European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a a the stars and stripes Friday March 16,1990 e. Germans wary of Cost of by Joseph Owen staff writer Leipzig West Germany a Kurt Masur looked at a Karl Marx Platz papered with Campaign posters thursday and Felt uneasy. A one can t expect that reason has the upper hand Here a Masur said. The renowned Leipzig symphony conductor had reason to worry. He intervened oct. 9, to help prevent violence from erupting on the same City Square Between police and 70,000 demonstrators for democratic Reform. He said thursday that the peaceful 1989 revolution has Given Way to crass politics imported from the West. A fall that happened was positive a he said. A fall that a happening now is  the fulfilment of the demonstrators demands will reach its Apex sunday when East germans vote in a secret ballot for a new legislature. But Masur and other Leipzig residents Are worrying about the Price they will have to pay for that new government. East Germany already has taken some measures to introduce a Market oriented Economy but its citizens have yet to find out How the government will protect jobs savings retirement incomes and apartment rents. In the Days before the election a two tiered Economy has taken shape. The stodgy communist Cra shops in Leipzig still tout the Standard uniform Price wares of the planned Economy. But in the streets already jammed with visitors to the semiannual Leipzig Trade fair vendors Hawk to shirts Beer West German newspapers costume jewelry fresh fruit vegetables carpets and other Western goods. Many vendors insist on payment in West German currency As do apartment dwellers who rent extra rooms to westerners. Such rooms bring the East germans More Money in one night than they pay for rent in two months. Along with new products the economic reorganization has Given East Germany its first taste of unemployment. Ursula Peukert 59, already has fallen victim to the new economics. She worked As an economic planner in an office that administers 10 production plants until the department dismissed her and seven other employees recently to streamline the operation. She will collect 70 percent of her salary until she reaches retirement age next year and her pension begins. Peukert said that under the communist system a state policy of full employment made it difficult for a manager to encourage productivity. A there was a lot of running in Neutral a she said. Manfred Schonfeld a Carpenter who works for the m office in Leipzig said the new governments chief be to protect the value of Peoples income and Savis a we assume that at least some of the Money a Iii Worth one to one he said referring to the Exchange Al of East German and West German Marks. 1 Schonfeld 49, expect rents to Rise As the icon Ami system changes. 1111 a a it a Clear to homeowners and the government Ihl with these rents not much can come out of it a Schoefl said. A and because of that our houses Are falling apart �?�1 Schonfeld plans to move next week into an Anam that he applied for 15 years ago. His state Sib Sidi i monthly rent will be 61 East German Marks about ill the building he is leaving will be Tom Down because i i so dilapidated. He pays 41 Mark there. His fellow Carpenter Willi Klinnert 61, took a Media pension seven years ago because he developed a hid illness As a Coal Miner. Klinnert said he expects Renil wages and pensions to Rise soon. But a if i have a to income in a not afraid a he said. Masur also expressed optimism. He said the Young people who risked arrest last fall Al demonstrations on Karl Marx Platz will make sure the government leaders make the right decision to solve Eal Germany a problems. And he stressed that West gel Many a financial muscle is not the Only cure for them. 1 a there Are some other countries in Europe where of can learn that being Happy does no to Only mean havin Money a he said. Gorbachev voted to presidency pledges More Radical Reform travel Moscow apr Mikhail s. Gorbachev won election thursday to the strengthened presidency and promised head Wield its Broad Powers to tackle the country a economic and ethnic crises with a More Radical program of Reform. The Congress of Peoples deputies gave Gorbachev who ran uncontested the five year term he sought by a vote of 1,329 to 495. He needed approval by More than half the 2,245 deputies. Many had wanted the people to select the country a first chief executive and about 350 did not participate mainly lawmakers who consider their republics to be Independent nations. When the vote was announced thursday parliamentarians stood to applaud Gorbachev and he stood on the dais hands folded in front of him to acknowledge them. He took the oath of office and spoke to the Congress. A the necessity for a More Radical perestroika policy is obvious and it is for these purposes above All that i am going to use my Powers As president a Gorbachev said he said the reforms May initially cause a painful Phenomena a promising to drastically Cut the budget and attack inflation. He offered few details. Gorbachev whose election As president crowned a week of hard fought political victories also pledged not to follow decades of soviet practice by turning into a dictator. After Gorbachev a term the country will conduct its first nationwide presidential Campaign. The strengthened president will have wide Powers to propose legislation negotiate treaties veto Bills and decisions of the Council of ministers appoint a Cabinet declare War if the country is attacked and under certain conditions impose presidential Rule. From Page 1 members stationed outside Berlin because it would be impractical Ito Issue . Forces Berlin identification to All visiting service members. American service members have never used theil Standard military id cards when entering the Soviel sector. Anderson could not explain Why the us forces Berlin id would be allowed for Berlin serve ice members but Standard military id cards Woulf not. Families of Berlin based service members currently use the Berlin id when travelling to the East inf vehicle. If they walk through the checkpoint however they must travel on a full fee passport that Dot not identify them As being affiliated with the us forces. The proposed change would allow them t walk through the checkpoint using their . Forces Berlin id  from Page 1 matter. The iraqi governments action is an act of barbarism which is deeply repugnant to All civilized people a Thatcher said in the House of commons after Bazot was hanged. The execution came despite pleas for clemency from Britain . Secretary general Javier Perez do Cuellar amnesty International the european Community and International press groups. In Strasbourg France the european parliament observed a minute of silence in Baz Oft a Mcmoli and condemned the execution which it said a discredits the iraqi  in London the human rights group amnesty International said the execution was the latest in a Long list of a severe and systematic human rights abuses Quot in Iraq. Donald Trelford the editor of the observer denied that Bazot was a spy and called president Saddam Hussein a barbarian. Hussein on wednesday rejected a visit by Hurd seeking mercy for Bazot. A the was a British and israeli agent and they Are making a lot of fuss thinking we will be afraid. But we Are not afraid at All a said Hussein who has been seeking Western Aid to rebuild his country after an eight year War with neighbouring Iran. Bazot was arrested after making an unauthorized trip to the Al Iskandarian military Complex South of Baghdad. Daphne Parish a British nurse who drove Bazot to the military Complex was also arrested in september. She was tried with him and sentenced to 15 years in prison for complicity. Parish 52, is a senior nursing administrator for an Irish run Hospital in Baghdad. Iraqi Law allowed no court Appeal of the sentences Given to Bazot and Parish. Last year Western diplomats in Baghdad confirmed there had been an explosion at the Complex around aug. 17. The London newspaper the Independent quoted unidentified diplomats and Middle East sources As saying 700 people were killed including egyptian engineers helping the iraqis to develop a ballistic missile. The iraqis Are believed to be developing a modified version of an Argentine medium Range surface to surface missile at the facility 40 Miles South of Baghdad. Iraq is virulently anti israeli. Iraq has said there was an explosion and fire at a fuel depot in the same area on the same Date aug. 17, and that 19 people were killed All iraqis. A at a time when the iraqis were telling the world that there had not been an explosion at this secret military base South of Baghdad he clearly proved that the explosion had happened a said Paul Davis a reporter for Britain a Independent television network who was in Iraq with Bazot. A the embarrassed Iraq Ana now they be taken this terrible  from Page 1 company that would build a chemical weapons facility. President Bush said wednesday that the United states had heard rumours that the Plant was on fire but that he did not know what had happened. Fitzwater said the United states was told of the fire by diplomatic sources who also said Libya had sealed its Borders. A we just dare not speculate on the cause a Fitzwater said. Mahmoud Azzazi press Secretary at libyans United nations Mission in new York confirmed wednesday night that a there is a fire at the rata Plant 60 Miles Southwest of Tripoli. A there is speculation that it was possibly sabotage somebody coming in from Tunisia a which Borders on Libya he said. Abc news quoted unidentified libyan Security sources As claiming that the Plant was burned to the ground by . And israeli agents. A we have no information to indicate that a roman Popadiuk a White House Deputy press Secretary said of the Abc report. Fitzwater said last week that the White House was seriously concerned by evidence that the Plant was product ii chemical weapons after a year of a activity. He said then that the Plant a is Danneil Ous and becoming More so and caller for a vigorous efforts to Stop the opel Tiona of the Plant. He refused to Rule Oil military action to close it. I despite libyan denials . Official have said the Plant has been prod Uciel limited quantities of Mustard and Nen Gas. Western journalists were it a acc. Tour the Plant in january 1989, but Thyl were not allowed to inspect it alter Nej arrived in rata. 100 200 Miles Italy Mediterranean \ sea Libya Quot rata site of chemical Plant fire Gulf of Sidra a amps Susan Han