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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. June 17, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 Alaska towns May prohibit alcohol marijuana of but not Demon rum Anch Kace. Alaska up alas kans a legally possess up to 4 ounces of  bin i new Lii gives communities the auth Gnu in outlaw posses Sion of Beer wine Luidor and Home brew. Villages thai Oit Jurj May impose a j1kill Fine on anyuru1 taught with a bottle of Hoo a and drinkers can be ordered 10 perform Community service work. The drink will be confiscated Anil destroyed. Some people ill Ink they have a can Lilu Lionnil right in drink said state rep. John Binkley who pushed the Hill to passage i Tiv in Stalion is for the Hendlin of in. Entire  alcohol has been a problem in Remote regains of Alaska Ever since Ibe russians and their colonial successors used Alai Hollo buy furs from the natives. Now. A stale that cherishes Persona privacy says the an cml problem n in had. Villages May want turn Sci pro i Hixion. In l 75, the Alaska supreme t ourt cited a privacy provision in the state Constitution in ruling adults Lould Mil he barred from using marijuana in their Homes. An alaskan i an it Galu pm Sass up to 4 ounces of Floc drug hut Wile or Possession of More Ilian thai is illegal. The court said alaskans constitutional right to privacy must a ref Only when it interferes in a serious manner with the health safely rights and priv in cacs of inhers or with the Public Wel  bin Ilcy and his supporters compiled a 119-Page Book that paints a picture of Rural villages devastated by alcohol. The Book a search fur control the effect of alcohol on Public rights and private  makes a Case for ban Ning boo a Willmut infringing on the Riffil to privacy. The report is filled with alcohol re laced horror stories of suicides wife beat Ings murders child abuse and Drunken people freezing to death ii noted  Alaska s courts have called alcohol More dangerous than marijuana. Binkley and five other legislator toured 17 villages to seek a solution. Already m Remote towns and villages ban he importation and Sale of alcoholic beverages hut until now they did not have Jie authority to ban alcohol posses Sion. Forbidding villagers to bring alcohol to town and prohibiting alcohol sales has not caused villages to go dry. Instead a thriving Hoo leg business exists. The Homes of alcohol abusers Are cold because the Cash income is used fur alcohol instead of stove Oil. A fifth of whiskey comi t 2ft in Selawik and a Pink costs $61 according to testimony in the Arctic Circle Village of Selawik. In the fishing Community of Dilling Ham legislators were Lom that alcohol is not just making people miserable it is obliterating a  Mother Teresa preaches to teens Estes Mark. Colo. A Mother Teresa whose roman c at Hovic order ministers to the poorest of the poor was received with adulation sunday As she preached to hundreds of american teen agers. The 75-Yl a old nun won the Nobel peace Prie in 1979 and is known for her work among the sick and dying in Calcutta India. She spoke to about 61 0 youngsters at the  Park Center of the Young men s Christian association of the Rockies. Her message 10 the teen agers find loves everyone on Eastlu children should love their parents and Sib Lings ill people should love their neighbors and each person should strive to make the world a better place. In an apparent reference to abortion the nun Lold a Story about Jesus comparing him to a Little last. Then said the Little Lamb holy child has become the target to be destroyed by its own Mother. We thank our parents for wanting us and taking care of us. Let us thank them in prayer. The audience was still for nearly a minute As the yugoslavian born nun bowed her cloth covered head in Salem meditation. The family thai prays together slays together said Mother Teresa. The last word was nearly drowned out in applause As the crowd cheered her knowledge of a popular american bumper sticker and slogan. Throughout her 45-Minule speech Mother Teresa was interrupted by whistles and Dapping by enthusiastic youngsters. The sunday morning Assembly was a sometime Pep rally soft Rock concert and Church service. Musicians played popular religious songs. The audience joined hands and swayed singing with the music. Every speaker was greeted with a standing ovation. Besides students participants included a smattering of priests and nuns and parents who were chaperoning the four Day Awakening ii conference which began saturday and ends tuesday. Saturday she visited Gallup n.m., and poured local missions and a Navajo Indian reservation. Following her speech Mother Teresa was brought to the front of the stage where she was instantly sur rounded by a sea of teen agers. Many cried some dropped to their Knees to kiss the hem of her Habil some embraced her and kissed her neck and head. Sanden Rone 5, clings to Mother Teresa As thenan arrives in Gallup Clingi a so. Afghan rebels open . Drive for More arms Washington a four visiting afghan rebel leaders sunday began a five Day Campaign for More weapons by meeting with countrymen on he eve of a White House meeting with president Reagan. Ihira Noddin Rahmani n spokesman for the afghan resistance Alliance addressed 500 of Bis countrymen at an elementary school in Alexandria a. He urged to lick to preserve their culture while helping organize International recognition for the War to oust soviet troops from their nation. Rabbani and other Alliance leaders Are seeking More and better weapons for their guerrilla War against of  s mantis government and a soviet invasion Force estimated at 115,000. They were to meet with Reagan monday morning and hold u news conference afterwards said Henry Kriegel a spokesman for the Washington based com Mittee for a free Afghanistan which is assisting the afghan leaders during their visit. The schedule of the afghan leaders who arrived in Washington includes meetings with with vice presi Dent George Bush Secretary of slate George Shuli and congressional leaders. The Alliance consists of  main guerrilla organizations battling the government. Rabbani Leader of the Jamiat i a Swami guerrilla group is serving a three month term As spokesman for the. Alliance a position that rotates among the leaders. The United states is thought to have supplied the rebels with hundreds of millions of dollars in arms since the soviets invaded in 1979, but the guerrillas Are critically Short of anti aircraft weapons. Rabbani told his countrymen that recent intelligence reports cite a marked increase in soviet counterinsurgency tactics and increasing shipments of russian weapons to Afghanistan he urged the afghans to help organize a Campaign for world recognition of the guerrilla leaders As the Only legit mate representatives of the afghan people. Your own parking space Sells for a Cool $29,000 new York up in new York City where space is at a Premium a real estate agent has begun Selling parking spaces for cars Al $29,000 a spot plus a maintenance fee. The new York daily news reported that 841 garage associates has already sold 39 of the spaces in a parking garage in Brooklyn to customers who want a guaranteed place to Park their car and someone to keep an Eye on it. Junior High school principal meryl Friedman who lives in the genl fied Park slope District of Brooklyn bought one of the spaces in the six Story garage and she does t even own a car. Her Mercedes Benz was stolen in March. I Don t have a car now she said. But now that i have a space to Park a car i have an excuse to go out and buy a new  she said she is paying her $29,000 for the car condominium in install ments plus a $142.6fi monthly maintenance fee Howard prom Kly of the car Condo outfit called the Purchase a Good invest ment and said he hoped to have All 145 spaces in the garage sold by Christmas. He said similar car space plans Are sold in Boston and Paris. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago  17, 1946 to Bangkok the siamese newspaper Thieng them challenged the official statement that King Ananda Mah idol died by Accident. The paper said n suspected the King was assassinated. 30 years ago today. June 17. 1956 air Force Secretary Donald Quarles said the a bomb Over Bikini May 21 missed its aiming Point by about four Miles. But he said he miss was not great enough to have a serious effect on the Success of the  20 years ago today. June 17t 1966 the South vietnamese government damped a curfew on Saigon to Stem the wave of Buddhist rioting that has rocked the City for Fau r Days. To years ago foe a. June 17, 1976 . Ambassador Francis Mcloy jr., his economic Counselor and their chauffeur Wen killed by gunmen while attempting to Cross Between moslem and Christian Beirut fora meeting with president elect Elias Sarkis  
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