European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday. October 11,19b8 yugoslavs enact urgent measures Belgrade Yugoslavia a communist authorises in the Southern Republic of Montenegro proclaimed urgent measures in its capital monday in the face of unrest thai continued despite a warning from the Federal president. Street protests fuelled by economic woes and ethnic tension have swept much of Southern and Eastern Yugoslavia in recent weeks. Tension escalated Over the weekend however As police used violence for the first Lime to break up the protests and students and workers in Montenegro United in Calls to oust local communist leaders. President Raif Dizdarevic went on National television sunday night to Appe Alfor Calm warning of unspecified Emer gency measures if the unrest did not cease. Montenegro s communist leadership huddled in emergency session in the re Public s capital of tit Grad on monday afternoon As the unrest continued the state news Agency Tan Jug said. Workers and 2.000 students in the montenegrin town of Niksic 30 Miles North of tit Grad rallied of Side a local government building and in a steel Mill where 2,800 workers were on strike for a second Day Tan Jug said. Their anger was fuelled by police who used clubs and ear Gas during the week end 10 break up crowd in tit Grad and marchers in Niksic who were on their Way to the tit Grad rally. That rally amounted loan explosion of worker and student anger at economic hardships imposed by an austerity pro Gram enacted in May to try to curb a $21 billion foreign debt and bring Down inflation which is at 217 percent. The National government meanwhile announced it was rescinding n 28.5 per cent boost in electricity prices announced oct. I. It would have been the fourth increase in electricity Bills this year. A major political showdown is expected at a meeting of the Central com Millic of the ruling communist party on monday. Communist leaders already have promised a personnel shake up. News briefs czech slovak premiers resign their positions Prague Czechoslovakia a Czecho slovak Premier Lubomir Strougal who headed the Federal government for More than is years and slovak Premier Peter Colotka resigned monday the stale news Agency ctr reported. The announcement was made by communist party chief Milos Jakes in a speech at a plenary session of the party s Central committee he said the resignations were accepted Strougal believed to be the longest serving Premier in Europe replaced Oldrich Cembik in january 1970. Colotka has served As slovak Premier since May 1969 and As czechoslovak Deputy Premier since september 1969. The shake up in Czechoslovakia follows Simi Lar government reorganizations in the soviet Union Hungary and Poland. Christian militiamen kill 2 guerrillas in Lebanon Jerusalem a israeli backed Christ Ian militiamen killed two guerrillas monday in a gun Battle in Southern Lebanon the army report  did not say. However to what group the guerrillas belonged. Meanwhile Lebanon s acting prime minister Salim Hoss said that partitioning Lebanon into sectarian substrates would trigger Long term Ware Between christians and moslem. In his comments monday Hoss was respond ing to a statement by Samir Geagea Leader of the lebanese forces the main chistian militia thai a Federal system was the Only practical Way to end the deadlock Over presidential elections and Lebanon s 13-year civil War. Former president Amin Gem yet appointed Christian military government led by Gen. Michel Aoun in september at the end of his six year presidential term. However Hoss govern ment refused to resign and challenges the legitimacy of the new government. 33 die 15 Hurt in crash at yugoslav train station Belgrade Yugoslavia a two cars of an express passenger train derailed and slammed into a parked freight train at a station killing at least 33 people and injuring is the state Tan Jug news Agency reported monday a passenger was quoted As saying the express train entered the station in Eastern Yugoslavia at High Speed then slammed on ill brakes. But the news Agency said the Driver obeyed All signals while entering the station. The crash occurred at 7 20 . Sunday in Lapovok 50 Miles South of Belgrade. Rescue teams worked through the night to reach the victims using blow torches to Cut through the derailed coaches Tan Jug said. The train was travelling from the Southern City of Skopje to Belgrade when its last two car jumped off the rails at the Lapovok station and rammed into an engine of a parked freight Iram Tan Jug  government of Serbia monday asked fed eral authorities to proclaim wednesday a Day of National mourning for the victims but there Wasno immediate word on whether the request was approved. Eiffel Tower still closed by strike Paris a the Eiffel Tower remained closed to visitors for the. Third Day monday Asem Plo yees of Paris most famous attraction continued their strike for higher wages. A meeting sunday Between management and personnel failed to produce a breakthrough. Another meeting was scheduled for late monday afternoon. In the face of management s toughening Posi Tion we Are prepared to continue our action strik ers  Are demanding a two franc increase in their hourly pay of 29.04 francs about $4.60inclusion of bonuses in their salaries and changes in work schedules. Elevator operators and Cashiers at the 1,056-foot High tourist All action walked off the Job saturday vowing to keep the Tower closed until i hair de mands wore Metthe management of the Eiffel Tower which is the property of the City of Paris said to has lost Revenue from tourists amounting to More than $95,000 since the strike started saturday. Reforms from Page 1 serving More than iwo  had been widely assumed that the party Congress would Amend the Constitution to allow him to continue in office. He was certain to be re elected As the sole candidate for president. Bend Edid said his government would propose political reforms to a popular referendum but he gave no details. The reforms he said would be the natural Extension of the . 19,these were largely measures aimed at easing the heavy Burden of Algeria s socialist revolution on Ordinary peo the speech appeared to have been recorded prior to the latest outbreak or shooting. He said he deeply regretted the material and human  but he justified the martial Law measures imposed to quell it Ana said he would no tallow the country to fall into  Bend Edid swore to respect the popular will and to facilitate the Rise of Young people to the  but he said these changes must take place in a Calm atmosphere. We have the courage to recognize our mistakes and to restore the situation he said. I would like you to help  the army used heavy machine guns to disperse monday s demonstration in Babel sued. Reliable unofficial reports from police hospitals and other sources say the we Klong uprising against High prices and the  of Bend Edid has Cost 260 lives or More. No official casually counts have been  downtown offices were dosed monday and traffic fell to a trickle in Algiers a Mediterranean port and capital of this North african nation of 25 million. Early monday before the shooting in Babel sued the Gove Merit tried to relieve some shortages. Large stocks of flour butter and cooking Oil were delivered to stale operated stores and private shops. Cheese Semolina lentils Coffee sugar and Rice Al unobtainable for weeks suddenly reappeared. Prices were considerably below Blade Market Rales. Butler was offered at the subsidized Price of j 1.75, not the j4.30 it Cost on the Black Market last week. Many customers emerged from stores with shopping baskets bulging a rare sight in shortage plagued Algiers. Rising prices for Staple foods have been a chief complaint of protesters. The Cost of Many items has risen 40 percent or More because of economic reforms Bend Edid announced last january to take effect gradually through Early 1989. Oil and Gas Are Algeria s Mam exports and the econ omy has been Hurt by the decline in Oil prices. Phantom from Page 1 non said. People have been pushed things thrown around people Woken up for no apparent  George confines his activities to the below decks cargo holds crewmen  officer 2nd class Gary Weiss says he has twice seen a Khaki uniformed Man passing through the holds Only to have him disappear from areas thai have no exits Weiss has also heard disembodied food reps seen stacks of supplies and food Lumble Over and once was left in the dark with another Crew member when the lights suddenly went out even though no  else could have reached the Light switch. On  occasion Weiss and another Crew member were inside a soundproof Freezer when they heard the words hello  we just stopped looked at each other and shrugged Weiss said. Retention from Page 1 or counselling for troubled recruits the attrition rates went Back Down to 7.2 percent. Attrition rates for High Quality recruits vary from base to base with the highest Levels consistently at fort Jackson next to Columbia s.c., and the lowest Al fort Bliss near Elpaso Texas and fort Mcclellan near Anniston Ala. Despite the improvements said Seliman we Are still dabbling with the recruitment profile that includes asking Rand to review the records of thousands car rails to determine Why they dropped Oul Al the same Lime Seliman and his associate Are working on a Long questionnaire they Hope will give them a better handle on the kinds of people Likely to fulfil their service contracts. The questions ask potential recruits about  is sues As previous work trouble with authorities drug or alcohol use problems in High school grades and the types of courses taken. People in academic programs lend to have a Littlemore stick to it Veness than people who followed a vocational program Seliman said. The answers will be compared to those Given by earlier recruits who finished to Weir enlistment,.ne said. The questionnaire which will Lake about 30 minutes to fill out May be introduced by october 1989. _ introducing the questionnaire will add an additional Index to the iwo that the armed forces have used since the beginning of the All Volunteer fore to measure the Quality of recruits whether they received a High school diploma and How they scored on the armed forces qualification test. Previously said Sellnau the biggest predictor has been the High school degree. Recruits with High school degrees arc twice As Likely to make