European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes tuesday. October 6,1987 economist 39, designated As Mexico s next president world today Mexico City a the governing party designated budget and planning Secretary Carlos Salinas de Yonari As its presidential candidate virtually ensuring he will Lead Mexico into the 1990s. Proclaiming himself pan of a new generation " hat is modern i ing Mexico 39-year-old Salinas do Gortari in sunday accepted the nomination for the i98k election. The appointment a Matt i swipe Psi fill proms of selection in this . Where the institutional Ruvo Luti Onan party Pri has wan every presidential Clicc lion since in founding in l 29. The Choice of Salinas do Yonari who holds a Doc Loraie in economics from Harvard was a closely guarded secret until the last minute. By tradition the outgoing president handpicks the party s presidential nominee Salinas do Gortari is a close adviser to president Miguel do la Madrid and is considered the architect or Mexico s economic policy. Salinas do Gortari is regarded As a continuity candidate faithful to do la Madrid s efforts to Reform an Economy mired in foreign and internal debt and inflation above 100 percent. You will be the president of he Republic Pri chairman Jorge de la Vega told Salinas do Gortari in a meeting sunday before the candidate was presented to tens of thousands of cheering party faithful. Salinas do Gortari will be formally nominated Dur ing the nov. 7-8 convention of the Pri which claims 14 m illion members. He is expected to Campaign strenuously before the election next july 4 to the single six year term allowed by Mexico s Constitution. Short slim and balding the athletic Salinas de Gor Tiirik was the youngest of six Cabinet members named earlier by the Pri As leading candidates for the party s nomination. In a Brief address to the giant rally outside Pri Headquarters Salinas do Gortari spoke of How he would govern when he next administration begins dec. 1,1988. I belong to a new generation that of National Reno vation the one that is modernizing Mexico he said we have Learned from our history. We have lived through along with president do la Madrid one of the greatest stages of our contemporary life both for the difficulties faced and for the realizations  vandalized Berlin Wall repaired during night by East germans Berlin up1 East German Border guard patched up the scorched and damaged West Side of their Derlin Wall and gave it a new Coal of while paint during the night West Berlin police said sunday. The nocturnal improvements which were done by a squad of 15 military engineers under Protection from 30 Border guards were seen As an attempt to discourage vandals who have repeatedly set tire to the plastic and Wood covering on the West Side of the masonry Wall. Police said he East germans repaired a 300-foot Section of the 26-year-old anti refugee Wall near the Brandenburg Gate crossing Between East Derlin and West Berlin. Television viewers became familiar with this Section of the Wall when president Reagan visited West Berlin for the City s 750th anniversary Celebration last Spring and made a speech there. Berliners have repeatedly sneaked up at night to set fire to the Wall covering in this sector. The latest fire on the 10-fool-High Wall near the Brandenburg Gale was set thursday evening and West Berlin police a idiocy detained a 14-year-old boy in connection with it on Friday. They said the boy and three teen age companions admitted they poured gasoline on the Wall and set in aflame because they opposed the existence of the Wall police said the teen agers also admitted setting three other Wall fires this year. Police said the East germans broke a door size Hole through the Wall saturday evening and 30 guards came through in to Lake up positions on the narrow strip along the West Side that still belongs to East Berlin. Around Midnight came the engineers who stripped me plastic Coaling off the Wall segment patched the masonry underneath it and applied a fresh Coal of White paint. The whole repair operation was completed in six hours police said East German bordering on the Berlin will satterday night App Trio ii remove the danged Caver zambian Leader says aids killed son Lusaka. Zambia a president Kenneth Kaunda said sunday his son s death last year was caused by aids. His admission dramatized the severity of the prob Lem of Al is in his Southern african nation. Western diplomats who spoke on the condition of anonymity have estimated that about 20 percent of Zambia s adult Urban population is infected with the aids virus. In docs not need my son s death to Appeal to the International Community to treat the question of aids As a world  Kaunda told a news conference on the Lawn of Slaw House the official presidential residence. It is something that is so serious that once again i plead with the world health organization and those in a position to help fund the Campaign against aids. We want to Light this together. Regardless of who Dies from  Kaunda s son Masuzzo Grebe Kaunda died dec. 21, 1986, of liver and kidney failure a of tar a Long illness. He was 30. How my son got aids i Don t  Kaunda said. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome is an Afflic Tion in which a Sims attacks the body s immune sys tem leaving victims vulnerable to a wide variety of info Lions and cancers. There is no known cure. Aids is most often transmitted through sexual con last. Its victims in the United slates Are mostly Homo sexual males and intravenous drug abusers. In Africa the disease also widely affects heterosexual men and women. Swiss team Abandons Himalayan expedition Katmandu Nepal up a four Mem Ber Swiss expedition has abandoned Iti climb up the Northeast Side of the 23,405-fool-High tilt Cho him Al because of Strong Windi officials said sunday. The expedition led by Bruno Zaugg. 38, and including two women climbed 18,208 feel before abandoning the Effort authorities said. The team was trying to reach the top of the Himalayan Peak in an Alpine style ascent. Israel rejects proposal to renew soviet ties Jerusalem up Israel has turned Down an offer by the soviet Union to re establish Low level diplomatic tics severed 20 years ago by the Kremlin Over the 1967 Arab israeli War the foreign ministry said sunday. Israel is Only interested in full embassy level diplomatic relations with the soviets a spokes Man said. The rejection of he soviet offer was the latest twist in ongoing efforts to resume relations be tween the two countries. The Kremlin broke lies with Israel in the Wake of the 1967 Arab israeli War but both sides have been moving slowly toward reopening lines of communication. Presidential hopeful takes Campaign to s. Koreans Seoul South Korea a Roh Tae woo of the governing democratic Justice party took his presidential bid to the streets sunday Shak ing hands and chatting with voters As the opposition remained split Over who its candidate should be. Roh accompanied by party Taw Nurkett another supporters visited a marketplace in South pm Seoul for what aides said was the Start of his full scale Campaign. The elections Are expected before dec. 20. Roh the party chief was hand picked by outgoing president Chun Doo Hwan. Before sunday Roh had limit his Campaignio Public speeches and formal meetings with supporters. Nephew says sex Fiji head eluded capture by soldiers Suva Fiji a a truckload of armed soldiers tried to detain ousted prime minister Timocin Savadra but Savadra got away after a car Chase along dirt roads that reached speeds of 94 Mph his Nephew said sunday Savadra was so shaken by the incident that he cancelled monday s scheduled talks with military ruler col. Sitiveni Rabuka said his Nephew who also is named Timocin Savadra. The elks were aimed at resolving the political crisis in Fiji where Rabuka staged two coups i five months. Savadra was ousted in the first coup May 14, and spent a week under House arrest. He spent four Days under House arrest after the latest coup sept. 25. . Energy Secretary arrives in Turkey for talks Ankara Turkey a . Energy Secre tary John Herrington arrived Here sunday Tor a two Day visit pan of a Middle East Lour that includes slops in several Arab countries the Anatolia news Agency reported. Herrington accompanied by a 10-person delegation was welcomed by finance minister Ahmet Kurt Etc Alt mucin at the Ese bogs Airport the Agency said. Herring on said he would relay a message from president Reagan to Premier Sturgul Ozal but would not elaborate on the contents Anat Olia  quoted herring on As saying Hal he and Ozal would discuss bilateral relations the persian Gulf War and prospects for peace there and a proposed j20 billion water for Oil pipeline project that would carry fresh water from tur key to Arab countries and Oil for Turkey in the other direction