European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 news Bra t the stars and stripes tuesday december 23,1988 no tests set for Reagan Washington up president Reagan will nol have to undergo any presurgical tests before he is hospitalized on Jan. 4 Tor prostate surgery presidential spokesman Larry Scakes said monday. Up calms said thai before surgery on Jan. 5, Reagan May be Given a round of antibiotics Ami maybe he will be put on a one Day diet regimen for a Colozio copy thai he will undergo on the Day he enters the Hospital. Sea tics said Reagan has been suffering from discomfort for some time and arranged to have the surgery Ufier his Christmas Holiday in Cali fornia which begins saturday tainted wine May have use Vienna Austria a Austria May have found a Way to eel rid of millions of liners of wine withdrawn from the Market last year after in was found to be spiked with an Antifreeze additive mixed with Road Salt it seems to melt ice much belter than Salt alone. The ministry of Public works began examining uses of the mixture in september and is Popli mistic about initial results. Road tests will begin Sonn. Many dealers were found to have been Sweet ening and smoothing their products with die thy Tene glycol. 5 churches firebombed Modesto. Calif. A five churches were firebombed within two hours of each other three Days before Christmas eve but there was Little damage and no serious injuries police said. Steven Wayne Hamilton 35, of Modesto was arrested on arson and attempted arson charges after a witness gave police a description of a vehicle tie saw leaving the area said police it Russ Serana. Bail was set at $28,000. The fire bombed churches were of different denominations. Talk toughens in Manila Manila Philippines up the govern ment said monday it would nol negotiate with rebels Over their demands to remove . Bases As both sides hardened their stances on talks aimed at ending the country s 17-year-old guerrilla our. The question of National Independence and sovereignty is a major Issue Antonio Tumcl chief rebel negotiator told a news conference at the National press club. The bases arc part of this Issue As they involve unequal treaties be tween our country. And inc United Stales Howe a presidential press spokesman Teo Doro in Nignom said removal of the strategic american bases is not  27 Hurt on foggy Highway Joliet. Lit. A about 30 cars and trucks piled up in a Chain reaction Accident monday on a foggy stretch of interstate 55, injuring at least 27 people. Due to heavy fog in the area they just kept colliding said trooper Marvin Tinsley. As far As we can determine the Accident involved 30 cars and trucks or  the pileup began about 7 25 . In the southbound Ane of -55 near Wilmington but apparently some of the Drivers had left the scene and an exact count of the vehicles involved could not be made Tinsley said. Twenty injured people were taken to is. Joseph medical Center in Joliet. Five were treated and released one was in serious condition and 14 were in Good condition said spokeswoman Georgina Gannon. Sign Rule unconstitutional Montreal a a Quebec appeals court ruled monday the provincial Law Banning signs in languages other than French is unconstitutional. The ruling came amid an emotional outpouring Over the dominance of French culture in Quebec where English speakers Are a minority. In a unanimous verdict judges of the Quebec court of Appeal said the province s French Lan Guage charter prohibition on the use of other languages on Public signs was unconstitutional and violated Quebec s charter of rights which guarantees Freedom of expression. . Military communities Shore their Holiday cheer from Page 1 181st trans in 3rd support come gave out gifts and Candy to the children s clinic. Unlike Scrooge american students at inc Wurz Burg elementary school Learned the meaning of Christmas at a Young age. More than 100 first graders decided not to Exchange gifts but instead donated Money to buy a few especially Nice gins for More needy children of the local military Community. Firs graders in Kristi Armijos Betty dunhams Janet Gizzi Snovia Spring s and Eileen Vaglia s class contributed to the gift fund. They presented their gifts to the director of the Wuerzburg army Community services Meminger elementary students visited 3 Home for inc elderly and an orphanage to present cards Flowers gifts and cookies while in Ramstein unaccompanied personnel were treated to Christmas bags prepared by Ramstein elementary students. More than 1,000 bags containing cookies cards and crafts were assembled and distributed throughout the area. German and american children went caroling to Gether Al the St. Bonifatius Church in Gic Ssan. Scrooge would have really raised an Eyebrow to learn that the Holiday sharing program in Wiesbaden raised More than 525,000 to give to needy military families in the Community and the masons in Ger Many broke All records for a grand Lodge contribution with a Check of $17,000 to the a Hospital visitation program of the masonic service association of the . The Fred Haberly masonic Lodge 138 paid for All the food col. Thomas m. Montgomery could stuff in grocery baskets when he went on a one minute shop Ping spree in the a Liesheim commissary. The food was Given to needy families in the la Lesheim Community. And what uncharitable words would Scrooge have said about operation Good cheer the program that matches single american  with German families so they do not have to spend the holidays alone Ludwig Heckenlauer of Wueller Haitsen whom Scrooge probably would have labelled a do gooder received a for Mal thank you from the wild Flecken military Community for his Long participation in the Usa eur Christmas Host nation visitation program. This year Marks the 25th consecutive time he has invited . Soldiers to spend Christmas in his Home said Hans Glacier a Community spokesman. The Alfred Uhlemann family Baa invited soldiers into their Home in Jagst Zell for 15 christmases. Usually three to six Solf Liera spend the second Day of Christmas with the German family said Elvira Belscher Crail sheim military Community spokeswoman. Scrooge might have called softies the soldiers of the 3rd so 2nd army Cav rest the German Border police German customs police and bavarian Border police who exchanged Christmas Trees with each other Al the czechoslovakian Border. Lime while helping others Scrooge s heart would have softened a bit and he might have gone gladly to the nativity walk through display at the Heidelberg Golf course that features a candlelit pathway and lighted displays with narration and music describing the Christmas Story. The walk through is a project of the Patrick Henry Village Chapel s protestant men of the Chanel with Chapel youth groups helping in the live nativity. Scrooge could have watched Christmas entertain ment that was out of this world when the 96-member Kaiser Statem elementary chorus presented close encounter of a Christmas eve kind Complete with a lighted spaceship that descended onto the stage. For Many people Christmas would not be Complete without music from Handel s  the Wiesbaden military Community presented the Messiah in the Haine Berg housing Complex Chapel with the members of the Mainz opera joining in the production. And As Christmas approaches perhaps Scrooge would have understood How even the smaller Aoi of Good cheer like Rhein main a cub scouts from pack 61 handing out cookies to weary military Airlift come travellers Al the Mac terminal help make the Holiday really mean Good will toward people. Isaiall wino i Jam my urn. Belly Del. Windy to Biumi Carrto  her animus Sun minion Tony Neuroth. Jomn own vex Oart Wolczik commuted Tot nil is pal Iran offers help in hostage talks Nicosia Cyprus a Iran s parliament speaker monday reiterated his country s willingness to help secure the release of american hostages in Lebanon if the United states considers he kidnappers demands. Parliament speaker Hashemi a Sfanjani has said at least five times in the last month that Iran would inter cede on behalf of the hostages if the United states delivered weapons paid for by the late Shah Moham med Reza pan Lavt and released other iranian assets held in the United Stales. Iran s stale run Media monitored in Nicosia said a Sfanjani renewed his offer to mediate with the pro iranian shiite fundamentalists holding the americans during a meeting with Iran s ambassador to the United nations Rajai Khorasani. Tehran radio and the islamic Republic news Agency quoted a Sfanjani a close aide of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini As saying that the United states also should release Frozen iranian assets. Apart from the weapons Worth $300 million some $500 million Are Frozen in an escrow account in a new York Bank. This Money is the surplus with accrued interest from a $3.7 billion fund set up to repay syndicated Loans made to Iran. Boy George stunned by 2nd death London a pop Singer boy George stunned by the second death of a Friend in tour months both apparently killed by drugs retreated monday to his lavish North London Home and his father pledged to hand Over to police a secret dossier on drug dealers. Gerry o Dowd father of the flamboyant culture club Singer who was arrested saturday on suspected drug offences told reporters he has Given an attorney a dossier on drug dealers he blames Lor his son s heroin addiction. O Dowd said he would hand it Over to police despite Anonymous telephoned threats of reprisal. O Dowd said boy George was very distressed at sunday s death of his Friend Mark Golding who died from an apparent overdose of methadone a heroin substitute a Day after they both were arrested. Another Friend of boy Genje song writer Michael Rudetsky died last August from a heroin overdose. The Singer noted for wearing flowing feminine clothes and makeup underwent treatment for Addic Tion last summer after being convicted of possessing heroin and fined 2so pounds then $370. Near record tide Levels predicted Washington a a rare alignment of the Earth Sun and Moon is expected to raise tides to near record Levels around the world Between dec. 28 and Jan. 4, a . Government Agency warned monday. The extreme tides result from a combination of six Phenomena Noaa officials said. Those Art Winter solstice which occurred monday. Tropic tides on dec. 30 the Moon will be at its maximum Southern Point during the monthly Cycle causing High and Tow tides known As Tropic tides. Perigee also on dec. 30, the Moon will be closer to Earth than Al any other time in its monthly Cycle in creasing its gravitational pull. New Moon on dec. 31. The new Moon occurs when the Earth moan and Sun form a line increasing gravitational forces on Earth. A Perelion on Jan. 3 the Earth will be closer to the Sun than at any other Lime in the year increasing the pull of the Sun s Gravity on Earth. Regression of the Moon s nodes this it an is.6 year Cycle in which the orientation of the Moon s orbit varies slightly