European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes monday october 19,19s7soviet productivity up but goals unmet Moscow a increased productivity increased soviet National income by 2.4 percent during the first nine months of 1987, bul one Enterprise in four tailed to meet its goals Tass said saturday. The soviet news Agency reporting on nationwide economic results this year said there was a serious shortage of shoes to also said thai some people especially in Rural areas were poorly sup plied with bread eggs and other food stuffs. The Tass dispatches were quoted from a report which was issued by the stat committee on statistics comparing eco nomic achievements from january through september of this year with the same nine months of 1986, soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev in his Campaign for economic Reform has stressed the need for More efficient use of resources. The statistics commit tee said the Rise in National income this year was due solely to increased productivity. Productivity in Industry Rose by 3.6 percent when compared to the first nine months of last year the committee re ported. It said the casts of production had been Cut by some 3 billion rubles. However the committee report said More than a Quarter of the country s fac tories and Industrial enterprises failed to meet their commitments under the i9r 7 economic plan. Agriculture a chronic sore spot in the soviet Economy also continued to lag behind the Industrial growth Rale according to the statistics committee. Output from collective and slate farm was up by Only 1,1 percent when com pared to the nine month period of 1986, Tass said and getting food to the people remains a  fats eggs cereals whole milk products Candy Oread cereals and noodles Are produced for the entire soviet population but distribution problems cause shortages especially in the Countryside Tass said. During the nine month period foreign Trade declined by 2.3 percent and exports dropped by 0-5 percent. Imports were Cut by 4.2 percent. The committee said the drop in Ira Pom was chiefly due to a decline in Pur chases made on the world capitalist Market Tass said the report also said that although More than a million new apartments were commissioned the country failed to meet its goals in housing construction. The soviet leadership has called for More apartments and detached houses to be built so thai every family he its own Home by the year 2000. Currently Many soviets live in com Munal apartments or dormitories where they must share kitchens bathrooms an living space with other families. Soviet Industry Gross Industrial output annual percent change sanctions Issue divides Commonwealth Vancouver British Columbia up Commonwealth nations saturday ended a five Day conference bitterly divided Over South Africa and with Britain defending in refusal to support further unctions against Pretoria s racist regime. The Commonwealth which has had an enviable record of consensus on contentious issues for most of its history has been rocked in the last 14 months by Britain s steadfast opposition to sanctions. Prime minister Margaret Thatcher claiming to have won the argument said in a televised interview released sat urday that other Commonwealth coun tries Are making a great Deal of noise about sanctions but failed to produce any new measures during the conference. They say they would like More sanctions but they have not put a single extra one on so does it not really mean that the steam is going out of sanctions because they an not Pra Ica Thatcher said Thatcher who has implemented limited sanctions including a ban on new invest ments and promotion of tourism said additional measures would cause massive unemployment of Blacks and eventually turn South Africa into a  British officials old reporters Brit Ain will continue to play an important role in the Commonwealth. In an Ideal world we d like people to follow our Point of View. Bul it is a free world they id adding that Thatcher Hyed a solid role at the conference. Britain s Margaret Thatcher claims to have won the argument Zambia s Kenneth Kaunda was completely disillusioned and dismayed she has her own Point of View. The May not like it but they have to  Britain s split with the Commonwealth began in London at an emergency meeting of the seven largest Commonwealth coun tries. Thatcher refused to go along with a wide ranging package of sanctions endorsed by the rest of the group since then As the Commonwealth s most powerful member Britain has successfully changed the thrust of the organization s anti apartheid Campaign from sanctions to financial assistance for front line nations in Southern Africa who Are trying to end their dependence on the Pretoria government. A declaration on South Africa endorsed by All countries except Britain included proposals to intensify existing sanctions mainly by encouraging non Commonwealth countries to implement them and establish a committee of eight foreign ministers to determine How existing sanctions have Hurt the South african Economy. Britain said such a committee might raise expectations among victims of apartheid and those opposed to the re Gime but those expectations will be cruelly  Britain did support proposals for in creased Aid to front line states specifically funds to construct Mozambique s Limpopo rail line and strengthen the port of Maputo which will help divert Trade away from South Africa but the total package fell far Short of demands from Southern african nation such As Zambia and Zimbabwe far t comprehensive set of sanctions. As the conference closed saturday Thatcher was denounced As dishonest by several of her Commonwealth part ners for spreading disinformation about the usefulness of Sanction. Zambia s Kenneth Katina told re porters he was completely disillusioned and dismayed by statements from Brit ish officials that Sanction Nave not been effective and future Reform in South Africa depends on a healthy econ Orny. Those reports were countered by jamaican prime minister Edward Seaga. He produced statistics indicating that sanctions have resulted in increased unemployment declines in foreign invest ment and difficulty in meeting external debt payments. It was also apparent that some Commonwealth leaders were using Britain As a Scapegoat to defend their own unwillingness to impose further sanctions if you look closely at the report there is not one new move being taken against South Africa British officials said. Miracle City site found israeli says Jerusalem up archaeologists have located the ancient City of Bethsaida where the new testament says Jesus performed the Miracle of loaves and fishes a researcher at Haifa University said sunday. Rami Arav an archaeologist at the University s Golan research Institute said Bethsaida has been definitely identified about two mild Inland from the Northern Shore of the sea of Galilee. Since the 19th Century scholar slave believed that Bethsaida was located at one of two Sites near the Jor Dan River but they lacked evidence to establish either it Tell or h Araj As the ancient City Arav said. In september archaeologists dug shafts at the two Sites to search for remains from the time of Jesus Ara said in a Telephone interview from Kattrin in Northern Israel. We found at it Tell a very thick layer of a town dating from the time of Jesus Arav said. We could t find the same layer at Al  it Tell is now a Mound covering about 20 acres and 25 Yards High at it most prominent Point. Between 1948 and 1967, the site was in a demilitarized zone Between Syria and Israel. Bethsaida is where Jesus was very Active Arav said. He performed the Miracle of the loaves and tunes there he healed the Blind  according to the new testament Jesus miraculously fed hundreds of Fol Lowers with 0 few loaves of bread and a Small number of fish. Excavations have revealed thai Al Tell was not a Creek or roman City said Arav who received his doctorate in archaeology from new York University it was n jewish town. It makes very much sense because we know that Jesus wandered Between Jewth settlements and did not perform Many miracles among the gentiles the re searcher mid archaeologists will resume excavating the site in january and a full scale dig will Start in june