European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 8 a the stars and stripes thursday May 14,1992 a soldiers wrap . Flags around coffins allegedly containing the remains of americans killed in the korean War. N. Korea turns Over coffins said to hold mias remains Panmunjom Korea apr North Korea turned Over 15 narrow coffins to . Officials wednesday and said they contained the remains of . Service Mem cars listed As missing in action in the 1950-53 korean War. . Military officials said 15 More would be returned by the end of the month in the largest repatriation of remains by North Korea since 1,868 sets were returned in 1954. Although some of the coffins contained dog tags american officials said North Korea apparently had t identified most of the remains. Washington has made settlement of the Mia Issue and the question of halting the alleged construction of a North korean atomic bomb a precondition for better relations. North Korea is reaching out to improve its flagging Economy. A i Hope in the near future to have More repatriations a maj. Gen. James f. Record said. A the accountability of pos and mias is a great humanitarian a the Brief ceremony took place at the Border Village of Panmunjom 35 Miles North of Seoul. Tokyo up a vice president Dan Quayle impressed a group of japanese students at a round table discussion with his grasp of International issues wednesday but some of the students came away More worried about intransigent problems plaguing bilateral relations. Quayle who is in Japan on a four Day visit to Mark the return of Okinawa to japanese Rule and to bolster strained tics made Brief remarks to about 60 students at Keio University in Tokyo and then opened the floor. In response to a question on the dispatch of japanese soldiers to . Peacekeeping operations Quayle offered encouragement to the government but stopped Short of pressing Tokyo for its contribution. A the United nations today is fulfilling a very important role in the area of peacekeeping and if Japan decides to deploy peacekeeping forces that will be Welcome Quot Quayle said. A of course the United states will abide by whatever political decision is made Quot by the japanese parliament be said. A Bill drafted by the governing Liberal democratic party that would Send ground soldiers overseas for the first time since world War ii has become the focus of political debate in Japan. Opponents of the legislation say it violates Japan so peace Constitution a which bars the threat or use of a steady rain fell As North korean guards lined up 15 Brown coffins several Yards from the demarcation line separating North and South Korea. Officials representing the United nations lifted Vinyl that had been placed Over the coffins to protect them from rain and looked inside each. Some of the coffins contained Bones buttons badges and dog tags. The coffins were carried to the South Side of the demarcation line and covered with Blue . Flags. The remains Are to be taken from Panmunjom to the . Army Centra identification Laboratory in Hawaii for evaluation and possible identification. North Korea turned Over five sets of remains in May 1990 and 11 More in june 1991. The remains have yet to be positively identified. The Pentagon currently lists 8,177 american service members As unaccounted for from the War which ended in july 1953. It says North Korea should be Able to identify at least 389 because that Many Are known to have been held alive at wars end. More than 5 million americans fought on the Side of South Korea during the War and there were 54,000 . Casualties. Force in solving International disputes. The Issue first emerged in the Days leading up to the persian Gulf War when Tokyo came under fire for failing to Send even support personnel. Junko Kotani a Junior studying Law asked the vice president whether the absence of Blacks on the jury that acquitted four White men in the los Angeles police beating of a Black Motorist spoke in favor of some form of racial quota for juries. Quayle said that despite the surprising verdict the . Legal system a serves us quite he also said he did no to think the riots would be an Issue in the upcoming presidential elections. A we feel that diversity in our culture is a strength a he told the students. But Kumiko Yokoi a senior studying economics said after the discussion a the certainly did no to address the issues troubling bilateral relations. A the had a Good grasp of International politics but he does no to make me confident about the relationship with the United she noted that resentment against the United states was building along with a feeling that Washington was making unreasonable demands on Tokyo with regard to Aid and Trade. The . Does no to seem to have a realistic View of the world special German Force to probe Neo nazi attack from wire reports Magdeburg Germany a a special police task Force has been set up in Magdeburg to investigate an attack by Neo nazis that killed one person and injured several others police said tuesday. Magdeburg police spokesman Johann lot Mann said Law officials Are worried that rival Neo nazi and leftist groups May be heading into a gang War As a result of the weekend fracas. About 60 far right skinheads with baseball bats attacked 20 leftist a a punks attending a birthday party at a Magdeburg restaurant on son in Accident Warsaw Poland a Slawomir Walesa 20-year-old son of president Lech Walesa injured a woman when he lost control of his car in the Northern seaport of Gdansk the polish news Agency reported tuesday. Walesa a car drove onto the sidewalk and hit the 51-year-old woman who was treated at a Hospital and released the Pap report said. A statement issued by the prosecutor s office in Gdansk said Walesa was sober when the Accident occurred Friday. Last year his brother Przemyslaw was charged with Riding a bicycle while kills . Nurse Diyarbakir Turkey a a . Nurse doing Relief work in Iraq was killed in a car Accident near this Southeastern City a police official said on tuesday. The victim was identified As Chiquita Hood 29, said the police official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Hoods colleague Todd Bennett 24, was injured in the Accident monday the official refuses award Johannesburg South Africa a Nelson Mandela has refused to accept turkeys Ataturk peace award the african National Congress said tuesday. The turkish government announced the award a Given in memory of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founder of modern Turkey a will be presented to the Anc president next tuesday. The Anc did not say Why Mandela would not accept the award but suggested it was linked to human rights in soccer deaths Bastia Corsica a two More people were charged tuesday with involuntary homicide in last weeks collapse of temporary grandstands at a soccer championship semifinal judiciary sources said. The two Are Bernard Rossi regional director for the firm soc Otec that inspected and approved the stands and Etienne Galeazzi Secretary general of the corsican soccer league sources said. The Accident occurred at furiani stadium in Bastia when several Hundred fans stamping in unison caused the steel stands to collapse. Thirteen people have died from the Accident so far. About 700 were injured in the commit suicide Seoul South Korea a four students have committed suicide in the past two Days Over problems with their studies in South koreans highly competitive school system police said today. Police said the students had either left suicide notes or told friends about mental stress Over lyricist succumbs Athens Greece a Nikos Gatsos a popular lyricist for some of Greece a Best known composers died tuesday of cancer. He was 76. He died at Athens Hygeia Hospital a Hospital spokesman said. Some Tokyo students worried after Friendly talk with Quayle
