European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and strikes Friday september 9,1968 first weather satellite put into orbit by China Beijing a China launched on wednesday in first experimental weather satellite the official Xinhua news Agency said the satellite inc wind and Cloud no i was launched by a Long March 4 rocket in Taiyuan in North Central China Xinhua said. It will transmit information on Clouds the Earth s surface Marine water color vegetation growth Ocean surface temperatures and ice and Snow to ground stations worldwide the news Agency said. The stale Council or Cabinet and the Centra military commission said the launching is of great importance to promoting China s National economic growth and serves As an encourage ment to people of All  China has launched 23 of its own satellites since starting its space program in 1970 and has recovered 11 arbiters since 1975. Dec unveils tentative plans to Cut unemployment rate Brussels Belgium a the european economic Community wednesday adopted plans to Cut unemployment and maintain living Stan Dards in the 12-Nalion Trade bloc once internal Trade barriers have come Down at the end of 1992. The working paper adopted contains no con Crete proposals but sketches the Community s ideas on How to reduce the secs 11 percent unemployment Rale notably amongst Undcr-25 year own and Long term unemployed. Fears have been expressed that the single Market will Lead to even greater unemployment with firms rationalizing and restructuring to face increased Competition from a Market of u countries. But Manuel Marin dec commissioner for social affairs stressed that the single european Market of 1992 is the Only Way to attack the problem of  Panama Cabinet passes pay Cut for Noriega others Panama City Panama a Gen. Man Uel Antonio Noriega and several other High officials arc taking a pay Cut this month because the government is running Short of Money the government said in a statement wednesday. A Cabinet Resolution passed tuesday Man dates pay cuts of Between 12.5 and 30 percent for Noriega who is head of the defense forces and de Facto ruler and for the president and the head of stale owned companies. Salaries will return to Normal when Public finances allow according to a government communique. It said the pay cuts will save the government $230,000 a month. The government did not provide the individual salaries or the amounts they were Cut but said the officials affected make More than s 3,000 a month. Business sources say the panamanian Economy is about half what it was in the first part of 1987, before the United Stincs imposed economic sanctions in an attempt to drive Noriega from Power. $3.5 million in repairs planned for 58 exhibit Brussels Belgium a the atomism inc giant tilted Iron molecule that High lighted the 195s world s fair in Brussels but has since fallen into disrepair is to get a s3.5 million Facelift. A non profit group led by former prime min ister Paul Vanden Boey nails will clean up the nine aluminium Clad spheres and fill them with a new technology exhibit. The 330-foot tall Al opium is to become part of Bru Parck a Leisure and entertainment com plex Vandyn Boey Nants group is building next door on the Northern outskirts of Brussels. The Complex also will include the world s largest Complex of movie Heaters. An oui sized Iron molecule the atomism was built by Belgium s Metal working Industry As its contribution to the 1958 fair during that year 2 million people Rode the escalators through the tubes connecting the spheres of the atomism which was bailed As a Symbol of the peaceful applications of nuclear  looters ransack Rangoon As crisis in Burma worsens Rangoon Burma a mobs plundered government offices and warehouses wednesday and state radio said Security forces shot five looters. Diplomats said chaos was near and prepared to evacuate their families. Opposition leaders called for a nationwide general strike against 26 years of repressive one party Rule on thursday. Leaders hoped for inc largest of the Many mass protests that have driven two governments from office in less than two months. Looters ranged through the capital and one Western Diplomat said the streets Are deserted. People Are pretty much in fear of their property. Things have pretty much closed Down. There is a widespread perception that things have  slate run Rangoon radio reported looting in 38 areas of the capital tuesday and wednesday. It said Security forces shot and killed five people wounded six and arrested 88 looters. The radio urged people to report looters to police and said More than j43 million in stale property had been plundered since the beginning of August. An earlier broadcast said Security forces would open fire to impose control if looting continued but the order would not apply to peaceful anti government demonstrations. Soldiers fired into crowds of unarmed demonstrators last month killing 112 people by government count and several Hundred according to other reports. Army trucks patrolled the main streets shortly after the radio announcement late wednesday morning. In its 8 . Broadcast Rangoon radio said the government was invoking a 1987 order Banning demonstrations at the parliament building and several other Sites. Minutes later groups of protesters could be heard shouting Down with the Burma socialist program party government we will go on demonstrating the party has ruled since a military coup by be win in 1962 with socialist policies that have isolated Burma and brought economic ruin on a nation Rich in re sources. Party leaders plan a special meeting monday to consider holding a referendum on one party Rule As promised by president Maung Maung but opponents demand an interim government leading to democracy. Because the situation is sliding towards chaos tip to 100 dependents of . Embassy employees will be evacuated As soon As possible said the Western Diplo mat who spoke on condition of anonymity. Ross pelting of the  embassy in Bangkok thai land said it s just a precautionary measure due to the unpredictability of events Over the next week and we Hope it will be  he said the first group of 45 americans were to arrive in Bangkok on thursday unless strikes grounded the flight. Ira men arrested in Germany inked to attacks on British forces Wiesbaden West Germany a criminal investigators said wednesday they have evidence that two suspected Ira members arrested in West Ger Many were involved in an August attack in Belgium that killed a British Soldier. According to our investigations so far we have found links Between attacks against British forces in the Netherlands West Germany and Belgium said Alexander Prechtel a spokesman for the Federal prosecutor s office he said the two suspects arrested in West Germany on aug. 30, were believed involved in four bombing and shooting  said evidence linked the men to attacks in Duisburg and Dusseldorf in West Germany and to incidents in Roermonde in the Netherlands and Ostend on the belgian coast. He did not Rule out the possibility that the pair could have been involved in other attacks. He did not  suspects identified As Gerard Thomas Hanraty 29, and Terence Gerard Mccough 30, were heavily armed when they were arrested after crossing the dutch  found two Kalashnikov ak.-47 automatic rifles and three .38-caliber pistols in their car. Prechtel said weapons tests indicated that one of the pistols was used in the shooting that killed a British Soldier in Ostend on aug. 12. The Ira claimed responsibility for the attack. Prechter said one of the rifles was used in a shooting that followed a bomb attack on a British Barracks in Duisburg on july 13. It also was used in a shooting attack against Royal air Force members in the nether lands on Mayhe said. The Duisburg bombing injured nine soldiers. A Royal air Force member was billed and two were injured by gunfire in the Southern dutch cily of Roer mond. Automatic Rifle seized from suspects car is displayed. Evidence also has linked he men to inc bombing of a British Barrack in Disseldorf on aug. S. Two soldiers were injured in that attack. Prechtel said investigators now believe that the suspects and their accomplices used inc same rented car for several of he attacks he said police arc looking for men in another car that sped away from the scene where the two suspects were arrested. Pope s trip routed to bypass s. Africa Johannesburg South Africa a at the advice of the nation s Bishops. Pope John Paul ii will bypass South Africa the most populous and Domi Nant country in Southern Africa when he begins a visit to the Region saturday. South african catholics have written to newspapers and their Church expressing anger and disappointment that the Pope is not stopping in their land. He will visit Zimbabwe Lesotho Mozambique Botswana and Swaziland ail of which Border South Africa. Some South Africa catholics said they would with hold donations that would be used to finance the Pope s visit to the poorer neighbouring countries. Others suggested the Pope could have done some Good by bringing a message of peace reconciliation and re Spect for human rights to racially divided South Africa. The dispute is part of a growing tension Between the South african government and Church leaders who actively oppose apartheid under which the nation Black majority has no voice in National affairs