European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 26, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 Paris Pyramid tourists behind the French museum s locked Gates gaze at and snap photos of the louvre s controversial Pyramid on tuesday. The Structure scheduled to reopen on sept. 15, was designed by . Architect . Pei. Freedom countdown begins for hostages Beirut paper claims Beirut Lebanon a a leading Beirut newspaper said thursday that the 18 foreign hostages held in Lebanon willbe released starting with anglican Church envoy Terry Waite. The countdown has begun the Dailydas Safir said in a Brief one paragraph report attributed to unidentified Western diplomatic sources in moslem West Bei rut. The leftist newspaper based in West Beirut has Good connections with mos Lem groups that May have information on the hostages most of whom Are believed held by pro iranian shiite moslem zealots. Rumours of an impending release of hostages have been frequent around the Middle East since Iran and Iraq agreed to a cease fire and peace talks. However the pro iranian group believed to hold most of the hostages issued a statement last week denying those reports. According to the Beirut newspaper the release of anglican Church envoy Terry Waite will be the first step to freeing the hostages. The report did not say when this was expected. Waite 48, envoy of the archbishop of Canterbury the most Rev. Robert run Cie disappeared Jan. 20, 1987, after leaving his West Beirut hotel to negotiate the release of american hostages held by the islamic jihad or islamic holy War. Last week an Anonymous caller Pur porting to speak for islamic jihad told a news Agency in Beirut that Waite was alive and we might release him if the government of prime minister Marga ret Thatcher showed Good  however islamic jihad has no claimed Waite s abduction. It also has insisted in the past that it would communicate Only in writing and accompanied by a photograph of one of the hostages to prove the message s authenticity. One Day after the aug. 17 Telephone Call islamic jihad sent such a statement to a Western news Agency insisting that no hostage will be freed until its de mands Are met. That statement was accompanied by a photograph of american hostage Terry Anderson. What every one expects soon is a Mirage assumed to be water by a thirsty Man said the statement. Anderson 40, of Lorain Ohio is chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press. He is the longest held hos Tage kidnapped on March 16, 1985. Counting on regional and International developments will not be of use atall in releasing the captives in Lebanon the statement said apparently referring to the recent cease fire in the Iran Iraq War and conciliatory statements by some iranian leaders toward the West. The hostages include eight american Sand two britons in addition to Anderson and Waite. The other captives Are a West German an italian an irishman an in Dian and two unidentified men. Simon holds meeting with Botha Over apartheid Johannesburg South Africa a sen. Paul Simon met thursday with South african foreign minister Pik Botha and the two men said they aired their differences Over apartheid without Yelling at each other. You name the c9ntroversial Agenda. We talked about it said Simon d 111., who favors . Economic Sanction against South Africa. We had a Good Frank  Simon who unsuccessfully campaigned for the democratic nomination for the presidency this year is on a five Day fact finding tour of South Africa. Simon is chairman of the Senate for eign relations subcommittee on african affairs and is expected to play a major role in deliberations on pending legis lation to intensify . Sanctions against South Africa. Limited sanctions have been in effect since 1986. We never yelled at each other Botha said after the meeting in a Johan Nesburg suburb. The senator has put Al the difficult questions. But he has Given me the Opportunity to put my Side. That s All i can  Botha and other South african Leader say they Are pursuing gradual race re forms at their own Pace and will not be pressured by sanctions. They also say Black South africans stand to suffer the South african anglican archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with sen. Paul Simon at a Johannesburg hotel wednesday. Most from any economic hardship caused by sanctions or foreign disinvestment. By Law and custom apartheid establishes a racially segregated society in which the 26 million Blacks have no vote in National affairs. The 5 million Whites control the Economy and maintain Sepa rate districts schools and health services. Simon predicted wednesday tha Congress would intensify sanctions against South Africa unless the govern ment agreed to a timetable for dismantling apartheid. " Simon came Here determined to find justification for sanctions the Cit Izen a pro government daily said in an editorial thursday. But then americans do tend to have a simplistic should we say a simple Simon approach to other countries and South Africa is probably the worst example of this american madness to recreate countries in their own image the newspaper said. The senator s request to meet with imprisoned african National Congress Leader Nelson Mandela was rejected by the government. The 70-year-old Mandela South Afri Ca s Best known Black Leader is in Cape town s Tigerberg Hospital being treated for tuberculosis. Preaching kids to enter Home education program Marion . A a father whose children repeatedly have been suspended from school for preaching at its Gates has not ruled out Legal action against the system which has agreed the Young Evange lists can be taught at Home. David strode said in an interview wednesday his Chil Dren Duffey 11, Pepper 7 and Matthew 6 will be removed from Wastfield elementary school. But he said he will not sign a document releasing the system from possible Legal action. Mcdowell county schools rejected the Bible so i reject them he said. Strode himself a Street preacher said he and his Chil Dren will continue preaching although he said he expects the town to take some kind of action in response. They re trying to shut me Down he said. Under North Carolina Law strode has 30 Days to set up a Home education , 40, an unemployed machinist had said he did t want to run a Home school but he said wednesday it appeared to be the Only solution. The children Are Happy with the decision strode said. The problem Ain t the kids he said. It s the Parent Sand the teachers. It s hard to fool kids. Parents hearts Are much harder. An adult s conscience is Rich harder than a child  decision to take the children out of school came after Daylong negotiations Between school officials an Caleb Campaign a Chicago based Christian civil rights organization representing the Strodes