European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday March 25.19b9 beaming Arafat Calls round of talks with . Positive Tunis. Tunisia a Yasser Arafat said thurs Day that the second formal meeting Between . And Plo representatives was positive and reflected the de sire of both sides to make the d dialogue a Success. Asted whether wednesday s meeting was responsible for his Good mood the smiling chairman of the Palestine liberation organization replied yes exact by he described the Content of the meeting Between . Ambassador Robert h. and Yasse Rahed Cablk of he i to executive committee As positive and serious but gave few details. There is a Mutual interest and intention to Lead Tom dialogue to Success Arafat said. I dec Tucau and abcs rabbi Mcl for4 i hours at the tunisian government s Darel Magh Ribia guest House with two senior advisers present on each Side the Noti is is and treat Tom by specialists. In addition local health clinics formerly run by the state will be turned Over to private management and Large hospitals will have autonomous management. To Cut Over stuffing of government ministries and regional administration departments Only 10 percent a employees who retire will be replaced in the my Vistnes Ana 25 percent in the local administrations. Under the plan Railroad fares also Wilt be increased20 percent in 1989. Military Roundup Safe names airmen of year top 1 St sergeant Ramstein a West Germany the five out standing airmen and Best tint sergeant for 1988 in the . Air forces Europe were announced during an awards banquet thursday night. The outstanding airmen of the year Are senior master sgt. Franciso of Tenorio. 50th Supply so Hahn a master sgt. Lupe Raiz j77lh combat support Wing. Ramstein a masters to. Mare of Baker si3lh Security police so Raf Milder full England set. Donatl e. Anderson 48lh Security police so. Raf Lakin Heath England and senior airman David f. Wachtel 7276th Security police so Iraklion Ati station Cycle. The first scr can of he year is senior master sgt. Albert r. Evans jr., 39th consolidated air Craft Maint so in Ciurlik a Turkey. Each nominee is. Without a doubt the Best in a command full of outstanding Gen. William u. Kirk Safe commander said in a statement. The five outstanding airmen of the year will represent Safe in Competition to select the air Force s 12 outstanding airmen of. The year. Evans will take part in the air Force s Competition for first Serge Dertl Colic year. Hahn fighter Wing takes honors in Competition Raf Lakenheath England Hahn a s 50th tac fighter Wing has captured of honors Ini Safe s fifth Excalibur Competition for flight commander leadership and tactical skills. The Safe gunnery meet was hold Over eng land on March 17. Competing units left their Home stations on Short notice refuelled in flight Over Scotland and then avoided simulated surface of air missiles while flying a Low level route to a Large on eng land s cast coast. Other winners included 32nd tac fighter so. Soc Lerberg at Netherlands air to air category 66lh electronic combat Wing. Sembach. Germany Best time on target honors and Cap. Jack swift.10th tac fighter Wing Raf Alconbury for top gun. World today soviets w. Germans discuss rail ferry link Bonn West Germany a the soviet Union and was Germany have opened talks on establishing a Railroad ferry link connecting the two countries Over the Bailie sea in Bonn raid thursday. The ministry said transport minister discussed the project with Yuri Volmir the soviet minister of overseas shipping in Bonn on thursday. The two ministers agreed 6 initiate Contact with companies interested in developing the project a statement said. It said the soviet and West German officials would meet again to draft an agreement and to decide which ports in he two countries would be on. Lic connect ing Roui Asfor the link. Soviets report developing safer cigarette filter Moscow 1 i soviet scientists have come up i a a cigarette filler that absorbs almost 00 percent of the mine oxide found in cigarette smoke the official Tais news Agency said. The filler was developed at the soviet facade my of sciences Institute of chemical physics. Experimental cigarettes carrying the new filler Are being produced Ai Moscow s Yava tobacco factory inc Fri Mikhail Goldfeld said Ordinary cigarette filters arc treated with a non organic compound de a doped by his Institute that absorbs the nitric oxide and transforms i into a solid Block. He said nitric oxide is one of the Mot toxic components of cigarette smoke and one of its chief cancer causing agents. The concentration of the newly developed non organic compound needed to produce the proper Tec in a cigarette Niter is Only one ten thousandth of a Gram he said
