European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes tuesday february 7,1989 skiers Hope to thaw relations on Bering trek Dmitri Sheparo Moscow a a dozen . And soviet adventurers Are preparing for a two month 1,200-mile ski trek from Siberia to Alaska to revive among the Region s native Peoples contacts fro zen by the cold War. This is More than adventure. We re considering this More what you might Call adventure diplomacy " said Paul Schurke 33, of Ely minn., co Leader of the Bering Bridge expedition and a Veteran of several Arctic trips. Three soviets and three americans who will embark on the expedition next month Are natives of the far North and speak local languages including Chuk Chi and yupik a language common to some eskimos in Alaska and the Chu Kot Region of Eastern Siberia Schur Esaid. During the trek which will Start March 1 from the siberian port of an Adyr the six americans and six soviets will ski their Way through 16 villages in the Chukota Region and 14 in Alaska said Dmitri i. Sheparo the soviet Leader. We must cover As Many Kilometres a Day As possible but Stop in a Maxi mum number of villages so the eskimos from Alaska can have contacts with the native populations in the soviet far East and vice versa Sheparo said. Schurke and Sheparo plan a crossing of the 53-mile-wide Bering Strait which separates the United states and soviet Union. It would be the first crossing on skis since an Eskimo mail Carrier Spike Mill Grok made the Jour Ney in 1914. There Are very difficult currents and weather conditions there Schurke said. It could Well amount to a week of North pole like travel if the ice is mov ing As we attempt to  temperatures during the expedition could be As Low As minus 22 and winds could reach 90 Mph. Paul Schurke greek . Officials begin 14th round of bases talks Athens Greece a greek and american officials monday began another round of talks on the future of four . Military bases. The officials refused comment on the Start of the four Day talks the 14th round since negotiations began in late 1987. Little Progress has been made in the negotiations. A five year operating agreement for the installations expired in december. Under terms of the old Accord the United states has 17 months to reach a new agreement or dismantle the bases. Government spokesman Sotiris Kostopoulos said at the end of last month s talks that negotiators were no further than the preamble stage 9f a new Accord and that a disagreement of views continues to be  the resignation last week of rear adm. Christos Limberis from the greek negotiating team was expected to create further delays until his replacement is found. Limberis chief of naval operations is being groomed to take Over As naval chief of staff military sources said. Another reason for the slow Pace is the socialist government s insistence that a new agreement provide assurances the United states will help solve the coun try s disputes with Turkey. The two neighbouring nato members have been at Odds Over military control of the Aegean sea its seabed Mineral rights and the Cyprus problem. American officials have said they Don t want to involve regional politics in the bilateral talks. Premier Andreas Papandreou beset by a series of embarrassing financial scandals is also expected to use the bases Issue to attract leftist votes in the june elections. Papandreou has already said he plans to shut Down Hellem Kon a adjacent to Athens International air port and hold a referendum on the remaining installations. No Snow no go iranian reveals Deal made with France Manama Kuwait up iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Velamati admitted monday that France made a Deal with Iran to Pardon a lebanese gunman held in a French jail in return for iranian help in securing the release of French hostages i Lebanon. Velamati made the admission while speaking to re porters in Tehran Iran after French foreign minister Roland Dumas concluded a two Day visit to the iranian capital and left for Paris via Kuwait. Iran s islamic Republic news Agency quoted Velamati As saying during the previous talks Between Tehran and pans Iran had promised to try to secure the release of French hostages in Lebanon and in re him " cd macs me promises for pardoning world today s. Koreans who Buck line or sell Worms face fines Seoul South Korea a cutting into ticket lines at subway and train stations is now punishable by Fine in South Korea. So is displaying visibly unpleasant living things such As snakes or Worms for Sale on the Street. Discourteous or distasteful practices Are now on a new list of 21 Petty offences and transgressors Are subject to an official warning and a $5.75 Fine. The new list released last weekend by the National Assem Bly and its additions Are expected to become Law. Other new offences include luring customers to buy supernatural potions by claiming they can cure and prevent illness disobeying officials in times of Emer gency such As a snowstorm fire or traffic Accident neglecting one s Public safety duties such As not Mak ing sure Street lamps Are lit turning off lights at Public gatherings and failing to repair a House that is danger Ous to passers by. New algerian Constitution to be offered by Leader Algiers Algeria a algerian president Chad Bend Edid has proposed a new National Constitution that drops All references to socialism and opens the door to a multiparty system with protections for civil liberties. Bend Edid s office said the Constitution will be submitted to a referendum feb. 23. Daughter urges reburial of hungarian Premier Budapest Hungary a the daughter of Imre Nagy the 1956 Premier executed along with others m the Wake of the anti soviet revolt has appeared in Public for the first time in More than three decades and called for a Public reburial of her fatherland other leaders of the uprising. Erzsebet Nagy also told the hungarian state run television sunday night that a process is now under Way in Hungary to create a democratic state based on the Rule of Law. The 1956 events Are being expose with All the  her appearance on hungarian television followed a television interview saturday night with the widows of pal Maleter and Geza Losonczi who also had not been seen in Public since the 1956 revolt was crushed by soviet tanks. Millions of hindus begin ritual bathing for festival Allahabad India a an estimated 15 Mil lion hindus holy men from their Himalayan Cave Nomes naked recluses from Forest Dens and Ordinary i gems from across India began immersing them selves at the Confluence of two sacred Rivers monday. V us bathing is. The " 6� pint of the seven week Mimah Mela festival one of the largest religious gatherings in the world. The Kumph Mela is celebrated every 12 years according to the lunar Calendar