European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday. September 13,1989 exodus from East Germany continues continued from Page 1 Manvitz  persons couples and families with children made try journey from Hungary to West Germany infuses  and on motorcycles. We dict it really plan to come Here but when we heard about Lac opening of the hungarian austrian Border we do Mcd this was a Chance said 20-year-old Volkmar wit. Who crossed into West Germany on a Small Motorc pc with his twin sister. Katrin. Many refugees sch cheering and shouting As the reached Bavaria Undene Blaze of television lights while their children played with Teddy bears handed out by Relief workers. Coupe kissed in their cars. Some tumbled out of compact cars packed with peo ple and hashed Victory signs after crossing into West Germany. Others rushed to telephones to Tell relatives Back Home that they had finally mlle it to West Ger Many. Vit was the greatest flood of East Gentian refugees since 1961, the year the Berlin Wall wait built to halt the Tow to the  s action is the first time a was try pact country has aided an exodus of refugees from communist nation. East German leaders Cupi. Outrage at the hungarian government and state rites Media accused it of organized smuggling of humans Vin Moscow the soviet news Agency Tass con-1 Welcome to dam cd Western Media for what it called a tendentious Campaign to Spur illegal East German emigration. Tass also said that West German diplomatic mis Sions illegally protect East German refugees and Supply them with West German documents. Several Hundred East germans seeking Safe passage to the West Are now holed up in West Germany s embassy in Prague Czechoslovakia. It was not known How Long the exodus of East Ger mans out of Hungary would last. News reports said the East German government might restrict travel to Hun Gary in retaliation. I have this feeling that i have missed the last train to the  a worried student in East Berlin Lod the associated press. Other East bar tigers speaking on condition of anonymity expressed the same fear. The exodus came after weeks of talks Between two Ger Many failed. On sunday the hungarian i can mint formally announced it would allow All germans in that country to leave for West go rms Chancellor Helmut Kohl in a speech in a said that until East Germany adopts re forts West Germany will be seen As a Mecca for Una Happy East German citizens. Or in Washington state  spokes Man Richard Boucher said the  welcomes the hungarian action. A we also commend Austria fits help and support and we Admire the efforts of the cd Cral Republic to offer a Home to fellow  Freedom he said. After crossing into the Wir. The refugees lined up to Register with West German charities and Border authorities. As parents Sorc Tchun. Filled out forms or cupped hands around containers of Coffee handed put by volunteers their  lined up in the morning Mist forthe Teddy  books and other donated play things f but Moj arriving monday opted to drive on to rela Tives Ian attics As far away As Hamburg More than 350 Milc syrom the Border. Out 6,000 East germans had already fled to theist this summer through Hungary which with to Rand is gradually liberalizing while neighbouring East bloc governments arc resisting the Freer climate fostered by soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. In Yugoslavia about 100 romanians who have fled from their communist country gathered monday at a . Office in Belgrade applying to be resettled in the West. Meanwhile. West German news Media reported that East German Leader Erich Hon Cockcr who supervised the Berlin Wall s construction is in failing health. The Adf television network quoted Western Diplo Matic sources in Hungary As saying Hon Cockcr s medi Cal condition has deteriorated  a Flie no East germans told by Effie Batman Andvino Ccrawley staff writers Passau. West Germany a West German bus Driver and his wife their car filled with fresh bananas waited atthe austrian Border monday afternoon greeting refugees from the East. They insisted that their names not be used saying the Day belonged to the East germans who were finally Given Permis Sion on sunday night to leave hungarian refugee Camps after weeks of waiting. We just Hope to bring them some courage and encouragement the bus Driver s wife said. The couple who arc in their 50s and live in Mainz Cross a Var front tast Germany 32 years ago taxi were a Al Vaca Tion near the bavarian Bai Dufftown of Passau when they heard tha Oft refugee were being allowed to . We Don t know any Fly Ihm Tirson ally the bus Driver said after give Felt his address to an East German family. Only want to say Welcome to Girmai Welcome to Freedom " at the West Carman austrian Border one East Garfman woman described her journey. Sire like other East germans inter Mejisa monday did not want to be id Nti said that she and her husband Andson made a spontaneous decision at the end of August to leave their Home in Dresden. They arrived sept. I at a Refu gee Camp in Budapest and spent the next 10 Days there. On sunday they and their fellow citizens received the news for which they had been waiting an announcement that generated an outburst of Joy among the refugees. After sleeping a few hours the family left the Camp at 5 . And drove More than eight hours to the austrian West " Jerman Border. They brought Only their sports and clothing and a few person a flings such As pictures of her her late of he and her married daughter who remained behind. We lift everything a four room apartment uni lure everything a said. She she said she Hopes the decision to leave the East would not have a negative Impact on her daughter and her  said they decided to leave partly because life in East Germany is too con fined and there was no Freedom of  most important reason though she said is her son s future. He is 20, an she Hopes that he will be Able to get a Good Job. They plan to join her brother in win him near Mannheim. At an autobahn rest Stop Between  and Passau a hungarian tourist pulled Over and talked about the East germans exodus. Referring to their plight since the end of world War ii he said it was a Long journey. It took 40  refugees seen As Aid to w. German Economy to. Tennit Avicy wih Chr irm ulv Rarned Marks the new cilia bus our population was getting older with the Ensby de Reav staff writer the thousands of East grf hians who arc pouring into West Germany via Hlf figary will provide extra strength to West Germany already Strong Economy a spokesman for an  Institute said monday. At the same tiny the flood of new citizens should help West  expected difficulties in financing its social Security and unemployment pro Grams a government spokesman in Bonn said. Officials a top acting some 100,000 East germans to make thaw Gal or illegal trip to West Germany this year Klaus la Cicewski an expert with the Institute of German economics in Cologne said. West German Industry claims it needs somewhere Between 600,000 and 900,000 skilled workers to expand production Leciejcwski said. Until now it has been impossible to fill these positions from the Reser voir of 1.8 million registered unemployed. I m certain Industry will find them among the  with their newly earned Marks the be cil Izi also will fuel demand for consumer products As build their lives in the West Leciejcwski said. These people will have a number of needs to fulfil they need Homes furnishings cars clothes food and vacations he said. The benefits for this econ omy arc  the East germans Are abandoning their country a1, a time of an economic Boom in West Germany. During the first six months of 1989, West Ger Many s Economy experienced its highest growth rate in 13 years. The government reported last week that the Gross National product grew 4.6 percent during the first half of this year. The Gnu is the total value at retail prices of All the goods and services produced by a nation s Economy. As an additional Benefit to the country the refugees will inject Youthful citizens into the country s aging population said Bodo Gaw a spokesman for the ministry of economics in Bonn. Liz by ensuing is theft problem of not having enough people working to supt port our pension and social systems with their taxes Kaw said. The new citizens will help alleviate  Chic Jowski said the majority of refugees from East Many will be quickly absorbed into West German life a the s no language problem. They re mostly Well trained irl their professions and arc Young and flexible enough logo where work is offered he said. Exp Vicnok has shown that one third of them need Only four week to find work. Another third will need three months. In other third mainly people wit College degrees fill have a More difficult time. They will need a longer Pic to find work and 10 percent of them will need a vow Long time before finding their Niche in work and  Leciesewski a  on political science a Humboldt University intact Berlin came to the West about three years ago. Colombia from Page 1 in nearly 40 categories of surveillance and tracking devices As Well As bomb detectors and equipment for tracing phone Calls and scrambling police Tele phone Calls to prevent interception by traffickers. But they say they were told these items were not available. They will however receive night vision equip ment binoculars Small arms and heavy trucks for transporting assault  police say they wanted four door sedans for patrol and escort missions but were Given jeeps which they say Are dangerous in the drug War because they provide less cover from gunfire and Are More difficult to Man Euver in an Emer  wanted Small individual radios to be used in trailing traffickers but go radios that an american official said were about the size of a suitcase. Since sept. 3, the colombians have received eight a-37 subsonic jets seven helicopters 20 jeeps three ambulances some Field medical kits radios machine guns and a pair of c-130 transport  of the equipment has not been put into operation. However Over the weekend the c-130s were used to ferry troops on raids against traffickers in the Magdalena River Valley North of Bogota in which More than 40 ranches owned by narcotics traffickers were seized. The americans and colombian police say they Hope that the army and air Force will begin taking a More Active role in the drug War and they say that they Are encouraged by the weekend raids. But they said it is Likely the police will continue As the main anti drug Force. Meanwhile violence continued on monday As a former mayor of Medellin the Center of one of the country s two main drug cartels was killed in an am Bush by gunmen in two cars. Pablo pc act Gonzalez 45, was hit by eight bul Letsas he Rode in a car four blocks from his Home the police said. His Driver was also killed. The police said that Pelaez had organized a demonstration in Early August to protest drug traffickers slaying of Anto Nio Roldan Betancourt the governor of the province that encompasses  killing was the first of a prominent colombian since aug. 19, when  Carlos Galan the country s leading presidential candidate was gunned Down. That killing led colombian presi Dent Virgilio Barco to announce an intensified Campaign against the drug lords