European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Marco wednesday june 17, 1992 Blacks stay away from jobs to Mark Soweto anniversary at a glance what do Ross Perot and this Man persian Gulf War commander h. Norman Schwarzkopf have in common they arc nearly equal in popularity with americans. Sec Story on Page 4. Bush a brother target of suit a Tokyo investment company linked to the japanese underworld has filed a $2.5 million lawsuit against president Bush solder brother. A Page 5 no semis for officers the new York state legislature and the new York City police department have struck a Deal to kill legislation that would have forced the department to Arm All its officers with semiautomatic weapons. A Page 6 Macarthur Grant winners an evolution expert who is Blind and the first Black woman mayor in Mississippi Are among 33 winners of Macarthur fellowships. A Page 7 Farewell to the 40th Berlin was in ruins when William a. Knowlton first saw it in 1945. He returned to Berlin last month to help bid Farewell to the 40th Armor  9 59th Ord Bell goes silent soldiers of the 59th Ord brigade in Pir Masens Germany rang the brigade Bell Tor the last time when the unit inactivated june 4. A Page 10 record bankruptcies a record 252,733 individuals and businesses filed for Protection under . Bankruptcy Laws during the first three months of 1992. A Page 19  m m Abby Ann Landers 21 comics.21-23 commentary.15 faces a no places .24 letters .14 Money matters a. 19-20 sports.25-32 to listings.31 weather.13 Johannesburg South Africa apr hundreds of thousands of Blacks stayed away from work tuesday a Soweto Day a to Mark the anniversary of the Soweto student uprising the rebellion that galvanized Black opposition to apartheid. Police said 25 Blacks were killed monday night and tuesday in a series of attacks outside Johannesburg. It was not Clear if the violence were linked to the protests but Black areas were tense in the Days leading up to Soweto Day. For Many Blacks june 16 is an unofficial Holiday commemorating the 1976 student protests in the Soweto township just outside Johannesburg. This year the african National Congress used the Day to launch a mass action Campaign aimed at forcing the resignation of president . De Klerks government. A the uprising unleashed a vortex of popular anger and Victory is now in the offing a Anc chairman Oliver Tambo told several thousand cheering supporters in Soweto. The Anc said it embarked on the protest Campaign expected to last for weeks because the government was determined to a cling to Power at All  the government the Anc and 17 other Black and White groups Are deadlocked in negotiations on establishing a multiracial government that would formally abolish apartheid. De Klerk called the mass action a irresponsible a saying it would hamper the political talks and could Lead to a surge in violence. A the government will not be blackmailed by the present threats or any actions which May flow from them a de Klerk said in a statement. Various estimates said from half to 90 percent of the Black workers in the major cities of Johannesburg Pretoria Durban and Cape town stayed Home. No exact figures were available but the number of Blacks involved could Range into the millions. Dozens of rallies were planned. In Soweto Anc Leader Nelson Mandela unveiled a memorial to Hector Petersen who at 13 was the first youth killed when police opened fire on the student demonstrators 16 years ago. Extra police were deployed in the townships to Monitor the rallies and prevent further fighting. Nine people were fatally shot in two apparently random attacks in Evaton South of Johannesburg police said. Gunmen fired on commuters at the Dave ton train station East of the City leaving seven dead. Police found seven bodies in Soweto and two More in Sebo Keng township. Usually packed commuter trains from Soweto to Johannesburg were virtually empty officials said. The normally bustling streets of Johannesburg were largely empty and Many shops were closed due to a Lack of Black workers. Pos from Page 1 developments on the Issue. Ambassador Robert Strauss said tuesday a my reaction to it is i did no to hear the comments so i done to really know what. He said. In general on the whole subject we re following it very  appearing on no cd a today program Strauss said he considered it a foolish to get into iffy  he said he wondered if it were possible there Quot could have been some misunderstanding during the course of Yeltsin a television interview. But Strauss also said that a a lot of things president Yeltsin is bringing out into the open now arc extremely  Sens. John f. Kerry d-mass., and Robert c. Smith r-n.h., said in Moscow in february that russian authorities had acknowledged the possibility of pos being brought to the soviet Union after the Vietnam War but that there was no evidence any were still there. Meanwhile Yeltsin Stop military aide said russian authorities Are investigating whether an american Man reportedly sighted in the ural mountains might be one of hundreds of . Citizens missing since world War ii. Gen. Dmitri a. To Logonov made his disclosure hours before Yeltsin arrived Here for a meeting with Bush. To Logonov speaking at the Library of Congress and then at the National archives said russian authorities received a letter several Days ago from somewhere treaty from Page 1 a More important Summit than this one. This really sets in my judgment the Post cold War  Strauss appearing on no cd a today show also said a i hate to discuss the $24 billion package As an Aid program. A a it san investment program a he said. A we spent trillions and trillions of dollars trying to do away with a defeat if you will a an adversary and now that adversary is becoming in Many respects a  the main goal of the Summit is an agreement to radically reduce . And russian nuclear arsenals. But at a White House briefing monday before Yeltsin a arrival Secretary of states James a. Baker Iii said some a extraordinarily difficult problems remained. After he and russian foreign min ister Andrei Kozarev met for 4vz hours monday night the differences still were not resolved. A continuing still working a Kozarev said As he left the session. A we have come Here to work hard a Yeltsin said As he and his wife Naina stepped from his jetliner to a red car pct Welcome at nearby Andrews fab on monday afternoon. It was a dramatic contrast to Yeltsin a first visit in september 1989, when the outspoken critic of then so vict president Mikhail s. Gorbachev was sneaked into the White House through a Side Entrance to a Chilly reception from Bush. Bush who was to formally Greet Yeltsin at a mid morning ceremony at the White House on tuesday praised Yeltsin a was a Friend not As an adversary in a live interview with can on monday. Bush called Yeltsin a a courageous Man who a facing enormously difficult problems at  in the urals saying a there was an american  to Logonov said authorities done to know the Many a identity but Are working a very diligently to find out if he is a missing american Serviceman. To Logonov Heads a joint russian american commission investigating newly opened soviet archives to determine How Many americans were captured or held by the soviets Over the years and whether any May still be alive. Last week to Logonov delivered a let Mexico from Page 1 agents commissioned in Mexico As of this Date will not be Able to carry out the activities they were authorized to until new criteria of cooperation Are determined a the statement said. It emphasized that such criteria will have a to guarantee respect of our juridical system and the Complete safeguard of National  in Washington Dea spokesman Billy Yout said agents in Mexico reported late monday they had a not been offi ii Quot tidied of  Yout said the . Embassy in Mexico City was to take the matter up with mexican authorities tuesday. The supreme court in a 6-3 decision said the extradition treaty Between the United states and Mexico does not specifically bar abductions of suspects wanted in the United states. The ruling frees . Officials to prosecute a mexican doctor in the highly publicized torture killings of a . Drug agent and the agents Pilot. The court refused to order or. Humberto Alvarez Machain returned to Mexico despite that nation s repeated protests Over his kidnapping. Alvarez Machain was charged with using his medical skills to keep Enrique Camarena Salazar alive while the Dea agent was tortured and interrogated in Mexico in 1985. Also killed was Dea Pilot Alfredo Zavala Avelar. Ter from Yeltsin to members of Congress saying the soviet Union had taken prisoner 12 american airmen downed in the 1950s. Without elaborating he said monday a i have to admit there Are still forces in Russia who done to want us to provide full answers on the missing americans. Nonetheless he said Russia Hopes to produce a report by the end of the year detailing the Fate of All the americans. Germans from Page 1 anese army commandos kept reporters away from the two envoys who flew into Beirut from Damascus Syria. After their release on monday evening into syrian hands Striebig and Kemptner spent the night at the heavily guarded syrian military intelligence Headquarters near the Beirut seafront. In Damascus Schmidbauer refund to let Kemptner a Girlfriend Anne Schmel ing travel with him to Beirut to Greet her Boyfriend. She said she was not surprised by his response a we have been always let Down Over the last three years. The government would Tell us nothing. And provide no moral