European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes monday january 9,1989 elaborate funeral set for emperor Tokyo a a state funeral for Japan s late emperor Hirohito feb. 24 is expected to draw dignitaries from 130nations, but it will not be a forum for funeral diplomacy a government offi Cial said sunday. Hirohito s body wrapped in a White cloth was placed irl a coffin sunday at Fukiage Palace where he died saturday of intestinal cancer at age 87. Japan s longest reigning Monarch will rest at three locations on the wooded Imperial Palace grounds before his funeral at a 148-acre landscaped Garden i Tokyo the site of his father s funeral 62 years ago according to a tentative sched ule by the Imperial household Agency. Among the 21 burial rites to be per formed Are ceremonies to purify the mausoleum where Hirohito will be buried enshrine his spirit and Mark the de parture of his Hearse from the Palace for the funeral site. According to japanese custom the Imperial household staff and possibly members of Hirohito s family will keep a constant Vigil by his body from the13lh Day of his death until the funeral. Dignitaries from about 130 nations Are expected to attend the ceremony which will be based on the native shinto religion and presided Over by the new emperor Akihito. The japanese people will be very Happy if some High ranking representatives Are sent from other countries a foreign ministry official told  we have no intention of utilizing the occasion for any so called funeral diplomacy " the Kyodo news service reported however that meetings Between prime minister Noboru Takeshita and foreign leaders attending the funeral will be arranged by the ministry. King Baudouin i and Queen fab Olaof Belgium have confirmed they will at tend the state funeral. Security will be a major concern and Security measures will be comparable to those at the 1986 Tokyo Summit of Industrial democracies said the ministry official who according to common prac Tice cannot be identified. The japanese Cabinet approved the. Feb. 24 funeral Date sunday the first Ina Long line of state and Palace procedures to prepare for Hirohito s burial which i expected to be attended by about 10,000 account tells of Hirohito s War shame Tokyo a in one of his clearest statements of regret Over his role in world War ii the late Emper or Hirohito once said he was t worthy of being a father because he had failed to prevent the War Hisson s . Tutor was quoted sunday As saying. Elizabeth Gray dining who tutored Japan s new emperor Akihito when he was a child told Kyodo news service she suggested to his father Hirohito that he should see his son More often. The two generally Only saw each other on weekends the news service said. His majesty said to me that Heddin t feel worthy because he had not been Able to prevent the War dining told the Agency. I objected to that. I said no on could be More worthy than his majesty to be with the Crown  Kyodo said the interview was conducted last May at dining s Home in Pennsylvania with the understanding that it would not published until Hirohito s death. Hirohito 87, died saturday of intestinal cancer after a Long illness. Although most historians agree Hirohito had no direct personal role in world War ii critics say he should have prevented japanese aggression.  will serve As chairman of a special committee to oversee preparations for the funeral with feb. 24 expected to be made a National Holiday. Palace officials released a Long list of Imperial rites some elaborate others simple leading up to the burial at a designated Imperial mausoleum in Western mourners withstand Tain at the Imperial Palace to pay their last respects to Hirohito. Confra Leader killed by gunfire on honduran Road Tegucigalpa Honduras a a nicaraguan rebel Leader was killed by machine gun fire As he drove along a Highway West of the honduran capital police said saturday. The body of Manuel Adan Rugama Acevedo 39, also known As commander Aureliano was riddled with 26 Uzi machine gun Bullet wounds police officials said. Rugama apparently was alone when he shot As he drove along a Highway West of Tegucigalpa. Officers later found his body on the Street outside the vehicle he was driving to a Friend s Home to attend a birthday party. They said they had no More detail about the killing. Leaders of the anti sandinista rebels known As the contras immediately blamed the Nicaragua sandinista govern ment for the killing of one of their regional commanders. They said Rugama had Bee scheduled to meet with other Contra Lead ers in Tegucigalpa that afternoon. The United states supports Nicaragua Contra rebels who Are trying to overthrow Nicaragua s leftist government. The nicaraguan resistance profoundly laments this act perpetrated by the communists of the sandinista front whore our Only enemies said Enrique Bermudez a member of the nicaraguan resistance directorate. He spoke saturday in a Telephone interview. A doctor by profession Rugama had been a Contra for nine years. He was the organization s Segovia regional com Mander. Bermudez said Rugama had returned to Tegucigalpa two Days ago after visiting with his Mother Elsa Acevedo who lives in san Francisco Calif. Roberto Ferrey another Contra directorate member told the associated press in a Telephone interview saturday that our organization does t have the slightest doubt that the sandinista regime sent a commando to Honduras to loll not Only commander Auer Ano but also other High ranking members of the  Sydney Australia up Sydney Harbor was sparkling clean sunday following the biggest Community cleanup Effort in australian history. An estimated 80,000 volunteers responded to a Call to clean up the Harbor and worked from Early morning to haul debris from the water and remove garbage from the shores. Organizers estimated that a total of 3,000 tons of rubbish had been removed including the wrecks of five cars two 44-gallon Drums full of Oil and 3,000 syringes believed discarded by drug users. The idea for the cleanup came from Globe sailing Yachtsman Jan Kiernan of Sydney who said he was appalled by the filth and debris polluting the Harbor and called for his fellow Harbor lovers to help him do something about it. Radio and television stations supported the drive and the cleanup was also backed by giant recycling companies such As coma co. Mcdonalds offered free hamburger breakfasts for those participating. By the end of the Day Kiernan was jubilant wit the Success of his idea and the enthusiasm with which the people of Sydney embraced it. I am absolutely thrilled he said. Sydne siders love their Harbor adding that he hoped to make Itan annual event