European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 a the stars and stripes tuesday september 3, 1991 petrol bombs bricks hurled at Oxford police London up a hundreds of youths went on an overnight rampage in the University town of Oxford hurling bricks and petrol bombs at police apparently in retaliation for a recent crackdown on Joy Riding in a housing project police said monday. Nine youths were arrested sunday night and two police officers were slightly injured in the violence which police said has been escalating slowly Over recent months. On sunday night the disturbances began when More than 200 youths stoned police and civilian cars. A Large group of hooded youths then threw firebombs at police before the area was finally cleared. The violence apparently was in response to a police crackdown on Joy Riding. Youths regularly steal cars then show them off to crowds at a housing estate on the outskirts of Oxford 35 Miles Northwest of London police to renew Jerusalem apr Secretary of sate James a. Baker Iii will return to the Middle East this weekend to again initiate diplomatic efforts to resolve disputes holding up a proposed Arab israeli peace conference israeli news reports said monday. The daily Edioth Ahro Noth said Baker was expected to arrive in Israel for the weekend and Israel radio said he would begin his latest shuttle among Arab capitals on thursday of next week. The conference is to be held under . And soviet auspices and attended by Israel Syria Lebanon Jordan and Egypt. The main stumbling Block has involved police spokesman sgt. George read said the violence seemed aimed at making the Blackbird Leys housing project a a police no go a the attacks May be a reaction to recent police successes and arrests in the area a read said. Police heard rumours Early sunday of a deliberate plan to throw firebombs at patrol cars and Large caches of paving stones and bricks were found near the housing project after the attacks he said. In the Welsh coastal City of Cardiff violence also flared Over the weekend. In a housing project about 300 people attacked an asian owned grocery store and threw bricks and stones at police on Friday and saturday nights. Twenty five people were arrested during the riots which apparently were sparked by a dispute Between two shopkeepers Over bread and newspaper terms under which the palestinians would attend. A foreign ministry official said Israel had a general knowledge of Secretary bakery a intention to come some time in the radio report a stands to reason Quot but Israel has a no firm knowledge about an imminent Date Quot the official said speaking on condition of anonymity. Baker will try to broker a Compromise Between the two sides on the palestinian Issue the radio said. Israel objects to the involvement of palestinians from East Jerusalem or from the Palestine liberation organization. Big clock Little shop tourists in the Black Forest Village of Schonack Germany Are attracted to the shop of watchmaker Josef Dold who set up his business inside this 21h-foot-High cuckoo clock House. On the hour and half hour the 32-Inch Long cuckoo comes out of the window at the top of the tiny building. World69 killed Over weekend on highways in Spain from wire reports Madrid Spain a sixty nine people were killed on Spanish highways Over the weekend As vacationers returned to the big cities traffic officials said monday. The Highway death toll for july and August was 1,292 people. Traffic division recorded 53 accidents wit i fatalities from 3 . Friday to Midnight sunday. Another 66 people were seriously injured in those accidents while 44 others were slightly Hurt. Officials said 20 percent More people died Over the final big Holiday weekend than the same weekend last year when 57 people lost their lives. Still officials said spaniards planned their return Home better this year and there were fewer Highway traffic jams. A Large percentage of the summer accidents occurred once vacationers had actually reached their destinations involving Young Drivers who drank too much and sped to and from Good idea poll says Berlin a Germany May be one nation but its inhabitants apparently stir think of themselves As two different Peoples. A newspaper poll published monday indicated that most people agree Unity was a Good idea. Just 21 percent of Western germans and 12 percent of Eastern germans think they were better off when Germany was two countries. But the poll conducted for the mass circulation tabloid Bild found that 65 percent of the former easterners surveyed still think of themselves As a East germans a rather than just germans. Likewise 60 percent of the West germans polled also still retained their old geographic identity. Interestingly Young Eastern germans a who weren t around when Germany was divided in the ashes of world War ii a were More Likely to think of themselves As separate from Western germans. Seventy six percent of the people Ages 18 to 24 thought of themselves As East germans rather than just germans compared with 51 percent of the people older than 65 years. The poll was based on interviews with 1,000 people the newspaper said. It did not give a margin of error or say when the poll was hits Kangaroo Sydney Australia a a twin engine plane hit a Kangaroo sunday on an Airport runway in Northwestern new South Wales state but the five people aboard the plane escaped injury. Police said the plane was Only about a Yard above the Landing strip at Bourke Airport when a Large Kangaroo was spotted bouncing across the Tarmac. The Pilot pulled up and aborted the Landing but not before hitting the Kangaroo with one of the Landing wheels. I circled and landed the plane. It lurched to one Side on Impact when a wheel support snapped. Airport officials said the Kangaroo which did not appear to be seriously injured bounded away after the collision. Families Honor memory of Kal tragedy victims Seoul South Korea up relatives and friends offered Flowers and prayers in the first on site memorial services forthe victims of a korean airlines Kal jetliner shot Down in 1983 after straying into soviet airspace with 269 people aboard. The rites which lasted for an hour were held sunday aboard a soviet provided passenger ship in Waters some 45 Miles West of Sakhalin news reports said. They were attended by 94 relatives of the korean victims and 35 others including korean and soviet officials. During the ceremonies bereaved family members tossed Flowers into the sea wept and offered prayers for the souls of their loved ones reports from korean Pool reporters said. Wails Rose when Kim Sujie 22, daughter of the airliners co Pilot Kim i Choi read a a goodbye daddy letter in which she said a father rest in peace now As i have grown to be a College senior and lady a the reports said. She was a Junior High school student when her father was killed. The Kal jumbo Jet flight 007 originating in new York strayed into soviet airspace while in route to Tokyo from Anchorage Alaska on sept. 1,1983. It was shot Down by soviet Jet fighters near Sakhalin. All of the 269 aboard perished. Of the total 106 were korean citizens and the rest foreigners. The memorial services sunday were i ranged after the repeated petitions relatives of the korean victims to be their own government and soviet auth cities a spokesman for the Kal Bereave families association said its Sembt would now shift their efforts to find out the exact circumstances surround the Downing of the civilian jetliner
