European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 01, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 news briefs the stars and stripes monday May 1,1989 experts end joint probe into mias whereabouts Bangkok Thailand a six members of the . Military left their vietnamese counterparts and resumed to Bangkok sunday after finishing the longest joint probe into the whereabouts of . Servicemen missing since the Viet Nam War a . Embassy spokesman said. The experts divided into two teams searched areas of Southern Vietnam spokesman Ross Pitzing said. He did not have details of their findings. American experts arrived in Vietnam on april 12 with a four Man forensic team he said. While the six experts journeyed South for the search the forensic team stayed in the capital of Hanoi to examine remains that the vietnamese had found. The forensic team left Vietnam on april 22. It was the fifth joint investigation to resolve the Fate of 1.730 americans listed As missing in action in Vietnam during the War that ended with a communist Victory 14 years ago sunday. Previous joint investigations were limited to about 10 Days each. . Chain to resume Selling canned baby food London a the Tysco supermarket Chain said sunday it will resume Selling canned baby food after an examination of its entire Stock found no cans had been tampered with. Glass jars of baby food made by . Heinz co. And cow and Gate Ltd. Will be kept off the shelves of the company s 375 stores nationwide As police continue their investigation into More than 300 reports of contamination the retailer said. Bools a drugstore Chain with More than 1,000 stores and the Asda food Chain have also halted sales of the products sold in Glass jars. Scotland Yard which is coordinating a National police investigation said sunday it has not linked any More cases of food tampering with a Man demanding up to 1 million pounds $1.7 million. More than 300 instances of contaminated baby food have been reported but police say Only two can be positively attributed to the extortionist. These two involved caustic soda found in a Jar in Southeast England and pieces of broken razor Blades in a Jar in Oxford. More than 1,300 arrested during violence in Seoul Seoul South Korea a students and workers fought riot police with firebombs an rocks in downtown Seoul on sunday after troop ers blocked a rally called by labor and dissident groups to Mark May Day. More than 1,300 peo ple were arrested. The clashes were the first major protests on Seoul s streets since late last year and they sent terrified pedestrians running for cover. In scattered clashes bands of protesters battled the 20,000 riot police deployed to Block the rally called on the eve of the International labor Holiday. Radical students dissidents and workers remounting violent protests to demand the Over throw of the government. They also want higher wages bettor working conditions and a greater share in South Korea s growing economic Prosperity. Iowa from Page 1 fire burning to his right. The covers on several 110 Pound bags of powder were also burning the newspaper said Mullahy told investigators. Mullah quickly got out of the powder Flats and left the Magazine which Truitt ordered evacuated Locking the door behind him. Once outside the Magazine Truitt said Mullahy threw emergency switches to flood the area. Moonsamy has said he ordered the magazines flooded seven minutes after the blast. Beijing class Boycott spreads to nearby City despite threats Beijing a the class Boycott by Beijing University students demanding democracy has spread to the nearby City of Tianjin despite warnings from local authorities students in Tianjin said sunday. They also said about 10,000 students from Tianjin University and Nankani University held a protest March Friday to show support for Beijing students who marched the previous Day. The Beijing March in which 150,000 students and Ordinary citizens joined was the biggest protest in 40 years of communist Rule. It capped nearly two weeks of demonstrations by students who called for a free press and Protection of human rights. About 70,000 Beijing students have been boycotting class for a week. So far most of the protest activity has been limited to the capital although smaller marches have been reported in several other cities. Tianjin 68 Miles cast of Beijing is the Only other City where a Large scale class Boycott has been reported. A Tianjin University activist said that 90 percent of Nankani students and 70 percent of Tianjin University students were taking part in the Tianjin protest. He said students marched peacefully through the City on Friday but did not demonstrate outside govern ment offices. I Cuihuan Tianjin s mayor is among the officials who have been criticized by students for allegedly hav ing gotten his Job through nepotism. I is the son in Law of wan i chairman of the National people s con Gress. A Nankani University student said school officials were warning upper Classman they will not be assigned Good jobs if they Boycott class. Police were checking the identifications of students entering and leaving campuses he said. Students in Beijing meanwhile continued to de Mand that the government hold talks with their newly established student associations which have been declared illegal by the government officials met sat urday for 3ft hours with a group of students but the officials refused to recognize the new associations. The students in turn rejected the talks in which officials took a conciliatory tone while urging them to return to class. It was regrettable Wang Dan one of the leaders of Beijing University s new student association said of the meeting. It was t a dialogue it was More like news conference with the students playing reporters and asking the government is still cheating us read a student poster at the school. Continue boycotting to protest the government s insincere dialogue said another. Wang and other leaders said the Boycott would continue at least through thursday the 70th anniversary of China s first student pro democracy movement. The students have said they will hold another March then. However some student leaders expressed fears that they would be arrested before thursday anticipating a government Effort to head off further embarrassing marches. The huge crowds drawn by the students pro tests have made it impossible for police to use Force to break up the rallies. Students at the Central Academy of Fine arts put Onan exhibition sunday of photographs of the protests including the March last week and students failed efforts april 20 to storm communist party Headquarters. About 200 Black and White pictures and color slides were shown. Students said school officials refused to allow them to exhibit 20 pictures that showed a sit in at party Headquarters and police hitting protesters. Swiss state gives women right to vote Hunawil Switzerland a some shouted approval and some jeered on sunday As the men of Appenzell outer Rhodes state gathered in this Village and decided by a show of hands to give women the right to vote. I can look my wife in the Eye again said one Man reflecting the Relief of Many of the 5,000 men who voted. Neighbouring Appun Zell inner Rhodes now is the Only one of Switzerland s 26 Sovereign states or can tons that still denies women the vote on local issues ranging from budget questions to alcohol Laws. The Issue was by no Means Clear Cut in Appun Zell outer Rhodes a Canton of 50,000 people. Four times in the past 17 years the state land Sec Mcindo or parliament an open air Assembly made up of All the state s eligible voters has rejected women s suffrage. Emotions ran High sunday As the men bearing swords As a sign of their voting eligibility began Gath ering in Hunawil for the latest vote. A seemingly equal number of hands were raised by those on both sides of the Issue. The pronouncement by local official Hans Uli Hoehl that a majority had voted yes was greeted by shouts of Surprise and some jeers. A tradition has been destroyed said one Man. State authorities had urged acceptance of the proposal to let women participate in the parliament because of fears that the Swiss government would act unilaterally and impose Federal legislation ensuring equal Vot ing rights. Women won the National vote in a 1971 referendum. Ten years later another nationwide poll changed the Swiss Constitution to make All Swiss equal before the talks from Page 1 nato members at their Summit in late May. In the past five years she said the soviet Union has updated 95 percent of her Short Range nuclear weapons. Our much smaller number dates from 972." Britain and the United a facts fear that negotiations with Moscow on a reduction of Short Range nuclear forces would eventually give a military advantage to East bloc countries with Superior conventional forces. Kohl expressed Confidence that a common approach would be found before the Summit. We have quite a lot of work to do in the next three weeks but we have quite a Good Chance of succeeding he said. The West German Chancellor gave no indication he was prepared to Compromise however. I think this is an Issue that concerns Germany More than anyone else he said referring to the fact that both West and East Germany Are within direct Range of Short Range missiles deployed in Europe. It is my simple wish and request to Pur friends and partners in nato that we prepare a joint document for the nato Summit that takes into consideration our special situation he said. Kohl is expected to Brief president Bush on the mis Sile Issue in a Telephone conversation with the . Leader next week. Widow joins flight 103 memorial race Lockerbie Scotland up Eleanor Bright whose husband died in the bombing of a pan am Jet paid tribute to him sunday by joining the last leg of a Long distance race in memory of the 270 people killed in the disaster. The 497-mile race to remember began in London where pan am flight 103 took off in route to Newyork. The race ended in Lockerbie where the wreckage from the Boeing 747 fell in liquid fire dec. 21. All 259people aboard and ii people on the ground were killed. The end of the race was watched by townspeople including several relatives of the dead. Taking part in the race were four International runners Tom Grace of new York Yves pol of France Eleanor j Adams of England and Malcolm Campbell of Scotland. Grace and pol competed against the other two and Wonky an hour and 33 minutes. They set put from West Bright 32, from Brookline mass., said after the race "1 Felt sad As i ran into Lockerbie but i also Felt my husband would have been proud of i her husband Nicholas 32, was killed on his Way i Home after a Short business trip to London. He was a \ running enthusiast. F
