European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse In rec 3 l up by fun time on the thames maj. Ronald Ferguson facing camera rather of Britain s Duchess of York joins in festivities on the Kiter thames in London As a double Decker bus loaded with celebrities Teddy bears and inflated elephants is ferried under the Tower Bridge. The spectacle was staged to pub Viciie Friday s one Day for life event when everybody in Britain is invited to take a photograph thai typifies life in the United kingdom and submit it with a donation to the search h8 cancer Trust. Three Hundred fifty of the Pic Tures will be published in a Book in no vember. The Duchess of Fork is Patron of the Trust. Portuguese prime minister chooses his Cabinet Lisbon Portugal of prime minister Anibal Cavaco Silva immediately named his Cabinet on wednesday after he was asked by president Mario scares to form a new government. Cavaco Silva whose social democratic party won a parliamentary majority in the july 19 legislative elections appointed new ministers for foreign affairs and defense. But he maintained officials from his previous government in key economic posts. Scares will a car in the Cabinet Mon Day his office said the new government is Portugal s 17th government since a 1974 leftist military coup toppled Europe s longest surviving dictatorship and restored democracy. Cavaco Silva said his government would present its program to the nation Al Assembly within 10 Days. Social Democrat leaders have said policy will focus on privatizing industries nationalized under communist pressure following the 1974 revolution. The right of can tar social democrats won 50.22 percent of the Vole last month electing 148 deputies to the 250 seat Assembly to become the first single party to secure an Overall parliamentary majority since 1974. Cavaco Silva whose previous minority government was brought Down in april by a leftist opposition censure to lion said the country voted for political stability and economic modernization. The election brought an end to the revolutionary period that followed 1974," Cavaco Silva told reporters recently what remain Are the firm roots and positive aspects of after his meeting with scares Cavaco Silva said his new Cabinet is the right team to face today s ten of the 15 ministers in the new government Are under 45 years old. And three arc in their thirties. Social Democrat officials said moving Joao de Deus Pinheiro who was Educa Tion minister in the previous govern ment to the Post of foreign minister was the principal change Cavaco Silva made in his Cabinet appointments. Deus Pinheiro a British trained chemical Engineer was a University rec Tor before assuming his Post in he pre Vious government and successfully de fused a University student strike earlier this year. Like his predecessor Pedro Pires de Miranda who is not a member of the new government Deus Pinheiro has no previous government experience in for eign affairs. Cavazo Silva increased the number of ministries from 13 to 15 by splitting the former ministry for Industry Trade and Tounsi into two separate bodies. He also created the posts of minister for re lations with the presidency and minister for youth. He said six new ministers would enter the Cabinet five would maintain their previous posts and four would be re shuffled. Eurico de Melo. A close adviser to the prime minister and a leading figure who is to the right of the social Democrat party was moved from the Interior ministry 10 defense. He was also appointed Deputy prime minister. Finance minister Miguel Gadilhe planning minister Luis Val Cnoc de Oli Vira Public works minister Joao Oliveira marlins and agriculture minister Alva Rao Barrilo maintain the positions they held in the previous government. The indicated Cavaco Silva aimed to continue policies in tended to liberalizing Portugal s state dominated Economy using Aid from the european economic Community to modernize agriculture and streamlining the state owned Industrial sector. Antonio Capacho former Leader of the social democrats parliamentary group replaced Fernando Nogueira As minister for parliamentary affairs officials said. Nogiera was appointed Justice minister and also was Given the new Post of minister for the presidency. Political commentators said Capacho Nogueira and do Melo All leading figures within the social Democrat party would form an inner Cabinet working closely with the prime minister on political strategy and party affairs. France May provide air cover for towns in Chad Paris up1 France said wednesday it May provide air Protection for towns in Northern Chad Fol lowing three Days of air raids by libyan jets in response to the recapture by Chad of a disputed Border town held by Libya for 14 years. In an announcement viewed by diplomats As a warning to col. Moa mar Qadhafi defense minister Andre Giraud indicated that French forces based in the african nation would Only provide help in areas outside a disputed Border zone known As the Amouzou strip. France will maintain ils support for the territorial integrity of Chad and does not Rule out any Means including military Means of making Iii Giraud said. Flying at High Altitude according to radian Mili tary reports the libyan planes dropped bombs Rock ets and napalm on or near towns and Palm fringed Sahara desert oases both in the Amouzou strip and South of it in areas recaptured by Chad in March. Obviously air Protection operations could not be carried out in Chad without the agreement of the legitimate government Giraud said. But they could be justified for example to protect French army humanitarian missions which we Are conducting in the North he said. The libyan raids were prompted by the recapture saturday of tin settlement of Amouzou the main Oasis in the arid disputed you of strip a stretch of Tern Lory i 000 Miles Long and 70 Miles wide a Clit in Libya and Chad hat Qaddafi annexed in 1973. Chadian president Hii Sene Habre says the strip has belonged la Chad Ever since his country gained Independence from France in %0, the chadian embassy in Paris said that 650 libyan soldiers were killed and 147 taken prisoner during the Battle for Amouzou. But so far. The authorities in Chad have Given no casualty estimates fur victims of the retaliatory bombing raids. Although no casually reports for any of these bombing raids has been Given it appears Ihal they were not Loo Iclal because the libyan planes were flying at such High Ahi Iuda said the i ans daily news paper la Monde France has up to 3.1 00 crimps and a Miu a Squadron of Fighier bombers and fighter jews As Well As a do end icon scr. Prus Cong Usu Ihorn t had and inc capital Ndjamena but wants in Vinoid a direct Mizilar confrontation with lib a
