European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday november 15,1990 a a youth protects his face from flying Glass while others break a shop window in downtown Paris on monday. Student demonstration in Paris leaves 104 policemen injured Paris apr the Paris police chief took responsibility tuesday for a massive student demonstration that deteriorated into a rampage in which stores were looted cars were burned and More than 100 policemen injured. Riot police fired water cannons and hundreds of rounds of tear Gas at demonstrators who pelted police with rocks and bottles monday in the worst violence in a month of nationwide student demonstrations. Police sources said that 83 people were being held for questioning following the violence and looting. Police halted the demonstration of More than 100,000 students which started at the Bastille Woi ind through the latin Quarter and was to end on the champs Ely sees. The violence started in the Montparnasse District beyond the latin Quarter As hundreds of masked youths battled police set cars afire and broke shop windows. It continued monday evening at a Bridge Over the Seine River closed to the marchers. Police chief Pierre Verbrugghe said police waited 10 minutes before intervening and did so Only cautiously so As not to injure student protesters not taking part in the violence. A we intervene for tactical reasons a he told reporters. A behind the 1,000 troublemakers there were 100,000 High school students. A to avoid provocations police forces held Back As far As possible from the March a Verbrugghe said. A it did no to work we were too far Back. I take responsibility for what Paris mayor Jacques Chirac said the Interior ministry not the police should be blamed for the violence which injured 104 policemen and one student. The police he said in a radio interview were Only following orders and should have been instructed to Deal More quickly and firmly with troublemakers. Police Headquarters said 104 officers were injured including 18 who were hospitalized. One student was injured. Police said 83 people were being held for questioning. A dozen youths were arrested for vandalism during a protest March in the Eastern City of Monibel Aird. About 100 vehicles were damaged in Paris including 30 set afire police said. Police in coordination with student leaders halted the March closing the Alma Bridge after violence erupted in the Montparnasse District Verbrugghe said. Youths began hurling stones bottles and firecrackers at the police who responded with tear Gas and water cannons. Several students among the thousands watching blamed a minority of marchers for the violence. A the protests always turn out like this a said a girl named Celine from Yveline North of Paris. A a it a so stupid. A few provocateurs just get out of control and Start destroying groups of youths with scarves Over their faces and carrying clubs roamed about near the Alma Bridge smashing the plexiglass Walls of bus stops and and posters. Others broke up pavement into chunks to hurl at police and firemen. President Francois Mitterrand and education minister Lionel Jospin met with a delegation of student leaders and promised an Quot emergency plan to address student demands for better facilities More teachers and safety on Campus. A your school is really bad a said Celine. A some people bring pistols on Jospin a announced plan to Deal with the protests focused on holding More discussions with student leaders tuesday and throughout the week. The protests began with student strikes last month in the Tough Northern suburbs of Paris after the gang rape of a girl in a school lavatory and assaults on several teachers. Students want More spending to improve Security upgrade substandard facilities modernize curricula and hire More teachers. Dozens of previous student marches and rallies around France Over the past month have been mainly peaceful. 3 world today Italy s Cabinet approves measures to fight mobs Rome apr the government has approved i measures to combat organized crime that include stiffer prison terms and new controls Over the awarding of Public contracts. The measures have been in the works for three weeks 1 following a report by Premier Giulio Andreotti showing a Sharp jump in criminal activity by the sicilian Mam and crime syndicates in Naples and Calabria. The government is also drafting legislation aimed at making it More difficult for crime gangs to Export Money under the measures decreed by the Cabinet prison terms can be lengthened for conspiracy drug trafficking and kidnapping if the defendant is a member of an organized crime gang. Companies bidding for Public contracts would have to i submit to tests to determine that they have no criminal i connections. The measures must be approved by parliament. Britain to scrap submarine after finding problem London apr the nuclear submarine Warspite i nearing the end of a 100 million Pound $190 million refit is to be scrapped after a fault was discovered in its propulsion system the Royal Navy has announced a Royal Navy spokesman said the valiant class submarine nearing the end of a 31-month refit was being i decommissioned As part of the governments defense cuts announced earlier this year. He did not elaborate despite the millions already spent on the refit the i Navy spokesman said the decision to scrap Warspite j was regarded As a Cost saving. 6 valuable paintings stolen from dutch collector Rotterdam Netherlands apr dutch police i monday had no Trace of a Mondrian Worth 2,5 million guilders $1.5 million and five other paintings stolen from a dutch Art collectors Home Over the weekend police said. Officers were still trying to determine just what Disap-1 geared from the Home of 86-year-old g. Van urk who inherited his Art collection from his parents but kept no record of the treasure trove according to police spokes-1 Man Otto Beaujon. A the Man is very old and is trying to give us descriptions a said Beaujon adding police have established the i stolen artworks included an Early landscape by dutch j born Painter Piet Mondrian. Five valuable paintings believed to be 19th-Centutj landscapes also vanished from Van Urkis Row House in a posh Rotterdam neighbourhood Beaujon said. China Sells baby pandas to zoo for vet equipment Beijing apr China has sold two baby pandas to i a . Zoo for $100,000 Worth of veterinary equipment an official report said monday. The two pandas were presented sunday to the Genet Al curator of the Binder Park zoo in Michigan the in j Glish language China daily reported. The giant Panda found Only in China faces ext Iii i Tion in the wild. Their numbers have dropped from 2,000 in 1977 to about 1,100 in the Southwest and Central chinese provinces of Sichuan shaan i and Ginsu. The newspaper report said that under an agreement signed in May the . Zoo will provide veterinary hos pita equipment to the Sichuan association for the pro a j Section of wild animals by the end of the year. German official says military must play world role where in the world if called on the de the new Germany has also denounced he add Edth save and sense minister said monday. The use and ownership of nuclear and must be ready to ass Iossif defense minister Gerhard Stoltenberg chemical weapons and last week it signed conflict in eur Rodeo or a we Rej onal made the remark while discussing the a treaty with the soviet Union in which work of United nations Mitz fran planned reduction of Germany a armed both pledged not to attack each other or Germany was the 5missions. Forces from about 525,000 to 370,000 Over any european nation. National criticism earlief�fus�in1? in by actions. Tohl says me the next four years. Speaking to journalists Stoltenberg said dining to Send troops As not i Ament to to elected on dec. 2, will t pan of the . To the matter. Led deployment in the persian Gulf. At the time German officials said t Constitution barred sending soldiers it non nato countries. Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Stoltey Berg both favor changing the constr Tut to allow German troops to take pah . Actions. Kohl says the new r
