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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 15. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 anniversary marked by moslem riots Jerusalem a hundreds of druse mos lems pelted police with Cloncs and Sang patriotic son s sunday in a protest marking the sixth anniversary of Israel s annexation of the Golan Heights. Unreal among palestinian refugees continued in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip. Protesters torched an israeli bus in Gaza and set firm nine cars in Jerusalem. Israeli police fired Lear Gas to break up inc demonstration by druse youths in the Village of Majdali Shams in the Northern Golan Heights. Army radio Taij several youths were hurl after police moved in despite Picas from local leaders thai Security forces stay Clear people slatted losing nationalistic songs and to show identification with our country Syria and against the occupation kans Abu Sallah a Village Jonder told the radio. Then the police began to interfere soil started to Roll until it led to tear  Israel Sci cd the Golan Heights from Syria during the 1967 War and officially annexed the territory on feb. A 1981, the druse members of a mystical sect that is an offshoot of shiite islam have marked each anniversary with demonstrations. A general strike continued sunday throughout the Gara strip where an israeli civilian bus was burned by palestinian youths. In Jerusalem police spokesman Rafi Levy said nine cars were set Ali uric in the jewish French Hill neighbourhood of the Eily. In the Soufal refugee Camp in Jerusalem about 60 Rock hurling arabs staged demonstrations. Police fired tear Gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd meanwhile the army said it was opening an investigation of the alleged live burial of Arab youths. Israeli news reports said thai on feb. 5, soldiers ordered four Arab youths in the West Bank City of Nablus to lie Down on the ground then had a Bull Doir cover them with dirt. Relatives extracted the youths and took them to the Hospital the reports said. The army said it is checking reports of a similar incident near a refugee Camp in the Gaza strip. But a spokesman said he had no further details sunday. According to the United nations. S4 arabs have died in the disturbances that began dec. 8, debate continued to follow a statement by . Secretary of stale George p. Shulti thai Israel must be willing to give up territory for a peaceful Resolution of Floc palestinian crisis. A palestinian youth saturday hurls a Ruck toward israeli troop As is fetus nil Dwilis peer around a Eily Wall. Bui officials in Jerusalem said prime minister Yitzhak Shamir does not accept inc territories for peace principle. The prime minister believes Israel is within ils rights in wanting a continuing presence in these areas said one official who requested anonymity. He has never said he was willing to Bend on this the prime minister has rejected two other key elements of the Shulti initiative an april Start for talks on limited self Rule for palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza and negotiations on the future status of the territories by december the official stressed thai Shamir and Shultz will continue discussions on the Issue and Compromise is possible. However the Jerusalem Post quoted sources close to Shamir As saying that Shulti and Shamir Are on a collision course Over the . Peace initiative the newspaper Haartz quoting sources close to Shamir and foreign minister Shimon Peres said differences Over the initiative will Lead either to the resignation of feres centrist labor party from the government or Early elections. But Avi Painer Shamir s spokesman said Shultz s remark would not provoke a clash. He said the Secretary of state s statement was " not consistent with the in Ink ing of Shamir whose right Wing liked bloc opposes the return of the West Bank and Gaza to Arab sovereignly. Hazner said Sulu apparently was referring to negotiations on a final agreement and not inc temporary Accord to give autonomy to palestinians. Lottery scorer wins $1 million Clea Watell Fla. A a Man who does t believe in lotteries and would t spent is on a ticket became Florida s fir.1 is million lot Tery Winner saturday than pcs to a ticket he found on the or plaid. You cannot heat dumb Luck said Tom Saucer 45, after beating six Al her Fin Ulisis in a random drawing for the lop Cash prize. If had 15 that i was going to spend i d rather go to a iwo hour Movic than Spena a minute and a half scratching off five tickets he said. Sawyer found the ticket on the ground outside his paint store and scratched off the covering to find the word entry three limes. Tickets with that combination were to be mailed in for a drawing Anil in spite of Sawyer s feelings he did t hesitate to Send in in. His was one of 46 ,000 tickets mailed in. Gov. Hub alanine last week picked Scien out of a barrel to be on saturday s award show. Sawyer Laid he would use his winnings 10 educate Hii children two of whom Are approaching Coll Cage. Nuke Accident averted paper says London a a nuclear Accident was averted with minutes 10 spare aboard a British submarine in Scotland last month. Inc observer newspaper re ported sunday but the ministry of of sense denied there had been a crisis. No Public announcement had been made earlier about the incident. Early sunday a ministry spokesman Tio would t be identified said there was no emergency there was no possibility of anybody Crew or general Public Heing subjected to any radiation prob lems. There was a minor electrical Mal function but no radioactive material was  the spokesman said the weekly was incorrect in claiming a nuclear Accident was averted by minutes. The observer said that on Jan. 26, at the nuclear submarine base at Aslane near Glasgow a fault developed in the primary Cooling system of the nuclear reactor Power Plant on tie Resolution the oldest of Britain four operational nuclear submarines ii was commissioned in 1967, the fault led to heat building up in inc reactor s Core threatening a melt Down. And potential disaster was Only averted when two of the Crew ran to Start up a diesel Generator to provide alternative Power Lor the cooler the report said. Ii said there was Only Between i to and seven minutes for the Crew to take action and one of inc two crewmen had to be scrubbed Down for 14 hours because he was is posed Losonci form of Radia Tion " a meltdown could have released radioactivity contaminating 2,000 Square Miles and would have had devastating consequences for the 13,000 people Liv ing within a five mile radius of the base the report added. Some Channel ferry workers say on strike Dover England a ferry work ers voted sunday to continue the strike thai has hailed p and o european Fer Ries 11 English Channel ferryboat based at Dover in Wiki Hacsi England. Meanwhile ferry workers on the Isle of Man voted to accept an agreement worked out with the Isle of Man steam packet co. Late saturday. Workers at Liverpool on the British main Island still Musl ratify the Deal before ferry service can resume 10 the Island in the Irish sea for the first time in seven weeks. At Dover 1,500 members of the a Lional Union of seamen voted to stay on strike the Union said. The strike is Over p and o s plans to Cut ils Dover work Force by More than 400 and introduce new shifts to make the ferry service More competitive before the English Channel Tunnel opens in 1993. The Union says p and o is acting too soon on the talc of Man 62 members of the National Union of seamen voted unanimously to accept a tentative agreement said Union spokesman John Benjamin the Island has been without ils daily ferry service since dec. 29, when the workers walked out to protest stuff and payouts planned by the ferry company. The company reacted by dismissing All 161 employees and announcing it would offer jobs to Only 81 seamen in a slimmed Down operation. The tentative agreement would eliminate Only 47 jobs and would improve redundancy benefits  
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