European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday february 18,1989 canadians deny plan to move Lahr unit by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Lahr West Germany the Canadian forces Are denying local news reports that they Are considering moving the 4th Canadian Mech brigade group out Oflahe. Despite chronic overcrowding at Canadian Force base Lahr the forces have no plan to remove or reduce any military units now stationed there said army  Paul Macdonald a forces spokesman. Lahr mayor Werner Dietz met with the Canadia forces Europe commander army maj. Gen. John l. Sharpe on dec. 21 to discuss the forces plans. In written report on that meeting Dietz told the City Council monday that Sharpe already has been instructed by his defense minister to look around for possible garrisons in Schleswig Holstein and Bavaria for the brigade. Such a move would reduce the Lahr area s Canadia military population of 12,600 by 75 percent. However Macdonald said Sharpe had talked Only i theory about whether the brigade eventually might move away. And Dietz said Friday he knew from the outset that Sharpe s comments were Only speculation because no military facility is available elsewhere for the canadians to use. He said press reports exaggerated what he told the Council. I Don t understand Why they be made an elephant out of a gnat Dietz said referring to the press re ports. I made it Clear that these Are purely hypothetical  the confusion is a result of political opposition to another plan the canadians readily acknowledge the Transfer of a Cf-18 fighter Jet Squadron from Ca Nadian forces base Baden Solingen to Lahr in four or five years. The Lahr City Council voted nov. 7 to oppose the move and directed Dietz to do what he could to Stop it. If the Squadron moves to Lahr it would occupy aircraft hangars on land now used by the brigade s Royal Canadian horse arty. The forces Are trying 4oacquire 27.2 acres of land bordering the base s South East Corner to build Barracks and other facilities for the artillery unit. But Macdonald said the Canadian parliament has not allocated funds for the Squadron move or the Artil Lery unit buildings. Hews update . Attorney new York a former . Att9rney Rudolph w. Giuliani has joined a prominent Law firm but kept open a possible Mayora candidacy saying he is carefully considering running and is encouraged by the support he has found. In joining the Manhattan base Law firm of White & Case Giuliani said thursday i told them As sume i m running for mayor and let s Structure the relationship out of that so there d be no Misander  still he insisted at a luncheon with reporters that he was undecided about entering the race and viewed it As his responsibility to move with care. He said he was holding discussions about support. 8-mile stretch of autobahn 5 will close sunday Karlsruhe West Germany is autobahn 5 Between Karlsruhe and Jastatt will be closed in both direction for tree cutting from 7 . To 6 . Sunday. Traffic will be diverted from the  artery a major route to France and Western Switzerland at the Ettlinger Karlsruhe Rhei Hafen exit and at the Ras Tatt exit. Alternate routes include Federal highways 3 from Ettlinger to Jastatt and 36 from Karlsruhe to Jastatt. Autobahn police spokesman Han Brenkmann said the closure will permit a state contractor to remove Trees along the eight mile Section of Highway in preparation for expanding the Road fro two lanes in each direction to three. The work is part of a larger plan tomake the Highway three lanes wide in each direction Between Karlsruhe and Baden Baden Brenkmann said. The construction is expected to last another three or four years. Army lieutenant killed when car rams truck Fulda West Germany a 24 year old army lieutenant was killed thursday night when his car hit a truck in the rear on autobahn 3  and Roh Brunn. The officer assigned to 2nd so let hard Cav regt was travelling from Frankfurt to Wiir Burg in the right Lane when he struck the German truck a Mili tary Community spokeswoman said Fri Day. He was trapped in the car for 30 min utes before German firefighters were Able to Cut him free. A German doctor pronounced him dead at the scene. The German truck Driver was not injured in the Accident the spokeswoman said. The lieutenant s name is being with held pending notification of family. Spec a Challenge of mixed marriage discussed of equal Opportunity forum by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Kaiserslautern West Germany Black men did t dare be seen with White women after 6 . In Harry Nix on s Small Georgia Hometown during the late 1950s and Early 1960s. You did t even think about marry ing outside your own race in Georgia recalled Nixon a Black Man who is mar ried to a White French woman. Interracial marriages raise fewer Eye brows in 1989 than they did 20 years ago. But a panel of racially mixed Cou Ples said thursday that their decisions to marry people with different cultural Heri tages still create special challenges for them and their children particularly in the United states. Three soldiers their spouses and Nixon a civilian food service manager discussed their marriages at a forum held by the 29th area support group s equal Opportunity office in conjunction with Lack history month. Prejudice from co workers and Boss Esis not a problem on the Job now pan lists said. However most said they Fin greater acceptance for interracial marriages in Europe than in the unite states. One example cited was euro peans tendency to identify people by nationality instead of by race. In Germany they Don t ask if you Are Lack hispanic or White said Ursula Cooper the German wife of a Black sol Dier. I Don t understand Why they Al ways ask you in the United states what you Are on All these forms. In Germany my daughter is just a Little  married five years Cooper said she Felt so closely scrutinized by outsiders while living in the United states that ingot to the Point where i saw prejudice where it did t exist. It got better but still feel More comfortable in  children born to interracial and Sicul Tural couples occasionally suffer from the cruelty of adults and other children but they generally Benefit by haying two Dis Tinct heritages to base their lives on pan lists said. In addition to being of different races Alan Goodman and his wife sgt. Sharon Goodman have separate religious  plan to teach their daughter about both traditions so she can choose heroin path. But balancing the traditions in t Al ways easy said Verena Lofton the Ger Man wife of a Black Soldier. Lofton admitted that she Felt guilty about impressing upon her 21-year-old son More of his German heritage than his Black roots. He thinks White through me Lof w. German court upholds conviction in girls deaths by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau the West German supreme court on Friday upheld the murder conviction of Monika Weimar a West German woman who killed her two daughters in 1986 in apparent frustration Over her relationship with a . Soldier. The supreme court found that Wei mar s january 1988 conviction in a Hes sen state court for which she is serving Alife sentence in prison rests on an Abun dance of evidence. The review of therase uncovered no Legal errors the court said in a statement released in Karlsruhe. The bodies of Weimar s daughter Melanie 7, and Karola 5, were found aug. 8, 1986, in Heringes Wolfer Shau sen four Days after they were reported missing and about nine Miles from their Home. Prosecutors said Weimar killed the girls because their presence interfered with her Romance with spec. Kevin d. Pratt then of the 11th army Ca regt at nearby bad Hersfeldt. At the trial Pratt testified that he had asked Weimar to get a divorce so he could marry her and take her and the girls to the United states. Weimar s lawyers appealed her conviction claiming Strong doses of Tran Quiliz ers had rendered her unable to comprehend what was happening during her police interrogation pretrial proceedings and the trial itself the court statement said. A supreme court investigation revealed Weimar had taken two 5-Milli Gram tablets of valium on four trial Days and one Tablet on another trial Day. The accused s behaviour on those Day showed no tangible evidence of tranquil Izer use symptoms the court said add ing that even defense attorneys had made no stated observations about Wei mar s behaviour at the time. The lawyers also said the lower court violated Weimar s right to a fair trial by failing to prevent television and radio Crews from taping the lower court s april21, 1987, on scene examinations of four places associated with the murders. West German Media reported extensively on the murders and the trial. The court decided that the allegedly illegal Media recordings were not grounds for an Appeal. The allegation that the verdict rest son procedural mistakes can be ruled out the supreme court said. British inflation up London a Britain s annual inflation rate surged to 7.5 percent in january from 6.8 percent in the previous month. Ton said. But i could not jump Over my Shadow. It s an emotional  Lofton has been married to chief warrant officer 3 Joe Lofton for 22 years. Before falling in love with her Hus band she said she had looked Down on Blacks considering them Lazy with no culture no education nothing  her poor impression of Blacks came she said from White american co workers. Prejudice against interracial marriage Sis not limited to Whites panellists and audience members pointed out. One woman in the audience said he grandmother had Cut her out of her will after learning of the younger woman marriage to a White Man. Several Black women in the audience admitted haying harboured ill feelings toward racially mixed couples in which the Man was Black believing the Choice was a per Sonal strike against Black women As one said. But love does t discriminate an people involved in interracial marriages Don t usually set out to marry someone from a different race several panellists said. I Don t forget i m Black Nixon  because i did t marry a Black woman does t mean i Don t like  it was like something said of this is the person for you " toxic wastes found in German town by de Reavis staff writer Griesheim West Germany toxic chemical waste discovered Ina residential neighbourhood May Force the relocation of 11 families atan estimated Cost of $2 million the town s mayor said Friday. The contaminated area is one lock from where . Military family housing is being built. Soil tests around Row houses on Lilie Strasse showed a High concentration of chlorine hydrocarbons said Kurt Leber mayor of Griesheim a Darmstadt suburb. The substance is suspected of causing cancer. The houses were built in 1986on ground formerly occupied by a company that produced chemical for the tanning Industry. Home owners called for an investigation after noticing foul doors emanating from the soil. Darmstadt military Community spokesman Joe Hitt said the Community was not aware of the potential problem and had not been notified by Griesheim officials. However army safety and environmental specialists plan to investigate the matter Hitt said