European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page b the stars and stripes sunday april 5,1987 Appuhn caution Road frogs this unofficial traffic sign in Heldon Appen wll Switzerland urges Driver to look oat for frogs and Wuu jut Cross toe raid Nulty at night look Fae for water where they can spawn. With these signs motorists can t complain no one Toad them to watch Oil. Government of Portugal Falls in censure vote Lisbon Portugal a a censure vote on the Economy Friday brought Down Portugal s i6ih govern ment since a military coup ended half a Century fright Wing dictatorship in 1974. None of the govern ments has finished a four year to censure conservative prime minister Anibal Cavaco Silva s 18-month-Otd minority administration was put Forth by the opposition democratic renewal parly of former president Antonio Ramalho eanes. The socialists and communists joined in and the Throe panics mustered 134 votes eight More than enough for passage in the 250-seat parliament. Cavaco Silva s social democrats and the Allie Christian democrats managed Only i of Voles. The single Monarch is party member portuguese Law a government must resign after passage of a censure motion no single party has gained a parliamentary majority since the revolution which has meant a string of minority governments and coalitions with Little strength. All parties had indicated How they would vote on the motion which accused the government of not modernizing the Economy when Banes party presented it earlier in the week. Democratic renewal s parliamentary caucus Leader Herminio Martinho said government economic poli cies had moved capital in he hands of he few1 an added we want a Homeland for All not just a Home Stead for a Silva told the chamber shortly before the vote we have a dream and we re not going to the 47-year-old economist made Clear that the so Cial democrats want Early elections. The portuguese Constitution gives president Mario scares the Power to seek formation of a new govern ment from the existing parliament or to dissolve it Bonn denies claims it pledged to continue holding Hijack suspect Bonn a the government Friday denied re ports that it assured the United states it will continue holding a lebanese Man accused of hijacking a . In Washington slate department spokesman Charles Redman said thursday that Germany recently told american officials that it did not plan to Swa Mohammed a Hamadi a lebanese shiite moslem for German hostages held in United Stales has asked for Mohammed Ali Hamadi s extradition to stand trial on murder and air piracy charges in connection with the june 1985 hijacking Ofa Twa government spokesman Friedhelm Ost asked about accounts of Redman s comments denied the reports. We receive reports of this sort every Day and the Yare Alt false Ost told reporters at a regular govern ment press declined to elaborate reminding reporters of a three month government news blackout on the Hamir spokesman also refused comment on the repeated Calls by . Officials for Hamadi s Quick extradition. "1 will not pass judgment on these comments Sai Dost when asked if he thought statements by . Officials on the Hamad Case were Are aware of the wishes of the . Govern ment and we will continue to carefully examine . Extradition request for Chamadias we have been doing Ost told after Hamadi 22, was arrested at the Frank Furt Airport Jan. 13, two German businessmen were kidnapped in Beirut. Hamadi s elder brother Ali Abbas Hamadi a naturalized German citizen was arrested two weeks later in Frankfurt in connection with the said the German government had in formed the United slates that extradition requests generally take three to four months to process. The . Request was formally filed 2 a months ago. Ham the court convicts 65, acquits 180 in Sicily s yearlong mafia trial Messina. Sicily api a court Friday convicted 65 suicide and another died of a heroin overdose., y people and acquitted Iso after a yearlong mafia trial during which a lawyer and five defendants were 16 Days of deliberations the court convicted 40 people of criminal association and 25 others of criminal mafia association. All were found innocent of drug trafficking Hose convicted were three reputed Heads of local mafia organizations Gactano Costa sentence to 13 years and Placido Cariolo and carmelo Milone each sentenced to six received the stiffest prison sentence and the lightest prison terms were four defendants who were free on bail during the trial were gunned Down in what police said were Ven Detta slayings involving rival gangs. A sixth committed suicide of lawyer Nino d Uva who was representing 22 defendants was shot dead in his office a few Days afle the trial began in april 1986. The key prosecution witness in the trial was Giu Seppe Insolato 28. He testified that four mafia families were involved in drug trafficking robbery prostitution and extortion in Messina. Three Days before he was to testily his father was shot and wounded in what authorities said was an attempt to intimidate the Messina trial is separate from the trial of 474 mafia suspects being conducted in Palermo. the defendants in that trial is Michele the Pope Greco described As the head of the mafia organization controlling the Sicily-. Heroin Trade. World today Spain to allow creation of 3 private to channels Madrid Spain a the socialist govern ment approved Friday a proposal to create the first three private television channels in Bill was to be introduced soon in parliament since he socialists hold a comfortable184-seat majority in the 350-Scatlower House there is no doubt the Bill Wilt spokesman Javier Solana said after he weekly Cabinet meeting that the Bill would enable Spanish companies 10 submit bids for 10-year renewable licenses to be awarded Bya Public Agency. The legislation would end the state run television monopoly on broadcast advertising and news programming in Spain where television was introduced in 1956. The country now has iwo nationwide state run television channels and three channels oper ated by regional governments. Canada s homicide rate plunged 20% last year Ottawa a with parliament preparing to debate the restoration of the death penalty in Canada the government reported Friday that the number of homicides across the country declined 20 percent to 561, last lowest total since 1973 was Down from 704 homicides in 1985 and bolstered the arguments of those who say capital punishment is not a , polls indicate that two thirds of canadians and nearly half the 282 members of parliament favor bringing Back the death penalty which was abolished in 1976.a parliamentary debate on the Issue is scheduled within the next few minister Brian Mulroney opposes restoration but a majority of his progressive conservative party favors it. . Official files to run for 3rd term As Fao head Rome a the head of the . Food an agriculture organization has filed to run for third six year term diplomatic sources said Wacuma 60, of Lebanon was one of three candidates whose nominations were receive Dat the Fao secretariat by the 5 30 . Deadline said the officials have said they cannot release names until All i so members of the Agency Are notified by april 27. The election is scheduled for november the sources said the other candidates Are Moise Christophe mensa s3, of Benin assist ant president of the International fund for Agri cultural development and Gonzalo Dula ,57, Colombia s ambassador to the Fao opposition politician gets of to leave Nicaragua Managua Nicaragua a a former opposition member of the National Assembly who spent nine months As a refugee in the venezuelan embassy to escape arrest was permitted to leave Nicaragua his lawyer said saturday Felix Pedro Espinoza was driven Friday under venezuelan diplomatic Protection to Managua International Airport where he boarded a commercial flight for Caracas the venezuelan capital. Lawyer Luis Andara Ubeda said the leftist sandinista government granted Espinoza special permission to leave the country. He was a Mem Ber of the National legislature for the opposition conservative democratic party. N. Koreans . Come hold talks in Panmunjom Panmunjom. Korea
