European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga s the stars and stripes monday april 27,1987 Arafat re elected Plo head gives in to ban against Egypt Algiers. Algeria a Yasser Arafat bowing to demands by hit militant rivals thai he restrict future contacts with Egypt has been re elected chairman of the Palestine liberation organization. The Palestine National Council which serves Ashe Plo parliament announced Early sunday that it had re elected Arafat As head of the organization s executive committee and that Mohammed Abbas was retaining h is seat on the policy making committee. Some palestinian sources had predicted that Abbas known As Abu Abbas and the convicted Mastermind of the 1985 Achille Lauro hijacking would be fired fro the committee because Ararat thought he gave the Plo a bad image. Arafat and his two marxist rivals Nayef Hawatmeh and George Habash walked hand in hand saturday night into the closing meeting of the National Council to the cheers of More than 1,000 delegates and guests. Two hours earlier a Walmach and Habash had threatened to scuttle the organization s we Klong Effort toward Unity unless Arafat submitted to a longstanding Arab ban on relations with Egypt. Virtually All Arab countries severed relations with Egypt after it signed peace treaty with Israel in 1979. The three men had met earlier in Arafat s closely guarded Villa on the grounds of the International con Ference Center 15 Miniet West of Algiers. There were no details of what occurred at the meet ing but when they emerged they announced All their differences had been ironed out the final meeting of the Council s five Day session was convened immediately after Arafat Habash and Hawatmeh returned. The Council then voted paragraph by paragraph on a crucial political resold returning to sea the Foer Qwyn Eum Beth h Leare Lloyd s Dock  a Fontey Bond for Southampton Eif Bull the Hifp m fitted with new at fat More luxury Cabin and new recreation oaten. It will Taf n nuking Atluri a outage again  for 1,850 passengers and 1,000 Mync Norrs. Tion which was approved almost unanimously. Some palestinian sources speaking on condition they not be identified suggested Arafat May try to get around the restrictive political Resolution and Fin some Way to keep open his lines of communication with egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. The rival palestinian leaders announced a week ago they had resolved their five year old quarrel which had splintered the Plo into nine factions with a Corn premise under which Arafat agreed to drop his joint moves Wilh Jordan toward e possible Middle East peace settlement with Israel. In return Habih s popular front for the liberation of Palestine and Hawatmeh s democratic front for the liberation of Palestine were said to have agreed tallow Arafat to pursue his special relationship with Egypt. But the political Resolution drafted by a committee under Strong hard line influence reverted to earlier demands that Arafat s contacts with Mubarak debarred because of Egypt s peace treaty with Israel. Arafat clearly preferred upholding the new Ploukity to maintaining his personal relationship with Mubarak said a palestinian source speaking on condition of anonymity. Mubarak earlier saturday ordered his observer delegation to walk out of the Council session in protest against the hard liners attacks on Egypt. The 16lh session held in 1983, denounced Egypt Asa traitor to the Arab cause for making peace with is Rael and outlawed ail Plo contacts Wilh Egypt. An Arab Summit meeting in Iraq expelled Egypt from the Arab league for the same reason. Service Marks Wii massacre Warsaw. Poland up1 about 2,000 people marked the 47th anniversary of the death of 14,000 polish army officers executed at Katyn in the soviet Union allegedly by russian soldiers. The victims belonged to the polish army s elite. Survivors of the massacre said the officers were brought to the icy Forest of Katyn from several Camps in april1940. They were shot to death survivors said. The germans who invaded the soviet Union in1941, discovered the mass Graves of the polish officers two years later and blamed the russians for the Homi cide but Moscow officials never admitted to the mass  officials later blamed the massacre on the  Are talking about the crimes of the West dissident priest Stanislaw Niedz Tutak told his congregation in St. Flo remcus Church in the heart of Warsaw but there is no reference to Blank spats in the history when it concerns the East six million poles were killed by the nazis during world War ii Niedzielak urged the crowd to Pray for the i a Mil lion poles who died a tragic death in the soviet Union in forced labor. And for the 150,000soldierswho also died there during the War Germany attacked Poland on sept 1, 1939, at the Onset of world War ii and the soviet Union invaded Poland on sept s 7, occupying the Eastern part of the country. Millions of poles were then forcibly evacuated bythe soviets. Unofficial records show that Ivi million died in labor Camps or because of starvation. French rightist begins Campaign Paris a Jean Marie be pen. Head of the extreme right National front announced sunday he will be a candidate for president next year in what recalled a decisive Battle for France s  speaking to reporters in his Hometown of la Trini Csur Mer a town of 1,500 people on the Brittany coast in Western France be pen said the traditional panics of the right and left appeared powerless against what he sees As threats to the nation. He described immigration unemployment crime declining birthrate and the degradation of morals As clinical signs of a fatal decadence president Francois Mitterrand s seven year term expires in May 1988. Although he could Call an election sooner the vote is expected to come next Spring. Be pen founded the National front in 1972, and has seen the party s support grow gradually. 1 u Best showing was in the March 1986 Legi Silivi dec liars when it campaigned on a platform calling for a crackdown on immigration. It Drew nearly 10 percent of he vote nationwide and won 3s of the 577 scats in the National Assembly its first representation in parliament. Smirl Bijj award for of contracting won by 3 airmen in Europe Washington three airmen from ihe7000th contracting so in Europe were awarded contracting manufacturing and Quality Anur Ance awards for their work last year in air Force contracting. Air Force official Laid. The outstanding airmail award Well to sgt Stephanie k. Groom act 2, Rheinland Ger Many master sgt Edward a. Stud jr., act 9,Raf upper Heyford England received the out standing senior noncommissioned officer . Sgt. Eddie l. Franklin jr., dei4, opera lion Locsi Ion Craf Upwood England was awarded far his outstanding contribution to in creased Competition. About 15,000 individuals and 215 activities worldwide competed for in personal and tour unit awards. 7 airmen 1 civilian win of maintenance awards Washington seven airmen and one air Force civilian employee from the . Euro Pean come received outstanding maintenance personnel awards for their contributions toward improved maintenance operations last year air Force officials said capt. Karen l. Thompson 36th tac fighter Wing Pitburg a Germany and staff sgt. James e. Bellnier 81st tac fighter Wing Rayben Twaiten England received munitions maintenance awards. Communications electronics awards went to Cap Kenneth a Neuhaus 6916th electronic Security so Hill Nikon a Greece and senior airman James a Martin 6911th electronic Security so Hahn a Germany. Missile maintenance award winners include capt Michael w. Arnold and Carmen grog gun Hunt both of 485th tac missile Wing Flor Ennes Belgium tech. Sgt. Karl of Chavous 38th tac missile Wing wines Daheim Germany and sgt Randolph m. Simpson so 1st tac is site Wing Raf Greenham common England the air Force honoured 28 people in tour maintenance categories. World today 100 lebanese end fasting for Asylum in Denmark Copenhagen Denmark a about 100 Leb anese citizens ended a four Day hunger strike and left Church where they had taken Sanctuary to press their demand for refugee status and political Asylum Dan ish newspapers has  group which included both Christian and mos Lem families left the Marie Kirkon Church after receiving parliamentary assurances that no one seeking Asylum will be sent Back to Lebanon As Long As Dou barrages in that country. But Justice minister Erik Minn Hansen was quoted by the left Wing information daily As saying the government stood by its decision last week to lift a ban on deporting lebanese who do not qualify As refugees. Ancient pillar Bas reliefs unearthed in Central Paris Paris a several Bas reliefs and an engraved Stone pillar More than a thousand years old have been unearthed at a dig site in the heart of Paris archaeologist Juan Munoz has announced. It s the first Lime since the Paris metro was built atthe end of the last Century that such Well preserved Bas reliefs have been found and dated Munoz  said the most important discovery from the Gallo roman period was a Bas Relief dating from the first Century. In shows a Mermaid holding a Palm Leaf and features a Triton or sea god blowing a  discoveries were made 10 Days ago at the excavation site on Rue de la Luieco on the lie de la Che i Central Paris