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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday May 24. 1986 chernobyl terrorism hurting tourism in a scope americans bitterness Aroma radiation of which the soviets gave no warning rally of  the anti nuclear campaigners economic alarm Amow Ulion. Here is a rundown of the Impact of t Accident and tears of terrorism Britain conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher Al ready trailing socialist opponents in ratings lost foreground by backing the . Bombing polls showed. Unofficial estimates arc that the number or . Tourists will be Down by at least 25 percent which could mean the loss of some $ 1.3 billion. British caledonian airline Laid off 1,000 staff workers May 18 Alicr bookings on trans Atlantic routes percent.  stale owned British airways offered amecmfl5"5,600 free scats in a prize draw As part of a Huai off motion As trans Atlantic bookings slumped 20 be radiation from chernobyl was rap Necly slight. The Netherlands. The dutch like Many  arc edgy about radiation but there was a apparent political fallout. Confounding  of a boost for anti nuclear left Wing parties vot0etrcturncd Premier Ruud Lubbers Cen Ter right co Aljuren government with an increased majority in May 2lfcctions. Rad non Rose to about three times Normal Levels Inay and the state banned the Sale of spinach and ordered Farmers to keep cattle indoors for several Days. American tourist bookings arc Down 30 percent costing nearly $100 million the dutch Bureau for tourism Esti mates. Italy amid widespread anxiety and some confusing after the chernobyl disaster the govt rom Man posed a Wick ban May 2 on the Sale of it age tables and 1 fresh milk sales. I italian fruit Trio Vee Cable Industry ran at about $3.3nflwteaupnrough much of May. The nationammmkbuani7.ation says the Outlook i Slack . Fria restrictions on sales of  lifted May 20. Shops had Long since sold out of Fri to mils an there were temporary shortages of canned goods. Doctors urged pregnant women not to seek abortions France authorities anticipate a 30 percent drop in american tourists. There Are fears that France which refused to allow . Warplanes to Fly Over in route to Libya will get a double dose of the stay away sparked by fear and revenge. Chernobyl radiation prompted bans on vegetable sales in the Eastern Haut Rhin Region. Germany the government has demanded soviet compensation for an estimated $91 million loss to Farmers through contamination of milk Lotta Womach. Tourism is Down 10-20 percent. Res Lllan activists demonstrated All Over the coun polls showed a surge of support for the Green Orty from 6 to 10 percent of the vote. Scandinavia Sweden near the soviet Union expects to lose $15million, about one fourth of its american tourist Revenue this year. After the Libya bombing Sweden had a big upsurge in vacation inquiries from americans deterred from Southern Europe. Now we probably receive the same amount of callers asking How bad it is with the radioactivity said tourist Board spokeswoman Christina  also reports a rash of cancellations and Den Mark expects a 20 percent drop in .  bans arc still enforced in the parts of Sweden that were hit worst by radiation the gave Borg and psalm provinces and North of Stockholm. Finland Jutro Spect radiation effects in Finland were Actu ally Van Small the Shock was psychological said professor  of the nuclear radiation office in Helsinki. Sec but i0,000  who also were to go to the soviet Union have eld causing an estimated $30 million loss. The Dama Refl ii for this summer said tourism director Bengt Pih Lustri Belgium it also expects . Tourism to fall by a this summer. Farming groups report heavy but unspecified losses mainly in vegetable exports to Germany. Furloughs from Page 1 find work Over Here but we re Happy to be Able Rajmund it at 60 percent rather than do away a much program altogether the so dist Jials in Frankfurt affecting workers in a  Over hire. Art Oflyn i million reduction in payroll in that come Muity Accord ing to Community  Cepp. Darmstadt which must Makemull cuts totalling nearly $2.1 million will Tri about i so jobs from Community Rolls according to spokeswoman Pam Ward. In addition to the dismissals the Frank Furt Community has scrapped its summer hire program for teen agers instituted a hiring freeze and delayed Cash awards for suggestions and outstanding employees. Safety bonuses and overtime pay have been temporarily done away with or delayed As part of the cuts. Col. . Heller Deputy Community commander in Frankfurt said the Chi nity originally thought it could Avo out right dismissal of workers by not joking jobs vacated during the summer a of finely Mem Bers returning to the United Blates. But a freeze on at july and air Force reassignment  kept those jobs filled prompting 50 dismissals. In  that the Community Wasni target to reduce the payroll. How Eunhe pcs freezes along with  us to be off course Heller said join a statement released through the Frankfurt Community Public affairs office. One of the most visible effects of the budget cuts in Frankfurt could be at the Community tax Relief office where service members get assistance in avoiding the pay ment of Germany s 14 percent value added lax or  Heller said in the statement that Frank Furt is considering giving the operation non appropriated fund status and charging a fee for the tax Relief service. The Community recognizes the need for this service but has no authorization to accomplish it. The alternative to a charge is to abolish the service he said. Addition to the 27 dismissed in workers who left  for other Neafus have not bceaj0niaced. The Community pleas to Rem in other workers to jobs in the Nam Jafary troop support agencies and oui cwt activities to bring the  Roll Rita Cdr 200, Dow from 34arifthc end of March rps Headquarters in Wrath hot will attrition to empty 150 tempera fictions including those of Security guar mail handlers furniture repairers and sew ing machine operators. Officials at one Safe base Ramstein near Kaiserslautern arc faced with finding ways to trim $1.45 million a move the Community commander said will definitely Hurt people Hurt  we re kind of in a wait and see Mode at the moment said col. Leslie a. Hobgood who also commands the 377th combat support Wing. Everyone s holding their breath to see what s going to happen. Hobgood has ordered $125,000 in cuts to the civilian payroll a move that will mean replacing departing employees on a on for four basis. About $600,000 will be made up by cancelling or delaying landscaping and other civil engineering projects around the Community of 72,000 americans. The custodial services Are where you re really going to see the difference h Good said. The window washers Pafso people won t be Washines mown win Dows. But they  their own wastepaper Hua Iota hand helping clean up the offic Wulc. No one is going to have to Man the Lato peelers. Well be Able to keep  some army communities have handle the cuts without resorting to furlough plans or dismissals. In the v corps Community of Baum older Only a handful of positions Are vacant according to Community personnel officer Joe pilchard. We be watched our Money closely and we be been Able to avoid dismissing any one he said. But we Are filling some vacant positions As Money becomes available Jav Lucre in t a freeze on any vacant Posi  Pri Tchad said the Community also will be Able Torfli Kiil 60 jobs for teen agers this summer using Kyj Jajey awarded the Community through the Btu Vareur Energy con we  it As a Way Ratway Back the Community for their hard woman Energy conservation he said. I would nut we 11 be Able to give a Job to  wants  Nuernberg Community handled its Bud Habib from Page 1 breakthrough because it partly met Nicara Gua s demand that it would t sign a peace Accord until american support for the con iras ceased. Asked whether Habib had made a mis take the official said i Don t think it was a mistake. 1 think that in the discussions that he had he May not have been As pre Cise or As definitive As perhaps he might have wanted to be on  another senior administration official also speaking on the condition that he not be identified said Friday the . Is afraid of the pressure for signing a treat for the Sake of having a document signed which even those who Are signing it privately acknowledge does not meet the  is a certain impetus 1 would say mostly in South America to finish the pro Cess and withdraw from it by signing a document regardless of the Content thereof. We Are sure opposed to that. That would be  asked if this was Likely to happen the official said of it s a possibility  the official said the administration Hopes a verifiable treaty realizing All of the objectives of the Contador countries can be achieved but added i would t say there is great optimism that this can be done. The official agreed that Habib s letter was imprecise and said that if he were in a Posi Tion to rewrite it he would substitute implementation for signing of he treaty. However informed officials have said Habib s april ii statement had been approved by senior officials at the White House and state department and that a briefing by an Anonymous senior official should not be taken As an official change. One Well placed congressional source who had conferred recently with senior administration officials on the peace negotiations said the White House official was seeking to mollify congressional conserva Tives who Are worried that a sell out of the contras is imminent and who have demanded Habib s Scalp. In his letter to Reagan Kemp wrote some within our own state department. Would have us walk away from the democratic resistance for the false promises of an unenforceable  Nicaragua has t yet said it would sign the agreement but expectations have grown Here that it will. The other signers would be Al Salvador Costa Rica Honduras and Guate Mala. The presidents of the five nations will hold a Summit in Guatemala this weekend and could Iron out remaining differences. The United states would t sign the agreement but is. Support is vital for it Success since one aim is to halt the Contra insurgency. Get cuts skilfully enough to produce a sur a us in payroll funds according to William Ranfield the director of  Mcnol. Tjho we be  funds to a i inc program that will be size of any in the previous years he said. Unless other Large cuts arc made later this year we should have no problems at  temperatures s if45 77 59 71sa 74 45 a46 71 33 a57 45 so tos4 59 63 7547 64 49 5942 69 48 5464 85 48 7144 71 48 5533 64 46 7361 75 68 1667 a 42 7056 83 56 7658 82 61 79 Alban Albuquerque Anchorage Allenta Mantle Allyl More bar Aham Burlin Charles. 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