European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes tuesday april 14, 1992 Kinlock quits As Leader of Britain s labor party London apr labor party Leader Neil Kinlock resigned monday saying he could no longer represent Britain a main opposition group following a fourth straight electoral defeat by the conservative party. The favorite to succeed Kinlock is labor finance spokesman John Smith a 53-year-Oid scottish lawyer. Kinlock who remains a member of parliament quit four Days after prime minister John majors conservatives came from behind in opinion polls to win the National election. Kin Nock a Deputy Roy Hattersley will also quit Kinlock said. A i will not be seeking re election for the leadership of the labor party a Kinlock said in a prepared statement read in his office at the House of commons. The 50-year-old welshman said he would stay on As caretaker until a special party convention in june. The election defeat was labors second since Kinlock took Over in 1983. It was a shattering blow to labor and to Kinlock personally. Labor Cut the conservatives 88-seat Overall majority in the 651-member House of commons to 21. With labor revamped and the government presiding Over a prolonged recession the party had its Best Chance yet to break the conservatives 13-year grip on Power. In his statement Kinlock said the conservatives could not have won again without the support of pro tory newspapers that dominate Britain a National press. A my sorrow is that millions particularly those who do not have the strength to defend themselves will suffer because of the election of another conservative government a he said. Kinlock a Coal miners son announced his resignation after spending most of the weekend closeted with his wife Glenys and their two adult children at Home in Ealing West London. Under Kinlock labor shed policies calling for nationalization of Industry threw out its former opposition to nuclear weapons and curbed Trade Union influence in the party. But its failure to win Back Many of the skilled Blue Collar workers who deserted when labor lurched left in the Early 1980s has raised doubts about whether the party can Ever win Power single hand edly again. Although labors National leadership was staggered by the defeat labor die hards basked in their personal victories in a Comer of the English East midlands a once thriving Coal mining area now plagued by High unemployment. Dennis Skinner a former Miner representing Bolsover for labor in the House of commons since Kinlock 1970, boosted his plurality from 14,000 to 20,000 in thursdays election. To the West of Bolsover Tony Benn a former Cabinet minister comfortably held his Chesterfield seat. Outside the Chesterfield unemployed workers Center Susan Evans a miners wife said a a in a glad our vote stayed solid but its very disappointing that the tories stay in Power. A Story policies done to help the likes of  Dora Barlow a homemaker in Chesterfield also condemned the conservatives. Quot there Are no jobs round Here for the men a she said Quot and nothing for the youngsters to look Forward  strike has Madrid knee deep in trash Madrid Spain apr officials on sunday appealed for military help to clean up rail stations and Airport areas clogged with litter and rotting garbage As a trash haulers strike enters its third week. Conditions in Madrid a subway have become so unsanitary that workers have begun wearing masks and pregnant employees were exempted from work news reports said. Dozens of schools were closed last week because of health risks. Barajas International Airport has barred those without tickets from entering terminals where trash bins Are spilling Over. No Progress was made last week in negotiations to end the walkout by the Public building cleaners Union which is demanding a Loo a month increase to the base salary of $650. The cleaning company association has offered a 7 percent raise. The strike is seriously damaging the City a image As it celebrates its fourth month As Europe a cultural capital the newspaper Elmundo complained sunday garbage bins in subway stations began overflowing weeks ago with paper products cigarette Butts and decaying food piled nigh on the platforms and along the tracks. Airport officials brought in cleaning Crews to sweep terminals last week prompting clashes Between strikers and police. Union officials promised that workers would clean the filthiest stations including the Transfer station in the historic Puerta Del sol As a a gesture of Good will a the state news Agency efe reported. Cis sentry in Germany kills youth Berlin up a Cis sentry shot and killed a German youth who tried to break into a military Barracks of the former soviet army in Eastern Germany officials said sunday. A Justice spokesman in Dresden said the 16-year-old died in the Hospital sunday. Officials of the Commonwealth of Independent states armed forces confirmed the incident saying youths on motorcycles had broken into the military compound in the town of Ronsdorf. After firing several warning shots army sentries shot at the group. Two of the youths were caught and handed Over to police while another managed to flee. Cis officials said the incident followed several attacks on soldiers of the former red army in Eastern Germany where racist violence has increased dramatically Over the past year. In october 1991, a soviet Soldier was seriously wounded after Young right Wing extremists threw him from a third floor window at the Gotha Barracks in Eastern  planes bomb guerrilla area in Iraq from wire reports Diyarbakir Turkey a turkish warplanes on monday bombed the Dur ii Valley in Northern Iraq in attempt to scare turkish kurdish guerrillas a Security official said. The official who spoke on condition of anonymity said planes bombed the Valley which is about 6 Miles beyond the Border Between 5 . And 6 . Until recently the Valley had been the site of turkish kurdish guerrilla Camps. The kurdish labor party pkg guerrillas staged hit and run attacks in Southeastern Turkey from those Camps. The pkg has been fighting for an Independent kurdish state since 1984. The Security source said the air raid was an attempt to scare the guerrillas away from the  closes Magazine Nicosia Cyprus a iranian authorities have closed a science Magazine and will sue its pub Lisher for printing an insulting cartoon of the late Ayatollah Ruholl Quot. Ilah Khomeini Iran a official news Agency said sunday. The islamic Republic news Agency monitored in Cyprus said several Hundred angry demonstrators broke into the office of the Magazine Farad near the Tehran University Campus saturday and smashed windows and  pianist Dies Vienna Austria a Erik Werba a prominent pianist and composer has died at the age of 73, the austrian daily Der Standard reported sunday. Werba famous for his piano accompaniment of great singers died peacefully thursday night at Nis Home near Modling South of Vienna the daily  Crown stolen Tokyo a two men one brandishing something that looked like a pistol forced their was into a jewelry store sunday and stole a Diamond studded Crown valued at 500 million yen $3.75 million police said. Seven employees and 10 customers watched As one of the men broke a showcase with a Hammer and grabbed the Crown meant for display Only police  paid in cucumbers Moscow a the Bank ran out of Cash so miners in the Central russian City of Gubkin were handed part of their salaries in cucumbers and meat a news Agency reported. Many decided to stay underground in protest. The russian information Agency reported sunday that the workers at the Iron Ore mine near Belgorod 360 Miles South of Moscow a did not enthuse Over the new  a cosmonaut named hero Moscow a Sergei Kri Kalev the cosmonaut who spent 10 months in space while his Homeland crumbled beneath him has been named a a hero of the Russia federation a the itar Tass news Agency said sunday. The award one of two decreed saturday by russian president Boris n. Yeltsin will be displayed alongside the a hero of the soviet Union Star Given Kri Kalev for a previous space  s Cabinet submits its resignation Moscow apr president Boris n. Yeltsin s Cabinet submitted its resignation monday telling hostile lawmakers that abandoning his economic reforms could Worsen inflation and Block russians entry into the world Market. Yeltsin who is both president and prime minister asked his ministers to continue working through the end of the parliamentary session when he will decide whether to accept their resignations Deputy Premier Yegor Gaidar said. The Cabinet had threatened earlier to resign but went a step further monday by actually submitting a letter of resignation. The ministers were protesting a Resolution approved saturday by the parliament the Congress of Peoples deputies that called for tax cuts and Sharp increases in wages and farm subsidies. The parliament dominated by former communists also wants Yeltsin to give up the Post of prime minister which carries direct responsibility for the Economy. Russians have seen their buying Power plunge since Yeltsin ended Price controls at the beginning the year triggering a big jump in the Cost of everyday goods. The program is intended to entice Farmers and factories to produce More but Yeltsin says it will take time. A the inevitable result of carrying out the decision of the Congress will be a catastrophic fall in living standards hunger social upheaval and chaos a said Gaidar the architect of Yeltsin a reforms. A fall the sacrifices which the people of Russia have borne with such courage and patience for the past three months will turn out to have been in vain a he said. The ministers said in a joint Sta Temei that the proposal made by the Congre would result in a further tripling or quadrupling of prices and devastate Ali Economy. Gaidar said parliamentary demands 1 remove Yeltsin As prime minister Wou make a the government powerless and to president a purely symbolic  a resignation by the Cabinet could crate the worst governmental crisis sin it the soviet unions collapse in december