European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday december 2,1988 mein kampf returning to is stores by Randy Mcclain staff writer main kampf Adolf Miller s banned autobiography will go Back on Sale at bookstores operated by the stars and stripes throughout West Germany in 30 to 4 5 Days. The Book blacklisted in West Germany under a Post world War ii criminal Law that prohibits the Sale of literature promoting nazism can legally be sold in . Bookstores provided hat German citizens Are not allowed to make purchases there said col. Jeffrey m. Cook commander of the stars and stripes. He based his statement on a Legal opinion released to the Stan and stripes by the . European come stripes operates 199 bookstores throughout Europe with 158 in West Germany and West Berlin. Main kampf was taken off the shelves in Ger Many three weeks ago amid confusion Over How West German Law on nazi literature applies to . Military installations. The Book was first removed from Sale in West Ber Lin nov. 11 on orders of the . Commander there maj. Gen. Raymond e. Haddock. Haddock look the action after a Berlin television news program questioned Why Hitler s work was on Sale at a . Bookstore when it cannot be sold elsewhere in the country. A German reporter with the Berlin to news pro Gram Abendschan bought a copy of mein kampf at the stripes Bookstore at Truman Plaza in Berlin and showed it on the air. Three Days later Cook directed thai some 600 copies of main kampf on Sale at other stripes bookstores in Germany also be removed until an opinion on the legality of sates could be secured from Neucom. At the time a spokesman for the West German Justice ministry told the stars and stripes newspaper thai mein kampf or any other literature of the nazi Era banned in West Germany could be sold on . Military installations at the discretion of Oeal military commanders. Nevertheless Deanc Mcdermott circulation Man Ager for the bookstores said mein kampf was being taken off the shelves at least temporarily in recognition of Host nation sensitivity Cook said sales of the Book were stopped As a precaution. Our action was based on our understanding of the Law As it was conveyed to us at the Lime. The system basically needed an Opportunity to examine it in Light of the status of forces agreement he said initially it appeared hat we were obligated to observe the Law and until i had that clarified i think it was a reasonable precaution to Lake Sale of literature considered nazi propaganda is punishable by three years in prison or stiff fines in West Germany. However Cook said the Neucom Legal opinion clears the Way for mein kampf to go Back on Sale to americans with the proviso that Security and id checks be upgraded at All stores. Mcdermott said id checks will become mandatory at All stripes bookstores also signs will be posted showing the various . Ids civilian and military that arc accepted. The signs will be similar to those displayed at cafes stores. Military officials in Berlin said Bookstore personnel there did t always Check ids and As a result German citizens including the abcs Dachau reporter often were Able to make newspaper Magazine and Book Pur chases. Cook said it would be 30 to 45 Days before mein kampf is Back in All the bookstores from which it was removed last month including in All likelihood Heberlin store. The delay is necessary to ensure that the id can policy is being enforced in All bookstores. He said he would double Check with Berlin officials about putting the Book Back on Sale there because Allied Law in the divided City differs somewhat from Law in the rest of West Germany. But Cook said he believes there will be no problem. Maj. Thomas Williams a spokesman for the Berlin command declined to say categorically this week thai main kampf can go Back on Sale there. He referred questions on the matter to Cook. However he did add we Are not about to set marketing priorities for Stan and so rips Stan and stripes sets their own priorities on Selling  Cook said main kampf will be on Sale at about half the stores stripes operates in Germany. Basically the Book will be going Back to our Large shopping Center bookstores where it was before Cook said. The Book was never removed from Sale Ai stripes bookstores outside West Germany. News updates soviet emigration " Geneva up soviet jews allowed to emigrate to the West numbered 2,284 in november to make a total of 16,572 for the first 11 months of this year the inter governmental committee for migration said thursday. The november figure was slightly Down from the 2,473 Arri Vals in october which was the highest so far for 1988. Committee officials did no consider that significant however noting that the soviet Union continues to permit higher jewish emigration than at any Lime since 1980." Doli better Barcelona Spain a doctors attending surrealist Painter Salvador Dali said thursday his condition had slightly improved thursday despite continued severe heart trouble aggravated by blood clots in the left lung. In a statement the five doctor team attending the 84-year-old artist Ai the Quiron clinic said the patient s condition has been improving both clinically and in the amount of oxygen in his blood. Doctor had listed the artist i extremely critical condition since he was admitted to the intensive care unit of the Quiron clinic monday after being rushed to the clinic by police escorted ambulance from his Hometown of Figue Ras about 60 Miles North of Cre. He entered Figueras Hospital sunday after suffering pneumonia due to a nagging cold doctors said. Pit Bull Rule Detroit a the City Council has voted 6-3 to approve a measure thai would allow authorities to destroy pit bulls that Aren t registered licensed and tattooed. The measure passed wednes Day and headed to mayor Cole Man Young for approval wouldst top penalties of 90 Days in jail and a $200 Fine for pit Bull owner who Don t comply with the Ordi Nance. Violations would be a mis  Young has 30 Days to act on the w. Germany urges european division to improve sharing of nato defense by David Tarrant Slaff writer Brussels. Belgium West Ger Many is proposing the formation of a european military division possibly air borne As an Effort by european coun tries to do More for the common defense the head of nato s military committee said thursday. West German army Gen Wolfgang Altenburg emphasized that the proposal was a european initiative and would not include american troops. More Likely he said the division would include troops from West Germany the United King Dom Belgium and the Netherlands. The proposal by the West German de sense staff Calls for the division to be located in nato s Northern army group Northam is headquartered in Monehe Gladbach West Germany and includes most of Northern Germany. The military committee proposes a working group chaired by nato com Mander Gen. John Galvin to study the proposal. The military committee will seek agreement by the ministers to examine this further and provide a Progress re port by next year in the fall Aucon Burn  to Altenburg West Germa defense minister Rupert Scholz agreed with the proposal and raised the Issue with nato defense ministers meeting in  Altenburg said the proposal was introduced to the ministers thursday under the heading of Burden sharing because like i said it is a German initiative for another european Effort to improve de fense.". " -. The initiative was not made in response to possible . Defense cuts or troop reductions he said. The military committee also agreed to study the Issue of nato Low flying training exercises Altenburg said. The proposal by the West Germani was made in Light of the Impact the exercises have had on the West German pub Lic Ai Tinburg said. The Public is getting More reluctant to accept this extreme Burden he said. The proposal by German adm. Dieter we Lenhof recommends examining training needs against the Impact on the Public and coming up with an acceptable balance Altenburg said there was no deadline for the study yet and no specific proposals although he indicated that alternative training methods such As the use of simulators would Likely be reviewed. Of course there Are different ways for reducing exercises he said. These alter natives include taking advantage of tech Nical training and changing the tunes for Low flying he said. We arc on the very very beginning of examining  Powell slated to get 4th Star Washington a White House National Security adviser Colin Powell will be promoted to four Star rank and made commander in chief of the army s forces come in Atlanta the Pentagon announced thursday the promotion will make the 51-year old Powell the fourth Black officer to at Tain four Star rank in the . Armed forces. One of those four is currently on Active duty air Force Gen. Bernard p. Randolph. The promotion requires Senate confirmation. According to defense sources Powell will assume la new Post sometime in april when the current commander Gen. Joseph t. Palastra or. Retires Palastra has held the Post since june 1986 and is retiring after 35 year of Active military service. ".-.-. As forces come commander Powell will be in charge of All the  in the Continental United Stales forces come is headquartered at fort Mcpher son in Atlanta and has traditionally been a major career stepping Stone for senior army  upcoming promotion was first re ported thursday by the Cox news serv Sec and confirmed a Short while later by administration officials. The Pentagon later released a Short statement announcing president Reagan s intent to Nomi Nate Powell for the Job. Al v " Powell succeeded Frank c. Carlucci As Reagan s National Security adviser after Carlucci was lapped to replace the retire ing Caspar w. Weinberger. Powell is a graduate of City University in new York and received an mba de Gree from George Washington univer sity in Washington., 2 8th inf div soldiers sentenced in Ltd Case Mainz. West Germany is two Sih inf div soldiers were sentenced to imprisonment in separate trials far sell Ings total of 526 Ltd tablets a division spokesman said thursday. A judge sentenced pee. Scot  Otho co 2nd in. 4lh aviation Reg in Mam to five Yean and 10 months monday for Selling 215 Ltd lab lets. Senskey 23, was reduced to private one and ordered to forfeit All pay and  had pleaded guilty before monday s general court martial. Put. I Patrick s. Kelly of cob 118lh support in in Mainz was sentenced nov. 22 to seven years confinement and Dis honorable discharged for Selling 311 Ltd tablets and possessing the drug with the intern to sell. " Kellcy 22, who also pleaded guilty to charges received his sentence in a judge alone general court martial authorities linked the cases when they Learned thai Kelly was Selling Ltd to Senskey the spokesman said