European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday june 11,1987 Diplomat beaten expelled from Iran returns to Britain London a British Diplomat Edward Chap Lin who was expelled from Iran after being abducted and beaten by revolutionary guards flew Home tues Day. The 36-year-old first Secretary of the British inter ests Section of the swedish embassy in Tehran and four colleagues were expelled by Iran after Britain closed the iranian consulate in Manchester and expelled the five iranian diplomats posted there. Chaplin arrived at London s Heathrow Airport on a regularly scheduled flight from Frankfurt Germany. Smiling and looking fit he told reporters he Felt absolutely  he declined to discuss his arrest and one Day detention in Tehran but said injuries sustained at the time were nothing terribly serious there Are no visible signs of Wear and tear As you can  said Chaplin who was accompanied by his wife Nicola and their two children Stephanie 3, and Thomas 3 months. Chaplin and his family flew to Frankfurt from the iranian capital earlier tuesday after their departure was delayed by iranian officials for 24 hours. Iran did not explain the delay but British officials said it was an administrative  two of the four British diplomats also expelled by Iran accompanied Chaplin on the flight from Frank Furt to London. The other two diplomats arrived in Britain earlier. Chaplin a Middle East specialist had been in Iran since i98s. He was abducted by revolutionary guards on May 28. British officials said he was pulled from his car beaten and held for 24 hours on unspecified charges. The dispute was touched off by the arrest of Ali Yassemi vice Consul of the iranian consulate in Man Chester on charges of shoplifting resisting arrest and reckless driving. Britain said Iran trumped up charges against Chap Lin in an attempt to link his Fate with that of the Irani an Diplomat facing charges in Manchester. Appolo British Diplomat Edward Chaplin his wife Nicola an their two children Stephanie right and Thomas. Qassemi was or of the five iranians expelled after Britain said it failed to receive an explanation or apology for Chaplin s arrest. Britain closed its embassy in Tehran in 1980 be cause iranian militants were holding americans hos Tage at the . Embassy. Since then British diplomats have worked in Tehran under the Protection of the swedish embassy. 31 nations of show wares of air show Paris a the world s biggest aerospace Bazaar the Paris air show opens its doors thursday with nearly 1,500 exhibitors from 31 countries Hawk ing their products. Americans Are expected to be Back in Force after a 1985 show was shadowed by fears of terrorism. The37th air show the largest yet is expected to draw More than 300,000 visitors to Lebourget Airport North of Paris. The biennial event sponsored by the French Aero space Industry draws a colourful mix of test pilots arms merchants the occasional huckster visionary re searchers top defense officials and astronauts. Fierce competitors in the International aerospace Market line up Wing tip to Wing tip. French president Francois Mitterrand will inaugurate the 11-Day event thursday morning. The show opens to the Public Friday. The . Commerce department has organized Pavilion that will House nearly 130 . Exhibitors and 55 firms will exhibit under the auspices of Ameri can aerospace industries. While the number of . Companies attending the show is High several Large american firms such As Grumman corp., Are staying away this year. Unless company has major new products to show off the Cost of an individual chalet at the air show in the hundreds of thousands of dollars can be prohibitive. 750,000 condoms being recalled Toronto up Julius Schmid of Canada Ltd. Said tuesday it was recalling some 750,000u.s.-made condoms because the three batches did not meet leakage standards. The condoms were manufactured at a Schmid products inc. Plant in Little Falls n.j., tested in Canada and shipped out to stores within the last three months said Murray Black the company s president. The firm was contacting drug stores and wholesalers across Canada after announcing the voluntary recall. Black said the condoms were recently shipped out for Sale and our feeling is that very few of these products will actually be in the hands of  he would not be specific but said tests showed the three batches did not meet International leakage standards that allow four holes per thousand con Doms. He did not know whether there were similar problems in the United states. They Don t meet the leakage specifications or standards he said adding the company discovered the problem when it decided to test the batches after a complaint involving another Batch. The three batches include Ramses Sens Itol lot pk32 with May 1992 expiry Ramses Nuford lot pk10 with May 1992 expiry Fether Lite lot pk10 with april 1992 expiry. Bing found wandering London streets London a sir Rudolf Bing 85-year-old for Mer head of new York s metropolitan opera was found wandering the streets of East London Early wednesday after being missing for the second time in two weeks police said. He was apparently none the worse for Wear. He was asked who he was and then taken Back to his hotel said a spokeswoman at Scotland Yard the Lon Don police Headquarters. Bing who had been missing for nearly 16 hours is reportedly suffering from the brain degeneration of alzheimer s disease. The police spokesman said Bing was found by a police patrol in East London s Hackney District at 2 30 . He had disappeared tuesday morning when he left his hotel near King s Cross train station about 2vi Miles away to buy cigarettes. Earlier Bing s 47-year-old wife Carroll had recorded a radio message to help in the search for her husband. She said sweetheart i love you. Please ask whoever you Are with to bring you Back to me As soon As possible. I love you completely and forever which you  world today Greenland s legislature backs new government Copenhagen Denmark a Green land s legislature endorsed a new left renter coalition government under Jonathan Motzfeldt who has been prime minister since the vast arc tic Island became autonomous under the danish Crown in 1979, officials said wednesday. The new coalition was formed after 10 Days of Tough bargaining Between Motzfeldt s social democratic Sigmut party and the Small leftist inuit Atiqa Tigist a group standing for Green land s eventual Independence. A Greenland official in the danish capital said the 27-member lands Tinget or parliament elected the new government on tuesday. It was the same coalition As in the outgoing govern ment and followed an election stalemate last month. Inuit Atiqa Tigist emerged from the Wrangle with two Cabinet posts one More than before. Chinese mayor announces foreign investment plan Tianjin China up Tianjin s dynamic mayor i Cuihuan dismissing opponents of China s open door policy As not marxists Dis closed an ambitious plan monday to raise is billion in foreign investments to boost the City s Industry virtually wiped out by a major Earth quake in 1976.li, 53, a Reform minded Leader whom West Ern diplomats often describe As a rising Star in the ranks of the politburo said Tianjin the country s third largest City will go ahead with its foreign investment plan with the government s Blessing. Parson Billing government says jets damaging Church Fakenham Magna England a a mini Yng j the plaster off his Church ceiling. He said the problems began about three Yean ago when warplanes began flying out of a nearby Royal air Force  none of the congregation has been Hurt it is clearly a dangerous situation said Rev. Roger Whitehead Rector of the 1,000-year-old Church in Eastern  defense ministry said its complaints department was investigating. Increase in Aid urged at african Bank meeting Cairo Egypt up a two Day meeting of the african development Bank opened Here tuesday and egyptian prime minister ate Sidky urged non african members to increase Aid to developing nations. Some 1,000 economic and political experts on Africa from the Bank and its soft loan Branch the african development fund attended the 23rd an Nual session held at a Cairo hotel the Bank Africa s leading development financing institution plans to vote during the ses Sion on a capital increase of 200 percent to finance a Rise in lending for the period 1987-1991. French press Agency asks Iran to let reporter Back in Paris a the French news Agency Agency France Presse protested wednesday what it said was the disguised expulsion of its correspondent in Tehran Iran and asked the iranian government to withdraw its decision. Iranian authorities have refused a return visa to Asp correspondent Bruno Franceschi 39, based in Tehran since november 1986, now unable to re turn following a  said the measure is without justification and constitutes a flagrant attack on the Freedom to  said the correspondent had scrupulously Fol Lowed the rules of his profession while reporting from Iran and urgently asks the iranian govern ment to change its position and allow or. Frances Chi to return to his  Asp correspondent in Tehran Jac ques Charmelo was expelled in february 1986