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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday february 6,1989 news briefs . Officer says israelis in Lebanon act like nazis Jerusalem a a norwegian . Officer has caused an uproar by comparing israeli soldiers to nazis because of their expulsion of lebanese from villages in Israel s Security zone in South Lebanon newspapers said sunday. It. Col. . Karlsen commander of the norwegian battalion of the . Interim Force in Lebanon or uni Fil was quoted As saying by the English language Jerusalem Post in world War ii my fellow countrymen sacrificed their lives in the struggle against the nazis who were trying to expel jews from Norway. Nowadays you behave in South Lebanon exactly As the nazis  the Post and hebrew language Haartz said Karlsen made the remark at a meeting thursday with israeli officers. An army official said the army had filed a protest. A uni Fil spokesman said the peace keepers Are investigating. Jet s emergency Landing has la Happy ending London a a Toronto bound jumbo Jet with 214 people on Board made an emergency Landing at Glasgow Airport after a passenger said she thought someone had tampered with her Luggage in the hold police and airline officials said saturday. There was a bit of concern but everything turned out to have a Happy ending Glasgow police inspector Robert Nicholson said. The British airways Jet took off from Ion Don s Heathrow Airport at 4 45 . Friday and had been airborne an hour when a Canadian passenger told a flight attendant she was worried that her checked Luggage had been tampered with before she boarded a connecting flight in Cairo the airline said. After the search the plane took off from Glas Gow at 9 35 . Without the woman and her two companions who spent the night at a local hotel to help police Complete their inquiries. May dates announced for soviet chinese talks Beijing a soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev will visit China on May 15-18 for the first Summit Between the two countries since they split bitterly 30 years ago China announce monday. Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze ending a visit to China on saturday had said the two sides agreed the Summit would be held in mid May and the soviet embassy privately said the Date was May 15. The Summit will officially normalize relations that turned hostile in 1960 Over differences in ideology and strategy. Economic and cultural exchanges have increased sharply in the past few years especially since Gorbachev became soviet party head in 1985. . Handling of Jet tragedy outrages some relatives Syracuse . A relatives of some of the 259 people who died on a pan am Jet that crashed in Scotland Are banding together to criticize the . Government for its handling of the tragedy. Paul Hudson a lawyer whose 16-year-old daughter Melina died in the crash said the families Are out raged. At the policy of utter silence that has apparently been decided upon by the Federal  Hudson said at least a dozen family members intend to hold a news conference monday in new York City to discuss their criticisms. He said the relatives believe the government should release details of the crash investigation to them. Lynne Fraidowitz whose son Daniel Rosenthal 20, was among the dead told the Syracuse Post Standard that she would press the government for information until i m satisfied we re satisfied that we Havethe  this is just the beginning she said. We re not going to let a Wash go Down. If we re not satisfied we re going to do something else. My son is dead. All i have is a Hole in the ground. I owe my son  among those killed dec. 21 were 35 students enrolled in Syracuse University s overseas studies program. In addition to the 259 people aboard the plane 11 people on the ground were killed when the pan am jetliner smashed into a Row of houses in Lockerbie Scotland. Investigators have determined the crash was caused by a bomb and suspect it was smuggled aboard flight 103 in Frankfurt West Germany. The flight later stopped in London and was on its Way to new York when the bomb went off. A state department official declined to comment on the families accusations saying that department officials wanted to hear the charges at the news conference first. Meanwhile a scottish Community worker has announced plans to establish a scholarship fund that would allow Lockerbie students to attend Syracuse. Bill Hume said the fund would be a living memorial to the victims of the crash. Hume who has arranged support services for Resi dents of Lockerbie since the crash said he wants the fund to be taken from an existing Relief fund the lock Erbie air disaster Appeal which has already raised$2.2 million. If the Money could be used for something Long lasting a living thing where people actually Exchange part of their culture and Friendship. Some happiness can come out of it Hume said. Raise from Page 1 week that the emulation effect will extend to state and local  he said we re talking about a multimillion Dollar rip in the government deficit and an increasing inflationary spiral. It s not just $77 million it s More than that and it s a very predictable Ripple effect both in the civil service and throughout the  the fortunes of . Research scientists armed forces generals enforcers of hazardous waste Laws and thousands of other sometimes obscure Public serv ants Are tied to the outcome 9f the debate. Included Are 150 top ranking military officers 1,256 senior diplomats and 61 judges and officers of local District of Columbia courts whose salaries Are linked by Law to changes in congressional or Federal judicial pay. The nation s three and four Star generals and Admi rals whose pay is now capped at about $75,500, would earn Between $82,501 and $90,702, depending on rank and seniority a Pentagon spokesman said. Bigger salaries for the top echelons of government could also be expected to trigger increases in the Maxi mum amount members of Congress can pay their top aides some of whom now earn As much As 93 percent of what their Bosses make. Energy from Page 1 fear of retaliatory strikes by Libya and Iran countries accused by the United states of supporting terrorism. Electric Power companies considered the most vulnerable segment of the Energy Industry have begun acting on the warnings sources said. Other Energy businesses including the Oil Industry have been reluctant to join the program which is part of a broader Effort to improve the nation s capabilities for responding to All types of Energy emergencies the sources said. In a meeting with Energy department officials about the program last month Oil company executives expressed concerns about potential antitrust and conflict of interest problems according to Marshall Nich ols executive director of the National Petroleum Council. Meanwhile the nuclear regulatory commission imposed measures last december designed to strengthen Protection against terrorist attack at the few facilities under its jurisdiction that handle weapon Grade nuclear materials. The changes were not applied to nuclear Power plants. The Energy department report said the most vulnerable segment of the Energy system is the electric Grid that provides Power not Only to other Energy facilities such As nuclear plants and fuel pipelines but also to electronic networks such As Bank Transfer sys tems and computers. The nation s More than 225,000 Miles of Power transmission lines Are stretched Over Long distances in Many Remote unprotected areas. Repairing or replacing critical Power Plant components such As generating stations can take weeks or months. Also vulnerable but to a lesser degree Are Oil refine Ries and offshore production facilities Oil and natural Gas pipelines and Coal transmission systems. Japan from Page 1 of the future does not include Blind Loy Alty to a company and working Long grueling hours. Many people today say their Hobby is work and the older ones especially say it with a sense of Pride said Sumiko Iwao a psychologist. But younger peo ple today Are saying no that s not my cup of Tea " in the future productivity will de Cline but that s not bad because it is much better for japanese to enjoy life and relax than just work All the time Iwao said. But the old ways continue especially in the highly charged business world. If you want to succeed in business in Japan you still have to work from 9 to 9," Shima said. The average japanese worked 2,150 hours in 1986 about 225 hours More than americans and almost 500 More than West germans according to labor ministry statistics. In 1987, the japanese figure edged up by 18 hours. The government embraced the idea of a five Day workweek in 1985, partly to reduce big Trade surpluses. More Leisure time the theory goes would equal in creased spending on imports an expansion of the recreational Industry and More Domestic spending. But no one said it would be easy. Office worker Kayoko Kumagai 41, divides her free time Between household chores Bowling and working out at her health club. But her 37-year-old Hus band a company worker just lies around the House on his one Day off a week she said. Like most japanese her husband has grown used to working six Days a week with Only sundays off. Not Many people realize they Are working too much. They take it for granted Kumagai said. She counts her husband among them and added my husband would t be Able to figure out what to do if he had weekends  when the government announced plans to give about 58 percent of Public servants two saturdays off a month peo ple complained they could no longer go to government offices to pay taxes apply for travel visas or visit the National Library every saturday. The so called twin holidays went into effect Jan. 14. Financial institutions went to a five Day workweek feb. 1, and the govern ment Hopes other businesses will follow suit. It has targeted 1993 for a uniform five Day workweek. Meanwhile Japan is creating More Lei sure time by expanding the number of official holidays from 12 in 1988 to 13 this year Well ahead of the 10 holidays a year enjoyed by some americans. The japanese find vacant time excruciatingly difficult and come nowhere near enjoying its advantages wrote for Mer government official Taichi Sakaiya in the daily Japan times. Japanese tend to Hustle even on Vaca Tion Sakaiya noted an overwhelming number of japanese prefer the quickie Type of package tour such As five euro Pean cities in eight  today sports travel and relaxing at Home with videos stereos and computers Are the most common ways japanese spend their Leisure time a change from a few years ago when the majority in a Survey said sleeping was their favorit pastime away from work  
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