European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday february 11,1990 Black history month Sidney Poitier reared on a Tomato farm in the Bahamas Sidney Poitier came to the United states to become the first Black actor to win an Academy award. He made his first film a no Way out a in 1950 when he was 26. He has starred in 32 motion pictures and directed seven. He won the new York film critics award and was nominated for an Academy award for a the defiant ones in 1958. Poitier won an Academy award for Best actor in a lilies of the Field Quot in 1963. Other movies included a for live of Ivy Quot a guess who s coming to dinner Quot Quot to sir with love a a shoot to kill Quot and Quot stir this is another in a series of paintings by spec. James Scott appearing in the stars and stripes this month. Prime ministers prediction clobbers Canadian Dollar Toronto apr the Canadian Dollar went into a tailspin Friday alter prime minister Brian Mulroney said interest rates would Likely fall when a Federal budget aimed at reducing the deficit was released this month. The drop forced the Bank of Canada to jump into the Market where it bought unwanted dollars and forced rates higher to defend the currency. A after the next budget on feb. 20you will begin to Sec the downward trend of interest rates. By year s Mulroney said in an interview with the Canadian press. The currency began falling minutes after Mulroney s remark was reported. It closed at 83.21 . Cents a drop of More than half a Penny from thursday s close and nearly three quarters of a cent Down from its Friday High. A Mulroney later stood by his comment saying Quot a believe the policies taken by finance minister Michael Wilson will have the general effect of lowering interest Rales. I believe those policies will increase Canada s competitiveness and enhance our like the . Government Canada is wrestling with a Large budget deficit which can drive up interest rates when Money is borrowed to finance it. In the year ending March 31, Canada ran a deficit of $30.5 billion Canadian on a budget of $143 billion Canadian in a country of 25 million people. The Canadian Dollar has been under siege since last month when the Bank of Canada reversed its longstanding policy and cased interest rates. The move triggered a run on the Dollar and the Market has been jittery Ever since. On thursday the Bank of Canada boosted its bellwether Bank rate to 12.79 percent a the highest level in 5 i years a in a bid to Stop the continued sell off of Canadian dollars it marked the third week of rate increases which influence the level of broader consumer and business loan rates. Thatcher says nuke deterrent role now More important than Ever Torquay England apr prime minister Margaret Thatcher said saturday that the nuclear deterrent forces of Britain and nato were More vital than Ever As change was sweeping Europe. A great plans for peace can precede great wars. Cool had udness common sense and vigilance Are never More important than when Europe is convulsed by change Quot Thatcher said in a keynote address to the Young conservative conference. A a let a not forget it is nato with its Strong defense which has kept peace in Europe for the past 40 years. In future there will be far More countries with Access to nuclear weapons than the present few. So keeping our libyan Plant now producing Poison Gas Green party claims West Berlin apr West German opposition politicians said a libyan chemical Plant allegedly built with West German help has begun to produce Poison Gas. Reinhard Kraemer. A spokesman for the environmentalist Green party in Bonn said Friday that the greens received information from the government that the Plant had produced enough Poison Gas for 1.000 artillery shells. The libyan government denied the Plant was making Poison Gas. And the West German government refused to comment. But . Officials said the Plant had started producing chemicals possibly for chemical weapons. The Plant. 60 Miles South or Tripoli in the town of rata. Caused a huge scandal last year with . Allegations that West German firms helped build the Plant. West Germany at first denied the allegations but it ultimately launched its own investigation and accused the Imhausen Cherie firm of helping to build the libyan Plant. The investigation has not yet been concluded. The libyan government of col. Moa mar Qadhafi has denied that the rata Plant was designed to produce Poison Gas saying it is for the production of pharmaceuticals. However Albrecht Miiller a Federal lawmaker with the main opposition social democratic party said he was told by a West German government official that the rata Plant was making Poison Gas. He said the information was released during a meeting wednesday of the parliamentary economics committee. He said an economics ministry official identified the chemical . A Poison Gas used to disable enemy soldiers. Muiir said he did not recall the name of the official who released the information. Afghan rebels insist on military win Islamabad. Pakistan apr moslem rebels said saturday that the Only Means to peace in Afghanistan after 11 years of civil War was on the Battlefield a not at the negotiating table. Quot a military Victory is our Only option Quot said Suleiman Shah a spokesman for a joint rebel news Agency called midia. Quot unless we make Progress militarily we won t gel any concessions from the russians or convince our american supporters to stay with another rebel spokesman. Sadar Nassry said the guerrillas known As the Mujahideen would never negotiate with afghan president Najib. Last february the Kremlin withdrew the last of its combat troops from Afghanistan after nine years of military intervention. Some Western analysts predicted a Quick rebel Victory following the soviet troop withdrawal. But a year later the government forces remain in control of Afghanistan a cities and the rebels who arc largely financed by the United states control Large chunks of the Countryside. A Why should the russians want to negotiate Quot Shah asked. A they think their communists arc in a better position than when they left and there have been no steady military gains by the Mujahideen a he said. Shah said the United states promised the rebels a Large infusion of weapons sometime in the Spring in preparation for the Start of the summer fighting season. Own nuclear deterrent has never been More Thatcher making her first appearance at the conference in three years said never in her lifetime in politics had her ideals been a More dramatically triumphant. She said a Freedom is on the March and our conservative British hearts Are with those who will Lead that crusade to in Europe and South Africa. Thatcher said a we arc seeing the Advance of democracy and the strengthening of Liberty. But As freedoms True friends we know that we must heed the lessons of the world today pakistani moslem clash with police after riots Karachi Pakistan apr police and militant moslem sharpshooters clashed saturday following riots Between rival political parties in this port City. A Hospital spokesman said 15 people were killed. The latest killings raised the death toll to 21 since monday when clashes began Between supporters of the governing Pakistan Peoples party and the Mohajir Aumi movement representing moslem immigrants to Pakistan. Eighty people have been injured. Soldiers in jeeps mounted with machine guns patrolled the streets which were deserted except for police and militant Mohajir who called a 24-hour to auction items that May have been stolen London apr fourteen pieces of ancient roman silverware Worth tens of millions of dollars Are being offered for Sale with a warning from rotheby s that they May have been illegally removed from the country where they were found. The auction House said it has contacted cultural attaches or 29 countries whose territory was once within the roman Empire asking whether there is any record of a Silver Hoard being stolen. The auctioneers have also contacted Interpol Enesco and the International foundation for Art research said rotheby s spokeswoman Fiona Ford. Soothe by a warning said to be unprecedented in the auction world follows a . Court Case last year in which the government of Cyprus won a judgment against an Art dealer who had purchased mosaics stolen from the country
