European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday october 1, 1985 Quebec s ruling party rejects separatism chooses new Leader Montreal a the parti que a Crois on sunday completed i s rejection of a separatist strategy choosing Pierre Marc Johnson As its new Leader to replace Rene Levesque the Man who brought Quebec to the Brink of Independence. Johnson the party s leading moderate engineered the decision earlier this year to drop sovereignty As an immediate goal from the parti quebecois platform. He has been Levesque s heir apparent for years. All 160,000 registered members of the party were eligible to Vole. With 99 percent of the Voles counted John son the provincial Justice minister led with 58 percent. He was followed by labor minister Pauline Maurois with 20 percent and agriculture minister Jean Garan with 16 percent the other candidates Francine la lond a former Union official Luc Gagnon an ecologist and Quebec City lawyer Guy bar Transf the Only candidate who openly favored Independence trailed far behind. Bertram and his followers walked out of the rally where the candidates and their supporters awaited results and issued a statement condemning Johnson a a  the rest of the contenders joined Johnson on stage where he promised to help the province establish Mastery Over its territory its  Levesque is expected to step Down As Quebec s Premier later this week allowing his successor to take Over the government of this province of 6 million people about 80 percent French speaking. The new Premier will have Little time to implement policy. He must Call new elections by next Spring and the parti Quebe Cois has been trailing far behind the oppose military Roundup Ansbach Community wins Energy conservation award Washington the army Community in Ansbach Germany was the Winner in the Active component category in the army s seventh annual Secretary of the army Energy conservation awards an army spokesman said. The Community totalled a 34 percent reduction in Energy consumption since 1975, surpassing the Overall army goal by14 percent. The Ansbach Community was cited for using highly innovative approaches to Energy conservation such As an Energy Duck Mascot who visited schools installation Gates and Public gatherings to offer Energy tips motivate Chil Dren to quack off lights and Reward car Pokors. Energy awareness poster and essay contests held in schools offering contestants savings Bonds As prizes. A 10-Kilometer German american vol March. A summer carnival special Energy Booth displaying the installation s Energy Story and giving free gifts to those children who could give an Energy tip. The first runner up in the Active army category was the army corps of engineers so. Louis District. The Tennessee state army National guard placed first for the fifth time in the army National guard category and the Indiana state contingent placed second. Fort drum n.y., won first place in the army Reserve category. New assignments announced in Northam accent shape Belgium nato officials have announced two new assignments to the Northern army group an the Allied forces Central Europe. German army maj. Gen. Hans Hosier will assume duties As the chief of staff Headquarters of  Northern army group Northa tuesday. Hosier 52, succeeds German army maj. Gen. Rolf Zerling who is retiring from Active duty. Hosier comes to his new assignment from the 11 to inf div in Oldenburg where he served As commander. Belgian air Force maj. Gen. Yvan g. R. Myriame will assume duties oct. 10 As Deputy chief of staff support at the Headquarters of Allied forces Central Europe of cent. Myriame 52, will succeed maj. Gen. Anton . Pou Lisson of the Netherlands air Force who is retiring. A Choto new Leader Pierre Mac Johnson with Pauline mat Row who placed second in the Quebec party election. Lion liberals in Public opinion polls. Johnson 39, is a lawyer and a physician a background that served him Well in stints As Quebec s health minister and Justice minister. His father Daniel Johnson was Premier of Quebec from 1966 to 1968 As Leader of the right Wing Union National and was known for his slogan Equality or Independence which left Uncertain whether or not he favored an Independent Quebec. Pierre Marc Johnson has nurtured much the same ambiguity. In his final Campaign speech he said he wanted to Lead a party that sees Quebec in its Tyes not As a prov Ince but As a  but in the internal party Battles of the past 18 months Johnson emerged As the chief opponent of the faction that wanted to keep sovereignty As the prime Plank in the election platform. Levesque who led his party to an upset Victory in 1976, suffered his worst defeat four years later when Quebec voters refused in a referendum to give him authority to negotiate with the rest of Canada for a new arrangement he called sovereignty Asso  but Levesque managed to defeat the opposition liberals again in 1981, winnn.,j another term in office. During Levesque s nine years in Power interest in Quebec s Independence has waned especially in the new generation in part because the parti quebecois showed it could improve life for French speaking Ucb Cecers. The most controversial Reform was the language Law Banning English from most signs and requiring most businesses to con duct their affairs in French. That Law and other parti quebecois initiatives were blamed for driving Many corporate Headquarters from Montreal to to Ronto. Most English speaking que Beers who chose to stay arc now bilingual and Many say the atmosphere of resentment Between French and English speakers that existed in the 1960s has virtually disappeared. News update agents get fan mail Wellington new zealand a two French secret service agents held in new zealand jails on charges of murder and arson in connection with the july 10 sinking of the Greenpeace protest ship Rainbow Warrior Are getting fan mail from French supporters police said. Police spokesman Terry Batchelor said the pair maj. Alain Rafart and capt. Dominque Prieur both officers of the Frenchi external intelligence Agency dose Are receiving about 150 letters a week. Police said the letters Aro mostly encouraging and patriotic most of the mail it from French people who Praise the two for follow ing orders Batchelor Laid. They arc also getting French newspapers sent by various French newspaper publishers. Batchelor said police screen All let ters. We Are looking for anything which might be suspicious like narcotics or codes he said. Sentenced to death Tampa Florida a a Man convicted of murdering five people when he doused a supermarket Check out area with gasoline and ignited it has been sentenced to death. John William ferry jr., 32, sat in a wheelchair with his hands manacled As Hillsborough circuit judge Manuel Menendez or. Overrode a recommendation by the jury to spare his life. The sentencing hearing began Al most an hour late because ferry diagnosed a paranoid schizophrenic suffered a reaction to an Antipsychotic drug used to sedate him according to his attorney assistant Public de fender Craig Alldredge. Planning to mail Christmas gifts customs officials have a few hints by Connie Dickey staff writer it s not too Early to begin thinking about what to Send Home to family and friends for the Christmas holidays and military customs officials have a few pieces of advice on the subject not what to Send but How to Send it. If you re sending a package to the slates keep in mind that the recipient May receive no More than j50 a Day in foreign merchandise duty free said sgt. Mark Bloom of the 42nd military police group customs. If the value of the package is greater than $50, the person who receives it May have to pay duty on its full value. If someone receives two or More packages in one Day that exceed the $50 limitation duty can be assess Don he full value of the merchandise Bloom said. Gifts for More than one person May be consolidated in the same Box As Long As they arc individually wrapped and labelled with the name of the recipient. Bloom said the gifts would be subject to duly Only if one person receives foreign goods Worth More than j50. Packages should be clearly marked unsolicited gifts on the customs declaration form. The form should be filled out with the name of the donor the nature of Tho gifts and the fair retail value of each gift he said. Bloom said regulations prohibit mailing certain items including perfumes containing alcohol that Are valued More than $5, tobacco products alcoholic beverages regardless of amount and candies containing alcohol. More information about customs rules May be obtained from any 42nd my group customs Field office or from the customer service office in Mannheim at military 2131-7610 or 6847. Meanwhile military postal officials recommend that packages headed for the states should be mailed As Early As possible. To be sure that space available mail Sam packages reach their destinations by Christ ribs official said they should be mailed by nov. 29. Dec. 9 is the last Day pal parcel Airlift packages should be mailed and dec. 11 is the last Day for priority mail. Officials said there is no deadline for packages going through the Apo system because packages usually reach their destination in two to three Days although heavy Christmas mailings May stretch that time somewhat. Poll gives Reagan the Edge in sincerity new York a residents of Britain France and Germany think president Reagan is More serious about arms control than soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev according to a poll published sunday in Newsweek Man Zinc. According to the poll 38 percent of the respondents in Britain and Germany and 37 percent in France said Reagan is More sincere about wanting to reach an agreement. It said 24 percent of those asked in Britain 10 percent in France and 18 percent in Germany believe lha Gorbachev is More serious. Asked if they perceived thai under Gorbachev the Oviet Union s internal policy is Likely to be Mote Liberal More repressive or about the same Between 42 and 48 percent said it would be about the same while 30 to 38 per cell said he would be More Liberal. A plurality of respondents in Britain and Germany 47 percent and 41 percent respectively said they think Gorbachev is More interested in peace with the West than the three previous soviet leaders. French respondents said Gorbachev would be about the same As his predecessors. A majority of the French and germans 50 percent and 57 percent respectively still regard the soviets As an expansionist Power that threatens Western Security while 46 percent of the British respondents said soviet policy is mainly defensive and represents no threat to Western Security. The Gallup organization interviewed at least 500 respondents in each country for the poll