European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 29. 1987 the stars and stripes be 9 ., new zealand suspend Aid to Fiji Suva Fiji a the United slates and new zealand have suspended Aid to Fiji to protest the military overthrow of the elected government officials announced thursday. United states Law prohibits use of foreign Aid funds to provide direct assist Ance to any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by Mili tary coup or decree the  Embassy said in a statement. As a result  Assistance programs for Fiji Are in  soldiers led by it col. Sitiveni Rabuka overthrew the Indian dominated government of prime minister Timocin Bava dra on May 14. Rabuka said be wanted to preserve the political Power of ethnic Tiu us who Are slightly Oul numbered by ethnic indians. In new zealand prime minister David Lanee also announced he we Cut Ting off Aid to the South Pacific nation. He also ordered 47 fijian soldiers train ing in new zealand to go Home. Our Aid program Haf been put on hold. It will be reassessed when the Posi Tion in Fiji becomes clearer Lange said in Wellington new zealand s capital. Current figures for  And new Zea land Aid to Fiji were not immediately available. In 1982, the United Stales provided $928,000 in Aid to the legion. New zealand has been one of Fiji s biggest donors providing $3.8 million in 1933, according to  Stale department Fig ures. Overall foreign Aid makes up a tiny part of this nation s government receipts. Australia and Britain Are the other main Aid donors to Fiji a former British Colony. Meanwhile australian and new Zea land diplomats reported a huge increase in the number of ethnic indians seeking to pm Erato from Fiji to their countries. Indians will lose political Power if committee headed by Rabuka succeeds in its aim of rewriting the Constitution Tobar indians from controlling the govern ment. Another preoccupation for the in Dian Community is the Rise in ethnic Vio Lence since last month s elections. There s been a Large upsurge in in quiries said Frank Johnston first Secretary if immigration at the australian High commission in the fijian capital of Suva. He said 400 ethnic indians visited the office thursday asking about visits or migration to Australia about 1,700 Miles to the West. He did not know How Many inquiries the offices handled daily before the coup. New zealand s Deputy High commissioner Nick Hurley also reported a jump in inquiries at his offices with indians making up More than 95 percent of those seeking applications for migration. New zealand is about 1,100 Miles South of Fiji. Ethnic fijians make up 47 percent of Fiji s population of 715,000. Indians the descendent of labourers brought to Fiji in the 19ut Century to work on sugar plantations mate up 49 percent. N another development a ministry of information spokeswoman said Gover nor Genera Ratu sir Pena a can Mashad promoted Rabuka from lieutenant colonel to full colonel Rabuka 38. Was third in the military Hierarchy when he and 10 masked sol Diers stormed parliament two weeks ago and arrested Savadra s government the captive government was later freed. Rabuka subsequently agreed to allow Tanilau to assume executive Powers in an interim government but he maintained control of the army and police. The spokeswoman did not know when the promotion look effect former prime minister Ratu sir a Mist so Mara held a news conference thursday to denounce efforts to change the Constitution that went into effect when the country gained Independent from Britain in 1970. Mara and his fijian controlled Alli Ance party have won every election since Independence. The party Tost last month to a coalition led by Savadra t labor party. Mara is a member of the caretaker government appointed by Tanilau who is Queen Elizabeth la t representative in this Commonwealth country. The past two Wiecki have been hell Mara told a news conference wednesday night. I would t like to go through it  Art stud end discovers marriage proposal with College diploma new York up an Art student who opened her diploma wednesday and found message fading you Are Ray Only love. Will you marry me gasped and then ran through the graduation ceremony crowd to Tell her boy Friend yes. She was Back at her seat after receiving the diploma and she Lei out a gasp when she opened a folder and found both the diploma and a hand written marriage proposal on Pink paper Cooper Union Art College spokeswoman Lynn Appelbaum said. The graduate Christine Lena 20, of manhat Tan immediately sought her Boyfriend. Brian Bodnar 27, in the audience. While the ceremonies were still going on she found him Bodnar and said yes Appel Burn said. The couple met two Yean ago in the Virgin islands and have dated Ever since. They plan to return to the islands in the Winter to be roamed. The graduation ceremony took place at the great Hall of the Cooper Union for the advancement of science and Art in Manhattan. In the proposal Bodnar wrote Christine you Are my Only love. Will you marry me for Ever yours  Appelbaum said it was the first time in the school s 128-year history that s marriage proposal bad been inserted in a Case with diploma. Miss oops misspellings trip up 12 kids in National spelling Bee Washington a eleven errant spot ten were knocked out in the second round of the National spelling Bee wednesday joining 14-year-old Lori mul Lins of Virginia who became the sole first round casually when she stumbled on  the original roster of i8s contestants in he 60th annual spell Down was thinned to 173 nervous fidgety youngsters for further rounds of Competition. Lori an eighth grader from Woodbridge a was the 62nd youngster to approach the microphone in the first round. She repeated the word then started spelling a no be rep to of but it was too late once she had uttered the errant  she bowed her head when the Bell sounded to Indi Cate an incorrect spelling and was escorted from the stage to a nearby Comfort  the youngsters eliminated in the second round stumbled on More challenging words including loosestrife Tole miss and  fourteen year old Andy Larson last year s runner up was am inc  who survived the first two rounds As he Mah Iii fourth try at inc spelling title. Andy listed on the contest roster As Kenneth , was the most seasoned competitor. The eighth grader from Tequesta fla., was out spelled last year by 14-year-old pm pinning Jon of Shireman Solowij a in 1986,  stumbled on Kaplinic defined a resembling kaolin a while Clay substance used in ceramics. Jon spelled it correctly and then went in to Clinch the championship by correctly spelling Odon Talgia a synonym for Toothache. In earlier years Andy was tripped up on the spelling of Marjoram a Herb of the mint family and on give a pointed gothic Arch. Another Nebraska official recalled Omaha neb. A one Nebraska mayor sur Vived at the polls but a second was ousted from office As the stale s wave of recall elections rolled on. In Wymore residents on tuesday voted 399 to 220 against recalling mayor oily salts according to Sandy Eltiste Deputy Gage county clerk. Salts elected in november fell into Disfavour be cause of his disagreement with the City Council Over who had authority for hiring City workers in the town of 1,850 people in Southeast Nebraska. In Loup City voters ousted mayor Joe Fulton by a vote of 355 to 323, said Sherman county clerk Matte Dzingle. He had become a Urgel after the managers of a City owned Day care Center withdrew. Two members of the City Council in the Central Nebraska town of 1,350 face a recall election june 23. Recall targets in Nebraska this year have included five mayors six City Council members four school Board members and three Village Board members. Before tuesday eight people had been recalled including Omaha mayor Mike Boyle. Atlanta Airport edges out o Hare As busiest in  Washington up Atlanta Hartsfield inter National Airport has become the nation s busiest and most congested Airport surpassing Chicago s o Hare the Federal aviation administration said wednesday. The Blest Faa figures also showed that a number of key Airport recorded fewer delays in the first four month of this year than during the same period in 1986. But because of a dramatic jump in Atlanta de lays Overall were up at the nation s 22 busiest airports by 8.7 percent. In releasing the statistics the Faa reported there were 264,647 takeoffs and landings in Atlanta during the first four months of this year compared with 263,978 at o Hare. During the same period but year Atlanta had 251,614 such aircraft movements while Chicago o Hare Lota led 261,506. Chicago s o Hare often is referred to As the world s busiest Airport. The latest government statistics put Atlanta ahead of Chicago in landings and takeoffs As the nation s busiest Airport although the Faa says there have been one month periods before where at Lanta edged out Chicago in that category. In the latest statistics los Angeles was the third busiest Airport followed by Dallas fort Worth and Denver. At the same time flight delays shot up in Atlanta the Faa said from 1b per 1,000 operations during the first four months in 1986 to 74 this year. The Faa said the number of delays in Atlanta jumped from 4,630 in the first four months of 1986 to 19,527 through april of this year. Delays dropped in Chicago from 35 per 1,000 to 30during the same period the Agency said. Atlanta has become both the busiest Airport in the country and the bottleneck in the system Faa spokesman John Leyden told United press International. Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole said one reason for the increase in delays measured when an Airliner is at least 15 minutes late was overs Ediin ing of flights. But bad weather is usually the main culprit for the delays. Dole suggested that Delta airlines which has to Hub in Atlanta May have been engaging id unrealistic and unfair flight scheduling by offering Loo Many nights during Busy time periods. Delia has denied the Allega Tion. The Faa said the new York metropolitan area has seen a significant drop in delays and this was largely due to the implementation of the Agency s East coast plan in february which rerouted flights when congestion became a problem. At Newark nj., the number of delays dropped from 104 to 51 per 1,000 White to new York s Laguar Dia it decreased from 83 to 58, the Faa said. The Faa said other airports registering delay drops were san Francisco from 60 to 47 Minneapolis so Paul from 39 to 11 St. Louis from 36 to is washing ton National from 26 to 10 and Pittsburgh from 10 to four. Registering More delays through april were Boston s Logon which went from 59 per 1,000 movements last year to �6 Denver from 33 to 55 Philadelphia from 15 to 40 and los Angeles International from 17 to 37