European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes tuesday. April 5,19bb news updates 5. Korea apologizes Seoul South Korea a the government has apologized and offered compensation of hundreds of people killed and wounded when its troops scoured the City of Kwangju 10 Pui Down a 9bo civil revolt. I was the first official go pm mint apology Tot its handling of tic citizens uprising the Oral in modern South Koran history. Donation planned Montgomery a a. Apt the Alabama journal which has won a Tuii Tzer prize for a series about the time s infant mortality problem is donating in prize Money to help fight the situation. Richard Amberg said Lite newspaper will donate the $3,000 Prim Lothe gift of life foundation a Mont Gomery group dedicated to lowering Chr slate s infant mortality Rale which is the h i ghost of any state. The newspaper won a pulitzer prize for Genera news reporting for a series on Why More than 13 out of every 1,000 babies bom in Alabama die before heir first birthday. Astronaut medals Houston a Nasa flight medals honouring he seven Astro Nau s who dial in the challenger explosion More than two years ago have been Given to their families. The presentations were made during a ceremony a Day after hundreds of people gathered at a celebrity packed in Ute and fund Raiser for the challenger Center for space education. June Scobee widow of Chal Lenger commander Dick Scobee said ii would have been a tremendous moment for the astronauts if they had lived 1c, receive the night medals. Tibetan arrests Beijing a More than 200 people were arrested following a bloody March 1 Independence pro lest in Tibet but most have been released the Panchen Lama Tibet an buddhism s no. 2 Leader said monday. Ii was the first time an official figure has been Given far the num Ber of arrests linked to the Demon stration during which thousands of tibetans stoned chinese armed police and burned vehicles to pro test More than 37 years of chinese communist Rule. Foreign reporters have not Bee allowed into Tibet s capital Lhasa since the protest but Western travellers there have reported wide spread arrest with estimates rang ing up to 1,000. Pravda accusations Moscow a the official communist party newspaper pravda monday Emild on arme Nian nationalist and Western radio stations of working hand in hand to create ethnic troubles in two so Viet  Sharp personal criticism lev eled by pravda at arrested armenian nationalist Parvar Ayrikyan came two weeks after the paper characterization of armenian activist u Eirc Mist led to protests in Vert Van the armenian capital. Ayrikyan who was a political prisoner Tor 17 Yean emerged As primary pokes Man for activists Bontly after armenian begin demonstrating feb. I for annexation of Ragomo Kara Hakh torn neighbor ing Azerbaijan. He travelled to mos cow and held two new  journalists. Carlucci Indian officials discuss Afghanistan defense matters new Delhi India a jux fens Secretary Frank c. Carlucci held two rounds of talks monday with Indian officials on Afghanistan and on expanding defense cooperation Between the two nations an Indian defense ministry offi Cial said. The general focus a on bilateral cooperation in mailers of defense re search production and development said the official who briefed reporter son condition of anonymity. Carlucci Mcl with Indian defense minister . Pant and the chiefs of the Indian army air Force and Navy. Foreign Secretary , Monon sat in on on session the official said. To was Carlucci s first visit to India and followed by 18 months a similar Stop on he subcontinent by former defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. India has been interested in acquiring . Technology for a Light combat air Craft that it � developing. It Law has been seeking some specialized military equipment such As radar systems As Cariucci c meetings were going on a line broke out several Miles away i he american cultural Center in downtown new Delhi. Indian and american officials said they believed there was no connection Between the fire and Carlucci s Ihrcke Day visit. Fire chief . Dheri said the Blaze was set of by a spark from Ronen working with torches on the air conditioning Fyt Tom. I Don t think any sabotage was involved he said. Douglas Rose Deputy director of the . Information service in new Delhi described Ilas an Accident and said there is absolutely no connection be tween the Blaze and Carlund i visit. The fire Wai largely confined to a sin Gle room of the five Story cultural  estimates were not immedi ally available. Carlucci Wax scheduled to visit Mili tary installations near Bombay on tues Day before meeting with prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. He was to leave wednesday for Paki Stan India s rival in the Region. The Vijil Comnas  talks resumed in Geneva to try to end the soviet military intervention in Afghani Stan. The soviet Sam troops to Afghanistan in 1979 to prop up a pro Moscow re Gime. Kremlin Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev has said he will begin withdrawing the ii5,000 soviet troop once an agreement is reached with Pakistan in Geneva. The United slain has Given significant military Aid to neighbouring Pakistan to assist the afghan rebels fighting the soviets. The United news of India news Agency reported that the question of the United states reducing its Arau supplies to Pau Stan following the soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan also came up for  uni gave no specifics on the Issue. Carlucci went to India tiler a three Day visit to Morocco. He Wai schedule to visit Tunisia in route Back to the United Stales. Union Carbide ordered to pay interim Relief to Bhopal victims Jabalpur India a an Indian judge on monday rejected an Appeal by Union Carbide corp. And ordered it to pay z.5 billion in pics 1192 million in interim Relief for victims of Lite fico Pat Gas disaster. The ruling caused confusion however because he judgment appeared to link the payment to the merits of the Indian government s still pending s3 billion lawsuit against Union Carbide instead of the Side Issue of interim Relief the 1984 Bhopal Gas leak the world s worst Industrial disaster killed at least 2,800 people and injured Mare Oiin 20,000. Monday s ruling in the High court of Adhya Pravesh slate came on Union Carbide Appeal of interim Relief or dered by a Bhopal District court. Union Carbide a .-Dased multinational had argued that a Grant of interim Relief could prejudice the outcome of lie government lawsuit. In rejecting the Appeal High court judge . Seth said. The liability of Union Carbide co make interim pay ment is  he added thai the interim Relief pay men was not separate from the merits of the Case but was what tic called a pay ment As damages based on Prima Facie cases having been made out in favor of the Indian government at Union Carbide s Headquarters in the United states company spokesman Robertm. I Crook said the company would study the ruling before deciding whether to a peal to India s supreme court the ruling of the judge win not serve the reel needs of the Bhopal victims Ber Zol said the High court Judie is holding Union Carbide liable and Tail can Only result in additional litigation while the genuine victims remain in the  sch ordered Union Carbide to depos it the interim Relief within two months. Navy identifies 2 Accident victims Rota Spain is the Navy on monday released the names of two peo ple kilted in separate Oft base traffic Acci dents March 27. Master chief Petty officer William f. Elmerj or. Was killed in a head on crash that also lulled one Spanish passenger in the other automobile and injured three others a base spokeswoman said. He was a passenger in elmers car. Petty offi cer 2.c. Clenley Bevitori 30, was hospitalized until Friday for treatment of injuries. Elmers the operations chief Petty offi cer of the naval oceanography com Mand Center at Rota was a native of Indianola mils. Me is survived by a daughter Sarah Ann id and a ton Fabian 10, both of Rota. He was buried monday in North yield Minn. La. Patricia Ann Granger of North Canton Ohio was killed when her motorcycle collided with a truck at 5 1 . On a Road in puerto it Saint Maria about six Miles from the base tie spokeswoman said. She was 33. Granger was the officer in charge of the naval station s personnel support Del Granger is to be buried wednesday at Arlington National cemetery in Arling ton a. Zaccaro cocaine trial opens in it. Rutland it. A the cocaine trial of John Zarcaro or. Opened Monica a with the judge barring All but sin reporters from the jury selection process and ordering that no information be publicly disclosed until a jury ii Choteau. Zaccaro the son of former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro is accused of Selling one Quarter Gram of cocaine to to under cover policewoman. The charge to which Zaccaro pleaded innocent carries a five year prison term. Judge Francis Mccaffrey mud he expects jury selection to last three Days adding that any published information could unduly influence the jury Pool. Zaccaro arrived is Vermont District court in Rutland linked by his it tomcat Ferraro and her husband John Zarcaro sr., arrived in a separate Gar and followed their Ion into court Mccaffrey said six of 11 reporter in the court com could attend jury dec lion but said they would not be Able to publish the information until the jury is expand to. It u important that we get an impartial jury. Thai u where you person have become an Issue Mccaffrey told reporters. Hit decision he said essentially provides a  officials release name of of killed in crash Wor Zbuka wat Germany Mili tary official monday released the name of the Soldier who died when his car Wen off the Road and struck a tree Friday morning near Kirin Gen. Wen Germany. Spec. 4 Daniel h. Traub 23. Was to air traffic controller with the 3rd in. Seth aviation re tin sch Tobisch Hall West Germany did Juan Melon act. Traub had worked at the Harvey Barracks control town in Kittinger Lince november. To had Beta in the army three Yean and eight month Traub u survived by his parents Ehu  of Hialeah Fla and Mary c. Lauter of Ormond Beach Fla. Of Kuli Are to Tell investigating the Accident