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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars arid stripes sunday april 2,1989 rites held for Zita last austrian Empress Vienna Austria a Austria on saturday buried its last Empress Zila with All the pomp and panoply of a vanished monarchy thai for centuries ruled territory from Poland to the Mediterranean. The nation s biggest funeral since emperor Franz Joseph wis buried in the waning Days of the hapsburg Empire in1916 seemed i Ike a act of reconciliation with the family that brought Austria greatness Bui was driven into exile . Otto von a hapsburg. Who fled Vienna s sprawling Schonbrunn Palace with his parents Zila and emperor Charles i in 1918. Ltd a crowd of mourners thai in eluded inc president of the modern aus Trian re Public Kurt Waldheim. All Europe s roman Catholic Royal houses sent representatives. But no crowned Heads attended the four hour funeral ceremony which Drew Lens of thousands of curious sometimes be mused spectators in an outpouring of nostalgia for the glory of the Empire. "1 was always a monarchist said an. Older an Strain woman who refused to identify herself. Nothing better has come after inc  an elaborate requiem maw in Vienna s St. Stephen s Cathedral climate a week of ceremonies honouring Zita who died in Switzerland two weeks ago at the age of 96." supersonic group going around world in 23 Days London a travellers pay ing $39,000 a Lickel set off saturday aboard a concorde Jet Tor the air Craft s first supersonic circumnavigation of the Globe. American journalist William p. Buckley or. Is leading the 38,341 mile 23-Day voyage from London to new York Acapulco Tahiti Australia and beyond said a spokesman for British airways which owns the  a. Concorde have circled the Globe before but not using supersonic speeds for each leg or for that Dis Tance said Ken Cook. He said the Jet could break More than a dozen world Speed records during the trip but he did not identify those records. Related column Page 10. ,.,. Most segments of the Lour will take less than three hours. For exam ple the Jet will Fly he 3.000 Miles from sri Lanka to Kenya in two hours 40 minutes. He said that a Miami based . Travel firm Lorraine travel Bureau inc., chartered the Jet for inc Lour and that All 100 seals for the trip had been sold. Most passengers were scheduled to leave from new York. Cuba from Page 1 advanced school of International studies in washing Ion. But  Gorbachev will make it Clear that the Public criticism is not necessary or particularly helpful.". The Bush administration recently has tried to isolate Castro from lie soviet Union reminding Gorbachev of his pledge 10 Back regional settlements of conflicts such those in Central America. Secretary of slate James a Baker in a confidential memo sent to diplomatic posts in latin America last week wrote Cuba continues to engage in military adventurism abroad and to support subversive move ments in the Western hemisphere to the detriment of peace stability and democratic  the message could Noi be any clearer said a latin american Diplomat in Mexico  s Lime for Gorbachev to exercise his considerable persuasive Powers. But it would be a mistake to say he will Ean on  Are personal friends. Cuba is the shining socialist example 90 Miles from Florida and on important voice among third world countries. He is the pygmy who Bacall he Yankee giant helping to set the stage is the recent agreement be tween Bush and the Congress to offer Money to con iras for resettlement in Nicaragua and to encourage the peace process in Central America. All of Hal places the United Stales on " he Public relations High ground a . Diploma said. While no one expects Castro s immediate conversion it has been suggested that Gorbachev May sweeten the pol by forgiving 19 billion in  soviet Loans. Ready aim Roll Brett Bacall 9, carefully positions his homemade Hoodei me car at die cub. Scouts Pinewood Derby on saturday in Mannheim West Germany. The compe Ilion held at the Auto Exchange near he us military s Benjamin Franklin Village Drew 49 participants half of them adults Relt the son at set. 1st class Patrick and sue Bacall of Mann Heim belongs to pack 313, spill fro Pagal Send a skimming ship this week to assist .-the.cleanup.  1." wildlife1 officials meanwhile feared that the number of Oil slicked Birds and sea animals would overwhelm a local re covery Center " the Slick Ocean seeping into the Gulf of Alaska on Friday threatening More fishing communities and a 500-mile stretch Fofoa Steinc  National Park. Workers at the Kenai fjords National Park scrambled  Fertile Salmon streams draining along the Rocky coast. We expect die Windward Side of our Boundary. To be sliced Park superintendent Anne co Lellina said. There snot a lot we can do about  ten sea otters Imd 27 oiled Birds we retaken to Valdez for cleaning and Federal wildlife experts said More than 1,000 tainted Birds some Alyc some dead had been spotted on a single Island. Workers in Valde hurried to build cages for an expected flood of Oil soaked otters at a wildlife recovery and a Cabili Lii Uon Center set up at Prince William sound Community College. But official expressed concern that the Center could t handle a burgeoning number of. Oil soaked animals. A thousand oiled live and dead Birds in inc whole scheme of things probably snot that  said Everett Robin son Wilson of the . Pish and wildlife service. But that s Only one place in the sound. There May be Many other places in the sound that bad that people Haven t gotten to  the Alaska do Naomi no of fish and came estimated the sound s Otter Popula Tion lit 4.000 to 5,000 and said the Oner is the area s most plentiful Marine  Marine mammals found in the sound year round include sea Lions Harbor seals porpoises and kiljcr.whales.,. \. V -. Meanwhile angry residents Many of them fishermen who depend on the sea for i hair livelihoods disrupted Exxon daily news briefing on Friday demand ing 10 know Why the company is nol Hir ing them for the cleanup work " also Friday Valde mayor John do Vens said the ruptured Tanker should be repaired elsewhere to prevent further contamination. The coast guard said the disabled exion Valdez was no longer leaking Oil but it could do so again when the vessel is moved. Although about two thirds of the. I Mil lion barrels of Oil thai remained aboard have been removed inc ship could be carrying up 10 50,000 barrels of Oil and up to ,000. Barrels of oily Bilge water when re floating is tried possibly wednesday. Bush from Page 1 world including the third world debt crisis and Central America peace efforts,.a senior administration official said.1 in the interview Friday Bush rejected a suggestion thai his emphasis on Diplo Macy in the Region amounts 10 an admission that president Reagan s policy of military support for the contras had failed. Bush said military pressure persuade Nicaragua s ruling sandinista to join in peace talks calling for democratic re forms in their country Bush also discussed Al Salvador s new president Alfredo Cristiani the Candi Date of Flor rightist Arena party we will  salvadoran Winner on his word that he wants to continue the democracy espoused under outgoing president Jose Napoleon Duarte a Christian dem Oral. On other issues. Bush said he would not Back away from his support for expanded Oil exploration in Alaska. To urn away from he Oil resources  National wildlife Refuge would be irresponsible despite the recent environmental disaster created by the 10 Mil lion gallon spill from the Exxon Valdez Tanker he said. We Are becoming increasingly dependent on , and that is not acceptable to any  Bush said. We have to transport Oil. What we will do is not go  he pledged to redouble efforts for Safe transport  
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