European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 08, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page the stars and stripes monday May 8, 1989 arabs planning Beirut observer Force Beirut. Lebanon a moslem forces shelled the coast of he Christian heartland North of flair us. Saturday As the aral league planned to deploy at to Monitor a widely ignored Trute. Police said salvos fired sporadically from Synan con roller Owhi Kuljan ded on the Shoreline Between the ports of join Byblos. Christian army units did not return fire. No casualties were reported. At least 278 people have been killed and 1.010 founded since the current round of fighting in Lebanon so year old civil War began March x. Pining Chris Ferris against an Alliance of syrian and druse . A police spokesman said the shelling kept the Only escape routes jew cd for the i million christians trapped in a to Sij Are mile Christian enclave. Two reprint flagged ferry boats that occasionally run the Gauntlet of syrian fire to transport christians from Jounier and Liv los to Warnaca Cyprus again czech party wants More democracy Prague. Czechoslovakia a the Leader of Czechoslovakia s socialist party which has toed the official communist line since the Prague Spring re forms were crushed in i a. Has Crit tried the democracy and called for genuine pol tical pluralism. The Svobodny Ukno daily on Friday reported a speech by socialist party chief Jan Skoda he made a rare an forceful plea for a stronger parliament genuinely Independent non communist parties . The Rule of Law and academic Freedom Czechoslovakia s ruling communists who have effectively curbed any inde pendent Voici for the officially tolerated socialist party and other parties since 1968. Have Jcj Eclid Calls for similar re forms from democratic opposition groups they Rovand anti communist. Skoda also Reade a bold reference to the positive expedience of communist allies in encouraging genuine political pluralism. These re fonts in Hungary and Poland have drawn Large he negative reactions from communist Oli idylls in Czechoslovakia. "without1 substantial Progress in the Damoc radiation of political social and economic life we shall not manage to. Gain the Duizend s support for changes. The implementation of which is the Only Way to overcome problems the society has said. The a since of some democratic mechanism is in the management of pub Lic affairs a phenomenon obviously re Landing so Ial development Skoda said. The Syf Bodne Slovon report did not indicate v by Skoda had spoken out now for Reform i in what constituted the first political p program presented by and party including the communists for the cur rent polic of restructuring. It corms amid increasing signs of Dis satisfy Clitis among lop intellectuals scientists an. Economists. Thousands of them banded together earlier ii year to sign petitions protest ing brutal police suppression of anti government protests in january and de manding the release of jailed playwright Vaclav Havel and other dissidents. Suspended their shuttles on thursday. Druse and leftist moslem Allied Wilb Syria have declared they will Stop the coastal shelling Only when the observer Force from six Arab nations is in place along a line that divides Beirut s moslem and Chris Tian sectors and is also deployed on neighbouring Hills have demanded that Arab observers be d Byblos to determine whether new supplies by the mainly Christian troops of the army Tan. Michel Aoun. Iraq. Syria s main Arab foe expressed support for Aoun when he declared in March his War of liberation against Syria which maintains 40.000 troops in Lebanon under a i 76 Arab league peacekeeping mandate. Aoun who has agreed to lift his military blockade of illegal harbours run by moslem militias South of Beirut has denied receiving arms from Iraq. The blockade Aoun began March 6 ignited the cur rent fighting. Druse warlord Walid Jumblatt s progressive socialist party militia retaliated by shelling the Christian enclave. The syrians later joined the shelling and closed the enclave s land exits. The lebanese Media said inc kuwaiti commander of the planned 321-Man observer Force. Brig. Gen. All Momen. Was due in Damascus the capital of Syria on sunday for talks with syrian leaders before coming to Beirut to Lake up his Post. Contingents of the Force contributed by Kuwait. Tulliu i to iia a firer. Queen loses a Friend Britain s Queen Elizabeth ii shown leaving a plane in 1984 with one of her Corgi dogs has lost a favorite Corgi Chipper. Newspapers reported sat urday that the dog died of injuries suffered during a dogfight two weeks ago. News updates record Grain Sale Washington Dpi the soviet Union bought 300,000 metric tons of subsidized . Wheat and 200,000 tons of Corn Friday three Days after president Bush offered Cut rate prices on wheat. The agreement broke inc record for us. Exports to the Kremlin. With the Sale inc soviet Union has bought 19.3 million tons of american grown Corn and wheat since the trading year opened oct. 1. The old record was18.63 million ions set in 1984-1985, when inc soviet Union imported Mas Sive amounts of foreign s decision tuesday to offer the subsidy ended a debate within the administration on whether to sell wheat at a discount. Strike called off London a Union leaders on Friday called off a planned strike by 11,500 subway workers after the High court is sued an injunction outlawing the walkout there were still fears however that Many subway workers who voted Foran indefinite strike starting monday might stay Home anyway. Many firms fearing the worst have booked hotel rooms in London for their executives. The National Union of railway men told the court of Appeal in London on Friday that it would nol Appeal immediately against thursday s High court in Junction Banning the subway strike. Remains identified Honolulu a the remains of four missing american servicemen re Lumen from Indochina have been identified the Navy s Pacific come said Friday. The remains were among 38 repatriated by Vietnam on dec. 15, 1988, the Navy said. Fourteen of inc 38 remains have been identified and attempts to identify the others arc remains of the four servicemen will be flown tuesday to Travis fab in califor Nia to be returned to their families. The remains were identified As those of air Force it. Col. Charles e Cappelli of Providence. R.i., lost Over North Vietnam on nov. 17,1967 i. Col. Robert j. Panek or. Of Chicago lost Over North Vietnam on Jan. 28, 1970 and capt. George b. Lock Hart of Alexandria va., lost Over North Vietnam on dec. 21,1972. The identity of the other Man is being withheld at his family astronauts sleep Well awaken to great music r,.?&" space Center. Houston tsp astronauts awakened to their Alma mat ers school songs saturday and resumed a Light work schedule while the robot Magellan probe they had raced at 7,000 Mph on its is trib nth Voy age to Venus. The five astronauts aboard the shuttle Atlantis began work on routine tests including photographing night lightning in the Clouds blow before 8 . With pc Malcy of mil7farr�tiudiepiratines played for them by Mission control. Good morning. Houston. Thanks forthe great Atlantis commander David Walker said. We did sleep Well and we re ready to Roll the songs played were anchors a High for Walker a Navy Captain wild Blue yonder for Pilot Ronald Grabe and Mission specialist Mark Lee. Both jr4-orce Academy graduates and the Schoon Cut arthr Ojo Ido state Mission specialist Mary Cleave Florida state which Mission pc
