European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes july 1985 world today a photo soviet party chief Mikhail Gorbachev right congratulates Andrei Gromyko left on his election As soviet foreign minister Gromyko elected soviet president Moscow a foreign minister Andrei Gromyko was elected soviet president tuesday at a session of the National a new full member of the Georgia party Boss Eduard was named to replace the 75 year old Gromyko in the Post he has held since the election of Gromyko As president is a major Depar Ture from the recent Kremlin practice of having the party Leader also hold the title of chief of party Leader Mikhail nominated Gro Myko at tuesdays parliament which capped two Days of major leadership changes including the ouster of onetime Power contender Grigory Romanov from the ruling was removed by the politburo for health reasons at his own according to the official re port of mondays session of the party Central but it was Clear that he had been was elevated from alternate to voting status on the politburo at the same Gromyko unanimous election by the deputies to the supreme soviet came following a Brief nominating speech by Gorbachev told the parliament that the party Central committee had in its meeting that Gro Myko should be nominated for the the name of Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko is Well known both in our country and elsewhere As an eminent political one of the oldest members of the who makes a great contribution to our foreign Gorbachev his great experience and knowledge is combined with principled and purposeful application to the fulfilment of our Gromyko responded by expressing sincere gratitude to the decision adopted on this proposal deeply touched he it shows great Confidence by the supreme he then went on to say the soviet Union faces great tasks in the Field of social and economic devel in my new Post ill make every Effort in order to fulfil my duties to the party and my Gromyko Rescue Mission info Al Salvador by army helicopter revealed Washington a an army ch47 helicopter lifted a disabled salvadoran helicopter out of a Battle zone in northeastern Al Salvador two weeks but the Ameri can Crew was never in administration officials said the officials said it was the first time such a recovery operation had been ordered in Al Salvador 5teyearold civil Fred a Pentagon said a Salvado ran uh1h helicopter had gone Down on june 14 during an army offensive in Morazan province and the ch47 Chinook manned by four was Dis patched from Honduras on june the Chinook was never in any lash lash said the Chinook flight did not violate administration rules barring military forces from entering areas where combat is occurring or is considered state department and embassy officials said they believed it was the first time a helicopter had undertaken such a Mission in an area where fighting had recently american planes have conducted surveillance flights Over Al Salvador and american manned helicopters have been used to ferry officials on fact finding trips in the Central american Aid to Al Salvador in millions of dollars per fiscal year 84 85 1981 budget allocation note economic Aid includes economic support development assistance and food Aid military Aid includes Grants and Loans for military equipment and training Chicago tit Burn source department of state great fanfare Marks wedding of japanese Singer Matsuda Tokyo a fans doves press helicopters whirred and millions watched on television As Seiko japans most popular walked to the altar to be the local news Media estimated that the wedding Cere Mony for the 23yearold Matsuda and 34yearold actor Masaki Kanda would Cost whose songs have led the pop charts for the past five wore a wedding dress and Kimonos valued at wedding organizers Kyodo news service said fans and 900 reporters gathered outside a Catholic Church in news Heli copters followed the limousine carrying the couple to a Tokyo where a reception for 550 people was to Asahi a private nationwide television said portions of the ceremony and the party would be aired during the a spokesman estimated the station mobilized 400 staffers to cover the after the the newlyweds released 300 the couple is not Catholic but Church weddings Are very popular in this largely Buddhist Savage height handling upsets chinese authorities peking a in where a new refrigerator can Cost 7v4 months there is an uproar Over what authorities have termed Savage freight handling by rail Way workers of shipments of refrigerators and washing the railway ministry has apologized for the promised compensation and denounced what it called the arrogant attitude of freight workers who kicked and tumbled the fragile cargo off rail this kind of thing not Only happens in it Hap pens the workers daily complained in a front Page it not Only exists in the but on ships and said the which appeared under the headline it is absolutely necessary to Hunt Down and destroy the evil wind of Savage freight 1985 wines May taste sour due to cold rain Bonn a this years wines May have a sour taste because of the Rains that have been drenching Germany the agriculture minister rain and below Normal temperatures have gripped much of the even though summer has officially experts say the grapevines Are two weeks late in Blos and the Cool weather and Lack of Sunshine is retarding their they Are predicting a 20 to 25 percent drop in grape without the natural sugar Content in the grapes will be the Consumers of 1985 German wines May find them agriculture minister Ignaz Kiechle Kiechle said he hoped that some Sunshine and a dry spell would Avert a major farming he added that an exceptionally cold Winter and Hail storms had already severely damaged vineyards along the Rhine earlier this the cold and Rainy weather has also exasperated tour leaving the Northern German beaches in water temperatures at some popular Holiday spots have dropped to the absolutely lowest for the Peri preventing vacationers from taking a families trapped in building until firemen capture dog Sicily a a stray dog which ten ants suspected was Rabid kept 18 families prisoner for authorities the dog wandered into a building in this tourist City and curled up on a Landing Between the second and third someone thought the dog was and about 100 Resi dents of the building refused to enter or leave their apart ments As Long As the animal was tenants asked both police and the Italy military for but both police agencies italian news reports from the City 24 hours after the dog took up its resting firemen came and with no difficulty captured the dog and took it to a who said the dog was healthy and let it go which is set on Hills overlooking the Meriter has Many ancient greek ruins but no