European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday april 4,1988 Cable to a hot Issue in Germany fees Offen perplex american tenants by Mary Neth consumer editor the Weil German Federal Posl office was hit by a barrage of criticism when it started cabling the country three years ago. The Mammoth project was Label Edby consumer groups As both Loo expensive and in Light of coming satellite to impractical. Today the Calci have been Laid in neighbourhoods throughout most of the country and individual installation charges Are the hot Issue. No Federal Laws spell out the rights of tenants who do nol ask for the service. In easel of dispute Over installation charges the decisions have been left to local courts which Aren t always in agreement. Caught in the confusion Are Ameri cans renting German apartment. One Stan and stripes Reader writes that outlets for Cable to have been in stalled in three apartments in Bis build ing. At first his. Landlord told him he would be charged 8 or 9 Marks about j5j a month Tor usage then the amount was raised to 20 Marks $12 a month but the landlord said that after a certain amount had been paid the payments would end. I would like to know asks the Leader if German landlords arc free to set any Price they wish for Cable to service and if the bund Spost has a set Cost forts customers the bundles Post has a Price table for receiving its Cable programs available at the Post office. The Cost is based upon to Many apartments Are in a building. Renters in buildings with one to 10 apartments pay 9 Marks $5.45 a month for the Normal program package for their area. In buildings with 20 apartments i recharge drops to 8,50 Marks a month. In complexes with 900 apartments it sinks to 4.01 Marks 12.43 a month. The Cost of extra electricity and maintenance runs from 69 pfennig i 1.30 Marks per ten am. The Cost of connecting a House or individual apartments to he Street Laid Cable is where the pricing question gels Sticky and confusing. When the Bun despoil receives an application for Cable to for a building it pays the Cost of laying the Cable from the Street to the basement. The Cost for connecting the apartments must be picked up by the renters. This Iii in Hookup charge per renter also is based on the number of dwellings in a building. For a single family abode the one time charge is 675 Marks j409 for a two family House it runs 562,50 Marks 1340. In t three family House it costs 52j Marks s3i�. In a building containing 50 apartments the Cost sinks to 103.50 Marks 163. The High Cost according to an article in test Magazine published by the Ger Man consumer s Union on be blame Don the Posl office for mis calculating both Public interest and the Cost of laying Ca Bles throughout the country. The German renters association with Headquarters in Cologne Points out that instead of costing the 13.5 million Marks 18.18 million thai the German Post of fice expected gelling the country Cable ready has run 21,3 million Markn j12.9million. As of mid-1587, of the 7,4 Mil lion German households that could Hook up Only 2,7 million had done so. This has meant that the individual Shultz Back in Israel for peace talks Rabin vows to teach lessons to rioters Jerusalem a Secretary of state George Shultz began an easter peace shuttle sunday and israeli de sense m Inister Yitzhak Rabin announce that the army is going on the offensive to Leach lessons to arabs who riot. Two arabs were electrocuted while climbing Utility poles during unrest Sun Day and a third died of wounds from an earlier clash. Four months of unrest cast a pail on Chris Tum celebrations of easter. About 1,000 worshippers half Las year s number attended services in the 12th-Century Church of the holy Seoul Char marking the site where christianity teaches that Jesus ruse from die dead after being crucified. During an arrival ceremony at Ben Gurton International Airport near Tel Aviv Sulu made a Strong Appeal to end debate on his peace proposals. For everything there is a season. A Lime to love and a time to hate a Lime to War and a time for peace lie said Quot ing from the Book of Ecclesiast. Thi is the time and the season to move decisively toward peace he added. His remarks appeared aimed primarily at prime minister Yitzhak Shamir who Laid reporters during a visit to a West Bank settlement sunday tha Ishultz had to convince me of the need for an International peace conference. Shultz i third Middle East shuttle since october began after an escalation of bloodshed in the past week in which 20 arabs were killed and scores were shot and wounded by israeli soldiers. Visiting the site in Gaza City where soldiers killed three arabs saturday Rabin explained a new army tactic to take the initiative away from Arab demonstrators. The incident Here shows that in order to reach the goal of restoring order we Are not just waiting for Vio Lence from the other Side but initiate action and teach lesson to those who Start violence he said. In die majority of the incidents the confrontations were the result of our initiative pan of an Effort to ensure a Calm ing of the situation and to suppress  army spokesmen said soldiers would no longer ignore demonstrations in re mole villages or other locations that did not interfere with traffic or endanger lives Rabin claimed that despite the in creased bloodshed the Overall level of violence had decreased As a result of the new offence oriented strategy. Officials at Ramallal Hospital said a 40-year-old Man died sunday of a neck wound suffered during land Day pro tests March 30 in Hie West Bank Village of Aua. Two Arab men were electrocuted Dur ing unrest sunday. The army said a 20-year-old Man die trying 10 attach an outlawed palestinian Flag to a Power line in the West Dan town of tul Karem. Arab journalists claimed soldiers shot the Man. The army also said an 18-year-old Man died when soldiers made him climb a pair and Lake Down a Flag from a Utility pole in the Attar refugee Camp near Nablus. British Wii Veteran credits Waldheim with saving lives of pos paper says London Dpi a British world War ii Veteran has come to the defense of austrian president Kurt Waldheim saying Waldheim saved him and other prisoners from execution when they fell into German hands in 1943, the Sun daytime said. It Sid Bruce Ogilvie a retired squad Ron Leader of the Royal air Force is pre paring to Tell history to a British government team investigating allegation that wild him was involved in the exe culion of i British prisoner in occupied Greece. The report quoted Ogilvie 66, at Ying "1 won t be thanked for Saint Ihu in the current climate but nauheim saved my life and Aad the live of levers other prisoners two of them  Ogilvie claimed he was in danger of being snot by the is when he was Cap lured in civilian clothes while carrying a stolen German pistol on the greek Island ocl Cros in november 943, the newspaper said. At an Airfield outside Athens where Ogilvie was taken with other prisoners the then it. Waldheim introduced him if ind Taid he was responsible for their Security until they left Greece for Ger Many the report quoted Ogilvie. He said Waldheim persuaded them to Swap their identity Doc for a Batch of old due taken off legitimate Allied Curp Jet to help protect Bis prisoner the newspaper said. Pone Ion of a genuine disc taken from an Allied Soldier or airman lolled i uniform enabled then to prove they were not commandos or on undercover Misti ont the time said. German officers could then Lesili Cost of Cable to is running More than was anticipated and. According to the renters association has led to Ahern pts by the bund Posilo Force participation. Disputes about whether a landlord or tenant must accept Cable to have ended in court. A Heidelberg court ruled that i landlord cannot be forced to Lay a to Cable to a House. A Berlin court however ruled that the addition fan outlet for Cable. To can be views As an improvement of an apartment. On that Basin an increase in rent can be charged. Jurgen Ceil Schifter a Legal adviser with the renters association advises checking with the local German i err Verein renters Union to be sure of your rights. Even in cases where Access to Cable to is judged As an apartment improvement the renter who docs nol want the service does not have to pay the full installation charges and cannot be charged the monthly Post office fee. Some landlords realizing that Ameri cans Are not Long term tenants Art pick ing up the installation charges and Only asking hat the Post office s monthly charges for usage be met. New s updates and without Mecham Phoenix Ariz. A Telephone company has decided la print a photo of acting gov. Hose mofford. Instead of embattled guv. Evan Mecham in an advertisement for Arizona us West Parent company of Mountain Bell has been running a series of full Page Adi in the will Malelya resist is requests to band Over the prisoners for eventual execution it said. It said Ogilvie said he was Given Back his own identity disc when he reached Germany the newspaper said Ogilvie � certain that the Wal Beira be met in Greece was the same nun who later became  general president of Austria Tod the subject of Uler National Contro Veny Over his wartime record and charges be was involved in War crimes. I could not forget those familiar Fea Tures or his manner Ogilvie said. Ogilvie claimed that he  mentioned Waldheir t Narot and Thenell be had Given me when he was de briefed on Beleuc from a German Pris Oner Camp in May 1945, the newspaper said. Strut journal highlighting each of the 14 Stales in its territory spokesman said. The Arizona and was to run tatty in the series which began in Jin uary but was delayed because of circumstances surrounding Mecham  february. The state Senate is winding up Mecham s impeachment trial with closing arguments scheduled Mon Day. Abandoned girl Chicago a a be old Girt whose lower legs were Turnpu laced after she was found abandoned and freezing has a new Foster family and should be leaving the Hospital before Long officials say. Darlwin Carlisle of Gary ind., has been teaming