European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pagas the stars and stores tuesday feb Ufary 16.1988 president Alfredo Stromner it St his Billot a photo Prathen stand ready sunday in Asuncion up Suay. Stroessner scores landslide win in Paraguay fraud charged Asuncion Paraguay a Gen. Alfredo Strossner s landslide Victory in the presidential elec Tion was achieved through widespread fraud Accord ing to opposition leaders and foreign observers. The 75-year-old president and his governing Colora do party on sunday won an eighth straight term receiving 89 percent of he Vole. Interior minister Sabi no Mon Aniro announced. Montanaro is also party president. So roessner. Elected to a five year term has governed the nation of 3.8 million people since taking Power in an army coup in 1954. One opposition Leader was detained during inc Vot ing. Opposition groups and foreign representatives invited to observe the voting said icy witnessed irregularities thai included the absence of opposition ballots at polling stations a Lack of closed Booths to ensure secret balloting voting by underage voters and ballot to stuffing. So roessner is the Western hemisphere s longest governing head of stale. Among current world leaders Only North Korea s Kim 11 Sung who came to Power in 1948, has led a country longer. The unofficial Vole laity announced by Montanaro. Gave the Colorado party and so roessner 982,316 votes. A total of 1,446,665 Volcare were registered. The Radical Liberal party whose presidential candidate was sen. Luis Maria Vega 65, was a Distant second with 78,141 votes or 7 percent. The Liberal i arty. Ted by rep. Carlos Ferrira Ybarra 54, was third Wilh 52.-1d3 Voles or 3 percent. Final returns were expected to be released monday. The government said Volar turnout was High but did not provide a figure. Tie opposition said turnout was lower than 50 percent in Many Urban areas. The . Siale department has criticized Strossner s government in he department s 1987 human rights report which said Paraguay has not hid a democratic government since in Independence in  in the Victory speech Montanaro promised that the government would promote investment of Domestic and foreign Capitol combat unemployment eliminate slums and Shamy Wrens and distribute land to poor Farmers. We will continue to be anti communist he emphasized. Zimbabwe official says Strauss was on Smith regime s payroll Harare Zimbabwe up Franz Joseph Strauss minister president of Bavaria and Leader of West Germany s Christian socialist Union party was in the pay of former rhodesian prime minister an Smith s government during its 12-year rebellion against the British Crown foreign affairs minister Nathan Sham Uyarra said sunday. Interviewed on Szalc con trolled television. Sha Muya Ira labelled Krauss a right Wing reactionary and charged that he was one of the two politicians who were actually on the payroll of Chr Smith regime. The two politicians were being paid by the Smith regime to propagandize in Europe and Els where against us the Black nationalists and against economic sanctions being applied against Rhodesia Sha Muya Ira said. They were actual to paid by the regime on a month of Man in basis he said. He did not name the other politician. Smith on sunday denied that Strauss had been on his government s payroll after its i9s5 unilateral declaration of Independence. It is a fact that Strauss had a great Deal of sympathy for what we were trying to do in stopping the Advance of communism but to say that we had this sort of arrangement Wilh him is absolutely ridiculous Smith said. Shain Uyarra also condemned Strauss a Eccl visit to South Africa. Strauss is a Well known right Wing reactionary who always confuses the Issue and acts against the interests of the people of Africa he said. In his first television interview since becoming for eign affairs minister Jan. 2, Sham Uyarra said relations with inc United tunes have not been Good for several years and nothing has happened to improve them. -1 cannot see the situation improving very much until major differences we have Over such things As inc South african situation Are resolved he said. We differ fundamentally with inc . Over South Africa and its support for the apartheid regime and also Over the angolan problem and american support for the Unita rebels  on Pope John Paul s planned visit to Zimbabwe later this year Sham Uyarra said the Harare govern ment is eager to hear what he would say about the South african situation this ii an wot where we would like the Pope 10 be outspoken that his Wice can tit Nitchen those who Are struggling against apartheid he said. Wii museum can t afford Price of a spitfire fighter London of britons have said Hal they cannot afford the Price of a secondhand spitfire fighter for a new world War ii museum in France. More than 20.000 of the British fighter places were built and saw service from 1931 to 1954. The wartime Cost of a spitfire was  pounds then s24.000. There Aren t Many spitfires left and when the French asked us to try to get one we were told the Cost would be  pounds s522.qoo or More. We to Ulen l face up to that said u. Gen. Sir Ian Harris. The general s British support committee for the memorial museum of the Baltic of Normandy at Caen is now trying 10 raise 50,000 Pound 187,000 to buy a secondhand typhoon fighter Boito or. It s not a bad substitute Harris said. Soviet Union liberalized Laws relating to abortion Moscow up the soviet Union in ready the world abortion Leader has further eased its Laws extending the Legal tar Mtnlion period from 12 to 28 weeks and permitting a wider Range of non medical prawns to end a pregnancy including the death or imprisonment of inc Fallier. A soviet newspaper said. The medi Osinskaya Gazela news Pacor. The official newspaper of the country s medical unions said one of the major reasons for liberalizing the abortion Law was to Cut Down on he number of illegal Back Street operations that often end in the death or sterility of the patient. The newspaper did Noi say when the new Laws had gone into effect. Abortion it free on demand for working women in the soviet Union and costs about i rubles 110 for non working women. Under the old Taw abortion was per milled Only up to the i2lh week of pregnancy. For inc record a Mcdo cat reason was usually Given and generally the operation would not be done without the father s consent. Work on Gabon plane costs France $3 million Paris a Aid and cooperation minister Michel Auril Fae has confirmed a report that France spent 16 million francs s3 million to refurbish Gabon president Omar bongos Pri vate plane and said it was cheaper than buying a new one. It s nol the lint time that the cooperation ministry he financed a plane for a government Wilh whom we have particular accords guru Lac said sunday night i would add thai the sum might appear High to you Bill it 1� far inferior to the Cost of a plane even a used one it canard enc Haine the satirical weekly newspaper Wilh a reputation for a in Politi Cal Maneu vers Drolc earlier this month wet France spent 16 million francs to Fin up Bongo s dc-8. Army officer named Leader of Madagascar Antananarivo Madagascar a a 42-year-old French trained army officer he been named inc new prime minister of adages car to replace desire Rahkolo Arijanka who asked to be removed from the Post. President Didier is Siraka named u. Col Victor Rama Hatra to the prime minister s Post Dunn a meeting of the ruling supreme revolutionary Council the government announced. Rahkolo Arijanka 34. Who has served As prime minister Tince 1977. Asked to be removed for reasons of health. He resumed to Madagascar an Island in the Indian Ocean off the sont cast coast of Africa on feb. 7, after two months of medical treatment in Paris. No details were provided on the nature of  s illness