European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday july 11 1990 Chamorro Calls out amid strike violence Managua Nicaragua apr gunfire crackled in the streets Early tuesday after president Violeta Barrios de Chamorro called on the army to end bloody clashes Between her supporters and sandinista backing a week old general strike. A a the army is dominated by the sandinista and it was not yet Clear whether soldiers would take up arms against compatriots who have organized the crippling strikes and fought Chamorro backers with fists rocks and guns. Armoured cars patrolled the streets of Managua and gunfire could b0 heard during the night but reporters could not get close to the fighting. The violence began sunday evening and intensified monday. Police said at least three people had been t killed and about 100 injured. Hospitals reported much lower casualty figures. The strikes and Street violence have brought the country to a near standstill. In scenes reminiscent of the 1979 revolution that brought them to Power the sandinista built bonfires of trash and tires All Over Managua on monday and put up ramshackle Street barricades of paving stones and debris. A Haze Hung Over the capital a City of 1 million people. Electricity and drinking water were Cut off in most of Managua. Mail and operator assisted Telephone Calls were suspended. There was virtually no bus service and state run cooperatives and other agricultural installations textile and construction plans were Idle. Chamorro facing the worst crisis of her 10-week-old presidency made a nationally broadcast Appeal for Calm on monday night. San Din ism controlled unions say Chamorro is firing too Many people from government jobs As she tries to. Reduce the budget deficit they also object to her plans to sell dozens of state owned companies and farms that the sandinista had expropriated from the wealthy. The sandinista held Power for a decade warring nearly All the time with the  contras who sought to topple them and suffering economic hardship As the result of a . Trade embargo. Chamorro s 14-party coalition unseated the sandinista in elections feb. 25, and the contras disarmed last month. The sandinista remain the single the be biggest party in Nicaragua while the president s coalition has been splintered by infighting and weakened by popular discontent Over economic hardship. In her speech Chamorro accused the sandinista of engineering the strikes and the unrest saying they were a subverting Public  the president s speech on state radio and television was delayed for four hours when pro sandinista students and workers seized a government broadcasting Center. Police dispersed them peacefully after about two hours. Former president Daniel Ortega has also urged negotiations. A this conflict cannot be solved by Force. Any attempt in that direction is an invitation to chaos Quot he said in a radio interview monday. A photos standing atop a Roadblock monday in downtown Managua nicaraguan youths raise their lists in support of striking sandinista workers. Elsewhere in the capital anti riot police left prevent students firms leaving the University of Central America. Johannesburg South Africa apr anti apartheid Leader the Rev. Allan Loesak resigned his Church positions after South african newspapers alleged he was having an affair with a White television producer. The newspapers reported he was romantically involved with Elna Botha who works for the state run South african broadcasting corp. Botha is a Star and producer of a Good morning South Africa a a news and entertainment show. Bothams husband news Anchorman Colin Flaxman was taken off the air monday morning after breaking Down As he read a news report about his wife and Loesak during a Good morning South  Loesak was in seclusion monday and his lawyers said he had nothing to say after telling his congregation sunday that he was stepping Down. Loesak said he had done nothing wrong but had to resign. A this is one of the darkest Days of my life a he told the congregation of the Ned Gere sending Erk Church in Cape towns Bellville South area. He had served there for 21 years. �?o1 am deeply sorry for All the pain 1 have caused a he said. Loesak a Leader of South Africa s Community of people of mixed race had become one of the most prominent anti apartheid leaders in recent years. Business Day newspaper reported monday Thal Flaxman said he and his wife were divorcing. Church officials said Loesak had not decided if he ant his wife Dorothy would divorce news reports said. Walter Sisulu a senior Leader of the african National Congress the main Black opposition group said monday Thal Loesak s resignation would not harm the movement Loesak has been an Anc ally