European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 08, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside strikes pigging out stripes Magazine d Bush watches War games Page 5 d from horses to helicopters Page 9 d Randy Harriett s car Corner Page 13 the afe it authorized unofficial publication Fob the . Armed forces vol. 48, no. 297 thursday february 8, 1990 is do Good morning d 8693 a soviet party agrees to drop its monopoly Moscow a communist party leaders agreed wednesday to surrender their monopoly on Power guaranteed by the soviet Constitution allowing rival parties to compete for the first time in More than seven decades. The decision by the powerful party Central committee was a Victory for president Mikhail s. Gorbachev in his drive to transform the party from a Static oligarchy to a modern political Force Able to compete for Power. Svyatoslav Feodorov an Eye surgeon who took part in the three Day meeting in the Kremlin said the committee agreed to support abolishing the Constitution s article 6, which guarantees Power to the communist party. Article 6 will no longer be there will be a multiparty system. There will be a Normal democracy Ftp Dourov said. He called the move politburo member Vitaly i. Voroni see soviet on Back Page Galvin warns Congress against further cuts by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington nato s top european commander warned Congress on wednesday against further cuts in the number of . Troops on the continent until a conventional forces treaty is signed with the soviets. See related Lory. Page 3. Gen. John r. Galvin told the Senate armed services committee that the United Stales should wait for results from the web of treaty initiatives now under Way before deciding on further reductions. Galvin acknowledged that he thinks the 195,000 troop limit for . Forces in Central Europe being discussed at the talks is too Low but said he can still sup port that level. My recommendation was for a higher he said. But he added that 195,000 troops is enough to keep the balanced sustained approach to East Ern Europe and the soviet Union that has really paid he said additional troop cuts would be like a football coach pulling his top players in the last five minutes when he s Only ahead 21-14. We need to hang in there until the the Alliance should decrease its forces in an orderly phased Way and it s phase one that we should concentrate on he said. We Are on the right track see Galvin on Back Page weather fit for a King a Pawn Ais Scott a sunny skies and Spring like temperatures on wednesday allow visitors to downtown Mannheim s Luise Park to enjoy a Fen games of chess. See re lated weather Story on Page 2. The whole place is foiling apart East German says by de Skavis staff writer for about $5 you can get a room at the Best hotel in Saalfeld. East Germany. Cheap but you might not be pleased by the failing Furnace or the sagging floors. East Germany is just like this hotel remarked a worker at the hotel Anker who said he would be fired if his name were published. The whole place is falling apart and no one in their right mind would want to stay experts in the West agree. The situation has become dramatically worse in the last two weeks said or. Klaus Dieter Schmidt an expert with the Institute for world Economy at the univer sity of Kiel West Ger Many. And the situation is perhaps beyond repair Schmidt said. In Jusi a few weeks time we have seen the East germans go from a position of trying to find their own Way to a free and democratic society to a position of come and take us now or it will be More expensive for you later total surrender Schmidt said the migration of workers to the West is one of several reasons for the swing in attitude. In 1989, East Germany lost 300.000 to 400,000 qua see e. Germany on Back Page classified ads in Stupe Magazine today
