European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d Black woman named to astronaut Rolls Page 2 d Mussolini War role debated by historians Page 3 d Blue jays beat orioles to take division title Page 21 o air Force plane re enacts Berlin Candy drop Page 28 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol.48.no.167 sunday. October 1.1989 Der m Suzy d 8693 a exodus of thousands of d Prague Czechoslovakia a thousands of East germans who sought Refuge in West German embassies in Czechoslovakia and Poland were allowed to emigrate to the West on saturday under a remarkable Accord Between so Viet bloc and nato nations. The agreement announced saturday covers nearly 3.500 Easi germans who began packing the West German embassy in Prague several weeks ago and an other 600 East germans at the West Ger Man embassy in Warsaw. Poland. The Accord and its details were an. Bounced by officials in West Germany East j Germany Czechoslovakia and  Germany a hard line communist nation that had harshly criticized Warsaw pact ally Hungary for allowing similar refugee exodus in september i said it was granting the Transfer As a humanitarian  West German foreign minister Hans Dietrich guns Char made an unexpected visit to Prague on saturday and delivered the news to jubilant Easi germans at the embassy Here. I Call you fellow citizens and express a Hearty Welcome Genscher speaking from an embassy Balcony told the weary but ecstatic masses huddled in the Muddy com Pound. He told reporters the solution was agreed on Early saturday in consultations with the East germans czechoslovak and poles. Some of the refugees had spent weeks huddled in tents and on cots in the embassy compound amid increasing crowding spreading disease and worsening weather. The first train left Prague on saturday night. An Olive Green East German Loco motive left the City s Northern rail Termi Nal at 8 50 . Local time pulling nine passenger cars. About 400 Easi germans were on Board some cheering others singing still others appearing a Little dazed by the sudden end to their ordeal. The official East German news Agency adn said trains would carry the Prague emigres Back to Easi Germany from Czechoslovakia and on to West Ger Many. Czechoslovak state to said the East germans would be issued exit papers while in route to West Germany. The route was seen As a face saving measure permitting East Germany to say that it had allowed the emigres to go to West Germany from its territory and not from Czechoslovakia a Warsaw pact ally that had vowed not to allow the Transfer. In Bonn a West German government spokesman said the East germans would be aboard two special trains from Prague and arrive in the bavarian City of hot late saturday night. A polish government spokesman i Warsaw speaking on condition of anonymity confirmed that the approximately 600 East germans in the polish capital would be allowed to leave like in Prague but i Don t know any  West German Law that automatically Grants East germans citizenship on Arri Val has contributed to More than 100,000 Easi germans fleeing to West Germany so far this year. The East germans have flooded int West Germany because of disillusion ment with political repression and eco nomic stagnation in their Homeland. More than 23.000 East germans have emigrated Over Hungary s Western Bor Der since sept. 10, when hungarian authorities authorized free passage to aus Tria of East germans seeking a new life in the West. A Mother who is returning to East Germany and her daughter mho is emigrating to the West say goodbye saturday at the West German embassy in Prague Czechoslovakia. Dear Abby is replacing Ann Landers dear Abby i have a problem. Abigail Van Huron is the most widely syndicated advice columnist in the world. She started doing her dear Abby column in 1956 in san Francisco and it has grown since then. Her approach is a Little More Lighth Eanid and a Little less self important than other advice columns. We think you will enjoy it. Today Abby s column replaces the one writ ten by her sister who uses the name Ann land ers for her column. Stars and stripes has decided to make the switch for several reasons several years ago Ann Landers admitted that she dug into her files and reprinted an old letter in order to push a Point she wanted to make. She apologized Fortis departure from integrity. She has Long de voted much column space to publicizing Book lets of advice that she Sells for a profit. And she has been carrying on a Campaign for gun control legislation by using letters in favor of gun control. This in itself is not so bad but she did this see Abby on Back Page lebanese official tells factions they must find Way to end strife taif saudi Arabia a the speaker of Leb anon s splintered parliament told the Assembly sat urday that it has no Choice but to find a Way to end the nation s 14-year Cycle of bloodshed. Christian and moslem lawmakers gathered in this Mountain resort for their first meeting in More than year arc divided Over the presence of syrian troops backing moslem forces in Lebanon and moslem de mands for greater Power. Speaker Hassan Husseini. A shiite moslem told the deputies that failure to resolve their differences would mean a total loss of Hope in the devastated country where fighting has been halted by a fragile truce. We have no Choice but to succeed he told the parliamentarians. King fahd in an opening address read by foreign minister Prince Saud Al Faisal in toffs conference Palace called on the feuding Christian and moslem parliamentarians to cooperate in finding a settlement to the conflict that has left More than 150,000 people dead since 1975. The saudi Monarch said lebanese must Rule their own nation. Most of Lebanon except for a 320-Square-mile Christian enclave North of Beirut is under the control of Syria which has 40,000 troops in Lebanon Israel occupies a Security zone of lebanese territory along its Border. Fahd is a member of a three nation committee Man dated by the 22-Mcmbcr Arab league to bring peace and reconcile Lebanon s feuding factions. Fahd. King Hassan ii of Morocco and president Chad i Bend did of Algeria formulated a seven Point peace plan that Calls for political reforms which the lebanese parliamentarians will debate. The taif meeting the first by Lebanon s parliament outside the country was designed to reduce sectarian pressures on the legislators that have been a major Factor in the collapse of earlier initiatives. Lebanese deputies who arrived in taif late Friday said the meeting would last from three to 10 Days. Conference sources said 63 of Lebanon s 73 surviving legislators 33 christians and 30 moslem were in taif in saudi Arabia s Western mountains. Three shiite moslem and seven Christian deputies failed to show up. No one has refused to come but some gave medical reasons for not attending Saud said. Twenty five of the deputies in the 99-seat parliament have been killed or died of natural causes since the last general election in 1972. The fighting has pre vented elections since  cease fire in Lebanon took effect a week ago Hall ing six months of fierce artillery Battles Between the syrian army which backs the moslem and Christian forces led by Gen. Michel Aoun. More than 900 people were killed and nearly 3,000wounded in the fighting that included some of the see Lebanon on Back Page