European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday june 26,1990 s. Korea tense 40 years later danger persists guar Post Ouellette South Korea apr . Soldiers deployed along the rugged and heavily armed Border with North Korea say the korean War is a grim reminder of How serious their Job is and How scary. A a lot of americans have forgotten that the korean War has never ended. Its Only a cease fire. Soldiers realize very quickly that this is a very dangerous place a it. Col. John p. Lewis of Michigan said monday. Monday was the 40th anniversary of the Start of the 1950-53 War but for Lewis troops from the 5th in 20th inf it was a routine Day. Or As routine As it could be with pouring rain fog patrols mushing through Muddy ravines taut nerves and a constant High state of Alert. Guar Post Ouellette is the northernmost deployment of . Forces in South Korea and is Only 20 Yards from barbed wire running along the 155-mile demarcation line separating the communist run North Korea and capitalist South Korea. Most of the soldiers posted at guar Post Ouellette were yet to be born when North korean tanks on june 25, 1950, thundered southward Over the 38th parallel. The War ended july 27, 1953, not with a peace treaty but an armistice. About 43,000 . Troops remain in South Korea in Case the North koreans invade again. The guar Post atop a High Ridge jutting toward North Korea is bordered on three sides by enemy territory. It is one of two . Guar posts along the Border. South korean troops Man hundreds in and along the demilitarized zone. A s staff sgt. Allen Golphin of Savannah ga., shakes hands with sgt. Park Yong Tae of South Korea during a break from guard duty along the Border of the two Korea Seoul wants to reopen meetings with North Seoul South Korea up South Korea proposed to North Korea monday that the two sides get together next week to reopen talks seeking to pave the Way for an inter Korea prime ministers meeting. Song Han to chief Seoul negotiator at preparatory talks for the proposed High level meeting sent a Telephone message to his North korean counterpart Paek Nam Jun proposing a meeting on july 3 at the truce Village of Panmunjom 35 Miles North of Seoul North Korea had earlier offered a meeting for thursday to revive the preparatory talks suspended in january when North Korea Cut off All contacts with the South. The suspension was to protest a routine annual military exercise involving South korean and . Forces. Song while welcoming the North a decision to resume the talks accused North Korea of making unreasonable charges in connection with South korean president Roh Tae Woods recent meeting with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. A your Summit diplomacy. Does not Block Progress in inter Korea dialogue a Roh said. Roh and Gorbachev met in san Francisco on june 4 in the first top level meeting Between South Korea and the soviet Union which have had no diplomatic relations. Sharon Israel relents on settlement of soviet jews by the Washington Post Jerusalem a housing minister Ariel Sharon one of israelis strongest advocates of jewish settlement in the occupied territories sunday declared that Soi Viet immigrants to Israel will not be sent by the new right Wing government to the West Bank and Gaza strip. Be the statement to a meeting Here of the Board of governors of the quasi govern mental jewish Agency appeared intended to satisfy demands by both the Bush adm Nistra e Tion and soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev for guarantees from Israel on the settlement of soviet jews. However Sharon who is overseeing the governments Effort to absorb the immigrants stopped Short of offering a Blanket Assurance that no soviet jews will move to the occupied lands. A we do not divert and we do not Send any russian immigrants or any jew who comes from Russia to Samaria to Judea to Gaza because we understand the seriousness of the situation a said Sharon referring to the occupied lands by their biblical names. A your efforts in resettling immigrants Are directed at this Side of the Green line a israelis internationally recognized Border. Sharon who was a chief strategist of the Campaign by right Wing governments to Settle jews in the territories in the late 1970s and Early 1980s, said the new government planned to steer the immigrants toward sparsely settled regions inside Israel including the Northern Galilee and Southern Negev regions As Well As the corridor from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The government plans a crash program to build 45,000 apartments for immigrants in those areas he said. At the same time Sharon did not Rule out the possibility that soviet immigrants who choose to move to the settlements will be allowed to do so. Nor did he suggest any change in government policies that offer better financial terms to settlers in the territories than to Home buyers inside Israel. The policy on russian jews a does not mean that other people cannot Settle in any place a Sharon said. A construction will be continued in accordance with government policy in All parts of the land of  rain bitterness Dampen Quebec fest a demonstrator shows the Victory sign sunday during the National Holiday Parade in Montreal. Montreal apr celebrations on Quebec a National Holiday were dampened by rain a and by bitterness Over the failure of an Accord aimed at keeping the French speaking province in the Canadian federation. A there Are a lot of people for whom today is a Day of mourning a Michel Rivard a popular Quebec Singer said sunday on St. John the Baptist Day. The Holiday came a Day after the deadline for ratification of the so called Meech Lake Accord which would have provided constitutional guarantees recognizing French speaking Quebec As a a distinct society. The Meech Lake Accord was effectively torpedoed Friday by Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells who suspended debate on the amendment in the provinces legislature and thus denied the required unanimous ratification by All 10 provinces. Many in English Canada feared the Accord would have Given Quebec extra Powers. But constitutional experts said the a distinct society clause would have had few practical effects. The clause however had Strong symbolic significance in Quebec a Canadas largest province with one fourth of the country a 26 million people. A Parade and gala evening concert marking sundays Holiday a Quebec a equivalent of the fourth of july a were postponed until monday because of wet weather. But sunday was still a Day for displays of nationalist sentiment. Blue and White Quebec flags sprouted in windows and on balconies throughout the City. Some cars flying enormous Quebec flags drove up and Down the streets winning scattered cheers. Nationalist to shirts sold briskly along the Rue St. Denis. There have been concerns that the failure of Meech Lake might Lead to a renewed push by Quebec a citizens for Independence. Headlines in provincial newspapers focused on Quebec Premier Robert Bourassaw a comments that he would Boycott future constitutional talks As the province decides on a new course for the future. But the prevailing opinion was that there would be no precipitous move toward Independence or toward some sort of sovereignty association relationship with the rest of Canada. A we wont be in a hurry a said Paul Andre Comeau editor of the Montreal newspaper be Devoir. A everybody will go on summer vacation then Well make up our  the five Point Meech Lake Accord was aimed at winning Quebec a signature on the 1982 Constitution which applies to the province even without its signature