European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 stars and stripes thursday March 13, 1986 swedish parliament elects new Leader Stockholm Sweden a parliament elected social Democrat Ingvar Carlsson to succeed assassinated prime minister Olof palme wednesday without any opposing votes. Non socialist parties which form a minority in the Riksdag or parliament abstained making a gesture of support for Carlsson s succession while declining to endorse his party s politics. Carlsson 51, was approved with 178 sup porting votes and 159 abstentions. After a Brief round of handshakes the Riksdag moved directly into a partisan budget de Bate. Lars Robisson a moderate party Mem ber and the first speaker in the budget de Bate told the Riksdag that voting for Carls son would be going too far in Good  the lanky bespectacled Carlsson head of an emergency caretaker government since palme was assassinated feb. 28, gave no election speech. He promised after the killing that he would carry on palme s poli cies and was expected to announce his government and its policy plans thursday. Palme 59, was shot in the Back after he and his wife Lisbeth 55, left a movie Thea Ter in Central Stockholm. He had Given his bodyguards the Day off. Police engaged in the biggest manhunt in swedish history said they Are considering As one of Many theories the possibility that the killer has taken Refuge in an embassy in Stockholm. We hold All roads open including this one police commissioner Hans Holmer Ingvar Carlsson with glasses is congratulated by Hans Gustavsson right housing told his daily news conference tuesday. Holmer in charge of the investigation said the foreign ministry and Veteran dip Lomat Sverker Astrom serving As investigative Liaison with other countries had helped police make an analysis on the intelligence Angle which is interesting but i cannot divulge anything on this particular  on sunday a newspaper in the coastal City of Malmo quoted a swedish secret service source it did not identify As saying palme probably was killed because he stood in the Way of a strategic interest it did not specify. The newspaper by Devenska Dag bladet quoted the source As saying it was very Likely that at this very moment the killer is sitting in an embassy in Stockholm  the swedish National news Agency said later wednesday that the Long sought author of the Anonymous letter describing news update events on the night of palme s death has written a second letter to police. The Agency quoted police official Nils Linder As reporting the second letter merely confirmed what was in the first and saying we have not come closer to the solution of the mystery with this  the writer said to have been near the site when palme was gunned Down had made some interesting observations Holmer said earlier. Police had tried for four Days to get in touch with the witness who was promised anonymity. In an apparent Effort to pressure the writer to come Forward Holmer disclosed at his news conference that the letter seemed to have come from Skelley Tehama a Small town in Northern Sweden. Arrangements for palme s civic funeral this saturday were being handled by the social democratic party he led for 17years. The foreign ministry said 60 govern ments have confirmed they would Send representatives to the funeral. Secretary of state George Shultz was to head the . Delegation and the soviet Union said its delegation would be led by Premier Nikolai i. Ryzhkova. Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega will attend the funeral Nicaragua s state radio announced. Private guests include american actor Paul Newman who like palme attended Kenyon College in Gambier Ohio Yoko Ono widow of slain beatle John Lennon and Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa. Second murder conviction san Antonio up Elizabeth Chagra convicted a second time of conspiracy to commit murder in the death of a Federal judge has been sentenced to 30 years in prison despite a tearful plea for leniency. Both times i have testified truthfully and Hon Estly Chagra said crying As she stood in the Feder Al courtroom named for John h. Wood jr., the assassinated judge. Chagra 32, has served slightly More than two years of her first 30-year sentence in a prison in West Virginia and it was expected she would re turn there. Woods known As maximum John for the stiff sentences he dealt drug dealers was shot in the Back with a High powered Rifle shortly before he was to preside at the drug smuggling trial of Cha Gra s husband Jimmy Chagra. Coke s new plastic can Atlanta a coca cola Usa says that a Market test of its experimental plastic can was a Success but the Container will not be used nation wide until after recycling methods Are developed and improved. Limited testing of the 12-ounce plastic can was conducted in 14 Columbus ga., stores beginning in october to study consumer interest. Cleaning up Tim meltdown Washington a scientists overseeing the cleanup of the three mile Island nuclear re actor have estimated that up to 70 percent of the material in the Core turned to liquid during the March 1979 Accident. Previous studies indicated Only that some Metal parts melted. Esa adjusts space probe s course to pass farther from Halley s Core Frankfurt a european space Agency officials said wednesday they have corrected the course of the spacecraft Giotto to push it 24 Miles farther from the Cor of Halley s Comet. Giotto named for an italian Painter who spotted the Comet in the 14th Century is scheduled to Start taking close up pictures beginning thursday morning and to pass within 334 Miles of the Comet s nucleus 4 hours later. The spacecraft originally was scheduled to pass within 310 Miles but Esa officials feared speeding dust particles encircling the Comet could rip through Giotto and destroy it. If the Mission succeeds it will transmit to scientists on the ground highly valuable information on the composition of the Comet. Scientists believe comets contain primitive material dating from the creation of the solar system 4.7billion years ago. The 33-minute course correction came tuesday eve Ning european space Agency officials said. Even with the course adjustment it will be the closest encounter Ever of a Man made satellite with Halley s Comet first reported seen More than 2,000 years ago. Halley a which returns to Earth s View every 76 years after a 7 billion mile journey to Neptune and Back is the oldest Comet known Toman. Wednesday morning Giotto was about 5.96 million Miles from the Comet and 88.99 million Miles from Earth. European space Agency officials said the Comet and Giotto were approaching each other at a Speed of 155,000mph. The officials Are tracking Halley s Comet from a control Center in Darmstadt just South of Frankfurt. Giotto was launched july ,2, 1985, by an ariane 1 Rock cafes increases maximum p0l?$h Pilot asks for Asylum in Berlin _. Rodj int sad a r it in ii for Money order purchases Munich the army and air Force Exchange serv ice has raised the maximum amount for which an individual Money order can be purchased. The new limit will allow customers to Purchase Money orders of up to $499.99 for a fee of 50 cents. In the past cafes Money orders were limited to $250, according to a he cafes Europe news release. Cafes Europe Sells Money orders and travellers checks at designated Exchange facilities in Turkey Spain Italy and Greece and in Oslo Norway and chevres Belgium. Berlin a a polish Pilot asked for political Asylum wednesday one Day after defecting in a single engine plane to the . Military Airport in West Berli police said. Political difficulties at Home caused the 32-year-old Pilot to flee leaving his wife and an 11-year-old son be Hind police said in a statement. The Pilot landed the soviet made Yak 12a single engine air plane tuesday afternoon at Berlin s Tempelhof Airport. . Diplomatic Mission spokesman Thomas Homan called it an unannounced  the polish state run news Agency Pap identified the Pilot As Edward Kruk and quoted . Authorities at Tempelhof As saying the plane was  Kruk was the Only person on Board Pap said in its overnight report. Police in West Berlin said the Man was a professional Pilot but that he had worked As Mechanic. -.-. To police the Man told the officials that his difficulties with polish authorities started after a trip to West Germany last year and the decision to escape came after they refused to Grant him a passport police said. _ police said they did not know if the Pilot would remain in West Berlin or if he intended to apply for his wife Andson to join him in the West. According to police the Man hid near a Small Airport in Silesia in southwestern Poland and waited until the air plane landed there. He managed to sneak aboard the polish registered plane unnoticed and took off for West Berlin