European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday july 18,1988 news updates Bhopal order issued Bhopal India a a Bho  magistrate saturday issued a fourth summons for former Union Carbide corp. Chairman Warren Anderson to appear in court noncriminal charges stemming from the 1984 Bhopal Gas  Lai Sisodia chief Bhopal judicial magistrate approved the summons after a government lawyer complained earlier papers were not served because Anderson and Union Carbide were trying to avoid being prosecuted in  also ordered Robert Ken Nedy now chairman of the Danbury, corporation to appear in court in Bhopal on sept. 24, i connection with the criminal charge against Union  was not named As a defendant when the Case was file Din december. Offer declined new York a six soviet soldiers who deserted or were Cap tured while fighting in Afghanistan said they would refuse an offer to return to their Homeland because they feared retribution from soviet  a Man who jumped to his feet during their news conference and identified himself As a soviet Diplomat said the men would face no harm if they returned. Don t be shy. If you wish to Bein Contact Call the soviet embassy in Washington he called out tothe former soldiers. Nobody will drag you out of the United  other audience members jeered him he strode to the front of the room to put printed leaflets on the table in front of the  identified himself As Dmitry Titov of the soviet Mission to the United nations. Oil Rig lawsuits Aberdeen Scotland a an american lawyer said he will try to have lawsuits involving the Piper Alpha Oil platform explosion and fire heard in a Texas  Musslewhite of Houston told a news conference in Aber Deen total settlements in the world s worst oilfield disaster could reach $ i billion. He did not say whether he would handle cases for relatives of the 166 men killed when the Northsea Oil Rig was engulfed by flames july 6.the platform with 230 men aboard was operated by the Losangeles based Occidental Petroleum corp. Toll rises Manila Philippines a provincial leftist Leader was slain and eight soldiers were wounded in a communist rebel ambush in the latest escalation of violence inthe Philippines the government news Agency reported  Philippines news Agency said Nilo Piccio a local chairman of the new patriotic Alliance on Negros Island was gunned downy two unidentified men in his  assailants escaped. Last september the Alliance s National chairman lean Alejandro was killed in an unsolved attack in a  have accused right Wing death squads of mounting a liquidation Campaign against alleged supporters of the communist rebel new people s army which has been waging a j 9-year insurgency to establish a marxist state. American granted Asylum in soviet Union paper says Moscow a the government newspaper Izvestia reported sunday that an american citizen has been Grante Asylum in the soviet Union. The paper alleged he turned to the Kremlin for Protection from . Intelligence services. Izvestia identified the american onlys Glen Michael Sauter. . Embassy spokesman Richard Gilbert said american diplomats had not been contacted about the incident an that they were not familiar with Sauter s  or the circumstances surrounding the report. Izvestia said Sauter s Appeal to the supreme soviet the nominal parliament for Refuge in the soviet Union was motivated by his wish to hide from . Secret services which unfounded Day persecuted  guided by humane considerations the presidium of the supreme soviet of the .s.r. Complied with the request of Glen Michael Sauter and granted him Asylum in the .s.r.," Izvestia said. The report also was carried by the offi Cial soviet news Agency later sunday but neither article gave his age Hometown or any other detail of the Case. The Sovie Skaya hotel which has been used to House most other defectors Given Refuge in the soviet Union had no american guest by the  of Sauter according to a hotel clerk. Soviet officials have granted Asylum to several americans Over the past three years. In january Theodore and Cheryl ranch of Erie pa., sought Asylum Dur ing a tourist trip to the soviet Union. An american Serviceman Wade Rob erts was Given Refuge in the soviet Union in april 1987, after leaving his Post in Giessen West Germany and slipping across the Border into East Ger Many in the trunk of a rented car. Rob erts decided late last year that he was unhappy with his new life in  and turned himself in to . Authorities to face desertion charges. The Arnold Lockshin family of hous ton arrived in the soviet Union in octo ber 1986 and has settled in Moscow according to soviet press reports. Lockshin an american communist party activist and cancer researcher claimed he was harassed by the Cia be cause of his political views. The lock shins have declined most re quests for interviews with Western Jour  in the soviet Union is Edward Lee Howard a former Cia agent who defected in August 1986. Howard disappeared from his Santa be n.m., Home i september 1985, when the Fri was about to arrest him on suspicion of spy ing. West Bank palestinian show to death after attempt to take Soldier s gun Jerusalem a a palestinian Man was fatally shot sunday by an israeli Soldier after the Man tried to grab the trooper s gun at a bus Stop in a town bordering on the occupied West Bank a Hospital official said. The incident followed bloody clashes in the West Bank s largest City Nablus where troops shot and wounded three masked protesters during a confrontation saturday the army and Hospital officials said. The Man shot sunday in the town of Petal Tikva died on an operating Tablet nearby Beilinson Hospital after being rushed there with a Bullet wound in the Chest said Hospital spokeswoman Esther Tirosh. Tirosh declined to identify the victim but said he was aged 18 to 20 and was president of the occupied territories. Army radio said the youth had no identity papers on him. The fatality raised to 223 the number of palestinians killed since the uprising began dec. 8. Four israelis also have died. The army said the Soldier opened freon the palestinian after the Man tried to take his weapon. Police were searching the area forbore suspects after witnesses reported that More than one Arab fled the scene after the shooting at 6 15 . On Stemper Street in Petal Tikva the National item news Agency reported. The Agency also said police believe the assault was planned in Advance with the  of kidnapping the Soldier. The Soldier was not identified in keep ing with israeli military regulations. But the israeli news Agency said he was 18,had just completed Basic training and was waiting for a ride Back to his base after a weekend furlough. Israeli Nevers reports said the bus Stop was near a pickup station for Arab labor ers from the West Bank. About 110,000palestinians from the West Bank and occupied Gaza strip work in Israel. In Jerusalem meanwhile two Israel civilians were injured by rocks thrown at two Public buses As they were drive through the Arab sector of the City israeli radio stations reported. Opening Trade with n. Korea urged Seoul South Korea a foreign minister Choi Kwang Soo pledged sat urday his nation wanted to end 40 years of confrontation with North Korea and would not object to private companies from Friendly nations trading with the North. I wish to reaffirm our willingness Totake even More progressive measures if the North shows a positive response Choi said in a statement. The announcement was a follow up to president Roh Tae Wop s Call july 7 for improved relations with North  said South Korea would help Pyongyang improve ties with its two major allies the United states an Japan. North Korea at the time dismissed Roh s declaration As nothing  Choi said the United states and Japan May open Trade links with North Korea As Long As they do not involve military goods which Are regulated by the coordinating committee for Export control a Western body that oversees Export of sensitive items to the communist bloc he said. Choi also said the government  object if the United states and Japan lifted sanctions limiting contacts be tween their diplomats and North korean diplomats at social functions and other Neutral settings. The South korean allies imposed the diplomatic sanctions Early this year after North Korea was implicated in the bombing of a South korean Airliner near Burma in november. All 115 people inboard were killed. A woman claimed to have planted the bomb As a North korean agent but Pyongyang denied involvement. On Friday South Korea proposed exchanging student visits with North Korea and co sponsoring College sports  officials refused to receive the letter containing the proposals. 4 gis injured in attack in Honduras Tegucigalpa Honduras a attackers hurled bombs and opened fire on a group of american soldiers leaving a discotheque Early sunday in the North Ern City of san Pedro Sula and wounded four of them a . Embassy spokesman said. Spokesman Charles Barkley said in a Telephone interview the attack occurred shortly before 1 . He said the soldiers were on leave carried no weapons and were dressed in civilian clothes. He re fused to give their identities until next of Kin were notified. All four were hospitalized in stable condition he said. Barkley said he did not know who the attackers were or Why they opened fire on the soldiers. He said a the soldiers Are based at the Palmerola air Force base 41 Miles Northeast of Tegucigalpa the honduran capital. San Pedro Sula is Honduras second largest City. It is 125 Miles North of the capital. The american soldiers were on Aone Day recreation trip to san Pedro Sula. They were disarmed and dressed in civilian clothes when they were at tacked Barkley said. The attackers threw explosive bombs and shot at the with Small Caliper weapons. The injured were taken to a Hospital Insan Pedro Sula and were later flown to Palmerola he said. The United states has been maintain ing a variable contingent of american troops in Honduras since the leftist sandinista seized Power in neighbouring Nicaragua in 1979. American troops also hold military exercises regularly with honduran sol Diers