European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stapes saturday september 12,1987 news update terrorist attacks Bilbao Spain a in a note to news Media published Friday in Aba que newspaper the separatist group Eta claimed responsibility for three recent terrorist attacks in the Northern Basque Region that killed three civil guards. The Eta. Note that appeared in Friday s edition of the Basque nationalist daily Egin said its com mangoes were responsible for thursday s car bomb blast in Guernica just East of Bilbao. The blast killed civil guard officers pc Scrico Jimenez 22, and Manu Lavila Garcia 29, Eta said in the note that i to of its members shot and killed another civil guard officer Cristobal Martin Ducngo 50, on tuesday. Also on thursday Eta com mangoes carried out a rocket propelled grenade attack on a civil guard Barracks in the Northern town of Ornizia the note said. Noone was injured in the attack. 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Bob by an s concert in Mannheim Ccoce de monday s concert featuring Bob Dylan and Tom Petty & the heartbreaker at the Eis station in Mannheim has been can celeb. According to promoters Dylan willbe in Italy taping a television show. Tickets purchased for the Mannheim concert will be valid for the Frankfurt show scheduled far sept. 28 at the Fesi Halle or can be reimbursed at Advance ticket outlets. All Oiher Dylan concert Dales in Ger Many remain the same. . Trade deficit skyrockets to record $16.5 billion in july Washington a a plunge in . Exports helped propel the nation s Trade deficit to a record $16.5 billion in july the fourth monthly increase in a Row the government reported Friday. The Commerce department said the widening of the Gap Between exports and imports followed a ji5.7 billion deficit in june. For the first seven months of 1987, the trading shortfall has been accumulating at an annual Rale of $168,7 billion above the record is 56,2 deficit for All of 1986. . Exports which had been rising through most of 1987, did a turnabout in july and dropped by 5 percent to s21 billion. Manufactured goods accounted for much of this drop falling from $14.5 billion in june to is 3.8 billion in july. Imports meanwhile Rose 2 percent tos37.5 billion in july most of this increase was due to higher Petroleum import up to $4.4 Bil lion from $3.7 billion in june. In another report Friday the labor department said that wholesale prices showed no change from june to july the first time the producer Price Index has been Flat in nine months. Lower food costs and Early and of the Model year Auto discounts helped offset slightly higher Energy prices. Friday s merchandise Trade report was viewed by economists As further Evi Dence that the Long awaited turnaround in Trade accounts has yet to materialize despite a . Dollar that is nearly 50 percent weaker against other key Curren cies than it was two years ago. A weaker Dollar should make imported goods More expensive and . Products More competitive abroad. Initially a fall in the value of a currency can Worsen a Trade deficit through higher import prices. Bui after t while the higher prices Are supposed to Coa Consumers away from the foreign goods and to less expensive Domestic alternatives. Analysts had expected to see this latter effect by now. The new report was expected to make it even harder for the Reagan administration to Battle Tough Trade legislation before a House Senate conference com Mittee thai the administration considers protectionist. The closely watched deficit with Japan fell in july to j5.1 billion from ss.4 Bil lion in june Vietnam says agreement reached on new rules to let amerasian leave Bangkok Thailand a a . Delegation has reached an agreement with the vietnamese to make it easier for thousands of children fathered by Ameri cans to leave the communist country Strite Nin Vietnam radio reported. The agreement was reached tuesday during a meeting in Hanoi Vietnam the second round of direct talks Between . And vietnamese officials on the amerasian Issue said the voice of Viet Nam monitored in Bangkok. The two lids previously met under . Auspices. A . Embassy spokesman in bang Kok said Bruce Beardsley director of the . Orderly departure program office in Bangkok headed the american Side. It did not say who led the vietnamese group. The program which allows Vietnam Ese refugees to take regular flights to the United Stales has previously resettled amerasian Vietnam suspended the program in january 1986, the United states later agreed to hold talks on Vietnam s re quest to establish a separate resettlement program for amerasian. At the meeting the vietnamese delegation said the presence of amerasian children in Vietnam is a humanitarian Issue which must be solved quickly the radio reported. Amerasian children tire often discriminated against by other vietnamese. The . Side admitted that this Isth responsibility of the United slates and agreed to simplify the procedure of the reception of american children and their relatives the broadcast said. It did not provide details. More than 3,500 amerasian left Viet Nam through the program and officials say they have files on at least 8,600 other amerasian in the country. Chad Libya agree to Border cease fire n Ndjamena Chad a Chad and Libya said Friday they have accepted a cease fire in their War Over a desert Border area. The Trace sponsored by the Organiza Tion of african Unity was to begin Chad government in a statement said it accepted the cease fire and libyan radio monitored in Nicosia Cyprus said Tripoli would also observe it. The radio said Libya hoped the truce would put an end to chadian suffering and would help in finding a solution to the conflict under the Aegis of the Libya s official news Agency Jana re ported that Tripoli would Stop air raids against Chad at noon to coincide with he moslem Call to Friday prayer. But Chad said the cease fire did no necessarily indicate a settlement in the conflict Over the disputed 43,000-Square Milc a Zou Region which is believed to be Rich in minerals. It called on chadian to remain Vig Ilant and mobilized during the cease fire and urged an immediate meeting of Therau committee charged with mediating an end to the dispute. Libya annexed the ouzo to Region in1973 under a never ratified pre world War ii treaty Between France and Italy then colonial Powers. Libya ending its support for Iran in War Nicosia Cyprus a Libya has indicated ii is dropping support for Iran in the persian Gulf War leaving Syria asian s Only Arab ally. In a joint statement issued after High level talks thursday Iraq and Libya said the War is a dangerous threat to peace in the Region and wastes the Arab and islamic they agreed to abide by the Arab league charter which opposes aggression against the territory or interests of any Arab state or interference in its internal affairs. The statement was carried by Libya s radio Tripoli and the official iraqi news Agency monitored in Nicosia. Iraq broke off relations with Libya in 1985 after the libyan Leader. Col. Moa mar Qaddafi forged a strategic Alliance with Iran. Iraq has charged thai Libya supplied Iran with Long Range soviet made sur face to surface missiles used for bom Barding Baghdad Iraq s capital. Libyan foreign minister Jadallah Azouz Al Tahi left Baghdad on tuesday after three Days of talks that included meetings with iraqi president Saddam Hussein. The statement said that alter the talk the two sides agreed on the necessity of ending the. War through peaceful Means and according to International Law because its continuation serves Ira Penalise and zionist plots the statement also noted that Arab league foreign ministers decided Tan month to support the july 20 . Secu Rity Council Resolution calling for a cease fire in the persian Gulf War. The ministers agreed to sever diplomatic ties with Iran it 11 refused to accept the cease fire. Libya Hod not agreed with the for eign ministers at the time. New cafes Europe commander takes Over Munich is Brig. Gen. Joseph t. Ellis assumed command of the army and air Force Exchange service in Europe Friday from Brig. Can. . Leedy who has been commander since april 1984. Levy has been nominated for his Sec Ond Star and will become the Deputy chief of staff for Supply maintenance and transportation with the army mate Riel coma in Alexandria a. With the passing of the colors Bya Afes commander maj Gen. John e. Long. Ellis became the 18lh commander of he Exchange s european operations. This from Greensburg pa., will Wear a second hat As commander for the Munich military Community. Before coming to Munich Ellis Wai chief of staff and Garrison commander for the . Army trans Center at fort Eustis a he also has served As Deputy executive director of operations and plans for the military traffic manage ment come and As commander of the a tic s terminal
