European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday september 25,1989 soviets assail Berlin plans paper says Hamburg West Germany a the soviet Union Iris criticized proposals by the three Allied Powers governing West Berlin saying that they ignore con temporary political realities a newspaper reported saturday. The Hamburg based Bild am sonntag newspaper in a telex said it had obtained the text of the soviet response which was announced a week ago. Last december the three Allied pow ers in West Berlin the United Stales France and Britain issued a memorandum to soviet officials who control the Eastern sector of the City containing it is briefs proposals for improving conditions in  officials have refused to Dis close the nature of the proposals. Bui the mass circulation Bild said the soviet response criticized them Asig Noring the territorial and political Reali ties of Central  the allies Are operating with a conceptual orientation that does not Corre Spond with the actual current state of affaire the newspaper quoted the reply assaying. The newspaper said the soviets first demanded recognition or East German sovereignty for air corridors used by the allies under a treaty with the soviets the soviet reply denounced continued references to the two occupied halves of the City. " East Berlin is now he capital or East Germany and has the same status As the rest of the nation the newspaper quoted the response As saying. Under Post world War i treaties. Berlin is an International City governed by the four nations that Defeated nazi Germany in 1945. . Officials have said the memorandum on the soviet Union was prompted by president Reagan s 1987 Berlin initiative in which he called for improving International air Access to Berlin and staging the olympic games and other sports on both sides of the Berlin Wall. During a june 12, 1987, speech in West Berlin Reagan called on soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear Down the Berlin Wall which divides the City. The soviet response according to the newspaper was directed at reinforcing Easl German claims that its sovereignty must retaken into account in any talks on reducing a tangle of regulations in the divided City. Maureen Reagan meets with Mozambique Leader Maputo Mozambique a president Reagan s daughter Maureen delivered a Mes Sage from her father to president Joaquim Chis Sano on saturday and described her meeting As extremely important during an Airport news conference before her departure. Maureen Reagan did not disclose the contents of the message but said she was return into Washington with Chiusano s reply. The president s daughter spent 24 hours in the country As the head of a presidential commis Sion on refugees. She visited a Center for Chil Dren who had been rescued from the Mozambique National resistance guerrillas fighting to topple the marxist oriented government. Com Mission members also visited a women s agricultural cooperative and a Center for people Dis placed by the 12-year-old civil War. Jury selected to hear Myerson conspiracy trial new York. A a jury has been chosen to hear the divorce fixing conspiracy trial of for Mer miss America Bess Myerson next month. The panel was sworn late Friday afternoon by . District judge John f. Keenan and told to return oct. 4 for opening arguments by prosecution and defense lawyers. Six alternates also were selected. The trial is expected to last 10 , 64, the City s former cultural affairs commissioner her Boyfriend. Carl Andy Ca passo 43 and former state judge Hortense Gabol 75, Are charged with mail fraud and conspiracy for an alleged scheme to fix Capasso s  is also charged with obstruction of Justice. If convicted of Alt charges she faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison an the other two face up to 2 5 years. Capasso is already imprisoned in an unrelated Case Myerson is accused of giving a j19,000-a-Yearcity Job to Gabol s daughter to influence the judge s decisions during Capasso s bitter divorce from his then wife Nancy. Hurricane Helene fading Over Cool Atlantic Waters Miami a Hurricane Helene lost steam saturday As it swirled northward Over cooler at lactic Waters a path that if continued will kill the storm forecasters said Helene was demoted from a category 4 Hurri Cane with winds of 140 Mph to category 3 afters lop sustained winds dropped to 115 Mph said Hal Gerrish of the National Hurricane Cen  noon Helene was entered near latitude 18.0 North Longitude 48.2 West or about s90miles cast of Antigua. The storm was moving North Northwest at about 10 Mph and was expected to turn North after Midnight. It s moving to the North Over the open Waters of the Atlantic. It s still in the tropics but when Ever they move North they lose their strength  could take Chilly Waters a week or More to kill off the storm Gerrish.  at the upper level make it appear unlikely the storm will strengthen or change course he said. Leaders to work for stability in Money rates source says Berlin a finance leaders of the world s seven key Industrial Powers saturday agreed to main Tain stable financial markets guard against higher inflation and help heavily indebted poor countries a British government source said. The source said the finance Leaden agreed the would continue to pursue policies that will maintain Exchange rate stability and cooperate on Exchange markets. No mention was made of the . Dollar which has been gaining strength in recent months. The officials also said that while inflationary pres sures were being held in Check vigilance is required said the British source who spoke on condition of anonymity. They Don t see an Overall inflation threat he said. The officials also gave final approve to a plan to help the world s poorest countries mostly in sofa Saha ran Africa he said. The plan unveiled at the Toronto economic Summit of Industrial nations offers a variety of options including slashing interest rates and forgiving some Loans. The new . Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady made Bis debut at the discussions at the Villa Bonig site of the German development foundation on the outskirts of West Berlin. The Daylong talks were held in conjunction with this week s annual meeting of the International monetary fund and its sister organization the world Bank. The International financial agencies have 151 member  British official described the talks As very constructive there was no banging on the table or anything like that he said. They were very much United in what needs to be  embassy from Page 1 item Gemayel s Powers and thus is the legitimate govern ment of Lebanon even though three moslem officers named to serve on the interim Cabinet refused their posts. This is not so Hoss said. The presidential pow ers have passed to my Cabinet because Gemayel had no constitutional right to form another government before he  Hoss became acting prime minister after the assassination of prime minister rash id Karami by a bomb explosion in an army Hal i copter on june 1,1987. Hoss said his Interior minister Abdulla Rassi the Only Christian member of the Hoss Cabinet had been named Deputy prime minister. Lebanon has been plagued by sectarian strife since 1975. But this was the first time since Independence from France in 1943 that Lebanon had come so close to formalizing the do Facto partition Between christians and moslem. Parliament its 76 current deputies deeply divided along sectarian lines cancelled a Friday morning ses Sion undermining the third attempt in live weeks to elect a new president. Parliament speaker Hussein Husseini postponed the session until a Dale that will be announced later the parliament Secretary Ihsan Abu Khalil said. Ship reports mine sighted in Gulf Manama Bahrain a a kuwaiti naval vessel spotted a mine in the persian Gulf the first such re port since the cease fire in the eight year Iran Iraq War went into effect late last month a report said  London based Lloyd s shipping intelligence unit which monitors maritime traffic around the world said a kuwaiti fast attack boat spoiled the mine Friday about 30 Miles cast of the Central Kuwait port of Mina  executives who spoke on condition of anonymity said the report was not affecting shipping inthe 600-mile-Long waterway the executives said it was not immediately know whether the mine was moored to the Bottom of the 66 foot deep Channel or was  say they Hope the Gulf s navigational channels will be cleared of mines and other War debris by unanticipated multinational mine sweeping operation . Navy officials in the Gulf estimate about 200mines Are scattered around the area. Hirohito s condition worsening Tokyo a Imperial family members were summoned to emperor Hirohito s bedside saturday As his temperature soared and doctors said they stepped up the Pace of blood transfusions. The treatment appeared to help lower the frail Mon Arch s temperature and his condition improved slightly by Nightfall doctors said. Japan on saturday closed the first week of its Vigil Over the 87-year-old emperor whose 62-year reign is the longest of any living Monarch. As the initial news of the downturn in his condition spread thousands of people thronged the gales of the Imperial Palace. More than 175,000 have signed their names in registries praying for Bis recovery. Imperial household Agency spokesman Kenji Maeda criticized Media reports that said the emperor was near death. The Agency filed a complaint against the Asahi Shimun Japan s second largest National daily after it ran a Story in us evening editions saying Hirohito was dying of pancreatic cancer. Crown Prince Akihito who assumed the full roster of Imperial duties thursday continued his daily shuttles to his father s bedside at Fukiage Palace from nil nearby residence. He was joined by Prince Mika a Hirohito s younger brother. Princess Chichiu and Princess Takamatsu a widowed Sisters in Law and Prince Hitachi his second son. Prince Aya Akihito s son planned to interrupt i studies at Britain s Oxford University to return to Japan soon the Palace said. Foreign minister Sosuke Uno cancelled plans to leave for new York on sunday to attend the  Assembly the ministry said