European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 08, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday. December 8, 1985 pontiff Bishops reaffirm commitment to Vatican ii world today Vatican City iad Pope John Paul n and roman Catholic Bishops concluding a special two week Assembly s Vurda. Strongly reaffirmed their Commil Mcnol i the , reforms of the second Vatican coun cil Al inc same tune. The warned in a message to the people of find against false sociological and political interpretations of the nature of the Church the prelates also approved by an overwhelming major Ity a longer document containing their findings and recommendations in Pope John Paul ii. Synod spokesman the Rev. Diarmuid Martin said. The Pope agreed that the document could be mad Public Deputy Vatican spokesman monsignor Diiulio Nicolini said the a Page document was being translated into Var ious languages from the original latin text for distribution monday. Vatican ii. Which held four sessions Between 1962 and 19a5, recast the Church s image from that of an unchangeable Monolith to that of an institution ready to modernize. Changes were made in roman Catholic Liturgy ecumenism Seminary education Church government and the Church s relations to the outside world. The Synod was convened by the Pope to assess the Impact of the Council reforms. All of us. Have shared unanimously in a spirit of thanksgiving the conviction that the second Vatican Council is a gift of god to the Church and to the  the Synod said in its pastoral message. It added in full adherence to the Council we see in it i wellspring offered b the holy spirit to the Church for the present and the future. We do not fix upon the errors confusions and defects which because of sin and human weakness have been the occasion of suffer ing in the midst of the people of clod. We firmly believe and we see. Thai the Church finds today in the Council the Light and strength that Christ has promised to give to his followers in each period of history. It is thus necessary to understand Llic profound reality of the Church and consequently to avoid false sociological or political interpretations of the nature of the Church the message said. In his 30-Minutc speech delivered in latin. John Paul also warned against false interpretations saying. It is necessary at this moment to announce before All in a Strong unified voice certain things about the second vat ican Council and the heritage of its copious body of work so that we can overcome any false  the Pope and the Bishops were to formally end the Synod sunday with a solemn mass in St. Peter s Basilica. They were to watch a film saturday on work of Mother Teresa who won a Nobel peace prize for her works in behalf of the impoverished in India and elsewhere. Mother Teresa has attended the Synod As an observer. Author Robert Graves Dies at 90 Dhia. Spain a English poet and novelist Robert i raves renowned for his Brilliant historical novel i Claudius died saturday a his Home on inc Mediterranean Island of Majorca said his daughter Catherine Dai ton. Graves was 90. One of the writer s eight children from two marriages. Wil Liam Graves said by Telephone lha inc cause of death had not yet been determined but was probably due to heart failure. He said his father had been suffering from senile de Mentia since he was 80 and had not recognized anyone forthe past five years. The author died at Home Al 11 m . In the bed where he had been confined for inc past several months Dalton said. Graves six. Surviving children were to attend a funeral service sunday at san Juan Bautista roman Catholic Church in Dacia William Graves said. Parish priest Ignacio Montojo said the Bishop of major Ca had authorized the service for Graves an anglican. He was to be buried in the local churchyard. Graves first a Cal to Majorca in the Early 1930s with his companion Laura Riding where they set up the seizing press which published Many of his Early works. They were forced to leave inc Island during the 1936-39 Spanish civil War but Graves later returned and made inc Island his permanent Home. Graves was born july 26,1895. In Wimbledon England one of five children of his father s second wife. He attended charterhouse school and was to enter St. Johns College Oxford but he enlisted instead in the Royal Welch Fusiliers where he was an officer in the same regimen As another English poet Siegfried  world War i. Under Sassoon s influence the Young Graves began to write poetry  to All that published in 1929, was an Auto biographic i account of Graves experience in the War. British critic . Sisson said the Book found a Large audience because there were already Many readers familiar with the fighting in France and they were anxious to Check their memories against what was so vividly set Down by Graves. Others who had missed inc fighting had begun by 1929 to want to find Oul what they had  Robert grates Graves fascination with mythology and the world of the Koli and to Gree led h in to write a study of poetic h .tthc,w5 Good =." � as1, Claudius an Claudius the god. Graves became a household name in Western Europe and the United Stales following a British television or auction of i Claudius in the Early 1980s German jobless rate rises to 8.9% because of weather m i a Mirci api Germany s unemployment rate me in 8 9 percent in november because of an unusually Early Onset of Winter weather the Federal labor office has reported it said 2.2 million people held no Job last month up from the 2.m million in october when 8.6 percent of the  Force was unemployed. The jobless rate in no Ember i a   percent. The president of the labor office a Heinrich Frankc attributed the increase in unemployment to the unusually Early Start of Winter last month. The severe weather included several snowstorms in the second half of the month pulling a Damper on outdoor business activity particularly construction projects. Bottle of red wine made for Jefferson brings $157,500 London a a world record $157,500 has been paid fur an 18th-Century bottle of red wine made for Thomas Jefferson third president of the United states. The 1787 chateau  Claret inscribed with the wine s Vintage and the initials the.  was bought by Forbes Maga inc of new York at Christie s auction House in London. Applause broke out in the packed Saleroom when inc Gavel came Down. It s Nice to know that some of or. Jefferson s wine is finally coming Home said Chistopher Forbes 35, who said the wine would be added to the family s collection of american presidential relics. 2 sentenced to die in China for fight that caused Accident peking a two passengers have been sentenced to death for a fistfight blamed for causing a ferry Accident that killed at least 158 people an official newspaper re ported. The overseas edition of the communist party newspaper inc people s daily added. Though. Thai the sentence of one we Sundong was suspended for two years. Under chinese Law his sentence could be reduced if he is considered to have reformed during those two years imprison. A tourist ferry in the Northeast City of Harbin capsized aug. 18 after a fight broke out on the prow and the Pilot joined the scuffle. The overloaded Boal went out of control and Sank in thu Songhua River. The people s daily said passengers we and que Shuling were sentenced to death for hoodlum ism. Both had been drinking when their fight began the report added. Paper in India reports receiving letter threatening Pope s life Bombay India a a newspaper has reported it received a letter from an unknown group threatening to kill Pope John Paul ii during his visit to India in february. The free press journal said it received a copy Fri a letter addressed to the Pope at the Vatican. It quoted the letter a saying respected sir if you warn to serve christianity some More time you should not1986 at should cancel our visit in fcb mry if at All you insist on visiting India mind Well you will be finished i.e.,  the newspaper said the letter was signed by Sudarshan Chakra the name of the wheel carried by inc hindu go Krishna for fighting evil  ii ii gym Cru. Nuke leak put radioactive waste in City s sewers Hanau. Germany up a leak Vicine work .11 ii  a mrs. I from a nuclear processing Plant dumped Gallons of radioactive waste into sewers but posed no danger to the Public a Plant spokesman said saturday. Confirming newspaper reports inc spokesman for the a Caylor by Connele inc Nile Union processing co. Said approximately 22 pounds of Ordinary and enriched uranium was washed Inlo local drains in mid november from the Plant in Lanau. Jus cast of Frankfurt on the main River. He said inc leak occurred during servicing work at the Plant which enriches uranium for use in nuclear reactors in Germany and abroad. A Workman switched on the wrong pump and the polluted waste water was pushed into the drains. The spokesman said local officials were immediately informed and determined that the concentrations in the waste were Well under danger Levels. He said the leak got no further than a local sewage works where More samples from the processed sewage slime showed radiation traces so Low that no further cleanup was necessary. He described As unthinkable Subbs Lions that the radiation got out of the cow age works and into the Walers of the Man Rund frh0nt-Pagl rep re " the Franku or the leak led to an immediate Call sit urday from the Strong Region Branch of the environmentalist Green parly thai he the Mundschau also quoted saturday spokesman for the nearby nuke nuclear processing Plant who confirmed that three state safety inspectors who were examining the exhaust flue at the company s Hanau Plant on oct. 16 were found to have been contaminated with radiation. The spokesman told the paper the three immediately underwent comprehensive de contamination treatment and were later declared free of radiation traces. He said an examination of the Chimney showed the Levels of radiation present were Well within tolerated limits on the Day of the pollution incident. F