European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday March 11,1989 table d height four formally dressed gentlemen who cull them Stelni the social climb Cut dins in about the most exclusive fashion possible suspended from Cliff overlooking the Pacific near Sydney Australia. A waiter carrying a bottle of �1ne is being winched Sinvard the table. The group has become famous for t exotic places lol. pact ratified by parliament Madrid Spain a the socialist majority parliament thursday ratified the new eight year defense agreement signed last Decem Ber that stipulates the withdrawal of 72 . F-16 fighter jets by 1992 but permits continued Ameri can use of three military bases and nine communications posts. Since the agreement is nol a treaty it docs not have to be ratified by the . Senate. Foreign minister Francisco Fernandez Ordonez defended the agreement against opposition claims thai it would undermine Spanish sovereignty and permit entry of . Nuclear arms into Spain. It will guarantee full sovereignly including the right to authorize or prohibit entry of . Warships in Spanish ports if it is deemed necessary the min ister said the agreement clears the Way for a new relation based on Mutual Trust Anil permits us to View with optimism the future of our relations with our Allied nation Fernandez Ordonez loll the 314 deputies present. Spain and the United Stales first signed a Mili tary cooperation treaty establishing four . Bases in Spain in 1953, during the cig prof the cold War under the authoritarian Rule of Gen Francisco Franco after Franco s death in 1975, King Juan Carlos led the country through a peaceful transition to democracy. Of the 314 deputies at the 4 a hour debate 279 voted for the agreement 11 voted against it and 24 abstained. Chief negotiators Maximo Cajal of Spain and . Ambassador Reginald Bartholomew signed the texts of the agreement dec. Tending the Long and at times tense negotiations begun in july .1986. Military Roundup Canada s supreme court refuses of decide if fetuses have rights Ottawa a the supreme court of Canada declined on thursday to Rule whether the unborn child has constitutional rights and handed the Job of writing new abortion Law Back to the elected politicians. The conservative government responded by saying it would study the matter the liberals called for action hut did not say what kind of action and the new democrats suggested that the Best thing May be to do nothing. In a.7-0 ruling the High court refused to decide the issues raised by anti abortion crusader Joe Borowski who argued that the fetus has rights to life Liberty Security of the person and the Law. The judges decided thut fetal rights can t be exam ined Iii the Legal vacuum that has existed since january .19b8, when the. Court struck Down Federal restrictions on abortion As a violation of the rights of women. Wanh the old by gone there is no Way to assess either the rights of women or the rights of the fetus ill Concrete and practical Way Justice John Sopinka wrote on behalf of the coun. If the judges tried to reach a Only on abstract constitutional principle they would pre empt a possible decision by parliament by dictating the form of legislation it should enact he said. Justice minister Doug Lewis saying he needed time to study the ruling and co Mill Wuh his Cabinet col leagues said he in t ready to set any timetables for legislative action. He refused to repeat the Standard assurances of his predecessor who promised More than a year ago that the government was committed in principle to bring ing a Bill before the House. Deputy opposition Leader Herb Gray accused Lewis of backing Down on conservative promises to act at soon As the Borowski Case was cleared up. The liberals like the conservatives split on the abortion Issue with some parliament members favouring free Choice and some favouring legis lation to ban abortion unless the Mother s life is threat ened. Dawn Black of the new democrats repealed her party longstanding policy abortion is a matter be tween a woman and her doctor and there is no need for new criminal legislation she said the new democrats would support any Effort to Reform Federal health Law and ensure equal Access to abortion across the country but the party has no plans to introduce such legislation itself. Canadian officer to Lead . Troops on Cyprus Nicosia Cyprus Canadian army maj. Gen. Clive Mimer will Lake command of the . Force in Cyprus on april 3, making it the first . Peacekeeping Force commanded by Canadian since the 1950s. Milner 52, commandant of the Canadia land forces and staff College in Kingston on Tario once served As Deputy chief of staff for the . Disengagement observer Force in the mid dle East and has held other senior staff positions. The Force consists of 2,300 troops from aus Tria Canada Denmark and the United King Dom. They patrol the . Buffer zone separating the greek cypriot and turkish cypriot sectors on the Mediterranean Island. Milner will re place maj. Geti. of Austria. Special forces recruiting in w. Germany this month Frankfurt West Germany a special forces recruiting team from fort Bragg n.c.,Wilt be in the 8th inf div area on March 27-31. Set. 1st class Steven Hixon and sgt. 1 is class Robbie Robison will be available to meet with prospects for the special forces and service members already accepted by the Fortes who need help in processing paperwork. Hilton and Tobison can be reached March 22through april 4 a the ambassador arms hotel in Frankfurt at ets 320-5738, for More information on the special Force recruiting team visit Call master Carriger at ets 490-7277 or 6314. Irs to Aid taxpayers with forms in Stuttgart Stuttgart West Germany is a internal Revenue service taxpayer service specialist will be available to help . Taxpayers fill out 1988 Federal lax forms March 20 through 23 at the Stuttgart amerika Haus. Advisory sessions arc scheduled for 9 . To noon and 2 . To 5 . Each Day on a first come first serve basis. The amerika Haus is at Friedrichs Iassc 23a in downtown Stuttgart. Taxpayers should bring their forms filled outs much As possible and a list of questions or problems pertaining to the incomplete most commonly used Tan forms Are Avail Able at he . Consulate at Urpanil Iassc 7 in Siut Garti but the consulate offers no other tax payer services. Child abuse seminar coming to Schwet Zingen Heidelberg West Germany representatives of the Chesapeake Institute a facility for victims of child abuse will provide training March 28-29 in child abuse investigation treatment and appropriate Community response at the greater sch Atzingen no club the training session also is open to people with a background in mental health or human services. People wanting to Volunteer for parents United a program offering group treatment to child and adolescent victims of sexual abuse As Well As parents siblings and adults molested As children also can attend. For More information Call Nancy Tail at ets 370-8014. Persons wanting to Allend must Reed tar in Advance by calling Linda Winningham at ets 370-6975. Paper says official charged Call girls to expenses9 Frankfurt West Germany a West Germany s foreign intelligence service said thursday that it was investigating newspaper allegations that its Dep Uty chief partied with prostitutes on Bali last year. The Federal intelligence service de Nied allegations in the mass circulation Liilo newspaper that Deputy chief Paul monster Mann charged a trip from indo Nesia with Call girls to the Island of Bali to his expense account. The expenses for the official foreign trip of or. Munster Mann were correctly calculated and no. Irregular los were found a statement by the Agency said. The statement added however the president of the Federal intelligence so rvs ice is naturally investigating the other accusations raised in the Bild report and will react to the results accordingly the Agency based in Gullach near Munich is responsible for gathering Intelli gence from abroad. Bild said enjoyed himself with prostitutes on a visit to the Indian Ocean Island of Bali during inc business trip to Indonesia last said Mlih Stermann had been visiting the Agency s station in Jakarta at the time. The Hamburg based newspaper said Muns Lurmann had charged the Cost of the trip to Bali 440 Marks $240 to his expense account plus a sum being kept confidential by the Federal intelligence Bild said must Cronn had also Par tied with prostitutes at a hotel in Jakarta Munstermann 58, has been working with the intelligence Agency since 1967, Bild said. _ the newspaper said Munstermann was facing possible dismissal Over the affair
