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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pege 28 w the stars and stripes Friday february 14,1986 France says Duvalier must Leavi Paris a Dent Jean Claude Duvalier wll Lowed to remain permanently in France de spite indications he would like to stay the government said thursday France is doing the maximum to Haver. Duvalier leave As soon As possible said a foreign ministry spokesman. Therein no question that or. Duvalier will have to leave France. It is not or. Duvalier who will make the  French news report close to Duvalier s Rani wanted to remain  he owns chateau and Jas apartments. They said he was no no ugly considering a Perman an african country. The government originally said it would11 to remain Only eight Days. Prime tuesday hews ing past that deadline. The foreign minister ii offs Ryan Sale was hoped a  be made by this week adj  arrived in France last be spokesman said although Liberia appeared to have rejected an offer of Politi Cal Asylum for Duvalier he West african country should not be ruled out. The spokesman added we Are still in Contact with other countries. We arc  Liberia after first offering Asylum to Duvalier cd Nesda Friot it statement had Bacn Iii mfr fled and the former nol Welcome. Cameroon on and Morocco have already said they would not accept  news reports speculated Duvalier ing to the United states next week hate Nan or the us embassy said Lucy Towb f Abins for the ousted president to travel to,.since arriving aboard a . Or transport plane Duvalier has remaine cloistered in a four Star hotel in the French Alps resort Village of Tallo ires in Southeast Ern France. Two Duvalier effigies have been burned at the Gate of the hotel by demonstrators protesting his presence and the Tallo ires town Council held a meeting to consider having him expelled but took no action Duvalier arrived with his wife and 22. Other people most of them family  reports said thursday that Only 12 family members remained at the hotel the others having departed to Brussels Bel Gium or the United states. Hose family members still with him maturing Duvalier to leave France but he mtg Macmu a the reports said there is no quow wac cos staying in France a source close the family sources said a closed a taste for French  bases from Page 1 denied that political motivations had governed the selection of the three bases. There is nothing political in this at All the spokesman said. I Don t think the Secretary s decision in any Way was governed by partisan  Jud earlier wednesday that Theta it Rel Rel to determine the will of Congress it is important to get a sense of the seriousness with which Congress views base closures he added. The Secretary View this As senator Goldwater docs As an important Issue and one we should move for Ward on. Sims while discussing the contents of Weinberger s letter refused to release the actual document or estimate the precise savings that might be achieved with the three base closings. But Hart released a copy of Weinberg or s letter. In it the Secretary did not explain Why the three bases were picked but he said to demonstrate that i am serious about improving our base Structure i will cite a few installations we can use to deter mine the will of Congress on this  Sims said Weinberger wants Congress Inone move to strip away the cumulative buildup Over the years of impediments to base  for example he said the Secretary want the authority to shut Down bases without regard to the National environmental policy act or other Laws that require Environ _ egress to remove restrictions on the disposal of prop erty to agree that special restrictions writ ten into the Pentagon s budget Bills can be overridden and to agree that base closing cannot be stalled by lawsuits filed by Feder Al employees. The defense department said it no takes a minimum of two years to close a base assuming barriers Are not erected by Congress or through lawsuits. Sims said Weinberger also was Askin Congress to recognize that the Pentagon will need special appropriations to cover the up front costs of closing military facilities. While it is initially expensive to close a base because of the Cost of moving people and relocating facilities hundreds of millions of dollars can be saved in the Long run he said Weinberger was requesting a special appropriation of $300 million to proceed with closing the Colorado Massachusetts an Pennsylvania facilities the spokesman said adding it is important that we know fro Congress that it is serious abot the to expedite base closings As a Cost saving device. He has complained that neither Congress nor the White House has the political will to close bases because partisan or local concern always overshadow the question of National need. Goldwater s committee actually approved new base closing procedures last year but the measure went no farther. In deed the new balanced budget Law in re Quiring cuts in the Pentagon budget specifies that the defense department May not save Money by closing bases. Fred Hoffman another Pentagon spokes Man said the last time the department even German seeks no further Dollar decline Frankfurt a finance min ister Gerhard Sollenberg was quoted As saying thursday that Germany had no interest in further decline of the . Dol Lar. In an interview with the mass circulation Bild newspaper Stoltenberg said a further drop in the . Currency s value could cause higher inflation in the United states and trigger problems in the global Economy. In Frankfurt the Dollar hit another three year Low at the foreign Exchange fix ing thursday. The is. Currency was priced at 2.3546 Marks Down from 2.3605 Marks set the previous Day. Sec con Erslon Rales Page 27. It was the lowest Frankfurt fixing since Jan. 13,1983, when the us. Currency Wai officially pegged at 2.3447 Marks. The Bundesbank did not intervene atthe Dollar fixing and traders said the Ger Man Central Bank made no Effort to Bol Ster the Dollar outside the fixing. Stoltenberg said the appreciation of the Mark in combination with lower Oil prices has provided a Strong economic growth impulse for Germany and other Industrial nations according to Bild. The interview was scheduled to appear in Friday s editions but the newspaper released it to news agencies in Advance. Germany s Economy could attain a 4 percent growth rate in 1986, propelled mainly by higher private capital goods spending and More consumer spending than had been anticipated Stoltenberg was quoted As saying. From. Consumption of the rectum at a time when potent cancer causing Ines. Indicated and i. But the studies some Beers con agents known  make Beer Drys fun More Susce ble to Colon Andretta ulcers because Beer wankers tend to eat Fiore fat containing Low Uch Asl and fewer vegetables. The country s Gross National product Rose 2.5 percent in 1985. Stoltenberg would not speculate whether interest rates would drop further according to Bild. Stoltenberg was quoted As saying Ger Many had the lowest inflation rate Ever and through the strength of the Mark an the decline in Oil prices it should fall to around 1 percent. Inflation is currently running at about 1.3 percent. The German banking association predicted thursday that the country s inflation Rale is Likely to slip below 1 percent due to falling crude Oil prices and the appreciation of the Mark. The country s High unemployment should slowly drop Back with the creation of some 350,000 to 400,000 new Job Likely in 1986, he was quoted As saying. Unemployment in Germany hit a record High 2.304 million in 1985. Breaking the previous Mark of 2.265 million set in 1984. The association s monthly economic re port said the Mark s Rise against most major currencies would Lead to a surge i imports during 1986 by making imported goods less expensive. Ies Assembly starts vote count Manila. Philippines up. National Assembly began its official Vole count thursday with president Ferdinand Marcos taking an Early Lead Over Corazon Aquino. Marcos appealed for Calm and National reconciliation in the Wake of fraud tainted voting. The nation s Romance  met to discuss  containing a  Aig Rover last Friday s election ated delays by the National As Bly in counting the ballots. In s official count was i injections to the the i Auma a Bly 1s charged Piffl Winner. When the Assembly adjourned counting late thursday Marcos led with 6,403,785votes compared with 5,484,581 for Aquino. With returns from 58 of the nations 140 provinces Cilc Jet tracts t9.204 the counting was scheduled to resume Friday at 2 . Local time. Two unofficial Vole counts showed  by charges of fraud has results. A private leading by a Large mar commission said Marcos i proposed a series of base closings was in1979, when it suggested 157 bases could be closed at a savings,ls474 million a  few actually  he said. Sims said the wee Bas cited in Wein Berger s letter Etc  because their facilities a outdated too Large or because the anted Sec fall believes the work can be technology Labo Susetts sits on 48 acres of. But employ Only 755 military and civilian workers mrs said. According to the army the lab Rhi ires an annual operating budget of aboub47 million and its fun Lions can be mow to existing  Phila Delba. Naval Hospital was built in 1935 of employs about 820 peo ple Sims said. Living the Vietnam War Thad a daily Paniev Load of about 1,000 but that has  Only about 135, and the Navy would Beer to close the Hospital and build a inner clinic at the Phila Delphia Navy Yazhe said. 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