European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes monday december 16, 1985 French aerospace firm unveils experimental rafale fighter world today Paris a Avion Marcel assault Brig act aviation the slate owned aerospace company on saturday unveiled us experimental rafale tighter aircraft that is scheduled to go into service in the mid-1990s. The  is France s rival to the european fighter aircraft i a project launched earlier this year by Brit Ain West Germany Italy and Spain. France initially refused to participate in the Efa Pio Gram saing that it did not correspond to France s needs but reversed its decision in november when president Francois Mitterrand made ,1 Surprise announcement that France was prepared to take a 5 to 10 percent stake in the project. The French have said they they have no intention of buying the Ofa arguing that it duplicates the ensling Mirage 2000. Also made y assault. The . Defense department also has cd pressed inter est in cooperating with its european allies in developing the two combat aircraft. Secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger made the proposal in a letter Given to French defense minister Paul Quiles last week according to French press report. Weinberger suggested that Allied planes should be made More interoperable and suggested the formation of a work ing group to Lay the basis for future Industrial cooperation Between the United states and its european allies. The idea is to allow Mutual Access to advanced technology and to eliminate the risks of wasteful Competition among american and european manufacturers. Marcel assault the 93-year-old founder of the Aero space group that bears his name told journalists at the Roll out ceremony that the rafale has global ambitions rather than being simply a French or european aircraft. The rafale which a assault official described As a flying Laboratory will be powered by two f-404 Jet engines made by general electric of the United states front Riew of the new supersonic Rafal fighter Puse. Until the new m-88 engines being developed by the French slate owned company Snelma become available in 1988. Bruno Rcv Llin Falcon technical director of the Das Sault group said the supersonic aircraft will be Able to make approaches at speeds As Low As 120 knots and will require Only 300 Yards to land. The fighter is designed so that it can be used without major structural modifications on aircraft carriers he added. The rafale will make its first flight next june and will serve As a test for the latest French know How in the Field of avionics. It will not enter service with the French air Force until 1995, however. Philippine statesman Romu of Dies Manila Philippines a Carlos p. Romulo a former foreign minister who served every postwar philippine president and became one of the world s Best known diplomats died sunday at 86. Romulo who As a . Army brigadier general walked ashore with the late . Gen. Douglas Macar thur to Start the liberation of the Philippines from the japanese in world War ii died just a month Short of his 87th birthday. Romulo ended government service at 85 and once jokingly called himself a bionic Man because of his longevity in office. He was the last living signatory of the original . Charter. A great Man and beloved Patriot has passed from a 00010 Carlos p. Romanic. A great Man and beloved Patriot our midst president Ferdinand Marcos said in a statement. In this time of sorrow let us All come together to mourn general Carlos p. Romulo. History already amply memorializes his monumental contribution to the making of an Independent Filipi no nation. And what history May miss our hearts and our memories will  . Ambassador Stephen Bosworth in a statement released shortly after Romulo s death called Romulo one of the truly great statesmen of the 20th  general Romulo was a close colleague of the United states for All his Long adult life. He was a filipino nationalist and a partner whose constructive criticism made us a better ally Bosworth said. Romulo who had been receiving dialysis treatment for a kidney ailment during the past two years died of heart failure a week after surgery for removal of an intestinal obstruction. Romulo s wife american writer Beth Day. And other family members were at his Hospital bedside when he died the spokesman said. Romulo was a writer journalist and Diplomat who was elected president of the . General Assembly in 1949. He became publisher editor of a Large newspaper Syndicate in the Philippines in 1937. With War approaching Between Japan and the United states he toured Asia in 1941 and wrote a series of articles on the political and military situation thai won him the pulitzer prize. When Japan invaded the Philippines the same year Romulo became Macarthur s press aide. After the Philippines fell to the japanese in 1942, he became a member of Manuel Quezon s government in exile. From 1944-46, he was resident commissioner to the United slates. Romulo was named a Delegate to the United nations at its inception in 1945 and served As general Assem Bly president for the Standard one year term in 1949. He also served intermittently As the Philippines ambassador to the United states. In 1962, Romulo was appointed president of the University of the Philippines. He also served As Secretary of education under Marcos and in 1968 was appointed foreign minister. More than 200 people bitten by Monkey in new Delhi i Etc Monkey had lived in Kanpur. Nearly 240 Miles uth cast of new Delhi for 10 years but went mad four Days ago. Attacking children women and old men. The Agency said More than 200 people were treated for bites and up to 300 were bitten. The Monkey inflicted deep wound on the backs of its victim and most of those bitten were Given first Aid the Agency Laid. Doctors could not establish if the Monkey has rabies. Several streets in the City were deserted and a few Resi dents patrolled some neighbourhoods with Sticks ready to strike at the animal and capture it panic stricken residents donated 700 rupees $58 to hire experts to trap the Monkey uni said. Cormorants threatening fish in Switzerland authorities say Bern Switzerland a Swiss authorities have warned that cormorants fish eating Birds of which grow ing numbers spend the Winter in Switzerland Are threat ening fish stocks in Swiss lakes and streams. A government report said 3,600 of the Duck like Birds came to Switzerland last Winter and More Are expected this year. Only 2,500 cormorants came three Yean ago. 700 in 1975 and 200 in 1965. Most of the Birds Fly in from the Netherlands and Den Mark where they Breed in the summer. Population there have grown after cormorants were put under Protection in the late 1970s, the report said. Last summer 18,000 pairs bred in the two countries where populations earlier were kept Down by mauve Hunting it said. Last family owned newspaper in . Is sold to Canadian London a Britain s last National newspaper owning family has lost control of its 130-year-old daily Telegraph to a Canadian millionaire in the latest of a series of shocks rocking Fleet Street. Coming to grips two decades late with the technological revolution is proving painful with takeovers of the