European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday. June 17, 1980 . Arms buildup on Diego Garcia upsets sex owners blamed on traffic vibrations a Vinci s last supper is threatened by crack port i 01 is. Mauritius i m l a new defense of the i mind suits in inc Indian Ocean is laced Una .1 problem inc former owners of Diego Garcia site if inc expanding is military base want Shtir Lin Island Back i his could be embarrassing observed Western Diplomat Here. Both Ilie government and inc opposition political parly far apart on other mailers. Go Nora a Are in agreement on the Issue of Diego Garcia a urn speck of land about we Miles Norl heal of Here. Diego Garcia forms pan of inc Chagos archipelago which mauritian consider to be tradition ally theirs. Mauritius a sugar exporter and once Home of the extinct Dodo Bird was first settled by the Trench and Hen taken Over by the British. It was granted Independence in i96k. In 1965. Local officials in what then was a self governing Colony agreed to cede the Chagos archipelago to Britain. In return the local government received some three million pounds Sterling. Then Worth s7.2 million in development Aid. Then Brilain rented Diego Garcia to the United slates As an Indian Ocean Mizilar base. Now for several reasons the politicians in Mauritius say they want Diego Garcia Back. 30 . Soldiers Are arrested in weekend Brawl Midworth. Hng tand a More than 30 British soldiers were in police custody monday after a weekend rampage in this Garrison town. The trouble erupt cd outside a chinese Lake Oul restaurant 5 Turda night when 50 soldiers of the Royal Irish rangers crawled with military police smashed cars and broke windows. Civilian police from surrounding towns were called in to help quell inc disturbance and when it was All Over seven policemen a policewoman and three military policemen were taken to a Hospital for Sircal Mcnol. The army launched an inquiry into what caused the trouble while the soldiers were held in police custody at Andover. A sing Siock and Winchester awaiting the Fil ing of charges. One local resident Mike Llo Adley. 26. Who witnessed the Brawl from the window of his apartment told reporters they were All chanting Ireland forever and every obscenity you could think of. They were All raving . Residents Aren t wild about cuban influx new York up metropolitan area residents arc less than enthusiastic about the influx of cuban refugees into the country results of a newspaper poll showed. When asked if the influx of cubans would be Good or bad for the country 61 percent of the respondents to a new York daily news poll said while Only 24 percent Felt inc emigration would be the poll showed 28 percent of the 400 people interviewed saying most of the More than 100,000 refugees should be Al Lowed to stay in the country. Another 27 percent said the United slates should have admitted sonic of the refugees. While the government of sir Sec woos Gur . The prime minister May be playing the Issue up a bit for the Benefit of local voters the powerful left Wing opposition is very serious about getting the Island Back. The government position is thai Mauri Tius was misled by the British and that the matter has taken on urgency 15 years later because of inc i Asl West military buildup in the Indian Ocean Over Iran and Afghanistan. We Don t like this kind of Ramgoolam said in an interview la has created a great Deal of fear and Uncertain by in the minds of inc people of the re Ramgoolam said he originally agreed to cede Diego Garcia to Brilain because they could have Lakin in away from in addition he said the original under standing was that Brilain would be using inc Island for a communications Center. I in was t told about plans to rent Illo the United slates he claimed. Since Britain did t use the Island for the purpose for w hich in was originally ceded inc prime minister said his govern men has asked Brilain for the return of Diego Garcia. Diego Garcia is the Only . Base in the Indian Ocean. . Officials Are still negotiating military agreements with Oman on the tip of the arabian Peninsula and with Somalia and Kenya on the l Asl african coast. The Issue is an emotional one among the 444,000 inhabitants of Mauritius. About 500 former inhabitants of Diego Garcia live in port Louis. They were moved from their Homes when the archipelago was ceded to Britain. My a api a six foot crack has opened on one Side of the Wall on which i a Vinci s famous masterpiece the i ast supper is painted Art officials said monday. The fissure half an Inch. De. Is on the Nghil Side of the painting just inches from inc figure of the apostle John. Officials who declined to be identified would not say How much of the crack is in the painting itself. I he crack is Only the latest of Many prob lems thai have troubled the work of Art since in was painted in i49f in inc refectory ill inc Santa Maria Delle Graie Church in this major business Center. Several years ipod Art experts discovered that a kind of Mold was eating away Al the colors of the Fresco. The crack was probably caused by vibrations from heavy downtown traffic in the area where the Church is located or by a sinking of the ground underneath officials said. These problems have also affected other City monuments such As Milan s famous gothic Cathedral. A Vinci s painting 29 feel Long and 15 feel High is considered one of the greatest frescoes Ever painted because of its masterful use of Light and perspective. The Fresco shows Jesus surrounded a apostles at the last supper. The tuscan John Paul drops hint of plan to visit Spain Vatican City a Pope John Paul ii hinted Hal he will visit Spain some Lime in inc future. At the weekly Blessing in St. Peter s Square. Spanish Seminary students from is Guen a held up a Large sign in saying Span ish John Paul ii. We await the Pope saw the placard and said in Spanish. We will Arlist painted in for in Moro the Duke of Milan and a member of inc Power Ful Sforza family. The painting has previously survived t Napoleonic invasion when the Chapel was used As a stable. And a 1943 bombing which badly damaged the Church but not the Fresco. Greek Bishop gives nudists one Day to dress Athens. Greece a a conserva live greek orthodox Bishop has ordered German nudists sunning themselves in Southern Greece to put on their clothes or get out of his District. The ultimatum followed a Large anti nudist demonstration sunday by about 1,000 protesters from local villages and islands including Many clergymen press reports said. Police blocked inc demonstrators from entering a local hotel and clashing with nudists there. Bishop Lero Cheou. The metropolitan of i Lydra. Gave the germans one Day to make themselves decent or leave his Sec near a Rindoni on the coast of the Peninsula. The people of h Ermioni do not guarantee your he warned. The Salandi Beach hotel handles mainly package Deal holidays and its advertising apparently pm phase is that nudity is per milled. But local people have made repeated protests since the Start of the tourist season in March. Greece docs nol generally permit nude swimming and sunbathing but there Are a few areas that tolerate in. Many foreign Lou Risis have been arrested in the past on charges of indecent exposure. Kasl German workmen raise a Irit from a crushed camping trailer Al the Allen Mercer Sec Tacsion Sile near i Schach aftermath of a storm located near the Border with West cer Roan. Six campers died Al the Sale when revs uprooted b Ilo Lenl thunderstorms. Crashed on their tents and trailers As they slept. The storm killed three others elsewhere in East Germany. A
