European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 news briefs the stars and stripes wednesday december 21,1988 pre Madasa elected sri Lanka president Colombo sri Lanka a prime min ister Ranasinghe pre Madasa vowing to halt eth Nic violence on this Indian Ocean Island was elected president with slightly More than half the Voles the government said politics of terror has no place in the Temple of democracy pre Madasa said in a Tele Vised address immediately after the announce ment. I will eradicate fear and suppression. Will restore Law and pre Madasa received 50.4 percent of the vote in monday s election edging former prime min ister Siri Mavo Bandaranaike of the opposition sri Lanka Freedom party according to commissioner of elections Chandr Ananda do Silva. Reagan records greeting to be heard by soviets Washington a president Reagan has taped a greeting for broadcast on soviet Tele vision on new year s Day and soviet president Mikhail a Gorbachev is expected to respond in kind the White House said tuesday. It would be the third time the two Leader shave exchanged televised new year s greetings. They began the practice in 1986 after their first Summit in Geneva. Tank leak at German Plant causes Oil Slick on Danube tubing in West Germany a a leak in an Oil storage tank at a Cement Plant in West Ger Many spread an Oil Slick along a 12-mile stretch of the Danube River police said said up to 2,100 Gallons of heating Oil leaked out of a temporary storage tank into a Cree that feeds the Danube near Allyc Edingen about is Miles Southwest of Ulm in the Southern part of the District police said firefighters and cleanup teams had erected eight specially built Oil traps along the River to Stop the spread of the police said water purification plants on the Danube North of Ulm have been warned that the Oil Slick May not be stopped before it reaches them. 2 e. German Brothers climb barriers to West Berlin a two East German Brothers fled to West Berlin Early tuesday climbing Over order barriers As communist guards fired flares but refrained from using their weapons West Berlin police Brothers aged 28 and 26, reached a . Guard Post unharmed and were turned Over lowest Berlin police. The escape occurred in the Southern West Berlin District of Lichter Clec police said. Firefighters quickly control Blaze on Channel ferry Dover England a fire broke out Inan engine room of a passenger ferry in the English Channel on tuesday but firefighters air lifted from Southeast England soon brought it under control the coast guard said. The Sally Star carrying 373 passengers and 109 Crew members was four Miles outside Ramsgate Harbor on the two hour journey to Dunkirk France when the fire started about 9 30 a.m., said a spokesman for the British coast guard at Dover. No one was Raf Royal air Force helicopter look firemen. To the scene and the fire is no contained in the engine room said the spokes Man. Munich Deggendorf autobahn completed Munich West Germany the entire a92 autobahn Section from Munich to Deggendorf has been completed after a decade of construction the German automobile club adar reported. The route carries heavy traffic on Friday afternoons and monday mornings from East Bavaria to final 13.2-Milc stitch was opened to traffic Friday palme s widow identifies suspect in lineup to reports Stockholm Sweden a the widow of assassinated prime minister Olof palme picked a 41 year old swede suspected of his murder out of a police lineup swedish television reported monday. The news program rapport quoted an unidentified source it said was close to the investigation As saying that Lisbet palme identified Christsr Patterson As the killer. Palme was shot from behind on feb. 28, 1986, on a Central Stockholm Street As he and his wife walked Home unguarded from a movie after leaving their son Marten who saw the movie with them. According to the broadcast the source said both mrs. Palme and her son identified the suspect with varying degrees of certainty but it gave no details after the murder the son reported having seen a Man who appeared to be following his parents. Patterson who has a Long criminal record including manslaughter conviction was arrested last wednes Day. He pleaded innocent but a District court judge found the prosecution had shown reasonable grounds to suspect him of palme s murder and ordered him held for sides agreed however that publication of pet Erson s picture in the foreign press and the fact that nearly three years have passed since the assassination weakened the value of witness identification. No re ports emerged of any admissions made during interrogation or that the police uncovered More tangible Evi Dence such As the revolver used in the shooting. . Links Libya to chemical weapons Washington a Libya is on the verge of full scale production of chemical weapons the state department said monday. Spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley urged All nations to deny technology to Libya and also to Iran and Iraq. She said Japan had severed its connection with Libya s chemical weapons facility. Published reports place the facility in the recesses of a Mountain Chain 35 Miles from Libya s Mediterranean coast. . Concern is heightened by libyan Leader Moa mar Gad Hafl s anti Israel stance and what Testate department says is a record of terrorism. American warplanes bombed Tripoli the libyan capital in april 1986 in retaliation for such acts. Daughter of Qadhafi died in the air raid. Oakley gave no indication that the United states is contemplating the use of Force or would support others if they tried to disable the facility. She noted that an International conference would be held in Paris on Jan. 7 to discuss the proliferation of chemical weapons technology and that a disarmament conference would Lake up the problem in Geneva in february. We continue to Call upon All nations to halt any contribution they might be making to the libyan chemical weapons capability and to take vigorous actions to curb the illicit use of chemical weapons and their further proliferation the spokeswoman said. The United states seeking to isolate and weaken Qadhafi has barred Export of american technology to the North african country. It also has tried to persuade other nations to deny chemical weapons equipment to Iraq and Iran which were accused by the Reagan administration of using chemical weapons in their per Sian Gulf War. On monday the Washington Post quoted unidentified . And israeli analysts As saying Qadhafi May be planning to provide Radical palestinian or japanese terrorists with the wherewithal to launch the first chemical attack on Israel or israeli interests some where in the Cabinet from Page 1 la said in an interview that he supported a woman s right to choose to have an abortion. That appeared to be at Odds with a statement re leased by Bush s transition office last week after the two men met in Washington. The statement said Sulli Van had assured the vice president he shared Bush s anti abortion views. Even though Sullivan a Friend of Bush and his wife was reported to have said that he like Bush opposes the use of Federal funds for abortions the weekend interview threw an obstacle in his path to the Cabinet transition and congressional sources said. The Atlanta Constitution reported tuesday that sul Livan had said monday night that he was having Trou ble gelling Calls to the White House returned. I have simply concluded that As a result of my not receiving a Call Back the things have been put off an hopefully it s not anything worse than Sullivan told the newspaper his stand on abortion is private and he does not intend to disagree publicly with Bush s anti abortion views. He said he believes there should be that right to abortions. At the same time i am aware of the fact that the president elect feels that that should not be therase and i would have to As Secretary should i be appointed carry out his a Bush transition official said Bush had not formally offered the Post to Sullivan despite widespread speculation and pcs pile Sullivan s own comments. As of monday the vice president had filled eight Cabinet posts and had six to go. Arafat from Page 1 order to torpedo the dialogue and to impede inc pro Cess of peace and the convening of an International peace conference Arafat said at a news conference before departing for Belgrade Yugoslavia. He said the settlement construction plan was a de feat for prime minister Yitzhak Shamir. Yesterday Shamir announced very dangerous instructions Arafat said. This is completely against his Shamir policy during the election the Palestine liberation organization Leader de scribed the israeli government As a regime in Arafat cited the massacre in the occupied Territo Ries where eight people have been killed and More than 100 wounded in the past week. He said the surge in casualties was a prelude to a policy of shoot to kill. Asked about palestinian factions who disagree with his statements last week on Israel s right to exist Arafat said i respect their opinion provided they Are really palestinian groups who Are working in the Plo but those who Are working for the Arab intelligence services that is the business of the Arab intelligence several palestinian factions met in Damascus Syria monday. They distanced themselves from Arafat s peace overture which helped unfreeze contacts be tween the Plo and United states and hinted that the present Plo leadership should be replaced. Coke from Page 1 glasses but to get the 3-d effect viewers will have to pick up the free glasses at grocery stores nationwide. When millions of americans sit Down 10 watch the biggest game of the year half time will feel like a extra Quarter of non Stop action said Michael a. Beindorff coca cola s vice president of advertising. A lot More than fun and games however is behind Coke s unusual Effort. The company s bitter struggle with Pepsi cola forthe growing diet soft drink Market is forcing both companies to change their advertising strategies vastly. This year s super bowl action won t be confined to the stadium said Michael k. Loreili Pepsi s executive vice president of sales and marketing. It s also going to be a Good old fashioned clash of the cola
