European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes june tourism in Greece suffers in Wake of Twa hijacking Athens a hotels and tour and cruise opera tors say americans Are Rushing to cancel their summer vacations in Greece following the hijacking of a Twa Jet from Athens and president reagans travel advisory about the Athens More than americans have cancelled bookings for cruises in the greek islands during the past two according to unofficial two of Athens leading hotels reported thursday More than cancellation by the travel advisory was issued after two shiite moslem got through Airport Security in Athens armed with grenades and hijacked a Twa Boeing 727 that was bound for Rome with 153 on most of the passengers and Crew members have been but one american was killed and 40 other people arc being held As hostages in Nikos Greece chief tourism urged americans to ignore reagans warning about the threat of terrorist attacks in the greek we Appeal to americans not to sacrifice a vacation they planned on the altar of political expediency and ruin their enjoyment of a affordable said the Secretary general of the National tourist americans account for less than 10 percent of Greece but they Are prize they stay in luxury sail the Aegean sea in yachts and cruise and spend the National tourist organization said More than americans had been expected to visit Greece this up from last tourism is Greece biggest foreign Exchange expected to bring in More than billion this things look weve had 600 cancellations and other lines say their Tel exes Are Busy All the time with people pulling said Constantino Veloudakis of Cav Eunides a leading cruise in Athens port of where luxury yachts Are chartered to wealthy americans at upwards of a Charters reported More than 50 Apostolus president of the Athens hotel Asso said two luxury hotels had each reported cancellations by Large american tour making up room nights in i think the incentive organized by companies As a Bonus for their will suffer most one person feels responsible for a whole groups Dox aides told the associated a spokeswoman for a summer cultural program said a California High school group had cancelled its visit to Greece and several others Are considering pulling there have been no reports so far of europeans cancel ing trips to its an american that May partly be because european tourists often come in at greek airports other than and partly because no european government has reacted the Way Reagan said a hotel publicity executive who asked not to be Athens Airport commander George Papadimitropoulos insisted thursday that greek Security controls match any in Western were up to International and our equip ment is up to Date and comparable to that used at other West european he told a group of foreign re porters at the he said he believes the weapons were aboard the plane when it arrived in Athens from the Twa a feeder service for a flight from Rome to the United originated in Cairo and made an hour Long Stopover in Papadimitropoulos said a new Fence around the airports 11mile perimeter will go up by the end of the but no other Security improvements Are but our 500 Security staff Are working very a tourist country like Greece cant afford he Quebec Premier Wiff sep Down his party will choose a successor Quebec a Premier Rene who led French speaking Quebec to the Brink of Independence from announced thursday that he is quitting As head of the provincial submitted his resignation As president of the parti the party he founded in in a letter that begins the process of he will remain the head of the government of the prov Ince for three months while the party chooses a new Lead probably Justice minister Pierremarc Johnson or external Trade minister Bernard whoever wins will be required to Call an election by next against the liberals led by former Premier Robert who is far ahead in Public opinion polls and is committed to keeping Quebec part of Levesque led the Independence movement to its greatest Triumph in when the parti quebecois upset the governing liberals to take in May the people of Quebec voted by a 32 margin in a referendum against authorizing Levesques government to negotiate the departure of whose lined face shows the Strain of nine years in had been rumoured for several earlier this year he led the party to a decision to drop the demand for Independence from its a controversial decision that caused a revolt among in his letter of Levesque wrote you undoubtedly As did Nany that sooner or later i would resign As president of the having carefully considered my Best i submit the which is my the latest of Many blows to his leadership came earlier this month in special elections in four All parti quebecois strongholds whose representatives resigned their seats to protest Levesques decision to drop ind Epen Levesques candidates were trounced by voters in All four maybe they want yours truly to go somewhere else and someone else to take Levesque told reporters a few Days the special elections left the parti quebecois with 61 seats in the National to 53 liberals and seven the slender majority made governing and pub Lic opinion polls suggested that the parti quebecois could lose All its seats in an world today fear of aids leads to controls on acupuncture Australia a the new South Wales state government has announced that it will crack Down on tattooing and acupuncture for fear they could transmit acting health minister Kevin Stewart said new regulations were drafted under the Public health act in an at tempt to Lessen the Chance of transmission of aids acquired immune deficiency syndrome through skin piercing the new regulations would make it an offence for any other than a medical practitioner or a to carry out processes involving skin penetration unless their premises Are registered and proper sterilizing equipment is used on Stewart said premises must be registered by the appropriate local government style open phone Booths replacing red boxes in London London a the first of the american style open Booths to replace Britain distinctive red Telephone boxes has gone on display in downtown British telecoms is spending 160 million pounds million to replace the which Are often vandalized and Cost 50 million pounds million a year to the first six of the new Booths were officially opened by disc jockey Jimmy savile in Leicester Square in the heart of London West end entertainment the new made of stainless steel and reinforced Glass to deter were styled after Type phone but were designed and manufactured in the red Telephone boxes were introduced in they were designed by sir Giles one of Britain greatest 20thcentury some red including those in London parliament will be retained As tourist strike organizers say 4 million stayed off the Job in Spain Madrid a organizers of a nationwide general strike said 4 million workers stayed off the Job to protest changes in the government run pension a government said no More than a million joined the the communist oriented workers commissions and other leftist labor unions called the general strike after socialist prime minister Felipe Gonzalez decided to revise the government funded pension Gonzalez denies that the changes will reduce violent incidents and arrests were reported at municipal garages in Bilbao and where pickets stoned buses and slashed government spokesman Miguel Angel Molinero said Public transportation had apparently been the strikers main target in an attempt to keep people from going to 5 european countries delay decision on project London a five Western european nations attempting to launch an ambitious project for joint construction of 80p fighter aircraft have failed to reach a final godhead British defense minister Michael Heseltine said he and is colleagues from West Italy and Spain called for a further report on technical problems and said it would be considered in Heseltine told a news conference after the today meeting that the ministers had succeeded in narrowing a photo led Independence movement for the twin engine he we narrowed the but there Are still Heseltine said the five nations must reach a decision in july on the project estimated to Cost China adopts Law permitting individuals to lease grasslands China has adopted a Law that will allow individuals to lease stat owned Grassland for private herding and newspapers have report the approved by the National Peoples Congress standing will affect 815 million acres of about 40 percent of chivas land mass and nearly four times the area of Are owned by the but 2ssrt Whf w u8e fixed areas on Long the Jinguji Ribao said in an