European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                O world today pages the stars and stripes unsold olympic coins Are to be a melted Down Seoul South k plans to melt Downing the 1988 sum newspaper reported the Kyong Hyang Korea was making melt Down about 2. Rea a South Korea sold coins commemorate olympics in Seoul a onday. Aily news said the Bank of tangents with a firm to trillion of the coins whose nominal value was c Ima cd at $ 13 million. The newspaper accused olympic organizer promotion in Selling and Bank officials the coins. Olympic coins 1987, and the Contr coins four times la demand. The a Cusp olympic coins scan prices shortly Bufor Seoul last  mystery Sut getaway for Romsoe. No trawler caught an fishing net but the blow torches to Cut without identifying i the trawler Orion land 250 Miles off the submarine ran Orion backward. 11 Kraken is told the Noi it reported Kra release the submarine and the sub surface crewmen refused to i Stead used axes Blitz Cut away the net the sub was freed anti. His report said the markings on the pcs tonal Waters but the vessel and they will by can defense comma first issued in february Bank had to reissue the year to meet a growing or said the value of some to 10 times their original the olympics opened in Larine makes in Norse net in a a norwegian marked submarine in its b s Crew used axes and vessel free and it fled of. A news report said. As fishing near Bear is Northern Norway when its nets dragging the ship s owner Juns pct tar Vigian news Agency Nib. Said he decided not to unless it identified itself quickly. The submarine int Ify their Craft and in Ches and sledgehammers said. In about an hour led away Kraken is told 3rion fishermen saw no which was in inter a Pook photographs of the Cut to Norway s North sri lankan broadcaster by radicals a a two Sinha Lese radicals assassinate a prominent broadcast assassinate Colombo sri Lai or in his Home near t violence that also killed the country officials a Kulsiri Amara Lunga. News editor of state to neck according to Milita y officials capital during ethnic 38 other people across the 62-year-old chief Ision was shot in the Yalcs the assassins Cut so in mount Lavinia a Miles South of Colombo the on the people s Liber our accused of Killin a lilies last month. Before escaping on b Telephone lines at the h Seaside resort six officials said. They blamed the kill action front a sinhalese Rou killing two other broadcast per " thursday August 17,1989 s. Africa s de Klerk sworn in x urday after Botha bowl Rel out Pretoria. Sluth Africa a National part Leader . De Al cof was sworn in tuesday As South Africa s acting Percsi Trtat a Day after he and other cab inet members forced Thuv ignation of . Botha. In a news conference inn mediately after taking the oath of office do Klerk praised the ousted Botha who was in Power for 11 tumultuous cars As one of South Africa s greatest leaders. His greatest gift to South Africa the fact that he has put our country on the Road to Toda mental re form that he has successfully started fwing South Africa out of its dead end streets and that a guided us in the direction of a totally new Dispensa Al Klerk said. Shortly after being sworn in at the Union Bui Dij chief Justice Michael Corby to do Klerk said heir Lori to Convene a new parliament on sept. 13, a Vick after National elections. He is expected to be cd upon by an electoral Congress the next Day to serve a Mil five Yea term As president. Or Botha had attacked de Klerk per Stotmy in what was seen As a bitter and undignified  broadcast on National television monday nigh specifically Botha said he opposed do Klerk s plans Job make an important diplomatic trip to Zambia later emf month. Do Klerk defended  a television interview immediately following both a speech and said the 73 year old president s do party was in the Best interest of South  Botha with his  initiated South Africa first halting Steps of acc Reform in the late 1970s and Early 1980s, though Fis efforts slowed considerably after nationwide Black up rest erupted in 1984. After his swearing in do Klerk said of Botha misplace in Histora Imong the great leaders that our country produced Isdr Cady assured. There Juno doubt that we stand on the threshold of a i South Africa and Southern Africa the 53 year Ovic 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 so Long he said. We want to build a new South Africa in which All National party Leader f. W. De i Africa s acting president. At left is a takes oath As South Tolfe Marike. Lives at Al people participate in decisions affecting t  anglican archbishop Desmond Tutu a Ica pkg Critico Fth National party said of do Klerk All he is string 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 head. 18 die As chinese Airliner crashes Beijing a a chinese Airliner with 54 people aboard crashed tuesday near Shanghai killing at least 18 passengers and Crew members the official Xinhua news Agency reported. The plane plunged into a River after an aborted take off from Hon Qiao Airport about 14 Miles North of Shanghai at 3 46 ., the Brief report said. Earlier Xinhua said 33 passengers and Crew Mem Bers were killed but a later report said 18 had died and that Rescue efforts were continuing. Xinhua did not explain the discrepancy nor provide additional details on the crash. The report saying that 54 people were on Board was received by the japanese consulate in Shanghai. The plane was a soviet designed Antonov-24 and the flight listed As 5510 by China s Flag Carrier the civil aviation administration of China. It was in route from Shanghai to the Southern City of Nanchang. Officials at the canc office in Shanghai contacted by Telephone said they could not immediately confirm the report. The crash was the first involving a chinese Airliner since August 1988, when a flight from Canton crashed while Landing at Hong Kong International Airport. Seven people were killed in that crash. Last year chinese airlines were involved in five major accidents that killed 172 people. Canc chief he Yizhou acknowledged Early this year that the airline s safety record has serious prob lems and called for improvements in air safety. Philippine troops storm inmates heft dead Dato sity. Philippines a troops to Casato Mcd a jail where in mates were holding Alt missionary and 14 others vials said the missionary was at 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 convict were killed during the attempted break but five hostages escaped officials said. The remaining 15 inmates re Tucau the jail compound after the  escape and All were killed last in the assault officials said. In All five hostage including the teen age girl died. Bat it was unclear if they were killed Lirlie assault or whether some were Slair by their captors after the attempted breakout. The hostages including Jacqueline Hamill 36, of Sydney Australia were seized sunday during religious service sat the downtown jail in this City 610 Miles Southeast of Manila cilia so a nurse at Davao Elsaid Hamill was Pupain cd dead Onemma Lafter the Asmont she had been Wor mgt up 1ajcity since Las month. All the Host pcs  of the Joyful afro ublies of god  pro Tufani group that conducted a. _ Jilstry. The inmates including convicted murderers asked for a getaway vehicle and gave authorities a 4  Deadline to meet their demand. Maj. Antonio Inciong of Fth military s civil relations service said Hamill and other 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 and solve the Cris Buum Lut 10 . Tuesday military Ornan maj Wilfredo Garcia said he inmates announced they were leaving the detention Center with their prisoners. The hostage lakers started firing when they broke out Garcia said. Heavy fir ing  convict Leader Mohammed Nasur Samparani a former air Force Soldier serving a 27-year sentence for murder As killed in the attempted escape along Julicia Var Osa 16.  of gunfire the in mates  Talon Side the com Pound until the Milit the assault reporters could ses is three male and one female Stacke up in the area controlled by the inmates. It appeared the four had been slain after the breakout failed. On monday former rep. Jesus Dure 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 Silva str Butlo said the convicts overpowered a guard and the looted an armory for weapons. But the Rev. Jamuel do Curnc 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 Curme said. The pastor said. He was to leave believed escaped in an Colony. T of the inmates were from a group that the Davao penal