Show ' 6A Thursday September Standard-Examin- er 1 1983 World supporters protest slayings of three guerrillas IRA determined to keep Northern Ireland BELFAST Northern Ireland (AP) — IRA supporters burned cars hurled rocks and gasoline bombs and fired on a police station in Belfast today to protest the slaying by British soldiers of three IRA guerrillas police said Three people were injured in the rioting and security forces fired a number of plastic bullets during a flare-u- p of rioting shortly before noon on the Falls Road in mainly Roman Catholic west Belfast police said Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said in a newspaper interview that increased IRA attacks only made her more under British rule British newspapers hailed as major setbacks to the IRA the slaying of the three guerrillas Tuesday the arrests Wednesday of two IRA suspects in West Germany and Wednesday’s admitted IRA blunder in which two civilians died in a bomb blast meant for British security forces “Blows on three fronts for the IRA” The Times of London headline read Belfast police headquarters said rioting broke out in Catholic areas of Belfast late Wednesday continued into early to the European mainland “When you are faced with terrorism you obviously do not let the terrorists know precisely what steps you are taking to counter their terrorism Nor shall we But my message to them is this: Do not doubt our resolve to defeat terrorism" Thatcher said Prime Minister Charles Haughey’s government in Dublin called for an urgent meeting with British officials under terms of the Anglo-Iris- h Agreement which gives Dublin a formal consultative role in the running of Northern Ireland “Stepping up their campaigns and their attacks strengthens the resolve of the British government that Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom and will remain so” Thatcher said in an interview published today in London’s Daily Express The Irish Republican Army is fighting to drive the British from the mainly Protestant province and unite it with the predominantly Roman Catholic Irish Republic It has recently increased attacks and is blamed for the deaths this year of 27 security force personnel in Northern Ireland mainland Britain and day and died out before dawn It said gangs of young IRA supporters set a bus two vans and more than 35 cars on fire and hurled gasoline bombs and rocks at security forces while a gunman opened fire on the city’s New Barnsley police station The statement said police found a machine gun a pistol and ammunition in a search of an empty house in Catholic west Belfast - It said a bomb planted by a masked e man exploded near a gas station at Reon the border with the Irish public 60 miles west of Belfast Stra-ban- First INF missiles removed US withdraws nine Pershing 2s to comply with treaty HEILBRONN West Germany US Army today removed nine Pershing 2 missiles from a base in West Germany the first step in the withdrawal of (AP) — The all US intermediate-rang- e nucle- ar rockets from Europe The removal comes under the terms of an arms treaty signed by President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S Gorbachev in December that US intermediate-range missiles have been withdrawn in Europe” US Navy Cmdr Gerry Ryan of the “It’s the first time ‘European Command Headquarters in Stuttgart told The Associated Press “The remainder of the US Arintermediate-rmy European-base- d ange nuclear missiles are scheduled to be removed over a period” he said th A group of anti-nucle- ar activ- ists who came to witness the removal applauded as the 15 US Army trucks bearing the missiles began leaving the site in southern West Germany The group held up a banner saying “Heilbronn Never Again A Nuclear Powder Keg” The nine Pershing 2 missiles had been deployed as part of a NATO plan to station 572 nuclear missiles in five West European countries to counter Soviet rockets pointed at the West ge The United States had stationed 108 Pershing 2 missiles and 96 cruise missiles at four bases in West Germany as part of the plan Deployment of the missiles began late in 1983 and led to massive protests in Western Europe especially in West Germany But the fervor ' waned and by the time the intermediate-range missile treaty was signed last year only a handful of protesters was still active on a anti-missi- le daily basis in West Germany Ryan told the AP that a truck convoy carrying the missiles left the Camp Redleg US Army missile site near the southern city of Heilbronn at about 10 am today Heilbronn is about 35 miles north of Stuttgart One part of the convoy was heading to a US Army post in Frankfurt while another part was heading to a different base “in preparation for air transport back to elimination sites in the United States” Ryan said US officials have said that some of the rockets would be destroyed at the Frankfurt site and that the nuclear warheads would be shipped back “to the appropriate authority” in the United MORE Nu Romantic Capture a new ambiance in this elegant Orchid design bound in hand etched in polished brass or chrome acrylic-availab- rx--- '' TT' States Under terms of the INF treaty the Soviet Union and United States agreed to eliminate all land-base- intermediate-rang- e d nuclear missiles which have a range of up to 3000 miles Court asked to reject Marcos’ bid MANILA Philippines (AP) — The government today asked a court to reject Ferdinand Marcos’ request to come home to face an accuser and said it should be up to the United States whether the former president can leave Hawaii The court gave Marcos 10 days from receipt of the transcript of today’s proceedings to submit a written reply to the government’s motion to reject his petition Court Clerk Luisabel Cortez said formal legal notice would be forwarded to Marcos by the Philippine Consulate in Honolulu where he has lived since the February 1986 uprising that drove him from power Marcos petitioned the court to allow him to return to the Philippines to confront a former Cabinet member scheduled to testify in November on alleged corruption during his administration President Corazon Aquino refused to allow Marcos to return citing national security Aquino said she would abide by the decision of the courts if they allowed Marcos to come home But last week she authorized Francisco Chavez to appeal to the Supreme the solicitor-generCourt if necessary to block Marcos’ return Romeo dela Cruz arAssistant Solicitor-Generwas it the to that US government up gued today to decide if Marcos could leave Hawaii “If he cannot leave US territory it is not by an act of the Philippine government but by an act of the US government” dela Cruz said US officials have restricted Marcos to the island of Oahu following attempts allegedly instigated by him to topple Aquino’s government US officials said they would lift travel restrictions on Marcos only with Aquino’s concurrence a Marcos filed the petition through his sister Marcos Barba on Aug 24 one week after the court granted the solicitor general’s request for a special hearing on the testimony of former Public Works Secretary Baltazar Aquino al v ? al anti-corrupti- wk feEDRICK vy 1 RMjND'f aaaawj'"' nfirartoi TitHira Kninitao ' liI3- - Century Li For-tun- anti-gra- ft President Pinochet pleads for support SANTIAGO Chile (AP) — President Augusto Pinochet made a rare plea for opposition support in his bid to rule until 1997 while the general’s supporters and foes reportedly battled in the streets of a southern city According to Radio Cooperative of Santiago 10 people were d injured one seriously when Right-win- g pro-an- demonstrators anti-Pinoch- et clashed Wednesday in the city of Valdivia about 500 miles south of Santiago Police arrested 30 of the demonstrators the radio said quoting a local youth leader of the opposition Christian Democratic Party In Santiago students opposed to Pinochet protested Wednesday in two small demonstrations broken up by police who reported 19 arrests and no injuries In a address broadcast to the nation via radio and television Wednesday night Pinochet said he planned to forge a “new democracy” offering economic progress and legal safeguards against communism “This ambitious challenge is not the task of only some” said Pinochet who the seized power in a bloody 1973 coup “Our democracy needs the collaboration of all Chileans” will be en“Our democracy riched and improved by disagreement and legitimate pluralism” he added The speech was Pinochet’s first formal campaign address since his nomination Tuesday by fellow military commanders as the sole candidate in an Oct 5 presidential referendum The selection prompted street disturbances in which three people were killed at least 20 injured and more than 800 arrested te “The farce has been consummated” the president of the centrist Christian Democratic Party Patricio Aylwin said Wednesday of Pinochet’s nomination “As was foreseeable Pinochet imforce his and ambition” posed Members of a opposition coalition on Wednesday 1 signed an accord calling for full democracy If Pinochet wins a majority of votes in the ballot he will begin a new eight-yea- r term starting in March If a majority of the citizens vote “no” in the referendum election will be a held in 1990 with Pinochet remaining in power until then If Pinochet loses the referendum accord also calls for changes in a 1980 constitution drafted by the government which grants the military strong supervisory powers over national policy Opposition leaders — whom Pinochet has in the past denounced as “traitors" “cowards” and “rats” — were considered highly unlikely to heed his appeal for their support Many polls show Pinochet trailing the opposition in voter support and the speech indicated plans to promote a conciliatory image in the campaign Pinochet spoke to Chileans — whom he addressed as “my dear friends" — in the style of a fireside chat with a framed photograph of his wife on a wooden desk surrounded by a Chilean flag a computer and books multi-candida- te Even his supporters admit Pinochet suffers from a dictatorial image after imposing fierce political repression following the coup that brought him to power He suspended many civil liberties and ordered thousands of leftists arrested or expelled 2 (lUSIiCS Sat fan' cr SlttSSKJ!?' 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