European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 in Vvs briefs collision of truck bus kills 17 people in Turkey Kiri kale Turkey a a bus and truck collided in Central Turkey on monday killing 17 people and injuring 23, to fish news agencies reported. The collision occurred 50 Miles East of Ankara when he bus travelling from Istanbul to Kayser smashed  into a truck loaded with fruit and vegetables inc Hurriel new Agency said. It said 17 people including both driven died at the Scono. The injured were liken to hospitals in Airikka Lefond Ankara. Hur Riyat quoted witnesses As saying the bus had moved Imp the adjacent Lane in an Effort to overtake another vehicle. A czechoslovak defects in homemade hang glider Vienn a a a 42-year-old czechoslovak Early monday defected to Austria aboard Home made motor pm cry hang glider flying Low to evade radar detection police reported. The Man identified Only a Jiri r., flew from arc clan Only a few Miles from the Border to Austria. Bui he told a reporter he lost his Bear Ings in the Early morning tog and his navigational error could  him Freedom in the  is close to the Border Bui instead of flying less than 6 Miles to reach austrian territory the defector took More or less a North South route precarious a com to Austria s Eastern Bor Der with Slovakia and he landed Al Stern Doit which is Only three Miles inside Austria. British Columbia strike shuts government offices Vancouver. British Columbia a a province wide strike by 27,000 civil service workers Clofed most government offices Mon Day. Bui about 1,500 prison guards who joined the strike saturday agreed to return monday under court order. The guards members of inc British Columbia government employees Union Are Amon about 2,000 workers whose services were designated As essential. Officials said most government Offles were closed monday including land titles office an registries for births deaths and marriages. The Union whose contract expired july ii struck after a 39-hour negotiating session failed to resolve inc Issue of wages. Pope ends tour with Call for peace in South Africa Maputo Mozambique a Pope John Paul ii ended a 10-Day tour of Southern Africa monday with a Call for peace and racial Justice in the Region but South african anti apartheid leaders said he was not Lough enough on the South african government. In a Farewell speech at Maputo s Airport be fore flying to Rome the pontiff said Southern Africa is a Region where woeful violations of human rights  he said each person should enjoy fundamental rights without any restrictions or limitations justified by racial segregation or social Dis Crimi  cockade of greek town strands foreign tourists 1goumenitsa, Greece More than 400 foreign tourists were stranded in this North Western port monday eight Days after Farmers blockaded its Harbor Apt All streets leading into the town. A there Are about 40b\lpurisis that have been trapped Here since this thing started and the have nowhere to go. The sife West German austrian and Swiss Igou Ennu Hotelier Vasi Lis Soufis Lold the associated Prestiy Telephone. Farmers and residents blockade Kuhis port town of 10.000 on sept. 11 to protest of govern men decision to build a sewage treatment Pleat on the Kalamaras River which Slowi into the sea a few Miles North of Here. The stars and stripes tuesday september 20,1988 social democrats win again in swedish vote Stockholm Dpi swedish voters returned the social democratic party to Power in general elections that brought a new party into the swedish parliament for shears time in 67 year and left the socialist bloc with an Overall majority. Campaigning on defending the Cradle to grave Wel fare state the social democratic minority government retained Power in sunday s Vole by losing less to the new anti  environmentalist Green party than did the three non socialist opposition parties. Prime minister Ingwer Carlsson who look Over the social democratic leadership after the 1986 murder of his predecessor Olof palme led his party to win 43.7 percent of the vote a Losiff 1.3 percent since the 1985 election. \ i am very Happy with the results said Carlson. I had thought we were going to have a More difficult  \ following sunday s Victory Carlsson was expected to dissolve his administration before announcing the formation of his new minority government. Along Wilh their Small ally the left party communists the socialist Side tallied 49.6 percent of the vote but won a 178-171 mandate majority in the 349-seat Riksdag parliament. The social democrats have ruled Sweden for 50 of the last 56 years and Carlsson said sunday s result showed 6.3 million voters had Confidence in the direction of his government. Leading electoral analyst Siren Holmburg said swedes had disregarded several government scandals and voted according to their wallets after iwo three year terms of social democratic economic Prosperity. The Green party demanding an end to nuclear Power and environmental pollution failed to gain a predicted bal acc of Power position but stormed into the five party swedish legislature As the first new party in 67 years by winning 5.5 percent of the votes. Protests from Page 1 Ond largest City after  students Are being mowed town. Can t any thing be done a reporter said by Telephone from the scene of one confrontation. The reporter then broke Down in tears. Witnesses said they saw two Monk fall to the ground after being hit by bullets around the sule Pagoda. \ the clashes Between array troops and protesters flared sunday after hard line army commander Gen. Saw mating ousted civilian president Maung Maung. Maung Maung s whereabouts Are unknown. Saw Maung also abolished the burmese Council of state parliament and All local people s councils ordered striking government employees to mum to work imposed a nighttime curfew and binned Public gatherings of five people or More. He said the moves were aimed Al halting eco nomic and social chaos that have forced the Resig nation of two leaders since july amid Public de mands for an end to 26 Yean of repressive one party role. In the past month strikes demonstrations loot ing Lind lawlessness have paralysed the Economy and pushed the nation to the verge of anarchy. Saw Maung in a statement to radio Rangoon vowed to restore order and to hold general elections udder a multiparty system Al an unspecified later Date. Military spokesman Kyaw Sana said the clashes began sunday night when the mob attacked Secu Rity forces Wilh catapults and jingles Metal dam. And the troops had to disperse the mob by shooting in Many parts of the  although most demonstrators faced the troops without weapons some carried swords Spears crossbows and other primitive arms. Kyaw Sann said crowds monday raided two police stations stealing rifles pistols and ammunition. More than 40 demonstrators and 17 soldiers were reported killed sunday in one area of rang Oon where protesters were seen taking weapons from fallen soldiers. Flooding \ from Page 1 tornadoes spun off by the storm damaged Homes and businesses in Texas. The Rio Grande i n Southwest Texas was expected to Rise to 12 feet above Rood stage. In san Antonio a Man was killed Friday when a twister knocked a Utility pole onto his Home and a woman died Early saturday after a Tornado upped through her Mobile Home. I Well take one Day at a time. Well clean up and eventually Well get our own House put up if we get some Money to buy lumber and Lin said Deborah Dickens whose Mother in Law Emily Dickens was killed. Other tornadoes in san Antonio uprooted Trees snapped Power lines and Tore off roofs. Damage there was estimated at More than 135 million including s25 million form to aircraft parts at Kelly fab. 5,the storm killed at least 98 people while coursing the Caribbean including 29 in Mexico s Yucatan pc Itata where it hit with winds of up to 200 Mph 26 i Jamaica 30 in Haiti five in the dominican Republic an tight in Honduras. Issues from Pago 1 selective statistics to misconstrue the stale of the econ omy both in Massachusetts and in the nation. Mark Twain once said that there were three kinds of falsehoods lies Damn lies and statistics Dukakis said. Or. Bush. Likes statistics the statistics that show that More americans Are working bul do not Tell you the Quality of their jobs. Statistics that Tell us that some people and some males Are doing very very Well but Don t Tell us about the daily struggle of Many americans to pay their  he also said not All is Well with the Federal Economy As Long As the budget deficit Mas into the billions of dollars. The next president will inherit a sea of Republican red Ink that not even Moses could part Dukakis said. Both candidates have left themselves plenty of time to prepare for the first of their two debates. Sheila Tate Bush s press Secretary said the vice president would spar in mock debate Wilh former Dep Uty Treasury Secretary Richard Darman playing the Raleo Froika Kis Senate minority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas who lost to by a in the race for the gop presidential Nomi nation Sai the debate could cause a shift in the Politi Cal  stake Are High. This u hard Ball Dole said in an appearance in Ohio on sunday. I Don t worry about Gcorge Bush. The big difference is he knows what he i talking about. Now maybe Dukakis can memorize in bulb to gel through the debate but hell forget it right  Bush s surr Gaui also have been attacking Dukakis. Gop rep new Gingrich of Georgia in a speech sunday to the Cali Niknia Republican convention accused Dukakis of be flt a " Eft Winger who oppose weapons systems supported by Bush in i not that  1 a Patriot. It s that Duka Kis u nuts Gingrich said. His value system has no relation to  \ Dukakis spokesman Mark Cann responded his attempt with innuendo and lies and misrepresentation of the governor s position is typical of his Nasty approach 1