European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday february 21. 1990 sandinista betting youths will respond to sex Appeal Black history month Managua. Nicaragua a Ajax dig ado snapped his fingers an plopped his sneaker Clad feel on the table. The sneaker s laces Are electric Green. Music he exclaimed. The Campaign needed Young music on the Wall Hanga fou do it with  when the sandinista youth motto was a drear marxist study. Defend.  the Mono is now plug into the  and the sell is pure  youth vote will be a critical Factor in sunday s general election. A third of the 1.7 million registered voters Are Between the Ages of 16 and 25. Delgado is a Mastermind of the Campaign aimed Al Selling the sandinista As the fun party the party of the future the hip place to be. It s a tall Job in a country left shabby and tattered byway. A . Embargo and a devastating economic crisis. But Delgado is certain that the sandinista have the youth vote wrapped  in the sandinista youth open to peo ple Between the Ages of 15 and 30. Has doubled to 50.000 in the past two months he said. Delgado rejected the idea that the sandinista have shamelessly adopted one of the crasser advertising concepts of their capitalist Nemesis sex Sells. It s a sandinista invention he said laughing. The poster with the naked legs and the double in tender message for first time voters is just one of a series of posters featuring amorous couples in the youth oriented Campaign. The group has also sponsored Beau contests the feminists were  Del Gado said kissing contests dances parties and even a Valentine s Day rally. Sandinista Campaign head quarters bustles with Oung workers in brightly coloured t shirts hearing pictures of Ortega and other  people Wear Sandi Mola headbands. Sandinista link lops and sandinista  Caps. They Light up with sandinista lighters and tap their toes to sandinista tunes in cos Leno style the reggae music from Nicara Gua s Atlantic coast. The stick Campaign is no hit or miss affair. Delgado said the Sandi nista youth prepared by to ing Young people on their likes and dislikes their worries and Hopes. The poll even identified the colors they found most appealing. Delgado said flourishing an armful of to shins in sky Blue Brilliant Green Black and Gray to demonstrate his Point. Fluorescent colors he exclaimed. The love fluorescent colors  the study showed that nicaraguan teen agers Are a lot like teen agers everywhere in Man ways. They Are vain and rebellious they Are interested in sex and having fun their heroes and role models arc athletes and musicians. Their concerns however reflect the troubled reality of this politically divided and economically crippled nation of 3.5 million the War. The draft finding a Job. Gelling a decent education and figuring out How to have a Good Lime in a country where the inflation rate was 1.700 percent last year. The sandinista message does t dwell on this dreary Dail reality. Everything will be  the main Campaign slogan proclaims. The sandinista have been in Power since the 1979 revolution thai toppled the Somoza family dictatorship. The 16-year-Olds who will be first time voters Sun Day were Only 5 years old when the sandinista marched triumphantly into Managua. Ortega. 44, is the Only president they have known. It is Clear that the sandinista Effort to lure the youth Vole has far outstripped that of its main challenger. The i Init cd National opposition. Chamorro. Uno s presidential candidate is a White haired and aristocratic widow of 60 whose image contrasts sharply with that of Ortega. There were rumours thai her Campaign would bring in Gloria  and the Miami sound machine but it did t happen. Before some of her rallies Young women danced to a tropical beat but it could not equal the Sandi nista brio and that s nol whal the Uno is Selling anyway. Caul e Nistl l. Cuban gets Down to grass fac is about big macs is. Communism Algiers. Algeria a cubans would Raiher Eai rejected in soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. I grass than Mcdonald s hamburgers to preserve the purity of their communist revolution. Cuban Ambas Sador Liscs Estrada  was quoted As saying tuesday. We Don t have Mcdonald s in Cuba bul nobody s  Lescaille was quoted As saying in tuesday s editions of the daily newspaper horizons. Well eat grass if necessary. To defend our  Lescaille appeared to be referring to he recent open ing of a Mcdonald s restaurant in Moscow. The Ham Burger Chain s big macs and Fries were Well received by muscovites. Relations Between Cuba and the soviet Union have grown strained in recent months As president Fidel Castro insists on retaining the hard line communism rejected Ivr Stroika. Or Gorbachev s program of restructuring soviet political and economic life cannot be applied in All  Lescaille told the newspaper. The problem with the .s.r. In t with the communist part or the government bul with the forces that that have sprung up along with  Les Caille was quoted As saying. The cuban ambassador said the Poss Bilm exis cd Moscow would renege on us Aid agreement with the Castro government in 1990. But thai so far All pledges had been fulfilled the paper reported. Lescaille said the government enjoys Good relation with China and praised the Laic communist party chairman Mao tsp Tung As a great Leader the news paper said. Born in 1950 at Saginaw mich., Stevie wonder began recording songs for motown record s in 196.1. He won numerous grammy awards and also collected an Academy award for writing "1 just called to say i love you for the motion picture woman in  wonder was inducted into the songwriters Hall of Fame in 1982. This is another in a series of paintings by spec. James Scott appearing in the stars and stripes this month. Military Roundup Veteran of usos in Pacific to direct Germany operations Frankfurt. West Germany is a woman whose us career has spanned the Pacific Region is the new director of operations for Uso Germany. Since she started working for the Uso in 1981. Shirley Reynolds has held positions in san Francis co Okinawa and the Philippines. She was director of operations for the Uso in South Korea. Before working for the Uso the Wilkes Barre pa., native worked for the peace corps in Ghana. As director in Germany. Reynolds will oversee activities Al the eight Uso facilities. She replaced Tom Buchanan who accepted a Posi Tion in Chicago with care. Maryland publisher named to ranking . Post in nato Annapolis my. A Philip Merrill chair Man of capital Gazelle communications has been named to the highest ranking . Position in nato. The Post assistant Secretary general of nato for defense support is currently held by former sen. Mack haltingly of Georgia. He has held the Job for three years and will leave in mid March. Merrill. 55, served in the department of defense from 1981 to 1983 As Counselor to the undersecretary of defense for polic. Since 1983, he has served As a member of the Duparl Mcnol of defense policy Board. In 1988, the Secretary of defense awarded him the medal for distinguished service the highest civilian Honor Given b the department. Merrill said his wife. Eleanor would Lake Over As publisher in his absence and would Divide her time Between Brussels and Annapolis. Capital Gazelle communications inc. Publishes the Annapolis capital the Maryland Gazette the Bowie Blade news and the Crofton news crier As Well As the washingtonian and Baltimore magazines