European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and Stripe monday april 13,1987 forming Italy Cabinet called hopeless Rome up prime mini itch do Ignate Oscar Livigi Sci Alforo started conic Lillions with party Leaden saturday in his attempt in form a government thai politic of commentators said con Only Lead to failure and premature elections president Francesco Corsiga appointed Scalfaro 68 year old Christian Democrat Interior minister in the resigned government of socialist Leader Bettino Praxi Friday to the apparently hopeless task of reviving c Ranis five party Coal h Ion the decision of the president of the Republic is he prelude to premature elections inc respected Rome newspaper ii mass Aggro i Roma said in a comment that was echoed by most political commentators. The press unanimously said Scalfaro s Mission Wasla form an electoral government to steer the nation through elections More than a year ahead of the june 1988 Date they would normally fall due. In particular the commentators pointed to the fac that Christian Democrat amino re Fanfani. 79-year old president of the Senate and five times former prime minister rejected inc head of slate s invitation to try to form a government Friday before Rossig turned to Scalfaro. Fanfani told Corsiga the existing political Circum stances did not warrant committing the president of the Senate to the task of forming a  the newspaper commentators said Fanfani s refusal id undertake an impossible task meant he was not willing to face the rejection by a hostile parliament that Scalfaro is expected to encounter. The commentators expected Scalfaro to put together minority government that will inevitably fare defeat in parliament. At that Point Corsiga would almost certainly dissolve both houses of parliament and Call new elections which Scalfaro s resigned government Fth hit organize probably in late june. To i despite the gloomy predictions Scalfaro briskly Selli about the routine of government building consults tons which he said were aimed at bringing about a"reconciliation1 of the five party coalition that Praxi headed for 3 a years. The White haired Stem faced Interior minister started out saturday by meeting informally with socialist Leader Praxi Ana Christian Democrat party Secretary Ciriaco do Mila whose head on Power clash Leto the 30-Day-old political crisis Praxi s socialists who hold inc balance of Power i parliament have already served notice they will not support Seal Faro. In the interval Between the two meetings ,who said Friday he would try to form a government with god s help went to a Church near the parliament building for a quiet i poll of prayer. Later Scalfaro met with Veteran Christian Democrat Giulio Andreolli whose 17-Day bid to solve the crisis was torpedoed by socialist insistence that the new government do nothing to head off National  nuclear Energy policy and judicial Reform scheduled for june 14. If parliament is dissolved and premature elections Are called before april 25, the controversial referendum Wilt be delayed for at least a year the Small but noisy Radical party the main promoter of the ref run tums announced to will stage a filibuster Campaign in f parliament to obstruct an eventual debate on Scarfaro s putative government in order to stall the Disi Olu Ilion of parliament until after inc deadline Dati world s largest Cut Sapphire on display in . Andrews . Up the world s largest Cut Sapphire was put on the Man who his bed not realizing its value. Rob Cutshaw said a found the 2,1 1 1 Caret Blue Sapphire in 1969 but refuse to say where. He would Only say that it was near Andrews n own with a Popula Tion of 1,700 close to the Georgia ten Nessee Border an area known for finds of valuable . Against the advice of his Atli Cutshaw put the Rock on Djup myst he townsfolk would  to see it before it up Rock into the ban vault. City def acc and county deputies stood guard fever the treasure. Cutshaw while watching a recent Tele vision news account  discovery began to get an inkling of the value of his find. Cutshaw said there have been a wide Alue of the Gem . Several million attorneys arc taking by for the Sapphire while to sits the Bank vault. For years Ftp Jului kept the Stone Worthen in a Box and even. A display shelf in his White Tram Rock shop next door to his House on . Highway 19. I had it on display and it was forsake Cutshaw said. I did t have a tag on it but if somebody would have of feed me a Good Price 11 Robab _ the Stone. Instead Cutshaw head Imi who bought a massive t Cutshaw contacted Gem Cutter Joh Robinson in piano Texas and he and his brother Lemuel drove a pickup truck to Texas three weeks ago to watch Rob Inson Cut and polish the Stone. The 2fc-Pound Stone yielded a 2,1 1 1 Carat Sapphire. The 1 987 guinness Book of world Australia but in was Cut Down to a 1,318-Carat get. On the fourth Day of cutting Robin son discovered a rare pattern that of David in the main Crys i Felt Here would t have David Cutshaw said. It or Nixon overruled experts warnings or soviet embassy site papers Kew the Nixon White House seeking Menle with mos cow repeatedly overrun la a. Intelli gence agencies and  to build an embassy on on Eton s highest Hills according documents and Cia and Fri sources we kicked and screamed Saidl. Intelligence official. The source speak titon condition of anonymity recall heated arguments Between White House officials who wanted to reach arms accords with the soviets and Cia executives who argued that from mount Alto the russians could intercept . Telephone and radio transmissions. We were against the site because i allows he soviets to train electronic Anten Nas on the White House Pentagon Cia and other key buildings said Raymond Wannall who served in the Fri counterintelligence service from 1944 until he retired in 1976 As chief of the division. After the russians were awarded mount Alto in 1972, . Officials fought a losing negotiating Battle trading away Washington s original insistence f1"american workers be used to build a j embassy in Moscow that decision came Back to Haj i the White House under president Reagan with allegations that the pkg was plan Lee listening devices so de elfin the . Embassy that the president said tuesday he May order i a polished. Allegations of Sovilj lying cast a Lon Shadow on  that Secretary of state George p. So quiz is scheduled to open monday in i Fri Dirl door Illiam Webster testify ing  Senate hearings on his nomination Jurj head the Cia acknowledged Hay Pic soviets arc already  they have occupied on mourn aut since 1979 to gather Intelli gence. As Early As \%6, the National Security Agency which conducts . Electronic to the Montalto site Oulaw Ajrije soviets to intercept sensitive anal can communications according to am lengthen by then Secre tary of Statenn Rupaka attorney Gener Al Nichoma Katzen Bachnie document was of bunted by the acc baled pres thro Vine Freedom of info Glion act years later the soft a and heis signed an agreement in russians to build on mount the United states to hire a soviet ment contractor to construct a new enjoy Complex adjacent to the office  by american diplomats in Moscow. Intelligence sources said that they continued to protest the Deal and the stat department had trouble hammering out further details with inc soviet however u. Alexis Johnson who served As undersecretary of stale during the detente Era. Recalled uie decision As com ing gradually and Only after opposition from the intelligence agencies abated. Another state department source versed in Security mailers also said that the Intelli gence agencies curtailed their opposition to inc mount Ajio site As Steps were taken to protect sensitive . Communications. The problem was that there were few alternatives Johnson said a state department report issued Las october said that the Washington City government rejected a soviet application to build an a ditty at another site which n Abate a High As mount Alto but  of downtown washing ton Atu Pnat the Fri raised Security 06 Over another proposed location. Push the report said came on3, 1972, at the height of detente. N the stale department got word from the White House that the president Richard m. Nixon wanted a agreement on end Ilins for the con a auction before soviet foreign minister Andrei Gro Royko left the . For Mot cow the next Day. Despite this pressure front the White House no agreement was  two months later after i rec and ode half Yean of negotiations. Secretary of stale William Brogers personally intervened ,., the agreement was signed pm dec 4,1972, at i l 30a.m.," it said. President Nixon sent a congratulatory memo to Secretary Rogers on dec i noting that it is particularly appropriate that this agreement. For improve diplomatic facilities should come at a time of expanding improving .-Sovj it relations " it  details remained unsettled Ever and negotiations dragged out a planned visit to Moscow in 1977 s Vance who was Secretary of Kiaie Der president Carter. Bag for an Sbracc Mcnol for Vance cosign in a Mph soviet and . Negotiators  of negotiation  1977," allowing the sides to Lakow session of their respective site at in and of that month the report said. Dropping earlier Isis Fec that construction of the Twa complexes of Floc ahead on a Brick for Brick parity.  Al Lowed the soviets to Start first off Chc rus sians finished apartment buildings a school and a clubhouse on mount Alto in 1979, the americans had signed a contract with a soviet government construction fir to begin work in Moscow