European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d truckers agree on pact d pistons snap celtics Streak d pan attendants reach tentative pages 21 28 the authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 348 april 1985 and sunday 0 8693 a Duarte party claims Salvador win san Salvador up president Jose Napoleon Duarte Christian democrats monday claimed an overwhelming in National legislative elections that had threatened to derail Duarte Liberal Reform More than 14 hours after polls closed throughout the the party said its own count showed it won a majority in 12 of the nations 14 where voters cast ballots for a new 60member Assembly and 262 no official results were but an exit poll conducted by the Spanish International network agreed with the Christian Democrat giving the moderate party an estimated 33 Assembly seats against 25 for a coalition Between the Ultra right nationalist Republican Alliance and the National conciliation no exact figures were available for the mayoral elections in some 25 Munci parities were postponed because of virtual guerrilla control in the Ovidio Hernandez of the Christian Democrat party said results gathered by party poll watchers throughout the country so far showed votes for the Christian democrats against for the Coli none of the other eight parties Fielding candidates revealed their one civilian was killed sunday and there were several clashes Between soldiers and the killing was the Only serious Inci Dent despite a guerrilla warning that they would uphold pledges to disrupt the in White House spokesman Larry Speakes said the Reagan administration would have no formal comment until the results were but we certainly do commend the people of Al Sal Vador for holding their fourth free election in the last three government has its share of april coolers London a if youve been on a diet and Are feeling try a bigger Necktie and youll stay the department of Energy in Britain even government departments join the tomfoolery of april the foreign office said foreign Secretary sir Geoffrey Howes first appointment of the Day was to at tend a fish hanging ceremony at Billingsgate Market a place which no longer and what is a fish hanging ceremony so the department of Energy five Page statement on the Thermal tie fooled no though it was hard going with All the the statement noted that Low fat diets May inhibit the growth of sub cutaneous fatty tissue in the male Thorax with consequential loss of body preliminary research suggests that the heat retentive properties of see fools on Page 28 a photo president Jose Napoleon Duarte casts his ballot in san his party has claimed Victory in 12 of the nations 14 improvement in East West relations depends on soviets Reagan says Washington up president Reagan pledged monday to do his utmost to negotiate an arms control agreement with but indicated that the Burden for True improvement in East West relations rests on the soviet cooperation and understanding and arms agreements Are built on not Rea Gan complying with agreements violating them respecting human rights Afghanistan in written responses to questions submitted by an italian Reagan accused the soviet Union of a spotty record of compliance with past arms agreements and said any such pact must be built on cooperation and he stressed the importance of building effective verification provisions into any arms reduction agreement that May emerge from the talks now under Way in and said the United states must be firm if our Mutual Security is to be like free people i want these negotiations to produce agreements leading to deep reductions in nuclear arms and will do my utmost to make this Hap Reagan i just Hope the soviet leadership is prepared to make the same if the soviet Union is willing to meet us if they Are willing to match our flexibility and then there is every reason to expect agreements Lead ing to deep reductions in nuclear he confirms it will Boycott Elbe rites Washington up the United states will Boycott the 40th anniversary Observance of the world War ii linking of soviet and troops on Germany Elbe River because of the killing of a army officer by a russian the state department confirmed Mon Day that the United states wont Send an official military group to the we dont consider it appropriate under the spokesman Bernard Kalb in a reference to the shooting last week of army Arthur Nicholson by a soviet sentry in East Robert Swan one of the veterans who is organizing the Elbe said the group had at a Mili tary color guard to attend the april 25 cer about 200 veterans Are expected to take part inthe Kalb said the United states is seeking an Early meeting with soviet military officials in Germany to discuss procedures for the military Liaison missions in East and West the he is to avoid a repetition of the Low level military officers Are to meet on april he to discuss preparations for a meeting by High ranking military offi the talks were agreed to saturday in a meeting Between Secretary of state George Shultz and Anatoly soviet ambassador to