European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday december 18,1987 sandinista plan dec. 24-25 cease fire Managua Niwor tigua a president Daniel Ortega announced thurs Day Hull his government will decree a cease fire on dec. 24-2s in All when Contra rebels art1 operating. Lie said the action was being taken at thercy Ucol of Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo. Only offensives against our Force Sand the civilian population will be re Ortega Lold reporters. The sandinista government earlier had rejected n proposal made by Obando y Bravo on dec. 4 for a Christmas True with the Contra rebels. The president did not say Why the Deci Sion was changed Onega also said his government Wallsend a commission of foreign technical a Peris o meet wild a similar group of Contra representatives nest monday in Santo Domingo the dominican Republic. The United slates through the con tras will Send an Well a least of technical foreign admit cars we Don t know what nationality with the mediation of Obando y the president said. What had been scheduled As the first acc to fact negotiations Between representatives of the leftist government an the Couras was postponed on monday in the Sand Inis Las request. The roman Catholic Cardinal said the nicaraguan resistance has agreed tothe meeting of technical groups next he said arise ids Sanchez a director of i he rebel organisation was adv cd of Ortega s decision for the talks but through oversight we were a Able loin form them about the cease fire announced by the the sandinista government has re fused to meet with the contras since the Start of the War six years ago. It Insu Sinstead on talks with the United slates which it holds responsible for the insurgency. The first indirect talks were held Las month in Sanio Domingo. World today Husak gives up control of czech communist party Prague Czechoslovakia a presiden Guslav Husak wha toot Over Czechoslovakia s communist party from Ibe ill Fulcd Alexander Dubcek. Stepped Down after is years As parly Leader thursday and was replaced by politburo Embe r m Ilos Jakes. The official news Agency ctr. Said Husak who is 74 and has suffered from poor sight for several years asked to be relieved of the top party Post and to retire from the Influent Ian Cen trial committee secretariat which formulates Day to Day party policy Husak had been head of Czechoslovakia communist parly since april 1969, when dub cock was ousted following a so Riemed Warsaw act invasion in August 1968 that crushed dub Cocks Prague Spring reforms. Husak retains the presidency a More formal and less powerful office than general Secretary of he communist parly and his Seal on the presidium or ruling party politburo. French surrogate Agency ordered closed by Edge Marseille France up a French judge ruled wednesday that a non profit Agency arranging contracts Between infertile couple Sand surrogate mothers was founded for an Illic it purpose contrary to Law and Good morals and ordered its closure. The judge rejected defense arguments thai Thealma mater Agency took a non lucrative approach to the loan of a uterus providing a serv ice analogous to artificial insemination which is lawful in France. The decision followed health minister Mich Cle Barzac s demand in october that the ministry of Justice act to shut Down France s three surrogate mothering agencies which she said practice a form of Barzac s initiative came after a Lyon woman filed suit for the recovery of an infant she had borne an behalf of a Marseille couple for a 25,000-franc about j4.500 fee under a contract arranged by Alma mater. Nurse honoured for aiding refugees at Beirut Camp London a a scottish nurse Susanti Ghlyn who spent five months treating injured palestinians in a Beirut Lebanon refugee inducted tuesday As a member of the order of the British Umpire m be by Queen Elizabeth this Honor is not mine Wighton 28, said following the Buckingham Palace ceremony itis a palestinian medal for everyone who has suf Wighton flew Home with British or. Paulin culling earlier Iii year after lending the wounded in difficult and dangerous condition sin the Bour i Bara Neh Camp. The Camp was bus cited by Shi lie moslem militiamen for five months until april. Wighton said the Queen was Well briefed on the conditions in the Camps and wanted to know whether Wighton was going Back. She plans to return next month alter spending Christmas with her family in Glasgow Scotland she said i work there. I am not Denby talks with . Officials has no idea if hell be charged Managua Nicaragua
