European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 02, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Gold hits new High Dollar dips London a Gold Bullion prices it up to a new record Here tuesday As a Dollar plummeted to new Depths against the japanese yen and Swiss franc. Gold opened the Day at $207.50 a Troy Mcc. Up More than $7 from its overnight vol. Profit taking dulled the glitter after Iid Day. But the Metal still closed at 04.65 an increase of More than 21 per it in just three months and just about Usu blk its Low two years ago. On the foreign exchanges the Dollar Ink to a new Low of 187.95 yen in Tokyo. Non from monday s closing at 190.80. In London the British Pound wound up in Day slightly higher at $1.9295 against 1.9287 monday. On the Frankfurt Exchange the Dollar dropped to 2.0380 Marks Down from won a s 2.040. Conversion table Page 27. In Tokyo the Dollar s losing Streak against the japanese yen extended to a events consecutive trading Day of Post Var record lows tuesday with a total drop if3.3ycnsincejuly21. After the Tokyo Market closed Tokyo raders reported the Dollar fell to 186.30 o 186.40 yen on other a Sian markets. A foreign Exchange Bank source said continued on Page 28, col. 4 greek millionairess Christina Onassis puts a Gold band on Sergei Kuzov s Finger during their wedding in Moscow. A Christina Onassis says a in soviet wedding authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces is Dolly and sunday if 21855 a vol. 37, no. 106 wednesday August 2, 1978 Moscow a shipping millionairess Christina Onassis tossed away her Jet set life tuesday married an out of work russian bureaucrat and headed for a life of hoped for quiet obscurity in his Mother s House votes to repeal Turkey arms Aid ban Washington a the House voted tuesday to repeal a three year old con Gressional embargo against . Military Aid to Turkey handing president Carter a major foreign policy victory.1 the House favored repealing the Embar go by a hairline 208-205 vote on an Amend ment to a $1 billion military Aid Bill then by voice vote rejected a flurry of secon Dary amendments that sought to modify the measure. The Senate last week gave its consent to repeal of the embargo which was imposed by Congress on feb. 15,1s75, after Turkey used .-supplied arms to invade and occupy Cyprus. Carter told Congress the embargo has not worked and has not forced Turkey to end its occupation of Cyprus. Instead the president argued the embargo is threaten ing . Defense alliances with Turkey. In approving the amendment the House agreed to permit Carter to lift the embargo when he can report that Turkey is acting in Good Faith to achieve a just and peaceful settlement of the Cyprus problem. Carter would be required to Tell con Gress in writing that Turkey is making a Good Faith Effort to pull its troops off by it Viand to resume peace talks with greek shortly before the Vole. Hep. Lee Hamil ton a ind. Who wanted the embargo lifted said Carter could certify that the turks were acting in Good Faith immediately. House democratic Leader Jim Wright. A Texas who introduced the amendment argued before the vote that continuance of the present stalemate is not going to bring Progress on Cyprus. But democratic whip John Brademas of Indiana argued for retaining the embargo. Saying it allows Carter to resume arms shipments to the turks at once without anything but promises from the turkish government. This completely lifts the embargo with out requiring Turkey to take any step continued on Page 28, col 4 Carter administration called most anti vet by Floyd Harrington Kaiserslautern Bureau chief Steinwender. Germany sol the Carter administration has been the most anti Veteran administration in the history of the country and has failed to implement one single program that has helped the Vietnam or. John Wasylik National commander in chief of the veterans of foreign wars told Mem Bers of vow Post 9659 monday. Wasylik head of the two million Strong group spoke at a luncheon meeting of Ger Many s oldest vow chapter after attend ing a meeting earlier in the Day with Gen. Juhn Pauly. Safe commander in chief. At nearby Ramstein a. Wasylik is in Europe on a fact finding trip that Fugan at supreme Allied he at shape Belgium last week. Wasylik told the membership Here that the vow u solidly against the proposal to eliminate Veteran s preference that is now being discussed in Congress. We have stopped it in the Senate but they have made Progress in the House that will affect Many of you when you he vowed. We re going to use every bit of influence we be got to keep Veteran s preference like it is. He said the veterans administration s i continued on paye2s. Col. Ii two room Moscow apartment. Arriving at Moscow s Central Palace of marriages in a battered borrowed yellow Chevrolet the 27-year-old daughter of the late Aristotle Onassis became mrs. Sergei Kuzov in a 10-minute civil marriage Cere Mony. Eleven invited guests were present including the 37-year-old Kuzov s Mother. Maria but not his 9-year-old daughter katrina by his previous marriage. None of Onassis relatives was present. Fifty Western reporters were kept out Side the ornate Green former czarist pal Ace where the wedding took place but a soviet reporter who attended said Onassis answered a in russian when registrar Klara Lemes Kova asked is your Deci Sion to marry sincere and free and can you ensure the full happiness of you and your future family Lemes Kova admonished Kuzov. Wherever you live do not forget your so Viet then she declared according to the Law of the russian re Public you Are Man and neither changed citizenship under soviet Law neither the Bride nor Groom in an International marriage changes citizenship. When the ceremony was completed the couple emerged from the building alone. She wore a flowered purple Chiffon off the shoulder dress and he wore a Well tailored pin striped Grey suit. Both flashed Gold wedding bands on their right hands. The new mrs. Kuzov stumbled As she stepped into the Street but then told a re Porter i feel Fine very her Hus band bundled her into his own Grey Volga Sedan avoiding More questions from the crowd that had grown to More than 300. Some russians who have not read of the Romance in the soviet press seemed perplexed by the goings on. When told who was marrying whom one onlooker asked. Has she gone crazy after a Little trouble starting the engine. Kuzov raced his Bride and Mother away chased by a pair of soviet photographers in another car. From his window. Kuzov shouted at his continued on Page 28, col 21
