European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                2 the stars and stripes Juty 29 Spain formal bid to join euro Mart Brussels up Spanish foreign minister Marcelino orca thursday for Mally handed Over his country application to join lha european common he said a decision to loin also based in would depend on a Deci Sion of the Spanish Cortes Spain became eligible to join both organizations with its transition to full democracy following free elections june is orca told a news conference it could be six to nine years before Spain becomes a full member of the common Market and associated communities for atomic Energy and Coal and he said he could not at this stage establish an exact timetable Tor and he said the Spanish application should be considered on its own riot in conjunction with two Mediterranean Greece Ami belgian foreign minister Henri current chairman of the common Market Council of expressed the misgivings Felt by Many in the Community about the financial and political disruption that the entry of three new Mem Bers cause in an organization originally built or should not hide the fact that there arc difficult obstacles ahead of even it we wish to enlarge the sin net told the joint news the will is but thess difficulties will not go away just by expressing that Simonet economic rivalry caused by the entry of new members could cause revolutionary pensions in parts of the Community an apparent reference to French farm riots which could erupt again with the import of directly competing Agri cultural but some dealers Are still sceptical London apr the banking decided on wednesday helped by a buoyant British made to Stop intervening tit the Money markets Sharp gains on Europe Money markets but some dealers were not convinced this caused the which has been High foreign Trade deficits and a generally disappointing economic the trend for our commercial custom said foreign Exchange dealer at a t leading London shows that they Are still Felling dollars and it looks like the dol1 Lars strength As on the dollars role As vehicle currency in foreign Exchange Deal particularly in transactions to buy assisted its the Bank of Britain Central transactions because the dealers first buy dollars with their Marks and then use the dollars to buy this is Why the Dollar is called a vehicle both the Pound and the Dollar gained against the Strong West German Mark and Lyviu and against the French franc but there was Little change Between the Dollar and the the Pound closed in London at Only fractionally lower than wednesdays close of with the Pound no longer to a sagging Dollar there was it speculative Rush Toby which now has the i pert of rising to a As sea Oil keeps flowing Britain peels to be self sufficient in Oil by 1980 ant this would mean a1 drastic redaction to her foreign t since the beginning of the year the Bank of England had been regularly entering the Market to buy dollars to keep the pounds value at around this la because the United states is Brit Ains biggest Export Market and a lower Pound makes British goods More competitive in but it also makes Brit Ains imparts More and with Britain annual inflation rate at per the trading advantage apparently did seem Worth Carter sulte rites Sale plan Washington a Senate demo cratic Leader Robert Byrd announced thursday that president Carter has agreed to temporarily withdraw his bid to sell a sophisticated and controversial f i s billion radar air defense system to Byrd told the Senate that Carter had consented to repeated request from both Carters action came within hours of a lmo17 vote by which the House Interra tonal relations committee adopted a Resolution disapproving the the vote came despite an Appeal from defense Secretary Cyrus who spent an hour meeting behind closed doors with committee Vance later said it would be a serious mistake for Congress to veto the the vote represented a serious setback for the Carter in a letter to Hubert the president agreed to meet Paris gangsters Hijack mag flights million in new coins the following information on military commercial contract flights arriving and departing re Finmain is provided or customer All times Are ail passengers departing Khein main Are re mind to that they May Check in up to half hours earlier than the published limes for further flight information Call Auto on 4626813 or Rhei main military Rhei Maln pm film own numb cwt i loft t gift a tit i sift Hal aug7 r1fi for Dut it Mckim aft o1fi a Tok r1f1 5 1 01p1 cif1  Paris a gangsters thur Ajay seized a semitrailer truck containing 17 million francs about million in new ten franc coins in one of the worlds big Gest police the recently introduced Bronze about the size of a sir cell piece and Worth a Little Over were in a Container in route from a mint in Southern France to the Central Bank of France in after reporting the coins were the Bank finally identified the consignment As some i tons of the new j three or four armed men ran a car in front of a semitrailer carrying the Container out of the care de Lyon Railroad station in Eastern they forced the unarmed Driver and assistant into another car and drove the truck the heist was so fast and smooth that there were no known wit lot j bit Flom Numor Wolfl j1fi Rifi Sif Airow Ryhti Nhin the Alert was Given Only More than 30 minutes later when the two operatives were released in Northern Paris and found a Telephone to cull a Railroad official said there must have been complicity somewhere along the we do not Post special guards so As not to attract attention to these he told Only a few people know Abou such the Bank said the Container left the mint at near wednesday and arrived at the Paris station thursday morning the Green marked with the Container company was labelled As containing Metal y the Holdup took place at As the semitrailer Rig carrying the weighing More than 10 rolled slowly out of the Railroad station it had no police for reasons still and the Crew had no defense when the Rig was stopped by one car and the two men were forced into another stolen police said the semitrailer was they i used the registration numbers of the appealing for anyone who saw it to inform some five hours after the there was no word the police had any Trace of the Rig Orthe srances asked by the foreign hid sub com j in View of the i Trust that ure full committee will now conclude that the Sale of the Azacs to Iran is in the f National interest and the Resolution of approval will not be Carter wrote to Humphrey told reporters that Carters assurances go a Long Way to satisfying the concerns of Many senators that Selling the Azacs technology to Iran might expose one of americas most sensitive Secreu to soviet upset the Mili tary balance in the Middle East and involve thousands More of american personnel in Iran Humphrey said he had talked to Carter both before and after the House vote to Tell him that All the Senate was seeking a Little he said he does not regard Carters act Ion As a i see it As an act of cooperation and an act of Good Humphrey lie said he reminded the president that Lite no Azacs air att is not scheduled to reach Iran before 1 so whats the hurry Humphrey said he told Why cant we have a Little time Byrd called Carters action reasonable and statesmanlike and said the Tempo Rary withdrawal of the notice of the pro posed sate will give the Congress the time needed to fully examine the sales Imp Lica working on Foo 1 n  Wolfl pm rif1 r1p1 j1p1 g1f1 k flight number prefix code a Aimu Airun a brim it c capful d Oglw e f flying o Fai Leird h j trim k tit Kerr l of nth m and Raj h Crk flt v run 4 Qew remt Nelm Lulu it Mann  t Flavi Law Law t Trent world u a wed v Ouw it wild x Washington a the government is trying to determine How Many of us employees Are secretly leading double lives As bureaucrats and welfare the department of education and welfare is conducting an investigation after a Check showed 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