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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, December 17, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday december 17.1987 temperatures december 14 or cily j  11t " of uni f Sill Satlak Fly e Irolean w Ather a cd on transporting Pel through Enand niacin cd incorrect and income Lela Orn Ion. Some Hancs King to or through London Dowl allow sets to be carried in inc Cabin Tause okla ice rules govern ing entry  Britain airline officials s some of fines re butt that Pels be car ried As Caw which nil be checked in 24 hours if Advance owe flight. Others carry Anibals As  if they arc Choc pm through to be final Destina Tion and manges in lond Are from one plane to bother of the Safe airline. I Ranju Belford of to British air ports Abio Rily press o till said  London to Anaber Destina Tion Mil make sure the animal is books through to the final St Nalion. That a the animal is Han de at the British airports by special ladders if and Wei it is transferred frown Lytane to plane. Thai a traveler must itty the airline Flthe is carrying a pet and Trust be chewed through to the final Slina Tion. Bil is not checked through can be Setd by authorities and guarantied for to months and the person cawing the Anat can be prosecuted. If the dust Ilion is London an import lie is retired for the animal and it is ran bed for six months. Ivi dual airlines can provide in in inn Marion about How they transp Anin Fels to or through London. Santa Cruz protector Dies los Angeles t 46 percent of the maximum to _ a particular Lik action. The meat Payerle is a flu rate meaning  will get that amount no Mailer what they i Pond and Don t have to keep receipts. Payments for lodging expenses arc based on average lodging costs in 391 areas with the lop rate in new York City Al $136 per Day. Currently the Maxi mum per diem payment for any locations its the government will reimburse serv ice members for actual costs up to a cer Tain limit which Means personnel will have to keep receipts for lodging to file with temporary duty voucher there s no Chance for argument n to Tiai s allowable for reimbursement and what s not an official said. You a Flat Rale for meals and incidentals. Imbur cd for your actual Lodgin Gertain limit and that s act  the admin although ration Cavemen for Cost Comparini plus and inc old system Ian inc Hou and Senate armed committees warned that they would closely Monitor the new reimbursement system. Fights erupt As Rome Airport strike continues Rome up angry scuffles be tween stranded passengers and striking Airport personnel marked another Day of near total chaos at Rome s Leonardo a Vinci Airport tuesday. A resumed Wildcat strike by a italia and Airport authority ground staff stranded hundreds of passengers who locked to the Airport in inc belief that a months Long Dis Pulc Over new work con tracts was on the Way to settlement. The ground Ilaff members simply walked off the Job without warning at 7 a.m., forcing the italian airlines a italia and Atilo Hall All heir Domestic an International flights until noon. At that Point management personnel of a italia and inc Airport authority look Over the Check in counters and other ground staff chores and restored about half the Normal nights. The strike at the Rome Airport also forced a reduction of 30 percent to 40 percent in Domestic and International flights from Milan s two airports. Non italian airline were severely hit by the Rome ground staff strike and most International flights were either cancelled or suffered Long delays. Hundreds of angry passengers Man of them with Small children camped out at the Airport in the Hope their Light would be called eventually. Several groups of them exchanged angry words and scuffled with striking personnel the situation Al the Rome Airport tuesday was even worse than on Mon Day when the base workers of the Al italia and Airport authority resume Wildcat action thai has plagued the air port for months. This time the workers were defying the confederation of three mainstream unions which reached a tentative agreement sunday on new contract terms hammered out with a italia with the help of socialist labor minister Rin Formica and Christian Democrat trans port minister Calogero Mannino Sun Day. A italia officials said the contract terms offered in the tentative Accord amounted to a wage increase of 26 per cent Over the next three years much higher Teliin the is percent prime min ister Giovanni Gorta Laid Down bit month As the maximum permissible. But the ground staff workers rejected the i corns As inadequate and threat Nedlo continue strike action until their de mands for Large wage increases and Shorter working hours Are met in full. Under the terms of a longstanding Union management agreement the unions agree Noi to Call strike action Over inc Christmas new year Holiday period covering the dates dec. 16 to Jan. S. Transport minister Mannino has hinted he will requisition the ground staff workers if they stage strikes during that period. But in the current climate of Defiance officials feared such action might Worsen the chances of reaching an Accord. Greeks strike to protest austerity moves Athens Greece up angry Creek workers demanding an end to the socialist government s two year economic austerity program and immediate Cay increases staged a nationwide strike tuesday that closed Many stale Hospi tals Banks and schools and affy Clad pub tic services and Industry. A spokesman for the general labor confederation said the strike was called to protest the government s continuing austerity measures the freeze on wages and soaring  labor leaders in Athens termed the strike a Success and said 1 i million workers or 86 percent of the Union s members called to Lake Industrial action had stayed away from work. Government offices stayed open As administration employees who have their own association negotiated a Sepa rate anti inflation package. Airline officials said the strike grounded Domestic flights by the nation Al Carrier olympic airways and disrupted International flights in and out of Athens Hill Nikon Airport. In Athens inc City s 15,000 privately owned yellow taxis also joined the strike which newspapers said would Cost the country Over is billion demanding higher fares and lower impart duties on vehicles spare parts and Gas. Post office workers who say they have not had a real pay raise in two Yean have already been staging intermittent strikes causing Long delays and Pil cups in Christmas mail deliveries. Wafe 4 others will be freed paper reports Beirut. Lebanon a anglican Church envoy Terry Waile one of four kidnapped College educators and All three remaining French hostages soon will be freed the sunni moslem newspaper a Liwana reported tuesday. Three of the teachers Are americans the fourth an Indian with Legal residence in the United slates. A second Beirut newspaper mean while began publishing christinas Greet Ings to . Hostage Terry Anderson from to High school students in the United Stales. The wives of the four educators seized Al Beirut University College Jan. 24 held a news conference to address Christmas greetings to their husbands. Ai Liwana attributed its Brief front Page statement to otherwise unidentified informed diplomatic sources. The release of All the French hostages is to Lake place soon the paper said. It awaits completion of some technical arrangements. The operation will include the release of anglican envoy Terry Waile and one of the american teachers who has been kid napped from Beirut University  Ai Liwana has rarely claimed exclusive about the hostages. There have been fre quent reports in Beirut newspapers that hostages would be freed. Most have proved to be wrong. The newspaper did not say which of the four teachers would be freed. The pro Ira Nian islamic jihad for the liberation of Palestine has claimed it holds them. They Are Robert Polhill. S4, of new York City a lecturer in accounting Alann Slenn 48, of Boston a communications instructor Jesse Jonathan Turner 40, of Oise Idaho a computer science professor and finance professor Mithilesh War Singh 60, a native of India who is a Legal resident of the United Stales. The newspaper report said Wail will be turned Over to French Premier Jac ques Chirac and Noi 10 the British gov  in gave no further details. Waile a personal emissary of Arch Bishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie disappeared Jan. 20 after leaving a West Beirut hotel to negotiate with hostage to Der no group has claimed responsibility for his disappearance. Sudan relaxes Law by limiting flogging Khartoum. Sudan up Sudan has taken a firs cautious step toward relaxing us islamic Law code with the announcement of the amendment of Sev eral of its sterner punishments. Logging. Traditional punishment for All minor oltcmi.". Will be restricted to a punishment Only for drinking alcohol and for serum kinds of adultery said attorney Petit ral Abdul Mahmoud Haj Saleh. Previously even traffic violations were punishable by whipping  
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