European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily Magazine by wort Rosen Blum associated press from the crumbling Manor hos hares Wilh Hin so pm  of be pc incl. Adolph Bonnevie , into h s f of glasses at a Franco caught Between Star wars and i oms Xiv he 13 no cheered by Tho  Campaign around him. What will Chan re  wins he asked expressing 3 common Vic of Tho Likely re election of Francois Mitterrand. What changed in in class seven years More unemployment.  same  in Paris lawyer Alam sprig Iacre Madras similar Point people believed in ideologies in 1981. They elected Metlei Ranul As a socialist to bring about Chango now they soc their problems arc beyond Ido Biogy. They la Vole or a person not a parly " across France people Echo Bonnevie s concerns Over jobs. Iccino logical Competition Agri Cullie education and Urban problems. Few Are Wlong to express More than guarded Opl Imis.  is so 5percent.last year s Trade Delici of �5 5 billion was 60 times higher than in 19bc economic growth of 2 percent lags Lai behind Britain s. But More Frenchman Sec an erosion of culture and a breaking Down of the lab cd Art of living hat Oner is 1 France apart. Old fools Are dying and new growth is Loo sparse. Around villages like be of oct tucked  inc French Alps Iho crisis lakes tangible shape. Bonnvie an aging Farmer owns most of the Village old Stone buildings cobblestones and a Patchwork of Fields he sits in the Sun and trains his binoculars on passers by. Most Are in ski clothes. Be Gomel is three Miles from vat d Lueie which in preparing Lor Iho 1992 Winter olympics has hurtled Gilsett into the space age. A sleek train rockets skiers straight through the Mountain to the top of la Daille. Val Alsere s relaxed Little main Plaza has vanished below a Gigantic hotel mail. The last remnant 5 of the past j Stone Homo built in 1 we. A generation before Louis Xiv. The Sun King Are hardly visible amid a Forest of Garish signs Tail it a Sci factory grumbles Jean Francois Lamy who sold his Squaw Valley hold and is moving to Geneva. They have Krel All the flavor the old Way of Lite and icy la never get it  in alb Colville Headquarters of the 1332 Winter olympics old regulars still shuttle into the cafe Des 4 valleys and Wail without a word for Marcel to bring their Petit Blanc. Their Glass of wine. But Iho cafe redone m plastic and Formica Rio longer serves France s hallowed melted Ham and cheese Sandwich the Cro quo Monsieur now there is a goofy microwaved substitute called Tove qom by sold along with fes love double cheeseburger on easier sunday the Baker lady was Selling brooches at a Peche mignon. Mitterrand someone else what s lha Jil Ference she said with a Meiry laugh. I m Sill working every weekend " Down the Bounlam in Lyon. The heart of old style Fiance a conflict of Ages is evident in the modern new neighbourhood called a i Dieu which translates roughly to god s ulate acre to the Efa Jue me staur doomed frenchmen perceive a breaking flown at the tabled Art of living that once set France Perl Here e Felt food Emporium in Paris. French election what will change whoever wins futuristic i Rains Cut the old time in Hall to iwo hours from Paris to Lyon a High tech part Dicu station. But he Hertz car rental office closes four hours Lor lunch. Tho huge or. Che cafeteria advertises open 11 am. To9p.m., even sundays but ii closes Lor lunch Al 2 30 pm Campaign posters cover every Flat surface of part lieu but Law people questioned in the Street say they think any of inc candidates can make headway against underlying problems. Most pictures show the Jovial lace of Raymond Barro Lyon s favorite son. Who warns hat any serious economic recovery Ivill Lake at Toast iwo Yea s of Job retraining his rival conservative for to Chance to run against Mitterrand in the May 8 Sunoll is Premier Jacques Chirac who argues roughly the Sama thing with a flashier slyly posters also taut Arch conservative Juan Mario be pen who argues foreign cultural pollution is taking France from the French. As a dark horse his ads Call him a  it makes  said Andre Duranson a Lyon Driver who Prefeta spoils to  All of them want the same  he patted his Wallet pocket. They clean up. And then they  a malaise was reflected in express Magazine. A poll indicated 54 percent of a Sample of lha nation s elite thought France was in decline. The county is finding in costly to retain the grandeur of Charles de Gaulle s defiant defense and foreign policies. France is quietly moving closer to the North Atlantic trealy organization. Recently. 1,000us marinesiromthe6th Fleet came ashore Lor a two week Caer Cise the list on French soil since 1966. The two private channels licensed last year amid Gruel hoopla show Only 24 s percent  French  one of Liqing is sexy c is. In which nude couples stress togetherness in ways outlawed in some american Stales economically. France is to blend Inlo a unified european system by 1992, our motherland is France bul our Buluro is  Mill Brand Pul in less easily defined signs indicate a concern  traditional French values and lasts Are Al risk in pen s main a tank is to Send Home immigrants la clog racism among those who worry Ihal 2 million people of North african extraction will cuddle inc mailing poll Lis Larmor wife in iwo Magazine interviews called him a raving Anil semite. Ironically be pen  right National front has Laken votes irom the communist party replacing the old Tell As the place for disgruntled workers to Register choir protest even dyed in hip woot communist supporters cup eco Inch candidate Topoll loss than 7 percent half of their 1d31 showing and lass than a thud of their High Waler Mark Aller world War ii More generally Middle class French parents worry thai youths Are growing up selfish without depth or respect for irad Lions few see Campaign programs that might counter the trend for a Large number it is a cultural vacuum especially on television. On la Froug do la for urge a Percy frenchwoman turns letters Lor contestants who spin a giant wheel to decipher a blanked Oul message in French the show s Namo Means the a Heck of Fortune " there is also be Quilop the Price is right "  productions Are licenser by the shows they copy. Aba i viewers choose among Dally Duck Andy Panda and Dan rather. The pay Channel canal plus retransmits the ass evening wows in English Al Ihal Lime and in is last gaining popularity. Some frenchmen worry thai much of Fiance is sailing Inlo foreign hands foreigners bought up is billion of in of French real Slala last year a Tifuh of Iho Market japanese investors built an Mollico Complex Al Montparnasse where once Ernest Hemingway could barely Alford a cup of Ocillee most import and. People Are caught in the Middle As the country meshes with the modern Wold bul Aid ways Loul the gears. Mitterrand has made it Clear Ihal m a second term he would set aside socialist do a in favor of letting Fiance find its own Pace. Howd an interviewer the country is headed toward a rec a Market Economy and so let s play it to the Hill Lei us have no half  bul now there is  an acronym meaning Corpora to la -.cover, that is a new French lad word. When Schneider . A diversified Horng company ried to take voc the Industrial automation group Telem Echanique elect Rique however workers blocked it by marching in the streets the Way frenchmen have done since the Fly Volution that broke toe Sun King s line sunday april 17, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 13