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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes May Jackson unable to deliver apartheid petition by de Reavis staff writer Bonn the Jesse Jackson was thwarted in an attempt thursday to present the South african Ambas Sador to Germany with a petition calling for the end of a police spokesman about 100 people followed Jackson up to the police cordon protecting the where he and Green party member Petra accompanied by the were allowed to approach the Jackson and Kelly rang the embassy Bell and were informed that no More petitions would be accepted they were told to Send their petition by before approaching the Jackson and Mem Bers of the German anti apartheid movement Knelt in prayer at a Vigil Cross they and Sang the anti segregation Anthem we shall no one was the spokesman Jackson was told earlier in the Day that the ambassador would neither receive him nor accept the on an embassy staff member accepted a petition from Bill the head of the Black Council of and said that it would be the last petition the embassy would representatives of the German protestant Church and the Green party plan to attempt to give the petition to the ambassador Friday and again if the petition protests the upcoming trial of 19 Mem Bers of the anti apartheid United democratic front on charges of High treason in South after the attempt to deliver the Jackson met with ambassador Arthur no statement was issued after their before the demonstration in front of the South Afri can Jackson met with Willy a former Chancellor of Germany and a prominent member of the opposition social democratic Jackson and Brandt issued a statement deploring racism in South at a morning news Jackson said he expected european churches and synagogues to increase pressure against their own governments to Cut off com Mercial dealings with South Africa to Force an end to apartheid Rule he said the South african government could not exist without support from the democratic nations of the those nations give them markets and cred Jackson said As he called for implementation of a policy of no investments or arms sales without enfranchisement of the inhabitants of South Jackson also said because South Africa possesses a nuclear racism there is a threat to world who visited the concentration Camps at Natz Weiler Struthoff in France and Ploetze see in Berlin with members of the jewish and Christian called the Camps evidence of where unbridled racism leads when taken to an in a reference to the recent visit to a Pitburg military cemetery by president Reagan and German Chancellor Helmut Jackson it is not a time to Lay wreaths in but to declare human rights in to Jackson is the guest of the German anti apartheid founded by the German protestant German firm wins air Force travel contract by Charlie Bowden staff writer Ramstein Germany another relatively unknown German travel firm has jumped into the military travel mar this time beating out the army Choice Barbarossa for the much smaller air Force air Force officials announced late tuesday that Sun Tours of Mannheim had won the contract to open offices at 10 Safe bases in Germany and one in Sun Tours owner Herbert speaking through an said when asked about the were very Basinger has been in the travel business 18 he and has been conducting travel business through itt and recreation centers for about 15 he has two one in Mannheim and another in Basinger has 60 Days to set up opera air Force officials the offices will be located at Ramstein including to bit Rhein and we Bruecken air Tempelhof Central Airport and Lindsey As in Germany and at Camp new Amsterdam in the Agency was selected in competitive air Force officials said Blasing ers offer Best satisfied safes require ments for service to the plans for business operations with local welfare and recreation offices and the amount to be paid to local Central base Sun will pay percent of its Gross sales to the base for support of local recreation Safe contracting officials the contract Calls for airline and rail ticket individual travel hotel cruise ship ferry tickets and River also included Are Marine and travel insurance and Reagan from Page 1 Plause forced Reagan to Stop eight about 40 members of he communist party walked out soon after he entered the Cham i am sorry some of the chairs on the left seem to be Reagan he was applauded when he later it is this Trust in the individual the right to to to and to vote and even to walk out that is the meaning of denial from Page 1 discussions about those things because of the business of the til be getting into that when we go two weeks Congress refused to sup ply million to the rebels As the administration had last upon be ginning his european Reagan imposed a total Trade embargo on Nicara triggering a wave of protests in the european capitals he has while Reagan spoke to the european parliament on about 30 leftist members began jeering when he defended his policy in Central later they walked out in the communist deputies in the 250seat parliament said their walkout was in pro test against reagans visit to a German Mil itary cemetery in where 49 members of the nazi Waffen is Are intervention in Nicaragua with the recent imposition of Trade sanctions and military presence in Portu As he was greeted by prime minister Mario Soares at Sao Bento report ers asked Reagan about his reaction to so Viet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev calling him the Forward Edge of the War menace to Reagan smiled and who he to talk asked what he thought of Reagan what i usually think of Reagan and Soares met for 90 minutes and then strolled through the Palace Gar Dens to the neighbouring a for Mer Benedictine where the president addressed the 250member during his Reagan put in a plug for his Star wars saying the United states is moving Forward with technological research that we Hope some Day will Lessen the Chance of War by reducing dependence on a strategy based on the threat of nuclear keeping to this peace Reagan added that negotiations now under Way in could Lead to verifiable agreements and the first real reduction in nuclear reagans Lisbon visit came on the heels of his wednesday address to the european parliament in in which he praised Europe rising from the ashes of War but also lashed out at the soviets for staging a military administration officials thursday described the speech As this is the definitive Reagan statement on East West relations As it is moderate and a senior administration official after president and reagans Arri Val in Lisbon they visited the Tomb of Luis Vaz de the National poet of with the help of two sol Reagan Laid a Wreath at the base of the about 20 portuguese mounted police greeted the president As he emerged from the jeronimos monastery where the Tomb he was escorted to the Belem Palace the official residence of president an Dos Santos Ramalho eanes by a mounted procession to hold talks with portuguese Reagan was taken to the Quilez the official guest House for state where he was met by about 100 one protest sign read Star up in contrast to his earlier visits to West Germany and the european parliament in Reagan faced far fewer demonstrations and criticisms of his policies in in there is far less opposition in Portugal than in Spain to military presence in the about american military person Nel and family members Are stationed at Lajes a in the azores Wheeler to be Industrial College commandant Stuttgart Albin commander of 2nd port has been selected As the next commandant of the Industrial College of the armed forces in a command spokesman Wheeler has commanded the 2nd sup port come since december hell be replaced by John the commands both Wheeler and Dreska will be moved during the july 3 change of com Mand the spokesman before becoming the 2nd support comes Dreska was the com Mander of the new Cumberland army Wheeler commanded Safe Europe before taking Over at the 2nd support pet and vehicle Tours and travel which Are my operated will continue to offer bus Tours and concert ticket in cooperation with Sun Safe officials Barbarossa owner Wolfgang contacted late said he was not aware of a final air Force decision air though he had heard Scherer said his firm bid 3 percent of Gross the same As it bid for the army Barbarossa earlier beat out american express and three other bidders for the army travel concessionaire and american express did not bid on the air Force american express officials said they will close Down their operations entirely at the air Force locations on May leaving the bases temporarily without a commercial travel the Safe contracting office invited 40 agencies to bid on the a com Mand spokesman said four of the bidding agencies were included in the final evaluation temperatures May 8 l h 41 57 78 Little Rock 51 83 70 los Angeles 29 46 77 Louisville 58 65 78 Memphis 51 70 Atlantic 79 Miami Beach 46 75 82 Paul 50 82 72 Nashville 62 72 84 new Orleans 40 70 66 new York 46 57 73 Norfolk 35 54 77 Oklahoma City 27 48 82 Omaha 63 72 88 Orlando 45 57 67 Philadelphia 49 73 97 Phoenix 47 75 67 Pittsburgh 45 58 51 Maine 67 82 61 51 81 58 Providence 47 84 Des 69 Raleigh 44 60 68 Reno 38 53 78 Louis 38 53 89 Petersburg 50 89 82 Salt Lake City 46 59 68 san Diego 70 83 68 san Francisco 72 81 55 Seattle 44 76 52 Syracuse 65 88 96 Tucson 53 78 Kansas 76 Washington 64 92 Las 77 Wichita european weather forecast for Friday mostly Cloudy with morning scattered ral showers and isolated High temperatures from Low 50s in South to mid 60s in lows from Low 40s to Low Sunset Friday Sunrise saturday Outlook for saturday mostly Cloudy with morning scattered rain showers and isolated slightly cooler temperatures recorded thursday 4am 4pm p 68 75 p 54 61 f 63 75 cd 46 55 r 50 55 to 48 50 r 46 52 of far partly Cloudy cd Clouds Iraln provided by Del 7th weather tra Bentzar p p p r cd p 4pm 43 63 52 57 38 63 45 48 52 60 is 59 50 64  
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