European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday August 4,1988 news updates thai House session Bangkok Thailand up Thailand s House of representatives in its first working session since the general elections elected a member of the thai nation party As speaker wednesday confirming support for the party to Lead a new coalition government. Thai nation party Leader maj. Gen. Chatrchai Choo Shavan was expected to be formally named prime minister thursday afternoon said party spokesman Pratuang Wicha Preecha. The naming comes in time for the official visit of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Chatrchai will receive her on sat urday. Abducted boy freed Locri Italy a an 8 year old italian boy was released by his abductors tuesday in the mountains of Calabria after a 15 month kidnapping that had prompted appeals for his release by Pope John Paul ii. The boy was kidnapped by a gang of masked and armed bandits As his parents were driving him to school. Vietnam suspends Mia efforts blames hostile policy by . Bangkok Thailand a Viet Nam said wednesday it has suspended its cooperation in the search for missing american servicemen and in resettling former political prisoners. It cited a hos tile policy by the United states. The official voice of Vietnam radio said foreign minister Nguyen co Thach made the decision known in a letter Sun Day to retired Gen. John w. Vessey president Reagan s special emissary on these issues. The broadcast monitored in Bangkok Thailand said that Thach s letter criticized assistant Secretary of state Gas ton Sigur. Thach said Sigur was opposed to setting up a Low level diplomatic Bureau in Hanoi As it would not improve .-vietnamese relations in humanitarian  because of this hostile policy the broadcast said Vietnam is compelled to suspend temporarily joint efforts in the search and exhumation of remains of missing in actions sic As Well As the resettlement of Camp inmates in the United  the United states has withheld Diplo Matic recognition from Vietnam and Iso lates the communist nation to protest its nearly 10-year-old military occupation of Cambodia. It has resisted previous Viet namese attempts to establish official Contact through working groups inter est sections and the like. Sigur who is in charge of asian affairs made the remarks before the House foreign relations committee on july 28. The broadcast quoted Thach As saying Sigur s statement shows the . Stat department is continuing to pursue a hostile policy against  he said it has touched off indignation among vietnamese and hampered implementation of the agreement Between or. John Vessey and  the . Has responded to Vietnam s Good will with a hostile statement Thach was quoted As saying. Last August in Hanoi Thach and ves sey reached an agreement under which Vietnam pledged to accelerate its accounting of nearly 1,800 americans list ing As missing in action in the Vietnam War. The United states in turn pledge to help Vietnam with its humanitarian problems such As those of people disabled in the War. In letters to Vessey last month Thach pledged to try to resolve by the end of the year 70 Mia cases which the United states considers top priority and it welcomed joint excavations for remains. Gaston Sigur a file new Cata logs arriving of exchanges in Europe by Charlie Bowden Munich Bureau Munich the newest edition of the Exchange Catalon with fewer pages in an attempt to Cut production costs is available at several stores in Europe and should be on Sale at All exchanges by the end of August. The latest version of the $3 Catalon is different from those of past years according to Exchange officials. It is 280 pages smaller than last year s edition of 846 pages and Only one edition is being distributed for worldwide use. Individuals in the United states can order anything in the Catalon except for about 130 items that will be marked with a red Star. As with last year s edition customers who buy the Catalon get a Coupon Worth $5 on the first order of $25 or More. In addition customers who have placed or Ders since last september will receive a notice from the Catalon Center entitling them to a free Catalon. Sixteen major cafes Europe stores in Germany have confirmed receiving supplies of the Catalon an stores in Spain and Greece also have the books on hand said spokesman maj. Charles Hayes. Additional shipments Are arriving daily in Europe via military Airlift from the United states. Catalon sales have been in a slump dropping dramatically with the decline of the Dollar against foreign currencies and resulting in three consecutive years of net losses. Last year Catalon sales were $44 million Down 12percent from the previous year. Despite a $10 million reduction in expenses associated with the Catalon Sale operation it resulted in a net loss in 1987 of $2.3 million. In 1986, losses were about $2 million. Tight fits a Lynda w. Sparks umpires Check the armoured personnel Carrier of  Hoopengarner left and spec. Dan Healey right to see if it parked within the required 15-Cen-Timeter distance from the Barrier during 130th engr brigade s sapper stakes Competition in Wil Flecken West Germany tuesday. Hoopengarner and Healey of Wil Flecken s 1st pit 3rd so cob 54th engr in Mech were part of a seven Man squad from the unit competing with 26 other teams i the annual engineering olympics. Each squad must Success fully Complete 14 parts of the event such As the a Mored personnel Carrier Rodeo. Aside from cutting the size of the Catalon officials also decided to have fewer printed in an attempt to further reduce overhead. Last year the Exchange serv ices distributed about 1.3 million copies with nearly 700,000 of that in overseas areas. This year however Only about 900,000 copies were printed for Sale worldwide. Last year was the first that cafes charged for the Catalon part of an attempt to bring the Catalon sales program More in line with civil Ian Industry. Cafes dropped the $3 Price tag in March and began distributing unsold copies free. Although the Exchange service has been in the Cata log sales business for about 35 years since 1981 the Catalon has been a joint venture of All the military Exchange systems with cafes serving As the publisher and distributor. Arc reservations to close for move Garmisch West Germany is the armed forces recreation Center s Central reservations office will be closed monday for a move into a new facility. It s being moved into an area that was designed specifically As a Central reservations office arc spokesman Harry Connors said wednesday. Barring any technical problems during the move the office should be Back in operation tuesday morning. The office has been in a makeshift facility since arc began Central reservations nearly three years ago. Central reservations is open monday through Friday from 7 . To 8 . And from 7 30 . To 6 . On weekends. 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