European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday March to 1968 news update austrian s plea Vienna Airt iria a Dep Uty Chancellor and foreign min ister Alois mock monday called an foreign critics 10 refrain from unqualified reproaches in their analysis of his Neutral country. He alluded to criticism thai has been levelled against Austria in con net lion with the controversy surrounding president Kurt Wald him. Waldheim opponents have expressed tears that the juror Over the head of stale increasingly dam Ages Austria s prestige abroad. Sihanouk reversal Beijing a Prince Noro Dom Sihanouk has reversed his Deci Sion to quit the leadership of Cam Bodia j anti vietnamese Orcsi Slaner coalition his Secretary said monday. Sihanouk will continue a yearlong leave of absence As head often Coli lion a leave he began in May 1987, said hit Secretary Diana Mackin Tosh. Sihanouk resigned Jan. 30 As president of democratic Kampuchea a three party coalition right ing to end Vietnam s nine year occupation of Cambodia. Peacekeeping plan new Delhi India up India is proposing stationing troops in Afghanistan As a peace keeping Force following a possible May withdrawal of soviet troops from the South asian nation but will need the endow mint of the United states and the soviet Union lie sunday observer re ported sunday the newspaper wind the troop deployment plan May have been the reason for prime minister Rajiv Gandhi s Surprise invitation o Pakistan s president Raul Haq to visit new Delhi for talks about an afghan peace settlement. Rioting Breaks out in City in soviet Azerbaijan Moscow a rioting broke out in sum Ait an Industrial City on the Cas Pian sea to i he soviet Republic of Azer Baijan. Tasi reported monday. The official soviet news Agency said disturbances were provoked by a group of hooligans and rampage and Vio Lence  there a no immediate indication whether the incident was linked to ethnic tensions Between a Cris and armenians that sparked mass demonstrations in Armenia and a neighbouring Region that is Tass said measures have been adopted to normalize the situation in the City and safeguard discipline and Public  the news Agency said an investigation has been launched. The report did not say who was involved in inc unrest or say what caused the violence sum Ait with a population of More than 160,000, is the Mccond Bressl cily in Azerbaijan after the capital. Baku. Sum Ait is 150 Miles from the autonomous Region of Magorno Karabash which is at the Center of a dispute be tween Armenia and Azerbaijan. The armenians want the Magorno Karabash Region which has been part of Azerbaijan for 65 years returned Loar Menia. Three quarters of the 157,000 residents arc armenian. Azerbaijan is inc largest of Throe Sovi republics in the caucus uses. It is bounded on the West by the soviet re Public of Armenia and Georgia on the North by the soviet Union. The Caspian sea runs for nearly boo Milts along its Eastern Edge and to he South lies Iran. The Republic is mostly shiite moslem except for the armenian christians Liv ing in the Magorno Marbakh Region. Northwest flight attendants keeping airline in dark on strike possibility Bloomington Minn. A Northwest airlines 6,700 flight Atten Dant continued to keep the Carrier gues sing monday on whether they will strike. Three Days after a Union deadline for reaching a new contract. Both sides in the labor talks said just one Issue divided them. But William genoese International director of the teamsters Union s airline division said tale sunday that no further negotiations were scheduled. At Alltis moment we re in strike Posi Tion. It can happen two minutes from now or any other Lime. Under the Law we have that right genoese said. Tie said absenteeism had increased among flight attendants. They Are calling in sick. It s on the increase genoese said. But he declined to categorize the absences As a negotiating lactic saying i m not going to say  representatives of the airline and the Union met with a Federal mediator for four hours sunday and agreed an All bul one contract Issue said Northwest spokesman William Wren. Wren and genoese said the Issue is Northwest s proposal to increase from five to nine years the period that newly hired work ers stay on a lower pay scale Northwest officials said sunday the airline continued to pc Rule a Normal Light schedule. No delays were reported Al airports served by the Carrier. If flight attendants do strike the air line said it will keep dying using about 2.000 managers trained As flight attendants and 200 newly hired replacements. Genoese said he planned to meet Mon Day with representatives of the pilots and machinists on whether they would Honor flight attendant picket lines. A strike deadline late Friday was extended As the two sides continued negotiations that began wednesday. Genoese said saturday night that a request by the Federal mediator to delay a strike helped Avert a walkout earlier in the Day. Former Republic airlines right alien Danes have been working under their old contract since Northwest acquired re Public in 1986. And Many of them Are paid less than their Northwest counterparts the company the nation s fifth la rfcs airline is trying to bring the workers under one contract and offered 10 bring former Republic employees up to the Sal Ary Levels of non Hacsi employees bul the Union claimed the airline wanted Loo much in Exchange including cuts in vacation pay and retirement benefits. New wave of strikes curtails italian rail air travel Rome a travellers were frustrated sunday b a new wave of Airport and railway personnel strikes. A italia Italy s stale run airline cancelled hundreds of flights to and from Rome s Airport because of a 24 hour strike by ground personnel. It was the latest in a Serin of walkouts to protest Lack of Progress in con tract renewal negotiations. A italia s intercontinental nights and its connections to Italy s islands operated normally As did flights by other airlines. Passengers however often had to wait Tor More than hour for their baggage. New contract talks were to begin monday. Long distance train service from Rome s main Sta Tion suffered disruptions from a 24-hour strike by Rait Way employees that started at 9 . Meanwhile Italy s major daily newspapers did no publish sunday As a result of a 48-hour nationwide walkout by journalists protesting stalemated contract talks. Only a few regional papers exempt from the strike came out sunday. Television and radio ran limited news broadcasts sunday without film reports and were to cancel ill newscasts on monday. The journalists strike prevented most italians from Reading about the exploits of Italy s olympic incur of hero Alberto Tom a who won his second Gold medal saturday. Paesch sen one of the dailies exempt from the strike ran a front Page headline saying Alberto Tomba is already a  Aquino says envoys sent to Marcos Manila Philippines a presi Dent Cora Ion Aquino monday said she sent two relatives to meet Ferdinand Marcos in Hawaii and her ousted predecessor said he wanted to negotiate his return. Aquino said she was not ready to Tel Marcos come Back hut a senator hinted thai Marcos May be allowed to come Home if he swears allegiance to the government and Mccols other terms. Presidential spokesman to Coloro Benigno told reporters Aquino recently sent her Uncle. Rep. Francisco Sumulong. And Cousin. Rep. Egmidio Tanjuatco to meet with Marcos at Bis Home in Honolulu. Marcos lied the Philippines in february 1986 after a military civilian uprising that followed fraud tainted presiden tial elections in which both be and Aquino claimed Victory go there and listen. If we can listen to other people Why Cin l a listen to or. Marcos who said that he had an in pundit Mage Luil my Ikuji a quoted Aquino As telling her relatives. Tanjuatco told the associated press i saw or. Marcos in Honolulu starting at 2 . On Jan. 26. We met Only once. The meeting was Between him and my self Only. During the meeting. Or mar cos reiterated to me i desire to return to the Philippines at the earliest oppor  in Honolulu where Marcos lives in exile Marcos issued a statement saying we arc ready to appoint our representatives to negotiate the details and conditions under which my family and 1 shall return to the Philippines for the salvation of the country from inc bloody takeover by communist insurgent. The suit men commended the Aqui no government for inviting All political factions to organize one United political to Rulure and congratulated the Aquino government for existing As Long As it has. The Aquino government had no immediate response1 to la statement from Marcos. Immediate family from returning to the Philippines. Asked by reporters monday whether the would let Marcos return Aquino replied not  she refused to elaborate. But sen. Neptali Gonzales a former Justice minister in the Aquino govern ment told reporters Marcos might be allowed to return if he swears allegiance to the administration and settles claims that he stole billions of dollars from the Treasury during bit 20-year Rule. In another development officials said they found the name Imelda Marcos on the passenger list of a night that arrived in Manila saturday from Australia a Marcos family spokesman said mrs. Marcos was still in Hawaii. Lebanese poet Dies Beirut Lebanon a poet and philosopher Mikhail Naimy 58, consid ered the last of Lebanon s major literary figures died Here after a Short bout of in Rumonia. Relatives said monday. Sex Grid Star runs for office Linton Falls no. A former army football Star Peter Dawn coins monday announced bit candidacy for the gop Senate nomination in a bid to unseat democratic Frank Lautenberg. Saying new Jersey needs to improve its environment education and employment. Dawn coins was a Rhodes scholar and Vietnam War hero after be graduated from West Point. He is the first candidate to announce his candidacy in the june 7 Republican primary. Both Dawkins and Viulen bin already Nave raised pistons and an employing top National Politi Cal strategists. Dawkins has never before sought office bul be has item More than a year planting the seeds of his candidacy around inc stale