European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. April 2b, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 the flip Side of hot Doggin a member of the Florida Stele univer sity Waters Hng team loses his balance and his composure daring a ski trick practice in to Tallahassee. Scott Cre mrs of Oakbrook ii and Hli team hut to travel to los Angeles next a photo month to represent the Southern Region in an All slam intercom Lefale meet. Thatcher hints Shell be calling election in june London a with election fever in the air and her conservative party 15 paints ahead in the latest opinion poll prime minister Margaret Thatcher has hinted strongly that she will Call a june election. After eight years in office Thatcher 61, said in an interview published Fri Day in the daily express that she is still bursting with Energy and has no in Tention of retiring Tor a very Long  though she does t have to Call an election until june 1988, Thatcher told the House of commons thursday that she expects the electorate to decide on a key welfare Issue very soon John Binen Leader of the commons later spoke of the few weeks remaining to Complete parliamentary business. I Hope and believe we shall win Thatcher was quoted As telling the pro conservative daily express about the election. I am never complacent and 1 am never  for the British Media and the two main opposition parties the socialist labor party and the centrist Alliance of the Liberal and social democratic parties the Campaign s opening Salvo was fired thursday when Thatcher announced big salary hikes for nurses and other health service workers. It s just got to be a june elec Tion headlined Friday s daily mail. Nursing staff Given full 9.5 percent pay Thatcher Rise in run up to election headlined the financial times. Labor and Alliance see 9.5 percent award for nurses As pre elec Tion sweetener said the Liberal guardian. Speculation on a june election was further fuelled by a news leak Friday that Thatcher would give a Pep talk to conservative candidates from Central eng land on saturday at what was to have been a secret meeting in Birmingham. The guessing game has gone on for months with the anticipated election dates shifting Between May and october depending on what the latest opinion poll was saying. May 7, a Date prominently mentioned fell aside when Thatcher said she wanted to Wail to see the results of local elections being held on that Day. The summer vacation months of july and August Are traditionally excluded from election calendars meaning that if Thatcher did t opt for june she would have to wait until september. By that Lime tory analysts feared the effects of her tax cutting March budget and her subsequent High profile visit to the soviet Union would have worn off. Under the British parliamentary sys tem a prime minister can Call an elec Tion at any time before the end of his or her five year term. The Irick is to choose the most favourable moment. In the latest National opinion poll for the London evening Standard the conserva Tives had 44 percent with labor a Distant second at 29 percent and Lite Alliance in third place with 25 percent Thatcher s personal approval rating was also sharply higher. The poll of 1,651 adults in i to constituencies was conducted Between april ? and april 15. Its statistical margin of error was not slated. Support for the conservatives has averaged just Over 39 percent in polls taken ii year. The latest poll is several Points Over the psychologically important 40 percent that Thatcher needs to have a reasonable Chance of winning an Overall majority inthe 6so-member Rouse of commons. In the i9g3 election the tories won a landslide 144-Scal majority on 42.5 per cent of the popular Vole the largest mar Gin since 1945. Socialists Challenge Fanfani to serve a full term Rome up1 Italy s socialist party challenged prime minister Amintore Fanfani Friday to ask for a full vote of Confidence thai could guarantee he sur Vival of his government until the Normal legislature expires in june 1988. Socialist Deputy Secretary Claudio Martulli 43. Who has been masterminding the socialist Power Strug Gle with the dominant Christian democrats during he seven week political crisis said if Fanfani failed to do what he asked italian democracy would be replaced by regulated  Manelli was the last major speaker in a Bur Day debate in the chamber of deputies that is expected 10 Lead monday after a weekend recess to the defeat of Fanfani s electoral government and the calling of premature elections. The vote on the government is scheduled for Mon Day after Fanfani 79-year-old former president of the Senate sums up his government s position in the Light of the debate in the lower House of parliament. Fanfani Friday summoned a Cabinet meeting for sunday presumably to inform his ministers of his in Tention to resign his government whatever the out come of the chamber vote. His team would then re main in a caretaker capacity to organize the expected National elections. Fanfani a Christian Democrat said at he Start of the debate Hal the crisis had proved it is impossible