European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes monday november 30,1987 haitian violence cancels elections port a Prince. Haiti a National elections were called off Sun any because of widespread violence officials said. More than 20 people were re ported killed overnight. The elections were to have been the first in this impoverished Caribbean nation in 30 years. Automatic weapons fire sirens and explosions reverberated through the streets of port a Prince overnight and Early sunday. The elections arc cancelled said Pierre Shavol an official of the Independent electoral Council. Notice of the cancellation came at 8 50 . Earlich sunday Leslie Manigat one of news briefs the presidential candidates urged the Council to Call off 1 he elect ions. It s impossible to organise the elections scheduled for today sunday he said after a night of explosions and Street fighting rocked the capita. Twenty two people were reported killed in election related violence Over night. Fifteen people were reported slain in one incident that was called a Mas  at least 28 people were killed in elec Tion related violence last week. Another election official who commented on condition of anonymity said the electoral Council s pics Ideal Ernst Mirville met with electoral Council members Early sunday and decided to put off the elections to an unspecified Jil 1c. Radio stations reported that at go Naivs 100 Miles North of port a Prince soldiers attacked several polling stations fired shots to disperse voters and confiscated ballots and ballot boxes. In Cap haitian Haiti s second largest City port de paix and most of Northwestern Haiti and the City of Jeremie to the West voting was impossible because of a Lack of ballots. Trucks carrying ballots to the North saturday were blocked by gunmen radio stations reported. Early sunday morning gunmen shot at Western reporters attempting to cover fires in the City. Radio stations reported that gunmen wounded two american photographers and a dominican reporter. The three were not immediately identified. Journalists at a downtown hotel two blocks from the National Palace could see two fires burning at 3 . Sunday. Reporters from a is television Crew that went out to him the fires id id they were shot at by a passing fire truck. By mid Oming streets in the capital were empty. This is the Protection the army prom ised us said a co manager of radio so Tail who feared for his life and asked not to be identified. They arc terrorists but state terrorists. I never believed the government would accept free and fair elec  Canada minister May run for nato s top Post Hamburg a Canadian foreign min ister Joe Clark May Challenge West German de sense minister Manfred Worner to become the next nato Secretary general. Der Spiegel mag Azine reported. The weekly newsmagazine in its Issue to be released on monday said Kaare Willoch of nor Way is ready to abandon his candidacy for the Job now held by lord Carrington of Britain. Willoch and Woerner Are the Only two announced candidates Tor the top nato political Post. Per Spiegel said Norway has suggested to Clarit that he oppose Worner and that the Ca Nadian a Iii ii ii Hun edit declined. Willoch contacted by West Germany s radio Bremen denied the Spiegel report. Early results show Ozal re elected in Turkey Ankara Turkey up Turkey s 26 Mil lion voters went to the polls sunday and indications were Mai the pro Western government of prime minister Sturgul Ozal would be returned to Power with an Overall majority. Voters were asked to elect a new five year administration in the first National election in seven years free of military supervision. Pollsters lipped the opposition social demo cratic populist parly of bridal Inonu who successfully used the official allotment of five 10 minute television broadcasts to focus attention on economic problems. His party won enough scats in the 450-Seal National Assembly or parliament to consolidate its position As the main opposition to Ozal s conservative government. Jet from Page 1 is attempts to disrupt the dec. 16 presidential elections by kidnapping one or More of the candidates. The Light was due to make a refuelling Stop at bang Kok before flying on to Seoul the airline said. Airline officials said the South korean Consul Genera to Iraq Kang Suk Jae was among inc passengers. Officials said they did not know Why Kang was on the flight. Kal officials said the Boeing 707 left Baghdad at 5 40 . Saturday and was to have arrived in Seoul at 8 20 . Sunday. The last fatal crash involving Kal occurred sept. 1, 1983, when soviet fighter jets shot Down a Kal jumbo Jet killing All 269 people aboard. Bombing disrupts service on n. Ireland railway line Belfast Northern Ireland a a Small bomb exploded Friday beside the main Belfast to Dumin rail Road Tine disrupting service authorities said no injuries were reported. The outlawed Irish Republican army said it had planted the 10-Pound bomb which went off in a ditch As an Irish freight train was passing and just after two passenger trains had gone by. Gorbachev might offer pullout of 60,000 troops paper says London a Western negotiators have received hints that soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev will announce a withdrawal of 60,000 soviet troops from Eastern Europe when he meets president Reagan at a superpower Summit next month a British newspaper reported sunday. The sunday times reported hat the withdrawal would mean cutting Back four of 31 soviet army Divi Sions in the area or More than 10 percent of the 535,000 soviet troops now stationed there. The weekly attributed its report to unspecified Brit ish and . Intelligence sources it said Western negotiators at East West arms talks in Geneva and Vienna. Quilna he Siso is Csiss to  from the Stuie ii that such an offer is  the sunday times said their understanding is that 60.000 men in tour divisions May be withdrawn front Czechoslovakia and East Germany with 1,200 tanks out of the 13,000 based in Eastern  Gorbachev and Reagan arc meeting in Washington next month to sign a treaty Banning intermediate Range missiles. The newspaper said military analysts arc sceptical about the benefits from a troop and tank withdrawal. They believe that inc Kremlin regards the divisions As redundant because it already has enough men both to mount a Surprise attack on Western Europe and to maintain order should there be any rebellion in East Ern Europe the newspaper said. Even if the four divisions Are withdrawn the War saw pact would still be left with a comfortable Adan  the London based Vinici National it be for Sirmac Gic studies estimated earlier this month in its annual the military balance that nato has 756,000 ground forces facing 995,000 ground farces of the so Viet Union and ill Warsaw pact allies along the East West Frontier in Europe. Military satellite liftoff successful Cape canaveral Fla. Up a giant Titan 34d rocket blasted off late saturday ferrying a critical military satellite toward space and splashing the night sky with a spectacular Streak of flame that lit up the Florida coast for Miles. Under a Brilliant Moon the unmanned air Force Racket America s most powerful launcher after Nasa s space shuttle thundered to life at 10 27 . After a secret countdown and it smoothly vaulted sky Ward from launch Complex 40 at the air Force Sta Tion at Cape canaveral. It was the second launch in a Row for the Tilan-34d program  Back to Back failures in 1985 and 1986. The Blastoff had been expected for several weeks. The rocket s payload was classified but spate experts said it was thought to be a critical defense sup port program Asp Early warning satellite bound for an orbit 22,300 Miles above the Equator. The Blastoff followed an oct. 26 Titan launch from Vandenberg fab calif., that marked the program s first successful Mission since two failures in august1985 and april 1986. Those failure coupled with last year s challenger disaster sidelined the nation s two most powerful rocket systems for extensive Accident investigations and created a backlog of grounded National Security satellites. Even though the Titan-34d program is Back on flight status Only four More of the Workhorse rockets exist m the air Force inventory at iraqi three of which Are expected to be launched from the Cape canaveral of station. But 23 More powerful Titan-4 rockets have been ordered and the Pentagon has asked Congress Tor funding to buy another two dozen. The shuttle is scheduled to resume nights next summer and the Tilan to will be ready for launch in 1989. Hostages from Page 1 held the hostages since rioting began on nov. 21, the cubans facing deportation to Cuba have demanded that they be allowed to remain in the United states. Television cameras broadcasting into a news Media can Ler two Miles away from the Center showed inmates throwing their handmade weapons into a pile at the Center. The releases followed a videotaped Appeal to the inmates from a cuban bom roman Catholic Bishop. Inmates initially responded by banners indicating they wanted to see auxiliary Bishop Augustin roman of Miami inmate had asked that roman be allowed to participate in negotiations but Federal authorities rejected the proposal roman s taped message was shown to inmates on closed circuit television sets set up around the perimeter of the 40-acre detention Center said Mark Shechan of the Justice department. Earlier sunday about a dozen wives and relatives of the cuban inmates began a 24-hour fast to dramatize their concern for a Quick and peaceful end to the revolt. Families of the 26 men being held hostage attended a prayer service sunday at a Catholic Church. A tentative agreement reportedly reached Friday would have allowed the release of hostages but negotiations broke Down late that Day. Sen. John Breaux. D-la., blamed the cubans for making new demands. Authorities have withheld details of the tentative agreement. The cubans posted banners inside the prison com Pound saturday blaming the breakdown in talks on Federal officials decision Noi to allow roman to sign o t on the agreement. Authorities later tightened re actions on the press and erected barriers designed to prevent reporters from seeing the banners. On sunday morning Poole Powers were allowed to gel within about 60 Yard of one Section of the com Pound i double Fence. Inmates saw the reporters and tuned displaying their banners As roman s video taped message was repeated. About 1,000 cuban inmates took Over inc detention Center burned Down much of it and took 28 hot Tazey nov. 21. One Day after Cuba agreed to take Back Refu gees the United slates considers undesirable