European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pogo 0 b the stars and stripes to Riciny sop Lornor 30, 199colonel convicted of slaying jesuits san Salvador i Salvador apr a jury convicted an army colonel saturday of the 1989 murders of six jesuits their housekeeper and her daughter in a landmark human rights Case that strained  relations. The jury acquitted eight other military men charged with killing the priests but convicted a lieutenant of murdering the housekeepers daughter. The conviction of col. Guillermo Benavides 46, marked the first time that a member of the military was tried and found guilty of a human rights violation in nearly 12 years of civil War marked by repeated accusations of government torture kidnapping and murder. The nov. 16,1989, massacre of the jesuits was considered a test for Al Salvador a Justice system. The United states which financed the governments War of world fort made prosecuting the Case a condition for continued Aid. Jesuit and . Observers expressed mixed sentiments about the verdict saying they believed that higher ranking officers also should be charged. A a in a not Overly bothered by the acquittal of those of lower rank though i believed there was sufficient evidence to convict them a said the Rev. Jose Maria Tojeira Jesuit provincial for Central America. A i believe it is Correct that the jury placed the blame going upward in rank Benavides and we should keep looking up be ranks for More of those responsible loj Cira said. # the three woman two Man jury which was kept hidden for fear of reprisals gave 4tn criminal court judge Ricardo Zamora their verdict alter a three Day trial and 5 /2 hours of deliberations. The defendants wearing Green fatigues with their insignia of rank and unit listened to the verdicts sitting in a Row before the judge prosecutors defense lawyers and about 100 spectators. Zamora has 30 Days to pass sentence. Benavides and it. Yus shy Mendoza who was convicted of killing 15-year-old Celina Ramos face sentences of 20 to 30 years in prison. The priests were faculty members and administrators of the Central american University. Several had Long been consid ered leftist subversives by the far right which includes Many military officers Benavides was director of the National military College when the priests were killed on the sixth Day of a major Ruhm offensive by leftist rebels. A the other eight defendants Indus ing one enlisted Man who is a fugitive and was tried in absent a a were part of a 35-member detail that raided the University before Dawn. The soldiers awakened the Rector the Rev. Ignacio Ellacuria the vice Rector the Rev. Ignacio Martin Baro and four other priest professors As Well As their Domestic servant and her daughter. Five of the sue priests were taken to the Yard behind their residence ordered to lie face Down and shot in the head according to accounts from witnesses and court  zairian Force Way into presidential Palace from wire reports Kinshasa Zaire a Zaire edged toward political chaos sunday As 20 irate opponents of president Mobutu scuse seko forced their Way into his Marble Palace to disrupt talks aimed at forming a new government. The group told reporters that they would kill Etienne  and other opposition leaders if they agreed to form a coalition government with Mobutu a remaining even As a figurehead. This eked 58, Leader of the Union for democracy and social Progress has been widely tipped As the prime minister in a so called government of National crisis Mobutu has agreed to form. The scene demonstrated Mobutu a loss of control since unpaid soldiers mutinied Early last week pillaging Kinshasa and other cities in this sprawling african country of 30 million people. France and Belgium sent 1,750 troops to evacuate foreigners which quelled the rioting. But both countries have demanded that Mobutu end 26 years of dictatorship and Institute  honors Young Saint Latina Italy a Pope John Paul ii paid tribute sunday to Saint Maria Goretti a farm girl who was stabbed to death while protecting her virginity and has become a Symbol of sexual purity for catholics. The Pope visited the farmhouse at Leferriere a Village 40 Miles South of Rome where Goretti was stabbed 14 times july 15, 1902, at the age of 11 while resisting an attempted rape by an 18-year-old family Friend Alessandro Serenelli. She died in a Hospital the next Day after forgiving her attacker and was made a Saint in 1950 by Pope Pius Xii. Pope John Paul described Goretti whose body was transported to the House in a Glass casket for the occasion As Quot a Model of reconciliation and faithfulness to Christian  he said the Young Saint constituted a message of Hope in an Era when children were frequently the innocent victims of  Parade chinese women soldiers March in Canton preparing Monist Rule in China. It was reportedly the first Mili for tuesday s celebrations marking 42 years of com tary Parade held in the country since 1984.filipinos protest Senate closing of base she said a sudden . Pullout would displace thousands of philippine base workers and wreak economic hardship on base related businesses and industries. The Senate voted 12-11 on sept. 16, the Day the 44-year lease expired to reject a 10-year Extension for Subic at $203 million in annual compensation. Most of the opponents contended the . Presence impinges on philippine sovereignty. Proposals for a . Withdrawal period ranging from six months to seven years have been presented but Aquino has said she could Deal with the americans Only after the senators have reached a Compromise solution. And if there is no Compromise she said she will Call a referendum for possibly february to overturn the  o a a favor Olon Gapo Philippines up a about 5,000 filipinos demonstrated sunday to denounce senators vote against a continued . Military presence in the Philippines and to urge support of a referendum to override the decision. Barmaids prostitutes endors base workers business people and students reviled the lawmakers with chants of a Burn them Burn them a As they paraded through the nightclub District in Olon Gapo outside Subic Bay naval  in Manila president Corazon Aquino called on the 23-member Senate to draw up plans for a phased pull out of 8,000 . Troops from the Philippines when its session reopens today after a two week recess. A my Appeal to our senators is if possible we should study very Well How much time is needed for an orderly withdrawal a Aquino said in her weekly talk show. Senate vote. Surveys have shown most filipinos the continued american presence pro refugee marchers clash with German police Berlin apr hundreds of protesters marching to show support for foreigners battled with police in Eastern Germany on sunday during a weekend in which extreme rightists attacked refugee shelters in More than a dozen German towns. President Richard von Weiss Icker said he would visit a Home for refugees this week to show his concern Over the rising violence aimed at foreigners in both the prosperous West and the economically depressed East. For nearly two weeks right Wing extremists have been attacking shelters for Asylum seekers across the country. Most of the violence has involved the throwing of stones and firebombs at the shelters but some foreigners also have been beaten. Politicians from All parties have denounced the violence which has begun appearing in Western Germany. The attacks began in former Easi Germany where rightists say foreigners Are taking scarce jobs when the transition to a Market Economy has left Many Eastern germans out of work. Police said More than a dozen refugee centers across the country were attacked saturday and sunday. More than 2,000 people Many of them Young leftists clashed with police sunday after demonstrating against rightist attacks in Hoye Swerda an Eastern German town that has been the Center of the worst violence. Many of the protesters threw stones and fireworks at police and several cars were damaged. Police used water cannons to drench the protesters after they refused to disperse. Authorities moved a few Hundred Afri can asian and East european refuse. From Hoye Swerda last week to prote them from assaults. In a radio interview Germany s pres Dent called the attacks on foreigner shocking and  von Weizsacker has repeatedly urse the country a nearly 80 million people show tolerance for outsiders. But he also sided with those  no of a shortened period for deciding which re gees can stay in Germany and who vol. Sent Back. Current practice allows mos them to stay almost indefinitely