European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the Start and stripes wednesday May 1, 1991 amp Boris Yeltsin Leader of the russian federation addresses strikers in Novokuznetsk a City in the Kurbas tells miners in Siberia they Call shots on ending strike Moscow. Up a Boris Yeltsin Leader of the russian Republic visited striking Coal miners in Siberia saying it was up to them whether they wanted to end their right Weck walkout. In Moscow meanwhile about 3,000 Yeltsin supporters gathered in the rain near the Kremlin on monday to Back his bid for election As executive president of the russian federation. The Republic wide tune 12. In Siberia a Skubas Coal Region Yeltsin apparently ran criticism however for signing a joint Appeal last week with soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev that asked the Coal miners to return to it Ork. A a Quot Yeltsin tried to explain his stance to representatives of the strikers in Novokuznetsk a City of 589,000 and the largest Center in the Coal Region. A a we must solve this question in principle a Yeltsin was quoted As saying by the Independent inter fax news Agency a was for stopping the strikes it is an absolutely voluntary _ the miners who began their strike March 1, had from the beginning backed Yeltsin a earlier Calls for Gorbachev to resign and hand Power to the Council representing the soviet republics. Yeltsin said he had called for Gorbachev a Resig nation in March because the president had a to be cooled Down. At the time he headed the offensive of the rightist forces.�?�. Workers of at least four mines in the Kurbas including the country s largest pit the Raspa Skaya have returned to work on the Promise that they will come under the jurisdiction of the russian federation the largest of the nations 15 republics. Coal miners in the Arctic Fields of Vor Kuta also have ended their strike after similar assurances that they would come a rider the jurisdiction of Yeltsin a Republic. Gorbachev a Appeal which he signed with Yeltsin and the leaders of eight other republics offered major political Concession. These included the Promise of new parliamentary and presidential elections possibly within two years. Unlike their nationwide strike two Summers ago for More consumer goods and higher wages the miners included political demands in their proposals this time. At one Point they turned Down a government offer to double their wages As an inducement to return to work. World evacuations to resume in area near chernobyl from wire reports Vienna Austria a . Officials said tuesday that 120,000 More soviet citizens will be evacuated this year from areas near the chernobyl nuclear Power Plant. A a a a a a. A a. A a a a a a a a a a a a a. That would increase the number of people resettled since the chernobyl nuclear Accident to about 325,000, according to the soviet government. . Officials in Vienna Are developing an International program to provide financial Anc technical assistance to the soviet Union five years after the chernobyl plants no. 4 reactor exploded in the worlds worst nuclear Accident officially 32 people were killed As a direct result of the Accident on april 26, 1986. But some soviet scientists say the actual toll was in the hundreds or even thousands. And Large areas were contaminated by radiation. A a a a. Quot a a a a a a a. a a v Quot the chernobyl Plant is in the Northern Ukraine but some of the worst contamination occurred across the Border in byelorussian. Some 116,000 people were evacuate of in 1986, the year of the Accident. Greens dissidents May leave Hamburg Germany a Green party dissidents probably will leave the organization in less than two weeks a newspaper reported monday that would further weaken a party that already took a drubbing in National elections dec. 2. In an interview with the hamburger Morgen Post dissident Leader Jutta Ditfurth said she plans to pull her Fol Lowers out of the greens on May 11. _ Ditfurth is. The Leader of the Purist Branch of the greens which rejects the idea of making compromises for the purpose of sharing some political Power. She and her faction called the fundis lost out to the More pragmatic Wing of the party during a tumultuous party Congress Over the weekend. Tic greens pioneered the politics of anti nuclear and environmental protest in the 1970s but have been watching their National stature Wane recently. A a a Nobel prize value increased Stockholm Sweden a the value of the Nobel prizes has been increased to $1 million thanks to increased profits from investments the Nobel found. Tion announced tuesday. I the Nobel prizes awarded in december were Worth 4 million Kronor about $700,000 at the Exchange rate at that time. The foundation has been aiming at increasing the value to $1 million in time for this years 90th anniversary of the prizes endowed by the will of swedish dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel. If the current Exchange rate holds until december the 6 million Kronor prize will be Worth $1 million. German woman charged in Bonn Germany apr prosecutors monday said silk mater Witt an Al. Legend member of the red army faction terrorist gang has been charged in the 1977 Kidnap murder of industrialist Hanns Martin Seh Leycur. Maier Witt also was charged with the attempted 1979 assassination of Alexander Haig then nato chief. The announcement from the chief Federal prosecutors office came during the trial of another red army faction member Susanne Albrecht for the 1977 murder of German banker Jurgen Ponto and the attempt on Haig. Albrecht and Maier Witt were found hiding Iii Oast Germany last year. The prosecutor s office said a Maier Witt 41, has been accused of assisting in the kidnapping of Schleyer on sept. 5, 1977, the murder of three of his bodyguards and his Driver and his murder six weeks later. Schleyer was chief of the German Industrial federation. Three red army faction members Are already serving prison terms for the killing. \ a. / Maier Witt was also charged in the june 25, 1979, assassination attempt in Belgium on Haig. He escaped injury when a bomb exploded seconds after his vehicle passed by. Three Security officials travelling behind him were slightly injured. Albrecht is also accused of aiding in the attempt to kill Haig. Law officials last year rounded up eight fugitives who were allegedly harboured by the then East German comm Nisi government but the gang continues to operate. On april 1, red army faction members killed Detlev Rohwedder who was responsible for privatizing businesses in East Germany the red army faction emerged in the 1970s from the Radical left launching a Campaign against West German capital ism and nato. Is ions Athens Greece apr Greece said monday that Many foreigners will be deported following a terrorist bombing that killed seven people april 19. A prime minister Constantine miso Takis told journalists a a what a bothering us Are foreign individuals taking part in terrorist acts Here. We deported Many during the Gulf War and we will do the same now but on a bigger he did not say How Many will be deported or specify nationalities but to ice sources said orders have already been signed for 40 palestinians. Dozens of arabs mostly. Palestinians were deported at the beginning of the persian Gulf War. Police arrested at least six palestinian students in connection with the bombing outside the offices of an air courier service in the southwestern port City of Patras. The explosion killed six greeks and 26-year-old Ahmed Al Ashikeh a palestinian student at Patras University who police say was carrying the bomb when it went off prematurely. The Palestine liberation organization which has an embassy in theris says it helped police in their efforts to arrest the bomb conspirators. A we have no complaints with the. Plo Here a i Tsitakis said monday but he added that the investigation is continuing. Greek Security officials refuse to comment on possible connections to greek terrorist organizations but the police sources said a weapons and bombs discovered in caches around the country Over the weekend bore Strong similarities to those used by local terrorist groups in the past
