European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday october 31, 1987 in the hot seat Piris total driven Union president Norbert Ben Aram in t jumping for Joy during test of � two device being instilled in Many local Taxil la cot Down on tic number of attacks on cab Drivers. The bluing seat Deriee out be actor non by Drivers id deliver a 52,000-Voll Jolt to aggressive passengers. World today top chinese Leader persuaded delegates to let him quit 2 posts Beijing a Paramour Leader Deng Xiaoping persuaded delegates to the communist party Congress 10 let him retire from his main posts delegates and a lop official said thursday. At first i really was not willing for him to retire1 from the party s ruling politburo state councillor guru told a news Confer i enc. I have been per j Sund Cudby go also said that if act ing party chief Zhao it Yang become permanent party chief As expected when the parly s 13th Congress doses sunday Zhao still would remain Premier until China s nominal legislature Rati fies a successor next Spring. The leadership s Deci Sion that Zhao should Deng continue handling both posts could indicate a split Over who will succeed him As Premier. It had been widely expected that an acting Premier would be appointed now and approved in March by the legislature inc National people s Congress. Deng. 83, China s Paramount Leader since 1978, has a Phulo said repeatedly thai he wants to retire from the five member politburo standing committee the Pinnacle of party Power and As head of the party s Central advisory committee. He is widely expected to retain his Post As head of the party Central military commission and continue to Wield great Power behind the scenes. Deng has pioneered Market oriented reforms and an open door policy in inc outside world to modernize he country following the economie chaos of the extreme leftist cultural revolution of 1966-76. The average income in China has doubled under his reforms which dismantled communes encouraged Pri vate Enterprise and decentralized inc Economy. Deng Hopes other aging leaders will follow his exam ple and allow younger Leaden who support Reform to step up. The Congress will elect the next Central committee which Wilt meet to pick a new 20-Membcr politburo and standing committee. Waldheim Resolution Vienna Austria a Austria s Socia is party on thursday voted Down a proposed Resolution Al its National Congress which would have amounted to a Call for president Kurt Waldheim to resign. Of inc 575 delegates 276 abstained from voting on the controversial Resolution that was adopted by a majority of 198 to thousands of iraqi pos seeking Asylum Iran says Nicosia. Cyprus a Iran thursday claimed More than 10,000 iraqi prisoners of War have requested political Asylum from iranian officials. The official islamic Republic news Agency which carried inc report on thursday did not say whether iranian authorities agreed to the request. It quoted Ali Nazaran Secretary of the supreme defence Council and head of the iraqi i own com Mission As saying in a wednesday statement that Over 1 1,000 iraqi pos have a cd for political there arc More Llian 60,000 iraqi i own in Iran. Home 1i. Xxx iranians have been taken prisoner by the iraqis during the 7-year-old War. There win no immediate comment from Iraq on the iranian claim. Sweden removing registry from hands of Church Stockholm Sweden a Sweden s parliament. In a move toward breaking the 460-year link Sci ivern Church and Sale. Has voted to remove inc civil registry from the hands of the clergy. From july 1, 1991, births and deaths will be recorded by lax authorities instead of the local Parish of he lutheran Church of Sweden the legislature decided in.1 15.1-116 vote. The vote at the end of an emotional five hour de Bate defied an Appeal last August by he Church s governing Assembly to the social democratic government 10 withdraw the Bill. Removing the registry from the Church had been under discussion for More than 60 years. Greece Grants Asylum to albanian interpreter Athens Greece a a former interpreter to the late albanian Leader Envor Hoxha has been granted political Asylum in Greece a police spokesman said on thursday. The spokesman who asked not to be named identified the interpreter As Elias Bolkas and said lie asked for political Asylum while accompanying an albanian soccer team last month to Malta for a rare match abroad. He said polkas made the request during a Brief Stop Over with the learn at Athens Airport on sept. 29. According to Vlassis Soe Ralidis Secretary general of thu society of Northern Epirus Bolins was an official interpreter to Hoxha and came from a prominent albanian family. Social ids who said he met inc interpreter earlier this month at a . Reception Center. 40 Miles South of Athens quoted him As saying he wanted to emigrate loan unspecified Western country. Wine collection to be sold to help fund new Hospital Paris a a rare collection of Bordeaux wines bottled before a deadly parasite devastated european vineyards a. Century ago will be auctioned to help build a Hospital for cancer patients in Paris. Experts have estimated the collection s pc Sale value at $25,000 but say it will probably bring much More at the nov. 25 auction. Proceed will go to inc Curie Institute a private research group founded by Marie Curie. Wine connoisseurs know its unique value said Claude Maratier a wine expert. The collection Speaks for itself and the bottles Are in particularly Good con Britain to sell off by shares despite Stock turmoil London up prime minister Margaret Thatcher thursday said Britain will forge ahead with the biggest Sale yet of its nationalized industries sell ing its 31.7 percent stake in British Petroleum despite recent turmoil in he world s Slock Mark is. Twenty one major Banks including four . Finan Cial institutions had called on the government to halt the Sale of its stake in the world s third largest Oil com Pany. Under terms of the olt Cring the Banks Are required to buy up any unsold shares. The $12.2 billion offering which was priced before world Stock markets plunged has been under subs crib cd. The underwriters have guaranteed the British government j 5.61 a share. By closed thursday at 14.40, the 21 Banks under their underwriting agreement thus face collective losses of about 12 billion a further threat la heir financial health. Both the Canadian and japanese finance ministers had called on Britain to postpone the by Sale. Bui after meeting with Thatcher. Chancellor of the exchequer Nigel Lauson declared to parliament that the Sale would go but he added the Bank of England would help the underwriters Cushion their losses to avoid disorderly ramification in financial centers worldwide. Lawson said inc underwriters under special arrangements could sell the shares they Are committed to buy to the Bank of England in instalments at thursday s Stock Market prices. The British Central Bank would then seek to resell them. Therefore the 21 underwriting investment Banks May not suffer the full losses Ihry had feared they would incur in he by Sale though i heir Loues Tuuu still in considerable. The Fizur underwriting aim Trifan investment Banks Goldman Sachs. Morgan Stanley Sheanon Lehman pro Larrs Ami Salomon Brothers face collective losses of about Smyj million if tie Price holds steady at j4.40
