European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday May 18.1989 car bomb kills sunni Leader 20 others Beirut Lebanon a a Power Ful car bomb exploded in syrian policed West Beirut tuesday killing the spiritual head of Lebanon s sunni moslem Community and 20 other people police said. Police said 46 other people were wounded in the explosion which occurred As the Arab league tried to main Tain a 6-Day-old truce to halt the latest fighting Between moslem and Christian forces. Among the dead was grand Mufti Hassan Khalid the sunni moslem religious Leader and a prominent voice for moderation who had been involved in efforts to end the bloodshed. The explosion occurred at i . As Khalid was being driven through the crowded Aishe Bakkar District on his Way Home from the office a police spokesman said. The spokesman who cannot be named under government rules said Khalid s Driver and three other people Riding in his car were killed. Four Leb anese riot policemen Riding in a jeep in front of Khalid s car also were among the fatalities. The bomb Laden car blew up Only 100 Yards from the Home of acting prime minister Salim Hoss a sunni politician who Heads the moslem Cabinet in Leb anon s dual government. It was not Clear where Hoss was at the time but one of his bodyguards who was watching the building in which he lives was killed by flying Glass and shrapnel. Khalid 68, is survived by a wife and four sons. Pools of blood filled the Street and Khalid s Black Cadillac was demolished. Police reinforcements scaled off the area As ambulances arrived to evacuate Vic Tims. The explosion also Tore off the facade of a four Story apartment building where the explosives packed car was parked. Within a 50-Yard radius several other buildings including a mosque were destroyed. Fire engines rushed to Aishe Bakkar and began dousing dozens of soldering cars with water hoses. The spokesman said he could not Tel whether the bomb Laden car was detonated by Remote control or a timing de vice. All Beirut radio stations however said the blast was a premeditated Assas  moslem and Christian radio stations interrupted programming to broadcast news of the explosion. When Khalid s death was confirmed they joined in mourning displaying a rare show of Unity. Moslem radios broadcast verses from the Koran islam Sholy Book and the Christian stations played somber music. It was the sixth car bombing in Leb anon this year. By police count 28 peo ple were killed and 218 wounded in the previous blasts. Eleven political leaders of the sunni sect including three former prime ministers held an emergency meeting at Khalid s Headquarters an hour after the explosion. Khalid s four sons also at tended. Khalid the widely respected spiritual guide of Lebanon s 900.000 sunnis had publicly advocated Christian moslem co existence in the tiny Mediterranean nation where the two communities have been locked in 14 years of civil warfare. During the latest round of bloodshed that erupted March 8, Khalid made Sev eral Calls for restraint stressing that All problems could be solved through Dia Logue. He also had declared supported for Arab league efforts to enforce a cease fire. Shortly before the explosion police said that about 60 shells and rockets fired from syrian and druse moslem positions had crashed on a two mile coast Al strip in the Christian heartland North of Beirut. Grand Mufti Hassan Khalid members of ice walk "89 display their flags after reaching the North pole where they planted a . Flan. 8 who trekked to North pole begin their journey Home Resolute Northwest territories a eight explorers who trekked 620 Miles to the North pole to draw attention to humanity s assault on the frag Ile Arctic environment began their journey Home looking Haggard but Happy. The team on monday flew to Eureka and then to their base Camp in Resolute monday night. The explorers from Britain Canada the United states the soviet Union Japan Australia and West Germany reached the North pole on Sun Day and planted a . Flag. They were to Fly to Ottawa wednesday. With their uncut hair and sunburned faces the trek called ice walk achieved its goal of bringing attention to the environment and will Spur politicians to do More to protect nature. We be got to work together As one world to take on the environment said Swan who became the first person to walk to the North pole and South pole. He had reached the South pole in 1986. The adventurers who walked and skied said temperatures were As Low As 67 degrees below Zero during the 56-Day trek. All suffered some health problems from frostbite to influenza but the american Darryl Roberts 23,of new York suffered the worst. Severe frostbite on his feet made him Limp much of the time but he never thought of quitting said Rob erts the first american to walk to the North pole. With the moral support of the other team Mem Bers i knew i was going to be Able to make it he said. The adventurers left Cape Aldrich on Ellesmere is land in Canada s Northwest territories on March 20. They made their journey in an Effort to Spur political action on halting pollution and slowing Down global warming the so called greenhouse effect which is produced by the combustion of Fossil fuels. Ice walk had a High Power Public relations operation promoting it and corporate sponsorship supporting us j4 million budget. It differed from other Arctic expeditions because participants used Only human Power to travel and take supplies along in sledges that each carry about 250 pounds of cargo. Johannesburg strikers protest divestment plan by the Baltimore Sun Johannesburg South Africa More than 200 Black workers at nine Mobil corp. Fuel depots in South Africa have gone on strike to protest the Oil company s decision to divest from the country without negotiating benefits for its employees. The chemical workers Industrial Union which represents the strikers said it would hold a nationwide strike ballot later this week to decide whether to Back the Wildcat strike. Mobil announced last month that it would sell its South african operation to the local mining and Indus trial giant general mining Union corp. Mobil s action followed divestment pressures from . Anti apartheid groups and legislation that has increased taxes on . Companies doing business in South Afri Ca. Although the Union advocates divestment it immediately protested Mobil s actions saying the company had failed to respond to the Union s attempts to negotiate a divestment agreement. The Union says it has been trying since 1987 to get the 39 multinational corporations with which it has dealings to agree to a divestment package that would Grant financial Security to workers. Nearly All the companies have ignored the Union s demand. The Union is asking companies to give a year s no Tice of their intention to divest disclose All details of the divestment Deal pay each worker a month s wages for each year worked write off All Loans including housing Loans to workers pay retirement benefits and Deposit All proceeds from the Sale of the company into a workers Trust. Union general Secretary Rod Crompton said the ballot would involve some 500 workers including staff at Mobil s Oil refinery in Durban. The workers had already decided to Stop working overtime. Mobil pm plays almost 2,800 people mostly of them Black. Both Mobil and Gen Cor have agreed to guarantee workers jobs for one year and Gen Cor has agreed to continue funding Mobil s social responsibility pro Grams for at least five years. But Crompton said that this arrangement was reached without consultation with the Union and that As a result it could not be trusted. Mobil s Industrial relations manager Jacques fran Ken said the company was willing to meet Union representatives to discuss the Issue. It was not necessary for the Union to resort to work stoppages to Tell us they wanted to talk. We have an open door policy he said