European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday August 16,1989 world today unsold olympic coins Are to be melted Down Seoul South Korea a South Korea plans to melt Down unsold coins commemorating the 1988 summer olympics in Seoul a newspaper reported monday. The Kyong Hyang daily news said the Bank of Korea was making arrangements with a firm to melt Down about 2.5 million of the coins whose nominal value was estimated at $ 13 million. The newspaper accused olympic organizers and Bank officials of poor promotion in Selling the coins. Olympic coins were first issued in february 1987, and the Central Bank had to reissue the coins four times last year to meet a growing demand. The newspaper said the value of some olympic coins soared to 10 times their original prices shortly before the olympics opened in Seoul last september. Mystery submarine makes getaway from Norse net Romsoe Norway a a norwegian trawler caught an unmarked submarine in its fishing net but the sub s Crew used axes Andablo torches to Cut the vessel free and it fled without identifying itself a news report said. The trawler Orion was fishing near Bear is land 250 Miles off of Northern Norway when the submarine ran into its nets dragging the Orion backward the ship s owner Jens Petter Kraken is told the norwegian news Agency Nib. It reported Kraken is said he decided not to release the submarine unless it identified itself and the sub surfaced quickly. The submarine crewmen refused to identify their Craft and in Stead used axes blow torches and sledgehammers to Cut away the net Nib said. In about an hour the sub was freed and sailed away Kragnes told Nib. His report said the Orion fishermen saw no markings on the vessel which was in International Waters but they took photographs of the vessel and they will be sent to Norway s North Ern defense command. Sri lankan broadcaster assassinated by radicals Colombo sri Lanka a two Sinha Lese radicals assassinated a prominent broadcaster in his Home near the capital during ethnic violence that also killed 38 other people across the country officials said. Kulsiri Samaratunga the 62-year-old chief news editor of state television was shot in the neck according to military officials. Before escaping on bicycles the assassins Cut Telephone lines at the House in mount Lavina a Seaside resort six Miles South of Colombo the officials said. They blamed the killing on the people s liberation front a sinhalese group accused of killing two other broadcast personalities last month. S. Africa s de Klerk sworn in Day after Botha bowed out Pretoria South Africa a National party Leader . Do Klerk was sworn in tuesday As South Africa s acting president a Day after he and other cab inet members forced the resignation of . Botha. In a news conference immediately after taking the oath of office do Klerk praised the ousted Botha who was in Power for 11 tumultuous years As one of South Africa s greatest leaders. His greatest gift to South Africa is the fact that he has put our country on the Road to fundamental re form that he has successfully started pulling South Africa out of its dead end streets and that he guided us in the direction of a totally new dispensation de Klerk said. Shortly after being sworn in at the Union buildings by chief Justice Michael Corbett de Klerk said he planned to Convene a new parliament on sept. 13, a week after National elections. He is expected to be chosen by an electoral Congress the next Day to serve a full five year term As president. Botha had attacked de Klerk personally in what was seen As a bitter and undignified Farewell speech Broad cast on National television monday night. Specifically Botha said he opposed de Klerk s plans to make an important diplomatic trip to Zambia later this month. Do Klerk defended himself in a television interview immediately following Botha s speech and said the 73 year old president s departure was in the Best interest of South  Botha with his party s support initiated South Afri Ca s first halting Steps of race Reform in the late 1970s and Early 1980s, though his efforts slowed consider ably after nationwide Black unrest erupted in 1984. After his swearing in do Klerk said of Botha his place in history among the great leaders that our coun try produced is already assured. There is no doubt that we stand on the threshold of a new Era in South Africa and Southern Africa the 53-year-old do Klerk said. History offers us a unique Opportunity for peaceful solutions. I Trust that the people of South Africa will show the courage and vision required to break the Cycle of conflict tension and isolation that has gripped us for Solon he said. We want to build a new South Africa in which All people participate in decisions affecting their lives at All  anglican archbishop Desmond Tutu a leading critic of the National party said of do Klerk All he i doing is giving a new face to  Tutu said the transition is just a change of initials from . To ." but Tutu said from his Cape town office that he Felt sorry for Botha. He looked a pathetic figure. Here we saw a coup. They did t use guns but they certainly put pistols to his  in general de Klerk and the other Cabinet ministers were More sympathetic to Botha than the Public and news Media tuesday. The banned United democratic front the country largest anti apartheid coalition said the leadership change will make Little difference to South Africa s 28 million Blacks. The Cabinet members told Botha who suffered a stroke Jan. 18, to use his health As an excuse for re National party Leader f. W. De Klerk takes oath As South Africa s acting president. At left is his wife Marike. Signing 23 Days before the crucial polls. But the defiant Botha said his health was not the Issue. I am not prepared to leave on a lie Botha said he told the Cabinet. Botha showed no emotion or signs of ill health when Reading his 20-minute resignation statement from a desk at his official residence in Cape town. After All these years of my Best efforts for the National party and for the government of this country As Well As the Security of our country i am being ignored by ministers serving in my Cabinet Botha said. Botha nicknamed the great Crocodile for his feared temper and sometimes ruthless manner Seldom appeared in Public following his stroke. Botha insisted he was not a sulky old Man but he never offered congratulations to do Klerk who re placed Botha As party Leader in february. Botha s behaviour became increasingly erratic in re cent weeks. Last month he refused to attend a Farewell banquet planned by the National party to Honor him. He did however appear unannounced at a Provin Cial party Congress forcing de Klerk to give up his scat at the head table. De Klerk a lawyer who appears to share Botha s vision of limited and gradual race Reform has spoken in vague terms of dismantling More apartheid Laws. 21 dead after troops attack holed up inmates Davao City Philippines a troops tuesday stormed a jail where in mates were holding a female australian missionary and 14 others hostage. Officials said the missionary was among 21 people who died before the crisis ended. The bloody assault took place about five hours after the convicts tried to flee the metropolitan District command de Tention Center using the hostages As human Shields. At least one 16-year-old female hos Tage and the Leader of the 16 convicts were killed during the attempted break but five hostages escaped officials said. The remaining 15 inmates retreated to the jail compound after the attempted escape and All were killed later in the assault officials said. In All five hostages including the teen age girl died. But it was unclear if they were killed in the assault or whether some were slain by their captors after the attempted breakout. The hostages including Jacqueline Hamill 36, of Sydney Australia were seized sunday during religious services at the downtown jail in this City 610 Miles Southeast of Manila. Cecilia so a nurse at Davao doctors n ital said Hamill was pronounced on arrival after the assault. She had been working in Davao City since last month. All the hostages were members of the Joyful assemblies of god a charismatic protestant group that conducted a prison ministry. The inmates including convicted murderers asked for a getaway vehicle and gave authorities a 4 . Deadline to meet their demand. Mai. Antonio Inciong of the military s civil relations service said Hamill another female captives were sexually molested by their captors. Officials said about nine of the hostages were women. Military and civilian negotiators had been holding talks with the inmates since late sunday in an Effort to peacefully re solve the crisis. But about 10 . Tuesday military spokesman maj. Wilfredo Garcia said the inmates announced they were leaving the detention Center with their prisoners. The hostage takers started firing when they broke out Garcia said. Heavy firing  convict Leader Mohammed Nasur Samparani a former air Force Soldier serving a 27-year sentence for murder was killed in the attempted escape along with hostage Julieta Verzosa 16. After the first burst of gunfire the in mates remained holed up inside the com Pound until the military attacked. Before the assault reporters could see four Bod ies three male and one female stacked up in the area controlled by the inmates. It appeared the four had been slain after the breakout failed. On monday former rep. Jesus Dur a who was negotiating with the gun men said Samparani threatened to waste All my bullets into the austra Lian unless officials provided the convicts with a getaway  were conflicting reports about How the hostage drama began. Justice undersecretary Silvestre Bello said the convicts overpowered a guard and then looted an armory for  the Rev. Jamuel Ducarme who had attended sunday s prison services said the incident began after Samparani a prison trusty asked to take food to the wife of a Soldier who lived next to the jail. " Samparani returned a  moments later with a semiautomatic Rifle fired warning shots and seized the hostages Ducarme said. The pastor said he was allowed to  said most of the inmates were believed to have been from a group that escaped in april from the Davao penal Colony.