European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes sunday april 8,1990getting their kicks a amps Scott a. Miller fledgling members of a Tae Kwon do class go through their warm during a performance at the Spring fest that was held in Heidelberg West Germany on thursday. The energetic youngsters were demonstrating the korean system of self defense during a Celebration of children s Day at the Rembrandt Vandal freed Amsterdam Netherlands apr dutch police released the jobless distraught Man arrested for spraying acid on Rembrandt so the night watch a on condition he seek psychiatric help police said saturday. The 31-year-old suspect released late Friday May still face a maximum one year prison term if he is convicted of vandalizing the Netherlands most famous painting in Amsterdam a Rijk museum police spokesman Klaas wilting said. The Man was freed shortly after an interview with prosecutors who decided to let him go provided he talk to a psychiatrist wilting said. It was not immediately Clear How psychiatric counselling could be imposed As a condition for his release. The suspect a resident of the Hague has not been identified in line with dutch police procedure. The Man described by police on Friday As a confused a was arrested by museum guards immediately after he sprayed acid on the huge artwork painted by Rembrandt in 1642. Guards immediately applied a neutralizing agent on the painting. Damage to the work was minimal since the acid apparently failed to eat through the thick layer of veneer protecting the delicate paint museum officials said. Wilting said the suspect could Only be prosecuted for vandalism a even if it was a very expensive that charge carries a maximum prison term of one year. It was the third attack this Century on a the night watch a the dutch masters most vandalized work. An Art restorer on Friday carefully removes acid residue from Rembrandt s Quot the night in 1975, a disturbed schoolmaster made 13 slashes in the artwork with a knife he had stolen from a restaurant minutes earlier. The Man later committed suicide in a mental institution. During world War i an unemployed Shoemaker slashed the painting to protest his inability to find work. World today Poland restores May 3 As its National Holiday Warsaw Poland a parliament has restored May 3 As Poland s National Holiday Redl Acino in much hated july 22 anniversary of the proof amen 0f a pro soviet government in 1944. A president Wojciech Jaruzelski made a last minute Appeal Friday to retain july 22 As a National to Idt ejected suggestion was roundly s in a vote of 182-56, with 39 abstentions the Par Hament did away with the july 22 Holiday. Mav 3w� designated the National Day in a separate vote of i with two abstentions. A May 3, 1791, was the Date of the creation in Poland of what was then Europe a first written Constitution a Liberal document inspired in part by the . Cons Titu lion. The polish document extended voting rights he Pond the nobility. 1 Winner hits the Jackpot in Spain a $ 11 million lotto Madrid Spain apr somebody is walking around Spain with $11 million and May not even know it. Officials of Spain a weekly lotto said Friday that an unknown person has won a record Jackpot of 1,198 million pesetas or $11 million in the Primitiva As the game is known Here. The winning ticket was sold at a Magazine stand in Redon Dela a Village in the Northwestern Region of Galicia. The buyer Only initiated the ticket and kept a stamped Carbon copy. Lottery officials said they knew of no one who had claimed the prize but the Winner could have gone directly to a Spanish Bank to Cash in the copy. The Lucky ticket bears the number 96-75-48-77-6-fe. The previous Jackpot record set in 1989, reached 1,123 million pesetas $10.3 million. Although the Winner remains unknown the woman who runs the Kiosk where the ticket was sold said she feels like a million Bucks. A i feel like we won a said Pura de chinese workers now charged with theft Beijing apr More than one third of the 292 employees at a chinese transport team that had been named a Model work unit have been charged with stealing and four have been sentenced to death an official newspaper has reported. The tuesday edition of newspaper digest seen in Beijing Friday said 113 workers in the no. 1 vehicles team of the Qingdao City Container transportation co. Were implicated in the theft ring. It said four workers were sentenced to death one to life in prison and 47 to other prison terms. Another 31 received suspended sentences while the rest were let go it said. Qingdao a yellow sea port City had selected the transport team As a Model work unit for Many years the report said. It did not say what was stolen but said that when judges conducted an on the site investigation no worker claimed innocence. The citing of Model factories or workers has Long been used by China to give moral incentives under a socialist system that provides limited material Reward for exemplary work. Israeli official denies Arafat a claim meeting held Rome apr Plo chairman Yasser Arafat said Friday he has held secret meetings with israeli leaders to discuss Middle East peace and the palestinian uprising in israeli occupied lands. But later Friday an israeli . Official in new York a a categorically denied any such contacts. The israeli government has refused to negotiate the palestinian question directly with the Plo which it considers a terrorist organization. Arafat a remarks broadcast on Italy s state owned Rai television were broadcast a few hours after the palestinian Leader met for the third time in eight years with Pope John Paul ii. Asked whether there is Clandestine Contact with Israel Arafat replied a yes there is. There Are Many contacts Between the palestinian and israeli he said former defense minister Yitzhak Rabin a sent an emissary with a message for he added that prime minister Yitzhak Shamir a also did Yuval Rotem spokesman for the israeli . Mission in new York denied Arafat a statement. He said Arafat May have referred to talks israeli leaders held last summer with palestinians to Advance an israeli peace plan. A Arafat and the Plo Are a non starter to any negotiations a Rotem said. He said Arafat made the latest claim because a the s looking for legitimacy from the there have been rumours of contacts Between israeli and Palestine liberation organization leaders but they have not been independently confirmed. Israel says the Plo is Bent on destruction of the jewish state. A the Shamir coalition government lapsed March 15 in a dispute Over a .-backed proposal that Calls for pm luminary meetings with palest Nila discuss proposed elections in the is occupied West Bank and Gaza strip. The labor party backed the plan go it was opposed by liked its co partner led by j asked what Israel wants Ara a with whom Are they going to a peace a with phantoms with m
