European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 05, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday. May 5,1989 8,000 South korean police Block rally Masan South Korea a thousands of Baton wielding police blocked an anti Govch mint rally thursday after authorities stung by the deaths of six riot police warned they would take emergency measures to halt violent protests. About 8,000 riot police blanketed the Down town area in a major show of strength to Block a rally called by striking workers and dissidents to denounce the government of president Ron Tae woo. Squads of policemen in Green combat fatigues wearing visor cd helmets and armed with Shields and nightsticks patrolled the streets dispersing onlookers and keeping the area Clear. Police vehicles were everywhere and squads of troopers were positioned at All major intersections. Dissident leaders had claimed that up to 50,000 workers and students would Lake part in a major rally in this Industrial port City that is 120 Miles Southeast of Seoul. But dissident leaders said the enormous display of police strength had frightened workers and no one was prepared to come onto the streets. How can we March for our rights when there arc so Many police said one dissident Leader. There were no signs of protests in the City. Police said about 9,000 workers dispersed voluntarily after holding peaceful rallies at their factories. Police arrested about 250 workers and students who tried to attend the scheduled rally. They talk big but they Don t dare come out said a grinning riot police officer. Many of the riot troopers wore Black mourning ribbons for their comrades who were killed Early wednesday in the nearby City of Pusan during a raid on a College to Rescue five police officers being held hostage by Radical students. Roh warned late wednesday that he would invoke emergency Powers to halt the violent anti govern ment protests and strikes that have hit South Korea in recent months. The police deaths shocked South koreans and brought Calls from government and opposition Lead ers for an end to violent protests. It was the worst loss of life in political violence since a 1980 Ami government uprising in Kwangju left at least 192 people dead. Police said thursday that they would charge five student leaders with murder and arson charges which could be punishable by death. Police said lesser charges would be filed against 40 other students. News updates probe on Bradley los Angeles athe securities and Exchange commis Sion intends to review mayor Tom Bradley s profitable Stock trans actions handled by or excl Burn Ham Lambert and indicted junk Bond King Michael Milken the City attorney said. City attorney James k. Hahn said wednesday that the Sec had requested the mayor s statements of economic interest because two of the Stock deals have been the subject of investigations by the Justice depart ment Sec and Congress. The request for the statements represents a widening of an investigation into the mayor s personal finances including his tics to two financial institutions that did business with the City while he was on their payrolls. Soccer victims Aid Brussels Belgium a the dec commission said wednesday that it has approved $440,000 in Aid for the families of the 95 victims of the april 15 Hillsborough soccer disaster in England. The commission at the 12-Natipneuropean economic Community said in a statement that the Aid marked the Solidarity of the Community with the european citizens who were hit hard by the tragedy. The Aid is destined for a special Solidarity fund set up by the British government for the families of the deceased. During the april 15 football association semifinal game Between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in Sheffield s Hiu Borough stadium overcrowding in a standing room area for Liverpool fans caused a crush and Stampede that killed 95 fans. It was Europe s worst sports disaster. New Canadian embassy opens doors Washington a Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney opened his country s new $76 million embassy the first Ever built on Pennsylvania Avenue and pledged to celebrate our kinship and respect our differences with the United states. The dedication of the modernistic six Story building of Ontario Limestone and unpolished aluminium was Mulroney s first task when he arrived late wednesday from Boston mass., for a two Day visit. The prime minister had separate meetings scheduled thursday with presi Dent Bush and Senate leaders. Embassy officials said he will focus chiefly on Bush s legislative proposals to curb acid rain a major unresolved irritant in relations during presi Dent Reagan s eight years in office. The embassy was occupied in March a year behind schedule and costing nearly double the original estimate. But its troubles were forgotten wednesday eve Ning As Mulroney and Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii paid tribute to the enduring Friendship Between their two countries. The Maple Leaf comes to Pennsylva Nia Avenue Mulroney declared. Baker said the new embassy conveys the warmth and openness of the people of Canada and promised to give . Canadian ties the personal attention this Friendship with a smiling Baker at his Elbow Mulroney then took a pair of scissors and snipped a Royal Blue ribbon draped across the main Entrance to the chancery building. Together they went up to ambassador Derek bumpy s Penthouse of fice suite to Admire the View below. The dramatic building designed by Vancouver architect Arthur Erickson is the Only embassy on Pennsylvania ave nue the ceremonial route linking the Ca Pitol and the White House. Standing on a 1.2-acre plot opposite the National gallery of Art and close to Capitol Hill the embassy site was chosen to symbolize the close historic ties be tween the United states and Canada. The embassy s 327-Mcmber staff moved into the building a month ago from its previous quarters in two build Ings on Massachusetts Avenue the City s traditional embassy bumpy who arrived shortly before Bush was inaugurated on Jan. 20, will continue to reside in an elegant six Story mansion on Massachusetts Avenue where Canadian envoys had maintained their offices since 1928. Girl s Slayer Dies in electric chair Starke Fla. A a former Pris on guard who claimed he did t remember killing an 8-year-old girl was executed thursday in Florida s electric chair for the youngster s death 11 years ago. Attorneys for 31-year-old Aubrey Adamsjr. Had conducted a whirlwind round of appeals wednesday in Hopes of finding a judge to Block the execution at Florida state prison near Starke. The girl s Mother joined 15 relatives and family friends in a pasture outside the prison before the execution. Seven capital punishment opponents kept a silent Vigil nearby. Adams was the second person executed in Florida this year and the 21st in the state and 108th in the nation since the . Supreme court s 1976 ruling that restored capital punishment. In january confessed serial killer Ted Bundy was executed for the slaying of Kimberly Diane Leach a Lake City schoolgirl. The court late wednesday voted 7-2 against an emergency request for a delay and turned Down a formal Appeal for a review of the death sentence. Adams was under his fourth death warrant for the Jan. 23, 1978, death of Trisa Gail to Jomacy a third grader last seen on her Way Home from school in Ocala in Central Florida. Her mutilated and naked body was found in a plastic bag about two months later by Hunters in a Remote area three Miles from her Home. An obscene phone Call to the girl s Home was traced to Adams Home and he eventually admitted picking her up. He later said he recalled she screamed and he placed his hand Over her Mouth to silence her but said he did not recall killing her. An autopsy showed she suffocated. Adams was a stale prison guard at Marion correctional institution from Early 1977 until his arrest in March 1978.adams had been under one death War rant in 1984 and two in 1986 after psychiatrists ruled him mentally competent to be executed. State Law requires that inmates be Able to understand Why they Are being punished before they can be executed. Report on 49 Gas release triggers restudy Heidelberg Street to close during repairs Heidelberg West Germany Romcro Strassl will be closed to All traffic Between Fuerbach Strassl and Auto Joncker at the intersection of Hercl Strassl from 6 . May 16 to 6 . May 19. The Road will be closed during con traction work on a Railroad overpass. German police will coordinate a traffic Detour onto Rohrbacher Strasse. Rome Strasse a major traffic artery in Heidelberg is the Access Road to Mark Twain Village . Army Europe head quarters at Campbell Barracks nato Headquarters in the Keyes building 7th medical come and the army Hospital. Spokane Wash. A a secret 1949 Experiment at the Hanford nuclear reservation released about twice As much radioactive Gas As scientists had predicted beforehand according to a newly declassified report. The report said the so called Green run Experiment released about 7,780 curies of radioactive iodine and about 20,000 curies of xenon-133, a Gas. By contrast the 1979 three mile is land Accident the worst commercial nuclear Accident in the United states emitted is to 24 curies of radioactive iodine into the Pennsylvania country Side. Scientists had estimated in 1949 that the test would release about 4,000 curies of iodine and 7,900 curies of xenon. The increased radiation measurements May have been caused by an unstable weather inversion Over the Region the report said. The Spokane chronicle and spokes Man review two of several newspapers that requested the report s release published details of its contents in articles wednesday and dec. 2, 1949, Experiment the Only known non accidental release of radiation in Hanford s Post world War ii history spread radiation in a 40-by-200 mile plume to Spokane and As far 59111 1 As Klamath Falls ore., near the califor Nia s not known How much radiation residents actually were exposed to since the Public was never notified and no Fol Low up health studies were arc now starting a study to see if Hanford emissions in the 1940s and 50s, including the Green run have led to an increase in thyroid disease in the details of the Green run test were included in a Hanford nuclear reservation environmental monitoring re port that was among 19,000 pages of pre 120-Page i. Aspects of the Experiment was not re leased until this week. Some segments of the report were deleted for Security Rea sons the government said. The Green run Experiment was apparently conducted to help develop efforts to detect emerging military plutonium production in the soviet Union. The contamination exceeded the atomic Energy commission s tolerance thresh Olds for iodine-131 on vegetation by tens of thousands of times on the nuclear reservation and by hundreds of times in nearby communities
