European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d canadians still fighting Trade Bill Battle Page 3 d 1 person Dies As fire hits South Bend ind., hotel Page 5 d education news in stripes pages 8,9 d nil playoff picture comes into focus sports Page 21 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 47, no. 246 tuesday december 20, 1988 Good morning d 8693 a greek parliament oks budget Papandreou wins Confidence vote Athens Greece a parliament on sunday approved the 1989 budget proposed by the embattled socialist government of Premier Andreas Papan Dicou who had threatened to resign i the spending plan did not pass. Papandreou termed it a vote of Confidence. The vote came four Days after the resignation of his Deputy National econ omy minister the seventh Cabinet level official to step Down since a multimillion Dollar banking and arms scandal surfaced in october. With a raise of hands. Parliament voted 156 to 140, with two abstention by leftist lawmakers in favor of the re Cord $27.9 billion budget projected Torun up a $9.6 billion deficit. The budget plan sparked recent strikes and demonstrations by educators and other government employees who demanded higher pay raises to keep up with a is percent inflation Rale All those voting in favor of the budget were from Papandreou s governing pan hellenic socialist movement or Pasok. The conservative new democracy party along with the greek communist part voted against the budget describing it As the worst in greek  the conservatives and the communists declined to participate in the five Day debate in the 300-Mcmber single chamber House. Rumours circulated before the crucial vote that several Pasok deputies were ready to Bolt the party and vote against the budget. But defections never materialized As the 69-year-old Pap Andreeti made one of his rare appearances m parliament to keep his deputies in line. Since october the opposition has repeatedly called for Papandreou to resign after the $300  Rose to the surface implicating senior Mem belts of his government. Papandreou has adamantly refused to step Down and said he intends to remain until his term in office expires in june when general elections arc scheduled. But he told a nationwide television Audi ence saturday that he would quit if the budget were not approved. "1 want to Tell the greek people that this vote is for me a vote of Confidence Papandreou said. Opposition parties say government officials were involved i illegal deals Alleg edly set up-by1 banker George Koskotas who is accused of influence peddling  and fraud. The transactions allegedly involved directly or indirectly the prime min ister and members of his party including Papandreou s son George who is min ister of education. Last week Deputy defense ministers Aphis ziotas quit saying he did not want to be. Associated with adventurers swindlers and embezzler of  he charged the directors of the greek arms Industry of paying commissions of millions of dollars for unfulfilled con tracts to arms dealers hiding behind Dummy companies. Koskotas claims Mohave documents implicating senior government officials in illegal Money trans fers abroad. Sharon Moccia and her wedding part laugh at the reception after their limousine was hijacked before the ceremony. Thief gets Bride to Church on time Boston a a Man hijacked a limousine carrying a Bride to be and her bridesmaids but he dropped the screaming women offal the Church just Intima for the ceremony and then sped off. The wedding came off More or less As planned an sympathetic police offic cts drove the Bride and Groom to their reception. Although the Hijacker and the limousine were not re covered police May have a shot at finding him one of the bridesmaids snapped a Farewell photo of the Abductor. The Saga began when Bride Sharon Mceachem two bridesmaids the maid of Honor and a Friend from Florida arrived Early for the 11 13 . Saturday wedding at  s Church in Boston. The priest the Rev. William Divinc suggested they take a drive in the limousine. The Bride was nervous and her Throat was dry so she asked the limousine s chauffeur William Spitz to pull Over at a convenience store to buy a soda. While the driven was in the store a Man hopped into the limousine. He said he needed the car and drove away with the Bride and net friends inside screaming and beg Ging to be let out. I was in the front Seal with him said Lisa Ferguson the Friend from Florida who described the Man As in his 30s, Blond and wearing a Raj ski hat. He just said excuse me girls but 1 need this car he kept apologizing but he said he had to get away from the  the Man also took $20 and a personal Check for $25 from the women. The women managed to persuade their captor to drop them at the Church. As a parting shot. Ferguson yelled smile and snapped his picture As she fled the limousine. Mceachem and Timothy Moccia were married but since there was no limousine to escort them to the reception Boston police volunteered their cruisers. Cold storms lash Turkey and Greece by the associated press storms dumped As much As 16 inches of Snowdon parts of Turkey sunday and forced 300 peo ple out of their Homes while Greece recovered from a three Day cold snap that scaled off the Northern part of the country and paralysed transport services. In Italy snowstorms and cold left at least six people dead and five others missing and presumed drowned. About 30 Mountain Village were socked in by Snow As much As 78 inches deep and an oceanographic research vessel was still missing in the seas off Naples. The sem official turkish Anatolia news Agency reported that roads to 26 villages were blocked in the township of Sarky which received up to 16 inches of Snow. Forty vehicles stopped for hours on the Geli Bolu is Yanbul Highway were rescued by the Snow fighting teams of Turkey s Highway author Ity the Agency said. Residents were forced to abandon 300 House that were flooded the dispatch said. Weather forecasts predicted the cold wave would move to Eastern parts of the country and the temperatures would fall even More. In Greece the weather was expected to gradually improve. But temperatures were not expected to Rise above 37 degrees. The Airport in the City of Salonica remained closed for the third straight Day As frigid temperatures and fierce winds kept the runway at Mitra International Airport iced Over. The wave of bad weather that began thursday dumped about a foot of Snow in Salonica. Emergency Crews worked to Clear one foot of Snow from the streets of other cities and villages in Northern Greece. More than 150 Remote Mountain villages i Northern Greece were still snowed in police said sunday. Bulldozers and Snow Clearing machine were still working round the clock to Clear roads leading to the villages they added