European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2b the stars and stripes saturday March. 19b9 Rusti Fie fears Britain s support is fading London api novelist Salman Rushdie  a member of parliament on Friday and expressed concern that i he Govch Mcnol has turned Agai by him in the juror Over his novel the satanic  the legislator s aide said. Rushdie called opposition lawmaker Paddy Ashdown and said he was worried a oui the statement by foreign Secretary sir Geoffrey Howe that Many britons find the Book offensive. The Call was taken by Ashdown s Irish affairs researcher. Alison Holmes  summarised Illo the associated  in an interview Broad Caw earlier Howe said moslem car not clone in being offended by inc novel which some say insults  briefs he Rushdie was very concerned thai the whole thing had gone into a sort of phase 2. Based on or. Howe s com. Ments last night Holmes said. La pfc was worried that being anti tory is now  Anli Bril Iii " because obviously the Sov meat has. Found that there Are some Atiar Goliem ment statements in to Betook she  anti Rush Jef protests Friday in India and ring Tecich turned violent leaving Aliew one person dead and More than Foo injured. Bomb threats1 were reported at two mosques in Paris and a moslem group a France vowed to kill the writer police in the Northern Indian cily of Srinagar fired on moslem demonstrating against the Book killing Al least one person and injuring More than iqqio1 Thor tics said. A i. The Book is Cut tatti Ely critical rude about Ohowe told the British Broad casting corp. It compares Britain with hitlers Germany. We do Noi like that any More than the people of the moslem Faith like the attacks on their Faith contained in the    said Rushdie should not be punished to interview was broadcast in Iran by the bbl few asian service. In separate statements but Howe said Britain can never have  Lions with Iran until the death sent edict is revoked. Iran vowed thai Britain will be the one Loback Down. Rushdie a British citizen who was born a moslem has been in hiding since feb. 14 when Iran s spiritual Leader. Aya Loliah Ruhollah Khomeini ordered moslem to kill the writer Ashdown. Who Heads the centrist so Cial Liberal and democrats party had written to Rushdie expressing support for him and Rushdie oiled to thank him. Holmes said. The 41-year-old Rushdie is a fierce critic of Britain s colonial past and of what he views As prejudice among whiles toward minority ethnic immigrants in Britain. In one passage in his Book Brit ish authorities beat an Indian and forced him to eat scr Cmunt. The satanic verses is Hin nod in Egypt Iran India Pakistan and other countries. Al least 19 people have died in protests against the Book. Venezuela to suspend foreign a debt payments Caracas Venezuela a president car los Andres Perez fun Friday said Venezuela s vol aisle economic situation has forced it to suspend All payments on i i s33 billion foreign debt. Tyr cd in a Mojing news conference said a Date for restarting payments on the debt depends on to our economic program develops.". Venezuela. Affluent during the 1970s thanks la its Rich Oil reserves  fortunes slide along with Petroleum prices in 1981. " real wages Hay since then fallen by a third inflation is expected to double this year to 70 Percy no. -.". The newspaper a Nacional reported Friday that More than 300  killed and ,1,500 injured in four Days of violence this week the. Bloodiest in Venezuela s history. Other reports said the death toll ranged Fijor 250 to 350.sony seeks .if.s.  for television research Tokyo apr Sony corp. Of America has applied to participate in a defense department program for development of High def Nilion Iele vision  said Friday. Sony s application for s30 million in govern ment Grants is expected to Lead to controversy Over foreign participation in us government funded research programs. When inc program was announced by the de sense department in december officials report edly described it As a Means to help . Electronics firms catch up with Europe and Japan both of which already have developed  Ion television systems  to or a div provides Pic Tures thai Are much clearer and More detailed than those offered by regular television equipment. But in january. . Officials said the pro Gram would be open to foreign bidders because Federal procurement regulations require Ope Competition. Sony is a Leader in the development of a div equipment in Japan where a div broadcasts arc expected to begin in less than two years. Ijedge assures North s Laxy yers Foigl ossified material latitude Washington a the judge Al Oliver North s  trial Friday  s Law yers that they would be Given the widest possible Lati tude in Cross mining prosecution witnesses with classified mat nil. I Don t want to kill anybody but beyond thai. You have an open door u.5. District judge Ger hard a. It sell told 4orth lawyer Barry Simon refer ring to the Possi Bizilj that disclosure of classified information could harm someone. The judge said he  about one aspect of How classified material might affect inc trial. That is inc use by the defense declassified portions of grand jury testimony Fri reports and other interview notes in questioning witnesses., i. Gesell said he was dissatisfied with the procedure offered by proc Cuylor John Koket who said that attorneys for both sides could approach inc Bench for individual rulings by Cescil on How the Amer by should be mated. The judge said he wants As wide ranging and free. Wheeling Cross examination of witnesses As possible. Gesell is hearing arguments  s attorneys thai the classified information procedures act govern ing the handling of classified materially criminal trial should not be applied in this Case. North is accused of lying to Congress and the attorney general about the Reagan administration s secret attempts Loaid inc Nica Hufman contras during a period in which . Aid to the rebels was banned. The defense said in a court filing that the office of Independent counsel Lawrence Walsh has knowingly obstructed the conduct of this trial As Well As the Cross examination of a witness by imposing entirely unnecessary secrecy demands on information already i i the Public  prosecutor John Keker responded far from manipulating the process to , the govern ment is trying in declassify the information that is necessary to Permil this trial to reach a  the latest fight Cri pied when North s lawyers Dis covered thai memos the government was trying to Cen Sor in