European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2b the stars and stripes monday february 29,19b8 israeli soldiers quell riot kill 2 arabs Abud occupied West Bank a Arab reports said israeli soldiers opened fire quelling a Rint sparked by jewish settlers who tried to enter a West Bank Village overnight. The army on sunday confirmed two arabs were shot to death. Israel s 14-Mcmber Cabinet debated inc violence and Israel radio said transportation minister Chaim Corfu pro posed closing the West Bank and Gaza to Media coverage. No decision was reported on the Issue. Israeli soldiers scaled the Village of beit Hanoun 20 Miles Northwest of Jeru Salem twice turning away a reporter who tried to talk with witnesses sunday. Army spokesmen said an investigation of the shootings is being conducted. The Arab run palestinian press serv ice said jewish settlers tried to enter the Village after Nightfall saturday and were news briefs turned away by the 3,000 residents. Army soldiers arrived about $ . And clashed with villagers who hurled stones. Soldi Cra tired flares to provide Light and later fired live ammunition the Agency said. Israel radio said Arab demonstrator blocked a main Highway outside the Vil Lage and stoned israeli soldiers. The radio said some jewish settler also arrived on inc scene. Shots were fired and the army was investigating the source it added. The deaths brought to 74 the number of arabs killed by israeli gunfire and beatings since rioting erupted dec. 8. According to . Figures. Hundreds More have been wounded by gunfire. Msj. Gen. Amram Mitina. Commander of israeli troops in the West Bank summoned High ranking officers to View a lbs to film showing tour israeli sol Diers beating two palestinians last week. The dramatic footage has caused a storm of protests abroad. If someone thinks that we can sweep internal problems under the carpet just because they Are not pretty. I m against it he said on Israel army radio we have to make sure that we Don t become an army of rabble.1 the Cabinet was briefed on the beat ing incident Yitzhak Modai a minister from the conservative liked bloc said soldiers should be allowed 10 shoot More freely Israel radio quoted him As saying. It was silly to give them orders about what hey can and cannot  Yossi Ben Aharon a senior aide to prime minister Yitzhak Shamir told re porters the footage gave a one sided View although the actions were very  this is a Battle Between Young people who arc provoked and hit with rocks and sometimes they react viciously More viciously than anyone would like them to Ben Aharon said. Mums ashram. Chairman of the con Ference of presidents of major jewish Organ in inns said the . Jewish Community was very anguished and Dis Turbed by such healings you can t judge the heart of the nation by the actions of disobedient sol Diers under severe provocation he told reporters but he warned if this continues and if there is no abatement of he situation there will be a problem with american Public opinion. Rally held to Mark deaths of 20,000 taiwanese in 47 Taipei. Taiwan apr thousands of Tai wanese rallied peacefully sunday to Mark the list anniversary of anti government riots and a crackdown that left an estimated 20,000 dead. The nationalist government owes an apology 10 relatives of tens of thousands of victims of the crackdown said Chen Yang Shing a Doe Tor and activist who was chairman of inc peace Bay committee that planned the memorial. Demonstrators carried banners and listened to speeches by human rights activists to Mark feb. 2h. 1947, when thousands of native Tai wanese rioted against the fledgling nationalist government. Researchers estimate that 20,000 died when the government suppressed the riots. Taiwan came under nationalist administration at the end of world War to. When Japan relinquished its 50-year Rule. The country is controlled by the remnants of the nationalist government that fled Mainland China i Bonn looks to nato for coherent arms policy Bonn West Germany api West Ger Many expects nato leaders will conduct an Overall review of the Alliance s Security needs in the Wake of the superpower arms Accord when they gather for a Summit meeting this week a government spokesman said sunday. West Germany expects that the Brussels Summit will Mark the beginnings of a coherent Overall concept for disarmament and arms control chief govern Mem spokesman Friedhelm Ost said in a statement. West German officials have warned against undertaking any major new Security initiatives until differences within the Alliance arc worked out. . And other Alliance officials have urged that Nat upgrade Short Range missile systems in the Wake of the superpower arms agreement which is scheduled to remove All medium Range rockets from the continent. Hut West German officials oppose modernizing the Short Range missiles now and want to concentrate instead on Achie ing reductions in the soviet superiority in conventional weapons and other arms control measures. Nato leaders will meet in Brussels on wednesday and thursday. Syrian president May old . In try to free Higgins source says Damascus. Syria a president Hafez Assad has hinted that Syria May be Able to help free Kidnap Ped it. Col. William r. Higgins a . Official said sunday. The official who spoke in Jerusalem on condition of anonymity said Assad told Secretary of state George Shultz during Hii visit to Damascus on saturday that he had some ideas about Higgins Case the official said Shultz and Assad talked about the situation in Lebanon but declined to elaborate. We can t get into it he said when pressed for details. Higgins 43. Of Danville ky., headed a . Observer team attached to the . Peacekeeping Force in South Lebanon me was kidnapped feb. It while re turning to . Headquarters in a Agoura from he port City of Tyre. A pro iranian shiite moslem faction calling itself the oppressed of the Earth claimed responsibility for higgins1 abduction and said he was a Cia spy. . And . Officials denied the accusation. In Beirut a senior militia official said sunday that Higgins kidnapping has imperilled Lebanon s shiite moslem sect. This is the first abduction that has brought the sect s two giants close to a head on collision said Abdul Majid Saleh. Chief political officer of Justice minister Nabih Herri s mainstream a Linic amal militia in South Lebanon. The syrian Allied amal has been at loggerheads with the iranian backed extremist Hezbollah for several years and the kidnapping has increased tensions. Saleh told reporters in Tyre that the abduction was More of a Penl to the Shine Community than 10 the United slates. It has been threatening to kindle an Inie communal  Salch said an unidentified third party was currently engaged in a mediation Effort to ensure higgins1 re lease and head off an amal Hezbollah clash. Delvalle remains in hiding but is Safe in Good spirits Panama City Panama a deposed president Eric Arturo Delvalle stayed in hiding sunday and defied Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega inc military strongman who ousted him and ordered him out of the country. The sex president s whereabouts Are a closely guarded secret but family members said he is in a Safe and secure place in Panama in Good spirits and determined to regain his Job. I am going to stay Here and stick it  Delvalle told Abc to in a Telephone interview saturday night. I m going to fight it ail the  Delvalle did not reveal his hiding place. Roderick Esquivwl Dflvalle s vice president also is in hiding. Both men were ousted from office Early Friday in an action by the National legislative Assembly orchestrated by Noriega the defense forces chief. Delvalle ignited the latest crisis in eight months of continuing civil unrest in Panama on thursday when he tried to fire Noriega who � charged in Florida with corruption and narcotic trafficking. The United states also has urged Noriega to step Down As military chief. On Friday Delvalle returned to his Home which police surrounded Friday evening. Delvalle s Tele phones were Cut leaving him incommunicado and under undeclared House arrest. Sometime that night he reportedly climbed Over a Patio Wall at the rear of the House and escaped through a neighbor s  panamanian government sunday Claire cd . Officials arc hiding Delvalle at an american military installation in  Gabriel Lewis a former panamanian ambassador to Washington said sunday Del Vallec is under the Protection of a Good panamanian family and they will never find him Cynthia Farrell a spokeswoman for the . Embassy in Panama City said she could not confirm or deny  she said the embassy is under orders from Washington not to discuss the  Dflvalle s Hopes of regaining inc presidency suffered a setback saturday night when the permanent Council of the organization of american states meeting in Washington declined to take any action on Panama. Delvalle and the Reagan administration in washing ton had hoped the Oas would agree to impose Trade sanctions against Panama or at least approve a Resolution condemning the president s ouster by the military. Bush from Page 1 go the Bush route. It s a four year cop out we be got to reduce the deficit. The gop contest Wai sponsored by the Atlanta journal Constitution news papers which organized a democratic face off on saturday. There Dukakis made stinging attacks on rivals Gephardt and Gore. Gephardt and Dukakis responsible for the sharpest sparring among the democrats lately were not expected for sunday night s debate in Houston. The other four democrats Simon Gary Hart Jackson and Gore were to at tend. Jackson was campaigning in Florida on sunday. He criticized the Reagan administration s push for Aid 10 the con tras. The sandinista arc not threatening the streets of Tampa this morning he said. The no. 1 threat is Coke crack and heroin Jackson said. In another development a poll published sunday suggested Dukakis and Gephardt have the Lead among democrats in Scias. The biggest super tuesday state. On the Republican Side. Bush had a Clear Lead with Dole a Distant second. The poll was conducted for the Houston chronicle and the Dallas morning news. Among 301 Likely democratic primary voters surveyed Dukakis had 22 percent Gephardt 21 percent Jackson 12 per cent Gore 10 percent Hart. S percent and Simon i percent. Among Republic ant Bush had the support of 60 percent of the 298 Likely Republican primary voters curve Yea. Dole had 14 percent Robertson s per cent and Kemp 3 percent. Fourteen per cent were undecided