European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 09, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse All run to Charlie at witching hour by Hubert j. Bibber in a at Midnight people from around the world congregate at the Berlin Wall afraid of turning into delinquent pumpkins at the witching , Japan .a., Turkey Yugoslavia Green Italy Austria Poland Egypt Sweden great Britain Nigeria an East German control officer announces. Now now Don t crowd gentlemen Don t crowd you have plenty of outstretched hands confront the Gray uniformed officer men of All colors and sizes jammed together before him their hands waiting Tor processed passports announced by country. The infrequent woman is jostled pushed and disappears in the crowd. The stars and stripes Page 11 Washington a the Folger Library has announced its acquisition of bad books of the Early reformation Many of them printed within a Century after the Gutenberg Bible. The collection includes titles of the main reformers Martin Luther John Calvin Ulrich Zwinge As Well As lesser figures connected with them letters from German rulers involved with the reformation and a collection of Early bibles and Folger describes the books As being in excellent the acquisition is important to the development of protestant theology it i equally important to bibliophiles. The Early printed tracts of the Reforma Tion arc important in the history of print ing marking the first Lime the press was used in a massive Way to influence contemporary thought the Library Folger. Devoted primarily to shakespearean research has branched out int Many areas of Early i Irolean scholar ship and has one of the finest such collections in the world. It said that the new act Usison the on of impressive Richness and scope and that knowledgeable Book dealers say it Eon. To Talany rare and unique items never before seen publicly. The addition of this magnificent collection with. Already splendid " letters to the editor cos queried on booze problem Midnight the combination of this Midnight curfew and increased Wall passage fees imposed Jan. 1, have combined to Cut sharply into the numbers of people going East but As the clock strikes 12 each night a Large proportion of those who persist in going All Jam up at the Wall at West Berlin spokesman said that in the first four months of this year the volume of both daily vehicular and foot traffic through the Wall has dropped by a Good Thi Don t have an actual count As he said but our officers say the decrease is persistent and pretty constant he said that the Midnight logjam opposite checkpoint Charlie is not so pronounced at the separate Wall crossing Points for Western germans since they often will ask for two or three Day stays at a time. It is primarily the foreign tourist student businessman and particularly the guest workers of West Berlin who go a Day at a time. For them lengthier stays Are not covered by special agreements As those arranged Between the East and West German govern ments. Before the More stringent fees and curfew were imposed hundreds of the some 200,000guest workers employed in West Berlin went East almost daily. Before the curfew each visitor could stay 24 hours from the time of passage. The increased fees include ten Marks about $4.60 for a car charged As a Street usage fee. Five Marks 12.30 for a tourist visa six and one half Marks 2.80 that must be exchanged from West to East Marks at an artificial one to one basis. This May be , there were no visa or Road car fees and the mandatory Exchange was five officers say that especially the car fee has hit hard at the average visitor. If you total it up he said it comes to 33 Marks for a couple with a car just to get through the Wall. And if they go at night which a lot of them used to. For theater an opera and maybe a drink or a snack they have to Rush Back to make the 12 o clock Why then do the people who persist on going do sofar the occasional visitor it is part of the experience of seeing both parts of Berlin. For with a shrug of the foreign resident in West Berlin the reasons usually Are girl Friend is there an italian said. It is what you Call love. Is his shoulders he elbowed his Way Forward into the packed crowd in the Wall controls bar Racks where passports Are processed. Mama he West Berlin a Turk with a urge Mustache said i am a Gast Arbeiter. Nothing More. But in East Berlin i have More Money to spend because Many things Are was a warm night and the strained crowd was sweating. Not a few were Tipsy. As one Western Gast Arbeiter began breaking Forth in song he got a Stern look from an East Ern guard. Library acquires reformation collection re letter to the editor concerning Alco holism. The author stated commanders Are concerned to earnestly reduce the problem and do so by managing to lose All control Over on editorial but can we shirk the responsibility for alcoholism the military Mission of a military club is to support commanders in their efforts to enhance the morale and attitudes of men and women in uniforms under their com Mand. However commanders within Vari Ous Levels of command have either forgotten or never Learned this. Do commanders really think they can effectively reduce alcoholism by confining drinking to quarters and Gas Hauses there the problem can neither be monitored influenced nor. In fact Are guilty of encouraging problem drinkers to do their drinking out Side military jurisdiction. Commanders should Trust their military club managers and bartenders to control drinking problems. They Are trained to recognize and help individuals with a drinking problem. They Are also under obligation to protect the Public from intoxicated commanders really understand the philosophy and goal of the cd Mac project keeping this goal in mind can they give Good answers to the following questions Why Are military police frequently posted just outside of club parking lots and harassing patrons of the bar instead of of Fering a Friendly ride Home Why arc individuals frequently sent into military clubs to list those drinking at theban rather than noting those supporting the nearby Gasthaus Why Are club bars closed during duty hours this deprives off duty personnel Visi tors civilians and in particular our de Pendents of a sanctioned place to go. Are commanders unable to account forthe whereabouts of their people on duty dosing bars during duty hours has forced Many club dining facilities to close will continue to lose clubs if the bars Are closed during duty hours. The area Wilt make Washington one of the major International centers for Reforma Tion studies said the Library s . B. Hardisonjr. The collection brought together by Swiss author. Or. H. C. E. Stickelberger. Who died in 1962, was offered exclusively tothe Folger. Funds for the Purchase were contributed by an Anonymous Friend of the Folger and by the Crystal Trust of Wilmington,del., the National endowment for the humanities and the Library s own acquisition fund. Of the 850 items 700 Are dated before1551 and 516 were printed before 1531. The Gutenberg Bible is dated approximately1456 included is a copy of the first French protestant Bible dated 1553, and a first printing of an expanded version of Martin Luther s 95 theses printed in Basel in 1518. The collection almost perfectly complements the extensive reformation works presently held by the Library the folgers id. The Luther titles alone added to the Library s own titles give the Folger one of the finest collections of Early printings of Luther the the United acquisition also expands on the other major reformation figures and pro Vides falter Backer and for senators with to storks of minor figures the Library said. European edition col. Billy e. Spangler. Usa editor in chief Ltd. Larry e. Joyce Usa Deputy editor in Vihel Mert Proctor managing editor Elmer o. Frank production manager Henry 5 Epstein circulation manager to a newspaper it an Auto rated unofficial pud cation Tor . Armed forces overseas. Us Sun and swims is published in conjunction or tuft it armed forces in Lorma lion program of Ina department Al Detent. Content of the Start and stripes Ere not Nec earlly in of Lucial View 91 Ine . Government the department Al detente or the . European command. 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