European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 c the stars and stripes thursday september 12, 1991 a act official ends six Day hunger strike by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer the european president of the a act ended his six Day hunger strike in Frankfurt Germany on tuesday night. Arthur w. Diggs said he halted the strike at the request of Arthur a. Fletcher . Civil rights commission chairman. Diggs said he had stopped eating to protest a letter to Fletcher from Gen. Crosbie e. Saint . Army Europe commander. In his letter Saint asked Fletcher to support allegations that widespread discrimination exists within the military in Europe and that systems to prevent the problem done to work. Fletcher said he made the claims based on a hundreds of complaints he received from civilians and service members during a two week visit to Germany last month. Fletcher released his findings wednesday after telling Diggs in a letter that he would make the report Public. A for All intents and purposes sgt. Diggs the thing you set out to do i.e., expose the flaws in the system is a fait a comply. It is now in the hands of higher responsible authorities a Fletcher wrote to Diggs. A you have done your Job. Therefore i am asking you or better yet pleading with you to Call off your hunger strike upon receipt of this letter. Let the authorities that design develop and manage the system Correct its flaws demonstrate its equity and justify its  Diggs said he received the letter via Tel fax at 9 . Tuesday and immediately responded that he would comply. Upon ending the fast Diggs said he a tried to tear the Kitchen Down grabbing a a piece of Chicken a sausage this that and  a i had a taste for everything but unfortunately my stomach had  Diggs said he lost 10 pounds during the six Days consuming Only liquids such As juices and water. The air Force technical sergeant assigned to the 4th air support operations group in Frankfurt said he Yokosuka Japan apr the aircraft Carrier Independence sailed into its new Home port wednesday greeted by hundreds of anti nuclear demonstrators. A Navy marching band and hundreds of family members also gathered on the Dock under Rainy skies to Welcome the massive Flattop. Its arrival symbolizes americans continued Pacific commitment following the end of the cold War. The Independence and its Crew of 5,179 replaced the Midway As the Only . Carrier based overseas and the Hub of the . Naval presence in Asia. The 80,643-ton ship was greeted by a flotilla of about 150 anti nuclear demonstrators. They claim . Vessels routinely violate a ban on bringing nuclear arms into Japan the Only nation to suffer atomic bomb attacks. About 300 protesters chanted anti nuclear slogans at a nearby Park. They hoisted a huge Banner Reading a anti War anti base done to allow Yokosuka to be made the Home port of a nuclear vessel a after the ships arrival demonstrators marched toward the bases main Gate where scores of police in riot gear were on Alert. Paris apr the French Long reputed to turn a cold shoulder toward american tourists have grown friendlier Over the past five years according to a Survey released tuesday. More than half of the 1,000 american tourists polled by american express and Maison de la France a French tourism group said they received a warmer Welcome than expected and detected a definite improvement since 1986. Only 14 percent said not speaking French caused insurmountable problems. Will resume his strike a if immediate positive action is not taken to remedy these injustices to Blacks and other  Diggs said he and fellow members of the National association for the advancement of coloured people in Europe want to see equal Opportunity equal employment Opportunity and inspector general programs be taken from under the department of defense and placed under a civilian r Agency such As the . J civil rights commission or equal employment 1 Opportunity commission. Fletcher and Diggs have said the current system is ineffective. Saint in his aug. 29 letter to Fletcher disagreed saying a the system  a the Access to the responsiveness of the sys Diggs Temide elements which comprise it Are genuine and real a Saint wrote. A commanders at All Levels Are supported by professionally trained staffs of equal Opportunity equal employment Opportunity and inspector general  Diggs said he and his executive committee have requested a meeting with Saint to discuss his letter to Fletcher. No information was available wednesday on whether Saint has agreed to the meeting. Diggs said the organization he Heads has also received permission from Frankfurt City officials to hold a March Quot for Equality and Justice sept. 28. Diggs said he expected about 1,000 people to participate in the March that will Start at the City sold town Hall. Capt. Robert l. Ellis commanding officer of the Independence reiterated wednesday the . Navy a position of refusing to confirm or deny the presence of nuclear weapons. Vessels such As the Independence Are widely believed to carry such arms. The cold War a main pillar of the .-Japan Security treaty that provides for Basing 50,000 . Forces in Japan has evaporated with the collapse of communism in the soviet Union. Muneo Suzuki Deputy foreign minister extending Japan a official Welcome to the ship called the .-Japan treaty a crucially  outspoken lawmaker Shintaro Shihara has urged japanese to resist . Influence scrap the treaty and build up an Independent defense strategy. But Hideo Sato a professor of International politics at Tsukuda University said Shihara represents Only a fringe of opinion and that mainstream opinion leaders remain strongly committed to the Security pact with Washington. Japan pays about $3 billion annually to help support . Service members stationed in the country. It recently agreed to increase its share of the costs from 40 percent to 50 percent. The Survey also gave a thumbnail sketch of the average american visitor to France financially Well off College educated from either the East or West coasts Over 45 and Likely to be travelling without Small children. Twenty percent of those surveyed earned More than $100,000 yearly. The fall of the Dollar among other factors forced 50 percent to skip the once popular four Star luxury hotels in favor of Middle Range accommodations. Only 18 percent said they could still afford the top hotels. World Kuwait at Halfway Point in capping burning Wells from wire reports Kuwait a the Halfway Point was reached tuesday in snuffing out Kuwait soil inferno when a seven member Canadian Crew capped the 375th sabotaged Oil Well an Oil company spokesman said. Iraqi troops blew up the Wells As .-led forces drove them from Kuwait in late february after a seven month occupation of the emirate. A news release from Kuwait Oil co. Spokesman Michael Kidder said a firefighting team from the Canadian firm safety Boss flooded the blazing Burgan Oil Field wellhead a officially designated As bg41 a with torrents of water. Crews then lowered a killing spool or valve mechanism onto the wellhead and bolted it in place and step by step the Oil was Cut off and the pipe sealed. Kuwait Oil marshalled nearly 9,000 workers from 32 countries to repair its Oil Fields. Of the emirates 935 Wells 749 were damaged by the iraqis including More than 650 set ablaze or left gushing Oil in the final weeks of the persian Gulf  Case goes on Bonn Germany a a German government official said wednesday that the Kremlin would be committing an a unfriendly act if it allowed Erich Honecker the fugitive East German Leader to slip away to some other country. Federal officials denied a report by the soviet news Agency Tass about an a a understanding Between soviet president Mikhail a Gorbachev and German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher on Honecker a destiny. Genscher met with Gorbachev in Moscow and reiterated Germany a demands that Honecker be handed Over for trial. A one thing is for certain no understanding was reached during Genscher a Moscow talks said Dieter Vogel chief spokesman for Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Honecker is now in a soviet military Hospital and said in a television interview in june that he would not return Home As Long As there is an outstanding warrant for his arrest. The exact nature of Honecker a illness has never been disclosed. Supporters have said he has kidney . Koreans Stone gis Seoul South Korea a angry South koreans beat and stoned . Soldiers Early wednesday in a Street dispute near a . Military base in the Northern outskirts of Seoul a news report said. Three people including an american military policeman suffered minor injuries reported Yon Hap the South korean news Agency. Students staged an anti-. Protest in the Southern port City of Kwangju. The incident in Seoul began when . Military police apprehended two american soldiers who allegedly attacked a korean outside their base the report said. About 100 koreans gathered at the scene some demanding the two americans be turned Over to South korean police for punishment Yon Hap reported. The crowd began beating and stoning the american military police smashing windows of a . Jeep and a guar Post the report said. Yon Hap did not give further details and comment from South korean and . Authorities was not immediately available.16 die after Village feast new Delhi India a at least 16 people died and several others fell sick after eating Tooa at a Village feast in the northeastern Assam state the press Trust of India news Agency said tuesday. The tragedy occurred recently in the Remote Syam kor Village in Assam the news Agency said in a Rief dispatch from the Wilchar town of Assam 985 Miles Southeast of new Delhi. It quoted official reports As saying guests fell sick soon after they took food with at least 16 people dying Over the next 24 hours while an unspecified number of others were treated and saved by doctors. An unconfirmed report put the death toll at 28 the news Agency gave no further details. Anti nuclear protesters Greet . Carrier s arrival in Japan . Tourists say French thawing out