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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, June 23, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes tuesday june 23,1987 ., Australia differ on nuke tests Sydney Australia Dpi the United states and Australia wound up two Days of talks monday agreeing on the Basic issues facing them but openly disagreeing on French nuclear testing in the Pacific and Trade. The american team led by Secretary of state George Shutz and Secretary of defense Caspar Wein Berger backed continued nuclear testing at the French underground Sites in the Western Pacific. Weinberger said if you re going to have nuclear weapons you have to know hey work and to do that you have to lest  australian foreign minister bit Hayden said at the same news conference that Australia continues to oppose the French testing for military and environmental reasons. Hayden in Hii opening remarks monday morning said australians have warm feelings for the United slates but he said that is Why we find in to difficult to understand Why Australia should be ground Down by a trading Battle which we had no part in starting and have done All we could to  was a reference to american regulations main a photo Bride to be or not to be prims to a  Wui soon become the wife of Prince fainter of Monica London Dally mall in cd her my it a Rini  Hob Taulote 31, old us 47-Yett-Ou motto us Binler 64, Ait la Low and will be married wore the Tad at the year. Bat the report Iru denied monday by t Rainier spokesman who said it was without foundation by designed to oppose european economic Community agricultural subsidies which also penalize australian sugar and meat salts to the United states. On the larger issues the two sides regretted the decision by the new zealand government to drop out of the anus defense Alliance because of its no nuclear policy. Australian defense minister Kim Beazley said that despite the Alliance problems with new zealand Australia would maintain its bilateral military cooperation Wilh new zealand. Expressed concern that some countries which have not signed the non proliferation treaty appear to be holding open the option of nuclear  said thai was a reference to countries on the South asian subcontinent a reference to Pakistan and India. Agreed that the soviets Are extending their com Mercial and military presence in the South Pacific and that this is a development that should be monitored. Weinberger said it s very Clear the soviets have in mind expansion of their role. The soviets want to be a Pacific  he said the soviet Fleet and air Force expansion id German dentists go on strike Over fee Cut proposal Cologne Germany up most of Germany s 30,000 dentists went on strike monday against a pro posed Cut in fees they can charge private patients for certain services covered by the country s socialized medical system. The Cologne based professional organization the Federal chamber of dentistry Call Cdon deists to close Down their practices and participate in 15 pro test rallies against the proposed new fee schedule. The draft schedule for privately insured patients would Cut fees for replacing Teeth and it would encourage measures to head Oft the need for such work. The professional association fears the lower fees might be adopted As a guideline for the majority of patients who Are insured through the Public socialized medical system. Denial assistants and receptionists at the Idle practices referred patients needing immediate care to emergency dental clinics which continued to operate. Labor minister Norbert Bluem whose Agency had drafted the revised schedule of fees said it is unacceptable for dentists to go on strike against Patien Tsas a Means of pressing their financial  Bluem also warned that the Public might not understand a strike by Peak earners who Are not exactly covered by the term  Rolf Schloemer chairman of the association for democratic dentistry said his group is not participating in the strike. There was no Way to gauge How Many of the coun try s 30,000 practising dentists most of whom be Long to the association responded to the Appeal to close their practices. The protest rallies were Well attended. Train hits kills Basque fugitive pursuer during Chase by police Bayonne France a a policeman and a fugitive woman of the Basque terrorist group Ipar re Tarrak were killed by a train sunday nigh i during a police Chase authorities said monday the dead policeman Roger Latasa 37, was a member of the Frontier police. The woman whose body was dragged 6so feet along the Racks was identified by police As Marie France Heguy 25, who escaped from a prison in Pau last december. Police in Bayonne said Heguy was carrying false identification papers and a pistol at the time of Ibe Accident. Heguy was convicted and sentenced to four years in prison in 1985 for arms Possession. On dec. 15, an Iporre Tarrak commando unit took the prison director hostage and Heguy escaped with another Parr Tarrak member Gabriel Moresca who had been serving a 13-year sentence. Hugu had been the passenger in a car driven by Pierre Ridard 22, convicted in january 1955 to two years in prison for taking a group of reporters to a Clandestine news conference Given by the Basque terrorist organization. Ridard arrested by a policeman accompanying the officer who was killed had been standing beside the track when Heguy was killed. Ridard is the brother of Philippe Ridard 34, who his been a fugitive since 1981. He was convicted in Abil flu May is and was sentenced to life in prison for the killing of two policemen. Philippe Ridard is suspected of being a Leader of Parr Tarrak. The Pacific has been More rapid than the soviet Mili tary buildup in general the annual meeting of the official j of the two coun tries comes when the ruling labor party is in the midst of a general election Campaign but both americans and australians said the meeting had been scheduled Long before the Campaign was announced and it had no political ramification. The two countries agreed on the need to restore democratic government to Fiji. The final communique also said the two countries noted Wilh concern an increasing presence in the South Pacific by Libya but there was no specific action recommended to counter in. At the meetings which included prime minister Bob Hawke on sunday both sides repeatedly emphasized their continuing common interests and tried to minimize i hair differences Over such issues As Trade and economic policy and the effect of French nuclear testing in the Pacific. Shultz is to leave Sydney Early tuesday for his re turn to the United slates with a Brief Stop in Western Samoa. Weinberger ii to leave Sydney wednesday world today 33 chinese students expelled in crackdown Beijing up thirty three students who gambled drank heavily and staged All night Paf Tiei have been expelled from their College in what sources said sunday was a new crackdown on decadent Western lifestyles on campuses. Sources said the nationwide Campaign against Western influences was prompted by student demonstrations last december and january in which youths in about 20 cities called for More democratic  s daily the communist party newspaper said sunday hat 33 students were recently Cupelle from Hangzhou University in the Eastern aty of Hangzhou about 700 Miles Southeast of Beijing. Egyptian president to run for second 6-year term Cairo Egypt a president Hosni Mubarak plans Loran for a second six year term it was announced  Wali Secretary general of Mubarak s National democratic party made the announce ment at a party caucus according to the state owned Middle East news Agency. It quoted Wall As saying campaigning will begin next month and a National referendum win be conducted in october to elect the president repair work on Tower in Florence completed Florence Italy a the scaffolding has been peeled away from the medieval Tower of Florence s Bargero museum and Tounsi once More can gaze up at its severe splendor. The three year repair Job on the landmark Tower was completed last week at a Cost of about i billion lire 1750,000the newspaper la Republica  intricate work involved installing a 3.7 mile Long invisible Armor of Iron bars to reinforce the 180-foot Tower which had threat ened to fall apart according to la Republica. Carter lays Cornerstone for thai rehab Center bangkok., Thailand up former  President Carter Laid the Cornerstone sunday for a rehabilitation Center for prostitutes and abused women and pledged nearly $40,000 to support the  arrived in Bangkok saturday for b three Day private visit As co chairman of global2000 inc., a program providing funds for inter National  by his wife Rosalynn and Agha Hasan Abedi a Bank president and global 2000 co chairman Carter visited the Kasakawa women s education and training Center. He participated in a prayer meeting Laid the Cornerstone to the Center and pledged i million baht j3s,500 to the site a spokeswoman said  
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