European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday August 14,1988 Lebanon sets presidential election Date Beirut Lebanon a House speaker Hussei Husseini saturday announced that an election for a new president will be held thursday. Lebanon s 76parliament members will choose president Amin Gemayel s successor. In another development rival shiite moslem factions battled in South Beirut leaving one Man dead and 16wounded before syrian forces intervened police said. They said the clash Friday in the slum of Hay sol Lom pitted the mainstream shiite amal movement against the iranian backed Hezbollah or party of god. It was the first violent confrontation Between the rival shiite factions since Syria deployed 7,500 troop sin most of South be Init in May to end three weeks of bloody fighting Between amal and Hezbollah. The six year term of Gemayel a maronite Catholic expires sept. 23. Under the Constitution he cannot seek a second consecutive term. The lebanese Constitution does not specify a Dat for the election of a president who is chosen by the one chamber to an unwritten National covenant Leb anon s head of state is a maronite Catholic the prime minister a sunni moslem and the House speaker a shiite. About 20 maronite politicians civil servants army officers and businessmen Are competing for the Post of 99-seat parliament was elected for a four year term in 1972. A civil War that broke out in 1975 has prevented parliamentary elections and the House has been extending its own term. World today veal scandal in Germany continues to expand Dusseldorf West Germany a scandal involving the illegal use of growth enhancing hormones on veal calves in nor Rhein westfalen state grew to National proportions on Friday. Klaus Matthiesen agriculture minister Fornor Rhein westfalen ordered the confiscation of from 15,000 to 20,000 calves belonging to a single owner. Matthiesen did not identify the owner of the animals but said the firm had calves in several parts of the country. The cattle Raiser is suspected of having treated the animals with the growth enhancing hormone testosterone Matthiesen said. West German Law forbids the use of the sub stance in raising cattle. Meanwhile the agricultural ministry of Baden Wurttemberge state said calves treated with illegal hormones had also been discover Don farms there and that several cattle raisers were under investigation. About 300 calves were immediately taken off the Market the ministry said. Protests Mark beginning of scottish grouse season London a Hunters hockey to the Heather covered moors of Scotland and Northern England on Friday the Start of the grouse Hunt ing season. But their gunfire was muted by declining stocks of the wild red grouse and by Hunting protesters who made a predawn swoop on three grouse moors and drove the Birds away. The grouse population decline has been caused by parasites. The Hunt saboteurs association said about 300 members beat the Hunters to the Bushes an routed the grouse on Stanhope and Gunnerside moors in Northern England and an area near Muir hell country Park in Scotland. Spokesman Ben Ponton said the protester would remain on the moors All Day and de scribed their Early Success As the most glorious Day in their efforts to ban grouse killing. Harvesting a Friendship a pfc. David Connelly works a Thresher Friday on the Ludwig Waldburg farm outside Moch Muhl West Germany. Connelly of Annandale minn., is one of Many . Soldiers who Volunteer for one or two weeks to help West German Farmers during the har Vest season from August to october every year. The purpose is to promote Friendship Between the local population and soldiers. Connelly 20, found out about an unadvertised advantage. To me working on the land is fun. Apart from that i can sleep longer Here than i can at the Barracks Connelly stationed with he co 237th engr in in Heilbronn said. Newfoundland crash site workers have health problems Union says Gander Newfoundland a Canada s health minister said Friday his staff is ready to investigate Why emergency workers at a 1985 plane crash that killed 248 . Military personnel now complain of mysterious health official Robert Cox said firefighters trans port workers police and other rescuers have show signs of a rare blood disorder and other health prob lems since the crash. He said they believe the blood disorder could be related to toxic fumes at the site. The plunge of a chartered Jet at Gander on dec. 12,1985, was the worst Ever crash in Canada. In addition to the 248 troops from the . Army s 101st airborne div it killed the eight Crew members on the dc-8 operated by a Miami charter company specializing in military Passen Ger transport. The soldiers were returning from a tour with peacekeeping forces in the Middle East. About 50 workers requested the investigation at meeting organized thursday night by their Union the Public service Alliance of Canada. We Are serving notice to the government of Canada you have the responsibility to your employees. To identify what the problem is Cox said. Without an Independent medical examination of everyone at the crash site it will be difficult to prove the ailments Are linked to the disaster he said. Don Boudria an opposition Liberal party member of parliament said at least 24 Rescue workers were suffering strange maladies and a full inquiry should be made. Health minister Jake Epp said Friday in Ottawa his department will conduct tests and do whatever is medically Nec Essary when it gets a formal request from the Union. The plane refuelled in Gander and crashed soon after Takeoff. A preliminary report by the Canadian aviation safety Board said failure to de ice the wings waste probable cause but members of parliament and other sources said the confidential report omitted Evi Dence of a possible on Board explosion or fire. We have doctors reports for some workers that say toxins were present but there is no proof that it was from the crash Cox said. He said thursday s Union meeting established that a very High percentage of people involved in the Arr Wair crash Are now experiencing medical problems of a similar the problems included High enzyme counts blood problems and cardiovascular problems Cox definitely has to be a link there Iraq asks league to oust Syria Baghdad Iraq a Iraq saturday called on Arab countries to expel Syria from the Arab league for treacherous practices against the Arab a proposal to expel Syria would have to be consid ered during a league Summit meeting. Because most Arab countries maintain relations with Syria it is unlikely that Iraq would prevail if such a proposal came to a vote. First Deputy prime minister Taha Yassin Ramadan also said the Arab nations should end All dealings with the government of Syria s president Hafez Assad. The minimum Arab leaders could do is expel the traitor Assad from their fold and to Boycott him Ramadan wrote in an article in the governing baath party paper Al thaw a. To maintain contacts with him whether directly or indirectly Means they Are encouraging him and taking part in his Ramadan who is also a member of the governing revolutionary command Council cited Syria s policy in Lebanon attacks on palestinian Camps in Beirut and its Alliance with Iraq s enemy Iran. Syria sent 40,000 troops into Lebanon and West Beirut to control fighting Between rival militias among other reasons. Saturday s article contained Iraq s strongest attack in recent memory on the syrian Leader and came sever Al Days after Iraq and Iran accepted a cease fire in the persian Gulf War. The cease fire is scheduled to begin aug. 20. Syria has been a staunch supporter of persian Iran against Arab Iraq in the War which started in septem Ber 1980. Attempts to reconcile Baghdad and Damas Cus Over the last seven years have failed because of the deep mistrust built Over the years Between the govern ing parties in the two countries. All major Arab countries with the exception of Egypt Are members of the Arab league. Egypt s membership was suspended after it signed the Camp David Accord with Israel. The league s 21 members include saudi Arabia Morocco Algeria Tunisia Libya Leb anon and the Palestine liberation organization
