European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 7, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 9 israeli Hospital staffs strike Over plan to privatize care world Tel Aviv Israel a Hospital staffs went on a 24-hour strike sunday disrupting health services nationwide in a protest against a government plan to Start dismantling israelis system of socialized health care. The walkout Over moves to Start privatizing five hospitals underscored the Battle Between socialism and capitalism that has raged in Israel since 1977, when the election of the right Wing liked ended 29 years of socialist government. The strike encompassed some 25,000 nurses maintenance workers dietitians and lab technicians at 44 Public hospitals and 1,200 clinics. Only emergency surgery and vital treatment such As dialysis were available. Doctors were on hand for regular rounds. In Jerusalem the strike was less firmly imposed because of a wave of accidents stemming from bad weekend weather. At Echilov Hospital in Tel Aviv the lobby was almost deserted the switchboard shut and the inquiry desk closed. A few nurses were on hand for emergencies. Meals were served to patients by members of the National service a girls who have opted for Volunteer Hospital work instead of army service. Health minister Ehud Olmert accused the strikers of a causing terrible suffering to hundreds of thousands of  Nili Gafni a Veteran nurse who Heads i Chilovi a strike committee denied the charge saying a no one who needs immediate treatment is turned  As she spoke she was telephoned and told that the heating in the children a Ward had broken Down. She telephoned a striking repairman at Home and told him to come and fix it. Lawyer says documents show Israel . Framed Demjan Juk Jerusalem apr the attorney for convicted nazi War criminal John Demjan Juk presented documents sunday to the supreme court that he says sup Eort claims that Israel and the United states framed is client. Yoram Sheftel first made the accusation at a hearing in december on Dema Njuki a Appeal against his conviction and death sentence for being a Ivan the terrible a the guard who operated the Gas Chambers at Treblinka where 850,000 jews perished in 1942-1943. At the time prosecutor Michael Shaked and the five judge panel said the accusation was a ploy by Sheftel to dramatize the Appeal. But Sheftel said he made the accusation in court based on telegrams sent in August 1978. He says he has 100 pages of documents obtained from the office of special investigations in Washington showing that israeli and . Prosecutors knew in August 1978 that Demjan Juk was not a Ivan the  Demjan Juk 71, was extradited from the United states to Israel in 1986. The retired Cleveland Auto worker was convicted in april in 1988 and sentenced to death for crimes against humanity and crimes against the jewish people. He appealed in 1989. Sheftel said the documents were obtained through the . Freedom of information act. Sheftel said the documents presented sunday to the supreme court record Treblinka guard Tavel Leleko saying three times that the Gas chamber guard was Ivan Marchenko not Ivan Demjan Juk. Leleko a testimony was Given to soviet authorities in 1945 and . And is Den Jai Tjuk Rae i prosecutors received it in August 1978, Sheftel said. A this ends the debate of whether they knew or not in August 1978 that Demjan Juk is not a Ivan the  yet they carried out proceedings against him until the imposition of the death penalty Sheftel said in an interview. A this is a vicious Frame up a vicious coldblooded  station bomb threat leads to Man s arrest from wire reports Stockholm Sweden a police interrogated a Young Man monday in connection with a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of the country a second busiest train station As hoax Calls continued to disrupt scandinavian transportation. The sunday night arrest in the West coast City of Goteborg was the first since dozens of bomb threats which have shut Down airports train stations and ferry terminals in the past week. The Calls began a Tew hours after police detonated a suitcase bomb in Stockholm scentral train station on dec. 28. Police closed Stockholm a bus terminal and evacuated the world Trade Center on monday after finding a suspicious package near a taxi rank. The bomb disposal squad was called.4 killed for Selling women Beijing a four leaders of a gang that abducted and sold More than 60 women Nave been executed an official report said monday. Twelve other people in the gang were sentenced to prison terms ranging up to life the China women a news reported. The gang operated for 2vi years in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang and earned More than $18,500 from Selling the women it said. Eighteen of them have been found and returned Home. Abduction and trafficking in women has become a major problem in recent years. Police from All Over China gathered at a National meeting last fall to discuss the  ally gunned Down Saida Lebanon a a military commander of Yasser Arafat a Fatah faction of the Palestine liberation organization was killed sunday police said. A police spokesman speaking on condition of anonymity said it. Col. Hosni Suleiman was walking out of his House in this Southern port City when be was attacked by a Lone gunman who fired two shots. The killers motive Wasny to Clear. Several Fatah officials have been murdered in recent years because of personal or palestinian rivalries. Three Kings losing ground in Spain to Santa Claus it paints Madrid Spain draped Over a fashionable shopping Street red and White lights form the image of Santa Claus a a modern intruder for purists hoping to retain the essence of in ancient Holiday traditions. A a it san example of How Santa Claus is taking Over a said Isabel Fernandez ton sunday the eve of the traditional Epiphany Holiday. A today children know More about Santa Claus than they do about our own tradition of the three  a Man dressed As one of the three Kings Waves from a float during a Parade marking the Epiphany celebrated in Spain with the giving of presents. Predates three Kings visit to the Newborn Jesus Christ described in the Bible. Epiphany which Means revelation signifies the moment the Bible says Jesus was revealed As the Messiah to the magi. Traditionally it is the major yuletide Celebration in Spain and the Only Day of the season spaniards give presents. But in recent years the commercial countdown to dec. 25 and other Christmas symbols such As Santa Claus and decorated Trees have competed against the Epiphany. Many Spanish children now receive gifts on 6oth Days. For their parents Christmas used to be a Day for a family dinner and nothing else. A the influence of american television the american movies about Santa Claus the store advertisements the billboards a Fernandez said. A when did you Ever see the three Kings in a movie a in Greece and other orthodox Christian areas the Epiphany is an important religious event and some sects celebrate Christmas on Jan. 6. Mainstream greek orthodox priests cast crucifixes into the sea and Rivers to bless the Waters on the Epiphany also known in some places As the 12th Day of Christmas or Little Christmas. A this Holiday the Epiphany never had a consumer Angle a said professor George Moustakis a theologian in Greece. Outside influence in Spain increased dramatically following the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, and the nations entry into the european Community six years ago brought further changes. The Jan. 6 Holiday predates Christmas by about 100 years. The roman Catholic Church in the 4th Century began celebrating Christ a birth on dec. 25 and Jan. 6 was set to Mark the Epiphany. The concept of the familiar red suited Santa first appeared in the 1800s in new York. The Christmas tree dates to medieval Germany. Although christians throughout the world celebrate the Epiphany Spain is the Only european nation where the dec. 25 Holiday was not also a major Holiday. A i done to see it Celebration of the Epiphany disappearing but it could happen Fernandez said. Quot the one advantage of Christmas is that kids have All of their school Holiday to play with their toys. When the toys Only came from the three Kings you wound up taking them to school the next