European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Top scorer Hank gathers Dies at 23 a Page 21 the authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 48, no. 323 tuesday March 6, 1990 a a 25< Dally and sunday d 8693 Yeltsin wins parliament seat Moscow apr communist reformer Boris n. Yeltsin easily won a seat in parliament but returns monday indicated hundreds of other candidates face runoffs in Republic elections seen As a test of Mikhail Gorbachev a reforms. Pro democracy candidates were expected to unseat Many Long entrenched communists in sundays balloting across the slavic heartland the first contested elections in the russian ukrainian and byelorussian republics in seven decades. In the Baltic Republic of Lithuania where Runoff elections were held sunday to Settle inconclusive races on feb. 24, pro Independence activists declared they had won the quorum needed to Convene the republics parliament. Activists Are expected to push for creating a mechanism to secede from the soviet Union. Nearly 150 million voters were registered to choose among More than 11.000 candidates for 1,800 scats in the Legislatures of Russia the Ukraine and byelorussian. Thousands of scats in local governing councils were contested. Official results were not expected until tuesday election officials said. But preliminary results showed see Yeltsin on Back pages amps Effie Bathen after the storm one of the millions of Trees felled in Darby Chapel at Darby Cavern in Firth who already were concerned about the West Germany by five windstorms in before being removed. The widespread future of the country sailing Woods. See five weeks is Cut into pieces across from storm damage to Trees worries foresters Story and picture on Page 9. Cold War turns to cold Cash for vendors along Berlin Wall Byke Clauson staff writer Berlin a after haggling for an acceptable Price Kai Drinker smiled As he handed Over a few Marks for an East German army uniform Crest. A a it a for my hat a he said a for my peace Drinker an 18-year-old High school student from Hamburg West Germany was one of thousands of souvenir seekers and bargain Hunters browsing at an informal Market that has sprung up along the West Side of the Berlin Wall from the Reich Stag building to checkpoint Char. Pieces of the Wall Are obvious souvenirs but business is also booming for vendors Selling East German and soviet army uniforms medals and ribbons. A West German army things Are not interesting Linker added. Vendors ram get from Young and Middle age men offering handfuls of medals they earned themselves to serious dealers standing behind tables Laden with uniforms patches ribbons and medals. On a recent sunday Peter Schutt who runs a military surplus store in West Berlin had a miniature version of his shop set up near the Brandenburg Gate. He and two partners had several tables filled with a variety of new and used military Memorabilia. A the most popular items Are russian badges and East German hats a he said As people crowded three and four deep around his tables. A we have a shop in West Berlin but we sell a lot More at another table a Young East German couple were trying to sell several dozen medals earned by family members. They scoffed at the idea that they May someday wish they a kept them. A a we be got lots More of this at Home a the Man said. A we done to like this stuff and what it stands for the Young woman explained that East germans were Given so Many medals and ribbons that they were almost meaningless. The pieces they were Selling included a Small pin for 20 years of Accident free driving badges signifying years of service on the inner German order and Large medallions for achievement during military games. West Berlin resident Ronate Wiecken who pored Over a vendors wares Wasny to pleased with what she saw. A i done to like military things a Wiecken said. A but they did something to get these. Now they throw them away for a few Marks like they Are Market prices Range from a couple of dollars for minor East German army see vendors on Back Page soviet units Seal off City after rioting Moscow apr rioting prompted Security forces to Seal off a City in Uzbekistan where an activist said 30 demonstrators were killed when soldiers fired on them. Officials reported that Only four people died. Madigar Avidov spokesman for the Uzbekistan grass roots organization Brlik. Said sunday that soldiers would let no one leave or enter parkent. About 30 Miles from Tashkent the capital of the Republic considered the cultural and geographic heart of traditionally moslem Central Asia. There were conflicting reports Over what sparked the violence. Interior ministry spokesman Dmitri Seleznev said 5,000 people gathered sat see rioting on Back Page Afes plea is for Buck to cooperate Munich West Germany a amps a cafes Europe is geared up for a change in its pricing policy. It just Hopes the Dollar will be cooperative. To help stabilize what it pays to concessionaires offering such services As dry cleaning clothing alterations and haircuts. The Exchange service plans to begin marking the prices for those services in local currency. Customers would pay in dollars based on the daily Exchange rate. However no Date has been set for the Start of the new policy because cafes Europe commander Brig. Gen. Thomas w. Robison has directed that it not Start until the Dollar reaches 1.75 German Marks a spokeswoman said. Prices would then be equivalent to what they Are now Barbara Kirsch said. An increase in the Exchange Rale after that would mean a lower Cost in dollars for the customer. A decline would obviously mean higher prices. In a recent interview Robison said the change was needed to offset the Cost of doing business with a weaker Dollar. At an Exchange rate of 1.63 Marks to the Dollar for example the Exchange service loses $20,000 a Day he said
