European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday May 24.1988 Many West Bank schools reopened after 4 months Ramallal occupied West Bank a the israeli army monday reopened hundreds of elementary schools in the occupied West Bank and can strip after keeping them shut for nearly tour months be cause of the Arab uprising. Military officials said the move was in response to a marked decline in violent Inci dents in the disputed Territo Ries in the last few weeks. If they the children Are in school then they won t be in the str cos. But that is not what motivated us to open the schools said Brig. Gen. Shake Erci. Head of the army s civil administration in an interview with army  indent radio. The civil adminis Lra pm Thi a students lion runs daily affairs in the West Bank. The whole education system was examined. Teachers who were connected with the rioting Are not teachers today he said. In the West Bank elementary school girls in Gray striped uniforms and boys in Street clothes could be seen trudging the roads to schools. The army said High schools in the territories will open next week if the relative Calm persists. Israel television reported that some classes also would resume monday at Gaza s islamic University a key site of protests when the Arab uprising began on dec. S. More Titian Iso arabs have been killed since the uprising started. An israeli Soldier and an israeli teen Ager also were killed. The i Sincli army shut nearly 1,200 schools in Gaza and the Wesl Bank on feb. 2, at the height of unreal keeping about 475,000 palestinian children and teen agers away from their classrooms. On sunday City officials reopened 31 Public schools in israeli annexed East Jerusalem also in response to a decline in the number of protests in the is i Back to lie books in a school on the West Bank. City up to 70 percent of 16,000 students attended closes which proceeded without disruption said Amit Che Shin the City s advisor on Arab affairs. This is quite satisfactory considering it s Only the first Day. We Hope it s a sign of Good things to come he said. Al the no. 2 school in the Arnan refugee Camp head teacher Suleiman Hadron said it would be difficult to gel the students caught up after the Long  said he was glad there were no israeli sol Diers near the school. In the past they used to Waich from the main Gate and some students were frightened o come to school he said. Hussein Shurie director of a private College in Al Birch said he knew of Many teachers who gave Pri vate lessons for students during the Long closure. He no cd that leaflets put out by underground lenders of the uprising urged students to return to school. They think in is one of he Aims of the into fade uprising to be educated he said. I tals i school Ine Init 11 is one 01 us in i us t i f i fade uprising l be educated h said. Quakes Spur Guatemala City to shut Down offices schools Guatemala City a the govern Cal or because of the is turn Ion caused by the constant l or dered schools govern men offices and businesses in Guatemala City to close monday after dozens of Small and moderate earthquakes Shook the area in recent Days. The quakes have caused considerable alarm among Lac  million residents of Guatemala City and the surrounding Guatemala province bul no injuries or serious damage have been reported. On sunday communications minister Mario Lopez announced that Public buildings and businesses in the capital would have to close monday As a precaution because f situation y the constant and continuous earthquakes the action was taken he said to avoid any traffic congestion and so thai families can be together in their  the order Doe not affect essential service such As hospitals and the International Airport. Col Juan is act Morales Lopez coordinator of the National emergency committee initially reported that just Public and Pri Vuic schools would be closed Mon Day but the order was later expanded to include Busi help is urged for koalas Sydney Australia a Australia s cuddly Koala is being driven from its natural habitat by Urban incursion Many Are suffering from a terminal disease and the Marsupial could be sex incl within 10 years if Money is not poured into research a Lead ing veterinarian said sunday. Sieve Brown director of the world Koala research Corpora Tion said $35 million is urgently needed to help save the Crea Tures from extinction. Half of Australia s 200,000 to 400,000 koalas suffer from the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia which causes Blind Ness illness and infertility Brown told reporters. Eighty percent of their natural habitat has been destroyed and More is earmarked for conver Sion to Farmland he said. Koalas disappearing the Audi asian Koala is Dro atoned by koalas Are about2v 33 metes Long and can two up to 20 years. World today Britain offers Sanctuary to Selassie s daughter Addis Ababa Ethiopia up Britain hat offered Sanctuary to the aging daughter or Ethiopia s late emperor after her release from jail where Ethiopia s pro soviet authorities held tier since the overthrow of he Monarch in 1974, diplomats raid monday. To Clune work Hafle Selassie whose father  descent from the biblical Union of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Was re leased from prison together with several other relatives of the Lale emperor i bile Selassie sat urday night. The Sanctuary offer Vai also extended to a daughter in Law and five granddaughters of Ethiopia s last emperor. Toll keeper abducted mistreated papers say Beuins us a provincial Ira Sporta lion official has been arrested Tor allegedly abducting a loll Bridge attendant and throwing her out of a moving minibus because he fell the toll was too High two newspapers reported monday. Zhou Ziyuan 51, head of a transport Bureau in he bal province which surrounds Beijing and his son and son in Law were reported to have forced the toll keeper into their mini tips scared her into returning half the loll fee and then pushed her out in the May 2 incident. He was arrested and brought into a Beijing court during the weekend after delaying responding to an arrest warrant issued May 11 because of what he claimed were Heau problems the Beijing evening news and the China daily re ported. To Chi Minh s birthday commemorated in Vietnam Bangkok Thailand a Vietnam s communist party marked the 9blh birthday of the late to Chi Minh by declaring a commit ment to reforming the party thai me rounded vietnamese radio reported sunday. The main aim of Reform is to improve leadership and management of the faltering econ omy the official party newspaper Nolian Dan said in an editorial to Mark to s birthday thurs  text of a radio Hanoi broadcast quoting the editorial was seen in Bangkok on sunday. Lithuanians stage protest to Mark 40s deportations Moscow a a group of lithuanians defied government warnings and staged a demonstration in the capital of he Baltic Republic to commemorate deportations of their countrymen 40 years ago. Tass. The official news Agency said monday about 300 people gathered to snout anti soviet slogans on a Central Square of Vilnius uie lithuanian capital. Extremist elements who do not like processes of democratization and renovation of society which Are under Way in the . Today made an attempt to stage an anti social manifestation in Vilnius Tass reported about sunday i protest. Pinball freaks turning to crime to support habit Nairobi kenyan up Young kenyan pinball freaks arc turning to crime to support sessions on machines in Rural cafes and ban the daily nation newspaper said monday. The Nairobi paper said leading members of the ruling Kenya african nationalist. Union Kanu party called for a ban on the licensing of pinball machines in the Uranga District. 40 Miles Northeast of Nairobi. At a party meeting Over the weekend speakers said Young players desperate for Money robbed children of their school fees and were also responsible for a spate of muggings and break ins in villages in the area. We Call on the provincial administration to withdraw machine licenses for the Sake of Security said Kanu youth Branch chairman mama Ethan