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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, November 24, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes monday. November 24, ism socialists hold slight Lead in austrian elections Vienna Austria up socialists Domi Nant in austrian politics for More than 16 years held a narrow Lead sunday in parliamentary elections but failed to get enough votes to Rule the government alone. Computer projections by die Interior ministry which were not official showed the socialist party with 80 parliamentary seats the opposition peo ple s party with 76, the Ria having Freedom party19 and the environmental Gree party with eight seats the first Ever for that party. At stake were 183 seats in the National parliament which before the election comprised 90 socialists 81 members of the people s party and 12 from the Freedom party. Tentative pact averts strike by longshoremen Philadelphia a negotiators for about 3,500 longshoremen have reached Tenta Tive agreement on a three year contract averting a strike that would have begun sunday. Friday s agreement for workers in Philadelphia and Wilmington del., was the last contract agreement for Rockwo racers from Maine to Virginia. About 26,500 longshoremen have approved contracts. Members of the eight International longshoremen s association locals in the two cities Are scheduled to vote monday on the tentative pact which covers local work rules and a National three year contract that maintains a $l7-an-hour wag for two years with a 5 a an hour raise in the final year. About 30,000 dockworkers from Maine to Virginia went on strike oct. 1 when their old contract expired but they returned three Day Slater under a 45-Day Extension. Contra families denied share of american Aid san Jose Nicaragua up Contr troops asked military leaders if they could have a share of the s100 million in . Aid for their families but were turned Down. Contra leaders reported saturday. An interview with Contra military chief Enri que Bermuda published by the political Arm of the rebels the United nicaraguan opposition detailed the troops request. Many of them the soldiers have asked recently if they or their families could get some economic Aid from the $100 million that was on the Way Bermudez said. We held a meeting and told them that thes100 million was sent for military Aid he said. Libya has nerve Gas London newspaper says London a Libya has acquired nerve Gas warheads for its soviet built scud a missiles and the weapons Are capable of killing anyone within an area of 23 Square Miles the sunday Telegraph reported. The London weekly quoted unidentified highly placed Western intelligence sources As saying libyan Leader to amour Gad Hail s government has passed on the warheads within the last few weeks to Syria and Iran which Bot operate identical scud a systems. The warheads contain a non persistent lethal nerve agent that could kill every human within an area of 25 Square Miles and Render a City uninhabitable for about 24 hours after the attack depend ing upon weather conditions the new paper said. Turkish consulate in Australia hit by car Melbourne Australia up a group calling itself the Creek Fiu Garian arme Iuan front claimed responsibility sunday for the car bombing of the turkish consulate. In a Telephone Call to the Sydney offices of a West Ern news Agency a spokesman for the pop said there would be More attacks. David Davis a spokesman for the Agency,.safd the caller said there would More attacks by the greek Buganan Annenia front and he read out very rapidly a list of grievances against Turkey including the creation Ofa turkish Republican  in Canberra prime minister Bob Hawke said hews outraged by the bombing. The bomb exploded in a car parked in the basement building housing the turkish consulate in Theof the Melbourne suburb of South Yarra Early sunday morn ing. A Young woman studying on the third floor of the five glory building suffered minor injuries. Human in Nui Fli were found liter by the wreckage of the car and the blast wrecked the building and shattered win Dows in score of nearby building. The assistant commissioner of crime Mitten Paul detains said be believed the remains were of a person who was killed handing alongside the car possibly after planting the bomb. The victorian bomb task Force is handling the investigation Del oui said. During the 1970s and 1980s, armenian groups seeking revenge for turkish massacres of armenians in 1915, claimed to hive killed More than 30 turkish diplomats in Europe and North America in december 1980, Saric Arsiyak the turkish con sul general in Sydney and Bis bodyguard were shot to death by a gunman who escaped of motorcycle. The Justice commandos of the armenian genocide group claimed responsibility for the killings. The group claimed it was responsible for the deaths of about dozen turkish officials. Rhine advisories remain in effect Mainz. Germany a More than two ions of herbicide floated Down the Rhine River sunday while German environmental officials scrambled to asses the damage from the latest chemical spill into the Al ready contaminated River. Waterworks that draw water from the Rhine remained closed in two states and advisories issued sat urday not to let cattle Graze in the River or dogs swim in it remained in effect. Nor Rhein westfalen state also warned industries and breweries along the Rhine sunday that they should not be using water from the River. German officials discovered saturday that rho Rethan twice As much of the herbicide Dichler acetic acid had leaked into the River on Friday As they had thought. But on sunday the Rhineland Pfalz state environmental ministry said it appeared the latest spill had had no considerable effect on the River s ecology. The leak from the base chemical Plant near Ludwigshafen on Friday morning was the third Industrial spill into the Rhine in three weeks. The chemicals were floating downriver through Rhineland Ralz and were expected to reach Nord Rhem westfalen sunday. A statement from the Rhineland Pfalz environmental ministry in the Rhine River City of Mainz said sunday there had been no deaths of fish or water in sects from the latest Pipiu. This indicates that no considerable effect on the ecological system of the Rhine has. Been linked to this wave of pollutants the statement quoted Klau Stopfer the state s Environ menu minister As saying. However the statement said tests taken sunday i Mainz showed 46 Micro Ranu of the herbicide per liter of water. That is 460 times the amount authorities consider Safe. Aquino from Page 1 was vice chief of staff under Marcos was credited with foiling a coup attempt against Aquino. Rumours of a coup repeatedly have swept Manila in recent weeks fuelled by Enrioc s criticism and a series of political assassinations. The rumours were renewed late saturday when top military leaders including Ramos and Enrile held an unexplained meeting at military Headquarters. Shortly after soldiers began imposing Security on radio and television stations in Manila and Bacolod 300 Miles tothe South. Shake up from Page 1 military trucks lined the Street leading to the presidential Palace and a Light tank was parked inside on of the compound s main Gates. Is viewed As Only the latest in a succession of foreign policy snafus Durenberger replied you can Lay it on practically any  he said changes at the top might be expected in the final two years of the administration and Don might be one of  signal leaders repeated sunday Strong and unequivocal support Tor Aquino and expressed satisfaction that the reported coup attempt failed. Senate foreign relations committee chairman Richard Lugar said Aquino is the Only unifying Factor in philippine politics and added  
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