European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars  authorized unofficial publication forthe . Ahmed  vol. 47. No. 137 Friday september 2, 1988  5- d 8693 a polish workers end strikes Gdansk Poland up some 5,000 workers reluctantly ended a 10-Day strike thursday in a triumphal procession out of the symbolic Lenin shipyard and 10.000 strikers at a steel Mill announced they will unconditionally end their sit in. Solidarity Leader  Walesa ordered an end to the strikes after n government Promise to discuss the Revi Val of the banned Union. The round table talks with opposition groups will focus on ways to resolve Poland s economic crisis however talks appeared deadlocked in the bal in seaport of Szczecin and lie key Southwest Coal mine of Manifest i pkwy Over the Issue of worker Security. Despite an announcement by the Roi iian Catholic Church that it had a government guarantee there would be no repercussions against striking workers. In the Southeast troops ringed the huge Stalowa Wola Steelworks where half of the 20,000 workers had been staging a sit in. The management a fumed to Budge and planned disciplinary action and even firings the local strike Corn i lice said. If said the decision was  to leave the Plant unconditionally relying on assurances by Walesa and the episcopate. Military and government officials had repeatedly warned that the strike at the Steelworks which produces tanks and other heavy weaponry must end because it jeopardized Poland s credibility As a warm fact ally. If the san pc docs not Slop soon. The authorities will put an end to it government spokesman Jerry Urban warned hours before the strikers made i ctr decision of follow Walesa s Call to or sum work. Show that you Are  wars said during a morning rally in which he tried to persuade some 600 workers that the Promise of talks about Solidarity was the most he could win during he talks his first with government officials since martial Lav a. Declared on dec. 13, i9bi. Sometimes a strike is nol a show of Sorc Ngoh he said. It is not cowardice. It is responsibility. The struggle for Solidarity continue1. Hut 1 Don t know the  some workers whistled in protest. In so Chin striking dockworkers and bus Drivers were holding on again off again talks with manage Mentlo resolve local issues. In the Manifest lip copy Coal mine workers negotiated local demands with management at a bargaining table that also indeed the presence of a criminal prosecutor. The wave of strikes which salaried in the Coal Fields aug. 16, also recorded the first fatality of a policeman of Stalowa Wola. There were rumours he had drawn the gun on himself because of harassment from strikers. Probably it was suicide because of pressure said Interior ministry spokesman woj Tidi Garstka. Although the strikers in Gdansk were disappointed with the results of Walesa s talks they were treated like heroes by a crowd of thousands who threw Flowers and kisses As they marched out the front Gates of he Lenin shipyard the Birthplace of Solidarity. The procession of workers from four shipyards and see polish on Back Page memorial services Honor victims of air show by  Arrin Futon Doke Kail Slu Uttin Bureau . West Germany mourners aah civil itt . Chapels in  and Al Kam Sicin a thursday for services to remember those killed and injured at sunday s air show. Amid tight military Security about 125 americans and  attended a to minute army spam Rcd service at the to Gelwich Chapel in Kaisim Lallem. And More than Wiljo Mourner joined by Safe commander Tien. William Kirk filled two of Kansu in s chapels spilling into the lobby often Complex. Five army chaplains spoke at the to gel Wuh smio.1. We must rid ourselves of feeling guilty that we still live wll .1 they died Suid chaplain Colt.  Kelly of he 2lm support come to survive Siili. Spiritual pain we Musi cry whether  by or publicly. And vent our Aneer thai our loved ones have been taken from ourselves forever continued on Page 3 Usai k commander Gen. William Kirk at right to is with other mourners alter Cav uni lie clip cd at Ramstein a. Military sea lift come doing its bit for reformer a David i arrant and dark d1e1il staff i ers the . Fast sea life ship Algol loomed Over the Beaumont Texas Dock like some sort of sea monster while workers Labouring in inc steamy heal of a mid August afternoon stuffed its bowels with helicopters Ana armoured personnel farriers destined for inc de sense of stir opt less than a week later the  super cargo Carrier docked at Antwerp. Belgium its contents unloaded its part in inc a Iii annual return of forces to Germany Complete whal remains is the question of whether the 9.46 food Long ship could Complete the same Mission when facing enemy attacks from air and sea. In a War scenario the Algol and seven other super cargo carriers would join Aboul 200 other military Scal Ift come autumn forge ships i n ferrying thousands of ions of Crit ical supplies. According to capt. , Gibson it navj1 com Mander responsible for the eight Container vessels the primary defense of these ships is their Speed and flex Ibi  Gibson said the ships hold the trans Atlantic Speed record for cargo bearing vessels. Nevertheless some defense experts say the reformer resupply Fleet the Backbone of any . Deployment to a War in Europe could still be vulnerable to attack during War. The greatest threat to the . Resupply Fleet ii Elf would come from the massive soviet Sun Virok Force which May be avoided Given the right conditions said Richard Shi pc a retired British Navy Captain and an Espen on the soviet Fleet. Hut because the soviets Likely keep a close watch on continued on Page 9