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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 03, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Gwynn pull Jeff win major league batting titles sports Page 21 la the so and Floripes a or authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 48. No. 169 tuesday october 3, 1989 a i  d 8693 a e. Germans still flock to embassy Bonn gets demand of expel newcomers m Prague Prague. Czechoslovakia a hundreds of East germans poured into the West German embassy on monday hoping to join 7,000 others who fled to the West during the weekend. East Ger Many demanded that West Germany expel the new arrivals in Prague. East Germany filed an official protest with West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl s chief of staff Rudolf scoters de manding that Bonn throw out those who have arrived since the dramatic exodus during the weekend. East Germany s official adn news Agency said the nation s permanent representative in Bonn. Horst Nuubauer complained to Sellers that West Ger Many was reneging on an agreement by harbouring the new refugees. The West German government urge East Berlin to allow the second wave of East German refugees to also emigrate to the West. West German officials have said there were no strings attached to the earlier Transfer. Nuubauer according to adn told scoters that it was East Germany s Deci Sion to let the earlier group of refugees leave on humanitarian grounds because the embassy compound had become unhealthy from overcrowding. Nuubauer accused West German for eign minister Hans Dietrich gun Schrof falsely taking credit for the Resolution of the refugee  area roadblocks and strict identity checks up to 600 East germans see embassy on Back Page american donations flow to East German refugees by v1nce Crawley Nornberg Bureau it Orth West Germany Charita ble americans eager to share the fruits of capitalism arc donating food and clothing to the thousands of East Ger mans flooding into the West. But shortages of such supplies arc not a big problem said Hans acts Choc in charge of German red Cross refugee operations at entry Points along the Bavari an Border. Finding apartments and work for the refugees arc our main con  the Only clothing needed right now would be for babies and children not adults he said. The germans being very capable and very competent Are not asking for International help with their refugees said John b. Cataldo Field station Man Ager for the american red Cross in ans Bach West Germany. But the american red crass is at tempting to give up in $40 million in Aid to victims of Hurricane Hugo which killed More than 60 people and left much of the Caribbean and Carolinas in  Heimerl assistant station Man Ager for International services for the american red Cross in Firth. Said a lot of people get a lot of Good ideas. They re hurting inside and they want to share something in some  but she said it would be Best if groups first coordinated with an organization that does this kind of work on a daily basis because Relief agencies can see refugees on Back Page an Eust German tries to climb the West German embassy Fence in Prague on monday As czechoslovak police grab him from behind and refugees hold onto him through the Fence a West German Diplomat came to the Man s Aid and led him into the embassy. How will steroid testing affect military sports editor s note the stars and stripes begins a three part series today on steroids and military athletes in Europe. Interviews for this series hate taken place Over the past seven months  writer track Star Ben Johnson cd Stec or Steve Courson swimmer Angel Myers former or. Universe Luis Frei los and sex or. Olympia Tom plat arc just a few of the names on the steroids Roll Call in the news. Now the use of steroids which has dominated the International sports scene this decade is an Issue in the military sports program. A new department of defense program to test for steroids went into effect sunday. The directive signed by Secretary of defense Richard Cheney begins a 15-Monlhpilot program of urinalysis testing for anabolic steroids. It will be up to the commands to determine who willbe tested but random sampling of specimens provided during unit drug inspections will be Analysed for Ster oids. Also to be tested arc those suspected of steroid abuse and athletes in interservice National or internal steroids in the military tonal competitions. Testing will be done for steroids banned by the inter National olympic committee and results will be re viewed to determine if there is a need for a permanent testing program. The Cost of the program will be paid by each service on an As used basis. The Cost makes most members of the military athletic Community cast a doubtful Eye on the possibility of widespread steroid testing in Europe. Ken Polk of the Usa eur sports office cites the Coil As the reason he does t see any change in the Way his office will approach the Issue. We still won t be testing at this Usa eur level Polk said. It s a very expensive  Dick mulling the Safe sports chief said he investigated the possibility of testing for steroids but found it was too costly. Joe Browne the chief of Security for the National football league says it costs the league $100 to test Ala or for steroids and another $100 to re test if the player comes up positive. That s Why the nil tested All of its placers Only once this year in training Camp. Or. Manfred do Nike a member of the International of Pic committee commission that tests for steroids said it costs 100 to 150 Marks $54 to $81 for each lest he conducts in his lab at the University of Cologne in West Germany. Maj. Paul Wypijewski the Usa eur alcohol an drug control officer in Heidelberg West Germany said Semoc members probably would be tested before or Dur ing major sports events or competitions involving Ranger continued on Page 25  
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