European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes thursday. March 24,1986 news updates ferry in scrap Yard Taipei. Taiwan api the British ferryboat Herald of free Enterprise which capsized off the belgian Coss last year killing 193 people aboard hat arrived at Southern Taiwan crap Yard. The ferry was in a disastrous late. There s Only mud and Gar Bage left  an official of on shun Hua sleep co. In Kaohsiung 220 Miles South of Taipei said wednesday. The ferry arrived in the scrapyard tuesday night after being towed on a so Day 7,382-Naulicai-mile journey from a dutch port. The Herald of free Enterprise capsized o t the belgian port or Zeebrugge March 6, 197, in the worst peacetime disaster involving a British ship since the titanic Sank in 1912, dutch Speed limits the Hague Netherlands a the Dulith parliament tuesday approved a government plan to raise the Speed limit on the nation s High ways from 10010 120 Kilometres 62to 74 Miles an hour. The 73-66 Vole ended several years of acrimonious debate be tween environmentalists pro Auto lobbying groups and the govern ment which conceded that the old Speed limit was barely enforceable and widely  s decision marked the demise or a measure that was passed after the 1973 Arab Oil embargo against the Netherland when it supported Israel in the Arab israeli War. Hepatitis in China Beijing a nearly300,000 people have become sick and 11 have died in Shanghai s 2-Roonln-old hepatitis epidemic with about boo More people falling ill each Day it was reported tues the highest figures chinese officials released previously were 16,000 ill and seven dead but Western doctors visiting Shanghai have insisted the epidemic is much worse. Some unconfirmed reports have estimated 700,000 to 800,000 cases in Shanghai alone but health officials say those estimates Are enrolled. Shanghai has a Popula of nearly 7 million people. The latest figure were published tuesday by the English Lan Guage China daily which also re ported about 70.000 hepatitis cases in Zhenjiang province Southof Shanghai and nearly 36,000 cues in a tangs province North of the Shanghai. Child abuse death new York a a grand jury has added drug and weapons charges to the indictment again Stan attorney charged with murder in the beating death of a 6-year-Oldgirl he bad illegally adopted a prosecutor said  found heroin cocaine and marijuana in Joel Steinberg Greenwich Village apartment on nov. 2 when they discovered Lis Steinberg comatose and brain dead Manhattan District attorney Robert Morgenthau said. The apartment also contained Scales crack pipes and drug recipe cards for cocaine and heroin derivatives along with a ,45-Ealiber re Volver and bullets for another Wea Pon Morgenthau said. The child s death touched off nationwide debate on child abuse and the role of school and welfare officials in trying to prevent it pact reached on contract for some German workers  Bureau Public sector Union negotiator reached agreement Early wednesday on a new contract which spreads a a per cell wage increase Over three years but tails Short of the Central demand of a 33-hour workweek a Union spokeswoman  for the shortened workweek at full pay led to a rash of warning strike sin february throughout West Germany and West Berlin by Public transport pos Tal and other government workers. The Public service transport an traffic Union contract will directly or indirectly affect about s million women the spokeswoman said. The agreement also will provide grist for employment contracts with non rank and file employees in the Public  Union settled on a 38vi-hour workweek to be determined by dropping one hour off Hie present 40-hour week in 1989 and another one half hour in 1990,according to Ulrike Wolkow spokeswoman for the Public service transport and traffic Union. Criticism that the hourly reductions did not go far enough to provide More Job was reported wednesday from within opposition social Democrat free Democrat and Green party rank a Shorter workweek As a Means of reducing the ranks of West Germany s 2.5million unemployed has been a major theme of discussion in German labor politics during recent month. In late february 140.000 steelworkers in Northern Germany became the first m West Germany to negotiate a 36�i-Hourworkweek. Roughly 380,000 West Ger Man Bank employees Are asking for a 39-hour workweek. Continuing be Public sector Union de Mand for a 3s-hour workweek at full pay would have Given us More than the arbitration talks but it would have meant a strike Woytow twid. Arbitration began Lait weekend it the request of the governmental negotiating communion conducting bulb with the Union. Commission officials maintained governmental budget restraints erect de drastic change in the workweek Tad the tame pay Tor less hours would not automatically create new jobs Wulkow said the hour per Neek pot was sweetened by reinstatement of on of two free Days per year. The two Day were negotiated during previous contract talks cd 1984 one Wai truck during the weekend arbitration then reinstated Dur ing final talks which ended wednesday. The wage increase approved we for2.4 percent in 1988, with the Union agreeing not la make the increase retroactive to january of this year. Smaller increases of 1.4 percent for 1989 and 1.7percent for 1990 were approved. Con. Tract talks begin again in 1992. Dukakis easily defeats rivals in democrats abroad primary by David Tarrant Suff writer Michael Dukakis easily Defeated Jess Jackson and several other rivals in an overseas primary for demo Craig tues Day. The Massachusetts governor got 990votes, or 41,7 percent of the 2,173 bal lots cast to Jackson s 347 votes or 14.6percent, said Issue gravel of democrats abroad who directed the ballot counting in London. Andrew Sundberg a businessman Liv ing in Switzerland who ran As a favorite son candidate took third place with304 votes or 12.8 percent Illinois sen. Paul Simon was fourth with 248 votes or 10.4 percent Graves said he thought the vote was fairly reflective of the us., because the voters come from All across the  re not just from one  of the seven delegates selected by the balloting six Are uncommitted and Oneis pledged to Dukakis. Two other delegates will be chosen by party officials at their annual convention in May. With the democratic presidential nomination still undecided. Graves said even nine delegates could have an in part when the democratic party meets in Atlanta july 18-21 to select a Candi Date for president it s still up for grabs and every Delegate counts he said. So those nine votes might Start to have an  All democrats Over is years old an residing abroad including military Mem Ber and us. Government employees were eligible to vote in the overseas presidential primary the fourth held by Democrat abroad. The Republican party did not Holda primary ibis year but encouraged republicans living overseas to vote by Absentee ballot a party spokesman said. Organizers of the democrats abroad primary had said earlier that they boxed the primary would draw up to 5,000 Vot ers because of the crowded Field of candidates and an extra Effort by officials Roget ballots to voters. It s still More than last time grave said. For the first time the group receive permission to end ballots to embassies and consulates to help make ballots More accessible to voters. Grave mid he Hopes the Delegate going to the democratic National convention in Atlanta will have Chance a particulate some of the concerns of Ameri cans living abroad including issues of taxation and representation. These Are issues that need to Bob Rought to the forefront Graves said. Wiesbaden Middle school teacher Dies Wiesbaden Sas a 43-year-olddepartment of defense dependent schools teacher died monday of cancer at a in Lipton n.d., Hospital. Karen Kroseman had taught business and typing Al the Wiesbaden Middle school since 1982.she joined the department of defense dependents schools system in 1970 a Ankara Turkey High school. Kroseman worked Tor the army education Center in we Brucken West Germany and the City colleges of Chicago from 1972 to 1976 before resuming to the United slates. Kroseman was a member of the Over seas education association and the overseas federation of teachers shews a member of the school advisory committee from 198s to 1987 and member of the business teachers association. She is survived by her husband Duane. Assistant principal at Tukaram elementary in Wiesbaden a daughter Kim a son Jeff her Mother a sister and six  memorial service ii scheduled for 3 20 . Friday at the Hainer Borg Chap Elthe family asks that in lieu of Flowers donations be made to the american can cer society. Dodds kids school year begins aug. 29 Wiesbaden is student i kindergarten through i Ith Grade can Cir Cle aug. 29 on their calendars the firs Day of classes of the i988- w school year. That monday will begin the first of183 Days of instruction for an estimated 152,000 department of defense Depin dents schools students the same number of instructional Days As tie current school year. Teachers report to work aug. 24. Thanksgiving Day nov. 24, and the following Friday will be non class Day for students and teachers. Warsaw pact begins War games in Bohemia Prague Czechoslovakia a czechoslovak and soviet ground troops tuesday started Well Dong War games i Northwestern Bohemia and foreign observers Wail be present the exercise involves 17,400 soviet and czechoslovak troops. Schools will recess dec. 19 for Christmas vacation and Claster will re sume Jan. 3. Easter vacation begins March 20 an classes resume March 27. The school year will end Friday june16, with june 19 planned As a teacher work Day and the final Day of employ ment for Dodds teachers a Region Rao Kecman said wednesday school officials Are trying to work out a plan so teachers end their duties june 16lo Lake advantage of the june 17-18 weekend