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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 06, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes Friday october 6,1989 world today soviets May visit labs doing research on ski Geneva a soviet arms experts May visit . Laboratories doing research on space based missile defences before the end of the year an american official said wednesday. Henry Cooper chief . Negotiator on de sense and space at the Geneva arms talks urged the soviet Union to agree to regular annual exchanges of visits to such labs As a Confidence building measure. He expressed Confidence that the soviets will accept an invitation to tour two . Sites. The invitation was extended by Secretary of stat James a. Baker i when he met soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze last month. The . Invitation covers equipment being developed at the los Alamos National Laboratory in new Mexico and a commercial testing Plant in san Juan Capistrano Calif. Both Are involved in High tech research for the strategic defense invite Atic a project launched by for Mer president Reagan to provide space defense against incoming ballistic missiles. Shevardnadze to meet with nicaraguan leaders Managua Nicaragua a soviet for eign minister Eduard Shevardnadze was to meet with president Daniel Ortega on wednesday but an official report said they would not discuss soviet Aid to the leftist government. Shevardnadze arrived tuesday for the 24-hour visit saying he brought a message for Ortega from president Mikhail Gorbachev and the soviet leadership. He did not immediately Dis close its contents. Shevardnadze the highest ranking soviet offi Cial to visit Nicaragua was scheduled to meet with Ortega and the leadership of the sandinista National liberation front which seized Power from rightist president Anastasio Somoza in a1979 revolution. Barricade the sandinista newspaper quoted government official As saying Shevardnadze s visit would be strictly  deader of jewish comr Urrity ii Belgium slain by Gorfman  a a gunman ambushed and killed the Leader of Belgium s jewish Community and authorities win cuday were investigating whether the attack was anti semitic. Israel s ambassador Belgium speculated that Neo nazis were behind the slotting of or. Joseph Wybran tuesday evening. To this was a terrorist attack there is no doubt about that said a police official on edition of  did not elaborate. A Wybran 49, was shot in the held As he got into Hiscar outside Brussels University fms Pital where he headed the immunology  said. Hospital spokesman said he died Early wednesday. No one has claimed responsibility for  minister Wilfric Martens called the act Raj voting and wretched and expressed his Insigna Tillat violence and  in addition to heading the country s jewish comr Afu to Wybran was chairman of the belgian Auschwitz gel Matut Tec. The committee recently urged Poland s roman Caillie primate Cardinal Jozcfa Glemp to remove air order c carmelite nuns from a Convent on the  of the former Auschwitz death Camp in Poland. A turned from Poland where publicly oppose racism an Wybran had  urged authentic anti semitism. Jewish leaders Dpi planned that the Convent and its religious symbols Verc offensive at a site where 2.5 million jews were King Vas part of Adolf Hitler s Campaign to Exter Minate eur san jews during world War  they have found no witnesses to the at tack. Ufi Samts ambassador to Belgium Avi Primor told Isroff Larmy radio he has been in touch with author tie to discuss the attack and Security for embassy staff 1 jews in  speculated that among those behind the shooting were  said Wybran was apparently ambushed by a gun Man from behind Wybran s car in the Hospital parking  had been on his Way to a ceremony at the University s Martin Buber Institute a jewish studies  december Wybran became head of the coordinating committee of jewish organizations in Belgium which rep resents about 30,000 jews from 30 different groups. Until i last year he was head of the Brussels chapter of b Nai b Rith a jewish Charity and social organization. Mrs. Pol arc asks Shamir to intervene Jerusalem a Anne Follard whose Hus band was convicted of spying Fon Kracl and is serving a life sentence in a . Prison As asked prime min ister Yitzhak Shamir to intervene with president Bush on the american couple s behalf. Mrs. Pollard also scr Jug time in prison said in Aradio broadcast , Johnathan and i arc appealing to Shamir to us an end to the Pollard affair once and for  a spokesman for Hamir s office said he was work ing to have them Foj Ltd on humanitarian  Jonathan Polt Frd a former civilian intelligence analyst for the no Fly was Given a life term in 1987 for supplying clan Bifid documents to israeli agents. His wife spoke monday night from a new York  a furlough from a Federal prison in Danbury conn., where she is serving a five year sentence on rotated charges. She is to return to the prison next week. Anne lard s father rented the apartment for  is Sabosto have a rare stomach disorder that has caused her to rps considerable  said the ask could be resolved if the prime minister would Vithor privately or openly and most  discuss our Case directly with president Bush Vic strongly believe this would Bein the Best interests owie United states and  she said first and Ihre most on behalf of my be loved husband Jonatha Ivand i _ we wish to thank each and every citizen one state oils race for their tremendous support of us injun ghost our plight and we arc eternally  a the pollards have received Surpri from some jew ish groups in Israel and the unto states that advocate israeli government intervention ii the Case. Mrs. Pollard spoke in English Ana fein announce translated her remarks into hebrew. The israeli government has said it did us know of Pollard s spying. Court oks Japan s screening of te5tthjx is for War references tuesday ruled Hool text a Csc Tokyo a a japanese Legal a government program of scree books including deleting references to so military actions in world War ii. Such government screening brought protests Carli from China and other countries which accused Japan of trying to cover up military brutality. Despite its ruling on wartime operations the court held in one Case that a government ordered rewrite distorted history. The Tokyo District court ruled in professor Saburo Yznaga s 25-year Battle against the education ministry s textbook screening. It ordered the ministry Topay him $711. By naga who writes textbooks plans to Appeal tothe High court said District court spokesman Akira Saito. By naga 76, had demanded $ 14,235 and wanted the screening system overturned. His c9mplaint dealt mainly with government ordered rewrites concerning Japan s actions in world War ii. The court rejected that portion of his argument. J How Var judge Kazuo Kato said the education ministry abused its inspection authority and contradicted mainstream academic theories in ordering Lac naga to rewrite part of a 1980 textbook dealing with an attempted coup by Farmers against the Tokugawa shogunate government in 1868. The court ruled against by naga on his complaint that in writing textbooks he Capald not use the terms invasion banking mass re no. 731 regiment and Battle in Okinawa air describing wartime actions i inn pit Lina says More than 300,000 people mostly civil ians were killed or raped by japanese soldiers in de Cember 1937 after banking then China s capital fell to japanese invasion forces. Western historians have estimated that 200,000 were killed in the massacre. The Battle of Okinawa in 1945 was Japan s last Jiro bloodiest stand during world War ii. Okinawa Fofi Nuksa id japanese troops killed 800 Okinawa civil ians Dhuse they were an obstacle to in Mary operations Andoh tags others to commit us Jade. No. 731 re Ghatt a refers to a let alleged to have conducted germ exist taunts Pywar prisoners. Kato said textbook trn Shafon was justified to pre serve accuracy and neut Fammon. Education. He held that textbook inspection docs Nott Colatc the constitutional right to Freedom of  a aus material rejected by the ministry still can be Public he said in res ruling considering study nifty to evaluate educational contents the Little cd Cauca Tirral tools allowed to teachers and the need 1cqual.flpportunity for education the government can not below teachers Complete Freedom to publish their own studies As  / education minister Kazuya Ishibashi the adequacy and necessity of the textbook inspection system were reconfirmed by today s court ruling and we inthe education ministry will work even harder to make the contents of textbooks More  said however that he objected to the court or dered payment and said the government might Appeal. By naga told reporters we Are very disappointed by the ruling. But the education ministry should take it seriously and blame itself for having gone too far units censorship. I am also disappointed by the court s backward and biased  the lawsuit filed in 1984, was Iyenaga s third against the screening system. Trunk Stop eleven elephants from the German circus arc treated in Eindhoven Netherlands to a Spe Cial Buffet provided by a local hotel. Each of the big freeloaders got fruit vegetables bread and a 4-Pound cake  
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