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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page8 the stars and stripes sunday. June 14,1087 world today a photo Queen Elizabeth ii ride in an open Carriage sat Day while reviewing the trooping of the color ceremony. Queen Breaks with tradition by reviewing troops in Carriage London up in a departure from tradition sparked by the age of her favorite horse Queen Eliza Beth ii saturday Rode an open Carriage to review her horse borne troops in a glittering spectacle to Mark her official  two men in the crowd of 10,000 spectators packing the Parade ground one mile from Buckingham Palace were arrested for suspected Possession of tear Gas be fore the Queen or other Royal family members arrived police sources said. No Gas was released police said. Security was tight with police sharpshooters perched on rooftops and officers milling in the crowd lining the Parade route. Police have tightened Security for the annual troop ing of the color ceremony since 1981, when a 17-year old youth fired six Blanks from a starting pistol As the Queen Rode on horseback to the Parade ground. But despite the arrests the ceremony saturday televised nationwide by the British broadcasting corp. Went off without a hitch. The Queen 61, bestowed her Only daughter and Sec Ond child Princess Anne 36, with the title princes Royal. The Queen s official birthday is held on the Sec Ond saturday of every june because the weather is generally better than on her real birthday april 21. Buckingham Palace said the Queen had Given Anne the honorary title for her fund raising work on behalf of poor children in the third world through the save the children fund. Anne becomes Only the seventh Princess in British history to receive the honorary title which can Only be bestowed by a Sovereign to an eldest daughter As a Mark of esteem. The Queen for the first time in her 35-year reign Rode in an open yellow bodied Carriage along the Flag lined mile Between Buckingham Palace and the horse guards Parade ground dressed in non military  she watched her troops pass by from a chair on a Dias on the Parade ground. In previous years she Rode her favorite horse Ablack Mare named burmese Side Saddle and would dress in the red uniform of her life guards cavalry regiment the Queen would remain astride burmese for nearly Ife hours while reviewing 6,000 of her pass ing mounted troops and several parading military  burmese the horse she used for the trooping for the past 18 years is now 25 and was retired last year. Palace sources insisted the Queen is very fit and scoffed at suggestions the decision to change to a Carriage was made because of her age. They said that each year the Queen had to spend hours practising for the birthday Parade the Only time she Rode Side Saddle and she decided to give up the horseback review because she did not wish to use a new horse. Her family her husband the Queen Mother. Prince Charles Princess Diana and their two Young sons watched the Parade along with prime minister Margaret Thatcher who was re elected to office Fri Day. It took o week but in the end couple makes it to Church together Windsor Ontario a an italian Man and an american woman Are husband and wife a week after the Groom crossed into Canada for his Bachelor party got stuck at the Border and left the Bride weeping on the Church Steps. Erena Apolloni of Detroit who married Marcollo Fontana Here Friday said the couple will celebrate their wedding anniversary for a full week each year to commemorate the ordeal. Well Start celebrating june 6 and Well end june 12," she said. On june 5, Fontana 25, ignored the advice of friends and entered Canada Lor his Bachelor party at a club featuring nude dancing. . Border guards barred his re entry into the United states saying he lacked proper papers. In a last ditch Effort to get to the Church last saturday Fontana hid in the trunk of a car belonging to the Bride s Mother but was caught and turned away again. His tearful Bride waited outside the Church just blocks away. Because Fontana could t get to the wedding relatives brought the wedding to him in an italian Section of Windsor across the Detroit River from his Fiancee s  s a lot of weight off my shoulders. It feels Good the 21-year-old Bride said As she sipped Champagne with her husband outside St. Angela Catholic Church where she was married in a traditional White gown. The hour Long ceremony was performed before about 40 guests with the couple exchanging vows in their native tongues. The newlyweds then Rode in a White limousine to the reception nearby. Giovanna Apolloni the Bride s Mother said she lost $8,000 on last weekend s wedding but relatives and friends chipped in for Friday s. The couple met in Carre Italy in 1985. Fontana arrived in the United states last month on a tourist visa that expires in july mrs. Apolloni said. Great Watermelon robbery brings life sentences for 2 Beijing up two men have been sentenced to life in prison for leading a mob of 100 fruit vendors in the robbery of a train loaded with 25 tons of watermelons. State run television showed the two men lao Guixiang and Zhang Minghua and six others involved in one of the capital s biggest Watermelon heists standing with their shaven Heads bowed As they were sentenced by a Beijing inter mediate court judge. Lao and Zhang were sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to pay $810 each to the Watermelon owners. The six others received Pris on terms of Between two and 12 years the news broadcast said. It said lao and Zhang organized and led the april 27 robbery at a depot of Beijing s Yong Din men railway station. Crew escapes safely when ship sinks in Pacific Wellington new zealand a British Tanker Sank off Pitcairm Island in the South Pacific saturday but All 29 Crew members escaped in lifeboats the new zealand press association reported. Pitcairn was the Refuge found by the Muti neers of the British warship Bounty in 1789. The Small British dependency which includes three other islands is 2,540 Miles East of Sydney Australia. The lifeboats were believed headed for Unin habited Henderson Island about 100 Miles Northeast of Pitcairm. The report said the bulk chemical Carrier Cumberland Sank after taking on water through two holes but did not say where the Hole we relocated or How the ship had been damaged. The Australia sea and safety Center said it first received a distress signal from the Cumber land on Friday morning. A Rescue aircraft was on its Way from Tahiti a safety Center spokesman said. Indonesia has increase in indochinese refugees Jakarta Indonesia up the number of indochinese refugees arriving in Indonesia surged to 623 in May the highest number since last june according to figures released saturday by the . High commissioner for refugees. Toshiyuki Kawahara the . Refugee representative for Indonesia said 142 refugees arrived in april while Only seven arrived Between january and March. He attributed the Rise in refugee arrivals to Calm seas that prevail from april to june. The numbers should decrease again in july with the Start of the Monsoon season he said. Most indochinese boat people arriving in in Donesia land in the Nat Una islands located in the South China sea Between Malaysia and the Island of Borneo. Cholera reports Spur China to close Vietnam Border Hong Kong a China recently closed the Border Between Guangqi province and Viet Nam after receiving reports of a cholera outbreak in Northern Vietnam the China news service said the official Agency in a report from Guang Sithat appeared in Hong Kong newspapers Friday said the Border was closed june 8, after Viet namese peasant traders reported the outbreak in three counties and said several people had died. The report said medical teams were sent to the Border area As a preventive measure and that chinese resident there were warned not to have Contact with vietnamese. Although China and Vietnam fought a fron tier War in 1979 and occasionally clash along the Border peasants on both sides engage in regular Trade  
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