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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pedal Power a stripes Magazine the sbs.an4>�tripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces off a vol. 49, no. 26 thursday May 10, 1990 25 daily and sunday a cd tit Orniti d 8693 thousands riot in South . Offices set afire Seoul South Korea apr tens of thousands of students dissidents and radicals battled riot police in More than a dozen cities wednesday to demand the ouster of president Roh Tae woo. Police arrested More than 900 people. In downtown Seoul students hurled rocks and firebombs in the most violent anti government protests in the capital since 1987. Dozens of police and protesters suffered injuries some serious but no figures were available. Protesters set fire to . Diplomatic offices firebombed a police bus truck and jeep occupied the front of one of the capital s luxury hotels and took control of a fashionable downtown shopping area for More than three hours. Violence erupted As the newly created democratic Liberal party held its inaugural convention. Radicals and dissidents claim the Gigantic party a merger of three political groups will Lead to dictatorship. Rohrs party is declining in popularity As inflation rises and costs soar but Many koreans do not support radicals who espouse violence. A Yankee go Home a screamed thousands of students hurling firebombs and rocks. A Down with Roh Tae woo a at the height of the fighting some 15,000 students rampaged through an area two or three Miles wide from the Seoul railway station to Donda Emun Market the country a largest wholesale Market. Protesters ripped up sidewalks and Metal gratings to hurl. Street signs were taken apart to use As weapons against police armed with tear Gas masks truncheons and Shields. Clouds of choking tear Gas billowed Over the Center of this capital City of 10 million people sending office workers and shopkeepers racing for cover at the evening Rush hour holding their Mouths and noses to keep out the acrid Gas. Thousands of riot police in the City Center appeared to be taken by Surprise As throngs of 300 to 2,000 Radical students dashed along sidewalks to occupy main downtown shopping streets. Screaming protesters overpowered at least two groups of 200 to 300 riot police and seized their helmets clubs Shields and other items. Students forced dozens of police to Kneel with their hands behind their backs and shouted insults kicking and beating them with fists and clubs. A disband the dip a students yelled repeatedly. After Nightfall about 3,000 students see riot on Back Page a students throw rocks and firebombs at Seoul police during wednesdays  Parade soviet army cadets March in Moscow on wednesday during a Parade marking the 45th anniversary of the world War ii Victory Over nazi Germany. See Story other photos on Page 8. Military child care rates will be based on income by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a military child care centers in september will begin Basing their fees solely on family income a switch that could mean a savings on rates for lower ranking service members. Specific fee ranges which Are expected to average about 6 percent to 8 percent of a family a income will be announced in the next week according to Linda Smith a Pentagon staffer who deals with family programs. The fees Are based on a study completed last fall. The study surveyed incomes of service members using military care centers at randomly selected bases around the world. Under the new payment plan service members will have the option of paying the top fee or proving their Gross family income qualifies them for a lower monthly charge. The new pricing schedule May also give discounts to families with More than one child. It May also exempt hourly care rates. Quot the majority of people should see the fees remain about the same a Smith said. A higher income families May Sec an increase while lower income families May see a  the . Army in Europe for example currently allows commanders to set the prices at their child de clop mint centers As Long As the monthly full Day rate Falls Between $176 and $224. Under the existing policy commanders can offer discounts of up to 20 percent to parents in Low income brackets or for additional children in the same family. In Wurzburg West Germany All parents pay $208 a month for full Day care. Other children in the same family Are charged $ 166.40, or 80 percent of the full Rale. Discounts for Tower income families Are also available. Canada resumes Jet training a human factors a cited in crash by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau s6llingen, West Germany a Canada resumed Cf-18 fighter Jet combat training exercises Over West Germany on wednesday 22 Days after two jets collided and pelted the City of Karlsruhe wait flaming wreckage. Preliminary findings identify a human factors Quot and not mechanical defects in the planes As the cause of the april 17 Accident said Canadian air Force Brig. Gen. Jean Boyle. Boyle the commander of the 1st Canadian air div said he has ordered several changes to cl-18 Hying rules to prevent accidents like the Karlsruhe one. Which killed a Pilot injured three other people and caused widespread properly damage. Oik of those changes is a ban on Canadian air combat Ever Isis Over Urban areas lie said. Hie division also will reduce us air combat mining sue Canada on Back Page  
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