European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday september 15, 1977 Berlin texts can t use bad other East terms Berlin a West Berlin s top school official has forbidden further use of textbooks that refer to West Berlin or bad an abbreviation for West Germany the bundles Republic Deutsch land or Federal Republic of Germany. Walter Rasch West Berlin s City sen Ator for schools said that such terms originated in East Germany and Are not in keeping with the idea of eventual German reunification. We can t immediately withdraw books that have already been introduced Rasch told the newspaper die Welt. But in Berlin we will permit no More books that do not embody our concepts of responsible language  the Issue came up when an Organiza Tion of geography teachers complained that an increasing number of terms were being used that came from East German propaganda. An earlier dispute Over the same Issue broke out when some teachers marked Brdas an error on Stu dents papers. City school administrators ruled that the abbreviation could be considered an error Only when the subject is German Unity. Outside schools bad appears almost As widely used As Der the abbreviation for East Germany the Deutsche Demok Raische Republic or German democratic Republic. The term West Berlin is also widely used on both sides of the Border but East Germany has Long since discarded use of the term East Berlin. To East Germany West Berlin is a separate state adjoining the capital City of Berlin. In some conservative West German and Berlin circles East Germany is still called the zone referring to its postwar soviet occupation status and East Berlin is called the soviet sector of Berlin. Canal plebiscite human rights Panama invites . Observers Oas probe Washington Noti Panama invited the in. Tuesday to Send observers to its oct. 23 plebiscite on the Panama canal treaties and welcomed a first hand investigation of human rights in that country by an Agency of the  Tion of american states. Brig. Gen Omar torn Jos. Panama s chief of government extended the invitations in telegrams to Kurt Waldheim. Secretary general of the . And Andres Aguilar. Chairman of the inter american commission on. Human flights. Tit Jos. Who had joined president Carter to sign the new treaties in a Washington ceremony last a tvs. Made Clear he was acting to Blunt arguments by opponents of the pacts thai the . Senate should refuse to ratify them because of Panama s violations of human rights and because the National plebiscite would be rigged. There have been a number of unfounded and irresponsible charges made against my government about alleged Vio lations of human  the general wrote to Agviar. A venezuelan Jurist and Diplomat. Panama is not perfect but we do re Spect the human rights of All those people who live within our geography and the new canal treaties Are a Symbol to the world of our desire to eliminate discrimination and  we Welcome a  the Pana Manian Leader said and a visit by the inter american commission on human rights to see first hand the reality of our human rights policies. You Are Welcome to travel anywhere in Panama to speak to anyone and report to the world. I will give you the keys to our jails and if you find any political prisoners you can release them. I believe the role of the commission should not Only be to investigate violations of human rights but also to disprove unfounded charges. It is Only by this approach that the hemisphere will be free of injustice because Here you will not find oppressors or people being  referring to the plebiscite which is required by Panama s Constitution for the ratification of treaties torn Jos wrote to Waldheim that will be a Day of transcendental significance to Panama and to the entire world. We Welcome you to come Here or to designate your representatives to see the people of Panama freely decide whether or not to approve the new treaties. We Hope that your representatives will report to you and to the International Community about the Freedom with which panamanians exercised their right to determine their Desti  Carter administration officials facing what they concede is an Uphill fight to obtain approval of the treaties by the Nec Essary two thirds vote of the Senate could not conceal their satisfaction at the actions of Torrijos for which they had been hoping. We re gratified by his action and Wel come this demonstration of general Torri Jos interest in dealing forthrightly with the allegations of human rights violations said sol m. Linowit./. The american co negotiator of the treaties. Opponents of the treaties have made an Issue of alleged human rights violations by the Torrijos government citing a report by Freedom House in new York that rated Panama not free and put it in the lowest category along with Cuba in enforcement of civil rights. Fast Senate treaty action re Washington a Senate majority Leader Robert c. Byrd told the Senate tuesday that the Panama canal treaties will not be considered for ratification before january. In the meantime he said the Senate foreign relations commit tee and other committees having an interest can begin and perhaps Complete hearings to give All interested groups and individuals adequate Opportunity to express their views. The West Virginia Democrat said the treaties carry ramifications going beyond relations with the two nations directly involved and full and thorough consideration is  Byrd said that his office has received More than 4,000 communications about the treaty and Only five or six support ratification he said he has not yet reached a decision awaiting the develop ment of facts and knowledge in the committee hearings. Sen. James b. Allend Ala. An opponent of treaty ratification said he had Hopes for Senate action this year but will accept the judgment of the majority Leader. He said there should be full and lengthy debate on the Issue but i do not believe there will be any attempt to  sen. Harry f. Byrd ind-va., a member of the Senate armed services committee said he Hopes that panel would hold its own hearings on the defense implications. Norway recount keeps labor party in Power returning to Iran Princess Ashraf the Shah of Iran s twin sister leaves her Home wednesday at Juan Les pins on the French Riviera in route to Nice Airport for a flight to Tehran. She escaped unharmed tues Day from an assassination attempt. Her lady in waiting was killed and an Irani an companion was injured. A Oslo up a recount of votes in Norland county has Given the socialists an extra seat in parliament at the expense of the conservative party keeping Premier Odvar Nordli s labor government in office with a one seat majority. Earlier in the Day four non socialist Par ties who thought they had 78 seats in parliament claimed Victory but the Norland recount if confirmed meant labor had 76 seats and the socialists two giving them 78 while the non socialist parties had Only 77. Political experts could Only agree the political situation appeared to be total con fusion. The Oslo Telephone system broke Down because of the flood of Calls to the norwegian news Agency s Telephone new service. Preliminary reports from the recount gave the socialist candidate 142 extra votes 50 of which were discovered in the town of Narvik when socialist votes were found in labor s envelope. Officials said it could take until next week before results would be official. Nordli however was expected to order election officials to Speed up counting and computerizing the votes to put an end to the confusion. Part of the reason for the confusion is the counting system. It dates Back to the years when the parliamentary system was introduced in Norway in the latter part of the last Cen Tury said Odvar Hellerud who is responsible at the norwegian news Agency for gathering the results from each municipal Ity. Liberal party Leader Hans Hammond Rossbach told Nordli in a morning meeting that his party s two mandates would sup port the non socialist coalition. That would have Given the non socialists a one seat majority and Nordli had told close associates if that happened he would resign. Laker gets of to operate sky train from Gatwick London a British aviation officials wednesday gave Freddie Laker per Mission to move his no frills transatlantic sky train operation to the country s biggest charter Airport. The civil aviation authority s action came Only 12 Days before Laker launches his $236 roundtrip service from London to new York on a first come first serve basis. Laker won permission to switch his service from Stansted Airport on Britain s East coast 30 Miles from London to Gat Wick Airport 20 Miles South of the capital. He says it will make him More competitive with the airline giants who followed his Lead and recently applied to reduce their transatlantic fares. Stansted s location is More awkward for travellers to reach than Gatwick which is served by direct train service from London