European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday january 18,1989 sex marines return to old Vietnam base site Gio Linh Vietnam a five for Mer . Marines stood on their military base of two decades ago surrounded by unexploded shells monday unfurled the . Flag and prayed and wept for their fallen Vietnam War comrades. As Mike Wallace a 41-year-old Farmer from Kansas prayed for he a to Deal with the memories the pain and the loneliness poor women and children hacked away with hoes at the Reddish pile of dirt trying to uncover the casings of shells for scrap Metal. They said an old Man was killed two weeks ago when an uncovered Shell exploded. Many others including children have been killed by similar shells the said. A vietnamese Captain Hoang Van Thanh who stood with the americans at the ceremony just below what was once the demilitarized zone that divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel verified that mines and other unexploded Artil Lery shells still were killing and wounding civilians. The former marines had suspected civilians were dying and suffering injuries from shells and mines that their Engi Neer s battalion the 11th marines had planted to protect a string of . Bases just below the Doz in the late 1960s. They returned to the area to verify claims by vietnamese government officials that All of the mines had been cleared but found children playing with casings buried at the former . Artil Lery base at Gio Linh. I feel outrage said Nate Genna a 41-year-old maintenance worker from Boston As he watched the children. This whole place should be quaran tined fenced  the former marines fought in Viet Nam during a War that lasted throughout the 1960s and Early 1970s, with the United states backing the government of South Vietnam against communist ruled North Vietnam. The War ended in 1975 when the North overran South Vietnam and captured its capital Saigon. Wartime memories made the visit an ordeal for Wallace. My legs Are walking but my mind is not wanting to do this because for so Long i spent time in this place watching people get killed Wallace said. It s peaceful but i m real nervous. I gotta admit i could hardly get out of the Van to come up Here. I m scared to death the time i was Here we was under attack and that s the Only memories i have of  in a Salute to the dead Gene Spanos a 39-year-old police lieutenant from Rose Mont 111., said on behalf of the men that lost their lives and women in Viet Nam during the conflict we present this Small ceremony some Token of appreciation in the lives that they gave. For those who did not return eternal rest. For those who did return gratitude and  cast for an unwanted role life can be pretty rough in the suburban Jungle just ask Limpy. The Little lioness has to trudge along with a plaster cast because a Clumsy much bigger lion stepped on her and broke her leg. The veterinarian at Mon bulk animal kingdom in Mel Bourne Australia says the unhappy cub will have to put up with the cast for a while but won t suffer any permanent damage. Shultz demands of Fiat East bloc fulfil human rights commitments Vienna Austria a Secretary of state ge9rge p. Shultz tuesday insisted that East bloc nations implement human rights accords and cease repression. In a speech to a 35-nation human rights conference he said that while we Are entering a period in which respect for human rights is gaining ground there were remaining dark areas in Eastern Europe. He condemned Czechoslovakia for forcibly sup pressing demonstrators in Prague the capital on Sun Day and detaining scores of protesters. Shultz departed from his text and added criticism of East Germany where he noted scores of human rights demonstrators were arrested in Leipzig on sunday. As in Prague Shultz said most of the East germans have not yet been freed. He said the arrests stood in glaring contradiction to the solemn International commitment Given by the communist governments. Later at a news conference Shultz criticized Roma Nia for declaring it would not be obliged to comply with All provisions of the new human rights Declara Tion adopted Here sunday. You have to keep calling these things As you seethed Shultz said. He underscored . Demands that All of Eastern Europe follow the Pace set by the soviet Union. Shultz in his speech to the human rights conference said riot police using rubber truncheons tear Gas and water cannons on peaceful participants directly Vio lated the czech government s commitment to the 1975 Helsinki accords. And he deplored what he called the timidity of the governments of East Germany Romania Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia in not granting greater Freedom of expression and Assembly to their people. He said their reluctance contrasted with Welcome Progress in the soviet Union and two of its easter allies Hungary and Poland. But even in the soviet Union Shultz said the re lease of More than 600 political prisoners left others unjustly  Shultz who leaves office with the Reagan administration on Friday spoke at ceremonies near the end of a 27-month review of compliance with the 1975 Helsinki final act which sought to ease East West ten Sions while promoting a Freer Exchange of people an ideas Between East and West. He said the Helsinki Promise has served As a Posi Tive Force for change but Europe still lives with legacy of the cold  in Romania he said the political and civil rights of All citizens Are being eroded at a discouraging  he added that both Romania and Bulgaria minorities have been particularly hard hit by recent govern ment policies. The Helsinki Accord was signed by the United states the soviet Union Canada and 32 european countries. Minister apologizes for giving out bonuses Beijing a the head of China s water re sources ministry has apologized for handing out holi Day bonuses in Defiance of a government Call for Public frugality the government news Agency said tuesday. Xinhua reported that minister Yang Zhenhua acknowledged he indiscriminately used state funds by giving each ministry employee $12.40 about half the average monthly wage to help celebrate nation Al Day on oct. 1. I myself take responsibility for the mistake he said adding that his predecessors had always encouraged Plain living and hard work but he had failed to carry out this tradition. His comments came after the state Council China s Cabinet listed the ministry among government offices that ignored an order to Cut spending by 20 percent by giving Holiday bonuses. Tehran to give new Home to underfed zoo animals Nicosia Cyprus a the Tehran zoo s under nourished animals will be transferred in six months to a new and bigger Home at a Park on the outskirts of the capital according to news reports. The islamic Republic news Agency said the decision came after newspapers reported that animals were dying of disease and hunger. One report said a Boa Constrictor had eaten a smaller Boa because of a Lack of food. The iranian news Agency monitored in Nicosia said a foundation that recently took Over the zoo will spend about $ 150,000 on improvements. Kenyan cattle rustlers raid Uganda paper says Kampala Uganda a rustlers from neighbor ing Kenya have killed nine people and stolen More than 1,800 head of cattle in two raids into northeastern Uganda this year new vision newspaper has reported. The state owned newspaper said the raiders armed with firearms and grenades struck Jan. 1 and Jan. 4 in semiarid Ramulu sub county 50 Miles North of mount Elgon and 15 Miles inside Uganda. New vision said about 250 raiders first struck at Lemur Anyalai cattle Camps and fled with 1,250 cattle. Two kenyan identity cards were recovered after the fighting which left six raiders dead. During the Jan. 4 attack the raiders who fled with 600 head of cattle also burned Down three homesteads and killed nine people including a Mother and he three children. Libyan state institutions to be abolished this year Rome a libyan Leader col. Moat mar Gad Hafi says that All state institutions including the Secu Rity apparatus and the nation s news Agency will be abolished this year. In a speech monday night that was broadcast by libyan television and monitored in London Gad an said it was the people who should Rule. All the institutions which Are traditionally consid ered As state institutions Are to be abolished he said in a speech to a Basic people s Congress or grass roots political c9mmittee, in the Community of Al Jabal Al Lakhdar Libya. These companies these institutions and All these bodies seem to be literally imposed on you they Are going to be abolished this year Qadhafi said