European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday september 22,1989o Gayle says . Troops to stay in s. Korea Seoul Nowfe Korea a vice president Dan Quayle wcdncsdayfct.. Forces will remain in South Korea to Block Tow srom communist North Korea which he said remain sat Jurj Hrvat to peace in the Region. Quayle also met with a top oppose tits a for. Who says the government is waging a Campaign sent. . Officials said privately that Quayle told Sot korean officials to respect human rights. The vice president also discussed South Korea s Trade surplus with the United states which has caused friction Between the two governments. The Bush ministration wants South Korea to lift restriction . Imports. Quayle said the Bush committed to keeping . Forces in South Furca at existing Levels despite Calls by some Jujj he makers for troop cuts or a phased withdraw the United troops in South Korea under a Mutual Dupre treaty. Our to Korea s Security remains Una will remain in Korea As Long As our two nations want them and As Long As they can contrib Ute to peace and stability Quayle said in a speech to the korean newspaper editors association. Quayle claimed North Korea poses a threat to South Korea s Security and the soviet Union has Bacn to bolster the North s military capability new weapons. He said soviet cast i on the soviet Union atom to want peace and the Reg an extraordinary willingness to use Imp Jill i1 lmftlau11 i to South he said. Dial students protests against a Ayle s visit for a second dsyw4tjjitsi0.students chanted get out Quayle at Sungkyu sity in Seoul but did not clash with police. About 400 students Yelling anti american slogans battled riot police with firebombs and rocks at Kyong Bok University in the Central City of Tanju police said. Quayle assured president Roh Tae woo and other South korean leaders in private meetings that the Bush administration will keep its forces in South Korea . Officials said. Some . Lawmakers have called for troop cuts saying South koreans itself. Jimias " South in i i . Forces Are vital in Jaff Nonh korean attack. But dissident groups. Cen calling for the immediate withdrawal of . Troops and an end to close ties with the United states. Quayle on the first leg of an asian trip that will also take him to Japan the Philippines and Malaysia also praised the South korean people for their efforts to build a democracy after years of authoritarian Rule. He praised Roh for helping bring in Broad democratic re forms. . Officials who declined to be named said Quayle urged South korean officials privately to respect human a fights and avoid the abuses of past regimes. The United expressed concern Over the arrests of Hun Nunt dissidents in recent months. Two Diss Idiu and Park Hyung Kyu were invited to have 1m in Toni by Lull Llull " a Wilha selection of other South Porcari the dissidents criticized the Roh gov crime meeting with Quayle but . Officials would give no details. News updates fans avoid jail Athens Greece a ten Welsh soccer fans found guilty of vandalizing thousands of dollars Worth of property prepared to leave Greece wednesday after they bought off their prison sentences authorities said. The Swansea City Wales soc cer club supporters each paid 192,000 drachmas $1,100 Over the last two Days to buy off 16 month jail terms imposed on the fans for damaging property during a Drunken rampage in an Athens suburb last Friday. At least six of the fans were waiting to return to Britain wednesday said a British embassy spokesman who declined to give their travel arrangements. Vicky Economou an attorney representing the welshmen said four of them were on their Way to the capital after they were released earlier wednesday from a prison at khakis 55 Miles North of Here. Panahi Zaikos of Athens beat Swansea 3-2 sept. 13. I. Korea May develop nuclear bomb Don up North Korea May be a few develop its own nuclear device within irae years and possibly produce a soon afterwards Jane s defense Wclay reported wednesday. The Authorn ivc British publication which special incr ii military and Intelli gence affairs said Stoat although information on North Rucca s capability is scant Jane s said it already has sufficient soviet technology a Model of a 1956 British Power a tips and at least one mine producing Ura Yum. At the current rate of pit ass it could produce a nuclear a Csicsai experimental non deliverable within five years and a deliverable n a bomb shortly thereafter Jane s sail despite its propaganda offensive de Claring the desirability of turning the korean Peninsula into a nuclear free zone As Well As a zone free from Chemi Cal weapons North Korea s capabilities could affect the balance of Power in the Northeast asian Region it said. In the mid-1970s, North Korea in stalled two soviet supplied research re actors to produce radioactive isotopes for Medicine and Industry at its new nuclear research facility near Yon Byon about 56 Miles North of the North korean capital of Pyongyang. Jane s said North Korea began to pand the facility with a larger that is believed to have started of coking in october 1987. After the United states show Jed con Cern about the project when a Fiffas about Alf finished the path Korea to accept Thorn Dillons of a non and placed the facility under Raff National inspection. By treaty North Korea was Able Toj Bitch an agreement Wilh the soviet Umro to construct a nuclear Power ahm. According to Jane a the Plant try be built on a site being pre parc Jsn North Ham Gyong province. Ilion . Satellite photographs four of five additional facilities Slier construction in the Yon Byon area. It said that North Korea had established a nuclear Power Industry ministry in 1986. Jane s said there was concern about North korean espionage at South korean nuclear plants and in one instance in 1983, a bungled attempt to sabotage a Canadian built nuclear Power station in South Korea. Truck Drivers eral Bre Ner pass blockade Eagle scout Bern Switzerland a member of troop 63 recently received his Eagle scout award the highest Honor in boy scouting. Michael Peterson 15, has been in scout ing for five years. For his Eagle scout award Peterson organized a project to clean up an area of the a Forest on the outskirts of Bern. Peterson and other scout volunteers spent a week end Clearing Brush and cutting Trees from the Forest in coordination with the local Forest department. Peterson is a Sophomore at the International school of Bern and is the son of or. And mrs. Deanc e. Peterson who work for the defense communications support group at the . Embassy in Bern. To earn the Eagle scout award a boy scout must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes earning at least 21 Merit badges and completing a Community service project. Correction Nan named to i Flace Tom Row icy a Liflie 1 of Onich High school was s editions. Richard principal at Gen. Map had. in Zama can has been name Dpi Bolzano Italy a italian truck Drivers ended a week old blockade at the Brenner pass Border crossing into aus Tria on wednesday after customs officials began delivering permits granting transit through Austria. However traffic at Italy s busiest Bor Der crossing remained snarled because of several Hundred trucks still parked along the approaches to the pass. Drivers who abandoned the vehicles during the blockade arc Rushing Back. The situation will be Back to Normal by tomorrow Wajjid a customs police officer in visit no Drivers be Juhl the blockade which slowed and hindered shipment Sjef Gobol Between Italy and Northern a proc. Thew Otist an austrian slowdown in granting tacit permits. Italian Carlo Bernie said the granting additional Iran permits will be with his austrian counterpart Neww Noah. He said that in the fut Uhl most eight traffic will have to be set thud from the Road to railroads. More than 230,000 trucks Are allowed to Cross into Austria every year with the permits that austrian authorities Grant on a quarterly basis. Italian truck Drivers already had exceeded the limit for the july september Quarter. Anita the powerful association of 200,000 italian truckers warned that new protests could begin in october if the italian government fails to negotiate satisfactory solution with the Austri ans. B-52 explosion linked Tomulty plug san Antonio a the chair Force tuesday said failure to re Gwi an Dur ing refuelling of a b-5z bombard to a fuel spill and explosion in july Pat killed one person and injured 11. The vent plug used Duhg pressure checks was mistakenly elfish place Caus ing Over pressurization Apfl a spill said maj. Gen. Richard d. Smith of the air Force logistics come Jkelly fab. In Layman s terms we filled up a bal Loon and there was no place for the air to go and it ruptured Smith said. Jesus Podraza a worker was killed and three of 11 injured people were hospitalized after the july 24 nighttime Acci Dent. The lengthy Accident investigation re port on the fire did not determine a cause of the Blaze which charred the b 52, one of several aircraft serviced at and did total damage estimated at nillion according to the report. Srbui said a differently designed vent plug a Kusch at Kelly before the Acci Dent. A although Jar Force technical data has indicated Tea who design was faulty that was not until after the explosion he said. new design in pow used on vent plugs at Kelly Smitn Navy names Sailor killed in 3-car Nas is Gorilla Sicily is the Navy of Educ Day released the name of an of Merican Sailor killed Sun Day in a thru car Accident. A Navy spokesman said Petty officer 3rd class Lmichael a. Ritchie 20, of Pond Leton or., died when the car he was Riding in War struck by another vehicle about Sevcu Raniles South of Catania Sicily. Ritchie an aviation structural me chanic was assigned to Fleet logistic support so 24 at is Gonella. He is sur Vived by his Mother Christine Way Bridge also of Pendleton. Ritchie was Riding in the rear scat of the car driven by Seaman Walter r. Comic 20, who also is assigned to the support Squadron. Comic received minor injuries in the crash. His 19-year-old wife Lisa who was Riding in the front scat was Crit a cat con Mically injured and is being Trca Ania Hospital. She was listed in St edition wednesday. A passenger in the second Ca serious but stable condition in a Hospital. The italian Driver of the involved was slightly injured. The Accident occurred when the ital Ian car struck the american s car push ing it into an unoccupied parked car
