European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday. December 29,1989 e. Germany to get piece of Wall action Berlin a an East German company plans to raise Western currency by Selling sections of the Berlin Wall removed from the Brandenburg Gat and the potsdamer Platz the official news Agency adn said thursday. Plans for the Sale were announced on wednesday but adn on thursday gave More details and specified that pieces of the Wall will Only be sold for hard currency. The profits will be donated to humanitarian causes. Adn gave no Price for the Wall pieces. Lime Bau Export import company in East berlins offering up to 40 sections of the Wall to interested Western buyers adn said. Prefabricated Cement sections of the Wall vary inside with some As Large As 3.9 feet by 11.4 feet. Adn said the chunks offered for Sale came fro sections of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate and the potsdamer Platz two Berlin landmark where new Border Crossings have been made by re moving sections of the  company has formed an association with the a court  company in West Berlin to Market sales of the Wall pieces adn said. The decision to sell the Wall sections was made after queries from interested foreign parties Pri Marily from Japan the United states and West Ger Many adn quoted Lime Bau s managing director Dirk Peter Pfannschmidt As  did not identify which parties in the three countries had expressed interest in buying parts of the Wall. Pfannschmidt said the hard currency profits will go into a a special account for humanitarian causes such As health facilities or for conservation of historical monuments. No sales have been made yet but adn quote Pfannschmidt As saying the East germans expect to generate High sums of Western currency with the plan. Adn said that documents certifying the Wall sections Are genuine will be provided. Since the Wall was opened on nov. 9 allowing free travel for East germans into West Berlin hundreds of souvenir seekers have daily chipped away pieces of the Western Side of the Graffiti covered Barrier. Industrious hawkers have also been Selling Small pieces of the Wall to tourists for prices ranging from five Marks $3 to 50 Marks $30depending on the size and colouring on the Cement chunks. Northwest airlines to allow cancellations after bomb threat Washington a Northwest airlines too the unusual step thursday of giving passengers the option of cancelling reservations on one of its International flights because of a bomb threat. Airline reservations clerks were advising callers of a Security threat against saturday s flight 51 from Paris to Detroit. The Federal aviation administration said it had been informed of the telephoned threat and was helping ensure stepped up Security in Paris. The airline said the flight would still Fly but gave customers options for making other travel arrangements. This is an unusual threat in the fact that it s very specific directed at a specific flight on a particular Day and that is what adds to the precautions that we retaking surrounding it said Northwest spokesman Douglas Miller in St. Paul Minn. Miller said the airline received a phoned threat thata bomb would be aboard the flight. He said Northwest informed the Faa Fri Cia and foreign agencies that would be involved but he would give no other details about the threat. As a result of the threat Security was being in creased on All Northwest flights out of Paris Miller said. We intend to Fly the plane he said. We feel that we have All the precautions and Security measures in place to operate the plane safely. If we did not feel 100percent positive about Pur ability to Fly the plane safely we would not put it in the air. He said the airline had not decided whether to advise passengers individually prior to their arrival for the flight but a statement advising of the bomb threat would be handed to those who go to the Airport for departure on saturday. They can change their itineraries without penalty he said. Airlines regularly prohibit reservation changes or charge for them when passengers Fly on the least expensive fares. Northwest reservations offices were advising caller inquiring about the flight that there was a Security threat against the plane and passengers could Chang reservations. Leyden said the bomb threat came in an Anonymous Telephone Call and was one of about 300 received by . Carriers each year. . Military in Europe sending medical supplies to Romania Pir Masens West Germany is almost$200,000 in humanitarian medical supplies provided by the 7th medical come in Heidelberg West Ger Many is being sent to Romania to help citizens of the revolt torn  supplies include sutures Needles bandages emergency medical equipment operating equipment for Field situations and intravenous fluids. The supplies were assembled at the . Army med ical Materiel Center Europe in Pir Masens by army medical Supply specialists and West germans working at the Center said capt. David Clark a spokesman for the  approximately 60 pallets were to be transported on Flat bed trailers by the 76th trans co in Pir Masens Ito Rhein main a thursday evening. J a c-130 Hercules from the 435th tac Airlift Wing at Rhein main a was scheduled to Fly the supplies to i Bucharest at 5 . Friday said base spokesman maj. Stephen Knic Hycl. Seven air Force Crew members and j four state department civilians will be aboard the c 130. I in the past the Materiel Center provided Aid for