European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page �4 the stars and stripes Friday october 21,1988 korean confederation proposed by North United nations a North Korea is pro posing the creation of a Neutral korean nation in which the socialist North and capitalist South would peacefully co exist in a confederation. Meanwhile South korean president Roh Tae woo pledged wednesday to pursue better relations with China the soviet Union and Eastern Europe to help free North Korea from its International isolation. North Korea s Deputy foreign minister rang Sok jul old the 43rd . General Assembly that the new nation his country is proposing would realize National reunification leaving the two social systems in the North and the South As they there is no hidden attempt to insinuate unification through comm Bizalion and no intention to impose our ideas and system on the other Side Kang said. South Korea s . Mission did not respond directly. It said in a statement our president yesterday suggested All those proposals of North and South Korea be discussed at the Summit talks Between the two pans of Korea. Speaking before the general Assembly on tuesday Roh said thai before reunification could occur Mutual Trust Between the nations must be established. Roh also proposed the two Korea meet with the United Stales soviet Union China and Japan to pre pare the groundwork for peace and Security measures throughout Northeast Asia. In prepared remarks for a speech to the Council on foreign relations and the Asia society Roh said Wedo not seek to isolate North Korea we Hope that the improvement and expansion of our relations with socialist countries will stimulate North Korea into open ing itself up to the outside world and responding positively to our Call for reconciliation and the new Korea which Kang called the Republic of koryo would have a supreme National Assembly with an equal number of rep resin Tives from North and South however he did not explain How two such different social systems might be melded successfully into one nation. Koryo was one of three nations on the korean pen insula 600 Yean ago. It preceded the Lee dynasty thai unified the three countries and lasted 500 years before Japan annexed Korea. The korean Peninsula was again divided at the end of world War ii when the soviets ended japanese occupation in the North and the allies landed in the South. North and South Korea Are still technically at War because the 1950-1953 korean War ended in an armistice with no peace treaty Ever signed. Kang said the new koryo would abolish former Mili tary alliances and treaties maintain a unified military command and dissolve the demarcation line dividing the Korea at the 38th parallel. The new nation also would be the sole representative of the entire Peninsula in diplomatic relations with other nations and hold the sole korean Seal in the United nations he added. Both Korea currently hold non voting observer status in the general Assembly. Prices Page 1 do la same for tobacco products in. Halt Lovacco sales in commissaries and raise a ficus in exchanges and Navy ships stores civilian Levels raise the parcs of alcoholic Bever Ages in military Cist i stores and other retail outlets to Malc civilian prices. Make no change vol the current guidelines. X the prices of tobacco products in exchanges average about 15 percent Les than those on the Economy according to service stairs pics. Savings in con Nissa pics usually Are greater. Average Trees for military tobacco products Are Amul 35 percent less than civilians pay \ tobacco products like other commis sary items arc sold on a Cosl-plus-5 per cent basis. Liquor and wine prices average about 10 percent less in class i stores in the United tales and about 20 less overseas when compared to off base sources. Products sold overseas Are cheaper because no . Excise tax is levied. Military officials acknowledged that policy changes arc under study but gave no details. The Workings of the defense resources Board which has manage ment and oversight responsibility for All aspects of the Dod planning program Ming and budgeting process Are consid ered very internal said one official. The official said no final decisions have been made by Tad on the recommendations. But the House aide claimed the mar panel chaired by rep. Marvin Lealh a Texas has Learned that draft report on a plan to Hall sales of tobacco products in commissaries next for tobacco in exchanges would then Rise nearly to private sector Levels. " prices for alcoholic beverages sold in Miti a package beverage stores also would in a although not As much As those on Toracs products the House staffer said. The staffer declined to identify the source of the information obtained by the committee saying Only the Penta gon is a big place. Under the Taft plan the army and air Force Exchange service would have control Over All tobacco and alcohol Saleson army and air Force bases presuming tobacco sales in commissaries ended and the Exchange service completes a planned takeover of the class i liquor stores in those two services in january. In the oct. 13 letter to Carlucci Thi members of the mar panel said in plan is not Wise constitutes poor Psi Ness practices and selectively Knipf Sci a unique and unnecessary tax and their families especially in overseas s the lawmakers said tobacco products account for up to 10 Paf tent of commis sary sales and sales would result in the loss a millions of dollars that Are used by pay for non appropriated fund construction and renovation. Additional cafes system would be severely Susiner by having to absorb in creased sales of tobacco the lawmakers Exchange system in roughly a three month period Wal have to handle a 175 percent net inert be in worldwide sales the letter said. This Burden would be com pounded by life impending Transfer of pack age beverage stores to cafes. The exchanges Xiu not be Able to handle this substantial workload and still provide High f service to patrons.T. J lawmakers also noted that Lobac and alcohol sales in the private sector Are declining and the military is experiencing a similar trend spurred by recent health appears the department is attempt ing to fill a Short term funding Gap using severely declining Revenue source the letter lawmakers sent a subtly worded note of caution to the Pentagon stating we would Hope that specific legislation to reverse the Taft plan would not be necessary. The committee strongly recommends that any action taken to implement changes to these policies be deferred until Congress can be consulted when it reconvenes next year Convoy from Page 1 seven vehicles a troop transport truck and six jeeps officials said. Scenes of wounded men being Rusl cd on stretchers to waiting ambulances filled israeli to newscasts. The ambulances their sirens screaming ferried the victims to emergency helicopters that Airlift cd them to hospitals in Northern Israel. An israeli military statement said that besides the seven dead one Soldier was critically wounded another seriously and six others suffered moderate or Light wounds. Toto lebanese women civilians were slightly injured. News of the blast airman gets for theft at Span Dahlem a West Jer Many is an airman ass Ibfred to the 52nd component repair so was sentenced to two years in prison wednesday after being found guilty y theft and making false statements. However because Obi a pretrial agreement airman la class Lucas a Burnau will serve in maximum of 18 months in jail. The 20-year-Oldirman was bund guilty on three counts of larceny dealing with the theft of chemical equipment from another service member and two related incidents at the Spang Dahlum Exchange in which he returned stolen merchandise for Cash and kept $430 accidentally refunded to him for was withheld Tor seven hours by Israel s military consorts until All of the victims families Screno tire. Israeli television Law showed fool of mangled army vehicles and of packs and soldiers Kil strewn j roads and Fields. With Esse sch the Toyota that carried the Bortt twas reduced to a Ball of charred meet \ it was the most Atlas on israeli forces since Laslaf five. 26 what a Lone palestinian Camp Jendo in a men sized hang glider flew from Labani across the israeli mar and attacked an army base in Norf fiem Israel killing six soldiers and a dding 11 others. Officials Saab they were Uncertain where the Van a ome from. They said it May have Bear prepared outside the Security Ison term Lan Dahlem another Purchase. The final charge against the Wisconsin native involved a false report Bernau made to base police in june that his car had been stolen. Bernau a photo maintenance specialist has been in the air Force since june 1987 and was assigned to Span Dahlem in March. In addition to the prison sen tence he was Given a bad conduct Dis charge reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade and ordered to forfeit All pay and allowances. Bernau could have received 14 years in prison and a dishonourable discharge. He will serve his sentence at the army confinement facility at Mannheim West Germany. And somehow managed to pass trough military roadblocks into the strip. But they said it was More Likely that the Van had been brought in empty hidden in a Village inside the zone and loaded with some of the hundreds of pounds of explosives that officials say Are kept in under ground caches throughout the area israeli leaders locked in the Middle of Holly contested parliamentary election Campaign expressed regret Over the deaths and swore vengeance. In the past Israel has retaliated with air strikes on military bases acid palestinian refugee Camps following i attacks. Sir hands will reach every murderer in everyplace and nobody will be spared said defense minister Yitzhak Rabin. Whoever sends suicide bombers and ear bombs must know that he will pay the Rabin said Israel would have no Sec Ond thoughts about maintaining the Security zone a 6 to to Milc Buffer strip thai it established in 1985 to guard against Cross Border attacks into Northern Israel Afier the army pulled most of its troops out of Leb goal of the Security zone is to Stop attacks against the inhabitants of the North and their he told reporters at the scene. The suicide attack today per haps prevented a great tragedy in the North Ern settlements but the army paid a very painful from Page 1 i of each of the would be paid to relate dead. Several foreign nation Kkt including a person identified by a local cos age Cyas a West German businessman were reportedly on the flight which usually crowded with businessmen grave Jug be tween the Industrial cities. The associated press said the Ger list indicated that three Germa iwo japanese and an industrialist in Bahrain were among the victims. The Vaya doot flight crashed near cd Rahaii in the northeastern slate of Assam when it slammed into a 3,800 foot Hill in blinding rain the press Trust of India said. The plane said to be at least 20 years old was on a 95-mile flight from the town of Wilchar also in Assam. Television reports from the scene of the Indian airlines crash showed the de Bris of the plane scattered Over farm land and rescuers sifting through clothes photographs and soldering wreckage. Only the Tail of the aircraft and Small sections of its fuselage and wings were intact. A doctor who tended to the survivor said that Many bodies were charred beyond said one of the five survivors was seriously burned but the others were re covering Well. The last major crash involving an Indian airlines aircraft occurred aug. 4, 1979, when a Turboprop plane known As the Avro crashed in the Hills near the Western City of Pune killing All 45 people on Boan Indian airlines serves 31,000 Passen a Day with 37 aircraft a sleet said to do Jna Mcquale to Deal with growing do Metic and International this year a committee on tourism set up by the government recommended the o partial privatization of in Dian airlines and air India. The government is studying the committee s recommendations
