European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Paol 8 the stars and stripes sunday october 12.1986 Weinberger Gandhi focus on High technology new Delhi India up1 . Defense Secre tary Caspar Weinberger making the first visit to India by a Pentagon chief met with prime minister Raji Gandhi saturday for talks that will include discussing india1 quest for High , who holds his Cabinet s defense portfolio also was Likely to raise his concerns Over . Arms sates to Pakistan India s adversary in three wars since the two nations received Independence from Britain in1947. Other issues expected to be discussed during Iheme eting included this weekend s superpower Summit in Iceland the soviet occupation of Afghanistan terrorism and .-soviet rivalry in the Indian Ocean. Weinberger on the third leg of a world tour flew into a. Suburban new Delhi at base earlier saturday aboard a . Air Force Jet from China. He is to trave to Pakistan on tuesday. He told reporters his talks with Indian officials will be effective and useful in improving and increasing the relationships of the . Military and the Indian Mili is the Fust american defense Secretary to visit India and the highest ranking . Official to come since vice president George Bush in 1984, . Diplomats said his visit reflects steady Ira prov menu in indo-. Relations since Gandhi took office after the assassination of his Mother and predecessor Indira Gandhi two years ago. Gandhi and Weinberger were expected to discus Indian requests for . Civilian and military technology and . Concerns that sophisticated electronics could end up in the soviet Union India s main arms supplier since the 1960s.India is upgrading in armed forces the world s fourth largest and Domestic arms production an has increasingly turned to Western Europe for advanced weaponry. Company May Iff fhe big time with watch that can run on Beer Toronto up a Canadian firm will soon Market what could become the ultimate in conversation pieces a watch that can run on Beer. The initial reaction to it will be to throw Beeton it and say hey look what my Waich can do " mid Peter Savage a partner in he com Pany thai plans to put Lii timepiece on the mar Ket in about Ihrck weeks. Savage 44. Is one of two partners in pro sports promotions lid. Of Brampton Ontario just West of Toronto. He and John ,37, have purchased the Canadian rights to the watch developed by vent research of Elpaso Texas. In fact. Savage said thursday the watch Cancun on almost any liquid including water cof fee Lea and milk. Distilled water because it has no impurities is about the Only liquid that will not Power the digital Quartz watch works by combining liquid with a paper thin piece of Copper and Small piece of Zinc. The corrosive material i n the liquid helps create a chemical reaction thai produces an electrical charge and that Energy is stored or two drops will keep it going for a week to a month depending on the humidity inthe air Savage said. Pro sports promotions which also Sells darts and acts As agent for several professional British Dart players plans to Market the watch for the Ca Nadian equivalent of Between $21.60 and $23.80. The product will be manufactured in Europe an Hong Kong for vermin search Savage said. Up not demonstration shows How vetting the watch males it go. Bomb jolts Athens office area Athens Greece a a bomb exploded outside the Athens City Council offices saturday one Day be fore the first round of nationwide Loco elections but caused no injuries and Little damage police said. A police spokesman said a guard outside the six Story Vilice building alerted police after spotting a suspicious package near the Entrance. The package exploded before the bomb squad arrived but it caused minor damage because the guard had tossed it away from the building the spokesman said. A few Concrete Flower pots and such were smashed the spokesman said. A local left Wing terrorist group. Revolutionary pop ular struggle claimed Ponsi Bilitch for the blast in a Telephone Call to a left Wing Athens afternoon newspaper. Elefther Otylia free pres the spoke Man said. The group has claimed responsibility for More than100 minor bomb attacks around the greek capital since 97fi, Many staged to coincide with lignin int political events. More than 7 million greeks were to Vole sunday for mayors of 280 towns and cities and 5,700 Village presi dents in a first round of local government elections held every four Yean. Runoff elections will be held oct. 19 in Urban Cen ters in a fifa where no candidate wins an Overall majority. The poll is viewed As a referendum on socialist pre Mier Andreas Papandreou s Belt tightening economic policy which includes a virtual wage freeze and restrictions on imports. The Premier a wanted that the austerity policy introduced in october 1985, May get tougher next year when a Large chunk of payments on the country ss16 billion foreign debt must be met voting is officially obligatory for Greece s 8.2 Mil lion Strong electorate but voters Over 70 and those living More than 125 Miles away from the District where Hwy Are registered Are permitted to abstain. World today injured japanese climber airlifted from Mountain Katmandu Nepal to Topi a 27-year-ow so Nese climber who suffered a broken leg in an Avalanche wat airlifted off the 23,494-fdot-Higfi Union after being rescued near the Peak me Misny or tourism said Avalanche threw Mikio Mizuhata 50 feet Down the Peak from the team s Camp on monday the ministry said Mitsuhata the expedition Leader was recovering in Katmandu. The other member of the team Hir Orfu ,29 is a tinning the assault on the peat front a Cut Ridge despite the Accident ministry officials said swedish Leader s grave desecrated by vandals Stockholm Sweden map vandals desecrate the grave of slain swedish prime minister Olof palme police id Friday. Acting District commander Lennar Niton no of desecration of the grave in a downtown churchyard was discovered Early Friday but could have happened any time after thursday evening he said vandals Cut ropes surrounding the burial site hurled wreaths away and trampled and crashed Flower vases on the churchyard Lawn. A Rosebush another Flowers planted on the grave were torn up by toe roots and destroyed. Nilsson said police did not have any dues to to identity of the Van dais. Hong Kong to ban smokeless tobacco Hong Kong a Hong Kong plans to ban smokeless tobacco following a confirmation from the world health organization that it could cause cancer a government spokesman said Friday. The spokesman who declined to be identified by name said the organization reported Smokel Tobac co could Lead to cancer of the Mouth and upper respiratory tract. Smokeless tobacco is chewed or sucked. The spokesman said smokeless tobacco product Shad been marketed in recent years and had found cob tid Erable Appeal among children and Young people. Prompt action is taken to prevent the i Reid of the relatively new tobacco product in Hoot Kong be said. Colombia suspends sales of Coffee for 2 months Bogota Colombia up Colombia one of the world s top Coffee exporters has suspended Sale of its Coulee during october and november because in hat Vest is behind schedule officials said Friday. Jorge Cardenas manager of the colombian coffe federation said the temporary suspension of exports was necessary because Only some 60,000 264-Pevsjdbags of Coffee had been collected to Date. Tree Tarvit normally would be Between i Cru Dion and 1.5 he said. He said stockpiles of about 10.5 million Wen not being used because Colombia offers Only fresh Coffee to outside buyers to maintain its Reg Tai Ion As producer of the world s finest come. Tub stockpiles Are used mainly for local consumption. Germans claim soviets try to kill doctors in Afghanistan Frankfurt a soviet troops in Amu an try to loll foreign doctors during Battles Woi Mem rebels a group of German doctors charted Friday. Doctors Karl Viktor Fie gang and Ruth and afghan troops attacked a team of doctor on sept t4somhofkandahru destroying their equipment which was Worth $75,000. We Are lure this was a trap set up co i m. The two doctors told a news conference in fran fint they Taid they managed to escape and reached the Border with Pakistan after a 10-Day March. Another doctor Reinhard Troea charged that a soviet offer 15,000 to anyone who Kolja Abna Lor and $1,000 for an a thaa Tea Roc who Tatsos tithe motion rebel
