European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside n Becker faces challenges As surgeon 3 q42 years Eugis buddies come 5 n Vaught says women gain 9 the authorized unofficial publication Pom the armed forces 319 March 1985 Ond sunday d 8693 a miners vote to end strike London up Britain striking Des Perate Over a steady return to work by Union sunday voted by a narrow margin to abandon the year Long walkout without agreement ending what has been declared the country longest major militant National Union of mineworkers president a thur Scargill that the dispute will continue until the Aims Are completely fulfilled and there is an amnesty for those that have been some 700 miners were mostly for picket line during the National Coal Board spokesman Michael Eaton told a press conference that there would be no amnesty for crimes of violence and serious damage against the Coal we dont Welcome the president of the num saying that the Battle he Scargill said an emergency Delegate conference voted by the tightest majority to go Back to work without an agreement with the state run National Coal the strike began March Over Coal Board plans to shut 20 uneconomical mines and Lay off no agreement was reached Over the closure of the pits or the Fate of the television and press reports said the delegates voted 98 91 in favor of an unconditional return after a three hour the emergency conference was prompted by a steady Drift Back to work by striking despairing after a no negotiated settlement was in nearly miners abandoned the strike last week and the Coal Board said More than 50 percent of the country miners Are now appearing grim and praised the tremendous achievement of the strikers and blamed the rest of the labor Union movement for Lack of the Trade Union with a few notable has left this Union he Scargill was greeted with shouts of no and you have sold us out when he announced the decision to a group of miners who waited outside the trades Union see miners on Page 28 a with a sign in London demanding the strike lost his plea when workers voted to a photo Border closed at 9 Points in Wake of threats Houston up nine crossing Points on the United state Mexico Border were closed at Sundown saturday because of threats against customs service a customs spokesman related Page Border stations that remain open will receive addition Al officers and extra weapons to guard against the possibility of said Charles a spokesman for the customs service office in the which will continue come less than a week after inspectors eased intensive Border searches designed to uncover evidence in the kidnapping of a drug enforcement administration agent in Guada officials View the threats As credible and leading to the decision to increase Security at Border Points and close stations that Are difficult to Conroy a customs service spokesman in Washington declined to elaborate on exactly what the threats All the Texas Points being closed Are relatively Small stations near other crossing Points Between the two he the reason they were selected for closing is that they dont lend themselves readily to Security because there so Conroy i dont think any of see Border on Page 28 overdose epidemic sweeps capital Washington up a lethal Supply of heroin killed six including a woman who died with the Needle still in her in an overnight overdose epidemic that swept the nations coroners said at least 20 overdoses were reported in the District of co Lumbia Between Friday and the following and six of the victims it was the worst string of drug abuse deaths in the City since police four of the five deaths actually occurred during a one hour Span of time Friday assistant police chief Isaac Fulwood a fifth person died of a drug overdose in neighbouring District police four overdose victims in the District were hospitalized in critical and police sources said one of a was brain dead and was not expected to initial toxicology tests have indicated the drug in question to be Fulwood told a news conference additional testing must be conducted in an attempt to determine if the heroin was too Strong or possibly contained a contaminated or toxic he police sur acted that the lethal drug came from a single but Fulwood no conclusive determination see epidemic on Page 28 gets Reagan refund los Angeles up a lifelong Republic now aged and sometimes got a Check and a Little advice from president Reagan after donating his entire life savings of to Republican please ignore any More fundraising Reagan said in a letter to the 84yearold retired contractor who simply  say no to the party pleas for in proud to have your approval and but you have done More than your Reagan said saturday in his letter to Gerald republicans and assorted conservative groups began bombarding coif with pleas for Money Early last and he started sending them which apparently placed him on More computerized mailing before the checks began 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