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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes thursday october 2,1986 news up Laufs apology oct Pete i Tokyo up  Andrew Young Sif tucs a he accepted prime minister Yashin Nakasone s Biogy Overa controversial racial remark be cause \ Ial  arc by gaping up and not  Young Leader and Rev. Mart invoked the i of Healing for for ii not pre ment dung with the in civil rights associate of the Wilher King jr., in k Leader s spirit ining at a lunch Why he did on the com monday a Mosel Mac mini me infuriate i groups by Sugiu speech that who Jim achievement by its Mono racial  in a Span been Seiy. Education level by the presence of by Curto Picans and  cocaine conspiracy Miami a eighteen of 23 people indicted by a Federal grand jury last week in what prosecutor said was a cocaine conspiracy involving baggage handlers at Miami International Airport were re leased on Bonds monday. The Bonds set by chief . Magistrate Peter Palermo Range from $25,000 personal surety to $200.000 corporate surety de pending on local family tics and the degree of involvement alleged in the Friday indictment. Bond hearings for the other five were delayed or pending. Palermo set oct. 7 arraignments for All defendants. U u a ovum 39 11 cooriho8b&s& n m40 65 a Tow 70 of Monma h Otanm b2 Eluo Kinlock vows continued support for nato . Non nuke bases Blackpool England up Neil Kinlock Leader of Britain s labor party and candidate for prime minister tuesday reaffirmed his commitment to unilateral nuclear disarmament and pledged continued membership in nato and support for . Non nuclear bases. In a keynote address to the labor party convention possibly its last be fore the next general election Kinlock promised to attack Britain s High unemployment and to rebuild British Industry through nationalization and an infusion of borrowed Cash. He blamed conservative prime min ister Margaret Thatcher for having Cre ated during her past seven years in of fice a society More divided than Ever before Kinlock 44, took a conciliatory one toward the United states on the defense Issue but at the same Lime he lashed out at the Reagan administration for supporting the contras in Nicaragua. The people of Nicaragua Are Strug gling to keep their infant democracy alive against terrorists armed an funded by the government of the United states of America Kinlock said. Those people of Nicaragua mus look at pictures of the fourth of july celebrations and wonder what makes great country like America. Finance the evil people who murder the inno cent in Nicaragua he said to applause. In Friendship and frankness we Sarto the United states it is wrong to Arm the Contra  Kinlock was re elected Leader of his party earlier in the Day by consensus. He will face Thatcher in the next general election due in mid-1988 but expected to be held sometime next year. Labor s policy of unilateral nuclear disarmament was placed at the forefront of the convention because of critical re Marks made by . Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. Nell Kinlock a photo Weinberger said in a British to inter View that a labor government s non nuclear policy could wreck nato. Kinlock vowed in his speech that As prime minister he would implement a non nuclear defense strategy and he dismissed Weinberger s re Marks As not having the support of president Reagan. In recent Days there have been some other intervening voices fro outside Britain Kinlock said. Some of their language has been lurid but it has been repudiated. It has been mad Clear that it was not the representative voice or the attitude of the adm Nistra  the interventions that we have heard were not so much a product of american anxiety As a result of tory conservative party alarm at the fact that we Are defeating them and we re going to beat them in the next general  Kinlock has said in the past week that he would ban nuclear weapons from Britain As prime minister but he would build up conventional forces and would keep Britain in nato. In his speech he stressed Britain commitment to remain in nato say ing we will fulfil that  also put to rest . Fears that a labor government would order Ameri can bases closed along with the expulsion of All nuclear weapons from Brit Ain. It is that Here in Britain and in our territories elsewhere in the world there Are installations which Are essential to the National Security inter ests of the United states of americ and the collective interests of the nato Alliance. We do not propose for one moment and we never have proposed for one moment that those facilities should be withdrawn from the United states of America for we Are allies and we Dis charge our obligations to our allies he said. Unlike past labor party speeches Kinlock s address was full of references to patriotism and of a new sense of morality. As prime minister he said he would apply strict and Strong economic sanctions against South Africa something Thatcher has refused to do. Kinlock s speech was Well received by the delegates who at the end gave Himan ovation of several minutes. Kinlock vowed to put 1 million peo ple Back to work within two years and to rebuild British Industry. But he Slid that would take nationalization of some industries and the need to Bor Row an amount of Money equal to 2 percent of Britain s Gross National product. The labor party needs to win 116 additional seats in the House of commons to become the majority party and form a government. Under Kinlock s leadership the labor party has risen from its disastrous election defeat in 1983, when Thatcher on re election by a landslide and has out polled Thatcher s conservative in every major Public opinion pod this year. . Frade deficit of lowest level since april Washington up the . Merchandise Trade deficit dropped nearly $5 billion in August to the lowest level since april the Commerce department said tuesday. The shortfall Between the value of goods exported from the United states and those entering . Ports was an Esti mated $13.32 billion Down from an All time High of $18.04 billion in july according to the census Bureau s latest tally. The Sharp decline was wholly accounted for by a Steep drop in imports Down nearly $5 billion to $30.93 billion. Exports slipped Back by about $100 million to $17.6 billion. The monthly deficit was $12.07 Bil lion in april. The improvement was More or less evenly spread across the manufacturing agriculture and Energy sectors. The deficit in manufactured goods fell about $4 billion to $12.05 billion in a gust while the shortfall in crude Petroleum fell Back about s450 million to $ 1.58 billion. Agricultural Trade showed a surplus for the first time since april. Farm exports exceeded imports by $131 million in August following a deficit of $248 million in july. Regionally the . Trade position improved most dramatically against Europe and the developing world. The deficit with Western Europe declined about $1.7 billion to $2.46 billion and the shortfall with the third world declined As much to $3.88 billion. The Trade balance with Japan an Canada also improved by Slimmer mar gins. The .-Japan deficit slipped Bec about $800 million to $4.7 Biff it. White the shortfall with Canada declined bout $200 million to $2.16 billion. Analysts said the Sharp decline Faim ports was Likely associated with the Mas Sive plunge in the Dollar and to a lesser extent with slow growth abroad. Reagan administration off dab have been predicting an improvement in the Trade picture u the pricing effect of the Dollar s plunge work their my. Ihnn Frethe world Economy. .-., despite the improvement the to Tofeldt is still running at a record annul rate of 172.9 billion this year up from the pre Vious record of $148.5 billion set in 1985. Dec extends imported food radiation limit Brussels up the 12 euro Pean economic Community nations tuesday extended for give months the radiation limit for food imports introduced four months ago following the chernobyl nuclear disaster. All member states have notified their agreement to extend the measures until the end of february a spokesman for the Community s executive commission said. Fear about possible contamination of farm imports gripped Europe after the disaster at the chernobyl Power station. The european Community on May 12imposed a ban on All food imports from Eastern Europe but the 12 nations re placed this by common norms for Radia Tion Levels of imported food on May 30. The regulation said that maximum accumulated radioactivity of cerium should not exceed 370 Becquerel Perido 2.2 ibs for milk and special food for infants up to six months and 600 Becquerel per kilo for other foods Tefr Community member countries bad to organize controls on imports pot Only from Eastern Europe but Itom in Oon Community states. The Extension of the regulation win give the dec time to further study definitive Mica for general radiation a iwand controls for food imports based of scientific data officials said  
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