European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes Dodds awaits word on budget cuts Page 2 o palme s killer May have had accomplice Page 3 g is series on child abuse continues daily Magazine the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 44, no. 320 wednesday March 5, 1986 is Manv and Sundog d 8693 a s. Africa to lift state of emergency Cape town South Africa a president . Botha announced tuesday that the state of emergency imposed last july to quell anti apartheid unrest in South Africa will be lifted perhaps by Friday. In a Brief statement to a packed session of the South african parliament in the country s legislative capital Botha said that the racially motivated turmoil had subsided to sporadic and isolated Botha said conditions have improved sufficiently to enable me to announce that a proclamation will be issued in the near future most probably this coming Friday which will lift the state of emergency in those magisterial districts where it still a the state of emergency was imposed july 21, 1985, in 30 Urban and Rural districts and remains in Force in 23. An end to the state of emergency has been a primary de Mand of anti apartheid campaigners and Western governments. The state of emergency empowers the police Force and army to detain any person for up to 14 Days without charge and enables the detention order to be repeated indefinitely. It also gives Security forces Broad Powers to use firearms in halting violence and enables them to seize property Seal off areas and ban Media coverage. Nearly 8,000 people have been held under the emergency Powers. More than 1,100 Blacks have died in race related Vio continued on Page 28 is photo by Gus Schuettler the remains of a Mercedes Are moved to Rhein main a s vehicle compound after the car was blown up. Rhein main police blow up Auto believed to be threat by Connie Dickey staff writer Rhein main a Germany . Air Force Security police blew up a . Army family member s yellow Mercedes tuesday afternoon after determining it was a suspicious vehicle capt. Lorrie j. Bourland said. Bourland base spokesman said the woman gained unauthorized Access to Rhein main a and drove to the military Airlift come passenger terminal area in a car bearing Usa eur plates. The woman was admitted to the army Hospital in Frankfurt for psychiatric evaluation Hospital spokes Man Bill Swisher said. She is in satisfactory condition. Security officials believing a threat existed detained her and evacuated the terminal Bourland said. Bourland said that after officials failed to open the car members of the Rhein main explosive ordnance disposal unit blew up the car. A Security measure normally taken on the base is the search and if necessary the destruction of any suspicious vehicle said Eberhard Bock of the Public affairs office. Bourland would not identify the 25-year-old woman or her nationality. She would not say How the woman gained unauthorized Access what made the car appear suspicious or whether charges were filed against the woman. However Alexander Prechtel a spokesman for the German Federal prosecutor s office in Karlsruhe said american officials told him the woman drove through a Barrier near the terminal and left her vehicle in such a hurry that she aroused suspicion. No one was injured. The explosion broke some win Dows at the terminal causing minor damage Boc said. Staff writers de Reavis and Judy Sarasohn contributed to this report. . Dollar Falls again in Europe from press dispatches London the american Dollar slumped tuesday behind poor . Financial indicators. Gold firmed. The indicators fell by 0.6 percent in january compared with a revised increase of 1.5 percent in december. It was the biggest drop in More than nine months. In Frankfurt the . Dollar slipped at the close to 2.2065 Marks compared with 2.2207 at monday s close. In Zurich Switzerland it was 1.8765 Swiss francs against 1.883. Sales of German Marks to . Personnel will be at the rate of 2.19 wednesday based on a midday Price fixing and allowance for Standard handling charges in Milan Italy the Dollar closed at its lowest level since june 17, 1983, ending the Day Down at 1,502.50 lire from 1,511.30. In Brussels Belgium the Greenback gave its poorest showing since feb. 22, 1982, closing at 45.38 Bel Gian francs compared with 45.78. In London the Pound bought $1.4615 at the close com pared with $1.4407 at monday s close. The Dollar closed in Paris at 6.7850 francs compared see Dollar on Page 28 Bank to receive 22 crates Marcos brought to . Honolulu a representatives of the Central Bank of the Philippines will receive an inventory of 22 crates believed to contain Cash and valuables that came from Manila with former president Ferdinand e. Marcos say attorneys for the Bank. The crates believed to hold More than $1.1 million in philippine currency have been in the custody of the . Customs service since Marcos and 89 others arrived in Hawaii last wednesday. See related Story on Page 5. Following a hearing monday in . District court the . Customs service agreed to hold the currency until March 17 and provide the inventory to attorneys of the Philippines Central Bank. A suit filed in Honolulu by the Philippines Central Bank s attorneys alleged that Money was taken illegally from the country and said attempts already have been see Marcos on Page 28 too much tube time tune in to to turnoff by Dan Wollam Stuttgart Bureau Karlsruhe Germany librarians and educators in Karlsruhe Are encouraging Community residents to spend three weeks without television this month. The to turnoff is the brainstorm of elementary school Library Media specialist Charles Pierre Lellouche who borrowed the idea from the Community of farming ton uses a poem called Jimmy Jet and his to set to encourage children to switch off the tube. The poem tells the Story of a child who watches so much television he eventually becomes a television. Lellouche is using the same poem. He said some parents questioned the wis Dom of taking away their children s cartoon time on weekends. So the librarians Are asking families to switch off Only from 3 . Until about 9 . On weekdays. Turnoff officials also recognize that to news is important to Many military families. We understand being in a foreign country parents might want to watch the news said elementary school assistant principal Carla Peters. As alternatives to the tube the Elemen tary school is offering evening readings on see to on Page 28
