European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 01, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday september 1, 1985 Canada May give panels right to review appointees Ottawa up Canada s conservative govern ment under file for nepotism since it won a landslide election last september has taken the first Steps toward an american style system of reviewing major appoint ments. Prime minister Brian Mulroney whose popularity slipped during his first year in office has promised to allow All parly parliamentary committees to review senior government appointments. The appointees would answer questions on their backgrounds and abilities in sessions similar to confirmation hearing conducted by the . Senate. Unlike the american system the parliamentary committees would have no Power to veto the appointments. Mulroney has also stressed that the parliamentary reviews would be on an experimental basis. They would be with drawn if they prove offensive to the conservative govern ment he said. Although Mulroney claims to have the Best record of non partisan appointments of any prime minister he repeatedly has had to defend members of his Cabinet against charges of patronage. Finance minister Michael Wilson external affairs minister Joe Clark and Justice minister John Crostic All approved contracts or the awarding of Legal work to Mem Bers of their immediate families. It s a matter of some indifference to me As to whether or. A or or. B or miss c gets an appointment Mulroney said recently. All i m genuinely concerned about is whether he or she is competent and whether our regions Are  but Mulroney s appointees faced with a barrage of questions from parliamentary committees will have to do better than one woman who asked what Quali fied her to Sil on the air Canada Board of directors re plied i guess it s because i know How to drive a  in the United states statistics show that the Senate Seldom rejects an appointee but some nominations have been withdrawn or remained unconfirmed for various Rea sons. Mulroney s Concession of a parliamentary committee stops far snort of a recommendation offered earlier this year by tory my James Mcgrath. Mcgrath who chaired a highly regarded special com Mittee investigating Reform. Of the mouse of commons had proposed that special commons committees have the right to veto All executive appointments As Well asap ointments of Deputy ministers directors of Crown corporations and regulatory agencies. Mcgrath who visited Washington before drafting his recommendations said two criticisms of the american system were the plethora of appointments which theoretically could be reviewed and the tendency to review Only those appointments Likely to obtain publicity in addition he said the intensity and thoroughness of the scrutiny varies from committee to committee. Most have no written standards so nominees Are not subject to the same degree of review he said. Despite the problems he saw in the american system Mcgrath said the potential benefits of a confirmation system made it worthwhile. This Type of informal mechanism is the hallmark and strength of responsible government he said. World today 21-year-old Spanish Matador fatally gored in Village Bull if Madrid a Jose  of Spain s most popular Young matadors we killed by the sixth Bull he faced in a bullfight at the nearby Village of Colmenar Viejo. / according to officials the q. I year old Matador Wai rushed to the ring infirmary after being gored but he was dead on arrival. He such Wal a deep wound in the Chest that pierced Hii lungs and heart officials said. Cubero. Who became a full fledged Matador in 1981, was the sixth bullfighter killed in Spanish rings since the end of he civil War in 1939. Ots claim their invention ., soviets respond favourably to bid to end Afghanistan fighting Geneva a the United states and the soviet Union have Given positive responses to a key . Proposal that seeks to end More than five years of fighting in Afghanistan . Mediator Diego Cordovez said Friday. He declined to give details but other sources said it involved two Points at least a partial withdrawal of some of the 115,000 soviet soldiers helping Afghanistan s marxist government Battle rebels and a . Promise that arms and guerrillas would not enter Afghanistan from foreign countries. Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan agreed in june to part of a four Point . Proposal to end the afghan civil War. Cordovez said the . And soviet responses to a pro posed text indicate that there is a willingness there is a readiness there is a very positive approach toward this process by these potential guarantors. Cordovez made his remarks at a news briefing following the fifth round of indirect talks that have been going on since 1982 a sixth round of the talks has been scheduled for dec. 16-20 in Geneva. Cordoviz did not disclose provisions of the text but sources close to the talks said the plan would require the United states to guarantee that no weapons or guerrillas would enter Afghanistan from foreign countries. In return the soviets would guarantee withdrawal of some of their soldiers the sources said. Pakistani and afghan officials Are not meeting face to face since Pakistan does not recognize the present afghan government. Instead Cordovez has shuttled Between the two delegations in separate rooms at the . European Headquarters. Cordovez said the delegations headed by foreign min ister Shah Mohammad Dost of Afghanistan and foreign minister Sahibzada Yaqub Khan of Pakistan agreed that we Are reaching the crucial stage of the process. Cordovez said the United states and the soviet Union would be formally invited to be guarantors of an agreement when other Points were agreed to. He did not indicate How Long that might take. The plan also Calls for non interference by Pakistan and the return of some 5 million afghan refugees from Paki Stan. Linkage Between non interference by Pakistan and the withdrawal of soviet troops is a major sticking Point in the talks. Afghanistan has insisted that non interference be agreed to first while Pakistan has insisted that us soviet withdrawal and non interference should be agree to simultaneously. Cordovez said the troop withdrawal including its inter relationship with the other issues is what we Are trying to discuss  the sources did that the Start of the official negotiations in the latest round were delayed two Days because the afghan delegation insisted the two sides meet in the me room. The sources said the afghans gave up their demand in order to avoid being blamed for possible failure of the talks. Reagan Calls Strauss True friend7 Munich a president Reagan has written the preface to a Book on the life of bavarian Leader Franz Josef Strauss in which he Calls Strauss an extraordinary Man and a True  Strauss a longtime influential conservative in Germany will be Given a copy of the Book Franz Josef Strauss knowledge viewpoints Outlook on sept. 5, one Day before his 70th birthday. In the preface Reagan writes that Strauss understands the nato Alliance As the basis for peace in Europe and the  Sirauss s support of the United states in nato and More recently for the strategic defense Initia Tive will never be forgotten Reagan writes. Reagan s preface goes an to thank Strauss for his constructive and positive commentary about our country which Marks him As a Rue  the Book compiles commentaries on Strauss by an International array of prominent leaders including former . Secretary of state Henry Kissinger. Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres and German president Richard von wis Zuccker. An Advance copy of the 604-Page illustrated Book which goes on Sale next week was obtained by the associated press. Former German president Karl Carstens is to formally present the Book to Strauss in Munich s Prince Carl pal Ace thursday. Strauss As head of the Christian social Union the bavarian Wing of Chancellor Helmut Kohl s Christian democratic Union party has exerted Strong influence on German Domestic and foreign policy for More than 30 years. Ill revolutionize astronomy Glasgow Scotland a two scottish scientists have developed a cheap and reliable Way of making Tele scope mirrors which they say will revolutionize astronomy and overcome a major difficulty in the proposed us a wars program. A scottish Telescope matter John Braithwaite who has joined the team to try to develop the invention s Commer Cial potential called the technique the biggest Advance since  or. Peter Waddell and or. Bill King of Strathclyde University at Glasgow say their technique makes it unnecessary to use Large expensive blocks of Glass As Mirron in telescopes. Their Mirror consists of a highly polished reflecting surface on a layer of thin plastic formed into bowl shaped paraboloid. It dispenses with the Man of Glan which in traditional telescopes provides a smooth rapport for the thin film of Silver or aluminium that reflects an image. Hong Kong Jet lands safely after losing right Wing Flap Taipei Taiwan a a Cathay Pacific Airway tristan jumbo Jet tended safely Here after losing in right Wing Flap on approach to the Chiang Kai Shek International Airport from Hong Kong an airline spokesman reported. The plane was carrying 281 people. Spokesman Chang Jen Pai told reporters the  slow Down the aircraft for Landing dropped into 1 Rice Paddy near the Airport. The plane landed  and there were no injuries among the passenger he said. Flight cx410 continued on to Seoul South Korea five hours behind schedule after a new Flap was flown in from Hong Kong and installed. India invites four countries to talks on air India Jet crash new Delhi up India has invited the United states Canada Ireland and Japan to attend a conference on the crash of an air India Boeing 747 in june that killed All 329 people on Board India s state run radio said. The radio said Justice . Kirpal head of a commis Jon investigating the crash invited the four governments As Well As the Boeing corp. And air India to tend delegates to the sept. 16 conference. The radio said the japanese team would attend Al an observer. Japan is investigating the cause of a Japan air lines crash on aug. 12, also of a Boeing 747, that tilled520 people. Study suggests prehistoric Man had potential for Large growth London up Man has been growing larger at history progresses but some scientists believe be had the potential for Large growth Long before the Dawn of history. This possibility is suggested in a report published in the science Magazine nature on the continuing study of tie Skeleton of a 12-year-old boy who died of unknown Camel in the Turk Ana Basin of Kenya about 1.6 million Yean a. A tar  the most Complete Early hominid Skeleton 21. W ? known T Kim it 15000." among it remarkable features is it size 5 feet 5 inches tall with foot adult the lived he might have been vol is of Mankind s ancestors show the were much below the average height of 20th-Century Man