European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes May Gorbachev tackles soviets7 struggle with drunkenness7 world today a photo a shopper in Moscow carries two bottles of Moscow up the government announced thursday that it will produce less raise the drink ing age and impose stiff fines on in a major crack Down on and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev took the Campaign to the the measures announced thursday by the official soviet news attempt to get to the heart of the problem widely believed to be boredom and Lack of incentive by calling for improved cultural and recreational facilities the measures were announced As who assumed Power in March with a pledge to crack Down on took his Campaign to the streets of where he laughed and joked with passersby and pledged to improve the Economy and living Gorbachev called on soviets to join efforts in our com Mon struggle with he said the full text of the new measures put Forth by the Central committee of the communist party would be published in soviet newspapers although thursdays announcement did not refer directly to the National it appears that its production will be reduced in beginning next it has been deemed necessary to Start reducing every year from 1986 the output of Strong alcoholic while increasing the output of soft Tass Tass also said the government will Stop completely the production of alcoholic beverages based on fruit and Berry juices by an indication that the production of Strong wines will be the Resolution said considerable fines will be levied against people who drink alcoholic beverages in the at stadiums and in Parks or appear in Public in the Resolution did not say what the fines will be or when they will be drunk Drivers will be fined 100 rubles or will lose their License for one to three it in an attempt to curb the increasing numbers of youth Ful the measures raise the drinking age from 18 to 21 and Tass said particularly Tough measures will be taken against including who give alcohol to youths or persuade minors to the measures also include a crackdown on Home brew and limit the hours of liquor the extent to which alcoholism affects the country is indicated by official statistics that attribute to alcohol two out of three 60 percent of divorces and 80 per cent of work productivity Falls by 20 to 30 percent on mondays and after Tass said in its announcement until the abuse of alcohol has so often not been regarded As Immo antisocial so that the Force of the Law and the Force of Public opinion have not been applied to drunk Ards in full the measures also include efforts to treat As a disease the alcohol abuse problem affecting 20 million with outpatient clinics that would provide Anonymous care for chronic alcoholics and those considered potential Abus captures 50 Ulster town Council seats Ira Allied party wins mandate Belfast a the iras political sinn has captured More than so of 566 seats on town councils in Northern giving it a new role in local according to incomplete election returns Danny sinn Feins 2 noted that the election result was a popular mandate for the Legal Politi Cal which supports the outlawed Irish re publican army nearly 16year guerrilla War to end Brit ish Rule in the stricken British analysts said sinn fein could play a spoilers role in town the guardian newspapers report said sinn fein now has the Opportunity to pursue its aim of destabilizing the government and administration of Northern As the official unionist the Mains Tream majority protestant was emerging with the greatest share of votes in wednesdays but Hartline parties on both sides of the sectarian Divide scored port ending bitter clashes in the provinces 26 Council with 93 percent of the vote the official unionists had 179 or 34 percent of the vote the democratic unionist a militant protestant 135 or percent the social democratic and labor a moderate Catholic 91 or percent sinn 51 or percent and the nonsectarian Alliance 30 or Small parties had 40 or Ulster televisions computer projections gave sinn fein a final 55 seats to the moderate a Dps 99 Danny sinn Feins publicity said the election results have gone past our stated the organization had said it hoped to win 30 to 35 Council but opposition parties claimed it had deliberately pitched its expectations Low to maximize in Irish foreign minister Peter Barry said it had always been Clear sinn fein would take about 50 what they said and what they believed were two Dif Ferent i did not believe for a moment they thought they were going to get Only 35 any objective observer would have estimated he Barry made it Clear that the Irish government wanted to see the Selp gain support from sinn fein because of Dublin efforts to set up structures to bring about Stabil Ity in Northern in an interview with Britain team Morri son said we can represent the aspirations of our we will confront loyalist pro British and we will also Lay Bare the British lie which states that Resis Tance and struggle in Ireland has no popular mandate it has German tourism office expects 20 jump in american visitors Frankfurt a the number of american tourists in West Germany is expected to jump by 20 percent to million this Guenther chairman of Germany Central tourist said about million american tourists flocked Here in mainly to the Rhineland and Pazier said negative headlines in Media on reagans visit to the Pitburg military cemetery have not caused any immediate drop in the number of americans visiting reagans Wreath laying trip to the Pitburg cemetery earlier this month was heavily criticized because the cemetery contains Graves of 49 Waffen is the com Bat Arm of Adolf hitlers notorious elite guard Pazier said the Strong Dollar has been a major Factor in the Rise in the number of american tourists travelling to Germany this Britain protests saudi sentence of hogging for Hom Brewer London up the British foreign office said Friday it had protested to saudi Arabia the flogging of a British Engineer who is jailed there for brewing Beer and wine at his John of West of received 50 lashes thursday and will be struck 200 More blows before his sentence is a foreign office spokesman we received confirmation from a foreign office official in Riyadh that the saudis had Given Kelly his first 50 and we Are just As we always do when we feel a briton is being unfairly treated the spokesman the foreign office has protested the severity of the sentence to the saudi government since the Case went through the saudi judicial system last he in saudi where the production and consumption of liquor is they look at drugs and alcohol offences with equal he Kelly was sentenced to years in jail for consuming and Selling Beer and his sentence began in december and he will receive 50 lashes every six months until his the spokesman Daimler Benz to take Over dornier aerospace company Germany up Blu Chip Daimler Benz shares jumped 10 Points on German securities exchanges with word that the automotive giant has won its bid to take Over West Germany family owned dornier aerospace the Mercedes car manufacturer had prematurely announced after multilateral behind Hestenes bidding and talks two weeks ago that it would acquire 68 percent of five heirs of the aerospace company Claude had agreed to be bought out for but the eldest 70yearold Claudius initially blocked the insisting on keeping a blocking minority of the renegotiated Deal struck in Munich tuesday night left Daimler Benz with Only 66 percent of Clau Dius dornier will retain 20 along with certain other while another family Silvius Dor will hold 10 the southwestern German state of where both companies Are will hold the remaining 4 observation plane crash kills 2 policemen As hundreds watch England a two police officers died Here when a revolutionary police observation air plane crashed As hundreds of shoppers watched in Hor police and bystanders police in the Southern England county of Hampshire said police Pilot Jerry and police photographer Malcolm died when their British built Edgley optical aircraft crashed and burst into flames beside a Busy Highway in the town of eyewitnesses said the plane circled Over the towns Busy shopping District and then suddenly dived feet into nearby David who burned his hand trying to Rescue the said its an act of i am con Vinced they dived into the Trees to save the the which looks like a Light bulb with has a Large Glass cockpit protruding from the Center mounted engine and shrouded it is designed to replace helicopters for slow Speed observation the plane that crashed was the first optical to be made in Normal it had just been turned Over to
