European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 it the stars and stripes february filipinos hear Pope denounce abortion Philippines up Pope John Paul in the strongest statement of his conservative View of the vowed thursday the Church will never dilute or change its condemnation of artificial birth control and the pontiff Drew the most enthusiastic crowds of his six Day Philippines tour when he flew to the Central City of where the portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magel lans arrival in 1521 heralded the first con versions of filipinos to the Church will never dilute or change her teaching on marriage and the John Paul told a throng of about who waited for hours in the tropical Sun for the pontiffs the on a hopscotch tour of the is lands before returning to Manila spent the night in Cebu and was continuing Friday to Davao on rebellion torn Minda illness keeps kids Home in Stuttgart area by Elijah Cosier staff writer Stuttgart school officials Here report that a which reduced school attendance by 10 percent and Cut some classes by apparently is moving on after an unwelcome visit of about 10 officials at three schools in the Stutt Gart area said at its the virus kept 10 percent of their pupils one health nurse said she sent an average of 20 others Home each the illness was at its Peak Between 2 and they attendance is almost Normal they school health officials said symptoms ranged from stomachaches to diarrhoea to col like a spokesman at 5th general Hospital in bad Cannstatt indicated that school officials optimism May be he said that judging from the number of people who continue to be seen on sick the virus has not he said no specific virus has been Iden the doctor said there is no reason to believe the viruses arc he said the symptoms arc not unusual for viral ill Nao Security forces broke up an antigovernment demonstration by people in Davao in his family John Paul saved his strongest words for a denunciation of Abor which the roman Catholic Church considers tantamount to abortion is not Legal in the the Only pre dominantly Catholic country in from the moment of Conception and through All subsequent All human life is the Pope whoever attempts to destroy human life in the womb of the Mother not Only violates the sacredness of a growing and devel Oping human and thus opposes but also attacks society by undermining re Spect for All human John Paul repeated the words he used on a visit to his native Poland when he said abortion was an indirect blow at the whole moral the Pope touched on one of the most sensitive conflicts Between Church and state in the Philippines when he came to birth in an Effort to curb the country soaring population of 47 the government has opened family planning centers that dispense birth control materials free of the Church is campaigning against the god desires that this tremendous Power to procreate a new human life should be willingly and lovingly accepted by the Cou ple when they freely choose to John Paul on my i owe it to my apostolic office to reaffirm As clearly and As strongly As possible what the Church of Christ teaches in this and to Reite rate vigorously her condemnation of artificial contraception and the Only form of contraception the Church approves is the so called rhythm method that relics on the timing of sexual Intercourse with a woman Fertility John showing no signs of fatigue despite a grueling schedule in 90degrce also lashed out at saying marriage was established by god be tween a Man and woman and that the Bond uniting husband and wife is by gods will the Philippines is one of two countries in the the other being where i Reagan will visit Canada Washington a president making his first foreign trip As will Fly to Canada on March 10 for a today state visit in the White House he will be the first president to visit Canada since Vorce is not the Law allows Sepa ration but the former spouses May not re marry someone the treeline streets of the coun try second largest City with about were packed 10 and 12 deep by enthusiastic Rural who Are More staunchly faithful to the Church than their freewheeling Manila although Well Over 3 million filipinos have flocked to Sec the according to conservative crowd the throngs Are not nearly As Large As those which greeted him last summer in Warsaw pact Edge grows Power disparity perils Rogers warns Washington up nato com Mander Bernard Rogers warned thursday that the growth and increasing superiority of soviet military together with Al lied reluctance to increase defense has put the Atlantic Alliance in in the general told the House armed services the growth and modernization of soviet military has resulted in an increasingly Adverse Force balance Between the Warsaw pact and in my nato has now been surpassed or soon will be in All categories of forces necessary to implement its strategy strategic theater nuclear and he in summarizing the Gist of his Rogers said it is important that nato be perceived As having the collective will to resort to the use of forces when its vital interests Are placed in Leopar in that he called on europeans to Back up their to follow through on their decision to modernize natos theater nuclear weapons and to look beyond Europe mainly to the Middle East As a Region that needs Allied but Rogers also made Clear that not everything is going Well within the soviet dominated he cited growing soviet Energy and agricultural problems As and he said the soviet Union faces increasing apprehension about the Fidelity and stability of its Warsaw pact partners a direct reference to the polish some of americas nato partners have been reluctant to look beyond the european Mainland As their theater of in the belief that areas such As the Middle East Are part of global defense respond but Rogers said that must nato now faces a new global strategic he we and our allies must understand and appreciate the linkage Between our nato strategy and the deployment of forces to Southwest they Are not in conflict in they Are mutually supporting in a Broad global Strat he stressing that nato allies must assemble their efforts and resources to protect common vital interests from direct and indirect he was critical of what he perceived As the alliances Lack of response to the threats from the Warsaw we see slippages and cancellations in nearly every Allied a including the United Rogers most nations have not met the commit ment to the symbolic 3 percent annual in crease in military he temperatures 32 Angeles Louisville Beach Paul Orleans York City me Ore Louis Petersburg Lake City Diego Francisco Juan news update Dwyer Story delayed up writer Cynthia Home for one week after nine months imprisonment in said she has delayed writing about her experiences to devote More time to her Fame the Only thing that just kept me going All the time i was Over there was the thought that someday ill be Able to write something about the free Lance writer told who appeared to be in Good has indicated she wants to write a Book about her experiences in but said she has not started any negotiations with Ive got to Start seeing my the Mother of three no reason to act Indianapolis a former Otis Bowen is not Likely to lose his License to practice Medicine although he admitted treating his late wife with drugs not approved by Federal the head of the state medical licensing Board Kwitny said there is no reason for his Agency to do anything especially since it involved a terminally ill Bowens died of a Bone marrow disease 1 after a lengthy Bowen told doctors at an Ameri can medical association meeting in Chi Cago that he had prescribed dim Ethyl or and the Active ingredient in and an unidentified drug imported from France in attempts to ease his wife Kwitny said none of Bowens actions violated any of the nine standards used by the Board in reviewing the qualifications of doctors practising in no nuclear explosion Washington up a Flash of interpreted As a nuclear explosion Over the South Atlantic in actually resulted from a Micro meteorite hitting a spy Pentagon officials the defense intelligence Agency concluded the 16 Flash was not a nuclear although it previously found that a similar burst of Brilliant Light recorded was the result of a nuclear the officials its pretty apparent this time that it was a Micro meteorite one official said of the 16 the Johannesburg Star newspaper quoted intelligence sources As say ing the Flash two months ago was a nuclear explosion in a Remote area of the South a Region where the 1979 blast allegedly rebate plan extended Detroit up chairman Lee Iacocca pledged Chrysler will compete fully in the Auto Industry s new Price War a Battle analysts viewed wednesday As a test of the company survival Iacocca told a group of economic writ ers in new York that Chrysler will extend its rebate program beyond March 1 to match temporary Price cuts ordered by general motors and Ford motor Chrysler led the Industry into rebate programs 4 and has parlayed those 7 percent sticker Price reductions into the Best sales performance among the big three automakers so far this Mitterrand leads poll Paris a an opinion poll for the first time has made socialist Candi Date Francois Mitterrand the Leader Over president Valery Giscard Destain in the French april May presidential elec but it showed that a majority of peo ple polled expected that Giscard Desta ing would and that no candidate was really liked by even on third of the poll of people by the sores organization for the rightist daily be Figaro made Mitterrand the Leader by 52 percent to 48 percent for Giscard Destain in current voting the newspaper headlined the poll warning but Only 65 percent said they had made their final Choice for the which Start with an Al candidate bal lot april 26 and finish with a Runoff Between the two expected to be Mitterrand and Giscard May