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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pugs 24 the stars and stripes Friday Aprilo 1987 group of 7 extends Accord to stabilize Exchange rates Washington a top finance officials of the world s seven major Indus trial Powers agreed on wednesday to continue to pursue a t a month old Accord for utilizing Exchange rates in an Effort to Brake Theobar s 26-month slide. The group of 7, consisting of finance ministers and Central Bank leaders from the United Stales. Japan West Ger Many. Britain France Canada and Italy issued a statement announcing Extension of an agreement reached last feb. 22 in Paris. That pact called for joint actions by the major Powers to help stabilize currencies around Levels that prevailed atthe time. The one Page joint communique Fol Lowed a full Day of private meetings hosted by Treasury Secretary James a. Baker 11 and Federal Reserve Board chairman Paul Volcker. In the joint statement the major industrialized democracies singled out for Praise the new $34.5 billion package of economic stimulus measure announced the Day before by Japan s ruling Liberal democratic party. The government of Japan reaffirmed its intention to further open up its Domestic markets to foreign goods and services said the statement. Michael k. Evans president of a Pri vate economic forecasting service called the statement a Little  it does t have much meat in it but i think the markets will like it anyway Evans said. He predicted that the immediate Impact of the action would boost the value of the Dollar slightly on International exchanges against the japanese yen from about 146 yen to the Dollar where it has been hovering for the past few Days to about 150 to the Dollar. Paychecks Taii Fri Nipa tire men system last june usage undid not receive last month. Implementing instructions in february a than five years of civilian service As of spokeswoman for the air Force in eur dec. 31,1986. Rope said. These workers May elect to join the on appointments  of i i i a a off a Fiji or Reid said. Story enrolment in the systeritnvnev1mmiwljuj�hlbegin we also does not affect employees with More they join and will no bites dog. London a a Man bit a dog making news in London  Yard reported. It said he Bill it inches off i hear or police dog Solo four during a fight Lunide the Upton Park soc cer stadium shortly before a match Between the London teams West Ham and Arsenal. The German Shepherd was treated by a veterinarian. Police said the dog s attacker Wai one of two men on motorcycles carrying knives slingshots brass Knuckles and Shotgun shells and wearing ski masks. The two men had attacked the Driver of a car. Three officers part of a police contingent outside the stadium in Case of trouble Between London s notoriously violent soccer fans intervened with the dog to help the Driver. The two men on the motorcycles were arrested and taken to North Woolwich police station for questioning police said. Fighting among rival fans inside the stadium briefly disrupted the game which West Ham won 3-1. Marine from Page 1 together at night. Also the marines tiled charges wednesday against staff sgt. Robert s. Slut Lebeam who was identified last week As a suspect in the espionage Case. Slut Fly beam. Who was the second ranking Marine in the mos cow detachment in 1985, is charged Only with violations of the Rule against fraternization. He has not been accused of spying. Since Lon tree s arrest last december set off a wide investigation of Security at the embassy government officials have said they believe that the current embassy and a new one under construction there May be thoroughly wiretapped and that secure communications Are no longer available in Moscow. Secretary of stale George p. Shutlz said wednesday that he ordered an immediate halt to secret communications at the consulate in Leningrad on tuesday when he Learned of Weirick s arrest. At a news conference Sulu reiterated the Reagan administration s decision that he should not cancel his imminent trip to Moscow for talks on arms control and other matters because of the importance of the negotiations and because temporary measures Are being taken to provide for the Security of his private talks and communications. Snulli said reports of the Clandestine entry of soviet agents into the . Embassy in Moscow cast a heavy peos wins bid Shadow on his upcoming talks with soviet leaders. He said it would exact a toll on soviet american relations. They invaded our Sovereign territory he declared. And we re damned upset about it. We re upset at them and we re also upset at ourselves and we intend to do everything we can to Correct our problems officials familiar with the government s investigation said it is producing evidence of a sustained and widespread Effort by soviet intelligence agencies to penetrate american Security through military person Nel and civilians assigned to embassies in soviet bloc nations and elsewhere. The investigation has not led to charges against anyone stationed outside the soviet Union. Rep Dan Mica a member of the House foreign affairs committee has said that Security at As Many As 10 embassies might have been compromised. A subcommittee on diplomatic operations chaired by Mica is investigating embassy Security in Theta Kef the recent disclosures. Weirick served in Moscow for a month in 1981 before being assigned that november to Leningrad where he worked for about a year before being re assigned to Rome. He left the Marine guard battalion in March 1983 for undisclosed reasons. The exact nature of his alleged espionage activities will not be known until charges Are fired. Sims said he expected that the . Embassy in Rome would now be included in the investigation be cause of Weirick i tenure there. Bialy and Lonetree were Able to provide soviet agents Access to embassy facilities because they worked together defeating a buddy system meant to prevent a single guard from compromising Security officials Bav Saidt whether Weirick is thought to have had a partner is not known. Sen. Richard o. Lugar Rind. Said wednesday that construction plans for new embassies in the soviet bloc should be suspended indefinitely until the state department devises Security measures for embassies to be built where hostile intelligence services pose a serious threat to our technical and communications Secu  new embassies Are planned in Bulgaria Czecho Slovakia East Germany and Hungary. Lugar a member of the foreign relations commit tee said he would offer hit proposal As an amendment to legislation providing funds for the stale depart ment s activities. Embassy construction has received special attention because of assertions that the soviet Union arranged for construction workers to insert listening devices in sections of the new Moscow embassy while it was being built. Meanwhile the associated press reported these developments Fri director William Webster acknowledged at a Senate hearing on his nomination to head the Cia that the soviets use their new Hilltop embassy Complex in Washington to intercept . Telephone communications. But he said be was unable to say How much damage they Are  soviet Deputy foreign minister Vladimir f. Pet to Volcy said the . Charges that the Kab had bugged the new . Embassy in Moscow Are dirty fabrications intended to spoil Shultz s trip. He accused president Reagan of making hostile  in Congress Bills were introduced to require the soviets to abandon their new Washington embassy site and negotiate a new agreement with the United states. Sen. William v. Roth a Del said he believed the new . Embassy in Moscow would have to be torn Down because it is so heavily bugged in san Francisco 123 bodies pulled from ferry san Francisco a democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi won her party s candidacy for Congress and the favored spot in a june Runoff turning Back a Strong Challenge from an avowedly homosexual City supervisor. Pelosi who spent years raising Money for other democrats by had never before sought office finished tint in a 14-Candidaie race tuesday for the seat of the late rep. Sala Burton polling 38.021 Voles or 36 per cent supervisor Harry Brill a Gay rights activist and one of three City supervisors in the race received 34,031 votes or 32.2 percent As far As the Gay movement is concerned this Campaign is the most unifying thing since the outbreak of aids Britt who had appealed to san Francisco s Large homosexual Community for support said after he conceded. Because Pelosi failed to win a majority of the vote she now must face the top Republican. Harriet Ross a City Deputy Public defender who received 2.8 percent of the vote and several independents. Zeebrugge Belgium up divers who pulled 123 bodies from the partly submerged Herald of free Enterprise ferry described the sad and night Marish scenes they saw including a dead girl still clutching her doll. The confirmed death toll from the March 6 sinking of the British owned ferry one of Europe s worst peacetime disasters reached 184 wednesday and Salvage experts said the Overall toll could reach 200. More than 500 people were on the car ferry when it keeled Over and Sank about a mile off the belgian coast on a pc Brugge to Dover run. Divers told of harrowing scenes when they recovered bodies wednesday with one saying he found a Young couple dead in each others arms and another saying he found a Little girl still clutching her doll. Some got sick or were too emotion struck to talk. It really got to me when i carried an 11-year-old girl out said diver Paddy Doonan. 32. She was still cuddling her  commander Jack Burkett chief of the British diving team working with belgian divers said the scene was total  the children affected us most of All he said. I think ii s when you see the doth and toys floating around in this sea of mud that sets you thinking. It certainly made me think about my four  recovery Crews spoke of nightmarish conditions in Side the three passenger decks now above water ban cafeterias restaurants and duty free shops where they found the bodies. All internal bulkheads were gone Burkett said. Bodies were everywhere under debris. The whole thing was covered with mud and Oil. It was a horrific environment. There is nothing left really 1 the search of the Auto ferry was suspended at mid night because of the danger to divers working in sub merged portions of the vessel. Salvage experts said before the search could resume they would conduct tests on the wreck s stability. The ferry was hauled upright tuesday by three floating cranes and tug barges in an 8-hour Salvage operation. Salvage officials said the death toll could reach zoo  
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