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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 news Lyric a the stars and stripes sunday november i,19b7 contras release american held captive since oct. 17 Managua Nicaragua a Contra re Bels said Friday they have released american religious worker Paul alar Fisher whom they a Baucic to warts ago. Fisher 41, of Mill Valley calif., a member of Ilic witness for peace organization was taken captive in oct. 17 in Cho Nials province about 103 Miles Southeast of the capital of Managua. A person claiming id be a member of the Nicaragua resistance rebel . Action Tele phoned the associated press office in Managua Friday night to say Fisher was freed aboi1 11 15a.m. Near Poniwas 150 Miles Northeast of Man Agua in Mata Gaipa province. Responsibility for killing of French guards claimed Beirut Lebanon up a hitherto unknown group the armed unit of Tanious Cha Hinc. Saturday claimed responsibility for the killing of two French guards and he wounding of another last week. In a statement delivered to a Western news Agency in Beirut the group said the attack thursday on the French guards was the first practical warning to the French government whose policies i blamed for prompting the bloody action. The group said the action was carried out pot forthe Sake of murder but to warn France against its biased Imperial isl International policy in favor if the  the statement said. The underground group called on France to rectify its policy in Chad. The group was apparently named after Tanious Chahine. A Marotte Christian figure who led a peasant s revolution in mount Lebanon in 1840. Secretary of agriculture to visit u.k., Spain Italy Washington a agriculture Secre tary Richard e. Lynn a is heading for Europe for10 Days of meetings in Britain Spain and Italy where he will participate in a food and agriculture organization conference. Officials said that Lyng will leave Washington on monday and arrive in Rome on Friday after meetings in London and Madrid. He is scheduled to speak to the Fao meeting in Rome on nov. 10and return to Washington the following Day. Ginsburg from Page 1 Montana Democrat. We believe we need to reassure the Small businesses the working folks the Farmers and the ranchers and the Over the counter traders Hal the Congress is going to continue to reduce the deficit and Hal we Are going to do it in a manner thai is balanced moderate and that protects Middle  he said. The president warned against letting any agreement become a sometime  he called for annual moves to Cut the deficit each year. Until the budget is  when we Cut spending it must slay Cut. No coming Back to next year with new programs or replacing old reductions with new increases Reagan said. From now on deficit cuts like diamonds must be  delays from Page 1 has become  after becoming communist party chief in March 1935, following the death of Konstantin u. Chernenko. Gorbachev set out to Reform the Economy and make soviet society More open. He seeks to increase labor discipline and improve Quality and productivity in Industry by using More efficient management and Modem equipment. He says More Freedom of expression is essential if his economic reforms Are to succeed. Gorbachev says that he has no political opposition but that workers and bureaucrats who Are slow 10 embrace his program Are slowing in Down. Iran Oil platform on fire Iraq says jets attack Tanker Manama Bahrain a an iranian Oil plat form that was wrecked by a . Naval bombardment nearly two weeks ago was reported on ire saturday . Sources in the persian Gulf said. Also saturday Iraq said its Jet fighters attacked a Tanker off Iran and Iran claimed its air Force raided targets in Southern Iraq. Neither claim could immediately be confirmed. Meanwhile soviet first Deputy foreign minister Yuli Vorontsov left Kuwait for Tehran saturday after telling kuwaiti officials Moscow had urged Iran to Stop us missile attacks on Kuwait the Kuwait new Agency reported. The Agency did not elaborate. The . Sources said they did not know How or when the Oil platform fire started. The platform was one of two that were shelled at the Rostam Oil Field by four . Navy warships in Retalia Tion for iranian silkworm missile attacks on .-pro tested linkers in kuwaiti Waters. The platforms located in the Central Gulf had been used by Iran As communications centers for armed speedboat attacks on Neutral shipping it the Gulf . Official said. A Convoy consisting of a .-Fiaggcd kuwaiti Tanker the 46,723-ton Gas Princess escorted by the guided missile frigate Ford was heading Down the Gulf sat urday. Five other . Warships including the first iwo Ocean mine sweepers dispatched from the United Stales reached Bahrain overnight after entering the Gulf thursday. . Warship began escorting 11 .-flagged kuwaiti tankers in july to protect them from attack by Iran which considers Kuwait an ally of Iraq. Iraq said its Jel fighters saturday mounted an accurate and effective raid on a Large maritime target off the iranian ecu n military phrase used is refer to of tankers. Pershing missile trailer overturns Kaiserslautern up . Soldiers sat urday cleared an overturned army tractor trailer and its cargo of Pershing ii missiles from the scene of Aman Euver Accident that caused an estimated $80,000 damage. German police who Are providing Security for the penning Man Euver called Carbon Archer said loaded . Rocket transporter lipped Over on a Forest Trail Lale Friday near kaisers Leutem. They said no one was injured and the unarmed mis Siles were not jarred Loose from heir transport vehicle. The Accident scene was guarded by German troop during the night until the damaged equipment could be recovered by Daylight police said. The Man Euver began last week and is to last until thursday. The 56th Field arty come which i went into the Field with 4,000 soldiers and 1,700 vehicles said atomic warheads were not on the missiles. Police said Friday that about 30 missile protesters were bodily removed from a Road West of Kaisen Lau Tern late thursday after they tried to Block a Pershing ii Convoy a spokesman for the German protest movement said six of its members also were arrested thursday after they briefly blocked a Pershing ii unit that was seeking to Cross the Rhine River. Investors from Page 1 Yardeni chief economist Al pm Colial Bache Securi ties. Bui when in happens to us it s not so  still almost everyone on Wall Street says a few goo jokes Are making the rounds although icy admit that Many re see tasteless to print. Much of the humor deals with the Selloff Impact on High flying investors. How Many investment Bankers can you fit into the Back of a pickup goes one. Only two you have to Cave room for the Lawn  some Are dusted off from previous crises and Given a fresh spin. Leigh s. Curry an institutional Salesman at Paine Webber inc., offers this one a woman walk ing Down Wall Street sees a Frog that begs kiss me and i la Lum into an arbitrage the woman refuses. Not a Chance she says putting the Frog into her purse a talking Frog might be Worth something " perhaps the most frequently heard joke of the week what do you Call a Harvard mba waiter politicians have also came under fire from Wall Street s wits. One joke speared sen. Joseph r. Biden jr., the Delaware Democrat who withdrew from the Prudential race amid disclosures that he lifted portions of his speeches from other politicians. Biden s comment on the Market panic we have nothing to fear but fear  not surprisingly much of the humor deals with the morbid stereotype of distraught broken taking their own lives what do they ask you when you want a room at the Hyat Isit for sleeping or jumping Why Haven t More brokers taken the plunge you can t open the  what is the precipitation probability rain 30 per cent brokers 70." and How do you get a broker Down from a tree Cut the  Are also old favourites re emerging for a return appearance what s the Best Way to make a million in the Stock Market Start with $2  indeed the Mosi recent Wall Street one Linera Are really nothing new. After the crash of 1929, the jokes sounded much like today a i have an Uncle working on Wall Street goes one Golden Oldie he used to have a Corner on the Market. Now he has a Market on the  and get my broker miss  yes sir. Slock or Pawn College football scores . We a 13vwxmrbh 27. 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