European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 a the stars and stripes wednesday july 10, 1991 world army Panama differ on slaying circumstances from wire reports Panama City a . And panamanian officials on monday gave different accounts about the fatal shooting of a . Service member Over the weekend. The . Army said the killers fired on spec. Peter Sithole 23, automobile near Tocu men International Airport Early saturday and fled. Jaime Avat of the panamanian judicial police said a witness saw Sithole and another Man arguing in English. The Man Drew a gun and shot him in the heat favat said. The army gave no Hometown for Sithole. Panama City news reports said Sithole was married to a panamanian woman and lived at fort Clayton a . Military mob kills mayor Mexico City a a mob beat a mayor to death for Banning the Sale of liquor in their town in the Southeastern state of Chiapas the government news Agency no Timex reported. A report by the state attorney general a office said Filiberto Lopez Perez the mayor of Chanal died at a Hospital Early monday after being beaten for two hours by about 50 people no Timex said. A Friend of Lopez Perez a was also beaten sunday and hospitalized with injuries. The mob was upset because Lopez Perez had banned the Sale of liquor in the town. The mob also demanded that he restitute Money collected from fines by people who defied the ban no Timex . Korea seeks . Seat Seoul South Korea a North Korea has applied for a seat in the United nations South korean foreign minister Lee Sang Ock said tuesday. South Korea also will take action late this month or Early next month for simultaneous but separate membership in the world body Lee said. Lee told reporters that he had a report from South korean diplomats in new York that North Korea sent its application monday to the . Secretary general a office. A we Welcome the North korean move a Lee said. A the North korean application was accompanied by a Promise to accept obligations under the . Charter. We Hope to see North Korea to be a responsible member of the International pilots strike Tokyo a Japan airlines pilots went on strike tuesday saying the airline was seriously undermining safety by hiring a Jarge number of new american pilots and using hew High tech aircraft. The strike by the 1,400 members of the Japan airlines flight Crew Union caused the cancellation of 19 Domestic and four International flights affecting about 3,000 passengers. The Union is protesting the company a plan to hire 180 foreign pilots co pilots and flight engineers said Sumitaka Kawamura a spokesman for Jal. Union spokesman Hideki Yamasaki said it was not a Case of trying to exclude foreign workers. A the history of Japan airlines has taught us that whenever foreign workers Are brought in on a Large scale it has been at the Cost of safety Quot he a blamed in 13 deaths Copenhagen Denmark a at least 13 elderly people died because of the heat wave that hit Denmark last weekend a newspaper reported monday. Police declined to confirm the death toll Given by the daily Ber Linske Tidence. But they said the weather with temperatures that exceeded 86 degrees did contribute to a number of deaths. About 140 boys and girls attending a scout festival in the Jutland Peninsula received medical assistance after collapsing sunday during an outdoor Church service. The Jamboree was attended by 14,000 teen agers. Of third world report says by George Gedda the associated press Washington a alcohol retards growth in poor countries As much As the More familiar culprits of inflation foreign debt and economic mismanagement a researcher says. Drinking also causes Many households to have no Money left Over for such necessities As food Lori Heise wrote in the july August Issue of world watch Magazine published by the world watch Institute. The group is a Washington research Center. According to one estimate one third of the malnourished children of san Pedro la Laguna Guatemala Are victims of booze. In Turkina faso formerly upper Volta a study of men in one Region showed that they spent an average of $84 a year on Beer a 44 percent of the West african country a per capita income. Such a diversion of scarce resources has contributed greatly to the impoverishment of that area. The same is True of Papua new Guinea where it is estimated that the average household spends 30 percent of its income on alcohol. Generally speaking it is the men who imbibe and the women and children who pay the Price in countries where drinking is a problem. Unrestrained drinking makes things worse. A excessive alcohol use is More than just a health Issue in the third world it is a development Issue where severe drinking Lowers productivity reduces agricultural output and undermines Progress toward improved health for women and children a Heise wrote. She pointed out that treatment of alcohol related diseases forces hard pressed governments to divert resources from other vital needs. In Mexico for example cirrhosis of the liver a a disease closely associated with heavy drinking a is the leading cause of death among men 25 to 54. Heise said alcoholism is a major contributor to food shortages in Africa. She quotes from the Book alcohol another trap for Africa by Vanna Beckman a a frequent phenomenon is that women must carry the whole Burden of agricultural work besides All their other tasks while Hussar Disare boozing. They simply cannot produce Heise disputed the notion in Many countries that a local alcohol Industry is an economic Benefit because it provides jobs generates revenues for the government through taxes and serves As an outlet for agricultural surpluses. This theory ignores the link Between drinking and child malnutrition and economic costs such As absenteeism related to alcohol consumption she said. Beyond that breweries in some countries rely heavily on foreign imports such As Barley and malts resulting in a foreign Exchange Drain. J striking for work a Jana Kubickova an unemployed tourist guide lies on the ground in Prague Czechoslovakia on monday the fourth Day of her hunger strike in a bid to and work for which she is qualified. The woman is protesting the governments decision to refuse her jobless benefits be cause she has not accepted jobs requiring lower qualifications. Her poster reads a forced to go on a hunger strike. I want a Job but a qualified one bulls make Slippery but Safe run Pamplona Spain apr the bulls slipped and Slid their Way through a Rainy third run at the san Fer min festival tuesday. Bulls charged several youths but officials said there were no serious injuries. A briton and a spaniard were treated and released from local hospitals for minor injuries suffered in the run tuesday according to sos Navarra the special emergency medical service set up for the fiesta. The briton identified As Timothy Abbot 26, twisted his ankle when he fell during the run. He was released after treatment at Virgen Del Camino Hospital. Meanwhile a swede gored in mondays run remained in the intensive care unit of Navarra Hospital. A doctors statement said Urban troll 23, remained in stable but serious condition after surgery to close a Long Gash in his right thigh. Rain on tuesday wet the Cobblestone route from Thi City pens to the bullring in the City sold Quarter when the run takes place each morning at eight. The nine Day festival began saturday and the first running of Thi bulls was sunday. A us of youths most dressed in White with ret bandannas tied around their necks test their Mettle a running ahead of the bulls in a centuries old ritual immortalized by Ernest Hemingway in his 1926 novel Thi Sun also rises. On tuesday six bulls and accompanying oxen Fel several times during he 800-Yard run which lasted.5/ minutes. One of the bulls became separated from Thi pack and charged several of the youths. But no Goring were reported
