European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday january 11, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 the three top prize winners in the drum prize technical design contest an above kit a modular Railroad postal. ,., , transport system designed by lira Chat Kunii of Zurich signed by Angel Knook of Hamburg to be used by Indus Seltzer and left wheelchair that an be used for sitting ta7 to transport items noiselessly Ondro Slutkin in. And handing by Andreas Burgit Ynostr of dorm Teadt Cern nov and top right an electro powered vehicle de winning Broun prize entries to be shown across Germany Darmstadt Germany Sas the recently announced winners of the coveted International Braun prize for technical design will be on display in several major German cities. The exhibit will be at the Institute for new technical form in Darmstadt until Jan. 25, said Michael Schneider Institute director. The 36 entries on exhibit were selected from More than 300 entries from 30 nations. The largest number of entries were from Germany the United slates Brit Ain Australia Argentina Mexico Spain and Switzer land Schneider said. The Braun prize is an internationally esteemed de sign award for the advancement of Young designers and engineers. The contest is not limited to products manufactured by the Braun company or to any one theme. Industry representatives pick out the entries they want to produce and often request they be taken out of the show so others can t steal the idea. So the better the show the quicker it dwindles in number said Dieter rams one of the judges. The Institute for new technical form is open tues Days through saturdays from 10 . To 6 . And on sundays from 10 am to 1 pm the exhibit wiil travel to the Haus Industry Reform in Essen the Hannover fair As part of the Good Industrial design show the Academy of arts in Hamburg the bauhaus archives in Berlin and finally to the design Center in Stuttgart. Check local newspapers for the dates. Outside forces1 ready to Stop arming rebels afghan says United nations up the afghan . Ambassador Friday said outside forces have agreed to Stop providing military assistance to rebels fighting soviet troops occupying Afghanistan once an agreement is signed ending the conflict in the South asian country. It s already there Mohammad Farid Zarif told a news conference. There it a binding commitment on behalf of the negotiating partners that All forms of outside Aid to the counter revolutionaries will be slopped and will not resume in the Zarif said the outside forces a Clear reference to Pakistan which gives Refuge to More than 3 million Argentina takes control of 3 ailing private Banks Buenos Aires. Argentina up the Central Bonk look Over management of three Argentine Pri vate Banks Friday surprising the largest of the institutions involved. Argentina s Central Bank assumes control of Banks that Are ailing or suffering from mismanagement in a procedure known As a source in the Banco Del Oeste which has 54 branches servicing Argentina s Grain and beef producing districts said management was not expecting the takeover. The situation in the Bank is very Good the source Slid we Are surprised we do not have an explanation thai justifies this the other two Banks Banco Rural and Banco san Miguel Are known to have been suffering from an inability to borrow Short term Money to fund their businesses. Afghans and the United Stales reported to be helping moslem rebels militarily will Stop their support if an agreement is signed. negotiations Between the soviet backed government in Afghanistan and Pakistan will resume feb. 11 in Geneva Switzerland. The fourth and unresolved part of a four part agreement a timetable for the withdrawal of an estimated 120,000 soviet troops from Afghanistan will be discussed. The ambassador said his government will propose in Geneva a Shorter timetable for the withdrawal of soviet troops than the four year period both Afghani Stan and the soviet Union have demanded. Pakistan wanted the pullout to end in four months. For those who support his government Zarif said we will not fail them in Geneva. We will find a Solu Tion acceptable to Zarif said important developments have taken place bul he said he cannot go into he repealed his government s Call for a sin month cease fire beginning Jan. Is with the opposition forces in it War that began when soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in december 1979. The rebels have rejected the cease Are proposal. The War has taken a very High toll and inflicted miseries sufferings and destruction in the country regardless of which Side people arc on he said. One supreme reason for the government to Call for a cease fire u Ilia we have had enough of bloodshed he said. Zarif said 4 it opposition groups inside Afghanistan a total of about 40,000 armed people have show cooperation with the cease fire and the government is receiving More support from other groups. Schools update speech festival to be held at 4 Sites in Germany Wiesbaden Dodds Germany Region s annual speech festival will be held at four Sites in order to accommodate a larger than expected turnout. The festival was originally scheduled at Vilseck High school Only but Region spokesman Noel tilt Man said four schools wid co Host the event. Student speakers will compete in Oral interpretation prose poetry theater storytelling in formative speech Impromptu speech extemporaneous speech and informative speech. Hanau will Host students from Heidelberg Frankfurt Fulda and Giessen High schools Jan. 14. Patch High school will Host students from Patch Stuttgart and Wuerzburg High schools the following Day. Ansbach and Vilseck student will compete feb. 4 at fourth site in the Southwest Germany area has yet to be named arts workshop to begin feb. 23 in Ober Wesel Wiesbaden a five Day visual and per forming arts workshop for 150 students in the Dodds Germany Region will begin feb. 23 at the youth Hostel near Ober Wesel. Three professional artists will help conduct seminars that include dance poetry drama music painting etching and Mast making. Cost per student is Iso Marks payable at the time of registration. Contact Barbara Eltor at 60121-88247 for More information. By div we Kellk. Do Calm m w
