European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday february 23. 1990 the stars and stripes Page 9 Over Here ass Scon a Milin c hit bartender Manuela Kropp Al left says germans exaggerate the i problem in Sach Senhausen. But restaurant owner Dietrich Schneider says soldiers Hurt business. Restaurateurs want to show gis the door Rowdy americans still running rampant they say by de reams Shaft writer Frankfurt. West Germany Dietrich Schnei Der thinks he has finally found a solution to the prob Lem of its who carouse through the night life District Osach Senhausen. The Only thing thai will improve the situation Here is a troop reduction agreement Between the soviets and americans and the withdrawal of inc . Army from the entire  said Schneider who owns the a Tanchen restaurant in the City s Apple wine Section. It s an Issue that Schneider and other restaurant of ners continue to discuss seven months after they urged the in of Frankfurt and the . Military to declare the area off limits to . " or attempt failed and the situation has t  Schneider said. Fights and loudmouthed Rowdy behaviour Are just As rampant As they were last  Civ officials concede that the area has problems but Thev Cue much different reasons fierce Competition contributes to the trouble said Al Fred Wagner a specialist in he City s licensing office. In the rest of the City we have a 15 percent turnover of restaurant owners Wagner said. But in Sach Senhausen. It s 30 percent. Except for a few Gold mines business is Tough and so the owners lash out at us the police or the gis to blame for their  Rolf Man scr chief of the Frankfurt licensing office. Said american its arc not the problem some innkeepers claim that they arc. The biggest problems in Sachsen Hauson Are persuading innkeepers to maintain Hygiene standards and fire codes Mcnezer said. The Frankfurt military Community has received no re cent reports of problems in Sach Senhausen. A spokesman said. Neither has Daniel Cohn Bandit chief of the Ciu office of multicultural affairs. In the past he has met with representatives from v corps the licensing office the police and the restaurant owners in an attempt to work out a solution. But he said he has not been contacted recently about any continuing problems with Servic members. Restaurant owners however continue to fume. It s True that we have More my and German police  Schneider void. Hut it has t a Flat d an. And. Besides it makes Sach Senhausen look like the Warsaw Ghol so being patrolled by the a is not an encouraging image Lor  Dieter and Theresa Luu. Who run the Morelia Steak House in Sachsenhause. Also said the situation has t improved since  Spring and summer will be As had As the   said. Customers avoid the plate on inc weekend. Or. If they do come they make sure the gel out by  re afraid. Nobody strolls around. They make a decline for the taxi  an innkeeper who begged that her name not be use for fear of retribution by German innkeepers who Don t want criticism in Public said the situation is appalling. I be been Here for More than 10  she said. You want to Sec what s happening come Here on a payday adjust watch How your fellow americans  Manuela Kropp. Who has been tending bar Al cheer for six months said inc germans exaggerate the problem. Gis often want to talk to somebody outside of their usual  Kropp said if nobody listens they get aggressive. I listen and have very few prob lems. I also think oils take the blame for Road Ger mans lurks and moroccans that raise Cain  across Europe government is run strictly by the numbers Brussels. Belgium Dpi Europe like the United slates has plenty of alphabet soup for govern ment Lingo but europeans also Lake the numbers game of nations to heart. The old world has inc ecu for the european cur Rency unit and eur atom for inc continent s atomic Energy Board just As inc United slates has Voa for its voice and arc for its nuke panel. But Europe seems also to affix a number to anything and everything in a Way very foreign to inc United slates which has never Ever labelled us House of representatives the 435." the latest entry in the european digit dance is "2 plus 4 equals  As in two Ger Many plus the assent of four world War ii allies equals one United Germany. I represents the framework agreed to in Ottawa Las week to Deal with German reunification. But there Are plenty More. Les Dou a is everybody s favorite a Lender refer ence to inc 12 countries of the european Community. The twelve also is creeping into the lexicon As English gains in stature at the dec. But Only the ugliest of . Pm ens Call them the dirty  then there s the group of 24." also known As a 24" but never called los ecu Dou Zains inc two do in. They arc inc 24 Western nations thai last year launched an economic Reform program for iwo East european countries. Poland and Hungary. But the two May soon become seven because East Germany Bulgaria. Czechoslovakia. Romania and Yugoslavia want in on the largesse of the 24. Several East european countries not Only want a bile of the Bonanza offered by the 24. They also want to be part of los Dou?c." that of course would make los Douze into something else something far less pleasing to the car. Los Trezic 13 for a 13-nation european Community or heaven forbid. Les Quatorze 14just does t have inc same ring. Los Quinze 15 sounds All right but Les Dou a is clearly the Best enunciated lovingly and Lingerin Gly by a French speaking native it sounds a lot like come Dian John Belushi s famous sex cd Ulusc  but with culture. Back to Ottawa not quite inc United states hut close enough 23 nations from nato and the Warsaw pact got together there for the so called open skies conference. The same 23 nations have been meeting for a year on conventional Force reductions in Vienna.  Europe they re known As the 16 plus 7." finally there s the 35," As in the 35 nations in the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe. They signed the Helsinki final act in 1975 and Are coming Back for More this fall. Some Call inc european Security conference the Csc. Alphabet soup never looked so Good. East Germany denies sex spymaster has fled Berlin Al East German officials thursday disputed a report that former spy Mas Ter Markus Wolf fled East Germany for inc soviet Union saying he was Only taking a vacation there and was not under investigation for illegal arms deals. The newspaper Sud Deutsche Zeitung in Munich reported that Wolf had taken Refuge in the soviet Union to avoid possible arrest in connection with a weapons scandal that occurred under the ousted hard line communist regime. Wolf who led East Germany s espionage operations for 20 years is believed to have had close lies to the Kab and once called inc soviet Union his second  plans Jurgin Joseph. East Germany s chief prosecutor was quoted by the West German newspaper Bild As saying there is no investigation a Amsl Markus  the Munich newspaper reported that East German prosecutors believe Wolf was involved in the illegal arms operation and Mav even have directed it. Wolf 67. Retired in february 19x7 from the stale Security ministry where he was in charge of the espionage Section. His career was said to have inspired spy nov Elisa John la Carre s character Karla a fictional soviet up master who finally is forced to defect to inc West by an elaborate plot devised by Brit ish agent George Smiley