European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday june 24. 1986 new figures May prove claim of lost plutonium world today London a scientists campaigning against nuclear weapons say new calculations confirm their claim Hal about 2.3 tons of plutonium produced in British civil nuclear reactors is unaccounted for. But British authorities say the scientists have misunderstood the problem and gotten their figures wrong. In a letter published thursday in nature a science weekly an american and three British scientists say their i9s5 claim of a shortfall is borne out by More detailed figures that the government began publishing last year. They say they Don l know where the missing plutonium has gone but speculate that in went to nuclear weapons programs in Britain or he United slates or both. The letter to nature is signed by physicists Keith Basham of the Imperial College London David Hart of he pressure group scientists against nuclear arms Jenny Nelson of Bristol University and Rob Stevens 01 Unican corp in a Tox Calif. The problem centers on a 6.8-ton Gap Between government civil stockpiles and the amount the scientists calculate actually was produced. The scientists said they have calculated that four tons went to the United states in Exchange for enriched uranium under an agreement that lasted until 1971.about half a ton was lost in reprocessing leaving 2.3 tons unaccounted for. They wrote. They said their 1985 calculations could not be con firmed because the government then was not Disi ius ing  when the government began publishing figures for each of its nine reactors these coincided with the physicists earlier calculations proving their original Model was Correct they wrote. Even so the government figures Are rounded out tothe nearest 110 pounds of plutonium per reactor which taken together would be enough to  100 warheads a year Basham said. He said the 2.1-ton Gap probably emerged at the beginning of the 1970s, and in was not known whether More plutonium has subsequently become accounted  said that As a signatory to the nuclear non proliferation treaty Britain s secrecy Aboul plutonium production set an appalling example to other coun tries he said the Public had nothing to go on other than the government s assurances that the plutonium was being properly dealt with. Hostage taker cornered App ceo an armed robbery suspect cornered by to in Down hosta be. Later the Runny i was shot and wiled by he Lawn Montreal crouches behind a woman he seized As a to officers. The hostage suffered injuries. Scores injured in clash Over Temple s leadership Seoul South Korea a at least 63 people were injured thursday when hundreds of rival Buddhist monks and followers clashed Wilh clubs and rocks Over the leadership of a Temple. Will cases said fierce fighting broke out shortly after Midnight when about Iso monks helped by followers armed with clubs Iron bars and rocks stormed the Bongsun Temple in Southern Seoul to drive out rival monks. Local news reports said clashes continued for three hours before Dawn As about 100 monks barricaded the Temple and resisted with rocks and clubs injuring 13 people on both sides. In the end the attacking faction took Over the Temple. Tibet Independence plan turned Down by China Beuing a China thursday rejected a proposal made by Tibet s exiled Leader the Dalai Lama that would have recognized its control of Tibet s foreign affairs in Exchange for limited Independence for the Remote Region. Foreign ministry spokesman i Zhaoxin Al a weekly briefing said it was irrefutable Hal Tibet in an inseparable part of chinese territory. Therefore to have Independence or Semi Independence will go nowhere in to bal. It is not tolerable or acceptable and even a sort of Independence in a disguised form is not acceptable he said the Dalai Lama who fled to exile in India after a failed 1959 uprising against China made he proposal last week in Strasbourg France. Burma riot police surround student protesters at shrine Rangoon Burma a police cordoned off Burma s holiest Buddhist shrine at Dawn thursday and surrounded Slu Donl  who had set up a strike can scr on its grounds. The closing of gales leading to the she Dagon Pagoda a centuries old Hilltop Pagoda comes after Stu dents angered by authorities closing of their schools fought riot police in the capital s streets. A Dawn to dusk curfew was imposed in Rangoon after tuesday s clashes in which state radio said nine people were killed and 77 arrested. Gold Bullion disappears Between n.y., Belgrade Belgrade. Yugoslavia a a 55-Pound ship ment of Gold Bullion disappeared in route from new York to Belgrade earlier this month the daily poll Tea Espres reported wednesday. The newspaper said the shipment Worth 1363,000, has been missing since june 10, when it was due to have arrived at Belgrade Airport on a regular yugoslav airlines flight. A police investigation has turned up no Trace of the sold which was destined for a major yugoslav jewelry manufacturer the newspaper said. It said police speculate the Bullion May have been accidentally shipped to another destination. Braes probe suspected arson Day fires blackout Jerusalem a More fires that appeared set As part of a Plo ordered arson Day broke out in Israel Alk night fell two of them in factories. Police said other fires were set by children some of them jewish. Early thursday a blackout hit Israel s major cities the West Bank and Gaza strip and author its were investigating whether Power lines had been sabotaged. Prime minister Yitzhak Shamir said Israel is faced with a fanatical hatred by those who want to see All israelis murdered. And to turn to wilderness every thing we Hutc built and established in this  his remarks were broadcast thursday on Israel  palestinian was killed and two wounded in Vio Lence wednesday bringing to 211 the number of Ara fatalities in the tvs month uprising against Israel s occupation of the West Bank and a a strip. Four israe Lis also have died. Leaders of the uprising issued one of their most Mili Tant directives wednesday urging arabs to form Par Imi Lilart strike forces to destroy israeli properly and it tack palestinians who collaborate with the israelis the authors of leaflet no. 20 called for two general strikes one nest tuesday the 21st anniversary of the annexation of Arab East Jerusalem after its capture by Israel in the 1967 Middle East War. It also called for the destruction of the properties of our fascist  at about 11 1 s . Power dipped and went out in Jerusalem Tel Aviv the West Bank cities of Nablus and Bethlehem and the Gaza strip. Poult remained out for about an hour and then returned to most locations. We Don t know what happened but we re checking it police spokesman rail a i told the associated Percsi on an emergency Telephone line during Hie out age. He said the Power lines May have been sabotaged. Palestinian leaders had designated wednesday arson Day directing arabs to set lire to israeli Larm land forests and factories to protest the 21-year-old israeli  officials who mobilized thousands of fire fighters and volunteers to meet the Throat said about15 blazes were reported wednesday but the figures were still being compiled. At least 10 were blamed on arson. Overnight fires broke out in Tel Aviv and nearby pct Tikva