European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday november 7, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3pope appoints Strong Ira foe. It per urn in As archbishop of Armagh arid primate of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Daly succeeds the late Cardinal Tomas o Faich As the spiritual Leader of the 3.7 million roman catholics in the Irish Republic and British ruled Northern Ireland. The Cardinal died in May. As the voice of the Catholic Church in Belfast from his Post As Bishop of Down and Connor Daly has been a vigorous advocate for the Catholic minority in Northern Ireland but a foe of the Ira. A the Ira poses a very grave spiritual danger to the Catholic Community and we must realize that and have no illusions about it a Daly said two years ago. A this is a question of sheer evil and we have got to face that evil and have no truck with supporters of the mainly Catholic Ira regard Daly As an apologist for British Rule. At 73, Daly is the oldest prelate appointed to the Armagh Post in 170 years. It Means he will have to submit his resignation when he turns 75, the Normal retirement age for Bishop although the Pope need not accept it immediately. His last six predecessors were made cardinals. The Irish Catholic press office said he suffered a minor heart attack in february 1982 but made a full recovery. Vatican sources said Dalys views on Northern Ireland were highly regarded at the Vatican. Daly helped to write the speech the Pope delivered during his visit to Ireland in 1979 in which John Paul called on All men of violence to Lay Down their arms said a source who asked his name not be used. Daly has joined in ecumenical ventures with anglican and presbyterian leaders in Northern Ireland but he has also vigorously defended Catholic schools against those who criticized them As perpetuating old divisions. He has written several books including a violence in Ireland and Christian conscience a published in 1973, and a Justice the work of the biography issued by the Irish Church said the continuing violence was clearly the most serious problem he faced in Belfast. It quoted him As saying a i am called to be a Bridge builder a minister of reconciliation. In our situation i believe that this Means that a Bishop is called to try to explain each Community As far As he is Able to the other Community and to plead for Mutual understanding of each others Case and reciprocal recognition of each others Daly had served As Bishop of Down and Connor since september 1982. As archbishop of Armagh he lives in the North but is Leader of catholics on both sides of the Divide. The Church lists him As the 114th successor of St. Patrick in the primate is Travis hundreds of trabant or a a Trabish fill a Harbor in the Baltic sea port of Rostock Germany. The trabant produced in former East Germany Are still waiting for delivery to Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. Demand for Travis dropped drastically after people living in former East bloc countries became Able to import Western Farmers reap record Harvest but balk at Selling Grain for rubles Moscow up a the soviet Union announced a record Grain Harvest monday but admitted it cannot pry it from the Farmers for worthless rubles in the bumper crop that has turned into chaos in the midst of plenty. The soviet government newspaper Izvestia said the 1990 Harvest was 240 million tons eclipsing the record 237.4 million of 1978, but the state was Only Able to buy 65.8 million tons or one Quarter of it. Not Only was the state Able to buy Only 25 percent of the crop but the Farmers were even slow in delivering the Small amount they had consented to sell to the state Izvestia said. _ the failure of the state Farmers to sell was a blow to president Mikhail Gorbachev a economic planners who this year increased the Purchase Price of Grain by 90 percent As an incentive for the peasants to sell to the state. A but what is one Able to buy with the Ruble with goods being unavailable and now that goods Are increasingly being exchanged for other goods without the use of Money a Izvestia said. The rubles fall in value has become a joke or what the russians Call laughter through tears. There afe three official values to the currency a the official the special and the tourist. The official rate is 55 Kopecky to the Dollar the tourist rate is 5 rubles and 58 Kopecky for a Dollar and the just announced commercial rate is 1 Ruble and 68 Kopecky for a Greenback. On the Black Market a Dollar brings 15 to 20 rubles according to the soviet business weekly Commer Sant which publishes the Black Market rate along with the reforms March in France Paris apr several thousand High school students around France poured into the streets again tuesday a Day after 130,000 joined nationwide marches to demand better education and improved Security on Campus. The largest protests tuesday morning involved 4,000 students each in the Northern Cathedral City of reims and the Western City of Vannes police reported. Smaller marches unfolded in Marseille Nancy Metz Belfort Dijon Nevers and Mulhouse. No violence or arrests were reported though a woman police officer directing traffic away from the March in Marseille was lightly injured when accidentally struck by a car. The strikes continued three weeks of student protests for More teachers repairs to crumbling High schools and More Security guards on a Nice Ridden campuses in ghetto neighbourhoods. About 130,000 students marched around the country monday As the National Assembly debated the socialist governments proposal to increase Educa-�p�ndmg/9 percent to the equivalent of $49.3 billion. Student leaders have criticized this As inadequate although it outpaces the Overall budget increase of 4.8 percent. Education minister Lionel Jospin won his proposal monday to carry the debate Over to next week while he pursues dialogue with the student movement currently split into moderate and hard line leftist factions. The vast majority of the marches in More than a dozen cities monday were orderly. But scores of youths threw stones and bottles at riot policemen deployed near the National Assembly in Paris As lawmakers debated the budget. Five policemen and eight journalists were injured arid a handful of rioters were arrested police reported. The rioters damaged a cafe several stores Telephone Booths and Newsstands. Protests have spread nationwide since starting three weeks ago in the Low income suburbs North of Paris where a student was raped in a school lavatory and several teachers and students were assaulted. On oct. 26, Premier Michel Ricard announced the creation of 10,000 new posts for school guards teaching assistants and food service and maintenance workers. Student leaders said the measures done to go far enough. A French student fires a Slingshot at police officers during a protest in Paris
