European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes Friday May 11,1990 South korean students carrying firebombs charge toward riot police in downtown Seoul thursday night. South korean strike ends but student rioting escalates Seoul South Korea apr Radical students and dissidents ignored a government warning and took to the streets again thursday to Battle riot police in nationwide demonstrations demanding the presidents resignation. Meanwhile striking shipyard workers in a Southeastern Industrial City ended a 13-Day holdout atop a giant Crane apparently because of illness. In scattered Street protests in Seoul groups of 200 to 500 students chanted a Down with president Roh Tae woo Quot riot police moved swiftly to drive protesters off the streets. Thousands of riot police were deployed in downtown Seoul. They tightened Street checks and took away pedestrians suspected of participating in clashes. Shortly before Nightfall riot troopers firing volleys of tear Gas dispersed about 1,500 students carrying firebombs who had occupied a main Street in the capitals downtown. News reports said thousands of Radical students armed with rocks steel pipes and firebombs battled police thursday outside 40 campuses or in the streets nationwide. But details were not provided. Police did not say How Many protesters were arrested thursday. Police arrested 1,864 protesters in wednesdays Street demonstrations in Seoul and 16 other cities the largest and most violent since Roh took office in february 1988. About 100,000 students and dissidents clashed with riot police in wednesdays protests and 150 people including 100 police were injured. A the government will mobilize All available resources to restore Law and order a Justice minister Lee Jong Nam joined by Security related ministers told a televised news conference thursday. A the government will strictly enforce Laws to eradicate crimes and maintain social stability a said Home minister Ahn Eung to who controls the nations 130,000 police. But student leaders reached by Telephone said they would continue their daily anti Roh protests. Students have demanded he annul the recent merger of his governing party with two opposition groups and Speed up Reform. Wednesdays protests were the largest and most violent since nationwide anti government demonstrations forced authoritarian president Chun Doo Hwan to initiate democratic reforms in 1987 and step  from Page 1 from the 36th tac fighter Wing. A the . Air Force pilots and the Dan air Captain took successful evasive action and reported the event to the authorities a said a statement issued by the 36th tac fighter Wing at Pitburg a. A spokesman for West Germany a Federal air traffic control authority said the Dan air plane was flying from West Berlin to Saar Brincken in Southern West Germany at the time of the incident. Spokesman Hans Ulrich Ohl told the associated press the Dan air Captain reported seeing Only one military Jet. He said military jets usually Fly in formations of two and it was possible that the Dan air Captain did not see the second Jet. The Captain sent the plane into a nose dive to avoid a crash and several passengers were thrown out of their seats Ohl said. The incident occurred at 11 17 a.m., 24 Miles North of Saar Brincken Ohl said. The British plane a twin engine Hawker Siddeley 748, was at an Altitude of 7,590 feet and was preparing to land at the time of the near hit the spokesman said. The plane can carry about 50 passengers. A the Saar Bricker Zeitung newspaper reported that in a it my the Dan air plane missed the oncoming jets by 50 feet. A i c a fifty feet that a impossible they would have col it i lived a air Force capt. Jerry Brown told the associated press. A we done to know precisely but our Best estimate is that they were approximately 500 feet  the Dan air Turboprop plane was being guided by the . Air Force air control at Ramstein a Ohl said. News Brief Conrad also accused of spying for czechs Koblenz West Germany a amps a Clyde Lee Conrad the retired . Soldier who is accused of being a hungarian spy was charged thursday with carrying out espionage for Czechoslovakia As Well. Evidence presented behind closed doors wednesday by Joe Navarro a special agent of the Fri from Tampa fla., prompted the prosecutor to ask the West German court to add the charges. His request was granted. Conrad a retired sergeant first class is accused of funnelling . Army and nato defense secrets to the soviet Union through contacts in Hungary. It is estimated that the spy ring earned close to $1 million. The West germans Are trying Conrad on treason charges. If convicted he could face a life sentence which Means 15 years behind bars under West German law.24-hour strike planned by italian stationmaster Rome a amps a italian Railroad workers will stage another in a series of nationwide strikes on monday the country a transportation workers Union announced wednesday. The 24-hour strike this time by stationmaster will begin at 9 . It is designed to support efforts by 206,000 National railway workers to pressure the government into increasing their wages and benefits. The Union also announced dates for two other possible strikes. The first for 24 hours would Start on May 23 at 9 ., while the second for 48 hours would be held in the closing Days of May. The strikes Are expected to halt All train service in Italy. No plans have been announced for emergency train  Sailor died in fire alerting other crewmen Norfolk a. Apr the Sailor killed in the Blaze aboard the guided missile destroyer Conyngham roused sleeping Crew mates from their quarters before he was overcome by smoke a Crew member says. It. Algernon Pope Gordon jr., 34, helped evacuate fellow officers from their berths which were filled with smoke from the fire tuesday morning that began in a boiler room three to four decks below the berths. Gordon rescued one officer who was among the 18 injured then re entered the Smoky area and did not leave it alive. The Crew member who spoke on condition of anonymity said in thursdays daily press and times Herald of Newport news that he did t know Why Gordon returned. A the might have thought somebody else was in there a he said. A the was an unselfish  the Navy has not provided a cause of the fire or the amount of damage. From Page 1e. Germans from Page 1 Union from causing the social deterioration of our work Force a Sigrid Jau Emig head of the textile workers Union told the government news Agency adn. The protests were the latest and largest demonstrations of anxiety by a work Force worried about what will happen july 2, when the Germany Are to merge their economies and social institutions. After the protests parliament Secretary Guenther Krause said discussions would begin next week with the 600,000-member far workers Union and eventually All labor organizations adn said. The Germany have been negotiating a state treaty under which East Germany a Economy and social Structure would be absorbed by the West in six weeks. Economists predict Many inefficient East German factories will close in the next year because they will not be Able to compete in the free Market and that Between 500,000 and 2 million East German workers will lose their jobs. Both West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and East German prime minister Lothar de Maiziere say a Quick  investment will create new jobs and raise East German living standards. Soviet military in his Camp As Lithuania and other Domestic troubles unfold. The soviets have also tried to link other issues to the talks. Soviet marshal Sergei f. Fakhr Omeyer for example told the Senate armed services committee on tuesday that the negotiations will come to a standstill unless the United states agrees to discuss limiting sea based nuclear weapons and naval forces. Despite the delays Dugan said he remains optimistic about Force reductions in Europe. Technical objections aside he said a i think the talks Are going along As Well As one could expect and one could Hope  he said current proposals would mean a reduction of More than 200 aircraft for the air Force in Europe or about 30 percent of the Force. Even with an agreement there will be a considerable number of forces in Europe. A a they re not going away As soon As we get a cafe agreement the resulting num Ber of tanks will give us 20,000 on each Side. Work War ii started with something like 3,500 on each Side a he said