European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes july 1985 Mexico forced to impose Tough austerity measures army Roundup Mexico City up the government imposed drastic new austerity measures devaluing its controlled eliminating 65 government cutting expenditures by 10 percent and freezing the salaries of top Cabinet members detailed the Bel tightening measures that were part of a five Point program president Miguel do la Madrid announced monday in an Effort to slash government spending and meet Steep Deb service pay ments this year despite Mexico falling the government called its latest economic Effort Radi Cal actions and forms to win the War against the the actions came nearly three years after Mexico sent Shivers through the International financial Community by announcing it lacked the funds to pay its foreign the now at has since been finance minister Jesus Silva Herzog told a news con Ference that the controlled rate of the mexican peso used for government approved imports and exports devalued from 232 pesos to to 279 per at the free Market the Dollar Cost 370 after the government allowed its currency to float two weeks at the same news programming and budget minister Carlos Salinas do Gortari announced drastic cuts in the government eliminating 15 Deputy minister posts and 50 positions in stat owned firms or Prince criticizes housing policy London a in a rare rebuke of the government by a member of the Royal Prince the Queens said thursday that Well intentioned but often conflicting legislation has caused a Lack of Ade quate housing for the poor and Patron of the National federation of housing association and chairman of the groups 15month inquiry on said government policy has caused a Rise in both the number of homeless people and the number of empty i have Long Felt that the housing situation in this coun try was in need of a hard largely because Well intention cd but often conflicting legislation has created a situation no one Ever he the Prince said housing issues have a much longer perspective than the life of any one he made his remarks in a address to 200 inquiry panel members at the Start of a conference coinciding with the publication of the panels 64page a key recommendation of the report is that tax benefits for homeowners be replaced with a housing allowance to help Low income people choose whether to rent govern ment housing or make mortgage prime minister Margaret Thatcher has said she opposes any move to abolish tax Relief for in an attempt to lower the budget the govern ment froze salaries of All top officials and Cut current expenditures by an additional 10 while lowering funds for rent and building acquisition by 20 Salinas de Gortari Commerce minister Hector Hernandez announced the details of another Point in de la Madrid the elimination of import permits on replacing the procedure with tariffs As part of the administrations efforts to gradually end protectionism and promote sex with the recent decreases in Oil Mexico will earn at least billion less in expected Petroleum creating problems in obtaining the hard currency needed to pay some billion to billion in debt service for the National commission on foreign invest ment announced the authorization of several projects of at least which it said will generate new jobs and increase no Petroleum International business after months of Nego was one of those companies receiving permission to build a privately owned Plant to produce computers for the assistant finance Secretary for the National Bank ing system announced that 34 percent of the banking systems expropriated in september 1982 when the Banks were will be put up for nose for dope a photo Pip the Spaniel at sniffed out four tons of Worth an estimated on a cargo ship from the haul was kept under surveillance since but drug dealers did not move in to the pot will now be More tainted Rhine wine found Germany up the scandal of austrian and German White wine tainted with toxic Antifreeze deep ened thursday with health authorities worldwide issuing Poison warnings to As the scare the experienced authorities in the German wine capital of Mainz revealed wednesday that More Rhine wine was found in Laboratory analysis to con Tain heavy concentrations of the Antifreeze agent die thy Lene they named two More supposedly Sweet White wines faked with the toxic used to disguise the taste of poo Quality wine and allow it to be passed off As More expensive a supposed 1983 Wes Hofener Berg Kloster Beeren contained almost a lethal dose of the which can cause poisoning and four German wines and More than 250 austrian Varie ties have now been identified As tainted with the sub used instead of More easily detectable health authorities in the United states joined govern ments across Europe in warning drinkers wednesday to steer Clear of Sweet austrian Fine wine for Japan extended the warning to German Stephen director of the Bureau of Alco tobacco and said his office has been in touch with the austrian and German our information indicates that this adulteration May be More widespread than originally based on re sults of our continual he French and polish police impounded shipments of the suspect austrian the scandal started three weeks ago when a German television program disclosed that millions of liners of tainted austrian White wine had been shipped into Ger principally to the Mainz for bottling As phony High Quality the scare threatens political trouble in where growers have demanded the resignation of agriculture minister Guenther in an interview carried thurs Day on Germany deutschland Funk Haiden said he would not quit and promised a full in a related health authorities in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia advised drinkers not to touch italian sparking wines after several varieties of spa Mante were found to contain a mildly toxic they said an investigation showed the chemical had contaminated three Well known including Asti after the disinfectant was used to clean bottling combat marksmanship contest starts saturday in Germany the 1985 Usa eur combat marksmanship Competition is to begin saturday at Holien Fels training the conducted annually since is de signed to test combat oriented marksmanship skills of the individual Soldier and infantry thirty two teams from Usa eur and the Southern european task Force Are scheduled to All mechanized infantry and airborne infantry units Are required to teams will use either the m16a1 Rifle or the m60 Light machine each Rifle team will consist of 10 members machine gun teams will consist of four Rifle team Competition includes combat night combat proficiency and 12kilometer forced fire machine gunners face Range card firing and 12kilometer forced fire the 7th army training come in Grafe Woehr is Host ing the a hostage retires after 35 years in army fort Texas up James Doz who was held hostage 42 Days by italian retired thursday to his Hometown of to manage Orange a Post spokesman left the army after 35 on Dozier was kidnapped by the red an italian terrorist from his Home in he was rescued 42 Days he was really not physically or mentally abused and he said its just time for him to Start a new life after 35 years in the said George fort Hood Dozier will be the president of Golden a management company for a number of Orange Groves in Flor Creach 11th army Cav regt pilots tops in Aero scout stakes Germany pilots from the Lith army Cav regt headquartered in Fulda dominated the honors in the second Aero scout stakes held at Katter Bach this Twenty four pilots from throughout Germany flew oh58 scout fired and took tests on various soldiers skills in the three Day compete sponsored by the 50lst aviation 1st army Competition ended Crew Competition winners were 1st place troop Lith army Cav regt from 2nd place troop Lith army Cav regt from 3rd place co 501st aviation in from Katter 4th place co 8th combat aviation in from bad 5th place co 503rd aviation in from Overall individual Competition winners were 1st place chief warrant officer Jacob troop Lith army Cav 2nd place chief warrant officer Jeff troop Lith army Cav 3rd place 1st Kenneth troop 11th army Cav 4th place 1st Ozzie troop Lith army Cav 5th place warrant officer Peter troop Lith army Cav Poland assaults Solidarity by toughening Liberal Laws Warsaw a in a one two assault on the Solidarity adopted sweeping changes to Poland Liberal education Law thursday after voting to maintain regulations that bar workers from forming More than one Union in the changes to the country Law on higher education strip away Many of the democratic rights won by universities during the Solidarity five including parliaments Independent roman Catholic voted against the there were nine abstentions and 327 votes in the amendments Are designed to impose greater communist party control Over University