European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes q Fasching merrymaking moves into final week Page 2 o London s underground musicians stripes Magazine o today s Dollar buys 1.81 Marks rates Page 23 the St trs and gripes unto Himeo unofficial Public Teloh to the . Ahm vol. 45, no. 31 2 thursday february 26, 1987 0 6693 a North files suit to Block probe Washington a la. Co. Oliver North has asked a Federal court to Block the investigation of the Iran Contra affair by a special Independent counsel saying it is unconstitutional. Lawyers for North fired nov. 25 from his Job As a member of the staff of he National Security Council on tuesday filed a lawsuit thai said the special counsel has been granted prosecutor Al Powers and in effect foreign policy Powers that violate the Constitution. The Constitution Grants the executive the exclusive authority to prosecute offences against the United Stales North s lawyers said in court papers. One of North s arguments it Hal the special coun set As an appointee of a three judge court is not accountable to the executive Branch of government which under the Constitution is vested with the Power to conduct prosecutions. However the ethics in government act creating the position of Independent counsel spells oui circumstances under which an inde pendent counsel May be fired by the attorney general. North s lawyers also said Independent counsel Taw Rance e. Walsh and his staff Are interfering unlawfully with the conduct of foreign policy in their probe of the plan to sell weapons to ran and divert the profits to Nicaragua guerrillas. These private attorneys arc. Purportedly free to decide whether certain Freiert to icy activities of the president constitute an offence against the United states the court papers said. Walsh in a statement released by his office said the Independent counsel statute has received Exten Sive and careful study and we Are satisfied of its constr sae North on Page 24 Galvin reportedly picked As Rogers replacement by Norman Black a military writer Washington Gen. John r. Galvin the commander of . Military forces in Central America has been lapped to replace Gen. Bernard w. Rog ers As nato s supreme Allied commander in Europe administration sources say. The sources sneaking on condition of anonymity tuesday said the Unnic slates was in the process of Clearing Galvin with its nato allies before president Reagan formally announced his nomination. The sources agreed to discuss the mat Ter after nato announced in Belgium that Rogers would retire june 30, ending a stint that saw unprecedented stability within the Allied command. Rogers upon his retirement wiil have served eight Yean As nato s supreme Allied commander longer than any other general in history. He is the eighth com Mander in a line that began with  d. Eisenhower. He did t want to retire one source said. Bui the White House decided eight years was enough for any Man act it was time for a change another official said Calvin in Washington this week for previously scheduled appearances before con Gress declined to discuss Rogers retire ment or his own plans tuesday saying it was merely a coincidence he was Here when inc nato announcement was made. Rogers who turns fi6 on july 16, offered no statement of his own following the nato announcement. Gen. John r. Galvin Rogers assumed the top nato Mili tary Post As Well As the Job of commander of the . European come on june 27, 1979, after serving three years As the army s chief of Shaft. He won a special two year Extension from Reagan in 1985 to remain on the Job beyond Normal retirement but he was informed Laic last fall thai another special Extension was unlikely the sources  nato defense planning Corn see Galvin on Page 24 North s sex secretory nervous in limelight Washington a Fawn halt the former White House Secre tary who reportedly acknowledged destroying documents for la col Oliver North posed for news photographers tuesday and pro claimed their attention a Little Over  she appeared briefly at a photo ses Sion arranged by her lawyer on the Steps in front of his Law office. Miss Hall is Here in response to numerous requests for photographs said Plato Cacheris her attorney adding thai his client would have nothing to say about investigations into the Sale of weapons to Iran and the diversion of profits to the con iras Hall who was North s personal Secretary until he was fired from the a Lionas Security Council on nov. 25 for his involvement in the ran con Ira Case has been granted immunity by Lawrence e. Walsh the special prosecutor looking into the affair. She will continue her cooperation with Walsh and others Cache Ris said. Asked How she feels about being thrust into the Public limelight the 27-year-old woman said it s a Little overwhelming la s a Little nervous  referring la a quote by the late and1 " woul fan Hall App Nob tvs ii rim la u Quai of m Lindy Warhol that someday everyone uld be famous for is minutes she said i kind of feel like that  Hall dressed in a Black skin Black boots a Green Blouse and a Tweed Coal obliged photographers by posing for them at different angles. Smiling broadly she joked about evading camera Crews since sunday when a report in inc Washington Post see nervous on Page 24 German merchants Hurt As americans say away byed Reavis staff writer Hanau Germany when the falling Dollar hits americans in Germany it also Puis the Pinch on mar n r n 11 ii r n r t 11 r chants in Lowns serving As Homes Irti inf if till those americans especially  ii lots with Large . Populations. Hanau 15 Miles cast of Frank fun is Home to 88,535 germans and 28.000 american service members civilians and family Mcm bars. And of the More than 9,000 soldiers in the area 77 per cent Are in the rank of sergeant or below. Pat Williams and Melissa lie Dorff looking Ai boots in a shop on Hanau s Market Square said the Low Dollar has reduced them to window shoppers. Our husbands Are spec fours and we live on the Economy Williams said we both have Small one bedroom places. Once we pay the rent it s scrimp and save for food because things get very tight before  both women who have been in Germany for four months said they were disappointed with the Lour sofar because they can t afford anything. My friends who were stationed Here a couple of years ago told me about All the great shopping i would be Able to do in Germany and the trips we could take. We cannot even afford a car Williams said. Our overseas housing allowance does t amount to much and does t keep up with the falling Exchange rate Liedorff said. Both women called the free meal offer by the commissary a Boon but they Haven t been Able to obtain their full allotments because the stocks run out quickly our problem is that it s too expensive for us to take the bus out to the commissary every Day and the army bus service in t that Good Liedorff said. Entertainment is almost exclusively on Post movies both women said because they can t afford the Down town concerts. Even itt Tours Are Loo expensive for us to afford Williams said. The problems of americans like Williams and lie Dorff have become problems for merchants like Johann Frisch manager of the Abc Schuhe store. He has seen a 50 Pyrc Cal drop in american business. The americans come in regularly on the fire and15lh of the month but Are buying leu he said. But when they do buy they re buying belter Quality than Ever before. They be discovered Quality Pun hates payoff in inc Long  Ingeborg Arndt. Who manages the Salamander shoe shop said americans Are buying at her store Only Dur ing sales. At the Highway clothing shop Etc Braun said continued on Page 3