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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, February 25, 1981

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes february siege Spanish coup fails continued from Page 1 he wanted to surrender formally in the nearby town of Al Pardo where Franco lived in Milans Del one of nine regional was ordered to Madrid tuesday night and despite protestations of the wearing his Captain generals went on television during the night to announce that he had ordered All commanders to defend the democratic Constitution that spaniards overwhelmingly approved in a december 1978 referee the attack interrupted voting to elect Leopoldo Calvo Sotolo to succeed Adolfo who resigned As prime minister the balloting was rescheduled for the caretaker Cabinet went straight from parliament to meet at Sua res politicians said the ordeal had strength ened democracy and the position of the nervous deputies Rushing for telephones after their liberation said they had been confined to their leather benches All leaving Only to go to the toilet under heavy they said they heard about the failure of the rebellion in Valencia Over a hidden deputies said who had spent time in jail for a previous coup offered sugared water and a breakfast they in this is a for Mer Franco minister Manuel Fraga Iri Barne shouted in Teseros face in the most tense moment of the guards yanked him roughly into a Side Tejero allowed 15 women deputies to leave shortly before the communist Leader Santiago held in a separate room with other party said he recited poems to himself throughout the night and i was ready for the abortive coup climaxed a period of growing righting backlash against the governments policy of granting autonomy to its failure to come to grips with separatist terrorism in the Basque the general mood of political disarray and a worsening economic eight senior police officials resigned this month and hundreds demanded transfers after the government ordered an investigation into allegations a Basque Jose Ignacio had been tortured to death in police it was Spain tenses moment since Francos thousands of anxious peo ple crowded against barriers outside the parliament to follow events on portable e As the chastened rebels left the build the people laughed and cheered with and shouted Long live Long live pole Grants right to intervene from press dispatches Moscow polish Leader Stanislaw Kania tuesday recognized the right of other socialist countries to intervene in his country affairs but said the communist party is Strong enough to hold on to Poland will remain a socialist Loyal to the allies of the soviet he told cheering delegates to the 26th con Gress of the soviet communist and cuban Leader Fidel greeted with wild applause by soviet communist declared that it is senseless to accuse Cuba of exporting offi Cial soviet sources the Campaign aimed at preventing the Export of arms from Cuba and the Export of revolution from Cuba is Cas Tro told the thre Are no ships with arms of they Are he in re Marks reported by official soviet sources from the conference officials in Washington have claimed in the past week that the soviet bloc has been shipping arms to rebels in Al Salvador through no warhead in his speech Castro accused imperialists of threatening intervention against patriotic forces in Al Salvador and while arming the two countries truly genocidal govern he said imperialists Are blaming International conspiracies for the revolutionary the polish Leader said Poland Fate is intimately linked with the rest of the Eastern bloc and its defense is the task not Only of every state but also of every socialist this amounted to an endorsement of the so called Brezhnev under which the soviet Union reserves the right to use Force to maintain communist but Kania said his regime is trying to solve its economic problems and bring the new unions into line with government poli Poland fully understands its responsibility for leading the country away from this he Western journalists Are barred from the Kanias speech was not Broad cast to journalists or on Al though he was shown briefly at the podium on a news program and no Complete text was immediately made Howe socialist journalists allowed to listen to the speech paraphrased his the speech was a mixture of criticism of anti socialist elements in Poland the same forces often criticized by the soviet Union and criticism of the polish communist party for its violation of socialist were determined to do everything necessary to put an end to these dangerous he assure and All our friends Kama reportedly that we have the willpower and the strength to prevent counterrevolution in Pope chides world leaders Tokyo a Pope John Paul ii told diplomats tuesday that a Lack of political determination is the main obstacle to eliminating suffering in the and at an emotional rally kissed and hugged Handi capped Young urging japanese youth to care for the poor and disa Dvan on the second Day of his fou Day visit to the first time a Pope has come to this mainly Buddhist and shintoism the pontiff celebrated a solemn outdoor Pershing missile explodes aboard Fruck continued from Page i anxiety about the fire because German authorities Learned quickly that there was no warhead on the Sidney commander of 56th Field gave a press conference Here around thanking the local people for their levelheaded Ness during the Sipple he said there was no danger of co Tami the base is responsible for Pershing 1 nuclear missiles stationed in the area and was named in the West German Magazine Stern last week As a site for the new per Shing 2 nuclear missiles due in Europe for Pershing 1 rockets under the command of the 56th and other units Are capable of carrying nuclear warheads from their to bile bases in West Germany to East Ger Many and other soviet bloc Stern their launching Sites reportedly Are frequently shifted in order to prevent a Poten Gas and diesel prices Are being reduced by cafes continued front Page i cafes gasoline prices have been going up and Down for they last jumped and at that time an cafes spokes Man said the Exchange was experiencing significant Cost increases that even the strengthened Dollar could not the jump followed a drop on 1 brought on by the dollars cafes also Cut Gas prices on Here is a sampling of the new prices Germany a gallon of Premium will de crease from to regular will come Down from to diesel decreases from to in the Netherlands a gallon of Premium will be reduced from to Reg ular will decrease from to diesel comes Down from to cafes Europe did not provide any per gallon prices for countries other than West Germany and the tial enemy from getting a fix on their the army has plans to upgrade the per Shing increasing their Range and weight into Pershing which would be Able to hit targets in the soviet the Magazine the Stern article purported to give de tails of nuclear installations in West including a map of Sites where nuclear weapons Are stored or the West German government last week announced it was launching an investigation to determine if Stern violated Laws prohibiting publication of official secrets with the entitled the hidden atomic shortly after the article an influential environmental Protection group called for demonstrations against nuclear installations and urged opponents of nuclear Power plants to focus their Atten Tion on american nuclear weapons As so no such demonstrations have been and there was no indication of sabotage in the explosion East Germany official news Agency adn reported the explosion Point ing out that Schwa Ebisch Gemuend was indicated by Stern As a nuclear weapons the Pershing missile is a surface Osur face tactical ballistic missile that is about three feet in diameter and More than 30 feet it weighs just Over 5 where he warned that the world was head ing for fallout nuclear he exchanged cordial greetings with emperor Hirohito and prime minister Zenko he urged no Catholic Christian leaders to help less advantaged asian and praised Buddhist and shinto leaders for the Virtues of kindness and Dis gentleness and before ending the Busy Day with his talk to the Tokyo diplomatic the Pope attended a youth and Pope convention at the Tokyo martial arts talking to and answering questions from japanese Young i have set foot on the land that has known the special horror of destruction Dur ing the last the Pope said at the mass in Kora Kuen baseball speaking in Clear japanese As a Light rain the name of the japanese City of Hiro Shima has become a Symbol of the threats toward which the whole of humanity is if it does not succeed in overcoming the terrible temptation to dominate others by Means of fallout nuclear he he walked among a group of Handi capped Many in kissing and hugging giving his Blessing and speaking with Central Europe Law will be Cloudy with too and isolated Snow showers in Northern else m2lv 5toudv to Eloudi Ullh dense morning fog and afternoon and slight mtahi5v8e durln8 highs 3440 lows Sunset wednesday 600 on 1 m Outlook thurs of exp Sci mi8 in Moraln Fos and temperatures recorded tuesday 4am 4pm m cos m cd 52 54 32 48 54 ii s 27 30 28 34 mostly Frankfurt o m Madrid p m Roma r cd Lam Tom my 30 38 34 54 21 34 m 38 10 Al 34 36 Iraln cd Clouds d Del 7th weather  
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