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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                D Talent in fashion in Wuerzburg Page 3 d critics take aim at Bradley again Page 5 d Cleveland s Niekro beats old . Mates Page 21 the vol. 45, no. 2 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces saturday april 19, 1986 i Ooisy Ond sunday d 8693 a american among 3 murdered in Lebanon in reprisal for raid Beirut Lebanon a the american University Hospital said Friday kidnapped american librarian Peter Kilburn was among three westerners killed in Lebanon by a group that said it was avenging the . Air attacks on Libya. See related stories on pages 2,7, 28. The identification came As president Reagan denied Friday that the United states was trying to kill libyan Leader col. Moa mar khad Afy when air Force jets bombed his Headquarters monday night apparently kill ing his adopted daughter and wounding two of his sons. Hospital spokesmen said Kilburn s identification was made shortly after . Officials determined the body was not that of British writer Alec Collett. Hospital spokesmen Camille Touma and Ghosn Ghosn said american University Hospital physician Farid flex Han Kilburn s longtime Friend identified the body As that of the 60-year-old san Francisco native. Kilburn was a librarian at the american University of Beirut when he disappeared dec. 3, 1984. In Washington Reagan said we weren t out to kill  the president was leaving the White House for a political trip to new York. The president was responding to reporters shouted questions about whether the administration hoped to kill the libyan strongman As reported Friday by the Washington Post. Officials have been saying they did t know where khad Afy was at the time of the Surprise attack and did not regard him As a target although his Headquarters was targeted As the nerve Center of an International terrorist network. The newspaper quoting an administration official re ported that National Security Council officials had drafted a statement describing khad Afy s death As for Tui  but the statement was withheld when Hadaf survived the raid. Secretary of state George Shultz earlier said khad Aywas not a direct target of the .  we did t have a strategy of saying that we wanted Togo after khad Afy personally he said. We have a general stance that opposed direct efforts of that  meanwhile prime minister Margaret Thatcher s government said it had Good reason to believe the two murdered British hostages were in libyan  in London foreign Secretary sir Geoffrey Howe said without elaboration for some time we have had firm evidence of direct libyan involvement in the kidnapping of or. Douglas and or. Padfield and we have Good reason to believe they were in libyan  the bodies of Leigh Douglas Philip Padfield and Kil Burn were found thursday near Beirut. A note with the bodies said the three had been slain in retaliation for Thatcher s decision to allow the full bombers that at tacked Libya to Fly from British bases. From Khartoum Sudan Early Friday 175 americans flew to Nairobi Kenya in the Start of an evacuation of diplomats families and non essential personnel. The evacuation began three Days after unidentified gunmen shot and seriously wounded an embassy communications technician on a residential Street near the libyan embassy. 9 a bomb exploded thursday night in front of the . Consulate in san Jose Costa Rica shattering windows see american on Page 28 invasion Day a photo Tomas a. Faranso Waves american and cuban flags at a Miami ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the ill fated Bay of pigs invasion. On april 17, 1961, 1,300 cuban refugees trained and transported by the United states invaded Cuba but Fidel Castro s troops killed 90 of the invaders and captured the rest. By Brenda Hoster staff writer Heidelberg prices at Usa eur and Safe class i stores will increase an average of 20 percent effective april 26, and the extra Money will go to morale welfare and recreation programs. Some lower Price items will increase As much As 30 percent while higher Price items will increase 15 percent to 20 percent said Mike Kinnaman chief of non appropriated fund management Usa eur. Liquors such As Gin rum and Vodka will see the greatest increase he said. Profits from alcoholic beverage sales provide Revenue for Usa eur and Safe morale support programs. We must be self sufficient Kinnaman said. We must make enough profits to pay for salaries and for needed equipment and renovations for our mar an family support  Usa eur class i stores generated a net profit of$7.5 million in fiscal 1985 while Safe class i stores reported profits totalling just Over $3.1 million. The increase will generate an additional $4 million to $5 million or $12 million total for this year we Hope Kinnaman said of the gains expected in Usa eur. Safe figures were not available Friday. Kinnaman said additional Revenue is needed to reverse unprofitable operations of Community mar and family support programs. In addition funds will be used to sup port Remote site mar initiatives such As the Purchase of television sets for Day rooms Pool tables video cassette recorders and Nautilus equipment. The increase in class i store prices Driver s licensing and vehicle registration fees and other plans Are ways to help us maintain our programs Kinnaman said. We have experienced losses by expanding programs such As child development services. In fiscal year 1980, we had no mar expenditures for child development services. In fiscal 1985, though mar expenses for these services see class i on Page 28 c a Sally St. Mary a Scilly Isles a War Between Holland and the Scilly Isle ended thursday 335 years late. With both sides wreathed in smiles there never were any casualties peace was officially declared in the Council chamber on the Island of St. Mary s. I am extremely pleased to be Able to visit the islands and Tell the people who live Here that the War is finally Over said dutch ambassador Jonk Heer Huy decoder who flew by helicopter thursday to the Isles 28 Miles of southwestern England. To prove it to the Sci lonians the ambassador presented an elaborate scroll de Claring an end to the state of War that has existed since 1651. The islands always contended that the Netherlands declared War on the Sci lies that year and never made peace afterwards. Roy Duncan local historian and chair Man of the Council that governs the 140 islands and their 1,950 people said before the ceremony that islanders joked about it but technically we Are still at  historical records show a dutch Fleet indeed sailed for the Sci lies to Deal with pirates who were attacking their Mer chant ships. But by the time the dutch Navy arrived an English Force had dealt with the pirates and no shots were fired. All this has led to a lot of tomfoolery on the Scilly Isles pronounced silly about taking dutch tourists As prisoners of War and ducking when planes Fly overhead incas they Are dutch bombers. Duncan said he wrote to the dutch ambassador recently inviting him to Fly Overand set things straight. It s All fairly lighthearted and Good fun but it s All factual he said. Dutch Holiday makers Are amazed to learn the Yare officially at War with  Carien Laken the dutch embassy s assistant spokeswoman said the ambassador had prepared a document in which it is explicitly mentioned that there is peace Between the Scilly Isles and the  Only five of the Scilly Isles Are inhabited. The archipelago totals six Square Miles and belongs to the duchy of Cornwall property of Prince Charles the heir to the British throne  
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