. The japanese gov comment decided thursday to spend More than $220 million to construct steel barriers to protect the tiny reef Island outpost of sovereignty which at High tide consists of Only two rocks 12 to 20 inches above the water. If the two Rocky outposts were to disappear it could threaten Japan s claim to economic zone rights Over a surrounding Ocean area of More than 100,000 Square Miles. Rebels in Zimbabwe kill 16, including 2 americans briton Harare Zimbabwe a anti government re Bels massacred 16 Whites including two american Sand a briton on two farms run by pentecostal missionaries it was revealed by fellow preachers and government officials Friday. Home minister Enos Nyala said the victims included five children five women and six men. Colleagues of the missionaries said two children escaped the wednesday night massacre in Matabeleland province in Western  was the bloodiest attack on Whites since Zimbabwe s Independence seven years ago from Britain. Nyala who is in charge of police said the missionaries and their children were bound by the wrists and butchered with axes by a gang of about 20 armed men. These were innocent missionaries White pm pop. Engaged in production talking about peace Nyala said. They were people we so much  Nyala said the killers were heavily armed with guns but apparently chose to use axes in the killings to avoid making noise and attracting the attention of Security patrols. Earlier reports from the victims colleagues in the area said a Black farm worker was killed. Nyala made no mention of  said the gang was led by gayigus., an anti government rebel whose name Means grind the Bush m the local and Cycle  said the gang appeared to have staged the massacre on behalf of squatters who had been ordered by the government to vacate the missionaries farms Southeast of the Matabeleland provincial capital of Bulawayo. Nyala provincial gov. Mark a Hub had ordered several families of squatters to leave the farms. The squatters Leader Charles Tasuku had warned the missionaries they would not eat another meal Nyala he refused to identify the victims and would not answer questions from reporters. Simon Rhodes an assemblies of god minister Liv ing in Bulawayo and who formerly stayed with the missionaries identified the two dead americans As David Emerson 35, and Karen Sharon incr Danl about 34. Both of  Aid Emerson and Versdahl whose hometowns he did not know had planned to marry in a few weeks. He identified the briton As Jean Campbell 56, of but world today 5 romanians fired for party violations Vienna Romania a five romanian local party leaders were fired for participating in a Hunting party in which one of them was seriously wounded the communist party Organ reported thursday. The Hunt was staged at a time when the officials were apparently expected to Man their desks in order to help overcome arrears in the annual plan before the end of the year. A joint meeting of the doll party committee and the Craiova municipal committee discussed the grave violations of party discipline which led to the shooting of Marius Cojocaru. A Secretary in charge of organizational problems the party daily a Inteia said. The unusual report said Cojocaru was rushed to a Hospital in grave condition but gave no other details. Police in Spain arrest 12 terrorist suspects Madrid Spain of police have arrested 2 alleged members of the Basque separatist group Eta and seized Large caches of arms and explosives in an anti terrorist sweep in the Northern Basque country Spanish National radio reported thursday. The radio citing Well informed police anti terrorist sources said among those detained in the operation begun thursday was Antonio Lopez Ruiz 34, who police believe led two Eta commandos suspected in the deaths of at least seven people. E. Germany to rebuild destroyed synagogue Geneva a pre nazi Germany s biggest synagogue which burned Down in world War ii a to be reconstructed in East Berlin and turned into a Holo Caust memorial Center a senior East German official said thursday. Klaus Gysi Secretary of slate for religious affairs said reconstruction would begin next year on the Ora Nienburg synagogue once a spiritual Center for one third of Germany s jewish population. We want to set a Monument acc Sac Vic fed we share responsibility for the past he told a Prew con Ference. The East German democratic Republic is not a Legal successor of the third Reich. But we Are germans and therefore we arc of course responsible for what has been done in our name even if those who did it were our most bitter  jewish Leader honoured by West Berlin mayor Bonn a West Berlin s mayor on thursday presented the City s highest civilian award to Heinz Galinski the head of West Berlin s jewish Community and a former inmate of the nazi s Auschwitz concentration Camp. Galinski 74, was named an honorary citizen of West Berlin by a vote of the City s ruling body the Berlin Senate. In accepting the award Galinski said relations be tween germans and jews can be improved Only both groups continue to remember the lessons of the jazz jury says artist can go on drawing his Money i i  Art Nurt Rrt his attorney would be paid Wil London a a jury took just 10 minutes thursday to Clear american artist Stephen Boggs of a charge that his paintings of Bank notes broke anti county reciting Laws. Boggs of Tampa fla., was found in Nocent at the old Bailey criminal court after telling the court his drawings were Art not currency forgeries. The Case attracted publicity last year when police raided an exhibition of the drawings in London seized the works and charged Boggs with breaking the1981 forgery  act. Boggs who lives in London had writ ten to the Bank of England the country s Central Bank asking permission to repro Duce its Bank notes. The Bank refused. The 32-year-old Painter who passed the time in court by drawing a 50-Pound note told the jury his works were Fine Art which he sometimes used As pay ment. Holding up a drawing of a on Puum note he Ca Plainos that he would go into a Coffee shop and offer it in Exchange for a 60-Pcnce cup of Lea and 40 Pence in change. Involved in a discussion about Art and what it is for. Some people say no thank you 1 want real Money in which Case i pay them with real Money and they have not lost anything he said. Boggs drawings include Little jokes and inscriptions which he said easily give them away As copies. One of his ticks is to put a faint smile and a younger complexion on the  a Elizabeth ii which adorns British Bank notes. He said he had drawn other coun tries Bank notes and encountered no problems. He added that buyers had one Pound is Worth s1.80 Muico Movw a. A. The person is then challenged to been willing to pay up to $7.200 for his think about this drawing. We become paintings but were deterred by his arrest. His attorney would be paid with drawings he  court ordered the Bank of England to pay the costs of the trial but told Boggs to pay for his own defense , a jubilant Boggs told re porters he planned to go on living off his  spending a piece of real Money whatsoever i shall live for the next year Only on my drawings and if i cannot buy something with a drawing then i will do without it he  said he would work out with his accountant exactly How Many draw Ings and to what value i can spend Over the next 365   
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