European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages greek american Apo lit Sakell of Lamy  nets help from a Volunteer in filling on his Absentee ballot. Dukakis vote solid in Athens Athens Greece api thousands of Creek boost. He s shown greeks can be hard working an americans who have returned to Luicir Patrica or efficient which has t been part of i hair image outside a aided inc United slates said Dimitris Kalso Dos who Homeland Are signing up for Absentee ballot by an organization backing Democrat Michael Duka Kis for president. It s touching to Sec did try people coming in la til of tic form. The oldest we had was a 101 year old Man who head a conservative think tank in Athens. Of registered As a Republican Back in the sixties. But new i want to vote for Dukakis both for his policies a so because i m proud of him said Apollo Sakell Asaid he d never voice in 3 presidential election before so year old former civil servant from Leroy , said Catherine Camatsos one 20 volunteers for the. M about a third of Greece s american residents Are friends or Michad Dukakis  tirces. According to the Dukakis organization. Other since inc pro Dukakis organization started in an Greece based voters Are mostly students and business gust Mure hum 20.000 americans of greek descent a men and their families who Divide their Lime Between have filled out ballot applications at 14 offices Seal Greece and inc United Stales. Lerud around Mainland Greece and the islands ils t the organization provides would be voters with bal Mcm bars said. An estimated 75,000 american citizen lot forms and volunteers help to make sure they Are live in Greece. F correctly filled Oul they re not looking to help elect a greek president to forms also Are available at the american pm no a solve the problems of inc Parida but icy Otto Bassy but Cornalius said people can be a Bil shy have the idea of the american dream coming truth Abou requesting assistance from officials so the the son of immigrants becoming president n Ikon re often Prelc to ask us about the  Tegoulis. The group s chairman said. / besides Absentee ballots Dukakis fans in Greece cantle Massachusetts governor whose parents both gel Mike Dukakis president bumper stickers were born in Greece has stressed his immigrant Back which can be seen around residential districts of the.  a capital where Many greek americans live. Dukakis t Stirts and crockery arc also available but they Haven been Selling Well according to store clerks in Down town Athens ground throughout his presidential Campaign approval even from greek americans was Aren t democrats. Win or lose Dukakis has Given the or cult image a w. German Rene vol Byan ties Bonn West Germany a  appointed an ambassador to Libya for inc fret Lime since inc 19b6 bombing of a Berlin disco that . Officials blamed on the North african nation a foreign ministry spokesman said Friday. We Sec in Libya positive Changas politically and economically and in terms of foreign policy said the spokesman speaking on cond i i Ion it anonymity. He cited Ai one example libyan Leader col. Foam mar Qadhafi s decision to release prisoners taken Dur ing Ilic fighting with neighbouring Al Riad. As Well Asun specified internal  the april 5, 1986, attack on Vesi Berlin s popular la Belle Dura killed two . Military personnel and a turkish woman and injured about 230 other people. Citing what it said was proof of libyan involvement in the la Belle attack he a filed states bombed the libyan cities of Tripoli and Benghazi 10 Days later in retaliation. X that May inc last West German ambassador left Tripoli at the end of his three year tour and was not replaced because of the controversy Over the la Bell bombing the spokesman said hut since then West Crlin authorities have said they have no Concrete indications that Libya was involved some West Berlin officials have said they suspect Syria May have been behind the disco attack. The foreign ministry spokesman said Lureen Hulln or who Speaks fluent arabic will be sent to Libya next month As the new ambassador the top .  official said in Washington last week that Libya is supporting a renewed terrorist Campaign Ted by Palestine bom Abu Nidal. Ambassador at Large l. Paul Bremer also told re porters that Libya is using surrogates such As the Japa Nese red army in the terror Campaign. The United tales has no diplomatic ties with Libya. World tax play Man gets sex change first in cuban history Mexico City a a cuban is working normally and has stabilized emotionally after undergoing the comm Unis Nike nation s first sex change operation the cuban news Agency Prensa latino has reported i for the first time an individual considered Tobe a Man has changed his a and become a woman Prensa Lalma said Iowa dispatch monitored in Mexico City Friday. I it said the afternoon daily newspaper rebel youth disclosed the operation on Friday but did not identify the person or say a Hon the surgery look place. 2 near collisions occur during Athens Airport strike Athens Greece a two near collision occurred Friday Between jct links taxiing Down the runway at Athens  Airport after civil aviation workers started a 48-Jpur strike. Doth incidents involved West  first car collision inf Lvcy a greek Mili tary Jet and an aircraft Belon in to Ltd. A West German charter firm that lad just landed in Athens from Dusseldorf said striking civil aviation official. R the Wisl German  10 have been misguided Back onto the rum Ray where a greek military plane was about to laity Oil they came so close that the smaller Millaro Jet had to do a 180-Dcgree turn to avoid a coh sife inc official said speaking on condition of anti Emily. He said the second incident occurred As a dc-9jetliner belonging to Aero Llo another West Ger Man charter firm was Ica Dorje for Takeoff to my  to inc official the jul was directed onto inc runway while a Coftus airways jetliner that had just landed was still taxiing along it. Haiti forces army colonel under indictment to retire port a Prince h colonel indicted in the charges was retired late f that Haiti s new Milila name him armed forces cd several haitian leaders with Relief and said it shield government was to lion. Haitian and dipl move eventually could in to Haiti which was Cut Olp eople during aborted i a Brief announcement Friday said col. Can Laithe array and his Post As 700-Man Dusso incs Bai i a an army Lilc Stales on drug Lay after speculation government might r. Cd the retirement that the. 2-Wcek-in the right direct Ilic sources said the to renewed . Aid after a massacre of 34lions last november stale television late Paul was retired from Inlander of the feared in port a Prince. Spanish storms kill four from Britain two other people Madrid up Freak rain and Hail storm slashed Mediterranean coasts and Central Spain sat urday killing six people including four Bruor. Authorities said. Navy officials said two British men drowned when sudden High seas engulfed their yacht off the Mediterranean Island of Majorca. Two other crewmen also swept from the yacht were pulled to safety aboard the Sirius a ship belonging to the g rec peace ecological group. The coastline of the Southern Mediterranean prov Ince of Malaga was the hardest hit when heavy Over night Rains turned torrential and caused Flash Roods i five towns. Rescue workers located the bodies of four people on highways outside the provincial capital of Malaga 335 Miles from Madrid. The victims drowned when flood Waters swept them from their cars Early saturday authorities said. Police said two of the victims were a Young British married couple. Five other people from coastal Lowns were reported missing