European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday october 12,1968 world today chairman of Chrysler visits chinese jeep Plant Beijing a Chrysler corp. Chairman ice a. Iacocca was presented with a chinese built jeep tuesday when he visited the Beijing jeep corp., now partly owned by Chrysler. Iacocca arrived monday on a six Day visit thai will also include a visit to inc northeastern City of Changchun Home of Llie first Auto Mobile works. Chrysler and inc Changchun firm signed an agreement last year to Sel up a new factory using an Assembly line from Chrysler s Trenton mich., Plant that will produce four Cylinder engines. Chrysler gained a 31 percent equity interest in Beijing jeep when it acquired american motors corp. Last year. Am and the Beijing automobile works set up the join venture in 1983. 500,000 Are inoculated against polio in Israel Jerusalem at1 Israel inoculated More than 500,000 residents against polio monday on the second Day of a nationwide vaccination Campaign that began after nine eases of the Paralez ing disease were diagnosed. Israeli television meanwhile reported that two infants from Northern Israel were hospitalized with . Their diagnosis has not yet been confirmed Hospital officials said. Polio was thought to be eradicated in the re Gion and the recent cases have been blamed on inadequate sewage systems. Health ministry spokesman Shmuyl Algranti said 1.4 million israelis have been inoculated since the country was alerted last month. Door size Koran Page auctioned for $272,745 London a a Page the size of a door from a 550-year-old manuscript copy of he Koran the sacred Book of moslem sold for 1272,7.15 monday at rotheby s auctioneers. The Page measuring 6 feet by 3.7 feel came from a work commissioned by Prince Bay Sang Huro the persian Timur id dynasty to embellish the Tomb in Samarkand of his Grandfather Timur the mighty mongol conqueror known in the West As Tamerlane or tamburlaine. Before the Sale appraisers estimated the Page would fetch up to 60,000 pounds 1102,600 in monday s auction of Middle Eastern and far Eastern manuscripts and miniatures said a so theby s spokeswoman who spoke on condition she not be identified. The Middle Eastern buyer of the manuscript Page wanted to remain Anonymous she said. Rotheby s said Only two other pages of this size from the manuscript Are known and both Are owned by private collectors. 6 so Wetan women die in Stampede at disco Johannesburg South Africa a six Young Black women were killed and 17 people were injured monday evening when a crowd stampeded the front doors of a disco at an amusement Park on the Edge of Soweto police said. Police spokesman it col Frans Malherbe said the huge Naldi disco at the share world recreation Center was less than half full when Sowe tans trying to leave and others trying to enter began pushing one another at the single door that served As both an Entrance and an exit. All the victims were trampled in the doorway Malherbe said. Monday was a Public Holiday in South Africa and Many of the people at the disco had been drinking heavily witnesses said. Polish College students hold first Legal rallies in 7 years Warsaw Poland a thou Sands of students Al universities nationwide tuesday held their first Legal rallies in seven Yean to demand the legalization of the outlawed Independent students association or nos. Rallies were held Al about 30 universities and colleges in major cities throughout Poland said Piotr Sosnowski an nos spokesman in government tuesday said it disapproved of the demonstrations and accused students of trying to Tor Pedo upcoming round table talks be tween the opposition and the author 1,500 students gathered Al noon at Warsaw University. They raised nos and Solidarity banners on the University gales and chanted the names of the two banned organizations. Before the rally darted members of the officially recognized polish students association or zip distributed leaflet saying one student organization could not represent All students. .,., ,.but nos supporters burned the leaflets in piles on the University grounds claiming that the official organization was blocking their efforts to gain legalization. The Warsaw University students said they would pre sent a formal demand for Rcpt Ravicn of nos to Warsaw municipal authorities on Friday. Nusz is facing a Chance of re legalization but it will All depend on All of us and our position said Slawomir Gorecki an nos Leader. The authorities legally registered nos in february 1981 but the organization was banned shortly after the martial Law crackdown in december 1981. Professor in Cora Bialkowski the Rector of Warsaw University which has the most politically Active student body in Poland said last week that he favors legalization of nos because it would make it easier to negotiate with University student in a is a Poland tuesday Nelly in support tide galling the banned Independent students Audi ten. The students from the pragmatic Point of View t would Lay that i have an Independent students association. The problem is whether it is Legal and i would prefer it to be Legal " Bialkowski University Rector Czslaw Jacko Slu came out in support of his Warsaw colleague according 10 Solidarity sources who attended the rally in Gdansk. Pluralism in polish society is a fact but it must be creative. In our University there is a place for those organizations which Are still illegal Jackowski was quoted As telling 1,500 students gathered at Gdansk University on government and the state run press have criticized the student demonstrations saying they could hinder agreement Between theauthor Vilics and the opposition. Foundation announces winners of a Fernan be Nobel prize Stockholm Sweden a a brazilian Engi Neer fighting the destruction of the Amazon Jungles a malaysian environmental group and a British specialist in housing for the poor tuesday won the $100,000right livelihood award sometimes called the alter native Nob i an honorary award which carries no Cash prize. Went to Denmark s Inge Kemp Geneske founder an director of the International rehabilitation and re search Center for torture victims for her work to help those whose lives have been shattered by torture. The award was established in i960 by swedish Ger Man philanthropist Baron Jakob von us Skull to encourage practical solutions to everyday problems. Von be Skull sold a stamp collection to finance an initial s500.000 endowment for the annual prizes. They will be awarded in the swedish parliament on dec. 9, the eve of the Nobel prize ceremonies in Stock Holm and Oslo Norway. The to member jury includes von be Skull norwegian explorer Thor hey Dah former Costa rican president Rodrigo Carazo and Robert Muller a former , assistant Secretary general. The i9s8 winners were Brazil s Jose Lutzin Berger the friends of the Earth group fighting the logging Industry in the malaysian province of Sarawak and John Turner a London architect and author of self help programs for third world housing development. Von be Skull told a news conference that the award has gained recognition since it was introduced and has helped draw attention to environmental issues. The Cash stipend which the winners will share is for specific projects and not for personal use Accord ing to the right livelihood foundation. The timing of the prize is linked to the announce ment of the six Nobel prizes to ensure maximum publicity. The Nobel peace prize Given to the . Peace keeping forces was announced last week and the laureates in literature chemistry physics economics and Medicine will be made Public Over the next eight Days. Von be Skull created the prize because he believed the Nobel prizes had become too specialized and re moved from issues concerning everyone. He said that this year the winners were chosen from among 92 nominations which can be submitted by foundation cited Lutzenberger As the father of the environmental movement in Brazil who has launched soil regeneration projects and encouraged Poison free agriculture la Tinberger 61, quit his Job with a brazilian chemical company in 1972 to Campaign against the overuse of chemicals in farming. His criticism of projects funded by the world Bank raised an environmental awareness into the Bank 9 activities in Brazil and elsewhere the foundation said Lutzenberger also helped raise the alarm Over the Clearing of the Amazon rain forests for agriculture. An area the size of France and Scotland is burning. At this Rale the forests of Brazil will be destroyed in 20 years von be Skull said. In Malaysia Shabat Alam or friends Olne Earth was recognized for its conflict with the authorities Over the deforestation in foundation cited Harrison Ngau 2s. Director of the Sarawak office who led a blockade against a Lum Ber company that it said was owned by environment and tourism minister James Wong. Ngau was arrested for 60 Days and is still under Orden restricting his travel the foundation said. John Turner bore in 1927, was honoured for encouraging the Freedom of communities to plan build and manage their own Turner founder of the associated housing advisory services argued in a series of publications that West pm Urban development should not be imposed on third world Home dwellers. The honorary award recognized Geneske s work with torture victims in the Copenhagen Denmark based research Center. Von be Skull said Geneske has documented cases of torture and has charged that As Many As 25,000 people in the medical professions have been involved in acts of torture
