European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 a the stars and stripes Friday May 15,1992 world Ireland dispute disrupts International mail flow from wire reports Dublin Ireland a Ireland is doing without International mail service because of a three week dispute Between Post office management and employees about part time staffing. An Post the National postal service published notices wednesday saying that it was not accepting any mail in some parts of Dublin and in several counties mail was Only being accepted for delivery within the county. Both incoming and outgoing International service was suspended it said. The . Postal service announced wednesday that it would no longer accept mail addressed to Ireland because of the smugglers nabbed Santiago de Compostella Spain police on wednesday arrested 25 people suspected of smuggling cocaine and hashish into the Northwestern Spanish Region of Galicia a rough coastal area Long known for its contraband activities. Authorities also seized Bank records a gun tens of millions of pesetas in Cash Short wave radio systems and a boat docked in the port of la Coruna which they said was bound Lor Colombia to Load 2,200 pounds of brew ban fails Strasbourg France a the european parliament rejected a measure on wednesday requiring that Low alcohol and alcohol free Beers imported into Germany be free of artificial sweeteners. The Assembly rejected an amendment to dec wide foodstuffs legislation which German parliamentarians tried to use to ban foreign artificially sweetened near Beers from German shops. The 286-to-58 vote was wide enough to kill Bonne a Hopes of protecting its 1,000 Small breweries from Competition in alcohol free and Low alcohol Picasso found Nice France a investigators wednesday recovered an unsigned Picasso stolen in Early March in a garage and arrested five people sources said. The men who were not identified were to appear in court thursday for possible charges m connection with the theft of the painting la i outgo Aux Colombes. A bomb kills 5 in Manila Manila Philippines a treasure Hunters accidentally set off a world War ii bomb thursday killing five people and injuring 16 others in the Southern Philippines police said. Police said treasure Hunters found the bomb in a coastal slum in Davao City 600 Miles Southeast of Manila. Thinking the bomb might contain treasure they sawed it open and triggered the get 12 years in jail Budapest Hungary a a military court has sentenced an air Force officer to 12 years in prison for Selling military secrets to Yugoslavia for More than a decade state to reported. Rudolf Szanto 45, was found guilty wednesday of providing the yugoslavs with secrets on soviet deployments in Hungary and about National defences the television said. His trial began May 5.lebanon Leader named Beirut Lebanon a president Elias Herawi announced the appointment of a new prime minister wednesday one week after riots forced the previous government to resign. Herawi named Rashid Solh a 66-year-old lawyer and member of parliament who was prime minister at the outbreak of the lebanese civil War 17 years ago to form a new government after consultations with lawmakers Over the last two Days. Members of opposing parties scuffle wednesday in Italy a parliament As they try to elect a president. Italian parliament gets Rowdy in attempt to elect new Leader a Rome apr parliamentarians shoved each other and shouted insults wednesday As they met in an unsuccessful bid to elect a new italian head of state. The fight reflected the tensions in italian politics following a corruption scandal and april elections that produced a Large protest vote. The country has been without a permanent prime minister or president in recent weeks. In two votes wednesday no candidate obtained the re tired two thirds majority. The voting continues in coming ays. A the presidency is a largely ceremonial Post. But the election was a first step toward filling the political vacuum since the president picks the Premier designate charged with forming a new government. President Francesco Corsiga resigned april 28, two months Short of the end of his 7-year term. He did so to push parties into tackling economic changes and streamlining the slow moving government system. Shouting and scuffling preceded the Start of wednesdays voting by 1,014 representatives. Deputies of the Neo fascist italian social movement or Psi cried a a thieves at members of the dominant Christian Democrat party news reports said. Some Christian democrats hollered Back a Piazzale Loretoo a the name of the Milan Piazza where Benito Mussolini was Hung in april 1945 after his execution. A Christian Democrat was hit in the Eye by a wad of crumbled paper hurled by a Psi member italian news agencies reported. The 12 major parties in parliament had each proposed a candidate before the voting. Most seemed to stick to their own candidates. The chances of electing a president will improve starting in the fourth round when Only a simple majority is required. At that Point parties will Likely negotiate on a common candidate. The outgoing four party government coalition headed by caretaker Premier Giulio Andreotti retained a slender majority in parliament in april selection with 494 of the 945 seats. In addition to the parliamentarians electors representing Italy a regions also cast ballots. The top vote getter in wednesdays secret balloting was Giorgio de Giuseppe a Christian Democrat senator who got 296 votes in the first round and 284 in the second. However he was proposed to test the party loyalty of Christian democrats who mostly voted for him. He was not considered Likely to be the party a eventual Choice. The vote came in the Wake of a corruption scandal involving Public works contracts Worth hundreds of millions of dollars in Milan. The scandal grew with italian news reports wednesday of the arrest of Antonio Sportelli an administrator in the Public health system. Mussolini politics different in 1992 Rome apr after nearly 50 years a Mussolini has returned to italian politics. Since then ii Duce a legacy Hasni to been quite the same. First there was the scene on opening Day of parliament when newly elected Alessandra Mussolini the dictators 29-year-old granddaughter tried to take his former seat. It was occupied. Undeterred Mussolini a Neo fascist paid homage to the dictator by kissing a left Wing to executive in the chamber. A you remind me of my Grandfather a cooed the former actress. Next the blonde Mussolini was splashed on a popular gossip Magazine with Only a Fluffy Pink Towel cover ing her a barely. The two episodes and the marginal political position of the Neo fascist party explain the subdued reaction in Italy to another Mussolini in parliament. A a she san anachronism a shrugged Gianfranco Pas Quino a political science professor at Bologna University. Mussolini has of course been interviewed by a few newspapers. And she has hit the Glossy magazines usually in photos left Over from her acting Days like the Towel pose on the Magazine Gente people. But while foreign journalists have besieged her since the april 5-6 elections the first Mussolini to enter postwar government has largely been ignored at Home. Some observers say the attitude reflects italians growing detachment from their fascist past. In particular with the collapse of communism there has been an easing of the political polarization that consumed Italy since the War exploding into left and right Wing Mussolini terrorism in the 1970s. Analysts compare Mussolini to the Royal family the a Voias. Supporters of the dictator the royals were banished after world War ii. A a few years ago to speak about the Savoia family coming Back was blasphemy a said Pasquale Nonno editor of the daily ii Mattino of Naples where Mussolini was elected. A now you talk about it
