European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday. February 27,1990 Black history month gallery of women top Row from left Harriet Tubman escaped slavery in 1848 and helped Rescue More than 300 slaves. She later served As a civil War nurse Soldier spy and scout. Sojourner truth was freed from slavery in 1827 and devoted her life to travel preaching Black emancipation and women s rights and counselling former slaves. Second Row Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 for not giving up her bus seat to a White passenger in Montgomery Ala. The incident led to a bos boy Cott that brought the Rev. Martin Luther King or. National exposure for he first time. Marva n. Collins opened the Westside preparatory school in her Chicago Home in 1975 to teach Basic Edu cation to slow learners. She is a recipient of the Watson Washburn award for excellence in Edu cation. Coretta Scott King became a dynamic civil rights and peace crusader after the assassination of her husband. Third Row Wilma Rudolph won three Gold medals at the 1960 olympic games in Rome and helped set a world record in the 400-meter relay. She was named athlete of the year for 1960. Mahalia Jackson achieved Fame with her record move on up a Little higher which sold More than a million copies. Her Rich contralto had no equal in performing gospel music. Billle Holiday was a vocalist with Benny Goodman count Basle and Artie Shaw. With no professional training she created such classics As Lover Man and god bless the this is one in a series of paintings by spec. James Scott that Are appearing in the stars and stripes this month. Modrow enters March vote As communist Hopes fade Berlin a East German Premier Hans Modrow has Given the communist party a last Chance for political survival by agreeing to run for election but new accusations have been made against the party leadership. Although Modrow remains the most popular politician in East Germany the communists Are expected to fare poorly in the March 18 balloting because their forerunners arc blamed for leading the nation to the Brink of collapse. The reformist Premier announced at a sunday political rally that he would Lead the communist election drive. The Leader of the emerging social democrats Ibra him Boche said Modrow is a Good candidate but unfortunately for the wrong party in the latest accusations against the embattled communists a Little known political group called the inde pendent people s party tiled a complaint in the nation s High court alleging that communist party leade Gregor Gysi manipulated financial records for 1989, the East German adn news Agency reported. The communists previously controlled most of the nation s wealth and numerous accusations have been made against the former party leadership for allegedly skimming funds for personal use. Gysi look Over the party leadership in december and declared it a reformed organization free of corruption. The complaint seeks to have Gysi jailed pending investigation but no immediate action was taken by judicial authorities. There was also no immediate reaction from the communist party. Meanwhile the East German government on Mon Day began accepting applications for jobless benefits for the first time in the nation s 40-year history. Unofficial estimates put unemployment at 70,000, but labor ministry spokesman Joachim Gunter said the number of applicants was far lower than had been expected. Authorities had speculated earlier in the Day that As Many As 4,000 people would seek the new insurance. While the number of jobless is relatively Low among East Germany s 9 million workers the figure is expected to Rise to As much As 15 percent after competitive Western practices Are introduced in the Germany has offered an economic bailout of East Germany in return for a wholesale conversion to capitalism and eventual Unity. The communists on monday continued to pre their Campaign for a Neutral United Germany calling for an end to compulsory military service in both Ger Many. Demilitarization is the key to a United Germany the party daily Neues deutschland wrote. Yugoslav Banks reopen Stock Exchange in be Grade offer 50-Vear break Belgrade. Yugoslavia a the Belgrade Stock Exchange the first of its King in communist ruled Yugoslavia resumed trading on monday after a break lasting almost half a Century. The yugoslav capital Market Belgrade will be the first of three Stock exchanges due to be set up in1990 in this country said Branislav Cosic the Deputy manager of the new Exchange. The other two Are to be opened in the Northern cities of Zagreb and Ljubljana later this year but no Date has been set he said. The Belgrade Exchange founded by four of Yugo Slavia s largest Banks will initially Deal Only in govern ment Bonds but will soon Start trading in stocks issued by private firms. Cosic said. He gave no specific Date. The Belgrade Exchange first established in 1886. Ceased operation during world War ii in 1941 when Yugoslavia was occupied by nazi Germany. When the communists seized Power in 1945 they banned All private ownership of companies abolished the Exchange and nationalized its building in downtown Bel Grade which now houses the ethnological museum. The new Exchange has been set up in a downtown office building. Last year Yugoslavia s reformist Premier. Ant Markovic announced the reopening of the country s Money markets As part of a package of sweeping changes designed to introduce a Western style eco nomic system in order to overcome a decade Long eco nomic slump. Other reforms agreed upon with the International monetary fund included provisions for Large scale for eign investments in the Economy free private enter prise and the introduction of East Europe s first convertible private companies thai have been established As Stock societies have been marketing theirs lock through newspaper advertisements. The 50-year Gap is huge we will All be starting an learning everything from scratch Cosic declared adding that advisers from the ifs International financial corp. Had provided the expertise needed for starting up the Exchange officials toured the London and Frankfurt West Germany exchanges to familiarize themselves with their Workings Cosic said. Our operations will at first be Only embryonic but the possibilities Are there and we Hope to develop rapidly in the future he added. Hilary s dad brings custody War to new zealand Wellington. New zealand a the father of an american girl whose Mother was jailed for 25 months after refusing to disclose her whereabouts arrived monday to press for custody. The Mother of 7-Ycar-old Hilary Foretich mean while accused him of Hunting Down their daughter like an or. Elizabeth Morgan has claimed that her former husband sexually abused the child but he denies the accusation. The couple have waged a highly publicized custody Battle. Or. Eric Foretich a Falls Church va., dental sur Geon traced his daughter to new zealand last week where she has been living with her maternal grandpa rents. Hilary reportedly has t seen either of her parents in two years. My daughter deserves to come Back and have a Normal life Foretich 45. Said monday. After arriving in the Northern City of Auckland he met his new zealand lawyers to discuss the next step of action. Certainly we re going to do what we need to do to Rescue my daughter Foretich said. Aided by private investigators Foretich found that Hilary was living in the South Island town of Christchurch 190 Miles Southwest of Wellington. The family court in Chris Church granted in interim order Friday giving the grandparents custody of Hilary. On monday. William Morgan the child s Grandfather vowed to Call police if the father approached her. On sunday the girl spoke to her Mother for the first time in two years and cried said her maternal grandmother an Tonia Morgan. Elizabeth Morgan a 42-year-old plastic sur Geon in Washington . Was jailed in a gust 1987 for refusing to say where her daughter was despite a . Judge s ruling giving her sex husband unsupervised Access. Morgan was released Foretich from jail in september after Congress passed a Law tailored Foi her that limited civil contempt imprisonment in Washington ., to a year. The couple separated before Hilary was born. In an interview from the United states Morgan accused her former husband of seeking publicity and said he has hunted her Hilary Down like an Ani Mal. She does not want to Sec him and he knows Morgan s attorney Stephen Sachs said he was til ing papers in Washington on monday asking a Supe rior court judge to return Morgan s passport so she could travel to new zealand. She was forced to hand Over the passport during the custody Battle. Prime minister Geoffrey Palmer noting . Media interest in the Case said the family court in Christchurch not his labor government should Rule on the matter. The Paramount consideration in those cases Isone Issue the welfare of the child Palmer said. He hinted that the family should not expect in Stant attention to appeals for residency. A Psychia Trist is reportedly going to assess the effect of the custody Battle on Hilary. Opposition National party member Philip Bur Don. Voicing sympathy for the girl s Mother said she chose to hide her daughter in new zealand because it had a respected Legal system and was an Angush speaking country that the Grandfather had visited before. We Are not dealing with crackpots Here Burden said. I have Little sympathy for the motivations of the father who had already separated from the Mother of his child before she was
