European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Pages a the stars and stripes thursday May 17,1990 world today a smugglers deadly cargo a animal welfare officer at Johannesburg South bound for the Netherlands. Officials said smugglers Africa displays 18 snakes including cobras and have been sending snakes to Europe through the other venomous types found in an illegal parcel mail even though most of the reptiles die on the Way. Big contract -8 Jet Fighte Schina cancels to update its f Washington apr because of concern Over Cost overruns and a . Export ban China has can celeb a $550 million contract with a major . Defense contractor to update its f-8 Jet fighters . Officials said tuesday. Under arrangements negotiated in 1986. The Grumman corp. Was to equip the planes with a package of sophisticated electronics navigation and radar equipment. Richard Boucher a slate department spokesman confirmed the cancellation saying. A the chinese government has decided not to proceed beyond the development phase at this time. Boucher declined to speculate on the reasons for the decision or the Impact it will have on Grumman a w Ork Force. He said the development phase of the project wit be completed this fall. Defense department spokesman Pete Williams also confirmed the cancellation and said Quot i can to Tell you Why. It was a chinese but a . Official who commented on the condition he not be identified said chinese officials were concerned about steeply rising costs. The . Official said this concern was apparently coupled with uncertainty Over when the chinese air Force could take delivery of the equipment. The Bush administration suspended military sales and deliveries to China a year ago in the aftermath of the crushing of the pro democracy movement in Beijing. A we have not made any deliveries and we will not make any until circumstances change a Boucher said. Williams said that two chinese f-8s Are in the United states for the project and will remain there a until the suspension is Williams said the Pentagon w As notified of the decision last month. The chinese embassy declined comment. Dubbed peace Pearl the agreement ranked among the largest military arrangements Between China and the United states in the 1980s and was hailed As a basis for strategic cooperation against the soviet Union. The arrangement called for the chinese air Force and Grumman based in Bethpage n.y., to upgrade 55 planes at $ 10 million each. An unidentified Industry analyst told the los Angeles times that Cost overruns could boost the Price tag to $750 get better care in jail than out report says Brisbane. Australia apr an official report says australians aborigines receive better care in prison than at Home and do not see incarceration As a deterrent. But aborigine leaders blasted suggestions that aborigines liked being in jail. The Queensland corrective services commission said in a report tuesday night to the stale parliament that prison provided better housing. Education medical and recreational facilities than most aborigine prisoners experience outside. A tragically they do not see it As a state Justice minister Glenn Milliner said. The report said aborigines and another group of Australia natives the Torres Strait islanders comprise 20 percent of prison inmates in Queensland state but Only 2.6 percent of the owner takes whip to court hearing tax Case London apr a leather Clad Brothel owner went to court brandishing Handcuffs and a whip to Challenge a British claim for More than $98,000 in Back taxes for her services. Marion Aken contended before three be wigged court of appeals judges on tuesday that since brothels were illegal she cannot be taxed. Andrew Thornhill representing the government tax Agency Inland Revenue argued that prostitution involved the provision of services and was therefore taxable. No decision was made tuesday in the Case. Her Case came to the attention of the Inland Revenue in 1979 when she incorporated her Brothel business. Declared to be a carrying on the business of this registration was later invalidated by the High court As being for an unlawful purpose said her attorney. Ian Macdonald. She therefore should not pay the $98,750 in Back taxes he Slick threatens beaches Oyster Beds on Devon coast London apr a Marine nature Reserve Oyster Beds and 15 Miles of Holiday beaches were threatened wednesday by an Oil Slick that washed ashore along Britain a Scenic Southern coast. Ken Reynolds a Devon county emergency officer said Bird Rescue units and hundreds of workers with Beach cleaning equipment were ready to begin the cleanup As soon As the Oil reached the Beach. High winds foiled a four Day Effort to disperse the entire Slick at sea. Government anti pollution officials said half of the 1,000 tons of Oil had been eliminated either by chemicals dropped from aircraft or by ships sucking it up from the sea. The Oil leaked from the Liberia registered supertanker Rose Bay after a collision saturday with a British trawler 14 Miles from the Devon coast. Bee watching done to miss Gasthaus on an tomorrow at 8 . Champion speller Edward Tamiso a sixth grader from Span Dahlem elementary school will discuss his upcoming trip to Washington do. To compete in the Scripps Howard National spelling Bee. The stars and stripes is proud to sponsor Edward and wishes him us cd is a
