European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday february 12,1989 5,000 at w. German rally against Ultra rightist meet Rahden West Germany up an estimated 5,000 persons chanting nazis out demonstrated sat urday against an ultralight party meeting in this Small Central German town two Days after the Bonn govern ment banned another Neo nazi movement. Over 1,000 police were on standby outside a restau rant in Rahden where about 160 members of the National democratic party of Germany Ned gathered for the party s annual two Day convention. The regional police authority and Rahden s town Council had banned the meeting but a local court ruled the convention could be held. An estimated 5,000 demonstrators chanting nazis out and we need no fihrer also gathered in the Small town and several Hundred formed a human barricade around the restaurant where the meeting was held. A police spokesman said the demonstration had pre vented a number of Ned members from entering the meeting room but he said police would not Force path through the protesters for party members. The Small ultralight party was represented in a num Ber of West German state assemblies from 1966 to 1972 but lost All its seats in subsequent elections. The Start of the Ned meeting saturday came two Days after the Banning of the Neo nazi National Sam lung National gathering largely known As the is. After the Banning of his party is Leader Michae Kuhnen who spent seven years in prison for Neo nazi activities announced he had formed a new Organiza Tion called the popular will initiative. Police earlier seized Small arms ammunition an nazi propaganda in is members apartments and houses. A government spokesman said the ban was announced in time to Stop the movement from running in local elections in Frankfurt. Another ultralight movement the Republican party sent Shock Waves through West Germany when it took 7.5 percent of the vote in West Berlin Cit elections Jan. 29, obtaining 11 seats in the local parliament and two in the National Assembly. Political observers believe Chancellor Helmut Kohl s conservative government sees a growing Chal Lenge from ultralight parties in Light of the republicans Strong showing in West Berlin. Digging into the past a a worker inside the Luxor Temple in Egypt brushes away dirt from the base of one of the statues found at the ancient site. At right Are a sculptured likeness of Hore Heb a general who became pharaoh and a statue of pharaoh amenophis Iii who founded the Temple in the second millennium . World today seals lose calving ground to warm Winter in Baltic Soderhamn Sweden a Gray seals thinned out by past Hunting and pollution face a new threat this Spring because warm temperatures have melted away their calving areas on the Baltic ice. Sweden s National news Agency to reported Friday that 100 seals had gathered near Soderhamn on the Central Baltic sea coast apparently in search of the ice floes where they usually Bear their Young. Most of the Baltic is ice free and Sweden is More than Halfway through the Mildest Winter in recorded history. The group represents nearly 7 percent of the Esti mated 1,500 Gray seals in the Baltic. The seals which numbered about 100,000 in 1900, have been hunted through most of this Century because they compete with commercial fishermen for their catch. Fishermen claim the Seal population has been in creasing since they were put on the protected list in1974, but researchers dispute the claim. The Grays have been further thinned out by chemical pollution according to the report. Researchers believe the seals May Migrate farther North in search of ice before the annual calving time which comes in about three weeks the Agency reported. Czechoslovak Park Trees damaged by pollution Prague Czechoslovakia a Czechoslovakia s largest National Park has become heavily polluted with half of its Trees severely damaged the communist party daily rude Provo reported Friday. It said the 80,000-acre giant mountains National Park a popular skiing resort some 81 Miles North of Prague has been badly affected by Fulfur dioxide and other Industrial pollution from chemical plants an Power stations using Low Grade Coal. Over 5o percent of pollution comes from the equipment of our neighbors said an official from the forests and water ministry apparently referring to factories in nearby Poland and East Germany. Roaming Herd throws jumbo fear into african town Nairobi Kenya a a Herd of elephant forced residents of a coastal town to remain indoors overnight and allowed nightclub revellers to enjoy themselves Long after Legal closing hours a news Agency reported. The residents of kale fled indoors and locked themselves inside when 20 elephants strolled int town the state owned Kenya news Agency reported. Bar patrons afraid of provoking the elephants into stampeding stayed put until thursday morning. The precautions proved unnecessary. The elephant finally settled in the town s playground for the night and strolled to the nearby Shimba Hills at Dawn. Elephants have been known to destroy crops by stampeding through farms around kale about 18 Miles Southwest of the Indian Ocean port of  ministry of tourism and wildlife is installing an electrified Fence to confine elephants inside nearby Savo West National Park. London a a 1,582-Page paperback Bible with the Skyline of Man Hattan on an Orange cover is going on Sale in Britain aimed at people who May not know what it s All about. Discover the world s greatest Book says a headline above the main title the  we used a color photo of manhattans a Symbol for a Book that is both con temporary and timeless said Juli ayoung religious books publicist at pub Lishers Hodder and Stoughton. The wording markets the Bible on it sown merits without appealing to the Reader s religious commitment Youn said. Inside the text runs across the Page instead of in the usual double column found in bibles. This makes for ease of Reading an shows the Many poetic passages to Best advantage the publishers say. There s a 42-Page introduction to theold and new testaments and a Reading plan for getting through the 810,000words in one year from genesis through revelation. Also included is a history of Israel a account of the jewish religion and a few lines about each of the 66 books of the Bible. A Page headed Well known events inthe Bible starts with the creation runs through the plagues of Egypt and Daniel in the Lions Den and ends with Paul Shipwreck. The greatest Story Ever told is now being marketed As just that a sort of Gigantic thriller reported London s evening Standard newspaper. They be even dropped the holy from the title to leave it Short and punchy in 2-Inch embossed Silver  we Don t mind them saying that be cause we want to attract the general Reader rather than the Christian Community who know the Bible Young said. The publishers have ordered a firs print run of 100,000 copies said Dick Douglas editorial manager of the com Pany s Bible division. The Book retails for about $8.60, an will be sold at train stations and airports As Well As major bookstores. Asked if he thought sales would Hoover 100,000, Douglas said of Good heavens yes i should Jolly Well Hope so the publishers hired front rank Adver Tising agents Saatchi and Saatchi to take care of the National press Campaign an posters showing the Book compared to Moses tablets of Stone along with the slogan easier to digest than  Martin Lee who buys religious books for the . Smith Chain of 410 bookstores and Newsstands said rethink it s a great step Forward in Bible publishing to make it More accessible to everyday Man. It really does look like a mass Market  the text of the paperback is the anglicized new International version a com plete edition of the Bible produced in the United states in 1978 by the International Bible society and first published in Britain in 1979