European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 04, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. October 4, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 . Labor party drops nuke policy uni Atera a Sarma Menf stand voted out Brighton. England a the opposition labor party on monday abandoned its controversial policy of unilateral nuclear disarmament Over turning the Nic losing doctrine at its an Nual conference. After a sometimes healed debate delegates voted for a policy that commits a l Lubor part Mern mint o give up Iurii Ain s nuclear Arsenal Only As pan of a negotiated arms Deal. Dismayed left wingers Hung peace symbols from balconies in the Confer ence Hall As speakers warned that the socialist movement must change or suffer a fourth successive election defeat by conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher. It puts us in a very Strong position to argue for an effective and realistic Initia Tive and to get verifiable nuclear arms  party Leader Neil Kinlock said after the vote on the first full Day of the we Klong conference. The conference in this South England resort voted 3.6 million to 2.4 million to ditch unilateral nuclear disarmament after leaders of big. Moderate Trade unions swung behind Kin Noel. Votes at labor conferences Are counted in millions because Trade Union Bosses who control 90 percent of the voting Power Wield huge Block votes based on Union memberships. However in a Victory for party leftists the conference voted 4-2 for a labor government to Cut defense expenditures by one fourth bringing it in line with the average in other West european Mem Bers of nato. Under the new policy a labor govern ment would retain Britain s submarine launched Polaris nuclear missiles. It would also stick to Thatcher s decision to replace them in the Early Ivos with a. Trident missiles which Are nine times More powerful than Polaris missiles. Legislator Tony Henn. A former Energy Secretary and Dean of the labor left accused the party of betraying the basis of our whole  Britain docs not need nuclear weapons. There is no soviet nuclear threat. That is the Challenge we cannot  declared Benn to cheers from sections of the conference Hall. A succession of speakers cited strides in superpower arms control negotiations since soviet Leader Mikhail Cir Bachch took office and they said a new labor policy suited the improved East West re lations. But others argued simply that labor must change to win. We know it is the policy which is at fault not the  said Delegate Suvia meal. The leadership has been accused of betrayal. But the people who will he guilty of betrayal Are those who by their actions ensure Thatcher s return for another  labor adopted its policy on nuclear weapons in i9si As the party lurched left after losing Power to Thatcher two years earlier. Polls show thai he policy was a major Factor in labor s two subsequent defeats by Thatcher in 1983 and 1987. She must Call the next election by mid-1992. Dropping the non nuclear doctrine was part of a major new policy platform aimed at shifting the party toward the Center. The conference is to vote on the changes the result of a two year review through the week. Demonstrators show the Victory Situ As they stage the Liichi a last German protest action since 1953. 1 0,000 March through Leipzig demanding e. German reforms Leipzig East Germany a More than 10,000 people marched through Leip Igon monday demanding legalization of opposition groups and adoption of democratic reforms in the country s largest such protest since 1953, witnesses said marchers chanted Gorby. Gorby and we re staying Here soviet president Mikhail. Gorbachev is enor Mously popular among East germans who Hope his policies of economic and political reforms May some Day be adopted by their nation s hard line leadership. Gorbachev is expected to visit East Berlin next weekend to take part in celebrations marking East Germany s 40th anniversary. East Germany s aging orthodox communist leadership has so far rejected the need for reforms. In 1953, workers Rose up throughout East Ger Man in in ill fated uprising later crushed b Samiei Lanks the demonstrators monday also demanded legalization of opposition groups which Luke been sup pressed by the go Ern ment. Fledgling opposition groups Hae rejected fleeing the country or emigration and said they want to Ork for change in this country of 16.6 million. Tens of thousands of East germans fled Over Hungary s newly opened Border and thousands More were allowed to travel lowest Germany last weekend alter seeking Refuge in Bonn s embassies in Czechoslovakia and Poland. Witnesses said Security officials followed the clip in demonstration but did not try to break it up. About 8,000 people look part in a similar March in Leipzig last week. Block tar1 heroin kills 3, puts Many in . Hospitals san Francisco a a flood of potent mexi can Black Lar heroin washed across san Francisco Over the weekend killing three users and sending do ens to hospitals with injuries ranging from broken Bones to brain damage. Black Lar heroin is pretty potent stuff anyway said police inspector Sam Osborne. He said the drug normally sold on the Street is 5 to 9 percent pure. What we think is somebody forgot to Cut it some where along the  Between Friday and monday morning three people died in san Francisco and 54 others were treated for overdoses after they shot up the gooey Black drug. Some users were unconscious and unable to breathe when reached by paramedics who administered an antidote called a Laxon. Overdose eases were reaching san Francisco general and a few private hospitals at the Rale of one an hour compared with the usual he Roin overdose Rale of one or two a Day. Authorities said. The fatalities were said to be men aged 35, 41 and 43. The Coroner s office was not releasing their Jameson monday. The medical director of the Haigh Ashbury free clinic. Or. Alex Stalcup. Said the latest overdoses were the worst since a similar wave of overdoses and deaths in March 1987 that involved Black tar  with i Emanul a pharmaceutical compound that can be 1,00 1 times More powerful than heroin. It is used by Anaesthesiologist a and redirected illicitly. Stalcup speculated that the same thing May have happened in the recent overdoses. Introduction of Fen Vanyl into the drug scene several years ago resulted in a sudden rat h of even More deaths he said. Today it is often mixed with an adulterants and sold As China  he added. Black tar has become the most commonly used he Roin by san Francisco s estimated 15,000 to 18,000 addicts since coming on the scene about seven years ago Stalcup said. Bag that can be broken into several shots Sells Lor about $20. Stalcup attributed its popularity to the ease of bring ing it into the country in body packs bags attached to one s body compared with the difficulties of smuggling the China White from Asia. A 35-year-old musician who spoke with the san Francisco examiner while recovering at san Francisco general. Said he uses heroin about Onee a week. It hit me Good. Real Good he said. I remember telling my friends that it almost was too Good. I Sal Back to enjoy it and just nodded off. Next thing i was waking up  while san Francisco police pursued leads from overdose victims Oakland police Sei de 4 pounds of Black tar heroin Worth about $2 million and arrested five people in their largest heroin bust in More than 10years. Last week Federal drug enforcement administration agents Sci de almost -i1/, pounds of Black tar he Roin at hotels near san Francisco International air port