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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes q Excia Leader says Bush rehired Noriega Page 7 g greeks solidly behind favorite son Dukakis Page 8 d controversy reigns in olympic boxing ring Page 21 q hijacking by haitian soldiers ends peacefully Back Page the St ars and stripes Utho filled Uno Maul publication Forte . Thred of facts Good morning 251 duly and Urrity d 8693 Avol. 47, no. 168. Monday. October 3, 198b f i shuttle flight almost perfect by the Vns Hinc to Post Houston discovery s five astronauts look advantage of a nearly trouble free night and a Light work Load saturday to indulge in some Zero Gravity High Jinks 160 Miles above  wants to show you his Peanut Bulter and Jelly Tortilla Pilot Kichard o. Covey said of commander Frederick h. Plauck who responded by spinning the floppy concoction across the Cabin like a Frisbee. Moments later Covey demonstrated his expertise in space dining by moving in on a floating morsel like 3 Carp in Pursuit of a minnow. Difficult dress rehearsal concerned student reassured unravelling Nas speak Page 5 with the night moving Inlo is third Day Only one problem Conli Nueil to plague the St Turtle an iced up Cooling system that has stubbornly resisted thawing efforts. Flight director j. Milion Heflin said Mission con trollers had devised a plan to Crank up the system and blow out the ice shortly before the spacecraft leave orbit monday in preparation for Landing. If 1arch 1985 Gorbachev chose not to 1 ,._.,Jujj. Re lop government Job. As sisal years thai the head of state Security has not held a scat. A Day earlier the party s policy making Central committee removed Gromyko another aging full member of inc politburo and two candidate members. The 300-Mcmbci part Bod also reorganized he powerful Central committee secretariat. Gorbachev installed his supporters in key Central committee party Job Sand demoted Yegor k. Migachev said to be a conservative politburo rival by putting him in charge of agriculture Gromyko a communist party and predecessors had. He held a position As a a pm bar of the presidium of inc us Pretic soviet Duong a rare party conference injure in Soviel Leader proposed a new More powerful presidency in Tine with his efforts to strengthen inc government and limit the communist party s involvement in Jaily management Gorbachev proposed the president be chosen by a reorganized parliament. Communist party officials told inc supreme Soviel to make the reforms be tween october and next Spring. Elections Are called in Canada Ottawa at1 prime minister fijian Mulroney on saturday dissolved parliament and announced elections nov. 21 in a bid to keep alive his free Irac agreement with the United Silies. Ranked by three Maple Leaf flags he promised Ine progressive conservatives will offer an Agenda of Confidence for Canada Wilh the free Trade pad very Mulroney much a Centrepiece of the Campaign. The main opposition liberals and inc socialist new democratic party oppose inc Trade agree men and say it would de stroy Canada s sovereignly. Liberal Leader John Turner welcomed Mulroney s announcement. He accused Mulroney of trying to make Canada a Colony of the United  we re going to be saying to canadians this is More than an election this is your future Turners id. Turner s liberals control the in Eccl cd so talc and blocked the free Trade Deal Here. The agreement was passed by the House of commons but must gel Senate approval. Turner has promised the so talc Block Ade will be lifted if Mulroney wins a majority in the election for the 295 seals in inc  had been wailing for an encouraging sign before calling the election. The sign came thursday with the release of a poll indicating the conservatives Wilh 40 percent support compared Wilh 31 percent for the democrats and 26 per cent for the liberals. Mulroney began his fourth year in of fice on sepi. 17, and under inc c on Lilu lion. Could have served five years. He became Leader of his party in 1983 and scored a landslide Victor 1 in 1984. In the last election the conservatives won 204 scats in inc commons. The liberals had 38, the do Morais 32, independents three. Independent liberals  four seals were vacant. Because of  13 seals will be added for the november election  
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