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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 20, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 s. African activists leave . Consulate Johannesburg South Africa a three anti apartheid leaders who escaped to the u.5 consulate five weeks ago left their Refuge wednesday to lest the government s claim that icy arc now free men. The activists said jailed Black Leader Nelson Mandela had advised them to leave the consulate and they pledged to resume anti apartheid work despite War iness about the authorities intentions. The government says it will not Rede Tain the three who had been jailed with out charge for More than a year before they slipped away from police guards and fled to the consulate sept. 13. The activists Alt senior officials of banned anti apartheid organizations spent the next 36 nights in a consular meeting room on the i lib door of a Johannes Burg office building. Scorn of journalists and Many prominent opposition leaders were waiting when inc activists came out of an Eleva Tor into the lobby of the consulate build ing about noon. About 200 More sup porters were in tic Street outside. Riot police armed with truncheons and shotguns sought to control the crowd and police camera Crews filmed the event. The three embraced their relatives and colleagues waiting in the lobby of the building then gave clenched fist salutes to the throng of cheering supporters mostly Young Blacks who chanted the sooth african activists Murphy Mombe left and Onsi Khan lie fare the Para Ouide he is. Consuele in Johannesburg where the two and a third in had Uken Refuge. Zulu word for  it s great to be out of  said activist Vlasi Kejia Nylic. The activist dressed in business suits then held a news conference at the nearby University of the withal Crerand it is not without apprehension that we have left the consulate said Mohammed Vaili Moosa. Notwithstanding the government s assurances we realize that we could be  or Given harsh Banning  Atli Moosa confirmed hat he three had been influenced by advice from Mandela relayed by the african nation Al Congress Leader s wife Winnie. The couple met saturday a he Cape town clinic where Mandela is recuperating from tuberculosis. The View of Comrade Nelson Mande la was that we should leave the consulate As soon As possible and hat assisted us in our decision to leave Valli Moosa said. The third activist. Murphy Morozc said the three would seek to highlight the plight of the estimated 1,000 people who remain in detention. The activists said icy had cordial re lations with the . Consulate staff but were never offered a meeting with . Ambassador Edward Perkins. We would like to interpret it As a snub. But there May have been other reasons morose said. He said the three did not request a meeting with Perkins inc first Black . Ambassador in South Africa. Before the news conference began a television Crew from the stale run squib african broadcasting corp. Was jeered by the crowd and kit Al the request of organi cars. Morozc and Valli Moosa arc senior leaders of the United democratic front and Khan Ilc is chairman of inc nation Al education crisis committee morose and Kha Nyile Are Black Valli Moosa is Indian. The Udo is the country s largest Anli of apartheid coalition. The crisis committee a uhf affiliate was Farmed to seek greater Black control Over education policies. Morose 32. And Valli Moosa 31, were detained in july 1987 after going into hid ing when a male of emergency was declared june 12, i9b6. Kha Nyile 37, was detained in december 1986. . Lawmaker steamed Over parliament Cooks London a the catering staff of Brit Nin s House of commons should be sent to the French National Assembly to team How to Cook in a civilized manner a lawmaker said tues Day. Our catering staff should be shifted around Europe preferably not coming Back said Teresa Gorman a conservative member of parliament. She added that european parliamentary chips also should be brought to London to transform the grisly cuisine in parliament the food we get at Westminster is pretty grisly. All these steaming pots of horrible pumps of meat that have been in the Steamer for about 10 hours said Gorman. They Are serving up All this sausage and Beans and Plum Duff a Rich dessert which is supposedly what it like. But we get no option. There is a monopoly in the catering service in inc commons and we should break  the Only Way to do that is to arrange an Exchange scheme whereby our entire catering staff go q Paris Rome and then Bonn with their catering teams coming to Westminster in rotation she said. Gorman said she believes French chefs would civilize the English chefs in the Art of cooking they will Start putting arsenic in my soup if i Goon like this she added. Upside Down ale labels will say thumbs Down to takeover bid London a scottish and newscast la pc says it Wilt paste its labels upside Down on 36 Mil lion bottles of its Newcastle Brown ate to protest an australian takeover bid. A special hands off message will be pasted onto inc Back of 24 million of those bottles brew cry spokesman Jim Merrington said tuesday. The message has not yet been written he said. We sell Newcastle Brown to 30 different coun tries so we expect this message will soon find is Way to Australia said my Ringlon head of the brewery s Public affairs department. Australian Brewers elders 1xl Ltd. Launched a takeover bid monday for the scottish based drinks company valuing it at $2.8 billion. The aim of the upside Down labels is to Demon Strate a thumbs Down to elders Merrington said three million of the bottles will be distributed nationally by the end of the week and another nine million by the end of the month he said. Merrington said the takeover bid was unwelcome and unnecessary and should be referred to the government s monopolies and merger commission. A and n on its own has a very exciting future,1 he said. We have shown that by our increased profit growth Over the past five  the company reported s197 million profits in 1987-88, a 25 percent increase Over the previous year and employs 34,000 workers. Scottish and Newcastle rejected a merger proposal from elders last summer. Elders through its courage holdings pc subsidiary is offering $6.96 a Ihire in Cash for the scottish brewery. The australian company which makes the popu Lar Fosters Brand lager already owns 9.65 percent of scottish and Newcastle s share capital. Sir Cess aide named As bavarian Leader Munich West Germany a the bavarian parliament on wednesday named Max sit Cibl to succeed fran Josef Strauss As minister president. Last week Bavaria s ruling Christian social Union party decided to split the Joos once held by Strauss who was also the Pany chairman. So Cibl 56, has served As bavarian finance minister and Strauss Deputy As Well As a close Friend of the late bavarian Leader. Theodor a incl will Lake Over Strauss other main Post that of Csc s party chairman party leaders announced monday. He is to be formally elected at a convention starting on nov. 18. Strauss who Hail helped guide West Germany since 1949, died oct. 3 at 73 after collapsing during a Hunt ing Outing. A larger than life figure Strauss remained both beloved and controversial throughout his Politica career. The Wilra conservative Csc is the bavarian sister party of Chancellor Helmut Kohl s Christian demo cratic Union. Kohl s government serves in coalition with the business oriented free democratic party. Widow of nazi War criminal barred from Italy Rome a Italy on tuesday barred the widow of nazi War criminal Herbert Kappler from entering the coun try the Ini enor ministry announced. Annelise Kappler was to come to Rome saturday to promote her Book on How she helped her husband escape from a Rome military prison in 1977. But she said tuesday she had postponed the trip at the request of italian Justice minister Giuliano Vassalli Al though she hoped to come to Italy at a future Date. Or. Vassalli requested in a Telegram that i nol come out of respect for those who suffered under the crimes of the nazis she told the a in a Telephone interview from her Home in Soltau West Germany. The Interior ministry which is in charge of Law enforcement said her name would be put on the list of people to be turned Back if trying to enter the country. The proposed visit had drawn increasing protests and the publisher said he was postponing the Book presentation. Foreign minister Giulio Andreotti said be should be declared undesirable i believe it opportune to take my Dis Tance from the intransigent attitude of mrs. Kappler and put off the Book presentation until a Calmer moment pub Lisher Cusare Ardini was quoted As say ing Fay the italian news Agency Agi. Kappler an is colonel in Rome Dur ing world War ii was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the massacre of 335 italians in 1944. He escaped in August 1977, reportedly concealed in a Large suitcase wheeled out of prison by his wife. Kappler died of cancer a year later in West Germany  
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