European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday july 26,1988 world today chinese dissident accused of anti government acts Beijing up chinese leaders have accused prominent dissident Fang Lizhi of inciting anti government activities at Beijing University and have ordered the arrest of students involved in setting up opposition groups a faculty source said already have expelled at least two Beij ing University students accused of organizing an open air discussion group and of inviting . Ambassador Winston lord to address one of their informal who should be expelled must be expelled the faculty source who requested Anonym Ity quoted party officials As haying said at a meet ing of the University s communist party committee earlier this month. Those who should be apprehended must be apprehended and those who should be punished must be storm blows tree onto car in France killing Man Paris a one Man died when a tree fell on his car in a storm that swept the suburbs East of Paris tearing off roofs uprooting Trees Caus ing traffic accidents and injuring dozens of peo ple officials said Gaudre 53, was killed on a Road near the town of Rethel 112 Miles East of Paris when a tree was blown onto his car at 7 30 . Saturday a spokesman with the local gendarmerie said. Gaudre s wife Christiane 52, was hospitalized in Rethel with minor injuries the spokes Man said. 16-year-old kills Fiance who ended engagement Ripesi Italy a a 16-year-old girl shot and killed her Fiance in the main Square of this Small sicilian town after he broke off their engagement police said Rindone shot 21-year-old Giuseppe Porrovecchio Friday in front of her father Alberto who had Given her the pistol police said. Alberto Rindone who works in West Ger Many returned to Ripesi last week apparently because his wife Emma Valenzona told him the engagement had been broken off police said. Giuseppina is a Good girl the italian new Agency Ansa quoted mrs. Valenzona As saying and her Honor is Worth running even the risk of life in girl and her father were immediately detained. Shrimp raising project spurs clash that kills 2 Dhaka Bangladesh a a clash be tween villagers and police Over a shrimp cultivation project has resulted in the death of a police Man and a schoolteacher police said. Police fired into a crowd of More than 2,000villagers who were trying to tear Down a dam built to contain water for cultivating shrimp police said. They said the schoolteacher was killed in the 50 people were injured and at least 20 were hospitalized police villagers angered by the teacher s death later beat to death a police officer officials said speaking on condition of anonymity. Residents of the Village of Dinna about 60miles Southwest of the capital of Dhaka claimed the dam was flooding Large areas of Fertile land and destroying crops. Police seize 19 thieves preying on Rome tourists Rome up up to 200 people have their bags snatched in Central Rome every Day and the most frequent victims Are tourists officials said. Police said Between 150 and 200 people every Day lose their wallets and documents to Skille pickpockets and muggers who concentrate their attentions on the Public transport routes most used by carrying maps and cameras and posing As tourists arrested 19 thieves whom they believe to be members of a yugoslav and algerian gang. Communists losing steam in Philippines Aquino says Manila Philippines a president Corazo Aquino monday said the 19-year-old communist insurgency is finally losing steam and declared that the rebels rejection of peace gives her government the moral basis for this May be remembered As the year the insurgency was broken Aquino told Congress in a nationally televised state of the nation address. As the president spoke about 3,000 leftists rallied at downtown Square about six Miles away and burned placards showing her wearing military fatigues. Speakers claimed the government had failed to live up to its promises of land Reform and social Justice. For the armed left it has been a year of defeats an retreats a year of propaganda by terror rather than the strategic initiative of which it had boasted Aquino said. She made no direct reference to a Call this month bythe Catholic Bishops conference of the Philippines to resume peace talks which collapsed in january 1987. The president vowed that her government would keep open the door of reconciliation but she added the rejection of our peace efforts restored to govern ment the moral basis for War. She said i wish we could still pursue the path of peace. Yet until the rebels and their friends come to Trust their doctrines to the ballot Box rather than the Rifle the government has no Choice but to defend our people with the last week Aquino said she was willing to resume peace talks but Only if the rebels request them first. The general command of the 25,000-member new people s army rejected the Call saying the government simply wants to entrap guerrilla leaders. During the address Aquino said democracy is beating Back the Challenge of the totalitarian she called on Congress to pursue an Agenda to alleviate foreign debt improve education create new jobs and reduce poverty. Aquino claimed that in the past year government troops captured five members of the communist part Central committee 19 staff officers 397 regulars and killed about 2,000 party members. The leftist people s party in a statement issued be fore the speech said the president s remarks were Sim ply an apology to the nation. The real state of the nation is lived with each pass ing Day the party said. It is experienced by each hungry family it is witnessed by each hungry family itis witnessed by each negotiation Selling out to the . Bases and it is echoed by each cry of protest that is snuffed out by opposition rep. Salvador Esquerdo said Aquino s optimistic assessment of the counterinsurgency Cam president Corazon Aquino monday delivers her address. Above her is the House speaker Ramon Mitra. Pain shows she is not receiving realistic reports. I m a bit worried that mrs. Aquino is not getting the Correct data from her officials in the department of National defense Esquerdo said. Without peace and order we cannot really Hope for an economic Mir Acle or saturday the philippine daily Globe said a Classi fied military report prepared in May showed government forces lost 66 of the 67 major Battles against the new people s army during the first three months of the year. The newspaper also said the report showed that rebel strength in Manila had grown to 2,700, the highest num ber since the insurgency began in december 1968. Beijing television porn flip causes Flap Beijing up a communist party Secretary in northeastern China was fired and three men jail Dover the accidental broadcast of an illegal pornographic videotape on state run television an official report said monday. Studio technician Guan Wenham was watching a videotape entitled Paris brothels on a studio Monitor when he flipped a relay switch accidentally broadcast ing 12 minutes of the film to households in Heilongjiang province Jan. 18, the Legal daily news said. Guan was sentenced to a two year prison term and three years probation the newspaper said. I Husong head of the state run station and Kon Xiangzhong head of the Luo Bei county television and broadcast Bureau and county communist part Secretary were fired from their posts Over the incident the paper said. Two other workers at the station editor a Wenlin and cameraman Lin Lin also received unspecified jail terms. The report said we had borrowed the tape so that he Guan and Lin could use studio equipment to make copies. Eight others received an unspecified punishment for their part in the accidental broadcast. The government has recently ordered a crackdown on pornography and has sent teams of investigators Tost reeside Book stalls to ensure that notorious books like sex Wolf and lascivious women Are no being sold or advertised. China has banned All forms of pornography even material considered mild by Western standards. The government periodically launches campaigns to Stem the flow of such literature from Hong Kong and Tai wan two major suppliers and to punish Domestic purveyors of porn. The publishers of a chinese language version of Irving Wallace s the fan club were fired from their posts in northeastern Jilin province last week because the Book is considered obscene. The Panbai publishing House printed 400,000 co pies of the 1975 Book in april. U.s., Vietnam begin talks on mias Bangkok Thailand a . And Vietnam Ese officials began talks monday on accounting for 1,761 american servicemen still missing from the Vietnam War an american official said. The official who spoke on condition of anonymity said he had no details from the talks which Are expected to last four Days in Vietnam s capital Hanoi. Vietnam on july 13 returned the remains of 25 peo ple it identified As . Servicemen killed in the also handed Over a list of names and associations relating to the remains. Some of the names appear on the official list of 1,761 americans listed a missing in action. The turnover was the fifth since last August when retired Gen. John w. Vessey acting As a special presidential envoy reached an agreement under which Vietnam would accelerate the search for remains especially several dozen on the top priority list. This week s talks were agreed upon during a june 8meeting at the United nations
