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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes saturday May 5, 1990 Seoul police raid morgue seize labor activists body Seoul South Korea apr clamping Down further after a week of labor unrest police raided a Hospital morgue Early Friday to seize an activists body from militant workers news reports said. Police arrested 149 of the workers in the action in Chan Gwon about 2 0 Miles South of Seoul the reports said. Authorities said they mounted the raid at the request of a South korean opposition lawmakers seeking to mediate a strike use a big amplifier Friday to speak to workers atop a Crane at a Hyundai Plant in Ulsan. Bucharest Romania apr Mother Teresa who won the Nobel peace prize in 1979 for her care of derelicts in India said thursday she will open a permanent Mission in Bucharest. The 79-year-old missionary who arrived monday from Rome accompanied by four other nuns told reporters she came to Romania Quot to spread tender Loving  the permanent House of the Sisters of Charity will be established in Bucharest under the supervision of roman Catholic archbishop loan Robu Mother Teresa said adding that it would give romanians a the Joy of being loved tenderly and  Mother Teresa said she has Felt much better since heart surgery she had last fall Quot because the whole world prayed for  she said she plans to visit several orphanages during her stay and pledged that she will try to give them a the Joy of  orphans and disabled people were neglected under the 24-year tenure of romanians former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu who was toppled and executed during the december revolution. Orphanages were in poor condition and the children were deprived of most necessities. The number of children in orphanages increased during the dictatorship because of the ban on abortions and other Athens Greece apr parliament Friday elected elder statesman Constantine Caramanolis As the fifth head of state since democracy was restored in 1974 after a military dictatorship. Caramanolis 83, a six Lime prime minister and former president won 153 votes of the 299 cast. He needed a simple majority in the 300-member parliament to be elected to a five year term in the largely ceremonial Post of president. In the first round of voting monday he fell Short of the required 180 votes. Caramanolis returns to the Post which he established and held from 1980 to 1985. He was backed chiefly by the governing conservative party a 150 deputies. The socialists and the communist led coalition of the left and Progress did not support Caramanolis who the dead workers family who they said opposed a Large funeral planned by the militant workers. The worker killed h i self the u Ruday. Meanwhile Hyundai company officials in Seoul said about half the 100,000 workers at 13 subsidiaries in the City of Ulsan were Back to work Friday. Police last week stormed the company shipyard to drive out workers on a three Day occupation strike. Hyundai officials said they expected further improvement after 27,000 workers of the Hyundai motor co., the nations largest automaker voted to return to work monday the vote ended a week of nationwide sympathy strikes protesting the raid on the nearby Hyundai shipyard. In fridays action about 600 riot police charged into the Hospital in the Southern Industrial town of Chang won before Dawn took the body of the worker and returned it to his family for burial news reports said. The National news Agency Yon Hap said about 200 militant workers guarding the morgue were overpowered by police wielding clubs and Shields. The shipyard strike in Ulsan about 200 Miles Southeast of Seoul has revolved around workers demands for the release of four jailed Union leaders. Officials feared the death of the labor activist 28-year-old Kim Young ii might be used to stir up More trouble. Kim a labor activist at the tonsil Industry co. In Chang won leaped to his death from a two Story building at his Plant thursday after dousing himself with paint thinner and setting it ablaze. Yon Hap said he left letters complaining of a hard life and protesting police suppression of labor activity. Hyundai officials said the Ulsan shipyard the largest in the world will be open monday if workers holed up at the top of a 240-foot Crane come Down. The workers took Refuge there during saturdays raid. Fifteen workers saying they were sick came Down Friday and were arrested by police. World today French Bull fighters Union protests Lack of jobs Nimes France apr about 15 members of the French Bull fighters Union occupied the marriage chamber at Nimes City Hall Friday protesting that spaniards were getting too Many of the jobs at an upcoming bullfight festival. The protesters demanded a meeting with the director of the City a stadiums Simon Casas he is the former president of their Union and now administers the bullfight programs. According to the protesters French bullfighter had been Given Only two of about 30 jobs at the upcoming Pentecost festival. It is to consist of 13 separate bullfight programs Between May 27 and june 4. The festival has drawn about 400,000 visitors annually in recent years with ticket sales reaching about 130 million francs $22 million 34 injured in Uzbekistan when soccer fans riot Moscow apr soccer fans rioted after a match was cancelled in Eastern Uzbekistan setting fire to buildings Homes and stores before order was restored Tass reported thursday. At least 34 people were injured. Wednesdays violence in the City of Andizhan began after a game Between the local club and a team from the Centra asian republics capital of Tashkent was called off when the visiting squad defaulted the official news Agency quoted a spokesman for the Interior ministry As saying. The angry fans Many intoxicated damaged 127 buildings 79 stores and 36 private Homes Tass reported. Among the vandalized buildings were the City prosecutors office and the regional Headquarters of the uzbek communist party the news Agency said. Injured were 13 Interior ministry troops 10 policemen and 11 civilians Tass said. It added that authorities restored order without using  plans to build restaurants in e. Germany Frankfurt West Germany up a the Mcdonald a fast food Chain announced Friday it plans to expand its successful West German operation into East Germany next year. Walter Rette Wender chairman of the Board of the West German Branch of the hamburger restaurant Chain said the first contract for an East German restaurant would be signed in the next two months and construction would begin this year. Quot i am thinking in terms of five to 10 restaurants being in operation next year a Rette Wender said. Mcdonald a already has opened restaurants elsewhere in Eastern Europe and the soviet Union. Rette Wender said it has two restaurants in Yugoslavia two in Hungary and one in Moscow. Others Are planned for Poland and  third of May Day resumes after 51 years Warsaw Poland apr Post communist Poland picked up thursday where it left off 51 years ago and resumed Observance of its National Day on the third of May bringing Back a tradition of parades Church services and family outings. Unlike recent years when attempts to Mark the anniversary of Europe a first written Constitution in 1791 led to violent clashes Between police and demonstrators celebrants under thursdays sparkling Blue sky had no reason to feel tense. The third of May commemorates Poland a attempt in 1791 to free itself from creeping russian domination by adopting a Liberal Constitution based government. It was Poland a National Day from the time the country recovered Independence in 1918 to when it lost it at the Start of world War ii in september 1939. Mother Teresa in Romania planning a Bucharest Mission sex greek president elected again a Mother Teresa takes a stroll thursday in Bucharest. Strict measures Ceausescu imposed to enforce a High birth rate. A these children Are suffering and we will try to help them a Mother Teresa said. She spoke during a meeting with prime minister Petre roman. Founded the governing new democracy party in 1974. Prime minister Constantine Mit Stolakis expressed satisfaction with Cara Manliss election. A with the great respect he enjoys both at Home and abroad Caramanolis will help the country at this time of crisis a said i Tsitakis after the voting. The conservative government recently announced a series of economic austerity measures in a bid to Cope with High inflation and rising deficits. Caramanolis was Greece a first prime minister after a 1967-74 military dictatorship overseeing the return to democracy and establishing the presidency after holding a referendum that abolished the monarchy he became the republics third president in 1980 resigning in 1985 shortly after the socialist government at the time reneged on a Promise to support his bid for re election  
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