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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday May 2,1987 Canadian pact promises Quebec fun i partnership Meech Lake Quebec Iju Lin an american Volunteer worker a Nicaragua under Huju buried thursday in Nicaragua. World today other nations acquire taste for scotch As . Soles fall London of i As inc United Stales is losing its taste for scotch whisky the rest or the world Suslo be drinking More of it according to an analysis of the scotch whisky Industry released thursday by stockbrokers and analysts. In 19s6, scotch consumption Tell in the United Stales the tar Gesl Market but worldwide exports in creased by the largest percentage since 1978. The analysis pointed out that Capon sales increased in 1986 in Spile of a fall in sales in the Premium Export Market. Volume exports Rose by 4.6 percent last year the largest Rise since 1978, the figures showed. Sales to the United slates saw volume shipments fall by 9.8 percent. The value of those sales fell by 9,1 percent. Exports out of the United states Rase by 10.5 accent in volume and by 14 percent in value. Cabaret s show goes on despite musicians strike London a come hear the music play rom one of the lines in the title song in  but thursday s audience at London s strand theater Hunt no orchestra accompanying the musical for the second straight night. The orchestra walked out 30 minutes before wednesday night s curtain Lime to protest the firing of five musicians accused of being drunk during a performance and throwing Orange peels onto the stage. On thursday the musicians were on the sidewalk picketing. But inside the theater the show went on. We have a musical without any music but the singing is wonderful and it is in the tradition of eng Lish theater producer Willie Hancock told the Audi ence of 51.on a Normal Welc night the musical about prewar Ber Lin plays to Between 500 and 600 people Hancock said. Yellow fever epidemic hits five More nigerian towns Lagos Nigeria a an outbreak of yellow fever has spread to five More towns in Nigeria Raisin the death toll to 106, health officials said thursday. Or. Olu Alabi. Oyo Staie health commissioner said the death loll did nol include an undetermined num Ber of people who had died at Home or while being treated by traditional healers Alabi appealed to he Federal government to provide10 million yellow fever vaccine doses to immunize the entire state population. He said 1 million people Al ready have been vaccinated. Holland s Royal pair Mark their Golden anniversary Amsterdam the Netherlands up celebrations were held across the Netherlands thursday to Mark the 50th wedding anniversary of former Queen Juliana and her husband. Prince Bernhard. The dutch people presented the Royal couple with a gift of 3 million guilders about $1.5 million which Juliana and Bernhard will donate to Charity. Juliana who turned 78 thursday ruled the nether lands for almost 32 Yean before abdicating in 1980 i favor of her eldest daughter Beatrix the former Queen and her German Bora Hub am. Were actually married on Jan. 7. They decided to Cele brate their Golden anniversary in april on Juliana birthday when the weather is warmer. By order of the current Queen Beatrix Juliana s birthday remains the country s Queen s Day a nation Al Holiday in the Netherlands. Thatcher drops plan for nuclear waste dumps London a prime minister Margaret Thatcher s conservative government on Friday cancelled its Holly contested plans to dump nuclear Basic in four Rural Sites in Eastern England. The opposition labor party branded the decision electioneering a fou ii i Luc if cd isl Rva a constituencies South killing Holtner fun Beck. Bradwell and Elstow. Britain s local government elections Are to be held on May 7, and Thatcher is widely expected to Call a general election on june 11, a year ahead of the deadline. Announcing the decision in the House of commons environment Secretary Nicho Las Ridley said the nuclear Industry radioactive executive Init cd decided against the shallow Sites because the eco nomic advantages of the plan Are nothing like As great As Sirex earlier  or i  a concen fair on finding a suitable location fora deep multipurpose facility for both intermediate level waste and Low level waste Ridley said. Sirex already is evaluating the relative merits of deep burial on land and Tunnel ing under a sea based Rig he said. Meanwhile. Icw4eve1 waste "19 be Dis posed of in Cumbria Wales near the Sella yield nuclear Plant where there is adequate space until the deep dump becomes Avail Able Early in the next Century he said. David Clark a labor party member welcomed the announcement but said the government have Only acted in a so Jiulia attempt of save themselves irom electoral embarrassment. There can be no further explanation of Why this announcement was made  dark said. Attempts to find at underground site in which to dump Low level nuclear waste aroused intense opposition in the four areas where feasibility studies have been taking place Over the past year including a test drilling program. Demonstrators formed human Barri Cades to Block engineers from the Sites chained themselves to gales and held Vig ils in their efforts to per suave list Guocui men not to proceed with the dumps. Sirex had argued thai its plans to dump material with Low level radiation such us Laboratory gloves and overalls in Concrete trenches posed no Public health danger  
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