European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes tuesday March 15.1988soviet Leader arrives in Yugoslavia for visit world today Bli Crade Yugoslavia a soviet trader Mikhail Gorbachev monday began a five Day official visit to Vul Gustavia a communist nation suffering Tram High inflation and unemployment and a 52 1 Pillion foreign debt. The soviet l out Miami party general Secretary accompanied by his wife Thaisa. Landed in Belgrade in a special Aeroflot Ilyushin Jet hat flew directly from Mif cow. Yugoslavia s iop party and government leaders were on hand Al the Airport to Greet the Gorbachev. Irha Chov is the first soviet Leader in visit Yugo Slavia since the May 1980 death of Josip Tiro Tito who pulled his nation out of the soviet bloc in i a 1o pursue a non Ali tied foreign policy and a once Vaun cd system of worker self management in the Economy. Thai system looks increasingly frail As Yugoslavia hat lies 170 percent inflation and is percent unemployment and struggles to repay in foreign debt. Last year. Yugoslavia s communist leadership faced unprecedented worker unrest with More than 1.500 strikes adding to the traditional problems of keeping Brit Lhrm-alls1 Jurisc nation to Gelhar the Salt m of self  by which markers nominally run Yugoslavia s enterprises will be one topic on  s Agenda at meetings monday with Yugoslavia s communist in Adan assistant foreign mini scr Lilija  of aug Solaria told reporters in Belgrade on sunday. Asked whether he yugoslavs would discuss recent ethnic tension in the soviet Union with Gorbachev Ljutic said this was the Kremlin s internal affair and Vve shall certainly leave thai to heir own  he added however thai Gorbachev would have an Opportunity to Sec for himself How Yugoslavia a diverse nation of is republics and two autonomous re Gions Deal with ethnic linguistic and economic differences. Gorbachev s drive for More open Rai on social problems and economic Reform in the soviet Union has been called into question recently by Mats Demon is rations by armenians in the Southern soviet Union. At least 32 people died when ethnic tension betwee the largely Christian armenian and their moslem neighbors the azeris boiled Over into fighting in the Azerbaijan City of sum Ait two weeks ago Gorbachev will not be visiting Kosovo the Yugo slav Region most plagued by ethnic tension Between ethnic albanians and serbian and montenegrin a nor ivies. Bui he will gel a look at the economic diversity of Yugoslavia visiting factories in the relatively nourishing northernmost Republic of Slovenia and die Adriatic port of Dubray Niv As Welt As in Belgrade. The visit to Slovenia May also give Gorbachev a look at the Way his country could develop if the Krem Lin Leader s three year drive for More democracy under communism gains further irn plus. Slovenia has the most Liberal newspapers of Yugo Slavia s free Wheeling slate controlled press and Young people there Nave emulated West european counterpart in pushing strongly for greater ecological concern a ban on nuclear Power and an end to compulsory military conscription. Stealing the to picture an unidentified Man outside the Colsto Rey Church in Panama City Annaina takes i television amen from world television news reporter Murchel a nine during protest held sunday. A group of about eight armed civilians Alk Ltd la disrupt Church services wid prevented it distribution of leaflets assailing the panamanian military Lender Manue Lantonio Noriega. Soviet dissidents headed for seminar detained Moscow a police detained to lout seven Diu dents and former political prisoners who planned to wed a seminar on the soviet Union s increasingly volatile eth Nic problem the meeting s organizer said sunday. Lev Timofeyev Aid the to people who did attend the unsanctioned weekend seminar issued a statement condemning the Unrast Bible and Irros Ponsie behaviour of police agencies in detaining would be parti Rinau. Timofeyev a Moscow human rights activist Aid the group that met at his Southern Moscow apartment Learned that seven activists from Lithuania Georgia Estonia and the Ukraine were taken off of mini ind planes headed for the capital. Taiwanese nuke scientist May have fled to . Taipei Taiwan a a lop taiwanese nuclear scientist has disappeared and May have fled to the United state with confidential blueprints allegedly showing that Taiwan plans 10 make nuclear weapons newspapers reported sunday. Government officials have repeatedly denied any plans to produce nuclear weapons. They have wid that All nuclear research programs in Taiwan Are for peace Ful purposes. On Friday defense minister Cheng Wei Yuan told the Low making legislative Yuan Hal a warrant had been issued for the arrest of col. Chang Hsiun i 45, who was Deputy director of the nuclear Energy re search Center Al the military run Chungshan Institute of science and technology. Water from Pool used to put out Castle fire 5altash. England a firefighters used water from a swimming Pool sunday to douse 0 fire that swept through inc Castle Home of lady Boyd of Merlon a member of the guinness banking and brewing family. Police in Saltash on England s Southwest coast Laid that while some valuable furniture books and Antiques were saved More Ihan 40 firefighters from five towns were unable to prevent the Blaze from causing severe damage to the 17lh-Ccnlury Home. Lady Boyd formerly lady Patricia guinness and Othen in the Castle fled to safely after the fire broke out Early sunday morning said a spokesman for the Devon and Cornwall constabulary. Cause of the fire has yet to be determined. Some contents of the property have been salvaged but extensive damage has been caused and the main body of the House has been gulled the spokesman mid burmese rebel offers . Captured opium three Pagoda pass Burma up a Bur Mese resistance Leader sunday invited the jailed states to pick up More than 5,000 pounds of raw opium he said his troops captured from the but mex army it would be Best for , officials to Fly up 10 the Kachin stoic and pick up the opium. They Are Welcome 10 it without any conditions said Drang seng chair Man of the Kachin Independence organization. To seems the suite department is reluctant to con tact me but i will order Hie opium handed Over to anyone they want Brang Laid at the Jungle base of an Allied resistance group at three Pagoda Pas near the thai burmese Border. Thousands of skiers remain trapped at resorts Innsbruck Austria a tens of thousands of skiers remained trapped in three Alpine ski resorts monday after avalanches tilled 10 people and injured at least 20 Over the weekend. It was the wont Winter spans death toll for a single Ruck and in Austria in decades. Roads to the Lech a tors and Stubin Lions were snowed in Fot a third Slraight Day High winds prevented Heli copters from reaching the three High Alti tude towns. Among those stranded in Lech were the former dutch Queen princes Juliana and her husband Prince Bern hard officials said thousands of skiers most of them vacationing Weil Ger mans and scandinavians could re main stranded until tuesday because of heavy snows and continued danger of avalanches. The Road to is. Anton was reopened monday after seven people were killed and at least 20 injured in the resort town on sunday five vacationing swedish skiers and two austrian were killed in is. Anton Early sunday when two successive avalanches rolled Down the sleep mountains ind buried several chalets authorities did. Three other people were killed in separate avalanches on saturday bringing Austria s weekend Winter sports death loll to 10. The accidents followed the death last weekend of a close Friend of Brit Ain s Prince Charles his Friend was killed by a Tow slide in the Swiss re sol of Klaucs. The snows id narrowly missed Charles the avalanches at St. Anlon destroyed four houses damaged several other buildings ind buried the Only train tracks leading into the Mountain Ous resort. Innsbruck police said authorities would not release the names of victims until the Nekl of Kin had been notified. The enact number of those injured in the incident was not Clear but tev eral people were taken by helicopter to hospitals in Innsbruck and nearby Zams according to a police official. Police said that the Tingle Road Utal connects St. Anlon to the outside world remained closed but that the train traffic 10 the resort had been resumed. Is. Anlon set n 4,1 is feel in the Arlberg Region of Western Austria is one Oft lie country s oldest and Best known ski resorts