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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 8 the stars and stripes monday. May 18, 1937 hoping to stay on at no. 10 Downing Street App no Britian print Minuter Margret Thatcher us Hera band Denis wive to rhe audience at the scottish Cotta Mthm conference. The crowd responded in Thatcher s opening Campaign speech with in oration. Thatcher i leading her party into elections in Jane trying to Wio third term us prime minister. Thatcher wants to torpedo missile treaty labor warns London a senior labor party politician Denis Healey accused prime minister Margaret Thatcher on saturday of undermining  Dis armament efforts saying she had an unholy passion far nuclear weapons at any cos  Healey labor s chief defense spokesman said that by placing conditions in removing medium Ranee nuclear missiles from Europe Thatcher and other Nat governments had agreed to torpedo the Best Chance of disarmament since  ministers of 14 nato countries meeting in Norway urged the United slates on Friday to insist that any Deal on eliminating medium Range nuclear missiles include the soviet Union s weapons in Asia Aswed As Europe. Thatcher and labor Leader Neil Kinlock her main challenger in the june 11 election took a Day off the Campaign Trail saturday to attend a championship soc cer match comparable to the super bowl at London s Wembley  Security helicopters circled Over the stadium As the two party leaders joined a crowd of 100,000 forthe football association s cup final Between coven try and Tottenham u London  and Kinlock both delivered opening Campaign speeches  her address the prime minister said labor s unilateralist nuclear disarmament policy would weaken the . Defense commitment to Western Europe. Kinlock devoted the bulk of his speech to Domestic issues accusing Thatcher of running Down education housing and he itch care with her constraints on Public spending. Expounding labor s Campaign position on defense Healey told a gathering at a Church in London that Thatcher s recently announced acceptance of be so railed soviet Zarf Zero option on removing medium and Short Range missiles from Europe was just another election gimmick he referred to a published report indicating that if the 96 . Land based cruise missiles in Britain were removed the government might be prepared to Ai cpt384 new cruise missiles on submarines and aircraft. Healey Taid the British electorate had a Clear Choice it can surrender to mrs. Thatcher s unholy passion for nuclear weapons at All costs. Or it Cap join the United slates and the soviet Union in seeking a new basis for Security in a world which nuclear technology has rendered  late opinion polls indicate Thatcher s conservative party is headed for an easy possibly landslide Victory in her bid for a third consecutive term. Echoing sentiments expressed by the prime min ister tory chairman Norman Tebbel on saturday urged party workers in London to fight off complacency in the election Campaign. Britain s Polaris missile system has 25% failure rate paper says London a the sunday Telegraph said Brit Ain s Polaris nuclear missile system which is to be replaced by the . Trident system in the 1990s, has suffered a consistent 25 percent failure rate during recent tests. The newspaper quoted ministry of defense sources As saying that in the last three years the Royal Navy has fired 12 Polaris missiles in tests off Cape Canave ral in Florida three of which failed for different Rea sons. The sunday Telegraph quoted the sources As saying that in the Mast recent failure a missile fired last week from the nuclear submarine repulse was destroyed by . Navy Range control officers after it veered wildly off course. A fault in the missile s rocket motor was believed responsible the paper said. Prime minister Margaret Thatcher s conservative government is committed to buying the longer Range Trident missile system from the United Stales at a Cost of 9.3 billion pounds �15.6 million. The opposition socialist labor party has said it would cancel the project if it comes to Power. The sunday Telegraph said senior military officers in the ministry of defense argue that the Polaris lest failures clearly illustrate the need for the Trident mis Sile to replace Polaris As soon As it can be feasibly brought into  world today 50 americans Start March into near Guan War zone Managua Nicaragua a fifty Ameri cans began a 25-mile March saturday through a Northern War zone to visit the site where american Volunteer Benjamin Ernest Linder was killed in april and to protest . Policy in Central  group left from Al Cua 100 Miles North cast of Managua and was to spend saturday night at the Halfway Point Al Cedro 12 Miles to the  sunday the March was continuing North to san Jose de Boca near la Cam Aleona where Linder was kilted april 28 by . Backed con tra rebels fighting the leftist sandinista , a 27-year-old mechanical Engineer from Portland ore., was working on a govern ment Rural electrification project in the area. He was the first american Volunteer to be killed inthe 5-year-old War. Billy Graham to visit Hina in september Beijing a american evangelist Bill Graham plans to visit China in september an official of the chinese people s association for Friendship with foreign countries has said. The . Embassy said the trip was expected to begin in mid september and last for a week to 10 Days. It was expected to include stops in Beij ing and possibly the Eastern province of i angst where Graham s wife Ruth was bom the embassy said. The Hong Kong newspaper South Chin morning Post reported that Graham will give lectures at universities and the Academy of sciences in Beijing. He also is to visit Hong Kong. S. Korea lifting ban on new Neon signs Seoul South Korea a the govern ment is lifting a 10-year-old ban on new Neon signs in order to promote tourism and brighten the capita for the 1 938 summer olympics the Energy and resources ministry impose the ban in 1977 to conserve Energy but exempted hospitals drug stores railway station Sand bus terminals. Government official said the ministry will lift the Law this week. The move had been re Quested by government agencies and private organizations. Some foreign of risks and South koreans have complained that City streets Are Dull and Lack sufficient Light at  government tided the Neon restriction for Cheju Island a tourist attraction off the South Ern coast in 1983. Israel intelligence expert is victim of Auto theft Tel Aviv Israel a a former chief of Israel s Mossad intelligence service could not protect himself from tie pcs who stole his car Rifle and bullets. A police spokeswoman said the car a Peugeot 505 belonging to Reserve maj. Gen. Yitzhak offi was stolen while he was at work. The spokeswoman speaking on condition of anonymity said a Rifle and bullets that Hoff kept in his car also were taken. Hoff who headed the Mossad from 1974 to 1982, now Heads Israel s stale controlled electric company. He was head of Mossad during Israel s famous raid to free hostage at the Entebbe air port in Uganda in 1976. Greek mayor goes to jail for taking shortcuts salon1ca, Greece Kupij Stamalis Dionyssiou mayor of Evo Smos has gone to jail for violating red tape. Dionyssiou was sentenced to 30 Days in jail for turning a portion of private property into a Road before the town had acquired the land fro the owner. The three member court of misdemeanours ruled that the mayor could buy off the sentence for $75, but Dionyssiou preferred jail As a pro test and in order to show people Zhc Tough Job of local government he said  
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