European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday april 4, 1986 . Considering Aid plan to help Mideast economies Washington a the United states is consid ering an israeli proposal for a multimillion Dollar mar shall plan for the Mideast state department spokesman Bernard Kalb said wednesday night. Kalb said israeli prime minister Shimon Peres had raised the Issue in talks with Secretary of state George Shultz and other administration officials on tuesday an wednesday. Peres is proposing the creation of a development fund for various countries in the Region with the aim of creating a better climate for Mideast peace Kalb said. The multilateral fund would be financed by contributions from various countries and Banks the spokesman said in a Telephone interview. Kalb said the United states had agreed to study the idea and said it would be discussed with . Allies. However he warned that the american interest was preliminary and that there were Many potential Pitfalls. While we see potential political and financial obstacles to the proposal we support the Overall objective eco nomic development for peace in the Region Kalb said. Kalb declined to say whether the proposal would be brought up at next month s Tokyo Summit meeting of industrialized nations. However the new York times quoting administration officials said the project will be discussed intensively in coming weeks with Allied leaders and brought up at the Summit. Israeli officials said the idea had been discussed with egyptian officials and president Hosni Mubarak had shown interest in it the times said in thursday s editions. Peres envisions a $20 billion to $30 billion development fund financed by the United states and major industrialized nations which he Calls a Marshall plan for the Middle East the times said. In 1947, Secretary of state George c. Marshall pro posed the european recovery program which provided direct economic assistance to War stricken Western Europe. It was known As the Marshall plan. The israelis have also raised the idea with German officials and american officials said priority was being Given to gain the support of German Chancellor Keli nut Kohl and japanese leaders the report said. The idea comes at a time when efforts to bring about direct Mideast peace talks Are stalled. Since february following the breakdown of efforts of Jordan s King Hussein to bring about Arab israeli peace negotiations the United states has been in a period of reflection about what to do next. The israeli Leader argued that such a fund would help Arab countries hit hard by the Sharp drop in Oil prices and that Western nations could Channel some of their own savings from the Low Oil prices Back into the Region As a Down payment toward peace the times said. Peres ambitious economic plan comes after a period of . Displeasure with Israel s own economic policies. Until Israel took decisive action to combat inflation its economic policy was a source of friction Between the two countries. At one Point the United states signalled its displeasure by withholding economic Aid. At a luncheon on tuesday Shultz praised Peres for having adopted a politically unpopular austerity program that has reduced Israel s inflation rate from 25 percent month to 1 percent. Meanwhile a top israeli official said wednesday the . Has agreed to help finance a $600 million plan to improve living conditions for palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip. Peres has said that improving the Quality of life for the palestinians in the areas captured in the 1967 Mideast War could help curb terrorism and Aid in moving the stalemated peace process with Jordan. Walls Are his business a photo Thomas Bricchi of Zurich Switzerland is not concerned about a few bricks apparently falling about him because they Are Only part of his design. Bricchi is no bricklayer but rather has built himself a name As a Wall Painter. This time he is working at a painting on building s Wall in downtown Zurich. Katya returns to cheers in Moscow Moscow up Katerina Locheva the schoolgirl who took the soviet message of peace to the United states returned thursday to Flowers and cheers from Well wish ers but kept mum on her impressions of America. The tiny 11-year-old posed for photographers but when asked about her tour her Mother intervened and said she would answer All questions at a news conference Friday. The girl known to americans As Katya did not seem tired after her Long flight from los Angeles which included a Stopover in Mexico. Her whirlwind 12-Day tour of the United states was made at the invitation of the . Group children As peacemakers. L but the Blond Pink cheeked Katya appeared shy an Happy when 15 members of the soviet Pioneer youth group cheered As she walked into Moscow s Airport. During her . Tour which began March 20 in Chicago Katya met president Reagan had Strong words about Ameri can movies and donned mouse ears at Disneyland. Katya s trip was made to commemorate a similar Jour Ney made by 10-year-old Maine schoolgirl Samantha Smith who was killed in a plane crash. Like Samantha who was to have begun an acting career after her soviet tour Kayla has appeared in several soviet films. Halley s Comet bombarding Earth with organic dust Sydney Australia a scientists studying Halley s Comet said thursday that the dirty Snow Ball from outer space is peppering Earth with organic dust a revelation that could rewrite theories on the origin of life. We re sufficiently confident of our data to make an announcement said David Allan who Heads the Anglo australian Observatory at Coon Barabra in the state of new South Wales. However Allan in a Telephone interview cautioned that the discovery does not necessarily mean the particles Are biological or capable of forming life. There is definitely something organic he said. It May Well be bacteria but at this stage we have no Strong grounds for saying k Allan and a colleague Dayal Wickramasing he said the finding made Over the last weekend strengthens theories that viruses and bacteria originate in outer space. The idea is not new. Despite ridicule British astronomer Fred Hoyle has argued for years that comets May carry living organisms which he believes could explain mysterious out Breaks of epidemics such As influenza and whooping enough. 5 when it came to car or family soviet papa chose bicycles Moscow a How Many tatars can you get into a soviet subcompact car seven apparently is not the answer. According to the newspaper trud Laborthe family of Nikolai v. Buz Makov a polisher at the Kama truck factory in the tatars an City of Brezhnev had problem. There Are seven people in the family and Buz Makov had Only a Zapa rezhets the smallest mass Market car made in the soviet Union and a tight fit for four adults. So in a nation where car ownership is a prize privilege an entirely unusual event took place. Papa sold the car and in its place bought seven touring bicycles tru said. These exercise enthusiasts plan to ride their bicycles along the Borders of the entire country it said. World Shakespeare Congress under Way in West Berlin Berlin a the four Day world Shakespeare Congress opened wednesday in West Berlin with some 700 scholars discussing themes on the life and works of the English playwright. The Congress which takes place every five years was organized this year by the English and american Litera Ture department of Berlin University. The first such Congress was held in 1976 in Washington . And the second in 1981 in Stratford upon Avon the English town where William Shakespeare was born in1564. Canada s sen. Hebert ends hunger strike after 22 Days Ottawa a Canadian sen. Jacques Hebert s hunger strike to protest the conservative government s cancellation of a $20 million youth program has ended after 22 Days. The lawmaker said his fast made canadians aware of the despair among the unemployed. Hebert 62, appeared gaunt and exhausted. He took Only Mineral water since the fast began and lost More than20 pounds. The government is pleased that senator Jacques he Bert has heeded the advice of Many canadians to end his hunger strike a statement from prime minister Bria Mulroney s office said. The government said repeatedly it would not revive the program known As Katim Avik which was axed in Jan a 16-member committee with representatives from labor Industry churches and student groups was formed Over the weekend to find a Way to get Hebert to end the fast. The panel decided to ask business and local govern ments for funds to support a youth program similar to
