European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday november 22,19s6 Power Cut darkens debate London a a severed Power Cable plunged big Ben and the House of commons into darkness thursday forcing lawmaker to hold their debate by the Light of candles an camping lanterns. The Power cuts lasted intermittently Tor 70minutes until Tomei Waicy generators restored electricity to the parliamentary chamber and is famous clock Tower. Authorities said the outage occurred when Cable was severed during construction work at nearby Trafalgar Square. It came As the House was debating the Workings of the British Broad casting corp. Pm lays off 33,350 Detroit a general motors corp. On thursday Laid off 33,350 people in seven state because of a critical parts Plant strike that May soon Force the nation s largest automaker to close nearly All of its Assembly plants. Negotiators returned to the bargaining table meanwhile in Hopes 01 ending the walkout by 7,700 people at a Delco Electron pcs Plant in Kokomo ind. Pm Laid off workers until further notice i Delaware Kansas Kentucky Michigan Missouri. New Jersey and Ohio because of parts Short Ages caused by the Delco walkout pm spokes Man John Mueller said. About 16,700 of the workers were told not to report starting thurs Day and the rest were told not to report starting Friday Mueller  Kokomo Plant workers have been on strike since monday when talks failed to resolved dispute Over subcontracting and Transfer of radio production to Mexico. 2 drown at ferry site f1shbourne, England a two women drove their car off a pier As they tried to Board a departing ferry thursday and owned police said the women wanted to Board a ferry bound from Fishbourne on the us Jar Wight to the Southern English Mainland tit were Lold the were too tale and would five to wait an hour for the next sailing  control Tjohn Millward said a Rev ving engine was men heard and the women s car moved Forward before attendants had tune to Chain off Ore  recovered the bodies of the women lid not identify them. Pope visits Singapore Suva Fiji a Pope John Paul ii told crowd in Singapore on thursday that govern ments should have no part in determining the size of families and then flew 10 Fiji where South Pacific islanders greeted him with the is knee reserved for  fijian chief wearing grass skirts presented the Pope with � set of whale s Teeth and Atout pig during a welcoming ceremony Friday. John Paul planned a 24-hour visit to the , the second lion on John Paul s situation tour of asian and Pacific countries i worried about a too successful birth control pro com. During i five hour stay there the pontiff old thousand of people gathered for Masi that it a the exclusive right of married couples to decide the size of their family without govern mental coercion.  Check Washington a airlines Fth jul the Lockheed Hoil Are examining tie jetliner for possible crack in the pkg support after a Small fracture was found a the Wing of a Delta air Una Jet. The Federal aviation Thund a ordered nearly 100 examine each ius. Airline to cording Towfic built 19s3.t administration on inspection of the airlines to Lin 50 flying  117 of the aircraft a. Of  the planet Between 1970 and. I Delta. Eastern and Twa 194 of  for the three air carriers said the i Are either under Way or in the Del la already have been completed. Faa action wat taken after the National transportation safety Board rated concern about possible Metal fatigue in the Wing  loll Jeu. Officials flabbergasted by Mcfarlane comments Washington non senior White House officials were described thursday at flabbergasted and incredulous at comments by Robert c Mcfarlane. A Central figure in Washington dealing with Iran who Taid sending military equipment to Tehran was a mis  key White House aide asserted that the statements by Mcfarlane. The former National Security adviser and an architect of the secret Iran plan were in direct contrast to his Public statement in recent Days. Mcfarlane declined to respond to several Telephone Calls thursday but he issued a statement that sought to clarify his earlier comment. However Well meaning and defensible our Pur poses were his statement said they led to understand Able turmoil that can have damaging effect on the ability of our country to  As a senior adviser to the president i should have anticipated this potential outcome he said. The fail ure to do so represents a serious error in by i for which i accept full  Mcfarlane s abrupt reversal of his earlier views came in the aftermath of opposition to arms sales to Iran by two of president Reagan s key advisers. Secre tary of state George p. Shultz and defense Secretary clip we. Weinberger. Nonetheless me arcane t earlier conure not made to the Washington Post were especially shocking to senior White House official because overture to Ira began during Mcfarlane tenure a National Security adviser. After Mcfarlane left his White House Job i december w5. He remained a dominant figure id secret talks with the iranians making a Clandestine trip to Tehran in May on a plane crammed with Mili tary equipment. It s All puzzling and pretty incredible a senior White House official said when he was director of the Csc or since or on the Mission he never gave any indication that be thought it was a  Donald t. Regan the White House chief of  described As upset about Mcfarian i com , in his interview with the Washington Post said it was a mistake by the administration to provide arms to Iran As part of a Deal that included the release of american Noeages. Italian libyan officials Confer Valletta Malta a the italian and Libya foreign ministers held a Surprise meeting thursday and discussed ways of Patching up relations betwee Italy and its former North african Colony. We be never burned our Bridges with Libya Giu Lio Andreolli said after a 40-minute conference with Kamel Hassan Mathur. We have always sought to overcome the moments of difficulty a Mathur made an unannounced trip u  and Premier Bettino Cran wept Kere to meet with prime minister  Bonnici. When asked whether the libyan visit was a coincidence Andreotti Taid is for a Long time Stejr fattest Premier hat tried to create a rapport Between the Mediterranean Peoples Byrd named Washington a Senate Democrat re installed Robert c. Byrd of West Virginia at majority Leader thursday and republicans picked Bob Dole of Kansas As minority Leader for the 100th congress1 convenes Ian. 6. A that reverses the roles Byrd and dote Mydin the99th Congress and reflects the outer Jbf the nov. 4 election thai ended six years  control Byrd who has led  since 1977,returns to the  he held until 1980. With each  for it leadership Post Allbut settled to twas no suspense at the 55 Democrat and 45 Rajber Picani met separately. Indent he caucuses were overshadowed by the con and to make Malta a Bridge tween the two shores. Believe thai tonight step in that  the Island ij00mies South of Sicily and 200 mile North of lib  said it was the highest level meeting Lethe libyans fired two missiles at the italian it. A of Lampedusa on april 1s, the Day of the . Air raid on Tripoli and Benghazi. Andreotti described nil talks with Mathur at very useful and said without elaborating they gave it the Opportunity to discuss certain International and bilateral  Bonnici visited Tripoli on wednesday to meet with libyan Leader Moa mar Gamba i Leagan i his explanation of the action a Ole summed up i View saying the administration should admit it was a  along with Byrd who celebrated his 69lh birthday the Democrat elected top Leaden from the last con  Only leadership contest was on the democratic tide for the majority Post Byrd got the Job when . Bennett Johnston of Louisiana withdrew. The Only Contr oven on committee i on the gop tide. It involves a dispute Between sen. Jeanae Helms,, who it trying to unseat sea. Richard la Garyl ind a the top Republican on the Senate foreign re lations committee. Nyc police Hunt for gunman new York a a band picked police taskforce scoured City i net thursday for Man who shot in officers when hey tried to arrest him for question ing in four dog murders. Five of the Tii policemen Are hospitalized but All Are expected to survive. The object of the manhunt by 30 detectives  was Larry Davis 20. And for shooting a Davis is wanted for questioning in the drug murders of four hispanic men on oct 30 a police in an unrelated Chase later that Day . He also is a suspect in an earlier Manhattan Mur Der and a Suffolk county House robbery police Taid and it named in a Bench warrant adeling he tried to murder someone during a robbery in january. Cd Cotui said Davit hat a record of larceny and burglary a Rem dating Back to 1983. Police attune Davit u heavily armed the shooting occurred when a team of 27 officer unrounded the titter apartment wednesday night Hurricane Frances develops in Atlantic Coral Gables Fla. A tropical storm Frances developed into the fourth Hurricane of the 1926 Teaton thursday but weather forecasters Ore dieted a Low pressure system forming off the new eng and coast would quickly overpower the Lale Teason  became a minimal Hurricane when it Maxi mum wind reached 7 Mph in the Atlantic  Hurricane s Center wat about Soo Miles a Khounv Cut of Bermuda moving toward the non heart at about 15  were slim that the 250-mhe-Wida storm Leitem would bit Bermuda according to the nation Hurricane Center. 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