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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday october 12, 1985 Nobel peace prize awarded to anti War group of doctors Oslo. Nora a the 1 5 Nobel Pence Prie was awarded Friday id International physicians for the prevention of nuclear Wir an anti War organi Alion Cre ated and jointly Ted by i a and soviet doctors. The norwegian Nobel committee which announced its Choice in a statement said the Boston based organi action had performed a considerable service to Mankind by spreading authoritative information and by creating an awareness of the catastrophic Ron Schu a pcs of atomic War  the doctors organisation was founded in i9ko after a meeting of six soviet and . Physicians in Geneva. Switzerland. The group has campaigned since then to pub Ici a the dangers of nuclear War. Reached in Geneva. American co founder or. Bernard  said it s just something extraordinary we arc not an organi action that has been around for decades. We Are an organization that five years ago did t  in its citation the five member committee said it believes the organisation s activity contributes to an in crease in the pressure of Public opposition to the prolific Tion of atomic weapons and to redefining priorities with greater attention being paid to health and other humanitarian  the committee said it would invite town a professor at probe sought in Aquino Case Manila. Philippines a a private lawyer asked a court Friday to investigate a news report that sonic of the soldiers accused of murder in the Benigno Aquino assassination have been awarded new apartments and arc no longer in a military prison. In a written motion to the three judge court attorney Lupino Lazaro accused president Ferdinand e. Marcos government of ignoring the Public s Call for Justice by awarding the apartments even before the defendants have been acquitted. Lazaro also called for an explanation from first lady Imelda Marcos whose ministry of human settlements built the new rows of apartments in a suburban philippine air Force Camp and supposedly awarded them to selected soldiers last month. Quoting unidentified sources the weekly news mag Azine philippine inquirer said in a report last week that two of the t l soldiers accused As principal conspirators in the assassination trial had moved into their new apart ments. The two were identified As col. Arturo Custudio who was linked to Aquino s alleged communist Assassin. Rolan do Caiman and sgt. Clara lat one of five soldiers who escorted the opposition Leader off the plane on his return from voluntary . Exile on aug. 21, 1983 Aquino was killed at the Airport in Manila while under military guard. An air Force official acknowledged that new apartments had been awarded to some soldiers but he said he did t know who got them. He denied any of the soldiers jailed in the Aquino Case had been moved out of their detention Barracks. Train rams bus in Poland Warsaw. Poland a a train rammed into a passenger bus in dense fog in Southeastern Poland killing the bus Driver and injuring 17 other people the  polish news Agency reported. The Harvard school of Public health in Cambridge mass. And soviet co founder or Yevgeny com of of the .s r. Cardinl Apical Institute to receive the pric in Oslo on dec. 10. Nobel jurors said in their citation they attached partic ular importance to the  that the organisation was formed As a result of a joint initiative by soviet and Amer ican  they said the organi Matiun now is supported by 145,000 doctors and health professionals in More than 40 countries around the world. The committee chose from a list of 99 nominees said to include president Reagan the prime minister of new 7ea land. A Bra Ilian Cardinal and a norwegian missionary. Last year s Winner was Black anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa. The prestigious Nobel peace pric was established in the ih95 will of swedish dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel is an award to the person or organi action contributing most to fraternity Between Peoples reducing the Sie of armies or holding and promoting peace conferences. The Nobel peace pric s Puld medal and certificate come with an award of  million swedish Kronor or about i225.000. No longer ostracized Ete Van Graf Hurst 3, of custard Australia is Back enjoying her school s playground after weeks of controversy Oicer the fact that she contracted aids through a blood transfusion. Parents had been keeping their children away from r a saying not enough was known about the deadly disease. Bonn charges 3 in Kiess ing Case Bonn a authorities thursday charged three West German defense ministry employees with giving false testimony to a committee investigating last year s firing of a nato general a spokesman for the Bonn prosecutor s office said. Spokesman Johannes Wilhelm said the three were charged with giving false testimony to a parliamentary committee probing the january i9s4, firing of gun tar Kiessling. The tour Star nato general who authorities said posed a Security risk because he was a practising homosexual. Kiessling was reinstated a month later after authorities found the charges that he was a Security risk were unfounded. The general later retired from the West German army with an honorable discharge. Wilhelm identified those charged As army col. Oskar Schmo Cdr. Capt. Josef Fasoli and a Lur Waldmann All three worked for a defense ministry office responsible for army Security. If convicted they face Between three months and five years in prison. Wilhelm said no Dale for a trial has yet been set. The spokesman said the three arc charged with intentionally falsifying a report to the parliament committee. The report said that Kissling was without a doubt a practising homosexual and posed a Security risk to both the West German army and to nato according to Wilhelm. Kiessling last served As a nato Deputy commander based in Brussels. The opposition social democratic party last Yea for the resignation of Bonn defense minister   Over the so called Kiessling affair but Chan cellar Helmut Kohl refused to dismiss his minister a called Manfred wheel chock from passing Jet crashes through building s roof i Ondon a a wheel Chuck fell from a belgian i Ircia Jet and crashed through the Ron of a warehouse at the new Cove no Garden Market shortly before the Boeing 7.17 landed at Heathrow Airport.  said. The rubber and Elcel wheel Chuck. In inches Long and weighing around 20 pounds landed just a few feet away from traders at the fruit and vegetable Market. There was a big bang and it landed on the  said trader Mick Moriarty. It came straight through the roof knocking a big Section of Galvani cd sheeting to one Side i was just Lucky it did t kill an  a spokesman for the belgian airline Sabina said the chock which is placed behind the wheels to prevent a jetliner from railing on the Tarmac apparently was icel in the undercarriage of flight sni2.1 before it took off from Brussels. Belgium. It fell out when the Landing gear was lowered in preparation for touchdown at Cha throw. Millions in Ethiopia and Sudan May starve Relief Agency warns London a the International Relief organi a Tion Oxnam warned that millions of people in Ethiopia and Sudan could die of starvation Nevi year despite heavy Rains and promising harvests. It appealed to governments worldwide to begin planning deliveries of crop seed animals and farming machinery to How destitute Farmers to take advantage of next year s rainfall. Between eight million and 10 million Farmers and refugees arc at risk it said. Oxnam director Frank Judd said he feared that govern ments and the Public might become complacent about famine Relief because of recent rainfall in drought stricken areas of North Africa and after the july 13 i be Aid pop extravaganza which raised an estimated $70 million for famine victims. "1 think it would be deplorable in next year we suddenly found pictures of five million people dying on our television screens because what we need to do now is gear up again to face next year Judd told reporters. It is up to governments to look at the Long term Situa  he said. Burglar in Siberia is caught trying to sell goods to owner Moscow a a Drunken lumber worker in Siberia has Learned an important lesson for a would be Bur Glar Don t try to sell your loot Back to the person you stole it from in the first place. The newspaper  Indus Riya said an employee of the lumber Yard in the City of Bratsk inc notified Only by the last name Sodokov got drunk one night and decided to burgle an apartment where he had seen a broken lock. Sodokov broke in and grabbed a fur Coal and a fur hat. Thinking where to sell the goods Sodokov hit on the most convenient place the local liquor store. He got rid of the hat for 50 rubles $60 and approached the store clerk to buy the coat. Unfortunately for Sado Kov she recognized the fur As her own. He was swiftly arrested the newspaper said. Judge fines cabbie in London for turning away pipe smoker London a smokers won a Victory when a judge ruled that a cabdriver was wrong to turn away a pipe smoking passenger. Cabbie Richard Carless should have closed the sliding window Between the front seat and the passenger Section of his vehicle rather than turn away his fare. Magistrate Michael Lewer ruled. Carless whose defense was aided by anti smoking or Gani actions had already been lined $28 by a different court. Lower raised in to $70 plus ss4 for court costs. The incident occurred at London s i Lea throw Airport. Car be said he had offered to arrange a different cab for the passenger. Lie said he suffered from bronchial problems and argued that since the Law allowed him to turn away drunks and passengers carrying smelly items like fish in also should ban smokers. Me vowed to fight the Case All the Way to inc european court of human rights. Californian 34, wins award Cash for crafting Best violin Cremona. Italy a an american violin maker has won the prestigious Antonius Stradivarius International prize in this Northern City organizers announced David Gussel 34, from s to Roncisco. Received $4 250 and a Golden medal for crafting the Best violin according to the classic method used by Stradivarius. The master of violin makers who was born in Cremona in 1644  
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