European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 c the stars and stripes monday August 26, 1991glemp apologizes for Auschwitz remarks Warsaw Poland a the Leader of Poland a roman Catholic Church has apologized for suggesting that jewish protesters in 1989 wished to Hurt nuns at a Convent near the former nazi death Camp at Auschwitz. Cardinal Jozef Glemp a apology in a letter to archbishop Adam j. Maida of Detroit was a possible attempt to defuse jewish outrage prior to a visit in the United states. The controversy Over his Auschwitz comments prompted Strong criticism from jewish communities abroad. It forced him to cancel a planned 1989 visit to the United states. In the letter released saturday by Glemp s office he called anti semitism a an evil and contrary to the spirit of the gospel. A i am not anti semitic and i have expressed publicly my negative attitude to anti semitism a he wrote. Glemp has come under Strong criticism from jewish communities abroad As a result of his comments made in August 1989 during a controversy that erupted after seven jews staged a sit in at the carmelite Convent in Auschwitz. Glemp referred to polish jewish relations in a Sermon after the incident. His remarks suggesting that jews have easy Access to the mass Media and that the protesters wanted to harm the nuns offended some people. A if we had talked to each other More in the past and got to know each other better such pitiful conflicts like those in 1989would never have happened a Glemp said in his letter to Maida. Referring to his 1989 Sermon Glemp said he now believes the protesters did not want to a cause death or destroy the  a we Are entering new times a Glemp said. A we must build those times together in Mutual understanding and  Many jews View the Convent As an offensive intrusion of Christian symbols at a place built to exterminate jews. More than 90 percent of the 1.5 million people killed at Auschwitz Between 1940 and 1944 were jews. The Vatican has instructed the nuns to move out by october of 1992. Glemp is scheduled to visit More than a dozen cities during his tour of the United states from sept. 19 to oct. 8. No detailed schedule has been released new York rabbi Avraham Weiss one of the protesters who staged a sit in at the Convent recently said he would sue Glemp for allegedly anti semitic comments and vowed to Lead demonstrations during Glemp a visit. Since 1989, the polish roman Catholic Church has worked to repair relations with jews including an unprecedented pastoral letter read in All churches in january instructing poles that anti semitism is sinful. Rabbi a. James Rudin of the american jewish committee said Glemp a statement released Friday a helps close a painful chapter in Catholic jewish  a real Mouthful a a boy admires the largest ice Cream stick Ever made in Taiwan. On display at a Taipei amusement Park it is made of milk and peaches and weighs 220 pounds soviets expected to ship Honecker Back to Germany Hamburg Germany apr former East German Leader Erich Honecker who fled to Moscow in March will probably be returned to Germany now that the hard line communist coup in the soviet Union has failed a major newspaper reported sunday. The Hamburg based Bild am sonntag said Honecker had been illegally whisked to Moscow March 13 by hard liners in the soviet government. It quoted vats Eslava Das Hitshew an adviser to soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. Honecker 79, served for 18 years As East Germany a Leader until his government was toppled in late 1989. He is wanted by German Justice authorities in connection with shoot to kill orders to prevent former East germans from escaping to the West. About 200 people were killed trying to flee through former East Germany s heavily fortified Borders and the Berlin Wall. Das Hitshew was quoted by Bild am sonntag As saying a it is logical that the new democratic forces in the soviet Union will turn Honecker Over to German Justice  Wolfgang Botsch a senior member of Germany a Christian social Union told the newspaper that if the soviet. Union now wants to make a Radical break with its past it must turn Over Honecker and his former spy chief Markus Wolf who fled to Moscow last year. World a Tii Waii. Uii i Apia m u Impi  Park it in us Pasi in must turn Uver Nuu Cenci Usu is Mimi a made of milk and peaches and weighs 220 pounds. Chief Markus Wolf who fled to Moscow last year. Kuwait reopens Public schools with symbolic televised ceremony Kuwait t apr Kuwait s Emir Sheik Jaber Al clapped and ulu lated in the traditional Arab Call. Ahmad Al Jahcir Al Subah. Lighted a Torch in the la a  i Hirr it a Man in it Imrit Liprino tin Kuwait apr Kuwait s Emir Sheik Jaber Al Ahmad Al Jahcir Al Shuh lighted a Torch in the Plaza of Bayan Palace on saturday to open Kuwait a Public schools for the first time since the persian Gulf War. Teen age athletes carried the Torch to nearby schools to pass the flame in symbolic opening Day ceremonies. The reopening of the schools a like the shipment of Kuwait a first Tanker Load of crude Oil last month a was heavily publicized to underscore that the emirate is returning to Normal after the conflict. The colourful Palace ceremony was carried live on kuwaiti television and hundreds of parents teachers and students gathered on the Palace grounds to watch. Schoolgirls waved pompous of red White and Green the colors of the kuwaiti Flag. Boy scouts in Gray uniforms held pictures of the Emir aloft and mothers clapped and ulu lated in the traditional Arab Call. Most children who stayed in Kuwait during the seven month occupation that began aug. 2, 1990, had no classes. Kuwaiti schools were used As Barracks by iraqi troops and emptied of desks Laboratory equipment and files. The education ministry and the . Army corps of engineers have been directing work Crews for weeks to get the schools in shape. The ministry said that just Over 500 schools opened. About 130 others were too badly damaged to get ready in time. Enrolment will be 254,000 from kindergarten through 12th Grade the ministry said. This is Down sharply from the 370,745 who attended in the 1989 school year when classes last were  conduct search for mafia figures in Italy from wire reports Scalea Italy a officers sealed off All Access to a Southern italian coastal resort in a mass Check for possible mafia figures on Holiday police reported saturday. Law enforcement officials said that several Hundred officers were brought in to set up roadblocks on All roads leading to scale a. The town located about 90 Miles South of Naples is a favorite summer vacation spot for godfathers from the Camorrah the neapolitan version of the mafia. Police said their officers checked the identities of More than 15,000 people and questioned occupants of All cars heading into or out of the town. No arrests were  workers strike Ottawa a about 8,000 postal workers participated in rotating strikes saturday paralysing mail delivery across the country after negotiations with federally owned Canada Post broke Down. The strikes which began at Midnight Friday hit major centers in the county and could Widen by monday to include most of the 46,000 office workers and letter carriers involved in the stalled talks. The strike action included sorting plants in Toronto where tempers flared when one worker attempted to drive his truck into the facility. Strikers banged on the truck and yelled obscenities but caused Little  cleanup starts Seoul a rehabilitation work was underway sunday in Southeastern areas of South Korea buttered by two Days of downpours from typhoon the latest official tabulation by the government disaster Relief Center listed 64 people confirmed dead and 36 missing after fringe storms of Gladys hit Southern Korea thursday and Friday. Officials at the Center said about 6,700 houses were flooded and there still were nearly 11,000 homeless people. The Center estimated property loss at about $45 million.10-hour disco boat planned to keep italian teens Safe Trieste Italy up1 an italian nightclub owner has announced the launch next month of a a disco boat which will cruise the Mediterranean for 10 hours at a stretch As up to 500 Young party goers safely dance the night away. Rocco Basile said he is funding the one time venture to help curb what has become known As the Quot saturday night Slaughter of Young people who drive recklessly on italian roads after spending All night in discos. The a disco boat a the yugoslav registered a Marina a will set sail from Trieste at 9 . Sept. 10 and will return to port the next morning at 7, Basile said saturday. He said that the ship will feature two dance floors six disc jockeys a restaurant two bars a duty free shop and Slot machines. For those whose Energy runs out 40 sleeping Cabins will also be available. Basile said he will charge about $54 for the night out on the water. He said the idea came to him after seeing the Success of a a disco train organized this summer from the City of Turin to the Mega discos on Italy a Adriatic coast. A if italian mothers tremble when their children go to discos now  be a to sleep peacefully a Basile said. A they can see their kids off at the do and pick them up the next Mornier there a no danger of them driving 200 More Kilometres to reach a far a  if the idea proves to be a Success b site said future sailings could be Plann it for the Winter months