European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday january 8,1989 Qadhafi seeks talks with . Tripoli Libya a col. Foam mar Qadhafi on saturday pressed for talks with american officials to defuse the threat of a military strike on a desert factory the United states says can pro Duce chemical weapons. The libyan Leader also told reporters that he would participate in efforts to ban chemical weapons As Long As the Campaign was aimed at All countries an not just his. Related stories pages 2,8. President Reagan has said he could not Rule out an attack on the Plant at rata 60 Miles Southwest of Tripoli. Libya has insisted the factory will pro Duce Medicine. On saturday afternoon the govern ment took three busloads of journalists to the Plant but did not drive them through the Complex until after dark. The reporters were allowed Only to see the unlit building from the buses that drove through the Complex without Stop Ping. Reporters saw two separate surface to air missile Sites nearby As Well As a radar station atop a Barren Ridge overlooking the Highway. Tanks and an Encampment of soldiers were also in the area. An unidentified libyan official said the radar soldiers and air defense Batter ies were put in place after Reagan threat ened the Plant last month. However the radar station was a per manent facility on a Concrete base not Amobile unit. Earlier saturday Qadhafi drove a Gray Peugeot 505 to the waterfront Al Kabir grand hotel to the Surprise of about 200 foreign journalists. It was his first Public appearance since . Navy f-14s shot Down two libyan soviet made Mig-23s wednesday Over the Mediterranean about 70 Miles off Libya. As .-libyan tensions have risen there has been speculation that Qadhafi might have fled As he has in other Trou bled times to his native desert. The libyan government ordered the visiting foreign journalists out of the country saturday night according to an associated press photographer in Tripoli and an italian reporter. However journalists were later told they could stay until sunday. It was not Clear Why the government issued the order and then apparently changed it. Noted emigre Dies London a Carolina Prokofiev who survived a soviet prison Camp and narrated her husband s classic Chil Dren s work Peter and the Wolf to a new York audience at age 89, has died in London her son said. She was 91. Japan s new emperor Akihito left receives sacred symbols of the throne saturday at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Emperor Hirohito Dies of cancer at 87 from Page 1 demonstration against the nation s Monar Chy. About 100 faction members tried to demonstrate and some of those arrested tried to push through with Bamboo rods against riot police a police spokesman said adding that 15,000 riot police were being mobilized around Tokyo to prevent sabotage. About 90 people peacefully marched in another Tokyo District with banners Bear ing such slogans As no More emperor and suggesting Hirohito bore responsibility for the War. I could not stand the thought that peo ple outside Japan Are going to think. Everyone is crying Over his death Organ Izer ryuichi Harada said. It is about time we should learn that the image of him being a pacifist and warm and kind old Man was forced on  the formal state funeral is planned for feb. 24, Kyodo news service reported quoting government sources. There was no immediate government announcement. Until Hirohito s death Palace officials refused to acknowledge that the emperor had cancer. Japanese rarely inform cancer patients of the disease. After Hirohito fell seriously ill sept. 19, 67.8 pints of blood transfusions helped keep him alive. In september 1987, Hirohito underwent intestinal bypass surgery but doctors said that a growth found then was not cancer Ous. With Heartfelt sorrow i together with our people wish to express my deep sense of loss on the passing prime minister no Boru Takeshita said m a television address. Takeshita recounted Hirohito s event Ful and turbulent reign through the de pression and the calamities of that deplorable War to unprecedented postwar economic growth. He resolutely brought to an end the War that had broken out in spite of his wishes out of a determination to prevent further suffering of the people Takeshita said. Hirohito died in the Moat ringed Palace where he had stayed most of the time a Remote figure who was known however As an eminent Marine biologist and avid fan of sumo a traditional japanese form of wrestling. Hirohito wrote 12 books on Hydro Loans Small sea animals. The world s oldest Imperial line held by the same family since at least the 8th Cen Tury and by legend since 660 b.c., passed automatically to Akihito. If tradition is followed there will be at least 61 different ceremonies Over the next two years until Akihito is formally enthroned. Akihito 55, was schooled among com Moners and in an upset to precedent mar ried a commoner. With Princess Michiko becoming the new Empress Hirohito s wife Nagako 85, becomes Empress dowager. The new Crown Prince is Akihito s eldest son Haruhito 28, formerly known As Prince Hiro. He is also a Tennis player and studied at Oxford University in England. Akihito has indicated he would lower some of the Walls around the monarchy and he once reportedly told a Friend i want to shake up the Imperial protocol  reaction from Page 1 still is known officially As Militarist  the Kremlin is striving for bet Ter ties and increased Trade with Japan. Pope John Paul ii expressed his condolences and sent telegrams to Hirohito s family Vatican radio reported. There was nothing restrained about the reaction of Ron Brown a lawmaker from Britain s opposition labor party who denounced Hirohito As a War Crim Inal of the worst  no one should go to that funeral from this country Brown said. It would be a grave insult to the Many men and women. Imprisoned in slave Camps. Many of them died but those who survived still suffer  there was no mention of wartime enmity in condolence messages sent by Britain s Queen and prime minister. French president Francois Mitterrand in Paris opened a 140-nation conference on chemical weapons with a minute of silence to Honor the emperor. Later . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar paid homage to the Man who ruled Over the extraordinary transition of Japan to a world  in the United states Reagan said in a statement his majesty s 62-year reign spanned one of the most tumultuous and yet at the same time constructive eras in the history of Mankind it was also an Era of unprecedented reconciliation. His majesty played a truly heroic role in bringing hostilities Between our two Peoples to an  president Corazon Aquino of the Philippines sent condolences to the Imperial family. Her foreign Secretary Raul Mang Lapus a japanese prisoner of War during world War ii praised Hirohito As a stabilizing Factor in the creation of democratic Japan. King Juan Carlos of Spain King Birendra of Nepal and Sultan Mahmood Iskandar of Malaysia also sent Condo Lences to Hirohito s oldest son Crown Prince Akihito who immediately ascended the chrysanthemum throne. Prime minister Robert Hawke of Australia paid his respects in a message to japanese prime minister Noburu take Shita throughout his Long life the emperor was held in the highest esteem by his people. Now As Japan enters a period of mourning and prepares for a new age our thoughts Are with  Reagan from Page 1 the Palm of the hand. Or. Robert j. Neviaser chairman of the orthopaedic surgery department and director of the hand surgery service at George Washington University medical Center said Dupuy Tren s contracture is a fairly common problem in men of Irish or Scot Tish ancestry. Reagan is descended from Irish immigrants. You can close the Finger into the Palm but it gets to where you can t open the Fin Ger or fingers that Are involved Neviaser said. After a while it becomes difficult to place your hand into a pocket or a Glove because you lose the ability to straighten the Finger. It leads to a loss of  when the problem occurs Neviaser said for reasons that Are not quite Clear there is a cellular activity that changes the fascia causing formation of bands and nod Ules. The skin becomes thin Over the fascia and the contraction of the fingers Start. We Don t know what causes  untreated the condition eventually May involve All four fingers leaving the hand in a claw like position. To relieve the contraction Neviaser said surgeons make an incision Over the area in the Palm where a band of tissue  formed. The fascia is carefully separated from the skin and removed. The incision is then stitched. If the procedure goes Well Neviaser said Reagan should be out of ban Dages within two weeks. In minor cases full recovery with return of All function can occur in a month. The president is to leave office for Cali fornia after president elect George Bush s inauguration on Jan. 20, but Fitzwater said Reagan chose to go ahead with the opera Tion while still in Washington because he preferred to make use of the military Hospi Tal s experts in this kind of surgery