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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, July 30, 1985

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes july 1985 Alan Garcia Waves to the peruvian Congress after being sworn in As president sunday in a photo youngest peruvian president to limit foreign debt payments Peru a Alan a 36yearold left leaning lawyer and former has been inaugurated As Perus youngest pledging to limit debt payments to foreign Banks and to seek peace with Radical the Leader of the Cente left populist Arista received the presidential Redan Dwhite Sash Sun Day in a ceremony attended by six latin american presi dents and Treasury Secretary James the inauguration marked the first time in 40 years that a democratically elected president has handed Over Power to another the peruvian military last ruled from 1968 to armoured troop tanks and soldiers with Summa Chine guns guarded downtown streets for the inauguration sharpshooters were posted on rooftops sur rounding the Plaza de where the government pal Ace is it was the tightest Security Ever for a Public figure in this andean it was imposed following a car bomb explosion saturday night near the Headquarters of the joint military on another car bomb exploded outside the Interior speaking in Congress after receiving the presidential Garcia sharply criticized the imperialism of industrialized nations and International As Garcia takes he inherits a country in the midst of its worst economic a poor nation of 18 million is million behind in its interest payments on its debts of Garcia said he would refuse to Bend to pressure from the International monetary fund to Institute austerity measures because they would exact too great a sacrifice from the country he said he would limit debt payments to foreign Banks for the next 12 months to 10 percent of the value of the country exports and would increase payments Only when the Economy is he has said Peru must end its close alignment with policies and must work closer with nonaligned he has expressed support for Nicaragua sandinista government and has criticized the Reagan administration for supporting nicaraguan Garcia also said he will form a peace commission to seek a dialogue to try to persuade those who Are wrong to return to Garcia said he is willing to consider an amnesty for leftist the new president also said he will not Toler ate illegal executions and torture by the Security forces battling the it is not necessary to fall into barbarity in the struggle against he Garcia said the peace commission will also try to Speed up trials of leftist sympathizers accused of terrorism in order to free those innocent of violent Garcia received the presidential Sash from vice presi Dent Luis Alberto minutes outgoing president Fernando Belaunde Terry spoke the main rebel group of the three operating in Peru is the shining a shadowy maoist oriented organization that has staged a Rural guerrilla War in the Andes mountains since it has recently expanded its attacks to Lima and other More than people have been killed in the and another people Are most of them after being detained by Security according to human rights Spanish Antiterrorist expert shot to death on Madrid Street Madrid a a gunman believed to be a Basque separatist gunned Down one of Spain top Antiterrorist experts monday in downtown riddling his car with  fire and wounding the a de sense ministry spokesman Jose the defense ministry said vice Fausto Escribas director general of defense died from wounds received in the Escribas Estradas Francisco Maranon was wounded in the attack and was listed in critical police said the gunman fired More than 30 bullets into the victims Marzo said Escribas Estrada was on his Way to work at the defense ministry when a car Cut in front of his official vehicle and blocked the the gunman got out of the car and fired on Escribas Estradas a municipal police patrol car transported Escribas Estrada and his Driver to a nearby but the officer died on the the Driver underwent emergency sur a Hospital spokeswoman police said the attack had All the earmarks of an action by the Basque separatist organization a group that is seeking Independence for three Basque speaking North Ern provinces of police said they found spent from a 9mm pistol of the Type commonly used by at the site of the Escribas Estrada is the 24th victim of political violence in Spain this police As director general of defense Escribas Estrada coordinated the defense ministry s Domestic Antiterrorist policy As Well As its foreign defense a defense ministry spokesmen British airways to give ride on concorde to Queen Mother London a Queen Mother Elizabeth is getting a special 85th birthday present from British airways first trip through the sound Barrier on a concorde she celebrates her birthday next sunday and will Board the concorde two Days later at Heathrow Airport for a two hour flight around Britain at times flying at its maximum Speed of Miles per British airways chairman lord who organized the special said sunday we had heard that flying on concorde was one of her longheld to Grant that wish on a very special occasion like the 85th birthday is a present we Are very proud to the Queen mum As she is affectionately called enjoy a Light As she Breaks through the sound Barrier feet up on the airline i am sure her majesty is going to enjoy every minute of her birthday King reagans daughter fours Camp for refugees in Somalia Somalia a Maureen president reagans toured a refugee Camp after wrap Ping up her duties As head of the delegation to the decade for women conference in Reagan was invited to this Horn of Africa nation by somali delegates at the which marked the end of a decade dedicated to the advancement of most of Somalia refugees fled the fighting during the 197778 War Between Somalia and Ethiopia Over a part of Southeastern Ethiopia called the five French circus workers die As pole touches Power line France a five members of a French circus were electrocuted when a pole of the big top tent they were erecting touched a Power police the police said the four men and a included the manager of the Paris the Accident happened at the Village of Landy in the French Alps near Superman gets a rave review from chinese papers film critic peking a the 1978 Hollywood blockbuster movie starring Christopher will soon be inspiring audiences in according to a review in the workers the paper called the Man of steel a Brave hero of incomparable strength who clearly distinguishes what to love and hate and culls strength from he is the embodiment of might and and reflects the Ameri Lesire for Kindheart Edness and can tie paper did not specify a Date when the film would be shown As part of a cultural Exchange that began when relations were normalized in Britain ranks Only 21st among worlds Consumers of alcohol London a britons consume less alcohol per person than drinkers in almost every other comparable country and the consumption rate is the Brewers society total British consumption of alcohol in 1983 was pints a compared to 12 pints in the composed of 80 brewing companies said in a Britain ranked 21st in the booklets table of alcohol France headed the list with 26 pints a followed by Portugal with pints and East Germany with britons drink less because we Are a nation of social drinkers who visit our pubs primarily to meet friends and not to said Mike the society senior Luxembourg newspaper building Entrance damaged by bomb Luxembourg a a bomb damaged the in trance to the building of the Luxemburger Luxem Bourg s largest daily but caused no police reported r r j t1jey said no individual or group claimed responsibility Tor the the seventh in the past three months in this tiny grand Dutchy sandwiched Between France and West the bombings did not inflict any casualties but caused Exten Sive damage to a police Power lines and a Gas an obscure environmentalist group has asserted responsibility for som of no arrests have been  
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