European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page s the stars and stripes tuesday. March 8,1388 Sam Finsta backers Tih of leks and Mcki Llatet an null i mar int protester sunday in Maya Nicaragua. Sandinista supporters disperse anti government demonstrators Masaya Nicaragua a Rock throwing sup porters of the sandinista government broke up a March sunday by about 1,000 people protesting the military Iran and new economic measures. The government backers shouted people Power As they charted the marchers in Masaya 20 Miles Southeast or the capital of Managua. As the marchers fled pro sandinista youths pursued them and struck them with clubs and Sticks. Witti Essl s reported thai one government supporter was injured when his colleagues mistakenly thought he was a protester and hit him repeatedly with clubs. They said that among the others injured was a Young boy who sulters a lace wound. Nicaraguan red Cross officials treating the victims a Ould not say Bow Many people were injured or give of her details and blocked reporters from seeing the wounded. The witnesses called the attackers  the Spanish word Here for mobs and said turban often Are cat Jcj out to break up anti government demonstrations. Several of the Al tack were wearing military uni forms said the witnesses who spoke on condition of anonymity. The March a sponsored by the nicaraguan demo cratic coordinate Nicaragua s main opposition group. To protest he military draft and economic measures i hat boosted prices Rand scrapped Loco a Cordaba cur Rency As part of an inflation fighting program. The protesters also called for amnesty for political prison ers. The democratic coordinate is made up of four opposition political parties the Superior Council of Pri vate Enterprise and two labor unions. Coordinate president Carios Huembes headed the month. Also present were Erick Ramirez Julio Garcia and Agustin Jarquin leaders of three factions of the social Christian party and Jose Antonio bom Lla of the social democratic party. The coordinate leaders took Refuge in a Salesman religious school in the Southern part of the City while Oiler marchers hid in various houses. After dispersing the March the sandinista support ers gathered in front of the Masaya theater where pc Scrico Lopez a government Delegate for four cast pm provinces addressed the crowd. He declared that the enemies of the people in the pay of the american embassy and the Cia had sought to Lake Over the City streets. We Are not going to fall to the provocation of the North american right he said. A vehicle near the theater had been overturned and set afire by the pro Sandini Slos. Ii could not be determined if police had made an arrests. The sandinista had planned their own March in Masaya to Mark women s Day which Wilt be celebrated tuesday in Nicaragua. World today anti apartheid activists vandalize Shell stations Rotterdam Netherlands a Ami apartheid activists have vandalised at least j7 Shell service stations to protest the dutch Brit ish Oil giant s presence in South Africa a company spokesman said monday in the most massive anti Shell Campaign Here to Dale the activists damaged tilling hoses wrecked pumps and painted slogans on i lie Tajti of Shell service stations in 20 cilia and town throughout the nation according to Shell spokesman Eric Stan Csc the protest actions occurred Between sunday night and monday morning sic Neke Laid add in that the damage amounted to several Hun dred thousand dollars. India plans to extend. Federal Rule in Punjab new Delhi India a the government plans to Amend the Indian Constitution 10 facilitate Extension of direct Federal Rule in troubled elate of Punjab the Deputy Home minister announced monday. P. Chidambaram told the governing lower House of parliament the amendments would Only apply to Punjab where sikh militants have been waging a bloody Campaign Tor Independence. He said the amendments would allow the government to extend direct Federal Rule Tor More than the one year currently allowed by the Constitution. Punjab s stale government was dismissed in May 1987 for failing to curb sikh terrorism and the state was placed under Federal Rule for us months. The duration was extended for another is month. Phoenician artefacts on exhibit in Venice Venice Italy a phoenician Art and artefacts marking the ancient Mediterranean Peoples legacy to civilization arc on display in an ambitious exhibit that will last until novem Ber the exhibit two years in the making includes Sarcophagi loaned from the louvre Rand told work from the British museum at Well a jewry. Ivory masks and Lerra Colet figures. Other items on display include treasures from Palermo the sicilian capital that Stu once a phoenician Community from Carthage and from Lebanon. Joyce Gemayel wife of the lebanese presi Dent attended the inauguration of the exhibit which includes artefacts from her private collection As Well As loaned items from the american University of Beirut. Nixon predicts Bush Dole is. Dukakis Gephardt London Dpi former president if hard nil on. In a column for ill. Sun Day times newspaper on the . Elec Tion said the super tuesday primaries would pare the race in just Georgc Bush and Bob Dole for the republicans and Michael Dukakis and Richard Gephardt for the democrats. Nixon also said the next american president would have to Deal carefully with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and warned presidential hopefuls they cannot Hope to win the election if they advocate a weak foreign policy. The Cason of every postwar Ameri can election except the Victory of Jimmy Carter in 1976, is thai no one can be elected president by advocating a policy of weakness abroad Nixon said. We must recognize that the nation would be infinitely belter served if both parties nominated candidates who prom ised Strong responsible foreign policy leadership. Mikhail Gorbachev is by far the Ablest soviet Leader since Stalin. A Strong american president will have his hands full dealing with him. A weak one will be Putty in Gorbachev s hands he said. Nixon said vice president Bush and Senate Republican Leader Dole of Kan Sas were the main gop contenders. In his sunday column he also viewed Massachusetts Cov. Dukakis and Missouri rep Gephardt As leaders in the demo cratic Field. Super tuesday will not decide the Republican and democratic Nomi nations but it will reduce the Field of possible nominees to to from each party. There will be few surprises. Even now two Days before voters in the 20 mainly Southern states go to the polls and five months before the democratic convention the probable outcome of the 198 1 primaries is already Clear. George Bush s Southern strength nukes him the Clear favorite to win the Republican race. But Bob Dole can make it a race to the Post by winning califor Nia s Winner take a primary on june 6. " former to evangelist Pat Robertson will have enough delegates to in fluence the platform but not enough to ensure Bis selection As the vice presiden tial nominee. Rep. Jack Kemp of new York will have made a credible enough showing to have a Good shot Ai winning a place on a Bush ticket he said. Nixon said the democrats face the dilemma of finding their candidates selected not by responsible party leaders but by Liberal activists who work and vote in the  with Dukakis and Gephardt Likely to be the Only serious democratic contend ers following super tuesday Ninon said they still would have to watch oat for undeclared candidate who might be drafted in the event of a deadlock during the july convention. Ninon predicted that civil rights activist Jesse Jackson would not get the Nomi nation although his support could be in Strumental in pulling the democratic platform toward the left. In 1960, when 1 was the first Republican presidential candidate to Campaign in every Southern slate the South had the reputation of being racially Back Ward economically and socially conservative and strongly patriotic. In 1988, race is a bigger Issue in Northern cities than in the  he note "5outhemers ire no More conservative on Domestic policy than he rest of the country. But what has not changed is their commitment to a Strong defense and foreign  Ninon said new York gov. Mario Cuomo a Democrat is an example of someone who understands the need for a Strong foreign policy. The former president said after visit ing Moscow last year he Cuomo changed signals. He now advocates a Strong National defense. In pledging not to bargain away adj president Reagan s space based anti missile program the strategic defense initiative lie sounds More hawkish ban Many