European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 16,198b the stars and stripes Page 3 2 . Airlines postpone ending junk fare rotes by the associated press at least two major . Airlines have Pul off for another week the elimination or a popular category of discount air Tarn the to tailed junk fare used by major business travellers. The cuts which represented an Industry wide restructuring of discount fare programs had been scheduled 10 go into effect tuesday but officials of two airlines. United and american tuesday said they decided to extend the deadline to nov. 22, and they said other airlines had made the same move. Other carriers made that move and we Sim ply matched it said Al Becker a spokesman for Dallas based american. Becker said he could not provide tin explanation for the postponement. However the new York times reported tuesday that one reason for the change was that some carriers including trans world airlines had not yet Pul the new fares into effect "1 think ail the airlines Are watching each  said United spokeswoman Sara Dor  Tare changes involve the discontinuation of most three to seven Day Advance Purchase fares a move that was initiated by Continental airlines on Friday. A Continental spokesperson did not immediately return a Call tuesday seek ing comment on whether it was also postponing the move. Besides having the relatively Short Advance Purchase requirements the so called junk fares often did not require a traveler to stay a the destination on a saturday night. They were 10 percent to 35 percent below full coach fare. Plo representatives declare Independent palestinian state Algiers Algeria a the Plo s Par Mam Cal in Chile proclaimed an Independent pales Tinian state tuesday and Plo chief Yasser Arafat said the decision puts the Ball. In the Ameri can  the Palestine National Council made the Declara Tion approving a new political program that indirectly recognizes Israel. Council delegates broke into applause and the Occa Sion was immediately followed by quiet handshakes kisses and an occasional tear. At a news conference Arafat described the Council meeting As the Intel Asch uprising session referring to ii months of unrest by palestinians in the israeli occupied West Bank and Gaza strip. Bui in could also be the session of peace with the . Administration and Israel he said. In a More threatening Lone he added let it also be Clear i can always come Back to our Council and declare that moderation docs not pay. Pur political statement contains moderation flexibility and realism which the West has been urging us to show. The Ball is now in the american  in Washington the initial response was cautious. President Reagan said the Plo action could rep resent Progress the president added however tha there were other problems thai remain to be  the United slates has demanded that the Plo recognize Israel and renounce terrorism before it will Deal with the organization. Earlier tuesday israeli troops seated off the West Bank and Gaza strip where Arab youths took to the streets to celebrate the declaration and underground leaders of the palestinian uprising called a general strike. The West Bank town of Bell chem was under cur few for he first Lime since 1967. In the town teen agers ignored threats of fines and jail terms to run through the streets setting off fireworks and singing a nationalist song. Arafat did hot describe the new state s Borders except to say that a 1947 . Plan that provided for separate jewish and Arab Stales in Palestine still provides the basis for International legit  the palestinian Terri Lory mentioned in the Dada re lion presumably meant the West Bank and Gaza captured by Israel in 1967 Middle East War passage of the Procla mation could Mark a turning Point in the four decade struggle through repeated Arab Arufus israeli wars and recur rent guerrilla attacks. Israel gained Independence in 1948, when British Rule ended. The Palestine liberation organization s Declara Tion will not necessarily have any immediate effect because the Plo is unable to Challenge Israel for actual control either in the occupied territories or in Israel proper. Plo leaders consider it rather As a historic step toward creation of an Independent state in the West Bank and Gaza. Israel rejected any change in its attitude toward the Plo even before the policy was approved. It s not a problem of def Nilion and formula Lions of various positions said prime minister Yitzhak Shamir. Well not negotiate with them because they re opposed to peace with  Reagan Calls Berlin litmus test9 in superpower ties Washington of president Reagan declared Berlin a litmus test of East West relations tuesday As he held a Farewell meeting with West German Chan cellar Helmut Kohl Kohl responding through a translator at a departure ceremony on the while House Lawn thanked Reagan for his efforts to improve relations with the soviet Union. Any kind of worsening in East West relations will be fell like an earthquake in our country and of course first of All in Berlin Kohl said. Reagan who leaves office Jan. 20, said. The divided City of Berlin remains a powerful Symbol of a divided Europe and a litmus test of East West  the two leaders who have been close allies also exchanged personal Best wishes these have been Good years Kohl said. Both of us have paved the Way for a development that will be pursued by your successor in  Kohl was to meet with president elect George Bush later in the Day. On wednesday Reagan meets with Britain s prime minister Margaret Thatcher whom he said he respects More than any other world Leader he has met. In London columnist George Walden of the conservative daily Telegraph wrote. We must Brace our selves for a Niagara of Mutual admiration. The person Al relationship has indeed been  Thatcher is scheduled so meet thursday with Bush president Reagan and Helmut Kohl meet tuesday. Who will be sworn in As president Jan. 20. There have been reports from London that she would bring a proposal for an Early meeting of Bush with other nato leaders. April 4 will be the 40th anniversary of the signing of the North Atlantic treaty and such decade anniversaries have been observed in the past by turning the annual Spring ministerial meeting of nato into a Heads  meeting. A West German official said Kohl s visit would enable him again to congratulate the president elect and to see with him what the immediate tasks for both countries are.". And West German officials said Kohl was expected to discuss East West relations with the presi Dent and to report on his own meetings with soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and other Kremlin offi coals last month. Reagan last met with both Kohl and Thatcher at the seven nation economic Summit in Toronto last june. Kohl was last in Washington in february and Thatcher in july 1987. _. Before coming to Washington. Kohl honoured Simon  at the nazi Hunter s 80th birthday party monday in new York. At the Celebration Kohl warned against minimizing nazi crimes through comparison with other killings. We germans have to live with the terrible fact that under the National socialist nazi tyranny untold suf Fering was inflicted on the jews in particular Kohl said. ". He called the crimes a genocide without any exam plc.". .,., v \ v Wiesel hat thanked  for his Friendship. Your presence Here tonight is proof of your willingness to Honor All those who did not live to see the Day of liberation from the nazi Rule he said. " Sekol Wheaton Iii. A a High school teacher will not be disciplined for arranging a Field trip in which students were strip searched hog tied and forced to cat fish head soup in a simulation of third world prison conditions officials said. Some of the learning activities thai were conducted went beyond what was really necessary to accommodate the objectives of the program said Donie Young spokeswoman for the Wheaton Warrenville school District at a school Board meeting monday superintendent Richard Short supports the pro Gram the prison simulation she said. The administration just feels mat parts of it were carried to an extreme. Last month s voluntary Field trip to Wheaton col lege by 34 juniors and seniors from Wheaton North High school was intended to give students a taste of criminal Justice systems including one thai might exist in a third world country ruled by a despot. The Field trip included strip searches a meal of potato soup with a fish head floating in it. Blindfolds Handcuffs and nude Duck walking involving some of the boys. Young said. The students who participated had no complaints but afterwards some parents said they were outraged by the Field trip and the school Board asked Short to evaluate the program. Short told about so parents that there would be no disciplinary action. Against Wheaton North teacher David Lipham a popular american government instructor who arranged the held trip. But Short said the consent form parents were asked to sign was inadequate. We would want to see 16 in that the communication with parents would be a lot More effective in the future he said. There was a need for parents to have a greater understanding of what they were  the Field trip was supervised by Don smart direct. Lor of the College s Institute for prison ministries who acted As the  two College students were