European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page a the stars and stripes monday january 25,1988 Border War escalates Between Vietnam China Beijing up ii vietnamese troops have pounded the chinese Border with thousands of shells for several weeks in a fresh outbreak of hostilities along inc troubled Border military sources said sunday. The new conflict along the Hilly sino vietnamese Border followed reports of a recent cease fire agreement Between Beijing and Hanoi. But informed sources dismissed inc reports noting thai China is unlikely to seek an end to the Border tension it has used in a bid 10 pressure Vietnam into withdrawing its occupation forces from neighbouring Cambodia. China has refused to improve relations wild Vietnam until it withdraws Alt forces from Cam Bodia. Vietnamese troops have bombarded the laotian Border Region in southwestern Yunnan province with More than 2.000 shells since Jan. I. The Xinhua news Agency quoted military sources As saying sunday. On the nights of Jan. 10 and ii alone they lobbed 470 shells Omo chinese territory including incendiary bombs that burned Trees and some civilian structures the unidentified military sources said. The vietnamese earlier this month launched seven sudden attacks on chinese Frontier guard position the military sources said. They did not say whether chinese soldiers resumed fire. A learn of vietnamese Soldier slipped into a Village several Miles inside the chinese Border dec. 17 to conduct sabotage the sources said. They were surrounded and annihilated by local militiamen the soured said. The official Chines news Agency s report did nol provide details of casual lies. Both sides have reported sporadic fighting along the troubled Frontier since 1979, when chinese troops invaded Vietnam which the previous year had sent h troops into Cambodia and toppled the pro Beijing re Gime. Relations Between the two countries remain tense and clashes frequently break out along the Borderes specially during the dry Winter season. Heavy fighting erupted in january 1986, and the two sides placed the number of dead and wounded at More than 2,000. Tutt report of increased tension along the Border came after cambodian resistance Leader Prince Noro Dom Sihanouk ended a second round of Alks in France with prime minister Hun sen of the vietnamese backed government in Cambodia. Hun sen concluded the talks with an offer on Viet namese troop withdrawal suggesting a two year timetable six months less than previously proposed. Island interlude former president Carter and is wife Rosalynn Wijn i Antu up took at a Macaw but grandson Jere my Diwan l appear to be impressed by the exotic Bird. The encounter took place on the Island Haiti in a Shore visit during a cruise ship Sovereign of the Sci. Of labs dec aboard the world today libyan publisher s assets ordered seized in Rome Rome api a court has ordered the seizure of a libyan publishing company s property including por traits of libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi alter � printing company sued for payment Rome s civil court ruled Friday in favor of a request by a local credit firm to sequester All property and furniture of the organization for the publicity distribution and printing of texts of the libyan socialist Arab Republic. Trip decision was made Public saturday. Among other publications the libyan organization distributed Qadhafi s preen  a compilation of the libyan Leader s political theories. The roman printing company records filed suit a Tain the libyan company claiming Tibai it of records 1625,000 under a 7-year-old contract for sup ply of calendars and of her publicity material St. Moritz luxury hotel sold by greek magnate St. Moritz Switzerland up Creek shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos has sold tit five Star Carl ton hold in this Swiss Winter resort hotel officials Taid  said the 200-btd Carlton one of Fth most famous of Ibe luxurious holds in St. Murium. Was owned by Niar chos together with some West German partners. Finnish president ahead in election race poll says Helsinki. Finland a an opinion poll published n week before the presidential election gives incumbent Mauno Koivisto an absolute majority Indi Cating he could win direct re a Mcclinn in two Days of balloting next sunday and monday. According to the poll published sunday 55 percent of eligible finns said icy would directly Vole for Dpi Vislow for president giving him outright Victory and a second six year term under Finland s new presidential election  Gallup poll commissioned by the Independent newspaper. He singin Sanoval gave Koivisto s closest challenger conservative prime minister Harri Holkin 16 percent of the direct vote. Center party chairman Paavo vary Rynn polled 14 percent while the two left Wing candidates were far behind Kalevi Kiviston representing mainly the majority communists had 7 percent and Jouko Kaj Anoja of the minority communists had i percent. Emergency Landing made after smoke fills jetliner Tokyo a a Boeing 767 jetliner with Flo people aboard made an emergency Landing after smoke suddenly emerged from the ceiling in the passenger Cabin an official of All Nippon airways said. The official. Toshitaka a Tanach. Said there were no injuries among passengers and no confusion Al though the plane was filled with smoke. Inc plane made the emergency Landing in Kagoshima in South Ern  said the incident occurred about 30 minutes after the plane too off from Naha. Okinawa for Osaka in Western Japan. The smoke disappeared 15 Roin Uius later. Walan Abc he said inc cause of the smote was nol immediately known. Refuseniks s arrival in Vienna ends 16-year struggle Vienna Austria a Alexander Lerner. A prominent Leader of jewish refuseniks in the soviet Union ended a 16-year baulk to emigrate sunday arriving in Vienna for a Joyful reunion with his daughter on what he called the happiest Day of his life. Out Lerner. 74, a Cybernetics Engineer wind his Hap piness was dampened by Moscow s refusal to let other Roi Usenius leave the soviet Union. It s the Hap pics Day of my life but my Joy is