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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 1 the stars and stripes tuesday May 3,1968 news updates Marine suicide St. Georges Grenada a there was no evidence of foul play in he death of a Marine Secu Rity guard m the . Embassy in Grenada an embassy spokesman tid sunday. The Marine. Sel. William k. Spoils 111, 24, died from a set Pinili Clad gunshot wound did the spokesman who asked Hal his name not be used. Spates Tram Carrollm. Scias was off duty at the time of his death the spokesman said. The Marine had born in Grenada for a year and bad tame from a Sta Tion in Germany he source said. Livelier Magazine Beijing a an editor of the communist party journal re Flag said it will be replaced by a livelier new Magazine that readers will enjoy. Red Flat f " decides inc Defini Tive outlet Tor writers on China s political theory will clue Publica Tion june 16 and be replaced july 1 by the Magazine seek trash. The new title comes from a favorite slogan of chinese lenders seek Rulh from  the new Magazine will firmly implement the policy or let a Hun dred Lowers Bloom end a Hundred schools or though contend and have Lively theoretical discussion did 5u Xing red Flag s associate editor. The "100 Flowers slogan refers to Mao tic lung s 1957 Call for intellectuals to freely voice criticisms of the party. The Campaign was Fol Lowed in 1958 by a seven crack Down. Ferries Complete trips Dover. England a top and o terries brought in o break a 3-month-old seamen s strike completed round trips from Dover to  on monday As the company continued its efforts id resume Normal sailings. P and o said inc Pride of Bruges which made its first two Way Cross ing on sunday and the Pride of Kent both returned to Dover on monday after sailing to Zeebrugge. The return was delayed slightly when a badly decomposed Boby of undetermined sex was found float ing in the Dover Harbor the Dover Harbor Board said. The body was believed to be that of a Man missing from a ship wreck in a bad storm last october said Julie Haigh a spokeswoman for the Board. A p and o spokeswoman who spoke Oil condition shr was nol named said the ferries would bewailing again on monday. Crews for the ferries were taken into the Southeastern English portly bus through a 100-Strong picket line of striking p and o employees Iran issues threat to expand attacks on . Beyond Gulf Manama Bahrain up Iran responding to president Reagan s decision to Neilend . Naval Protection to Neutral shipping in the persian Gulf issued a veiled threat to expand Lerro Risi activities beyond inc Gulf Region. Western diplomats said. Parliament speaker Akbar Hashemi a Sfanjani told an opening session of the newly ejected body sunday that uie . Administration is taking americans toward another Vietnam it is not the . That decides the zone of confrontation and. If from now on incidents occur in the persian Gulf the Region will not be limited to the persian Gulf Iran s official news Agency Irna quoted . Western diplomats said a Sfanjani s remarks constituted a thinly veiled threat to extend terrorist activities against . And other Western targets outside the Gulf Region. The . Decision to extend Protection to Neutral shipping makes it extremely difficult now for ran to risk at tack against merchant vessels in the persian Gulf said one Diplomat who re Quested anonymity. One Way they can respond is to use surrogates around the world to attack .  a Sfanjani said Reagan s decision to Eti cad Protection to a chiral shipping would sink the United states deeper into the Gulf  the iranian parliament speaker who is also spiritual Leader Ayatollah Kauhol Lah Khomeini s personal representative on Iran s supreme defense Council accused Reagan of making a Hasty and dangerous decision because of the approaching end of his political  the Reagan administration began re flagging kuwaiti Unkert East summer after a series of attacks on merchant shipping in the Gulf. The 27th Convoy of .-Octjrtcd kuwaiti tankers this year passed safely out of tin Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz Early monday 8 . Central come spokesman said. The spokesman Sard the destroyer Merrill and the guided missile frigate John h. Sides successfully escorted the 47.000-Lon re flagged kuwaiti Tanker Gas King through the Strait at 7 am. Moo Day. He said the . Military Sealin ship Rover and the .-Owncd and flagged Tanker Monarch also were members of the Convoy. Tension Between Tehran and Washington has been escalating Ince a Sut pc led iranian mine blew a Holt in the null of the guided missile frigate Samuel Roberts last month wounding 10 american sailors. . Forces retaliated by attacking two iranian Oil platforms in the Gulf on april 13, sparking a series of clashes in which six iranian vessels were sunk or damaged and a . Cobra helicopter gunship with two crewmen aboard was shot  11"-b" "lb1u" u.5.-Cscorte i wit to to Prole passe Safe the Down aide to Chicago mayor accused of slurs against jews christians Chicago a angry religious ago Tribune reported. Weeks go and talked with him Abo Leaden said sunday thai an Aitor to i  .rvhwiv1 How . .4 y Hal aide o mayor Eugene Sawyer should be tired for making comments they viewed Asra Cial and religious stun against jews an christians. But Monroe Anderson the mayor s press Secretary said there was Only a very very Remote Chance Sawyer would fire Steve co Katy. An aide who works As a Liaison with Black nationalist groups. In tape recorded lectures before Fol Lowers of nation of islam Leader Louis Farrakhan cock la contended that jews have a secret society and plan to control the world. Cokely 35, also criticized the Laic mayor Harold Washington and presidential candidate Jesse Jackson Tor employing jewish advisers and he at tacked christianity by calling the Cross b Symbol of White supremacy the Chi Cag monsignor John Egan director of Community affairs for Mcpaul univer sity said As Long As cokely it Here there is i cancer in the mayor s  Michael Kotzin regional director of the Ami defamation league of b Nai b Rith said sunday that cokely espouses position that malign the Mem Bers of the Community in ways that Echo some of the mod traditional forms of Gutter level  any person who expresses these kinds of thoughts should not be on the City payroll said Kotzin who said he has heard recordings of the lectures. Words Aren t Mere words especially words of these kinds. They truly have the potential to do damage Kotzin said in a Telephone interview. Kotzin raid he met the mayor four week about cokely t baseless anti jewish and anti White  Anderson the mayor s spokesman said Sawyer had decided to Lalk to cokely did Tell him to tune Down his rhetoric but had no plan to lire him from his j35,56b-a-Ycar Job As coordinator of special projects. Questioned about the lectures Cokel said he is not anti semitic and that his role As a Community activist it to pro Voke debate. I m responsible for debating various Points of View in my role As a cans Ioui Ness Raiser he said. The Rev. David Whitermore executive director of the Church federation of greater Chicago did thai based in the contacts the i have had with the mayor in Many Church services i can t conceive of him backing or endorsing anything that has been reputed to have been said by cokely . Economy slowdown reversed new York a the Economy reversed a three month slowdown i april As production and new orders picked up sharply according to a Surveyor purchasing managers. The National association of Purchas ing managers a Trade group with about 30,000 members said us Index of eco nomic activity released sunday Rose to s4.9 percent fast month from 53.3 per cent in March. The Index had declined the first three months of the year indicating a slowing in economic growth. A Reading above 50percent generally indicates economic expansion while a Reading below tha Benchmark indicates the Economy is de Clining the group says. For inc first four months of this year the Index has averaged s5.i percent. The april increase was sparked by a surge in production. Thirty seven derail of the 150 purchasing managers surveyed reported increased production at their companies while 53 percent said output remained the same As in March and id percent said ii fell. In March. 29 percent of the respondents said production was up. Another Factor boosting inc Index Wisan increase in new orders. Aquino puts new emphasis on combat experience Manila Philippines up generals were or dered to make their presence fell among troops in inc Field and president Corazone Aquino said Mon Day thai promotions now will be based on combat experience. Speaking Al the 52nd anniversary of the philippine air Force Aquino also repeated her pledge to improve the condition and fighting capability of the 1s9.000-Mcmbcr armed forces. Aquino said she had ordered the decentralization of the military by dismantling regional command. I want the various Headquarters out in the Field not Here in Manila. I want inc generals o make their presence fell among the troops who Are fighting. I Don t want any bottlenecks in the bureaucracy said the Aquino said in her speech broadcast on government radio the age of Pencil pushing and paper filing. Is Over. The Premium is now on combat. Recognition and Reward will be Given strictly on that  sen. Ernesto Maceda last month criticized defens and military officials far spending Little Tine with troops battling communist and moslem rebels in the Countryside i charge defense Secretary Fidel am of denied. The president said the new spirit in the armed forces she had previously expressed had resulted in notable  she cited the capture of three to officials of the 25,000-Strong communal new people army and the Complete neutralization of the rebels inthe military Aquino has said she docs nol consider coup Leader Gregorio Donaian a threat to her 2-year-old a govern mint. Onasan led the aug. 28 coup that lolled 93 people and came dose to toppling Aquino. The div missed army colonel we captured Ian december but he escaped last month from his prison Tiu p. Aquino flew by helicopter to Basa air Bate so to nil South of Manila for the air Force anniversary the rim time the Celebration was Tidd Osunde of it headquarter in Manila. She inspected the troops am handed out diplomas o 37 members of the air Force flying school before a crowd of too soldiers and their relatives  
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