European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 2,1989 the stars and stripes a troupe of adore in Tup hats and bustles re enact the inauguration of Paris Eiffel Tower. Centennial fete toasts Eiffel s inauguration Paris a a troupe of adore in period dress climbed i,7t0 Steps to the lop of the Eiffel Tower Friday to re enact the inauguration a Cen Tury ago of France s most famous landmark. On March 31,1889 Alexandra Gustave Eiffel and his entourage climbed to the top of the 1,000-foot lower and unfurled a red while and Blue Flag marked with the initials r.f., for re pub Lique Francaise. Construction of the lower look two years two months and two Days with a Crew of 200 men and was within the j1,6 million budget. For Friday s ceremony the Ihrck Levels of the lower were transformed into outdoor cafes soar in Gaborc Paris. A warm Breeze blew across the. Tables filled Wilh hundreds of invited guests sip Ping Champagne served by waiters in Black vests ant while aprons. Television monitors scattered around the Periphery of the tables tracked the actors Progress not everyone who started at inc foot of the lower with the energetic 55-year-old Engineer 100 years ago made ii to the top. Some were Loo tired by the first level logo on. One Man suffer ing from vertigo had himself blindfolded at the second Icv Cland finished inc climb. Japanese Leader say Stirm bought fund Raiser tickets Tokyo a prime minister Noboru Takeshita Friday said the company at the Center of a Stock Trad ing scandal Bough $151,000 Worth of tickets for a fund raising party of his two years ago. Also Friday the first conviction in the scandal which has led to the resignations of three Cabinet members was handed Down. Takishita s acknowledgement that he received what amounts to sizable political donations from the re Erbil co. Was certain to increase pressure on him and his Cabinet to step Down. I have confirmed Here was a Purchase of tickets for the fund raising party take Liila said in response to questions in an upper House budget committee session. Takishita acknowledged the amount of Money re Cruit co. Paid for tickets to the May 1987 party was slightly excessive but he refused to elaborate. Such fund raising parties arc common among politicians and Are a Way of sidestepping Legal restrictions on political donations. Large corporations often buy a Large number of parly tickets to show their support for politicians. But it is quite unusual for one company to buy 20 million yen is 51,000 Worth of tickets at once health and welfare minister Junichiro Koizumi told reporters. It was not immediately Clear if recruit s ticket Pur chases would be considered outright political donations and thus subject to restrictions. An official of the ministry of Home affairs which regulates political donations said the purchases would be Legal As Long As the Price of each ticket is within the Range of common sense and the number of tickets purchased is within a reasonable limit that a company can possibly  recruit an information conglomerate sold unlisted shares in a subsidiary at bargain prices in Lale 1986 to about 150 influential politicians bureaucrats and businessmen allowing them to profit handsomely when Public trading began and the shares soared in Price. The Tako Shila administration has been rocked by the recruit scandal since it began during the summer. Recent opinion polls indicate Public support for take Shila has fallen to 9 percent inc lowest level for any prime minister since the end of world War ii. The influential newspaper Asahi Shimun in an editorial prepared for publishing saturday called in ticket purchases Black Market political  this Means that the process by  became prime minister was also contaminated by re Cruit Money the paper said. We arc continually appalled at the realities of Money politics that have been Corning put. I the current situation warrants the resignation of the Cabinet " opposition parties have repeatedly demanded that Takeshita re sign or Call new elections. Prosecutors have arrested 14 people in connection with the scandal including recruit founder hit Omasa Ezoch take Sulu at least 17 political including Tak Shila have been linked to the scandal through Shady transactions of bargain priced recruit Cosmos stocks. About 12,000 shares went to a Secre tary and a relative of Takeshita in september 1986 for a profit of about $ 189,000. Hiroshi Matsubara a former lop aide to Ezoe was convicted Friday of trying to bribe opposition lawmaker Yanosuke Narazaki who spearheaded parliamentary questioning into the scandal. Matsubara was sentenced to 18 months in prison. The. Sentence however was suspended for four years and Matsubara will not go to jail if he does not violate the Taw during that  Mizwin  a Julie   Viu univ it a a Hunt Tui a Greece enacts emergency rules to combat Athens air pollution Athens Greece a the government on Friday announced emergency measures to combat soaring air pollution As windless warm Spring weather Hung u noxious Brown Cloud Over the greek capital. Industrial plants in and around Athens were or dered to decrease production by 3.0 percent for 24 hours starting Early saturday morning. Restrictions on the number of cars driving in the City Center from 8 00 until 1 00 . Saturday were also to be imposed the environment ministry announced. The National Center for emergency help reported that at the height of the air pollution Between 9 00 . And 2 00 ., 44 people were treated at City hospitals with pollution related heart and respiratory problems. The slate run program for pollution control said nitrogen dioxide measured 634 micrograms per cubic meter of air. The stale set emergency level is 500 micrograms. The National meteorological service said warm still weather was forecast until sunday when a mod Erate wind was expected to develop. Temperatures in Athens touched 73 degrees a rent Cit on Friday with no wind to Clear the pollution. Pollution has become a serious problem for Athens and its environs an area that is Home to Over one third of Greece s population of 10 million. A thick Brown Cloud of pollutants forms in the  when worm still weather creates a temperature inversion layer a Barrier of cold air that traps the pollutants in the lower atmosphere. Australia s new air base strike Range to Asia Tindal air based Ikja Lia a four Boeing 707jcls being convened for prime minister Bob Hawke a Friday midair refuelling will allow fighter aircraft opened a new fighter base and Atn Force to operate Well Forward of these bases to Headquarters in the comment s far North a Eufe Australia s maritime approaches. Re a. _  Hin Hawk said. " the air base at Tindal covers 75 Square Miles of harsh Bush country where the Monsoon i a question. 1 told the president Kenan Parent attempt to buy time for Hil Itgen i will Call Early elections if it government after his motherland Pari 1j be to be necessary to big loss in local elections. In sundays voting the motherland party  behind the social Democrat to pulls Mcuay and the conservative True path pan of former Premier St Sleyman Demirel. A the governing party Gar Noreil 12-. Percent of the Voles nationwide. Only 10 ministers Kepi their posts in the 22-member Cabin of and Ozal added three portfolios to bring the number of ministers o 25. Ozal has vowed to slay on As pre Mier despite his parly s defeat in local Csc clubs across the country sunday. J a said the new government Coull run the country until the end of his 1992. Down from the 36 percent in captured in 1987 general Eccl ions. The party win Only two mayor ships in 67 provincial capitals