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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday october 29,19h8 embassy targeted for demolition president Reagan is expected id ask Congress in order the Rai Injo of the nearly constructed is. Embassy in Moscow pictured her because inc build in i riddled with listening devices. Reagan says America has no Choice but to tear it Down and Start All Over again this time preferably with components shipped from America and stored under High Security until used. World today poles hiding in Coal train foiled in escape attempt Prague. Czechoslovakia a five poles who hid in a makeshift shelter beneath a tool thick layer of Coal dust on a freight Irain were discovered by Czecho slovak Border guards before the train entered Austria the official ctr news Agency reported thursday the men had with them an a three oxygen bottles and two water  were detained at the arc clan train station in Southern Moravia near the austrian Border where the Tram s 2s carloads of Coal had been inspected before crossing into Austria ctr said the Agency provided no other details. Cuba will relax rules on visits by sex citizens Mexico City a cubans who left their Homeland after 1978 May be allowed to visit cub beginning in december the official cuban newsagent by said  Latina monitored in Mexico City said the cuban government tourist Agency hav Natur is gear ing up Lor the visits by the former residents. The cuban government now Rives tourist visas to people who emigrated before 1978, Prensa latins said. Or to Post-1978 emigrants who want to visit for he manitarian1  spokeswoman Georgina i told Prensa lat ins that the government has t decided How Many former citizens will be allowed to visit under the new policy or How Long they will be allowed to stay in Cuba. But she said seven Day tourist visas Are under consideration. She said officials probably will begin issuing the visas in Early december. Soviet Union to enrich French minister orders company uranium for Argentina to resume Selling abortion Pill Paris Al health minister Claude Evin Friday ordered a pharmaceutical company to resume distribution of an abortion Pill in the interest of Public health and inc ministry said the company will comply. The firm Roussil Claf. Announced wednesday it was pulling the drug Oft the Market in response to an outcry of Public opinion at Home and abroad and a threatened Boycott of its products. The health ministry sent Emcil was issued after Evin met with executives of the company which manufactures the re 486 Pill also known As Misc Priston. On thursday a Roussil Claf vice president Pierre Joly said the company had not abandoned Hopes of distributing the drug. Roussel Elaf is part of the giant West German chemical group Floe Cost which has the majority share the French government has a 36 percent share. The ministry said Evin summoned Joly to his office to express displeasure with the company s decision. H said Evin reminded him that while he company could make its own decisions Evin was responsible for pub Lic health. It said the 1975 Law legalizing abortion in France must be applied and that voluntary abortions constituted a right for women in this country re 486 is an Advance because it docs not involve the use of an aesthetic. The precautions for Supply of this drug solely in specified abortion clinics pro Vides for ail the required  guarantees of Security the communique said. Abortion foes including the roman Catholic Church had welcomed the company s decision to suspend distribution while social leaders and physicians from around the world and some politicians opposed it. On thursday thousands of doctors attending a convention in Rio de Janeiro Brazil called on Rousset Claf to continue making an abortion Pill or pass the Patent onto another manufacturer. The physicians Are attending the Weck Lons world Congress of on ecology and obstetrics. Officials at the health ministry maintained the company acted in order to protect its image abroad. Company officials said they had been inundated with mail from France and abroad especially the United  said Many letters threatened to Boycott the company s products. Andre Ulmann a Roussil Claf official who helped develop the Pill told a news conference at the Rio conference that the threatened Boycott would have Cost the company substantial sums of Money. The abortion Pill blocks the action of progesterone a hormone essential in All phases of pregnancy. Researchers say it is effective in the first seven weeks of pregnancy particularly when used in conjunction with a second product called sul prolong or Prost Arlandin e. They said the drug was not a do it yourself morning after Pill that could be purchased at a supermarket and taken Home. Its use requires medical supervision. The government announced authorization of the drug on sept. 23. It also has been tested for use in China and India. Buenos Aires Argentina up Argentina and the soviet Union have signed a nuclear agreement whereby the soviets will enrich Argentine produced uranium by up to 20 percent the Argentine atomic Energy commission said thursday. The commission said the enriched uranium will be used to manufacture fuel for the Argentine radioisotope reactor at the Eziza facility outside Buenos Aires. It said the Accord was necessary because Argentina is behind schedule in building its own uranium enrich ment Plant in Pica Niheu in the far South. Bbl revising programs music in major overhaul London a the abcs worldwide radio service recognized by millions As the quintessential voice of Britain is dropping some of its upper class accents and Imperial signature tunes in an overhaul of its stately  Boss is worried that the Beeb is sounding  Pous and out of  overhaul the most Radical in the St year history of the overseas English language service includes ton ing Down inc rousing brass band March thai for 48 years has introduced a prime news program. Radio  a synthesizer orchestrated version of Imperial echoes will be broadcast ahead of the program itself restyled and renamed  new programs Are news hour a nightly cur rent affairs program starting monday financial news bulletins up to 10 time a Day and Mega mix a program for Young people thai will feature heavy Metal music. Ship tried to escape from typhoon churned seas Manila Philippines a the missing skipper of a ship that Sank with hundreds aboard sailed six hour through raging seas before changing course in a hopeless attempt to escape typhoon Ruby an official said Friday. Meanwhile rescuers continued searching for up to 251 people reported missing from monday s disaster. Jose Alcuri chairman of the National telecommunications commission told a Senate committee Friday that Accord ing to company records Cape. Eliodoro Salgado radioed at 2 14 . Monday that he was reducing Speed because of big  at 7 28 ., Salgado reported shut Ting Down his engines because of minor difficulties and was being buffeted by very Strong winds and Waves Alcuaz said. Later the Captain reported changing course at 8 20 . And was headed West away from the typhoon Alcuaz said. Sulpicio lines inc ship s owner says the Dona Marilyn Sank about 3 . After the Crew tried vainly to pump out seawater. Survivors interviewed by Manila Tele vision station Goa said Many Passen Gers were trapped in their Cabins when the ship Sank. President Corazon Aquino has threat ened to suspend the owner s operations for letting inc liner sail into the Stosen Jose Baldicanas. The government transportation undersecretary said the ship received a permit to sail because the. Weather was Clear when it left Manila for tac Toban 350 Miles 10 the Southeast. A coast guard spokesman in Cebu City said two cutters and two commercial ships resumed the search at Dawn around Remote islands where the 2.855-Lon ship Sank 300 Miles Southeast of Manila. A shipping official said 201 people were rescued and 65 bodies recovered. Officials said survivors reached Small is lands that Lack communication and some May have been counted twice by different government agencies. There also was confusion Over How Many people were aboard the Dona mar Ilyn when it sailed sunday for Taloban on Leyle Island. Sulpicio says there were 421 passengers and 66 Crew members but the numbers have varied in reports by company and coast guard officials. Figures compiled Friday from red Cross and government agencies showed the typhoon also killed 233 people on land before roaring into the South China sea on tuesday  
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