European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes May May pull out this Grenada prime minister says world today London a prime minister Herbert Augustus Blaize of Grenada said tuesday that a marxist threat still a visits in but he believes the Security situation will have improved sufficiently so that the last troops will be gone by the end of the who is Here to seek further British Aid for the Caribbean Island said Cuba remains a but not the Only he did not the United supported by some Caribbean led an invasion of Grenada in october 1983 following the assassination of marxist prime minister Maurice fearing the tiny country would become a cuban led communist Blaize said he Hopes that a june 1015 Summit in Gre Nada of the organization of Eastern Caribbean states will sign a treaty to formalize a memorandum of understand ing and set up a regional Security asked what the role of the United states would be once inc treaty was in Blaize said the United states role As we it is to ensure that the Rescue that they performed will not go to waste they have invested so much in lives and other but we want to make sure that we Are Able to look after and just like a youngster has to be grateful to his parents for bringing him up and putting him on his when he docs get on his feet he thank but in on my asked whether there is a Date for the departure of american Blaize said people who put dates usually put themselves into Strait and i dont do the americans have agreed that they will stay and help us until we have been Able to put together our own Security you can see we Are reaching the stage that before Long we will be in a position to look Ater our own so we expect by the end of this year All that should be asked if there is still a marxist threat in Blaize replied i think there is even a marxist threat right Here in London and definitely in he that grenadian Are beginning to see for themselves that the democratic Way of life is indeed the Way that they should who saw British prime minister Margaret Thatcher on called her attitude toward Grenada who was not fully consulted on the military intervention in the former British sharply critic de the action at the Blaize is Here to renew Contact with the British govern ment and will seek further Aid from Britain during his five Day official he declined to say How much Aid he Britain has Given Grenada million and is help ing to train its police Belgium Industry Given of w initiative Belgium a the belgian govern ment has decided to Clear the Way for its Industry to participate in president reagans Star wars a Pentagon spokesman said Here spokesman Michael Burch said defense Secretary Cas Par Weinberger discussed the matter briefly during a meeting with belgian defense minister Freddy Weinberger had Learned in Advance of his arrival Here sunday of Belgium decision to participate in the Star wars Burch he informed the minister during their meeting that he was Verv glad to hear the word that Belgium was favor ably inclined to accept the american offer to Burch defense minister Vreven responded that the matter would be reviewed finally within the next week or but that his government wanted to this is their government telling their Industry they can Burch assuming there Are no Belgium would become the first american ally to formally urge its business sector to begin bidding on Star War related Pentagon con Weinberger solicited such participation by foreign companies during a nato defense ministers meeting in reagans Call to develop a space based system to Knock out enemy missiles has drawn a mixed reception in eur although England and West Germany have been France and Norway have already rejected the complaining it will set off an arms race in space and prove the Star wars known formally As the strategic defense Calls for the design of lasers and other types of weapons that can be deployed in space to automatically shoot Down soviet Reagan has asked Congress to provide billion in fiscal 1987 for the research several research contracts have already been awarded by the Pentagon to american laboratories and a spokesman for the belgian defense ministry declined monday to discuss the substance of Trevens meeting with the who asked not to be said Vreven was to meet with reporters following a meeting with other european defense a senior aide travelling with who also re guested characterized Belgium decision to join the Star wars Effort on monday As not Treyve been supportive from the the official i think they View it As an Opportunity to provide some help to their Belgium Economy has been slow to recover from a 1981 it still is struggling with the highest unemployment rate of any nation in the european Community about 14 percent in Weinberger travelled Here sunday for a meeting later this week with nato defense his meeting with including a 20minute session without their aides was the Only activity scheduled Here in discussing the said Weinberger had made a Point of complimenting Vreven on his govern ments willingness to proceed with the deployment of nuclear cruise the first cruise missiles were deployed in Belgium in late leaving the Netherlands As the Only european nation not to have formally approved the nato Alliance decided in 1979 to install Ameri can cruise and Pershing ii missiles to counter the soviet Union s deployment of ss20 intermediate Range Britain out to rewrite sunday closing Laws London a the House of commons has proved a government plan to unravel a Jumble of ancient and inconsistent making it easier for stores to open on the House voted 304184 monday to approve a report ordered by prime minister Margaret thatchers conservative government that recommends the Twenty six members of thatchers party voted against the British businesses operate under a series of Laws dating Back at least 500 years that often Are it is Legal to sell adult magazines and bread on but illegal to sell powdered milk or As a most stores Are closed on Small stores which do open on sundays often ignore the Law and Are sometimes two big London stores seeking to pressure the govern ment into action opened one sunday last but threats of Legal action forced them and a third big store to abandon plans to open on the next two pre Christmas the Campaign to Reform sunday trading has been going on for the last 20 the report recommends that Al stores should be Able to open on sundays if they wish and sell what they the government is expected to introduce legislation to enact the reports recommendations later this Home Secretary Leon Brittan said the present restrictions were inconsistent with the development of a free Economy and insisted that the traditional British sunday would not be but sir Bernard a tory who broke with Thatcher on the said the proposals threatened a profound and damaging effect on family gilding the spire a photo a helicopter hovers above the Michel Tower in Ham carrying a new Golden tip for the famous landmarks some Worth of Gold Leaf was used in the German police seize million in bogus arrest 6 Wiesbaden a police have seized million in counterfeit currency and have arrested six people suspected of trying to sell the Federal criminal office the arrests and confiscation of the bogus All in were carried out by Federal and local police in the Ruhr Valley Industrial City of it a further million Worth of false currency was found in the Home of a Swiss Fra of fakes emergency measures to boost curb inflation Jerusalem up the israeli Cabinet has agreed on a new set of emergency economic measures designed to Shore up the nations Stem run away inflation and curb government the measures include the doubling of tax on foreign capping the amount of Money the government can print to finance its debts and a three month freeze on real wages for government soviet government approves increases in pension minimums Moscow a the soviet government has approved increases in minimum old age and disability pen with benefits to single mothers and families with a decree from the communist party Central commit tee and the Council of published in National said minimum pensions for Industrial and collective farm workers will be raised in for the minimum old age pension will be raised from the equivalent of to a month offic and Industrial pensions set at up to a month More than 10 years ago will be brought closer to stipends Given to currently retiring workers