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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Way Clear for Faaoi to Lead Kenya Nairobi Kenya up the chances of a smooth and uncontested transition Fol lowing the death of kenyan president Jomo Kenyatta appeared a certainty Mon Day when one of the nation s key political figures cast his support behind interim president Daniel Arap Moi. Former foreign minister Njoroge Mungai a close Friend of Kenyatta and his family issued a statement saying he sup ported a Cabinet decision proclaiming Loy Alty to Moi s leadership. Mungai is the Leader of an unofficial opposition bloc within the country s Only be Gal political party the kenyan african National Union. Although he was technically barred from running for the presidency be cause he was appointed to parliament rather than elected Mungai was consid ered a Likely focal Point for opposition to Moi if any were to develop. Political observers said Mungai s Deci Sion removed the last major obstacle to Moi s selection As president at a Confer ence of the Kanu party set for oct. 6. I As chairman of Kanu Nairobi Branch Welcome accept and support the Cabinet decision which pledged and proclaimed total Confidence in and loyalty to president Daniel Arap Moi Mungai said in his statement. 90-Day deadline Moi who served As Kenyatta s vice pres ident was sworn in As acting president shortly after Kenyatta s death two weeks ago. Under the Constitution a new presi Dent must be chosen within 90 Days follow ing the death of the president. The Cabinet decision to swear Alle Giance to Moi ruled out a number of Possi ble challengers to Moi and left Only those out of the government headed by Mung Ai As potential challengers. Since the Cabinet move politicians across the country moved quickly to voice their support for Moi. On sunday the influential kenyan Union of civil servants representing 70,000 government workers passed a Resolution calling for Moi s unanimous election. Rhodesia. Continued from Page 1 dered the shocked and numbed passengers to their  the terrorists then opened fire with communist made ak-47 assault rifles and 10 of the passengers As yet unnamed but six known to be women died in a Hail of  the military also said that after killing the 10 passengers the guerrillas looted the aircraft and the bodies of those passengers who died in the crash itself. Security forces were at the scene Mon Day night picking through the wreckage to determine the exact cause of the crash. In june 1977, guerrillas fired a ground to air missile at a private civilian air plane also near the zambian Border. But the mis Sile strayed from its path and instead struck a hotel causing heavy damage. Tuesday september 5, 1978 some of the thousands of indians Young and old evacuated from their Homes in the Low lying areas of Delhi fleeing flood threat near the swollen Jamuna River in background squat with their posses Sions As they await transportation to higher ground. More than a half million people living near the River have been made homeless. A photo women want strip trip taken off continued rom Page 1 number of crimes committed against women the introduction of a regular strip tease act can Only degrade and threaten women even further the strippers Are being hired to enter Tain thousands of workers building a huge Oil terminal at Cullom Voe 30 Miles North of Lerwick. The men most of them Sepa rated from their families on the Mainland live in construction Camps far from town. The women see their Campaign which they claim is backed by Many islanders and clergymen As a rearguard action against the turmoil caused by the Oil Boom that hit these islands five years ago when some of the richest Fields in the North sea were discovered offshore. The Boom shattered the shetlands traditional Way of life Little changed for centuries bringing unheard of affluence. Before the Boom the 20,000 islanders eked out a perilous existence knitting sweaters fishing a cruel sea and scraping a Bare living from the peat covered Hills of their archipelago. Although the Oil Boom has meant new schools houses and social facilities and More Money it has inflated prices and caused major social upheavals among the islanders Many of them descendants of Viking raiders who settled Here in the 8th Century. Youngsters quit school Early lured by fat paychecks for unskilled work at sum Mon Voe. The traditional fishing and knit Ting industries have run Down because they can t compete with the big Money paid by the Oil companies. Hundreds of men quit their jobs to work at the Oil terminal where they can earn 200 pounds $280 a week. Three years ago the average wage was 40 pounds $75. The hospitable islanders never used to lock their doors because there was no crime to speak of. But they do now. Police said crime has risen 40 per cent in the last three years. Last year the islands had their first murder this Century and marijuana can now be bought in Lerwick s bars. The old values have gone maybe for Ever an angry Shetland woman snorted. But bringing naked women is the last  however it was fog and not the crusade Europe partly Cloudy to Cloudy with isolated afternoon rain showers tuesday. Little change wednesday. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 64, Low 45. Sunset tuesday 7 03 . Sun Rise wednesday 5 48 . Temperatures recorded sunday. 4pm 62 Athens p 55 Berlin cd 57 Copenhagen p68 London cd 63 Munich c 79 Rome up partly Cloudy cd Cloudy a rain a Clear. Det 25,31st weather so 4am 4pm Adana 61 72 Aviano p 52 66 Brussels c 50 64 Frankfurt p 61 70 Madrid r 45 72 Paris p 4am 73 50 46 57 43 61 moslem demonstrate in Iran cities Tehran up hundreds of thou Sands of moslem demonstrated in the ran and other iranian cities monday Call ing for a switch from Western style democracy to a government based on the religious tenets of islam. In most instances the demonstrations were peaceful. But unofficial reports from the holy City of qom South of Tehran said one person was killed when police fired on demonstrators who turned violent. In Tehran the March through the City lasted 12 hours and crowds ranged up to 100,000 at the Peak. Worshippers from mosques All Over the City and hundreds of onlookers joined the March As it progressed through the capital. In the Eastern iranian holy City of a Shad unofficial estimates put the throng marching through the holy City in silent prayer at 300,000. In qom where the Brief shooting incident took place the marchers numbered in the thousands and similar marches took place in other major cities. In Tehran a Strong turnout of troops watching the March from the Northern Shemiran District to the Southern outskirts were showered with Flowers by demonstrators shouting brother Soldier Why do you kill your brother it was the first time in months of sporadic anti government demonstrations that demonstrators had tried to use Flower Power on the Shah s soldiers. But they also carried placards and posters bearing Shah slogans. Ing women that stopped the first strip show taking place at a Hall packed with hundreds of men outside Lerwick earlier this week. The plane carrying two Edinburgh charmers Suzie and Debbie was unable to land at fog bound Sumburgh Airport South of Lerwick. But promoter Willie Mackie who organized the show declared the girls will be Back. These protesters have Only made me More determined to put the shows on. These women can t Stop people enjoy ing  the Rev. Michael Bonner pastor of the Emmanuel pentecostal Church in Lerwick and one of the campaigners thought other Wise. Perverted minds seem to think it a Light thing to propagate this filth he said. We Don t want this kind of thing  sports in Brief monday s baseball National league first game new York 010 200 100 4 11 0 Pittsburgh 110 000 32x 7 13 1 , Lockwood 7kobel 7 and Hodges Rooker Whitson 7g.jackson 8 and Ott. A Whitson 4-6. A Lockwood 7-j3. Hrs Pittsburgh b. Robinson 10ott 9. American league first game Detroit 000 001 000 1 5 9 new York 100 000 Box 9 12 0 Wilcox Burnside 7to blk 7 and Parrish uldry and Heath. A Guidry 20-2. A Mcox 12-9. Or Newyork Rivers 11. First game Seattle 000 210 001 480 Milwaukee 300 000 000 3110 Abbott and Pasley Caidwell and . A Abbott 7-10. 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