European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes monday july 9,1980 comes first at Beijing a Shijiazhuang China apr Quot one two a the Drill master barked saturday. A one two a the women of Beijing University a freshmen class barked Back. Then arms swinging and faces stolid they Goose stepped in unison across the Parade grounds of Shijiazhuang military Academy. This is How the first class to enter Beijing University after last years democracy movement spent the school year a learning to be Good foot soldiers of the communist revolution. Their training reflects the chinese leadership a analysis of the Root cause of the massive 1989 student led firmest a weak ideological education. Its prescription or preventing further unrest is to intensify political training and discipline. While older Beijing University students passed the school year in glum cynicism after the violent quashing of the movement that they had helped Lead the 728 freshmen spent 10 months training at Shijiazhuang. At the army school 170 Miles South of Beijing they teamed to March Salute shoot throw grenades Ana Roll their bedding with military precision. They also read the works of Marx Lenin and chinese revolutionary Leader Mao tse Tung. And they were lectured on the Quot error of the 1989 protests which ended in an army attack that left hundreds of people dead. Officials on saturday showed the freshmen off to foreign journalists who were allowed to visit them for the first time 10 Days before the program ends. The class now faces four years of regular course work in Beijing a a this Experiment has been successful so far a said Beijing University president we Shuqing he said that the next freshman class which will num bar 1,600, will undergo the same program. This years class was reduced drastically from an average of 2,000 so that the military Academy could accommodate it. A it has toughened their Confidence in socialism and invigorated their determination to build a Strong China a said the Academy s political commissar maj. Gen Xiang Xuy. A video prepared by the Academy described the years training As a a powerful formative and bonding experience a much like that undergone by army recruits anywhere who have their egos broken Down to be rebuilt in a military image. A we were critical stubborn and sometimes naughty a said an unidentified woman student who narrated 8 Wii Sabot i nazi atomic Rukan Norway apr eight saboteurs who blew up a key factory in nazi Germany a atomic bomb project held their first reunion saturday reliving one or world War is most daring underground exploits. The eight norwegians All in their 70s and retired led several thousand people who walked along a new a a saboteurs the 5-mile Public hiking path follows the route used by the commandos to reach the German operated heavy water Plant in telemark county. �?o1 recognize some of the Rock formations Quot said Joachim rain Neberg recalling the cold night of feb. 28, 1943, when the raiders she Down a snowy Mountain near Rukan 125 Miles Northwest of Oslo. Allied planners fearing that Germany would build an atomic bomb before the West had ordered the Plant destroyed at any Cost. After aircraft carrying British commandos crashed in occupied Norway it was up to the norwegians. On saturday the eight survivors stood at attention these Beijing University freshmen at Shijiazhuang will soon Complete their mandatory year of military training. The video. A but gradually. We were acclimatized and the Academy. Became part of the Academy we have never Learned so much in one Quot we Nave never Learned so much m one year a she said. A what we have gained will Comfort us Lor the rest of our most chinese High school and College students receive Brief military training usually a few weeks of marching drills on Campus and a compulsory course in military Lii Story. That is As close As most intellectuals get to soldiers whom they tend to look Down on because most Are poorly educated peasants. Political study also is mandatory at All Levels of school but in recent years Many College students skipped political classes or paid Little attention. At Shijiazhuang the freshmen knew their lessons. A military training was a great Good Fortune a said 20-year-Ola Han Tao unit Leader in his 12-bunk dormitory room explaining Why he did no to mind spending five years at College instead of four. His Roommate Jiang injun said he might make friends with an upperclassman who took part in the 1989 protests but a we can to support their Partick reunion for the norwegian National Anthem played outside the factory now a museum. Women and children gave them Flowers and Many in the crowd cried. Quot we have minded being Here without All this fuss Quot Runneberg said. He had Jed the raid As a 23-year-old. A we have always been pretty relaxed about what we did. We did no to recognize its importance until the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan a he said. Stirred by such ceremonies world War ii memories have come flooding Back in Norway this year norwegians organized events marking the wars 50th anniversary and the first american death in the War at Dom Baas. They also observed the anniversary of the first Allied Victory at Narvik. The saboteurs at Rukan have been celebrated in books and movies including the american film a heroes of they remain Public figures in Norway. Floods in Vietnam kill or injure 300 Bangkok Thailand apr rash floods that were triggered by record rainstorms killed or injured 300 people in Vietnam Sponhem province of son la the official Vietnam news Agency has reported. The report did not specify How Many people died. It quoted initial reports that the floods ruined 1,140 acres of Rice land and damaged hundreds of irrigation canals and 1 Bridges. Son la is just West of the National capital to Chi Minh City on the laotian Border. Each year harsh weather inflicts heavy loss of life and damage to the infrastructure and crops in Vietnam one of the worlds poorest nations. Unusually mild weather last year had allowed the country to produce a record amount of food and Export a record 1.4 million tons of Rice. Pation in the marches. If someone has an incorrect understanding we should educate the key question is How Long the Academy a influence will last once the freshmen Are exposed to Beijing University a far less disciplined atmosphere. Some upper Tass men have said privately they plan to re educate the freshmen in politics and a More relaxed lifestyle. At the military Academy the freshmen have Fol Lowed a strict regimen a up at 6 . And in bed at 10 . After a Day of exercise and study. No drinking and no romantic relationships Are allowed. The students Wear Standard army uniforms. Many jumped to attention when approached by journalists. Xiang said the students could be relied on to a Rise in defense of the state and the people Quot if China faced foreign aggression. it be ironic journalists asked if some of the freshmen put their new military skills to use during a future round of student protests a i am confident my students will not do that a Xiang said. Of course he said there Are always a a few individual scum a exceptional world today Norway protests incursion of soviets on Border Kerkenes Norway apr Norway issued a Sharp protest to the soviet Union after five soviet soldiers and a norwegian Fisherman were involved in a Border incident the National news Agency Nib reported saturday Norway said the soviet soldiers entered 110 Yards into norwegian territory and chased fish Erspan Werner Pedersen 45. Norwegian Border official Edward Larsen said the soviets fired at Pedersen but he was not wounded. According to the soviets Pedersen was fishing on the soviet Side and was chased Back into Norway the incident occurred thursday. Norway and the spa get Union share a Border within the arc tic Circle near the soviet port of Murmansk Sergei Komissarov Deputy chief of the soviet embassy in Oslo was called to the norwegian foreign ministry on Friday to give an explanation. Statistics show dec women adding years to lifetime Luxembourg apr european Community women outlive men More and More the latest dec population statistics showed Friday. Life expectancy Rose to 78.6 years for women last year in the european Community. For men it did not exceed 72 years. Women Are outliving men by 0.6 years compared with Only 5,4 years in i960.in France where women could expect to live an average of 80.7 years they outlived men by 8.2 years one of the biggest differences in the world. A
