European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes Friday june 8,1990ec ministers agree to lift ban on British beef Brussels Belgium apr european Community agriculture ministers thursday agreed to measures to contain mad cow disease lift a ban on imports of British beef and Calm Consumers fears that they could catch the disease by eating beef. After More than 23 hours of talks the ministers agreed that France West Germany and Italy would lift their bans on imports of British beef. Henri Nallet French agriculture minister said the measures were a a very Strong guarantee to Consumers that the beef they arc eating is not  the measures include certification that beef exported from Britain was from herds where no Bovine spongiform encephalopathy or so called mad cow disease had been confirmed in the previous two years. In addition exports of live cattle would be limited to calves under 6 months of age. These calves would have to be certified As not being the offspring of cows in which the disease is suspected or confirmed. Ministers agreed there would have to be a full use of computer records and proper identification such As freeze brands or tattoos of animals from disease free herds. The political agreement reached by the ministers after talking through the night still had to be confirmed by veterinary experts for the 12 member states. Bruno Julien commission spokesman on farm affairs said he believed the vets would agree with the politicians. Nallet said the measures were a the maximum precautions we could take today with the current knowledge available on this  but he said he regretted he had been forced to take unilateral measures to ban British beef a to provoke dec farm ministers to hold this  John Gummer British agriculture minister said the ban was to be lifted Midnight thursday. He said the outcome of the talks was a a very very much More satisfactory an Jajw than we thought we d go. Pc Star. Dec governments also charged the Fri a executive commission with coordinating research and Exchange of information Between the 12 dec nations on the disease and How it is transmitted. France West Germany and Italy had banned imports of British beef Savins they feared the disease could be spread to other animals. They also said there was scientific uncertainty about the possible effect of the cow disease on humans. Britain argued the ban was illegal nsnnl00 disease has already killed 13,000 cows in Britain Over the past four  incredible shrinking Chip a 1 he first prototype of a 64-megabit memory Chip was introduced by Japan a Hitachi Ltd. On wednesday. The chips tiny circuits Are Only 0.3 microns wide and can hold about 64 million binary units of information. That a equal to the contents of about 512 English newspaper  from world War ii kept apart by tangle of red tape London apr a British woman and her i sweetheart who married 45 years after meeting in wartime Britain say they arc being kept apart again by american red tape. A if i could hire a Dinghy boat 1 would Row the Atlantic to get Back. That show i feel a Millicent Ramsey said wednesday. She said she a been stranded in London since feb. 17 and has been unable to get a visa to return to her husband in Charlotte . She married George Ramsey on sept. 14 and had applied for . Residency then returned to England five months later for a family Celebration. When her sister suffered a heart attack she said in a Telephone interview she stayed past the Date she was to return to the United states. On her last visit to the immigration and naturalization service office in London she said she was told they were waiting for a report from the Fri. The . Embassy press office said it could not comment on the Case because of the restrictions of the privacy act. A a it a the damnedest thing a Ramsey 65, said in a Telephone interview from Charlotte. A the lady has never done anything wrong in her life. All my neighbors keep on asking where my wife  mrs. Ramsey 61, said it was love at first sight when she saw the Young i on Christmas eve 1943 at the red lion Public House in Hampton 15 Miles Southwest of London. A i thought what a great Guy if Only i could have met him. And i looked again and he was gone a she said. Two Days later she found him standing behind her in a bus queue. They made a Date for new years eve she said and the Romance blossomed. On a wednesday in March 1944, she said she went with Ramsey while he asked his commanding officer for a leave so they could marry on a Friday. A so Friday evening came and no George a she said. Ramsey said his unit had been shipped to France. Later that year she gave birth to their son a the did get Back on a very Short leave to see and hold his son a mrs. Ramsey said but her parents decided she was too Young to marry a she was in her teens a and would not permit her to join him. The two lost touch and married other people in their own countries. Her marriage ended in divorce while Ramsey is a widower. Three years ago mrs. Ramsey said her son contacted his father in North Carolina and a correspondence began. A the wrote to me asking if i wanted to see him and we found out that we still loved each other a mrs. Ramsey said. A the went his Way and i went mine but we still both loved each other a said Ramsey. A we married the first time on the  mrs. Ramsey said a . Immigration official told her it might take three or four More weeks to Clear the paperwork. Said that Why wont they let me Back to my husband a she 1. A a we re not getting any younger and this time t we re losing is very valuable to  world today at least 19 die in crash of brazilian Airliner Rio de Janeiro Brazil up a a brazilian Airliner with 42 people aboard crashed a mile from the runway of a Small Amazon port City wednesday killing at least 19 passengers a civil defense spokesperson said. Telma Cunha of the Belem civil defense department told United press International wednesday that 39 passengers and three Crew members were on Board the Turboprop plane when it crashed wednesday morning shortly before Landing in Altamira a port on the Xingu River Cunha said 19 people died in the crash and three people were still missing. Cunha said that All the surviving passengers were Hurt but that the seriousness of their injuries was not immediately  path Steps up attacks in Peru a capital Lima Peru apr shining path rebels have formed a new front to push their insurgency into Lima and other coastal Urban areas president Alan Garcia said after two powerful car bombs exploded within blocks of the government Palace. Garcia spoke wednesday in an atmosphere of stepped up rebel attacks in Lima and a series of weekend raids around the capital that resulted in the seizure of five shining path Safe houses and 31 arrests. The president who leaves office july 28, said the newly formed Peoples defense revolutionary movement is the a Urban metropolitan Organ of the shining  the maoist inspired shining path operates in at East half of Peru especially m the mountains and Jungle but has had Little Success in expanding to coastal cities. At least 18,500 people have been killed in political violence related to the decade old insurgency which was launched in the andean Highlands. Military Roundup health fair to be held saturday at Sembach a Sembach a West Germany a a lifestyles of the fit and healthy is the theme of Sembach Abs annual health fair set for saturday. The event will be held from 8 . To 4 . In the base fitness Center. Any military id card Holder May attend. Cholesterol level and blood pressure checks will be conducted. Persons planning on a cholesterol level Check should not eat at least 12 hours before the test it is advised. Children a immunizations will also be administered. Parents should bring a child a shot records for updating. Events include a five Kilometre run and demonstrations of Power lifting karate aerobics and cardiopulmonary  Ball to Mark army a 215th birthday Stuttgart West Germany a the . European come army Ball will be held june 23 in Stuttgart to celebrate the 215th birthday of the . Army. All ranks and services including civilian employees Are invited. Free bus transportation is available. Tickets May be obtained by calling ets 430-5277 or 4305278