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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, March 29, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. March 29, i960 the stars and stripes Page 3gl women s memorial plan backed Weinberger Vessey oin sponsors by Chuck Visch Washington Bureau Washington Farmer defense Secretary Cas Par went Wager and retired army Gen. John Cesscy former chairman of the join chiefs of stall have pledged their support to a  Cal to establish a Mili Lary women s memorial. The women in Mhilary service memorial foundation chaired by retired at Force Brig. Gen. Wilma Vaught announced Friday Hal Weinberger and its Scy have agreed to serve on the foundation s National sponsor Commilles. The foundation has been Chare cd by Congress wild establishing a memorial 10 Honor women who have Genera strike disrupts life in soviet Region Moscow a a incr in strike monday slowed transportation and closed most factories in the largest City in a Region Hal armenians warn to unite with i heir rep tic a witness said. The director of the Only hold a Stepan Akert said All but Essl Ilia services merc hut Down monday because Ofa strike. The bread factory and the milk factory arc work ing. The others Are not working everyone is Silling at Home inc director of the Karabash hotel said. He said he was an ethnic armenian tint refused to give his name. About 30 percent of Stepan Akert s Public transportation was shut Down he Saivii communist party repro is in aunt s in the City called workers o meetings at factories monday and urged them to return to work tuesday he said. Stepan Akert is the largest City in Magorno Karabash a Maii ily armenian Region in the Republic of Azerbaijan we Rah activists an.1 waking to unite with Armenia. At least 12 people have died in ethnic violence be tween armenians and Alcris since protests began in february. Armenian activists have said a general strike began wednesday in parts of Magorno Karabash. Pravda the communist any daily monday re ported the strikes and unrest a Azerbaijan have disrupted the Economy and Casl the Region millions of dollars in lost revenues. The com mural parly daily said action by Armeni ans has aggravated inc economic situation not Only in the autonomous Region hut also partly in the entire  pravda said the Ulo and trucking industries atone Losi about s6.5 million in january and february. The railway Industry Tost about 1360,000. The article gave Little indication about How the Money was Ion hut quoted a railway official in Azer Baijan As saying freight cars hid no been unloaded. The official Garik Sarkisyan was quoted by pravda As saying the situation was bad and loss of Lime and Money he become the usual  pravda said Yerevan the capital of the armenian Republic was relatively Calm with no incidents Over inc weekend connected with National  Moscow dissidents in Telephone con i let during the weekend with armenian sources described Yerevan As a dead cily with people Sta ing off the streets to protest a government crackdown on Public demonstrations. The official press acknowledged that most businesses were closed in Stepan Akert the main City of Nagor no Karabash Over the weekend but gave no information on the situation monday morning. According o various reports from dissident and official sources Over the weekend the general strike appeared to have Laken place in Stepan Akert but in other areas most businesses were open. An  of the Yerevan hotel who spoke on condition of anonymity. Said the any i businesses were open monday. Other Calls to pc Ivan did not go through. The presidium of the supreme soviet including soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and other member s of the top leadership called last week for improvement of social and economic conditions in the contested Arm but in did not Deal directly with the annexation Issue. Served in the . Armed forces. Vaughn emphasized that the  Cal is not connected with recently publicized efforts to have e Sumuel rep resenting army nurses added to the Vietnam Veteran memorial. Ours will recognize the contributions of All military women starting with the revolutionary War not just How who served in Vietnam Vaughn said. It will Honor the nearly i it million women Many still living who have served with dedication and commit  the foundation s Board of directors is considering several Sites for the memorial and is expected to sub Mit a formal request to the Park service and other approving agencies for inc most promising site within the Neu few weeks. Vaughn said but the fund raising Effort to Bui Tii i in memorial is Only getting started. It s going 10 com More than s5 million and we re a Long Way from that  she said. As part of the memorial the foundation plans to show a movie on the history of women in uniform and establish a Public computer room where a Register con Taining names and pictures of military women will be kept. Vaughn said. Former and present military women can Register their names for Hal lilt with a minimum donation of j2s, for making contributions and requesting information write women in military memorial . To 560, Washington . 20042-0560. Sharing secrets the secret of the a might Well he hidden behind Ihu sly eyes of in month old Bryan Michael Collins of new Hyde Park n.y., u he spends Sunini Urlike afternoon communicating with Cream Mufti a birr Ali Bor s Friendly dog. Temperature in the area had shot to 75 degrees and Iacre holding. W. Germany s plan to move Harbor Complex draws fire Ira Lingen Netherlands a dutch Environ mentalists have filed a common Market complaint against West Germany claiming a planned Harbor Complex will ruin one of we Stern Europe s Best pre served tidal areas. The complaint focusing on the 20,500-Acrc Dillard area along the Northern Netherlands and an adjacent pan of a vast Germany was sent to inc european com Mission thursday a spokeswoman for the Wadden sea foundation said monday. The european commission is inc executive body of the european economic Community. At Issue Are longstanding West German plans to Reix Jalc the port area of the City of Emden to the tidal area. The move foundation spokeswoman Clarissa Nienhuys said would endanger about 40 rare species of aquatic fowl. The foundation s goal is to preserve the Large tidal area called the Waddon sea which stretches from the Northwestern Netherlands along West Germany s Northern Shore to Western Denmark. The foundation claims the West German plans Vio late a common Narket regulation ordering member governments to preserve areas of great ecological value. The relocation of inc port and inc Hydro Logies engineering works it entails will fundamentally change the area s Salt Content endangering the whole delicate balance Between Birds crustaceans plants and fish in the Dollard area Nienhuys said in a Telephone inter View. West German  planning to in isl j 1.2 billion in the  Cal and they Lay it will create up to 12,000 jobs in the economically depressed Emden area. The Biden port would be More accessible to larger ships than the current Harbor. West Fis Many Atso claims that the project will end Lii costly dredging work necessary in keep open inc old port which is being silted by iric nearby Ems River. Projections by inc Wadden sea foundation indicate that 70 percent of the area s Small shrimp and to per cent of the crabs would disappear Beta use of the altered sail Content leading to a decline of 3d to 50 percent in the Dollard s wading Bird population including Europe s largest population of avocets Accord ing to Nienhuys  
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