European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday september 8, 1988 world today ice Cream vendors cycles Don t melt into landscape Clell i ing campden England a two ii in am Sellers have been ordered to stay away from tic Market Square in this town be cause the color of their tricycles flashes with the buildings. Councillors say inc Vanilla and Strawberry Siri pcs on Lindsay and Joanne a Alcil s tricycles Idun l match inc soft yellow Stone structures built Iri Ali int ago in his Viltage of 1,600. Thew to pcs look like very Bright victorian Hill hoses they arc just not  said Nihim in Simian Juliette Griffiths on tuesday. If we ice them slay we shall have a fish and chips an  Juanic Lindsay said the vendors would Figlilo the move. Launch May determine if larger payloads possible Tokyo a Japan tuesday conducted a 2-Sert and lest launch Ofa rocket that is expected to pave the Way for lifting larger  into space the National space development Agency said. The -17-Fnot to to rocket was launched at 8 . From the Tanega Shima space Center in Tan Gashi uni Inland in Southern Japan said Agency spokes Man a Minari Ueda. The Rockel dropped into the sea Nurr Ihan a Minuit after it was launched. He said i he to solid Rov Tel in misers at Aclid 10 the to Sci i main body were sep raied 17.7 seconds Iii flu life 1t. A pail of Hie  thai Rock a cd flight and Ledi Nical data was Tuv Ivd by a Lional Aboul 60 Miles South Fotani Gai Hinia. Uceda said. 5 nations hold exercises to counter Vietnam threat Singapore us l More than 100 War. Planes thundered Over Singapore and Malaysia wednesday in one of lie largest five nation air defense ivies does staged As a warning against soviet and vietnamese1 expansionist designs. The scr discs Are being held in the Light of the continued vietnamese threat in the Region Ami growing soviet naval activity in the Straits of Malacca and South of Singapore a defense official said. Each month More than 30 soviet naval ves Sels  aircraft carriers submarines and destroyers ply through tin sir ails in route to the Cam Ranh Hay naval base in Vietnam the offi Cial said. The four Clay event includes participation by planes from Singapore Malaysia Australia. New zealand and or Ivain italian workers discover Tomb from 4th Century . Foggia Italy a workers digging the foundation of an apartment building tuesday discovered a Tomb from the Jib Century ., the italian news Agency Ansa reported. The Tomb in Canosa i t Puglia 120 Miles Southeast of Rome contained the remains of to to warriors a woman and a child. I Here were about 150 objects including Ceramic items reflecting Contact with greeks Ansa said quoting or. Angela Ciangio of the office of the archaeological superintendent the warriors were buried in military style belts with lances at their sides. Child Sie Ceramic utensils and Brone jewelry were found near the child s Skeleton. . Strikes still halt mail London a the postal service wednesday advised people Mil to Send International mail As a week of strikes idled More than half Britain s 1so.ooo postal workers. Just one of 80 mcchani7ctl sorting offices was reported working. Deliveries in London were at a virtual halt with All 11.000 mailboxes in the capital scaled. The National postal service said in a statement that the backlog of undelivered letters and parcels had reached 84 million pieces the Post office said talks were taking place but the British broadcasting corp. Reported that Little Progress appeared to have been made. The labor action began last wednesday with a 24 hour strike called by the Union of communication workers which protested that it was unfair to offer bonuses to j Unior employees Only in selected regions. The weekly bonuses of about j12.52 to $33.40 were Given to new staff members in London and Southeast England where the postal service has i rouble recruit ing and keeping workers. The Union maintains the bonuses should be paid to All workers or nol at All. Many Pom Al workers around the country refused to return to work thursday because local managers had hired Cora temporary workers to help Clear the  log of mail. The walkouts have since escalated. The Post office said tuesday that inc walkouts stemmed from anger among Union members who were denied Large overtime payments because of the employ ment of extra temporary workers to Clear the backlog. The Union has denied this saying the walkouts were provoked by management demands that staffers Cross picket lines handle mail from areas not theirs and sign guarantees that they will not strike or take other pro test action again. The Union of communication workers said in its statement wednesday that the Only main mechanized sorting office stint working in Britain was at Shrewsbury in Western England. Private couriers Are rejoicing because of the Sharp increase in their business. Int express u.k., which says it is Britain s largest courier said its 26 nationwide depots had hired extra workers to handle a 400 percent increase in business since the strike began. Under the postal san inc s near monopoly private couriers May not charge less than sl.67 to deliver an item. The pos lat service charges 32 cents for a Standard letter. The government hired a private courier company to deliver unemployment checks. But the Union s general Secretary Alan Tuff said tuesday night he would Appeal to members of civil service unions to support ins Union by slopping the processing of the checks. The National federation of the self employed and Small businesses representing about 50,000 Small companies said Many companies could be in trouble if the strike continues because of the delay in receiving checks. Faced Wilh the threat of empty spaces in letters to the editor columns the times the daily Telegraph and the Independent invited readers to Send letters by fax machine while the bbl invited listeners to dictate their letters by Telephone. In i inc Secretary Frank Carlucci n reeled in by i Jinx by China s 84-year-old Leader Deng Xiaoping. Bush gets new support from China Beijing a China s senior Leader Deng Xiaoping surprised . Officials wednesday by saying he Hopcus vice president George Bush would be the next president of the United Stales. The apparent endorsement of Bush who headed the . Liaison office in Beijing in 1974-75, came during a meeting Wilh . Defense Secretary Frank c. A Truluc i. Vice 1 re Sidoni Bush used to be current . Ambassador Winston lord s predecessor so we had a lot of Contact with him Al the Lime. 1 Hope hell win the election Deng 84. Said in opening remarks. Deng Carlucci and others in the room laughed Al 1 he remark. Carlucci did not comment on he chinese Leader s preference for the Republican nominee Over demo cratic Civ. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts. China s official news outlets file occasional reports on the presidential Campaign Hul they have nol taken sides or commented on How the outcome might affect China. Laurel wants watergate style probe of Aquino Manila us l vice president Salvador Laurel Leader of a new opposition Roa Lilion called wednesday for a Waie Gaic style probe into How resident co a on Aquino s family gained control of a 36.5 million financial Empire. Author ii a meanwhile released the embargoed text of a. News conference in which Aquino promised 10 consult Laurel and his new allies on a treaty determining the future Hofstr Alagic . Military bases. Laurel who had been flirting Wilh the right Wing opposition for a year formally assumed the leadership last month of the Union for National action whose members include Aquino opponent sen. Juan i once. Enrile and former aides of deposed president Ferdi nand Marcos. Citing press reports and other sources. Laurel charged at a rotary club luncheon thai Aquino s brother in Law Ricardo baby Lopa acted just sin Days after Aquino came to Power in february 1986 to Lake Over 39 companies formerly owned by a Marcos associate. Moving in shortly before a presidential commission was to have sequestered the companies Lopa paid Only j2so.ooo for the financial Empire valued Al s6.s million. Laurel claimed. Laurel called the Case one of the worst betrayals of Public Trust since Aquino took office and he demanded inc appointment of a truly Independent peo ple s counsel comparable to the Independent counsel that conducted the watergate inquiry a reference to the investigation thai forced former . President Ninon to resign from office in 1974. Aquino who was already under fire from Enrile for Alk Seti improprieties by Mumn bars of her family pointed out when the Lopa Case was aired in a Manila news paper last month that the companies had belonged to her family before being acquired by Marcos Friend under questionable circumstances