European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday december 22,1988 s. Korea frees 281 political prisoners Seoul. South Korea a the government re leased 281 political prisoners wednesday As part of sweeping amnesty and the freed dissidents vowed to topple president Roh tac woo and drive . Forces out of South Korea. Roh ordered the amnesty involving 2,015 Politi Cally motivated offenders As part of efforts to defuse nationwide juror Over demands for the punishment of former president Chun Doo Hwan for human rights abuses and corruption under his authoritarian regime. In addition to the releases the Justice ministry said the civil rights of 1,581 dissidents had been restored the sentences of 92 people reduced and 61 fugitive Radical students dropped from police wanted lists. Dissident leaders charged that 300 political prison ers remained in jail and dismissed the amnesty As a government trick to perpetuate its control. Released prisoners and supporters called for Roh spill and the expulsion of the 42,000 . Troops based in the country1. Park Suk Yook a dissident freed from a prison in the Southern City of Kwangju told supporters All prisoners of conscience must be freed to realize democracy. Will fight together with my comrades until the military dictatorship is terminated in this  drive out the  dozens of protesters Chan Ted in Chingju South of Seoul As they greeted Moon boo Shik. Who was serving a 20-year sentence for his pan in a 1982 attack on a . Cultural Center in the Southern port of Pusan. Kim Hyun Jang also involved in the Pusan attack ridiculed the amnesty. I am sorry to be released when Many comrades arc still held in prison he said. One person died and three others were injured when the Pusan Center was set on fire in an anti-. Protest. Dissidents contend Washington supports authoritarian freed student Kim Hyun Jang is embraced by his wife. Rule in South Korea and demand the withdrawal of . Forces based in the country under a defense treaty. A government spokesman who declined to renamed warned the released dissidents not to engage in violent anti government protests. The government will Deal sternly with radicals future actions which arc seen As defying the nation s free democratic system he said. Justice ministry officials said 224 anti state Crimi nals remained in jail but said nearly All were communist North korean spies. Roh appealed to the nation last month to forgive Chun and promised to free political prisoners As part of a series of measures in wipe out vestiges of the Chun government Many South koreans still identify Roh with his predecessor although the new government has dismantled Chun s authoritarian controls and helped introduce wide spread political reforms. Chun a former general who took Power with military backing in 1980, went into voluntary internal exile Las month after apologizing to the nation for abuses under his Rule. The opposition parties arc demanding Chun appear be fore a National Assembly probe before the question of the Pardon proposed by Roh is addressed. Rob wants Chu pardoned without further action. Dissidents and some mainline opposition leaders Hope to use controversy Over Chun to generate opposition to Roh a former general who won in the presidential election last december. Dissidents have Little Public support but Many koreans Are angry about Chun and want some kind faction. Prime minister rang Young noon said in a statement tuesday that the amnesty"""1j" the political controversy the Over the question of politically Motif Nisic Lum u i amnesty is aimed at completely resolving controversy that has been going on for months Ito motivated offenders news updates $1.67 million theft Winterthur Switzerland a four unidentified gunmen who staged a Holdup aboard a Swiss express train got away with about 2.5 million Swiss francs $1.67 million in Cash police announced wednesday. A communique said investigators determined that the total contained in six parcels robbed from the baggage car in monday s hold up ranged from used 1,000 franc notes to i centimes coins. The value of the haul had not bit ii immediately known As police had to Contact the senders of All insured parcels shipped on that train. The communique did not say who mailed the stolen parcels but a police spokesman said earlier that investigators had been in touch with several Banks. Police said the italian or French speaking robbers were still at Large despite a Large scale manhunt mounted immediately after he raid. Saudis make Appeal Manama Bahrain a King fahd of saudi Arabia appealed wednesday for an International reconstruction Campaign for War devastated Iraq and Iran and indicated heightened interest in normalizing relations with Iran. The rehabilitation process needs collective International efforts in View of the magnitude of the damage inflicted by the War fahd said in statements published by Bahrain s arabic language aka bar Ai Kha Lccy daily. Fahd and other leaders of the six nation Gulf cooperation Council met for the third Day of the acc s annual Summit Confer ence to formulate postwar policies and support United nations efforts to secure a peace treaty to formally end the Iran Iraq conflict. The Summit ends thursday. 3 English speakers in Cabinet quiz Affer Quebec chief defies sign ruling Toronto a three Quebe Cabinet ministers have resigned Over their Premier s Defiance of a supreme court ruling that the predominantly French speaking province must allow the posting of signs in English. The country s highest court said last week that Quebec May make sure that French predominates on outdoor sign but barred the province from preventing the use of other languages. Robert Bourassa the provincial pre Mier angered both English speakers and franc phonic militants sunday wit what he termed a Compromise French must remain the Only language on out door signs but other languages can be used indoors so Long As French predominates. Environment minister Lincoln Clif Ford one of four English speakers in Bourassa s Cabinet resigned tuesday and said the so called Compromise was a violation of individual rights. In my beliefs rights arc rights arc rights he said. There arc no partial rights. There arc no indoor outdoor  two of the other English speaker Public Security minister Herbert Marx and communications minister Richard French quit later tuesday. Bourassa based his decision on a clause put into the Constitution by West Ern provinces that allows provinces or the National government to override a court decision. The resumption of linguistic divisive Ness in Canada followed four years of Gen eral Calm that made possible the 1987 Meech Lake constitutional agreement recognizing Quebec As a distinct  Only eight of the 10 provinces have ratified the Accord named for the place in Quebec where it was signed. New Brunswick and Quebec have not. Premier Gary Filmon of Manitoba de scribed the Quebec decision As a National tragedy and called for a National conference of provincial leaders to per Suade the French speaking province to accept the court decision. Which language can be used on signs is a volatile and symbolic Issue that que Bec s French speakers 81 percent of it population consider essential to preserving their linguistic and cultural heritage. Bourassa s plan prohibits languages other than French on signs both outdoors and in such places As shopping malls and interiors of Public transportation facilities. Fired Dodds teacher ordered reinstated Camp Foster Japan is department of defense dependent schools officials have been ordered to reinstate a teacher fired earlier this year and to pay him Back wages. However the order allows the school system to suspend the teacher for 90days. An attorney for teacher Carroll Stern Berg described the order As fair and Well reasoned although he considered the 90-Day suspension severe. He was certainly very pleased he prevailed attorney Edward Passman said of his client. However Dodds Pacific plans to Appeal the ruling maintaining that Stern Berg is not of the Caliper the system seeks said Joseph Caneva the school system s director of personnel. His office on Okinawa received the order from an administrative judge of the Merit system Protection Board last week. We Don t feel he s suitable As a teacher Caneva said. Teachers have to be held to very High standards and he s shown very erratic behaviour and poor judgment. Stern Borg who has taught for the Dodds system since 1970, was tired earlier this year. He was a fifth Grade teacher at Amelia Earhart elementary school at Kaduna a the Case began in january 1987 when Sternberg was told his performance was deficient. He went on medical leave shortly after that and taught Only a few Days in 1987. If accepted for review the Case will go before a full Board of the Merit Agency in Washington . Stern Borg will not be Able to return to work until the review is Over which could be several months from now. 5 Safe officers nominated for promotion Ramstein a West Germany president Reagan has nominated five Safe officers for promotion to Briga Dier general command officials said wednesday. Nominated were col. William , 46, commander of the 48th tac fighter Wing at Raf Lakin Heath England col. Lawrence p. Farrell jr., 45, the command s Deputy chief of staff for plans and programs col. Harold h. Rhodon 45, Safe inspector general col. Michael g. Vergamini 47, Safe Deputy chief of Staft for personnel and col. Frederick a. Zehrer Iii 47, com Mander of the european comm div at Kapaun air station West Germany. Also nominated was col. Jay d. Blume jr., special assistant to the chief of staff at shape in Mons Belgium. Blume previously commanded the 52nd tac fighter Wing at Span Dahlem a West Germany. The nominations go to the us. Senate for confirmation