European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes sunday March 5.1989 Many dropping party membership pravda says Moscow a communist party members arc dropping their membership because they Are ashamed to be associated with former Sovil leaders Jose Stalin and Leonid Brcich nov pravda re Phoneil saturday. The official communist party newspaper no cd that some might argue thai the shameful portions of the party s history should be kept quiet us was the policy for decades. But the newspaper concluded that real communist party members should Star the Pali of facing the truth. I Ravda Atso said i he term ref Ulcnik Long used colloquially for soviet Citi Zens who have been refused a it visas is being used to describe people who choose to throw away their valuable membership in the sole political party. The Sovil government Long hid Sor did Points of its history and in fact Glori fied Stalin with a cull of personality during his lifetime. But under president Mikhail s. Gorbachev s policy of Glas nost or openness the National press has been full of reports on repression and death under Stalin and corruption under Brezhnev and old party members have been upset by the revelations. Pravda cited electrician Sergei k. Cha Payco 56 and teacher m. Zap Odoi Nikov from the Gorno Altai Region in Western Siberia. All my life appears to be worthless said Cha Payco who was a party member for 19 years before quitting recently. All Rny life 1 believed and now All is gone to ashes and not a blessed thing  correspondent e. Solomon to said the two disaffected party members from Gorno Altai were not isolated cases but were part of a larger problem dating Bac years. He said he remembered Leningrad party members quitting during Brezhnev s Lime saying it s because we can not live anymore in lies and  that the truth is painful pravda concluded this is a pain similar to that which occurs when Light strikes the eyes of Aman who has Long been in darkness and finally emerges into the Sun or. When a doctor restores sight to a Blind Man and takes from his eyes the Black  goes the  Thatcher Calls Rushdie Book deeply offensive to Isla London a prime minister Margaret Thatcher said she agrees with the View that the satanic verses has deeply offended islam arid Iran on saturday called her remarks the first expression of sympathy with moslem Over the Book Salman Rushdie inc novel s author has been in hiding ii acc iranian Leader Aya Zollah Ruho Luigi Khomeini or dered his death on feb. 14.  s parliament has said thai it would soon Cut diplomatic tic with Britain unless Britain disa vowed Lii contents of Rushdie s novel which has been held a blasphemous by moslem protes ters around the world. Britain insists that Khomeini withdraw the Deal to sentence on Rushdie who was born a moslem in India and is now a naturalised Iriton Rushdie on thursday foreign Secretary sir Geoffrey Howe was first to distance the government from Rushdie noting that the Book portrayed Thatcher As mrs. Tor Ture. Howe said in an interview broadcast in Iran that the novel not duty offended moslem but it also Init lid the British by comparing their country to nazi Ger Many however he said Iran s death threats were unacceptable. Thatcher said Friday we have known in our own religion christianity people doing things which Are deeply offensive to some of us deeply offensive and we Reft it very much. And thai is what ims happened  but she added i think that these great religions arc Strong enough and deep enough to withstand these kind of  Iran s official islamic Republic news Agency said saturday that Thatcher s first expression of sym Pathy with moslem Over the Book was a Clear attempt to defuse the Row Between Britain and Iran before next tuesday s deadline that the iranian parliament gave to London to alter its Altitude or face the consequences of a Complete Cut in diplomatic  however Irna added that the arc has been no for Mal response from Tehran to inc British government s overtures the dispute has led the 12-Mcm Ber european Community and several other countries to withdraw their ambassadors from Iran Nineteen people have been killed in protests Over inc Book in India and Pakistan. 4 japanese bus newsmen indicted for bribery in Stock scandal Tokyo a prosecutors an saturday indicted four businessmen for bribery in a Slock scandal that his toppled several High ranking government officials and tarnished the reputation of prime minister Noboru Tak Shila. Those indicted include Hiromasa Ezoch the 52-year old founder and former chairman of the recruit co. Cong of morale. The prosecutors office said. Eoe was arrested feb. 11 on a charge of offering bribes the company reportedly sold about 687.000 unlisted stocks of its. Scales talc subsidiary. Recruit cos mos co. At bargain prices to politicians their aides and other prominent figures in september 1986. Pur chasers made huge profits when the stocks went Public and u rocketed in value. Also indicted were it Shekiba 55, and Hisa Nitto a read a 56. Two former officials of the giant private company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone prosecutors said. They Are accused of receiving recruit bribes. Hiroshi Kobayashi the 43-year-old vice president of first finance was also indicted for offering bribes prosecutors said. First finance is a recruit subsidiary Hal financed the Stock sales. The indictments were the first since november when prosecutors indicted former recruit official Hiroshi Matsubara for allegedly trying to bribe an Operio Sitton lawmaker into soft pedal ing a parliamentary investigation into the scandal. Since the Stock scandal became Public last summer More than 10 politicians and business leaders have resigned. Among  three members of take Shila s Cabinet including former finance minister Kiichi Miyazawa. Tak Shila faces opposition Calls in. The japanese parliament to resign or account for his links to the scan dal. The parties have urged Tak Shila to submit Pur Chase contracts and other documents for recruit shares allegedly held by his former Secretary Ihei Aoki and Katsuyuki Fukuda a relative of Tak Shila. Panama accuses . Naval employee Panama City up an american employed by the . Military who also is the son of a prominent panamanian exile was arrested Friday and charged with thread cams state Security relatives said. James Wool Ford Correa 30, who is a Security instructor at the Rodman . Naval station in the canal zone was arrested by armed military agents in civilian clothes said Kongo Corrca an Uncle of Woolford who l