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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 / ale the stars and stripes Friday september 2,19b8 Walesa meets officials urges end of strike Gdansk Poland a Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa called on Poland s striking workers to begin milling their local grievances thursday and la end the country s worst labor unrest in seven years. Walesa made the Appeal wednesday night after meeting Wilb government leaders about the wave of strikes which began aug. 16 and were called Tor higher wages and the legalization or Solidarity. He said inc National issues of guaranteeing Trade Union pluralism and legalizing his outlawed Trade federation would be taken up inbound table discussions promised by the govern ment in the near future according to a statement read by an aide Pyotr Konopka. Walesa said he raised the importance of Soli daily in his three hour meeting with Poland Interior minister. Gen. Czslaw Kiszczak his first with government leaders in six years. The participants in the discussion recognize that All affairs related to Trade Union movement would be discussed by the round table Walesa said in his statement. I propose therefore that we suspend the cur rent strikes i accepted further talks with Central authorities and turn to the strike Commilles for the actual ending of the negotiation of other postulates and the suspension of the  after Reading the Stalc Meni Konopka added i Hope that it will appear As a historical  Konopka said Watesa conferred with strike Nat the idled Lenin shipyard where the Solidarity Leader still works As to electrician and the strike there could end very Coon. Strikes Are in effect a nine other Sites across the country. Solidarity spokesman Piper Niemczyk said later in Warsaw that All strike committees had been info Nike of Walesa s statement. However strike committee members in Szczecin said they Wilt not automatically Stop the strike As King their demands concerning local issues Are not met Niemczyk said. The commit tee proposed talks with management but has sofar received no reply. He said. British postal workers strike Over bonuses London a thousands of government postal workers scaled mail boxes stopped sorting letters and walked off their routes wednesday to protest Bonu payments that vary by Region. Private delivery companies Etc Mcd the extra business saying it will prove they can compete. The Union of communication workers called a 24-hour nationwide strike but the Royal mail disputed the Union s claim that nearly All its 140,000 letter carriers and letter Sorters had stopped working. Is s very Patchy a Puchy situation said Sally Williams a Royal mail spokeswoman. While there s certainly support Tor the strike nevertheless quite number of staff have turned up for  she said the Post office had repeatedly offered to continue talks with the Union. It was the first National strike at Royal mail since a197 walkout which collapsed after 47 Days. Japanese students aboard a Small boat protest the arrival of inc destroyer Fife wednesday in Yokosuka Japan. Japanese protest . Warships dumping of of Jet fuel by town Tokyo a two cities protested to the Japa Nese government and . Military authorities tues Day about a visit of american warships that May carry nuclear weapons and a . Warplane that dumped. Fuel on a town. The City Council in Yokosuka where the Navy was attic passed a Resolution unanimously asking he government to seek cancellation of a visit bit cd ded missile Cruiser Bunker Hill and the destroyer Fife Cit spokesman Junichi Ito said. The ships arrived at Yokosuka South of Tokyo on wednesday. Ito quoted the Ria Lulion As saying the ships May be carrying nuclear tipped Tomahawk missiles in Viola lion of Japan s ban on the Possession production or presence of nuclear arms. , Southwest of Tokyo mayor Takatoshi Irue protested to the . Military when an a-6 air 1 dumped fuel on the town monday night in Ana rent emergency City spokesman Toshiyuki Jaekl he said a 48-year-old housewife was splashed wit Jet fuel As she Hajto Hoffle. Inoue said a cockpit Rikon indicated a fire aboard Ike Jet and the Pilot dumped fades a safety measure but authorities found no evidence of fee aboard. The news Agency Kyodo said a military spokes Man apologized and said . Aul Orilie would con Sider paying compensation to the housewife and peo ple whose cars were splashed Wilb fuel. Jet skids into sea at Hong Kong 6 die Hong Kong a a chinese jetliner with 89people  off a runway while Landing in heavy rain  Brake apart in the sea. Officials said six Cream tubers wrapped in the sub merged nose Section were kille3 fifteen people were reported  in fairer satisfactory condition. The airline said ittnwifl2 americans on Board were injured scarch and Rescue operation told reporters Ifica six a massive Rescue operation at Hong Kong s air Hajj cd Wcarl. Trapped in the plane s nose Section port involving divers a flotilla of boats and five which1  in shallow water isl not the fire engines crowded onto Kai Jayc Airport s Soli tary runway which juts into Abr Tarbor. Seven hours after the crash a 15-foot Crane began hauling the fuselage from Ibe water. It Fol into the sea at the end of the runway police spokesman Tony Leung said. Tsui Hin Ehctuk one of those overseeing the Toria Harbor at 9 19 . Small rubber rafts with Rescue personnel bobbed around inc partially submerged wreckage of the Brit ish made Trident Jet which had arrived from can ton capital of China s Huangdong province about 90 Miles to the Northwest. Of the plane carry ref a 11-Mcmber chinese Crew is owned by the civil aviation administration of China that nation s Flag Carrier. Tsui said one of the plane s engine was on fire when Rescue workers arrived. West germans seize 2 suspected Ira guerrillas Stuttgart  authorities caught two people believed to be Ira guerrillas As they tried to Cross into West Germany from the Netherlands with a Load of guns and explosives a radio station reported wednesday. Suspected Irish Republica Nairn y members have carried out  British army Baughn West Ger Many Over the . West German officials confirmed the arrest of . With weapons but did not confirm whiner Utley members or had explosives the pair was Arrel a Al   is an apparently jus pitied suspicion of criminal connections Alexander Prechtel spokesman for the chief Federal prosecutor told the associated press an investigation is now under  the men were arrested near the   it off a Juji Miulli Immi ill Noti Iii i in nationality. Twotwo Everild wifi Tai were founding the suspects car precmitsbw4is said he could not confirm the radio re port that the car also contained explosives. Two suspected members of inc terrorist organization Ira were apprehended by West German customs Tonica an. Jinni up  radio of Stuttgart reported. Both suspected terrorists had a Large amount of weapons and explosive  car that they wanted to secretly turn Tala be Federal Republic we Germany frown the  the re port added. A the suspects were caught in Wald Cue i near a British army Barracks the report added  
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