European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 n dvrs briefs the stars and stripes thursday decembers 1987 we Bruecken student Dies found near High school Wei Kruecken a Germany a 17 year old Junior at  High school died tuesday evening after being found unconscious near the school base officials said wednesday. Christophe l.  was found unconscious outside the school about 5 30 . And taken to writ Dircken s protestant Hospi Tal at 6 15 ., said Cape. Donald a. Lamb a base spokesman. He was pronounced dead at 7 . Sandoval lived with his Mother Francine m. Sandoval in the we Bruecken area. His father. Senior master set. Joseph Sandoval is assigned to the 50th civil engr so Hahn a Germany. He also is survived by his two Brothers James,19, and Matthew 16. Base officials had not been notified wednes Day by the Hospital of the cause of death. Air Force officials Are investigating the fatality Lamb said. Plan to close steel Mill Sparks Duisburg protest Duisburg Germany a workers angry Over plans to close Down a steel Mill took Over a Rhine River Bridge Here on wednesday. From 150 to 200 steel workers had blocked off the Bridge linking the Rhein Hauson and Hochfeld sections of Duisburg. They arrived at the Bridge before Dawn. Everyone should know that we arc oppose to the planned shutdown of the Krupp steel Mill in Rhein Hauson said one of the protesters at the Bridge. An injustice is occurring that everyone Mustbe made to  said the protester who asked not to be identified. About 5.300 people work at the Rhein Hauson Plant. Bonn approves plan to increase spending Bonn a after weeks of pressure from the United Stales to expand its slow growing Economy the West German government wednesday approved a plan that would sharply increase Domestic spending. The move is designed to boost the demand for foreign goods Here thus helping Case the huge . Trade deficit and bolster the falling Dollar. The finance and economics ministries re leased a statement announcing approval of the plan which provides an extra si3.1 Bil lion for Domestic spending. Officials were expected to discuss the decision later with re porters. The plan drawn up by key ministers on tues. Day is Likely to be followed later in the week by a one half percentage Point Cut in the West Ger Man Central Bank s important discount rate said a senior government official. "1 would not be at All surprised if there is a Strong signal Given when the Bank s Independent governing Board meets thursday to consider interest rate cuts said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity. 2 suspected of involvement in Kal crash take Poison Manama Bahrain a authorities attempted wednesday to unravel the mystery surrounding an asian couple suspected of involvement in the crash of a South korean jetliner. The couple swallowed Poison at Bahrain Airport after authorities questioned their japanese passports which turned out o be forgeries. Bahrain officials and japanese and South korean diplomats had not identified the woman who remained unconscious and under guard in a military Hospital nor her male companion who killed himself with a Poison ampule concealed in a cigarette filter. In Seoul the South korean foreign ministry said it appeared that the two were members of the korean Community in Japan and possibly connected with pro North korean groups. A ministry spokesman said South Korea would ask Bahrain authorities to extradite the woman for questioning once she is Able to travel. A japanese Diplomat said earlier that she was in critical condition but was expected to survive. The two were detained Early tuesday As they were about to Board a plane for Amman Jordan and Rome. They took the Poison while waiting to be questioned by immigration officials. Japanese diplomats who had interviewed them an hour earlier said neither spoke fluent japanese lending further support to the belief that they were foreigners who had lived in Japan. The korean ministry officials said the couple s move ments had been traced from Japan on nov. 19 to Vienna. There they made reservations for korean air s flight 858, then took an air India plane via Belgrade to Baghdad where they boarded the korean aircraft last sunday and flew to Abu Dahabi. The couple left the Seoul bound flight in Abu Dahabi on sunday and caught a Gulf air plane to Bahrain. Several hours later the Kal plane vanished near the Burma Thailand Border. South korean officials have said they believe the aircraft was destroyed by a bomb. It sent no distress signal and there was no indication of trouble in its last routine radio message. Despite various reported sightings search parties had not located the wreckage of the Boeing 707, carry ing 115 passengers and Crew on the flight to Seoul. In Japan government officials and police said they had not identified either of the pair but news reports said the Man May have been Akira Miyamoto a korean resident who was questioned in 1985 about forging passports for an alleged North korean spy ring in Japan. Police said one Man had been arrested in that Case and another who was not Miyamoto was being sought. The fake passports gave the name of the Man As Shinichi Hachiya 69, and the woman As Mayumi Hachiya 27, both of Okayama Japan. Japanese authorities said the real Shinichi Hachiya was in Tokyo where he works for a computer firm and still has his own passport. Hachiya told reporters that Miyamoto whom he had known for about 15 years had helped him obtain passport in 1983, when they travelled to Thailand to seek work. Hachiya said he had Given his identity papers to Miyamoto for passport application processing. South Korea s government broadcasting service said authorities were checking possible links Between the woman and chosen Soren an organization of koreans living in Japan that supports North Korea. Choc Kwan ick a spokesman for chosen Soren denied any tics. It is a stupid claim. Our organization has nothing to do with that kind of terrorism he said. In Seoul South korean president Chun Doo Hwan told a special Cabinet meeting that North Korea might have sabotaged the missing jetliner to disrupt upcoming presidential elections and the 1988 summer olym pics in the South korean capital. . Of use kuwaiti Barge As Gulf base Brussels Belgium a the United states and Kuwait have agreed on the use of a kuwaiti Barge in that country s territorial Waters As a floating base for american forces Pentagon officials said. The officials who commented on condition of anonymity issued a Brief statement on the subject tues Day at nato Headquarters Here. The officials declined to discuss details of How the Barge woul he used. The United states is already using to o similar bar Ges elsewhere in the persian Gulf As bases for mine sweeping forces and special operations forces keeping tabs on iranian gunboats. The . Requested and the government of Kuwait has agreed to let us use one of its barges in kuwaiti territorial Waters the statement said. The statement reversed earlier remarks by . De sense Secretary Frank Carlucci. The Washington Post on sunday had quoted an unidentified official in the Gulf Region As saying Kuwait had offered the use of a Barge in its territorial Waters but the offer had been rejected. Carlucci asked about the Post report during his flight Here for a nato meeting told reporters he had not heard of such a kuwaiti offer. I m not aware an offer was made Carlucci said then. And i m not sure we need one up there. It s vulnerable. It does t get you a  pay hike from Page 1 broadest guidelines for enacting those cuts military and congressional sources said. Until More detailed instructions Are Given to the House and Senate armed services committees the fiscal 1988 budget is essentially stalled. The House staffer said those instructions should be forthcoming shortly. The administration has set dec. 16 As the deadline for reconciling the defense authorization Bill already passed with the economic Summit s proposals she said. Dec. 14 is the Date the current continuing Resolution which is providing funds to keep the government running in the absence of regular appropriation Bills is scheduled to expire. If work on the budget in t completed a new continuing Resolution would be needed or the government technically would shut Down. The House staffer said most lawmakers on both the House and Senate armed services committees favor the 3 percent increase. There s a Good Chance that service members will get 3 percent although the Pentagon May have to find the Money for at least part of that increase from other military accounts she said. The defense department official could t say whether Money to help fund a pay raise would be readily  budget is being squeezed All around he said. At the moment nobody knows what will happen. All i can say is stay  ministers from Page 1 resist congressional pressure to reduce the size of . Troop strength in Europe. Lord Carrington nato Secretary general told re porters that the other defense ministers had acknowledged that . Contribution to Allied defences is Likely to decline. The United states. Cannot be expected to continue to carry As Large a share of the common defens Burden As it has in the past. That is the context in which our meeting took place Carrington said. But Carrington also said Public enthusiasm for Dis armament is Likely to make it More difficult for nato governments to increase their spending on defense. Carrington said that of the 11 european nations in nato s integrated military Structure Only four Norway Italy Luxembourg and Turkey Are meet ing the Alliance s goal of increasing defense spending by 3 percent a year. In View of . Budget constraints the europeans will have to try harder to increase their contributions Carrington said. It will be necessary for the europeans. To do More not least in the Burden sharing that is again coming to the fore. I think this is very Well understood Carlucci said he briefed the other defense ministers on next week s .-soviet Summit and reviewed prospects for concluding an agreement on strategic or Long Range nuclear weapons. He said that Good Prog Ress is being made in the area of arms control but that it is unlikely an Accord could be concluded by next Spring a timetable suggested by some Reagan administration officials. In their joint statement the defense ministers did not specify the order of the Alliance s arms control objectives. But they singled out conventional arms As priority and welcomed Progress toward convening a new set of East West negotiations in this area. Soviet and East bloc conventional forces including tanks and artillery Are considered significantly Superior to nato conventional forces in Europe