The World : Filipinos Attack Strikers

Hundreds of bar girls, bus drivers and vendors angered by a loss of income during a workers’ strike at U.S. military bases in the Philippines attacked pickets at Clark Air Base with rocks, sticks and bottles. The workers, who depend on U.S. servicemen for their living, cleared about 75 pickets from the main gate at Clark, allowing traffic to flow in and out for the first time since last Wednesday. Filipino soldiers later fired into the air to keep 500 strikers from regaining control of the gate. Barricades remained at Subic Bay Naval Base and at six smaller U.S. military installations.