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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday september 19. 1985 world today working for rights former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt chair Man of the social democratic parly took to the streets of Bonn wednesday to help collect funds for the human rights watchdog group amnesty International. Traces of poisonous solvent found in some japanese wine Tokyo a authorities have told a major wine maker to Stop its bottling and shipping operations after investigators reported finding traces of a poisonous solve tin same of its wine officials said. Shipco Takimura an official of the purchasing division at Manns wine co., said the operations had stopped and we will cooperate fully with the investigation  a Yamanashi Prcic Cturkal government official who spoke on condition he not be named said the suspension resulted from suspicion that the japanese wine maker had violated the food sanitation Law. In late August the health and welfare ministry said it had discovered traces of i ethylene glycol in two brands of Manns wine. The company s winery in Yamanashi prefecture West of Tokyo later was accused of replacing a thankful of austrian wine suspected to be contaminated with Domestic wine to evade an inspection by local government authorities. New . Ambassador meets with East Germany s Leader Berlin a new . Ambassador Francis j. Mcchan presented his credentials to East German communist parly chief Erich Honecker and the two men discussed issues of interest to both sides the slate runners Agency adn said. The ceremony occurred just three Days after the new . Ambassador to West Germany Richard Burl Wen through his introduction rites in Bonn. Adn said Meehan a former . Ambassador to Poland and Czechoslovakia and Honecker expressed Hope that the approaching .-soviet Summit would have a fruitful effect on the International  Seal in danish sea museum Dies after swallowing 250 coins Copenhagen a a Seal in the North sea museum in the Jutland town of Hirts Hals died after Swal lowing 250 coins the aarhus newspaper Jylland Poste reported. The year old Seal which was one of six in the museum housing live Fauna from the North sea was found dead inthe a unum. The newspaper said. The report said throwing coins into the aquarium was a popular tourist pastime. The 250 coins in the Seal s Stom Ach were danish German norwegian and swedish. The Seal was brought to the museum last year after being descried by its Mother officials said. Nixon is certain military Force can t solve afghan problem Peshawar Pakistan a former is. Presi Dent Nixon said tuesday there is no military solution to the bloody five year occupation of Afghanistan by the soviet military. Neither the soviet forces arc prepared to vacate that country nor can tic resistance forces give up heir Strug Gle for Independence of their Homeland he said in Pesha War a major pakistani City close to the afghan Border. The settlement of the afghan problem must be reached politically said Nixon who favors the indirect talks under Way Between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The two sides arc snagged Over a timetable for a withdrawal of soviet troops. Nixon arrived monday in Pakistan for a two Day visit. Pakistani president Mohammed Ziaul Haq is treating the former . Hic executive As an official guest and flew to Peshawar with him. Zia has briefed Nixon on the implications of the continued massive soviet military presence in Afghanistan for Pakistan the Oil Rich Middle fast and the Gulf Region senior diplomats said. An estimated 115.000 soviet troops Are in Afghanistan fighting widespread islamic insurgency. More than 3 Mil lion afghan refugees have crossed into Pakistan since the soviet military intervention in december 1979. The soviets know they can destroy bodies but they cannot destroy the will of the Independent Peoples. The soviets arc also aware that they cannot win this War Nixon said. Addressing a gathering of afghan refugees in a Pesha War suburb Nixon applauded their determination and said you Are sustained by the Faith which you share with the people of Pakistan and you arc sustained by the Hope that you will go Back  Nixon said he also discussed with Zia various matters relating to the South asian Region meaning Pakistan India relations which Zia and Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi arc trying to improve and the november Summit Between president Reagan and soviet Leader Mik Hail Gorbachev. Nixon later drove to inspect the Pakistan Afghanistan Border before leaving for Ankara Turkey. Before the launch Are from left Georry Grechko Vladimir Vasulin and Alexander Volkov. 3 cosmonauts blast off Tor space station Moscow up three cosmonauts blasted off tuesday to link up with the orbiting Saiyul-7 space station the official news Agency Tass said. It. Col Vladimir Vos Yulin commander of the soyuz t-14 spacecraft and cosmonauts Georgy Grechko and Alexander Volkov blasted off under Clear skies at 4 39 pm. From the Bai Konur space Center according totals. They plan to link in with inc Salyul-7, where cosmonauts Vladimir Dzihan Bickov and Viktor saving Khz have been working and living since june 6. The program provides for inc Docking of soyuz t 14 with the Orbital Complex Salyul-7/soyuz t-13," lass said. On Board inc Complex cosmonauts Vlasyu Lin Prychko and Volkov will carry out scientific tech Nical saudi Sand experiments jointly with  saving Khz. The Blastoff was shown on soviet television about 90minutes after launch. According to Tass inc inboard systems of the soyuz 1-14 were functioning normally and inc three Cosmo nauts were feeling Well. -__im.mwwbb,T plane destined to remain in Loch Ness Lochend. Scotland a an ally met tos Alvarea inn my. K. It a ii . I i r a. Egv a i n i missions nver pm i i i i world War ii Wellington bomber from Loch Ness has been abandoned because the Money ran Oul inc organize said Early wednesday. The aircraft which has Iain on the bed of the Loch since dec. 31, 1940, broke away from a supporting Frame As a lifting operation began tuesday night. The salvos said the wreck appeared to have been sucked Back by the mud. The mud probably imposed an uneven and twisted Load on the Frame which it was t designed to Cope with " said Robin Holmes organizer of the Loch Ness Wellington association which hired an Aberdeen diving firm for the Job. We got the aircraft up about 10 feet and Ihen suddenly everything went Limp and two five ton flotation bags shot to the surface. The lifting Frame is a write off. It is totally distorted just a mangled Heap of Metal. One of the lifting straps was shredded Holmes said. The attempt to raise the plane and restore it for museum Cost s45.000. 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