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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, July 7, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes monday july 7.1980 that flit photographs show the arrest of australian Btu Geol Reni Chambersjr. Kit and Kevin John Butaw. Malaysia won t Grant clemency to 2 australians facing Gallows Kuala Bumpur Malaysia up authorities rejected sunday an 11 the hour Appeal from australian prime minister sob Hawke asking for mercy for two australians sentenced to hang monday for trafficking in 6.8 ounces of heroin. I m afraid this is the end of the Road said carpal Singh lawyer for the two men whose hanging would be the first executions of westerners under Malaysia s Tough anti narcotics Laws. The families of Kevin John Barlow 28, and Brian Geoffrey Chambers 29, made their last visit sunday to Kuala Bumpur s pud jail. In London British prime minister Margaret Thatcher made a last minute Appeal sunday to the malaysian government to Grant clemency on humanitarian grounds to the two men. Barlow born in eng land holds dual British australian citizenship. Hawk sent a last minute letter appealing for a slay of execution until Alt Legal avenues were fully explored to prime minister Mah Athir Mohamad Anipen Angov Awang Hassan. Australian High commissioner David Evans flew to Penang saturday evening to deliver the letter to the governor. The defense lawyer also unsuccessfully sought to meet the prime minister but All the last min Ute appeals were rejected Barlow a welder from Perth and Chambers a building contractor from Sydney will be the first westerners hanged under drug Laws requiring the death penalty for anyone found guilty of trafficking in More than half an ounce of heroin. They were convicted last july of trafficking in 6.3 ounces of heroin lost their december supreme court Appeal and had their final plea for clemency rejected two weeks ago by the Penang pardons Board. Lawyers tried in vain saturday to persuade the pen Ang governor to order a slay of execution until the Penang High court heard several suits still before courts challenging the june 21 decision of the pardons Board to turn Down mercy appeals. For the second Lime in a week the governor rejected arguments for a postponement of the hangings saying the appeals were on the same grounds that were previously rejected. A sections 86 Washington primary elections will be held sept. 9 in Rhode Island new Hampshire and Arizona. Service members and their families can obtain information on voting proce dures by requesting a 1986-87 voting assistance guide from unit voting assist Ance officers. Federal Post card applications Atso Are  from local units. Civilians May obtain voting information from any . Embassy or consulate. The following information is provided by the Federal voting assistance office in the Pentagon. If local assistance is not available overseas voters May Contact the Federal voting assistance program director. Room 1s457. Pentagon Washington . 20301, or Auto on 22s 0663 or commercial 202 695-0663. As of the Date of the news release there was no scheduled statewide Republican primary for Rhode Island but a demo cratic primary is slated for stale and local offices voters will choose candidates for . Representative governor Lieuten ant governor Secretary of state attorney general and general treasurer. Local races Are for the offices of May ors town Council members school com Mittee members town committee Mem Bers Ward members and tax esses on. Absentee voters must specify party of world today guard halts kenyan train preventing derailment guerrillas were jailed for a similar rail attack the Nairobi sunday Standard newspaper said Sun Day. The newspaper Laid three hive boulders and a Large Iron bar were placed in the path of a Pas Senger express Friday night East of Kisumu in the Luo dominated Western sugar Bell. They were spotted in Lime by a rail guard and he hailed the express train Short of he obstruction. Police bunched an immediate investigation but it was not known whether Friday s attack on the Nairobi bound express was directly related to the jailing of the three anti government guerrillas earlier Friday in nearby Nauru 75 Miles Northwest of Nairobi the three defendants belonged to a left Wing organization calling itself my Kenya the Kenya which is opposed to the one party govern ment of president Daniel Arap Moi $448 million donated to Aid chernobyl victims Moscow up private donations to special government fund to Aid the victim of the chernobyl nuclear disaster have reached$448 million including $800,000 from abroad radio Moscow said sunday. More than 100,000 people were evacuate from a 19-mile radius around the chernobyl Plant 600 Miles Southwest of Moscow Otlo Winthe april 26 disaster that has Ica at least 26 people dead. Viktor Dementev chairman of the Board of the state Bank of the soviet Union was quoted by the radio u saying us government it pleased with the show of support for the Cherno Byl victims. Radio Moscow Laid the Money would be ined o build houses and provide food and do thing for the victims i Laid the $448 million donate to the fund opened Days after the Accident was in addition to government Money allocated for disaster Relief. The amount of government Money set aside for die victims and for the cleanup of the disaster site has not been nude Public. Filiation on the Federal Post card application or state registration in order to receive a Primacy ballot. 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