European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes monday May 9, 1988 afghan Rob vols examine a recently captured soviet bth-60pb armoured personnel Carrier at the Harikal Garrison. Combat conditions expected during soviets afghan pullout Moscow a soviet soldiers will withdraw from Afghanistan As fighting continues around them inc communist party daily pravda said saturday in an article apparently intended to caution soviets that there will be More casualties. Comments of red army soldiers about the withdrawal and some of heir dead comrades were More open than usual in printed reports from Afghanistan by the soviet press. Under the terms of an agreement signed in Geneva april 14. The soviet Union will begin on May lilo withdraw its estimated 115,000 soldiers from Afghani Slan. Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev has called the Afghanistan War a bleeding wound for the soviet Inion but soviet casualties in the War never have been revealed. The pravda article headlined the Lasi summer proclaimed hat the soviet soldiers were preparing to come Home. Ii was accompanied by a picture of three smiling soldiers. But the paper said the withdrawal of soviet units for Home is a complicated operation. Ii will be carried out in War conditions and will not be comparable to he withdrawal of six regiments in october 1986." withdrawal of the Sii regiments was dismissed widely by Western officials As a propaganda ploy with no significance for inc soviet War Effort in Afghani Stan. Pravda said afghan rebels were continuing to fight soviet and afghan government soldiers. Irving to spoil the process of reconciliation and complicating the realization of the Geneva  it said their first task was to pile up weapons inside Afghanistan to create there stockpiles and  it accused the anti marxist insurgents of continuing to attack cities intimidating citizens and committing sabotage. Pravda quoted one Soldier v. Malashkin. Who told about the death of a Friend the Captain of a helicopter that was shot Down by a rebel missile on april 18, four Days after the treaties were signed in Geneva. The Pilot capt. Sergei Gustv. Left a wife son and daughter in Minsk the capital of soviet byelorussian pravda said. He had served in Afghanistan eight months and kid been decorated twice. Along with him died la. Pavel Shchipakov it said. The paper also quoted other soldiers recalling the names of their friends who had died in combat. The soviets have pledged to withdraw All of the soldiers from Afghanistan in nine months half of them within the first three months. The paper said soviet soldiers had helped build roads and Bridges improved the water Supply and helped the afghans in Many other ways. Soviet Soldier entered Afghanistan in december 1979 and replaced one pro soviet government with another. They remained to fight insurgents operating from bases in Pakistan and Iran where millions of afghans fled to escape the fight ing. Gorbachev seeks press backing Moscow a soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorba Chev went before lop journalists and artists saturday and asked them to support his program of reforms. Also on saturday the communist party newspaper pravda called on representatives who will attend an important party conference next month to Blunt the conservatives who doubt the Wisdom of Gorbachev s reforms. Gorbachev addressed a meeting in the communist party Central committee of editors of top staustin give a mum newspaper and literary journals and Heads of artistic pravda said unions. Tass reported. The soviet Leader called on editors and artists to All the More energetically help in the renewal of All sides of our life said the Brief toss report. It said a full report on the meeting would be published later. At several such meetings recently Gorbachev has sought to define the limits of what is permissible in the soviet press under his More open policies. Delegates to tie party conference scheduled for late june will not Only have to defend the revolutionary Way of thinking and acting but should the need arise give a courageous Rebuff to conservative aspirations pravda said saturday thai Gorbachev s opponents have been underestimated. World today Many return to azores to participate in fest Ponta Delgada azores a thou Sands or a oreans from around the world marched in the opening procession saturday or the annual Fasla do Schof Sanlo Crisco the most revered roman Catholic festival of the year on this mid Atlantic Island Chain. Hun dds of emigrants Home from inc United slates Canada Venezuela Brazil. Bermuda and Continental Portugal were among tie throng that accompanied the venerated statue known As holy Christ of the miracles on its yearly Parade from the City s Esperanca Convent to the adjoin ing Church Lor a Day s Public display. The crowd filled most of the Square in front of the Convent and Church praying in hushed voices As the image presented to two Adorean nuns by Pope Paul Iii in 1941, was presented. Pilgrims required to have meningitis vaccination Riyadh. Sudi Arabia a moslem Pil grims travelling to saudi Arabia this year will require vaccinations against meningitis. Or. Abdullah a. No Anbi director general of the ministry of health s contagious Anil parasitic disease department said saturday that those who cannot produce a health certificate will be vaccinated when they reach saudi Arabia. It will be effective but not As effective us one Given three weeks in Advance Yaniri said. Confirming news published earlier saturday in saudi newspapers he said i m afraid it is a must. We Are concerned about their  american Hurt saving son from Rhinoceros attack Katmandu Nepal up1 an american wildlife expert was severely mauled when he threw himself Between his 4-Ycar-old son and a charging Rhinoceros. Jarnes Smith. 46, a professor of fisheries and wildlife at the University of Minnesota was rustic to a Hospital in Katmandu with Chest leg and head injuries. Hospital officials said sunday . This was one of the greatest acts of bravery i have Ever seen a National Park official said. He just stood in front of the charging Rhino. Nothing happened to the  the incident occurred at the Royal Chilwanna tonal part 90 Miles Southwest of Katmandu Ai Smith was setting raps for Small mammals. When he saw the chaining Rhino. Smith leaped in front of his son and took inc full Impact of inc attack. 37 treated after exposure to acid leak in Latvia Moscow a nitric acid leaked from a Pramac cubical Plant near the latvian capital of Riga on saturday and 37 people were treated for respiratory problems the official soviet news Agency Tass said. Tass said the i cafe in the City of Ola inc located just Southwest of Riga was contained in 2vt hours Elsaid officials look measures to protect the Resl of inc population from air Poison ing but did not  Accident caused no casualties but 37 people sought medical assistance complaining of malaise of the upper respiratory Wacl tas said. According to physicians their lives Are out of  were taking samples of air id the City every half hour and inc results indicated there was no danger to the environment Tass said. It did not say How much acid leaked or How the Accident occurred. 200 die thousands infected in Java Dengue epidemic Jakarta Indonesia up1 an epidemic of Dengue fever has claimed More than 200 lives and afflicted Lens of thousands of others officials and new reports said saturday. The infectious disease most commonly found in tropical regions is spread by mosquitoes and is characterized by severe pain and fever. The disease s death toll includes 116 people in Central Java this year