European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Report from i is a Randy Mccain above a woman pauses for reflection at a memorial in Bucharest. Right soldiers stand guard in Palace Square Bucharest. Life after Ceausescu anarchy democracy and uncertainty continued trom Page 13 Lew Steps they Aie free to talk with Western visitors and they revel in the personal Contact when a Westerner is spotted crowds gather children ask Lor chocolates or gum adults offer tales of the revolution food rationing continues in most places and it is rare Lor families to get meat milk or Iresh fruit. But a majority of the people says it has enough to survive. The new government has stopped exports of Lood in order to put More on tables at Home a steady Supply of Lood. Medicine and other help arrives daily irom West Germany. France and other european nations and the United Stales recently offered $80 million in food supplies romanians say the Aid is not penetrating very deeply into the country but they Are still thankful for every truckload trains once freezing cold at this time of year Are now heated churches which were kept under the government s thumb during the Ceausescu years Are getting a first taste of Freedom attendance is up and for is Erh Judt Itin Lohi lib their co in i h still turnip the thought of in a v some denominations plan to build now churches in the next few months potatoes some Chicken and bread although not always Iresh Are the Staples of the restricted romanian diet in private Homes tables Are set simply but the people arc willing to share what they have opinions on political issues Are among the Low commodities not in Short Supply Cotora the Young Engineer recently released from prison remains sceptical about whether Romania will become a True democracy he is angry that members of the National salvation front claimed earlier this year that no More than 100 people d de in downtown Timisoara during december s stereo vittles. Imagine this marketplace full of people and the recur state Security forces Loyal to Ceausescu shooting into the he says the number of dead will never be known but it is More than 100 " he smells a cover up he says some members of the government ought against the people m late december. A uf.-5 on the out intr of Ihn where Many of the re Oli it in1-, to i j to dumped by the so Suntato to at1 lit n i i Kinin ill under Ceausescu. To to -. Oft is and been burned n1 one i m intestines rested on his Chest a Long of fail a on r in the length of or. Body a pregnant was Curri in another a Rowe the child she once carried find been Cut out other womb with a knife i Don t Trust the front Cotora says Laurentiu Bader a 21-year-old resident of Brasov a ski resort near the Carpathian mountains agrees Romania s interim president. Ion Itescu is a close intend of soviet Leader Mikhail s Gorbachev. 8ader says he sees a russian hand controlling the government despite such doubts a majority of the population appears committed to following the front and most Likely will vote for its candidates. All these new parties we Don t know who they says Hie Lunga an elderly resident of Arad on the Western Edge of Romania perhaps they Are the same ones who were shooting at us a few weeks ago " loan carnal a hotel worker in Arad. Scoffs at those who suggest Romania might Drift into another civil War because of Lood shortages and political unrest he thinks people will have More patience. This country was totall destroyed " he says it cannot be better after Only one Day " he gives thai front High Marks Lucia Craciun of Bucharest says patience is one of her Virtues i am 52 years old. And 1 know what it Means to wait i be Boon waiting All my life my generation is a tired one we have lived through world War ii and through the romanian earthquake now to have lived through Ceausescu " Craciun who works for a stale run publishing company says the end of Canu Cocu s reign gives her hoj i Don t want to think about Iho past because those were dark she now communism is dead in Motif country " but Craciun 5 head stator to hurl when she thinks about politics i Don t democracy there Are too Many Parlms it s confusing. She says Craciun a Pecos to Vole Lor the front 1,1 May because they have More zen Lor the reconstruction of our country " even in the poorest regions the front has passionate supporters meet 34-year-old Dionisio Ivanov who lives in Pilara neat in thu Northeast Corner of the country his Home is a rickety two room Shack which he shares with a Girlfriend. Is 72 year old Mother and two infant children Ivanov and his Lisl wife gave away three other children to the slate a Lew years ago because the Young family could t iced them Many orphanages Are populated with children irom similar circumstances but Ivanov. Who lost his Job As a Metal worker in 1985. Sas he a pacts living conditions to improve because of the revolution in the time of Ceausescu we were very oppressed we hid nothing local nothing to buy we had to get up at 3 o clock in the morning to stand in line Lor milk Lor the children we did t see meat now. We have no Paradise on Earth Here but we Are boiler Oil than before " Ivanov s Home is far irom Paradise filthy rugs cover a chipped wooden floor family pictures adorn the Walls except Lor one Corner set aside Lor a makeshift altar. A painting of Jesus Christ looks Down on the rumpled bed where Ivanov s two children Are playing the oldest. 1 year old Loana. Wears dirty cloth diapers yes we have Hope Ivanov says i m Happy Ceausescu s gone we be suffered enough perhaps now we ii be Able to buy Lood Lor the children " in the upcoming elections. Ivanov Sas there is Only one Choice to make i am very sure the National salvation front will win the elections and i will vote Lor them they help the people and we will help the front " Many romanians Hope to emigrate this year the United states embassy in Bucharest has been deluged with requests Lor visas and West Germany is the destination of Choice for others Gheorghe Bader. A 55 year old resident of Brasov. Hopes to get permission to move to West Germany in Romania All is not so Good he says two Days a week we can buy what we need and the other five Days we cannot Page 14 the stars and stripes sunday f
