European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes re France visa requirement causing lines confusion Page 2 d Barbarossa expands travel services Page 3 d mets Clinch no East baseball title Page 21 the a Felfe Lpes author titled unofficial publication for the ii.1. Kimio vol. 45. No. 154 Friday. September 19, 1986 m of i it d 8693 a French military attache slain Beirut Lebanon iii1 unidentified gunmen killed inc French military attache in Lebanon thurs Day and a previously unknown group claimed responsibility and vowed More violence against France. See related Story Page 28. Col. Christian Gou Pierrc was shot in the head by an undetermined number of men using guns equipped with silencers. He was getting out of his cur after Park ing outside the French embassy compound in Chris Tian East Beirut when the gunmen struck police Capi Ashraf Rifi said. To a Telephone Call to a Western news Agency inc previously unknown from of Justice and revenge claimed responsibility for Goutierre s killing. The caller indicated that the assassination was linked to a terror Campaign in 1 Aris where five bomb Ings in 10 Days have killed eight people and injured More than 160, speaking in arabic the Anonymous caller said his group was responsible for the execution of the French military he said French prime minister Jisc ques Chirac should know that our next retaliation will be even More in Paris French defense minister Andre Giraud called the assassination cowardly and said those responsible would to punished. " Gou Licare was felled in a cowardly attack this morning. He knew the risks involved in carrying out his Mission and assumed them to the Point of Sacri fice Giraud said in a statement the assassins will be punished i n the end he said. Rifi said he could not confirm a report by the Christia voice of free Lebanon radio that a dark haired and mustachioed Man in his twenties had killed Chou Pierre. An embassy spokesman said Goutierre. 54, was married and had three children. His family is living in France he said. The Christian voice of Lebanon rezoned Goutier Mcsee attache on Page 28 Dollar plunges below 2-Mark level London up the Dollar fell sharply an most major foreign Exchange thursday after remarks by . Treasury Secretary James Baker that he favors a weaker Dollar. Gold Rose. The Dollar closed at its lowest rate Indore than five years in Frankfurt end ing at 1.9920 Marks against wednesday s close of 2.0353. The previous Low was set on Jan. 22, 1981, see conversion rate. Page 27. The . Currency also hit a 3vi-year Low in Milan closing at 1,388.40 lire Down from 1,406.10. The close was the lowest for the Dollar in Italy since 1,378.30 lire on feb. 17, 1983. Dealers in several centers including Tokyo and Frankfurt said the dollars lumped after Baker said in an interview that further declines in the rate were needed As Long As West Germany and Japan declined to Cut interest rates. Zurich dealers said another Factor was . Housing starts being lower than expected. One exception to the Dollar s slide Wasin London where the Dollar Rose to $ 1.4715 per Pound at inc close. Rehnquist confirmed of 16th chief Justice Washington
