European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes tuesday May 17,1988 Man kills self 30 others with homemade bomb Beijing a thirty one people were killed last month when s Young Farmer upset after a fight with his Mother set off dynamic in a room crowded Wilh people watching television. The he Sci daily in a report seen in Beijing monday said 18 others were injured in the april 14 blast in Yujia Village in the Central Hebe prov  said the rare and catastrophic explosion was set of by you Al gang 21, and linked it to an argument he had the previous Day with his Mother. You bought five batteries and installed an igniter to Sticks of dynamite the report said. That evening he went to the Home of you me Gjuan where 50 people had gathered to Walch a film on television the daily said you set off the dynamite killing himself and 30 others. It was not Clear whether you Ming Juan was his Mother and whether she was killed in the blast. Televisions Are still fare in Many pans of Rural China and it is common for crowds to Congre Gate at the Homes of people with tvs. Venice Marks 1,000 years of canal City s link to sea Venice Italy a in a ritual that began nearly 1,000 years ago the mayor of Venice has renewed the City s links la the sea with fanfare and festivities. Mayor Antonio Cas Llali accompanied by other dignitaries were in is procession of boats that went from is. Mark s Square to the port of St. Nicolo Del Lido. Cons Llali then blessed a ring and a Laurel Wreath and cast them into the sea repeating the words of the ancient rite As a sign of eternal dominance we marry you of  the ceremony was first performed in 997, when the forces of doge Pietro Oscolo ii the chief magistrate of the Republic of Venice conquered Dalmatia a province of Croatia. The Tual was then repealed every year until 1797, when Napoleon cancelled the ceremony after his troops conquered the Region. French photographer wins Hasselblad award Stockholm Sweden a French photographer edouard Zoubat has been awarded the Hasselblad prize for photography Worth 200,000 French francs about . The Hasselblad foundation said in n statement that the pictures by Boubal 64, Are often Beautiful poetical depictions which Echo the impressionist play with Light the Hasselblad foundation was established by the makers of the Hasselblad camera. Cambodia plans a Day of hatred of Khmer Rouge Bangkok Thailand a cambodian authorities plan nationwide rallies and services during a Day of hatred commemorating the massacres by the former Khmer Rouge regime and have culled on the people to Battle its at tempts to relate Power. A text of the directive broadcast last Friday Over the official cambodian radio was obtained sunday from a Western embassy in Bangkok. The annual observation recalls the three years eight months and 20 Days during which the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia used vast slave labor Camps and extermination Chambers to kill hundreds of thousands of people plane makes Security Stop to count passengers Rome api a pan american jetliner in route from pans to Tel Aviv made an unscheduled two hour Stopover at Rome s Conan to a Vinci Airport to double Check the number of passengers. The plane s Captain decided to make the Stop for Security reasons because the Crew counted 94 instead of 95 passengers aboard the aircraft said Sandy Belvini an airline spokeswoman in Rome. The plane took off two hours later after the Crew determined that All 95 passengers on the Manifest were on he aircraft she said. Thatcher ministers in rift Over Economy papers say London a Britain s three leading sunday newspapers reported a serious split Between prime minister Margaret Thatcher and her two most senior ministers Over economic policy and said Thatcher was under party pressure to heal the reported rift. Thatcher aides arc denying in arc is a split and Are insisting the prime minister he no plans to reorganize her Cabinet the Domestic news Agency press association reported after Ibe sunday Telegraph the sunday times and the observer All headlined the alleged Dis Pute. The papers said Thatcher is disputing with Nigel Lowson Chancellor of the exchequer or treasurer and foreign Secretary sir Geoffrey Howe a former Treasury chief Over the strengthening British Pound. The Pound has risen strongly since March arousing concern that the mulling higher prices of British Export will damage British business and Industry. The prime minister is opposed to further intervention 1o hold the Pound Down on the grounds that it is inflationary Lawson advocates a stable Exchange rate interest rate manipulation and Central Bank intervention. Howe made Clear last week that he favors British participation in the Exchange rate stabilization of the european monetary system. Mrs Thatcher is facing mounting pressure to move sir Geoffrey Howe from the Post of foreign Secretary if she cannot resolve her seemingly intractable dispute Wilh him and or. Lawson. Over Exchange Rale policy said the sunday Telegraph. The sunday times which like the sunday Tele graph usually supports the Thatcher administration said senior members of the governing conservative party Are pressing Thatcher and Lawson to Issue a statement denying there is a rift. Rights must be safeguarded Walesa tells thousands at mass Warsaw Poland a poles will give their All for the country Only when their rights Are ensured Solidarity Leader Uch Walesa told tens of thousands of worshipped at an outdoor mass. It was the biggest Public appearance by Walesa since be and about 1.000 followers Etc Rad from the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk tuesday to end a nine Day sit in. Strikers gave up without winning Concession on pay or recognition of Solidarity the Trade Union federation outlawed after the imposition of martial Law in i9si. The sunday mass was celebrated in Walesa s Home City of Gdansk where Pope John Paul ii praised Soli Darity during a visit to Poland 11 months ago. Workers and students keep Solidarity Young and understand that Only Solidarity of people and social groups can be the key to overcoming the crisis in our Homeland said Walesa who spoke Tor about 10 min utes at the end of the mass. People arc willing to give their All for the common Good Only when their full rights arc safeguarded he said. Aides to Walesa estimated the crowd at 50,000, while Western journalists said there were at least 30,000 people. The mass was celebrated by wroclaw Bishop Cardi Nal Henryl Gulbis Ingv. Ice who has special responsibility for workers within Nic polish Church. Thirty Bishops attended. The service culminated a series of devotions nation wide in Honor of the Black Madonna the medieval painting that is Poland s most revered icon. We thank you Mother of god for the strength to survive the past eight  Walesa Aid referring to the martial Law period of 1981-83 and Poland s current economic crisis. He said poles still have the courage to say there is no Freedom without  Walesa was the final speaker among several people representing various social groups the gathering was predominantly religious Wilh Al most no Solidarity banners in evidence. Afterwards people dispersed peacefully Walesa aide Bogdan Olszewski said in a Telephone interview that there has been no police harassment of Kwh Wales addresses worship sunday in Gdansk. People who took part in the shipyard strike which occurred during two weeks of labor unrest Poland s worst since strikes swept the nation in 1980. Poland s official Pap news service reported Abson acc ism Only slightly higher than Normal at the 10,300 worker shipyard thursday. All but tin of 38 people arrested when police broke up a strike at the Lenin Steelworks in Nowa Hula in Southern Poland May 5 have been ordered freed said Jan Rokita a Krakow area Solidarity activist. The six still under arrest were strike committee members said Rokita he said they Are accused of leading an illegal strike punishable by up to three years in prison. Philippine official maintains . Should pay More for its bases Manila Philippines a the foreign Secretary monday said the United states should pay More for its military bases in the Philippines. Foreign Secretary Raul Mang Lapus also said the United slates should pay the increase regardless of whether the philippine government gives assurances that the bases will be allowed to slay after their lease expires in 1991. If the . Cannot afford it 1 Don t think they should be Here at All Mang Lapus told reporters. It s All up to the United states. If they can afford it they can stay. If they cannot they should  mandamus is chief of a filipino panel that is reviewing along with a . Panel the status of the 1947 pact under which the americans maintain Clark a the Subic Bay naval facilities and four smaller installations. A successful review is expected to influence Manila s decision on allowing the bases to remain alter the current agreement expires. Filipino officials have demanded a substantial in crease in the $ 180 million they receive yearly for use of the bases