European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday november 18, 1973 London luncheon decorations miss Austria Roswitha Kobald left and miss Australia Virginia radians contestants in the miss world contest do More than Justice to their National costumes at a variety club Charity luncheon in London. A photo Tunnel building agreement is signed by Britain France London up Britain and France signed a historic agreement saturday to build a Tunnel under the English Channel linking Britain to the european continent. The signing came 178 years after the idea was introduced and climaxed a two Day Summit meeting Between French Russia accepts Golf course gift Moscow up Armand Hammer chairman of the Occidental Petroleum corp., said saturday that he offered to make a gift of a Golf course to the soviet Union and that communist party chief Leonid i. Brezhnev quickly accepted. Hammer said he told Brezhnev during a two hour meeting that it would be important to american businessmen who will occupy an International Trade Center Occi dental is planning to build Here to have Access to a Golf course on weekends. He was delighted with the idea and thanked me warmly Hammer said. There Are no known Golf courses in the soviet Union. Legend has it that Czar Nich Olas ii played the game before the russian revolution but then All courses were Lowed up and never restored. President Pompidou and British prime minister Edward Heath during which the two leaders discussed the strengthening of Europe s voice in world affairs. The Tunnel treaty declared the Mutual intention of both governments to build the Tunnel. A final decision to construct the Tunnel will be taken after exploratory work is completed by 1975. $1.2 billion the Cost of the Tunnel was estimated at $1.2 billion. But some estimates suggested the Cost May double by the time it is built. It will be completed by 1980-81, at the earliest. Both governments agreed to go. Ahead with preparatory work and exploratory brings at both ends at an initial Cost of $75 million to be completed by 1975, when the final decision on starting construction of the Tunnel is to be taken. The two governments intend to under write the Overall Cost the Money to be raised by private Loans by the International consortium undertaking the project. Canada wheat crop up Ottawa a Canada s wheat crop this year will total 628.7 million bushels Well above the 533.3 million harvested last year and up slightly from the 10-year aver age of 614.2 million bushels statistics can Ada reported Friday. World today latin americans prepare for Kissinger talks Bogota Colombia a latin american foreign ministers have accepted Secretary of state Henry a. Kissinger s suggestion to seek improved relations with the United states. The ministers completed a three Day meeting Here Friday by announcing a list of eight topics they intend to discuss in talks with Kissinger Early next year. These Are cooperation for development multinational corporations the Panama canal . Economic reprisals in cases of nationalized or expropriated industries latin american participation in International monetary talks marketing of latin. American goods in the United states intervention in Domestic affairs by washing ton and . Corporations and import tariffs. In a Telegram to the conference Kissin Ger said he hoped to participate in the process which is set in motion by this meeting. Whenever that seems approx he said the meeting represents a new Type of dialogue which can Lead us to new Levels of understanding and latin american countries frequently have complained that they Are being neglected by the Nixon administration. The Bogota meeting was called by Colombia and Mexico in response to Kissinger s announced intention to work for better ties with latin America. Bid to form new turkish government fails Ankara Turkey a former pre Mier sule Mari Demirel saturday failed in his attempt to form a new government and to solve the political crisis caused by an indecisive vote in general elections month ago. Demirel told president Fahri kor Turk of his failure but said he is confident that a government will be. Formed by someone else. The elections gave no single party a majority in the 450-seat ruling Assembly thus making a coalition government necessary. Demire chairman of the conservative Justice party was Premier from 19619 unti 1971. He was toppled by military leaders who charged hint with incompetence in handling civil disruptions and social and economic reforms. Demoret is the second political Leader bowing out As Premier designate in thelast three weeks. The Job was first Given to Bulet Ece Vit of the leftist Republican people s party which commands 185 seats in the Assem Bly the largest representation. Both leaders abandoned their attempts after failing to obtain sufficient support for a coalition. Each rejected the other s offer for a partnership in a grand cops recover All of $1 million Munich Ransom Munich Cap police said they recovered saturday missing Ransom moneymaking up More than $1 million. Broiled Chicken Empire owner Friedrich Jahn 55, paid the sum for the release of his abducted 22-year-old daughter. The cases solved police said. The .$270,000 missing after the balance of three million Marks Jahn s son in Law handed Over for the release of Evelyn Jahn Early thursday was found in a Forest North of Bayreuth. Police said they were led to the Cache by mrs. Marlene Mittermeier 24, who had about 45,000 Marks hidden inside her Bra when police took her into custody Friday. Less than a Day after miss Jahn s unharmed release and an unsuccessful police attempt to swoop on two of the three kid Napers Peter Knapp a 27-year-old heating Engineer was arrested. He led police to the hiding place of almost half the Ransom Money. On Friday police took into custody plumber Rudolf meierhofer 32, and later that Day Johann Mittermeier a 24-year old construction worker. With him another Cache containing $615,000 was uncovered. Police said the three knew each other from a bavarian prison. Bomb rips itt subsidiary office in Berlin Berlin a a bomb ripped the West Berlin office of a subsidiary of the . International Telephone and Tele graph corp., police reported saturday. A spokesman said a second explosive de vice was found with its fuse burning under a truck belonging to the Schaub Lorenz company but was defused by a police patrol. No one was injured police said. Damage was estimated at about 100,000 Marks about $40,000the spokesman added. He said it was not yet known who set off the explosion. . Food increases highest in 18 years London up the announcement Friday night of the highest month s in crease in food prices for 18 years dealt another blow to the British government s prices and income policy. The retail Price Index for october showed prices Rose by 3.3 per cent the highest monthly Rise since june 1955 when prices increased by 3.7 per cent. Apart from the food Shock there was a Rise of 3.6 Points in the Index Over the sep tember figure. If the Rise continues at the present rate the 7 per cent threshold of phase 3 of the Price and income policy will be reached Early in the new year. Jurors being protected after Ira convictions London a the jurors who convicted eight Irish Republican army guerrillas of planting bombs in London Are in hiding protected by armed Security guards police sources said saturday. Authorities said judge Sebag Shaw who sentenced the terrorists and the Detec Tives who caught them also Are under Scot land Yard Protection. The extraordinary Security measures were taken when the Ira vowed thursday night to get revenge after the eight were sentenced to life imprisonment. They were charged with bombings last March 8 in which one Man was killed and 216 person wounded. The two women and six men and a fellow bomber who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 years were dispersed Friday among maximum Security prisons in Britain. The movements were cloaked in elaborate Security arrangements including Decoy convoys to the prisons. Officials believe the guerrillas May try to free the two women who were said to have led the bombing raids. Dolours Price and her sister Marion have become the raids. The London daily Telegraph said the Ira s provisional Wing has compiled a death list of persons involved in the 10 week trial. It said the list included judge Shaw atty. Gen. Peter Rawlinson Home Secretary Robert Carr and several Scot land Yard officers As potential meanwhile in Northern Ireland the outlawed Ulster Volunteer Force said it was suspending terrorist activities until Jan. 1. But the protestant group said it would re sume its activities if a government agree Able to them were not formed by the first of the year. The British have been seeking a govern ment that would include moderate catholics and protestants. The Catholic Ira is battling to oust the British from Northern Ireland and to unite the province with the Irish Republic. The British army said at least nine per sons were wounded in seven bombings in Northern Ireland Friday night and Early saturday. One bomb damaged the Matern Ity Wing of Belfast s roman Catholic mater Hospital. The explosion Laid to protestant terrorists Drew a stinging rebuke from former Premier Brian Faulkner a protestant who said it served Only to boost the cause of the Ira. J
