European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes / sunday May 5, 1991 a a a a a s remains in Esztergomi Hungary a tens of thousands paid last respects saturday to Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty As the. Staunch anti marxists remains were. Buried in Home soil 21 years after he fled his then communist Homeland. The Vatican stripped Mindszenty of Hungary a chief Catholic office in 1974, after the exiled Cardinal Quot refused to relinquish it voluntarily. 6ut on saturday Pope John. Paul ii was full of Praise for him. In a letter read just before the Start of the requiem mass the pontiff called Mindszenty a a an outstanding Man of god servant of the Church and unshakeable. Witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ a 1. The Day a cannot be allowed to pass without the final expression of respect to an outstanding person a the Pope said. Mindszenty a who spent most of his year Sis Cardinal in prison or exile including 15 years in the is. Diplomatic residence in Budapest was reburied to the Cathedral in Esztergomi seat of the hungarian primate. His remains were exhumed last week from a Pourch Tomb in the austrian town of Maria Ell where he was buried at his own request. He died in exile in 1975 in Austria at the age of 83. A in his last testament Mindszenty asked that his re Mains be returned to Hungary Only after a the Star of the faithless Moscow last year the red Star was removed from parliament and democratically elected deputies took their scats As part of Eastern euro pcs democratization. On saturday crowds began gathering Early to get to the ceremony. People from All walks of life Many of them old peasant men and women in Black slowed through ankle deep mud to get close to his coffin on a Bier covered with a White canopy in front of the Esz Bergom Cathedral. The rain stopped by the time the requiem began and the crowd gathered in the vast grounds in front of the Church was estimated by several observers at More than. . A a prime minister Jozsef Antash in prepared comments equated the ceremony with a the rebirth of the country and at the same time commemorations of those who had sacrificed their lives. For the Independence of a most other Cabinet members also were present along with Church dignitaries from Hungary and abroad and Many hungarians who left the country in 1956 during the abortive anti communist revolution. Airman apprentice Abdul h. Shaheed 22, left and Seaman apprentice James l. Moss 21, were accused of trying to sabotage the aircraft Carrier Ranger Dur ing the persian Gulf War. The Navy dropped the charges led to charge says cleared Muslim Sailor Subic Bay naval facilities Philippines apr one of two sailors accused of plotting to sabotage a Carrier during the persian Gulf War claimed Friday the charges a now dropped a had been brought because of the sailors Muslim beliefs. Airman apprentice Abdul h. Sha a heed 22, of Saint George s.c., and Seaman apprentice James l. Moss 21, of Columbus Ohio were cleared thursday of charges they planned to sabotage the aircraft Carrier Ranger and Kidnap its skipper at a news conference at a hotel outside Subic Bay Nayal facilities Shaheed said a the situation would not have occurred if i weren to a Muslim but muslims Are peaceful Loving and they did no to understand Robert Coble a Navy spokesman at Subic said charges were dropped after further investigation found i Suffi Dent evidence to proceed. He said the two sailors would be reassigned Moss defense lawyer it. Victor Bernson said the prosecutions chief witness airman apprentice Gregory Jones a had a credibility Bernson. Did not elaborate. A statement from the. Two sailors said they were elated. A the Bottom line is that the Navy has done the right thing it read. A Shaheed and 1 both had Faith in the system and the Faith also has been vindicated both defendants denied any sabotage plot and accused Jones of making up the Story. South koreans stage protests in 21 cities Seoul South Korea thousands of students and dissidents shouting for the overthrow of president Roh Tae woo demonstrated saturday in 21 cities to protest the fatal beating of a student by riot police reports said. At Seoul a City Hall Plaza police fired volleys of tear Gas and streams of water from water cannons to Block 20,000 protesters marching running waving banners jabbing their fists in the air and shouting a Down with Roh Tae woo a about 2,000 protesters tried to storm a . Diplomatic building in Central Seoul but were driven Back by thousands of riot police who formed a human shield backed up by armoured police vans and water Cannon. Two armoured police vans were overturned and burned in downtown City intersections. A. Nationwide protests were sparked by the april 26 beating death of Kang Kyung Dae a 20-year-old College Stu Quot Dent. A a -. Tens of thousands of students have demonstrated in the past week demanding the overthrow of Roh the resignation of the Cabinet and political and economic reforms. The protests have placed Rohs its most serious political crisis since he became president in 1988, though it is not expected to Force him from office. There was no immediate report of the number of arrests or injuries in saturdays protests. But students in Seoul said one protester was hospitalized after being hit in the head by a tear Gas Shell and that two riot. Policemen were seen taken away by am by lances. In Seoul about 200 riot police and several police vans were encircled by thousands of chanting protesters who pushed and shoved and tried to disarm the to. Lice. Quot a a a a v a a a a a a a one protester jumped on top of one Van and smashed the window. Police reinforcements drove the protesters away. In at least three other incidents from 75 to 150 riot policemen were overpowered by protesters protesters seized police helmets Shields and clubs and Dis. Tribute handbills to police asking them to join the protests. Louvre subway Stop in Paris Paris apr metro officials will it. Spend $80,000 Over the next month to eliminate All traces of a Spray paint attack at one of the capitals underground showcases that left passengers furious a this time they be gone too far a one passenger said referring to the Spray painters. A a it a a real the Stop remains a Point of Pride in a City that has seen its once proud subway deteriorate in recent years under a deluge of Spray paint overdub repairs Imd derelicts. At the Stop copies of egyptian statues. And other ancient artworks from the louvre museum the Walls some standing alone some in polished Glass cases. Advertising posters Are forbidden. During the Metros pre Dawn closing hours wednesday a Graffiti commando sprayed the name a a Gary All Over the Walls. A statue of the egyptian goddess Seth met was covered in Green paint As was one of osiris a representation of the greek goddess Artemis looked As if a paint bomb had exploded on it. A the Graffiti artists got away. Metro authorities Are now trying to clean up. Quot. Metro officials expect to spend $33 million to clean up Graffiti on stations and subway cars this year. To to program on nuclear disaster Frankfurt Germany up a a television film that attempted to show the results of a nuclear reactor meltdown in Germany triggered Strong reaction from viewers and politicians station officials said Friday. The film called a death zone aired thursday night showing people panicking in Frankfurt and surrounding towns in the densely populated Rhein main area hours after a presumed meltdown in the biblis nuclear reactor. The film a a mixture of documentary and fictional scenes described the aftermath radioactive. A a a \ fallout showing overflowing hospitals with highly contaminated victims and deserted towns that would be off limits for decades. The movie s script a which follows controversial films As the 19.83 . Production a the Day after a about a nuclear attack of Lawrence Kan. A was based on risk studies by the Energy Industry and the government. More than 1,001 viewers called the television station that aired the show. Most of them accused the station of trying to spread panic and fear a station official said. He said two thirds of the callers said it had been in bad taste to air the show shortly after the world commemorated the fifth anniversary of the chernobyl disaster in the soviet Union. But most callers said they liked the discussion Between politicians and officials following the show. Environment minister Klaus Topfer and a manager in the Energy Industry both proponents of nuclear Civ Ergy said they thought that the film had not been realistic a but acknowledged there always is a risk that something might happen
