European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 05, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday september 5,1995 decry nuclear test protests. " s.   Papeete Tahiti a As France prepared monday to set off an under ground nuclear test French officials lashed Back at what they called interference in Domestic affairs by foreign politicians protesting in the Region. Japanese australian and new Zea land legislators prepared to leave Papeete aboard the new zealand sailing ship Machias for a three Day trip to the protest zone "/--., about 100 foreign lawmakers marched with about 3,000 demonstrators Over the weekend but French polynesia s Territo rial president Gaston Flosse said he re fused to meet with them it is interference in Domestic affairs and the political debate in French poly Nesia Flosse said in a statement. In Paris meanwhile Jacques Cousteau pleaded with president Jacques Chirac to scratch the testing in French polynesia that the popular Ocean explorer said shows the Power of the nuclear  rumours continued Over when France would set off the first of seven or eight tests planned Between september and the end of May under the muru Roa or Fang Taufa atolls 750 Miles Southeast of Papeete. Greenpeace waging a War of nerves with France by vowing to Send another protest ship into the atoll had said the blast would take place monday. Other sources suggested it would take place later in the week but French authorities have refused to give a Dale Chirac has faced outcry by govern ments and anti nuclear activists around the world since june when the conserva a Tive president announced the tests aimed at updating France s nuclear Arsenal and developing test simulation technology. On sunday the French military seized a third protest vessel off muru Roa after it violated the 12-mile territorial zone Leader of a Enlen is a Iiah Beijing a the largest . Conference in history opened monday with a Call for men to join women in a. Special revolution for Equality and for governments and International institutions to pay for it. A revolution has begun said Gertrude Mongella,.secretary-general of the fourth world conference on women. There can be no spectators no sidelines no abstainers for this is a crucial social Agenda which affects All  some of the world s top women political leaders said again and again that the conference will come to Noth ing without Strong follow up and that men must be part of the solution. / the gathering of More than 4,750 delegates from 181 countries the first of its kind in a decade opened with a lavish chinese welcoming ceremony. It passed its first Day smoothly in contrast with the controversy Over chinese policing that has dogged a parallel gathering of . By monday there were signs of relaxation in Huai Rou North , where 23,000 activists from Pri vate groups have met for the past five Days. Police stood by As about 1000 members of the inter National anti War group women in Black protested silently for an hour demanding an end to violence. In the Only incident in Beijing chinese Security men barred Winnie Mandela from the welcoming ceremony saying she came late. Mandela the estranged wife of South african president Nelson Mandela who Heads the african National Congress women s league said her bus lost its Way to the great Hall of the people. The visit of . First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton today and wednesday could be another headache fora chinese Security. Activists Are planning to capitalize on her highly publicized visit by demonstrating. Clinton s plane arrived in the chinese capital Earl today -. On monday the spotlight finally turned to issues confronting women and the platform of action to be adopted by the conference to guide the women s Agenda in the 21st Century. Cementing the partnership of women and men i critical Mongella said. Women have All along struggled with their menfolk for the abolition of slavery the liberation of countries from colonialism the dismantling of apartheid and the struggle for peace. It is now the turn of men to join women in their struggle for Equality she said. A member of a brazilian women s rights group helps stage a demonstration at the non governmental organizations forum on women in Huai Rou China on monday. Waiting on Powell s decision Marietta a. A House speaker. Newt Gingrich said monday that his decision to run for president hinges in part on what retired . Army Gen. Colin l. Powell decides about his own political ambitions. Gingrich r-ga., has already said he will make a decision by year s end. " Powell s decision will have a big Impact. He clearly is one of the people who has an ability nationwide to get an organization overnight. If he were to decide to run in november that would clearly make it less Likely i would run Gingrich said. Races presidential and otherwise were on Gingrich s mind monday. He started his labor Day by handing out trophies at the . 10k classic run in his Home District. Later that morning he donated a pint of blood in an american red Cross Holiday blood drive outside his office. Gingrich said Powell s Book that is coming out next week my american journey and publicity tour will spark fur ther interest in Powell s political ambitions just As Gingrich s Book to renew America and Book tour did for him.  get a better Chance to get to know him. I think at that Point there will be a substantial amount of interest in him running and sometime in november i would guess after he gets off the Book tour he s going to have to make a very serious decision Gingrich said. Powell s political views Are not Well known and his Book does t reveal any details other than that he is uncomfortable with both major parties. Political pundits have speculated that he would run As an Independent candidate. Gingrich said Powell s interest so Farhan t prevented anyone from joining the. Presidential  said Powell should think seriously before giving up his privacy to run for president i think he d have to make a decision on whether he wants to explain where he stands on abortion on gun control taxes. It s a very different Job being a famous military Leader and being president the Only person in the 20th Century to be successful at both is Dwight Eisenhower he said. Where a protest flotilla of about 10 boats cruised the Periphery. In Canberra Australia French ambassador Dominique Girard was called in monday to explain the seizure of the my Greenpeace in International Waters. He said it was justified because the Helicon. Tar on the my Greenpeace flew into the territorial limit and photographed Mili tary Sites. C -. The Greenpeace people wanted to have publicity they entered the exclusion zone they were warned several tire res and they still did it so it happened what had to happen Girard told reporters. Iraqi kurd Battle with turkish rebels Ankara Turkey apr iraqi kurd struck Back at turkish kurdish rebels monday in North Ern Iraq killing 33 turkish guerrillas. V  ". " the fighting reported by the iraqi kurd is part of growing Bat Les Between the two groups. Four iraqi kurdish guerrillas were killed in monday clashes they said. The turkish kurd have been at tacking the Kurdistan democratic party or Kip to wreck a peace Accord signed with a rival iraqi kurdish faction on aug. 15. The death. Toll has reached 79. The Kip controls the Mezours Region used by turkish rebels for Cross Border raids in Southeastern Turkey where the guerrillas have been fighting for autonomy since in the stars and stripes 10 year Sago sept. 5,1985 . Senators who met with soviet communist party chief Mikhail Gorbachev quoted the soviet Leader As saying he is ready to make Radical offers to reduce nuclear arms if the United states stops testing space weapons. 20 years ago sept. 5,1975 the largest court ordered school busing program in the nation involving 22,000 Stu dents began in Louisville by. 30 years ago sept. 5,1965 humanitarian or. Albert Schweitzer 90, Lay near death in his rain pelted Jungle Hospital his heart growing steadily weaker. 40 years ago _ sept. 5,1955 Gen. Maxwell d. Taylor army chief of staff forecast an airborne army capable of flying whole infantry divisions around the world. 5.0 years ago sept. 5, 1945 american air borne and seaborne troops began the occupation of Japan s Southern most Home Island of Kyushu amid a flurry of japanese announcements that 8th army soldiers would stage their triumphant March into bomb battered Tokyo