European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday september 25, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 5khrushchev called Castro Hothead for urging atomic strike against . New York apr former soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev in memoirs dictated in the late 1960s but just now released called Fidel Castro a a a Hothead for advocating a nuclear strike against the United states during the cuban missile crisis. Khrushchev who was ousted from Power in 1964 and who died in 1971, also thanked Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for helping the soviet Union develop the atomic bomb. Khrushchev made a series of tapes As he lived out his last seven years under virtual House arrest in the Village of Petro to Dalney on the outskirts of Moscow. Many of the tapes were smuggled to the West and two volumes of memoirs a Khrushchev remembers and a Khrushchev remembers the last testament were published in the 1970s. But Khrushchev a friends and relatives withheld some of the tapes fearing that he had been too candid. Last year time Magazine acquired the tapes. Excerpts Are in the oct. 1 Issue of the Magazine and another Book a Khrushchev remembers the glasnost tapes a is due out in october from Little Brown. In the memoirs Khrushchev said Josef Stalin was grateful to the Rosenbergs who were executed in 1953 after being convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage by giving american atom bomb secrets for the soviet Union. Khrushchev said a i was part of Stalin Scircle when he mentioned the Rosenbergs with warmth. I cannot specifically say what kind of help they gave us but i heard from both Stalin and Vyacheslav Molotov then minister of foreign affairs that the Rosenbergs provided very significant help in accelerating the production of our atom bomb. A let this be a worthy tribute to the memory of those people. Let my words serve As an expression of gratitude to those who sacrificed their lives to a great cause of the soviet state at a time when the . Was using its advantage Over us to blackmail our state and undermine our proletarian on the cuban crisis Khrushchev said the soviets decided to place missiles in Cuba to deter the United states from an invasion. He said then president Kennedy a understood that in spite of the american advantages the missiles we had already installed could strike new York City Washington and other then Khrushchev recalled intelligence reports indicated that the United states was preparing to strike Cuba and that an invasion was unavoidable. A Castro suggested that to prevent our nuclear missiles from being destroyed we should launch a preemptive strike against the .,�?� he said. A my comrades in the leadership and i realized that our Friend Fidel totally failed to understand our purpose. We had installed the missiles not for the purpose of attacking the . But to keep the . From attacking Khrushchev said Kennedy then sent a message a somewhere Between threat and prayer he both demanded and begged that we remove the missiles. We agree to remove the rockets and warheads if the president would publicly give Assurance in Nis own name and that of his allies that their aimed forces would not invade Kennedy did. A Castro was hotheaded. He thought we were retreating a worse capitulating. He did not understand that our action was necessary to prevent a military confrontation. We believed this came from his being Young and inexperienced As a statesman a Khrushchev said. A later when i met Castro in the soviet Union i told him a you wanted to Start a War with the United states. If the War had started we would somehow have survived but Cuba no doubt would have ceased to a new Orleans teachers on strike for respect new Orleans apr the picket signs read a no raise no but for Many of the 3,000 teachers on strike in new Orleans its a matter of respect. A when teachers strike you know its More than just the pay. If All it was was Money they be teaching in the first place a said Mike Stone an English teacher at Mcmain Magnet secondary school. United teachers of new Orleans which represents the new Orleans parishes 4,420 teachers and 1,100 teachers aides and secretaries went on strike sept. 17. The District kept schools open with substitutes and a Little More than 1,600 regular teachers who crossed picket lines last week. On Friday 62,277 of the districts estimated 85,000 students attended classes. Union officials say a dispute Over who would pay $400,000 in health insurance costs a the teachers or the District triggered last weeks walkout which has disrupted the states largest school District. But new Orleans Parish teachers on the picket lines say the issues Are not Only increased insurance costs but poor working conditions discipline and the feeling that parents regard them As overpaid baby Sitters. One picket at Lafayette elementary school last week wrapped her sign in toilet paper. A Cdr. Williams a yes its True we provide toilet paper and Here a some for you a proclaimed sue Halls sign addressed to superintendent Everett Williams. Other teachers have complained of spending As much As $500 a year of their own Money to buy paper workbooks and other instructional supplies. District officials deny such charges. A i can assure you there a enough hand towels and toilet tissue in new Orleans Public schools. Teachers Lone tissue in new Orleans Public schools. Teachers agas prices highest Ever in Wake of Gulf crisis los Angeles apr gasoline Lundberg said. Teacher sue Hall has a message for the superintendent. Are not buying them out of their private funds in any numbers that i know of a said the districts chief negotiator Frank Fudesco. A the reason is Money a school Board spokesman Henry Joubert said flatly. Teachers also complain that the administration Isnit backing them on the discipline of students and that the District wastes Money on administrators who drive new cars equipped with telephones. A students Are hitting teachers a said Ann Legaux who teaches gifted children at Fannie Williams Middle school. A do you think they re going to be expelled As it says in the handbook no. They re Back the next District officials refused to discuss student discipline policies. However the District said the vehicles in question Are two years old and Are leased. It said they Are needed by seven administrators whose jobs require regular visits to schools around the City. Before last weeks strike teachers had dropped earlier demands for 10 percent pay raises saying they would Settle instead for having the District provide $1 million to cover half of a $300-per-person increase in health insurance costs. Management offered $600,000, saying that was All the District could afford. After the walkout teachers reinstated their demand for 10 percent raises As Well As the $1 million insurance package. Salaries Range from $19,455 for a starting teacher to $35,111 for someone with a doctorate and 25 years of experience. But the teachers insist the real Issue is respect. A the real problem is the school Board and top administration a said Ellen Picou a librarian. A a we re on the picket line Here on Claiborne Avenue because the school Board. Has no idea How teachers Sands of time los Angeles a gasoline prices have hit an All time High because of the persian Gulf crisis with the average pump Price jumping 2.91 cents per gallon in two weeks an Industry analyst Saia sunday. A the new High does no to take into account inflation but even so its significant a said Trilby Lundberg who publishes the Lundberg letter. She said her latest twice monthly Survey of 18,500 gasoline stations nationwide showed motorists were paying an average of $1.38 per gallon. The Survey was conducted Friday. The previous record High was just under $1.38, set in March 1981, she said. Motorists were spending an average of $1.35 a gallon for gasoline on sept. 7, Lundberg said. Fear of War in the Middle East in the Wake of iraqis aug. 2 invasion of neighbouring Kuwait Ana a subsequent military buildup have caused Oil prices to fluctuate greatly in recent Days said Lundberg. A the fears Are that a War could create a serious Supply upheaval and that Supply replacement could be difficult a she said. Those fears Are causing the Price of crude to go up and in turn pushing up gasoline prices she said. The Price of crude Oil for october delivery Rose $1.53 a barrel to $34.71. It was the highest crude Oil Price in nine years. Lundbergh a Survey showed that at self service pumps on the average regular unleaded gasoline sold for $1.27 a gallon Premium unleaded was $1.44 a gallon and regular leaded was $1.25. A the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 25,1950 a . Bangs chief of the . Narcotics bureaus Minneapolis office was shot to death while leading a drug raid in a St. Paul hotel.30 years ago today. Sept. 25, 1960 a the . General Assembly a steering committee recommended the world body give a new and full debate to the question of Hungary and the soviet suppression of that country a 1956 revolt.20 years ago today. Sept. 25,1970 a in reply to a Viet Cong peace initiative the Nixon administration said it would not impose any government on the people of South Vietnam and that it favored withdrawal of All foreign forces.10 years ago today. Sept. 25, 1980 a president Carter accused Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan of supporting . Intervention in eight International conflicts since 1968. Ltd a ii Are i. In a a. J
