European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The Siam writes iut Robirto unofficial pubic Titok Forth . Red Force a Good morning no. 317. Friday March 3, 1989 a. Of. A d 8693 a corporate sponsors could save Safe skiing Page 25 Soyref fire of played Down by Young germans Frankfurt West Germany a newly 90 percent of Young West can a believe the sow bloc is not i military threat and mint want their country to Cut defense spending according to i poll a Tensed wed Sydiy. R the Surrey commissioned by Adf television appeared to to Yel another sign of the positive attitude Many germans Are developing toward the Kremlin especially toward so let president Mik Hail s. Gorbachev and Hli Promise to withdraw Roopi from Europe. Adf said the Independent  Wihlen surveyed 815 West germans Between 16 and 29 years old. The network did n t provide a margin of error for the poll conducted from feb. 17 to feb. 23. The poll mid 87 percent do not feel militarily threatened by the Warsaw pact and 78 percent believe their nation should Cut defense spending which is bobts30 billion a year. The results of the poll in used Darlng Adf program wednesday night on the armed forces. Many West germans have come to regard the cold War u nearly Over recent polls indicate the perception. Hal the soviet threat is do Munh Hong a led to growing questions bout the need for us. Military training flights in West Gem any and the routine Maneu vers that Ger mans say Chew up Farmers Fields. New talks on rockets Geneva a West Germany renewing a squabble Wilh its . Ally urged wednesday that East West negotiations on Short Range nuclear weapons in Europe be started without delaj1." West German foreign minister Hans Dietrich gun Schur said we consider negotiations on Short Ranee nuclear systems As agreed in the Western Alliance at Reykjavik icelandic 1987, to be a lop  in a speech to the 40-Nalion conference on disarmament Genscher demanded talks be started with out delay there arc no reasonable grounds for not initiating such negotiations.",. Citing the soviet Union s great superiority in Short Range nuclear systems he called on the soviets to offer unilateral cams in ils Arsenal we arc open As far As the framework and the participants Are concerned Genscher later told a news see rockets on Back Page West German computer hackers sold . Passwords to soviets Bonn West Germany a investigators have cracked a major spy ring in which we so German Hack ers allegedly acquired sensitive military computer passwords and codes and sold them to the soviets a government official said thursday a West German to network said the passwords and other information came from key military and re search computers in the United Stales Western Europe and Japan. Several West germans have been detained on suspicion of obtaining information Aboul Access to data Banks and to have passed that on to soviet intelligence agents said Roland Bache Cir spokesman for the Federal Interior ministry. He refused to confirm other details of a report by the nor Deutsche Rund Funk broadcasting network. In Washington the Pentagon declined immediate comment. One Security source speaking to the associated press on condition of anonymity said the Hickers had tried to break into a targe . Military computer net work in West Germany but  Gam Access id secret material police in Hannover arrested two hackers on suspicion of espionage activities for an Eastern european see hackers on Back Page video rentals still cutting cafes theater attendance  Munich Bureau attendance at Exchange Simce Rome houses in Europe dipped 10 percent last year As Home video rentals continued to Cut into lines at big screen Heaters. Thai  the latest word on a de Cline that has seen attendance drop by More than half since 1981, has cafes Europe officials wondering whether film distributors Wil conic nut to View the Exchange s theater Chain As a Worth while Market for newly released movies. The service s first run movie program introduced three years ago to beef up attendance and respond to customer complaints accounted for just a fifth of the 4.38 million people who attended military Heaters in Europe during the last Exchange fiscal car which ended in january the first run program is Noi set in Concrete said Moody Elliott the head of the cafes movie program in Europe. We need to keep attendance up 10 make in a viable Market for the industry.",- the Exchange service which operates about 130 paid admission Heaters in eur. Rope accounts for less than i percent of Industry income on any Given film Elliott said. Attendance at the 50 first run movies offered in 19s8 increased by about 50 percent Over the previous year from about 600,000 to 915.000. However that figure is deceiving Elliott said because the number of Heaters on the  " Long first run circuit tripled to 45 and the  each film increased from two to four. ,. Since the latter part of 1988, first run average attendance has been declining ticket snubs 9.54 8.03 declining attendance at cafes Europe movie Heaters. 4.38 source cafes Europa . Gross profit at the Heaters dipped by More than 5 percent from $6.75 million in 1987 to $6 39 million last year sever Al actors figure into that equation and most of them Point to a continued Down Ward trend he said the Strong popularity and increased availability of top films  were the single biggest Factor aft acting Ito my attendance he said. Conversely rentals at the Exchange s video concessions were up More than 10 percent last year thanks to recent Deci Sions by film makers and distributors to put movies onto the video Market much sooner than i n the past. The window Between video release and movie release is getting smaller Elliott Aid Noi Mulhat it is not unusual for a film making its debut at an Exchange Heater to be available at a local video  rental outlet. Ellioit believes the Dollar also has had. An Impact on attendance potential new ers have less disposable income today because of the sagging Dollar he said and they look at the $3 rental fee As a better alternative to spending $10 or More for a family to have an evening at the movies. Another Factor i the Lack of Advance see cafes on Back Page