European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes saturday March 17,1990 new Berlin guidelines ease rules about Eastern sector news briefs army copter crashes during exercise in s. Korea Seoul South Korea apr a . Army helicopter crashed after hitting a Power line during the annual .-South Korea joint training exercise team spirit but no one was Hurt the 2nd inf div reported Friday. Officials said the oh-58 observation helicopter was carrying Only two pilots when it crashed thursday night near Changho won 37 Miles South of Seoul. They said both pilots were wearing night vision enhancement equipment. The helicopter belonging to a co 1st in 2nd aviation was destroyed they  wins $1 million for Community excellence Darmstadt West Germany a amps a the Darmstadt military Community is $1 million Richer now that it s won the 1989 army Community of excellence award in the overseas medium size category. The prize Money is to be used for projects to enhance the morale and welfare of Community residents. Three other military communities in West Germany placed second in their respective categories in the overseas Competition. Collecting the second place winnings of $250,000 were the military communities of in Imburg Owci Brincken and bad Tolz. The Darmstadt Community plans to spend its winnings on Quality of life programs such As expansion and upgrading of sports held. Also being considered Are funding a new stripping Yard operation opening a Community Center in Bacn Hauson and a teen Center at Cambrai Fritsch Cavern and purchasing two 26-Passcngcr  from Page 1 phones Poffenbarger said. Phones will also be placed in some dormitories and recreation centers. A the program will especially Benefit younger service people who done to have phones and can to afford to feed pay phones to Call Home a Poffenbarger said. The first phones arc to be installed May 8. As part of the project at amp to said it will make it easier for americans living in Europe to obtain an at amp to card through local exchanges and other Sites on posts. Cafes Europe will make applications available through advertisements in the stars and stripes beginning april 8. The at amp to card allows users to have their phone Bills sent to them directly or to have Calls charged to a major credit card. At amp to also has agreed to pay local military communities $50 for each new at amp to card member. At amp to has guaranteed to make its first dividend payment of $245,000 in july. Payments will continue for six months until sales reach a level that will allow dividends to increase. Quot military communities will not have to wait until sales reach a level sufficient to generate dividends a he said. Dividend payments Over the first 12 months Are expected to reach $4.2 million Poffenbarger said. The contract was announced tuesday. Cafes official would not release the names of other companies that bid on the contract. Berlins amps a . Service members stationed in West Berlin May Wear civilian clothes into East Berlin beginning tuesday. However service members stationed outside the City must still Wear class a or b uniforms to visit East Berlin. The new policy announced Friday was one of four changes to . Come Berlin policies governing travel by . Forces members to the soviet sector of the City. Under the new guidelines All . Military and civilian personnel and their family members can stay in East Berlin past Midnight and use Public transportation while visiting the area. In the past . Forces personnel could travel in the Eastern sector of the City Only Between 8 . And Midnight. Another change allows . Civilians with a . Forces Berlin identification card to walk through checkpoint Charlie. Previously civilians with the Berlin id card could Only drive into the soviet sector in a Usa eur plated vehicle. They were not allowed to use their passport. As before All members of the . Forces must process with military police at checkpoint Charlie when entering or leaving the soviet sector. The policy changes a Are part of the commands response to changes in Berlin since nov. 9�?� when East German officials announced the opening of the Berli Moscow tells it has 3 Days Moscow apr soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev using his new executive Powers on Friday gave the breakaway lithuanian Republic three Days to Start returning to the soviet fold. The republics Leader declared Moscow a views irrelevant and Lithuania announced plans to Start setting up checkpoints on its Border with soviet republics. The official Tass news Agency distributed the text of a terse Telegram from Gorbachev to lithuanian president vytautas Landsbergis accompanying a copy of thursdays proclamation by the soviet Congress of Peoples deputies that Lithuania a declaration of Independence is invalid. A in a three Day period inform about measures toward realizing this directive a said the Telegram signed a president .s.r. M.  it said nothing about what the Kremlin would do if Lithuania failed to respond. The Prospect of Gorbachev assuming new Powers allowing him to thwart moves toward Independence drove the Baltic Republic sunday to reclaim the Sovereign state that existed from 1918 to 1940, when Stalin a army moved in. On tuesday Gorbachev called the move a illegal and invalid a but said Premier Nikolai i. Ryzhkova and a commission would conduct talks with Lithuania. He said however that these would not amount to negotiations. A we cannot talk about negotiations a Gorbachev said. A you carry out negotiations with foreign  at a news conference thursday night Gorbachev said he expects to carry out a a respectful dialogue with Lithuania. The soviet Leader and his advisers have ruled out the use of Force to bring Lithuania Back into the Union but Gorbachev has demanded reparations of $34 Bil Wall a command statement said. A additionally our goal is to have Complete and Fri Access throughout greater Berlin to be Able to Cross z the soviet sector just As we can Cross into the Brit h and French sectors now a the statement said. Coordination with the soviets was not neck Sarv the command said. A the changes we have made a p within current Access regimes of the other Western allies. The policies in Berlin have been based around a difference of opinion Over the status of the bound Between East and West Berlin. Of unwary the East German government has always treated the Boundary As an International Border. However the United states does not recognize it As an International Border and therefore the military id card cannot be used to Cross into the soviet sector. Throughout Western Europe military id cards and travel orders can be used to Cross an International Border. In the past the Only identification a . Service member used to enter East Berlin was a uniform. No military id cards were shown. The new policy allows Berlin based service members to enter East Berlin using their . Forces Berlin id card As identification. All others must continue to Wear  to toe line lion in rubles for soviet investment in factories and infrastructure. He also wants to discuss territorial questions. Many lithuanians expect an economic Boycott by Moscow. Gorbachev was told by the Congress thursday the Day he formally was Given his new Powers to work out the dispute with the Republic. Tass however quoted Landsbergis As telling the Republic of 3.7 million people on television that Moscow has no right to Tell it what to do. A it is not a problem that they do not recognize us now a Tass quoted Landsbergis As saying. Quot the time will come and they will recognize  he said that talks with Moscow undoubtedly would take place Tass reported. The lithuanian communist party Leader Algirdas Brazauskas who started the drive toward Independence but lost the presidency to Landsbergis also appeared on to and joined in appealing for Unity and Calm Tass said. The lithuanian government renamed the government newspaper soviet Lithuania to Echo of Lithuania and approved plans to set up 37 Border checkpoints in the near future to help prevent uncontrolled Export of commodities the soviet news Agency said. Lithuania which faces the Baltic sea Borders the russian byelorussian and latvian republics of the soviet Union. When they declared Independence sunday lithuanian legislators also changed their homelands name to the Republic of Lithuania and dropped the soviet republics Emblem. Lithuania a decision was criticized bitterly by deputies from other republics who approved the directive calling on Gorbachev to a ensure the defense of the Legal rights of every person living on lithuanian territory a As Well As defending soviet interests  from Page 1 tiers will Likely be assured a place to stay just for the night. Under current provisions East German re settlers arc put up in temporary resettlement centers and provided with food clothing and special benefits As they try to establish new lives. In a statement issued to the press Kohl said German unification is the a Challenge of the hours and that it must be achieved a was soon As possible in accordance with the wishes of people in both parts of  he said East Germany selections Are a a destiny vote for All of Germany Quot on the Road to unification. The two German nations plan to Start Earnest unification talks soon after sundays election parallel to Unity negotiations with the world War ii victors a the soviet Union the United states Britain and France. A every voter in the Cdr East Germany is called upon to use his right to vote and help build a better future m his Homeland As Well As a free and United Germany in a free and United Europe a said Kohl. Meanwhile East German political parties made their final Campaign pitches Friday two Days before the ballot that will give the country its first freely elected parliament and Complete the transition from 40 years of communist Rule to a democracy. Sundays first free vote in East German history could also be the last As the two German states Rush toward unification. The makeup of the new 400-seat parliament could decide the Pace of unification. Some conservative parties Are urging Quick unification while some leftist groups Are for a More cautious and slower approach. All major parties support unification. A nationwide Survey published Friday suggested nearly half of All East German favor immediate unification Ali Hough third of the electorate would Pretor. Slower joining of the two states. The poll found that 84 percent favored unification in general according to a vey conducted jointly by the Cenin statute for youth research and the Insu tute for Market research in Leipzig an estimated 12.3 East g c pm a is a ineligible to vote sunday. They w1�?T h a s to choose from 24 parties and group g a according to recent polls a Gas runners Are the leftist social it. And the Alliance for Germany a Coa Tion of three conservative parties