European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes sunday april 1,1990 news briefs1 St non communist party founded in soviet Union Moscow up a the first non communist party in soviet history the Liberal democrats was founded saturday. But a Bevy of new parties including monarchists and anarchists is waiting in the wings in accordance with the communists decision in March to abandon their monopoly on Power. A total of 215 delegates representing most of the 15 soviet republics Are attending the Congress of the Liberal democratic party. Elected As Leader was a Moscow lawyer Vladimir a Mirinovsky 42, who said the party is against building any specific social system but favors private property and a Market system instead of rigid soviet Central planning. Bank s 2-for-l merger plan for German Money criticized Bonn West Germany apr a Central Bank plan for merging the East and West German currencies would erode the life savings of elderly East germans and deny workers a Chance to earn decent wages officials charged saturday. Bundesbank chairman Karl Otto Pohl told reporters in Galway Ireland on saturday that he favors exchanging two East German Marks for one West German Mark. The Central Bank proposal specifies that Only Small East German savings accounts up to 2,000 Marks $1,175 per person should be converted at a 1 for j rate. Pohl said that a l-for-2 rate would in fact raise the value of the East German Mark which currently is exchanged at the official East German Rale of one West Mark for three East Marks. In Bonn the chairman of the Junior governing coalition partner free democratic party Otto Lamsdorff warned that accepting the Bundesbank proposal would be like a breaking a Promise made to the East  Arab group claims responsibility for attack Beirut Lebanon apr assailants wounded a polish Diplomat and his wife and a previously unknown moslem group saturday claimed responsibility and warned Poland not to help soviet jews emigrate to Israel. The shootings Friday night followed Poland a offer to help soviet jews emigrating to Israel. Officials said it was a a humanitarian gesture a that it hoped Arab nations would understand. Burgan Zbigniew a polish commercial attache and his wife Eva Sarkis were wounded by assailants firing automatic rifles As their car was being parked near the Bristol hotel in moslem West Beirut. The two were rushed to the american University Hospital where a Hospital spokesman said both were a doing  the claim came in a Handwritten arabic statement from a the revolutionary action organization of the Arab resistance front the Martyr Suleiman Al Halabi unit a which was published saturday by the Beirut leftist newspaper As Safir. Meanwhile rival Christian forces fought from House to House in East Beirut and Mountain resort towns saturday As the struggle for control of Lebanon a Christian enclave raged into its third month. Police said at least 52 people were killed and 110 wounded in the latest round of full scale  african guerrillas postpone discussions Johannesburg South Africa apr in a setback wednesday to Black White negotiations the african National Congress postponed talks with the government to protest a police shooting of Black demonstrators. The cancellation followed the Ancus postponement Friday of a joint peace rally in Natal province where fighting Between Black factions has killed at least 39 people since tuesday. Anc Leader Ahmed Kathrada said the guerrilla movement decided to indefinitely postpone talks scheduled april 11 in response to mondays clash Between police and protesters that left nine Blacks dead and More than 400 injured in Sebo Keng a township South of Johannesburg. Everybody counts Toda Washington apr americans Are being asked to sit Down take out a Pencil and count themselves on sunday. Its the 21st time the United states has taken its own measure. And like a youngster standing against the Wall the result is bigger every time. A your goal for the 1990 census is to count every person resident in the United states a said Thomas murrin Deputy Secretary of Commerce. A we Are ready and  the National count Isnit just a Case of Idle curiosity on the part of the government. The Constitution requires a count every 10 years to reassign seats in the House of representatives among the states. And other information collected is used to determine the need for Many social programs and to decide y which states cities and towns to Money to help their residents. Ted ral census forms were sent to about v la Days ago and government worker -��?o�v1 Quot Lions More where mailing lists were nor a is u w although sunday is officially  Day Many people have already comolv1 511 and sent them in ahead of time f terms the first result from the count a gig to until dec. 31, when the Bureau has to the Quot rep0ne< How Many people live in each state a presid a How a a Sidnal Many i members of the House that state is entitled i More detailed reports on individual to issued after the first of the year the been determined yet and will depend things go in individual states. A in Well those reports will include such inform a sex race household relationships marital variety of other housing data. Quot a a a is embattled Thatcher wont Cheltenham England apr prime minister Margaret Thatcher quashed speculation that she might retire and told cheering supporters of her conservative party saturday that she still has a the stomach for the fight ahead. Faced with a dramatic slump in popularity and the Prospect of a leadership Battle to succeed her Thatcher announced that there is a no vacancy at no. 10 Downing st., the British prime ministers official residence in London. Her speech to the conservative Central Council meeting in this Gloucestershire town about 100 Miles Northwest of London came three Days after the party a former chairman Norman Tebbit announced he will contest the leadership if she quits before the next election. Right Winger Tebbitts Surprise announcement raised the possibility of a leadership Battle with former defense Secretary Michael Heseltine of the party Scenter left and the current front runner in opinion polls to quit succeed the prime minister. But Thatcher made it dear to both Rehim a do of l Tine from the moment she stepped to them on isl saturday that she plans to Lead the conservatives ill next election which must be held by mid-1992. A a a to avoid any possible misunderstands and it the i risk of disappointing a few Gallant colors let j make one thing absolutely Clear i Haven t a ohm Cheltenham to retire a she said. I criticism was a one of the Perks Quot of the Job. She said and perhaps a reason Why the Post was never advertised _ thatchers popularity has been hit by mine Iris Tion High mortgage rates and her new Contu Niiya charge on All adults to finance local government. The i so called poll tax which replaces Propene taxes. Is seen by Many As unfair to people with Low incomes related Story Page 3. The opposition labor party had a record 2s-Point Lead Over the tories in the latest Harris poll last  from Page 1 prosecutors office. Both buildings in the lithuanian capital were seized overnight under Moscow a drive to reassert control Over the Baltic Republic which declared Independence March 11. Earlier saturday in Moscow a Gorky Park about 700 people rallied in support of Lithuania carrying signs Reading a hands off Lithuania and a Down with red  hoping to pressure Lithuania to Back Down troops have occupied communist party buildings paraded tanks through the streets demanded that residents hand Over weapons and arrested lithuanian military deserters. Soviet officials estimate that about 250 lithuanians have deserted the soviet army since the Republic declared Independence but lithuanians say As Many As 900 have left their units. The soviet military a Deputy commander in Lithuania n. Rogacheva told Tass on saturday that lithuanian deserters were beginning to trickle Back to their Barracks. The military rounded up at least 23 deserters tues Day and promised to round up others who did not turn j themselves in a sooner or later the Law will be put into Force Quot i Rogacheva warned a and the consequences for the fates of the Young people May be most  Vilius Kavalauskas a journalist for the lithuanian newspaper Tiesa said 30 soldiers were patrolling the prosecutors office saturday and another 15 armed with nightsticks were at the Central printing Plant. The publishing Plant a communist party Enterprise prints official newspapers and magazines. Since the local party split from Moscow official Media have adhered to Lithuania a government lithuanian journalists said the uniformed men had not tried to interfere with the printing of weekend papers. The prosecutors office was seized Friday after staff i members refused to work with a Moscow loyalist named by the Kremlin As new chief prosecutor. The prosecutor is basically a Republic wide District attorney. The incumbent prosecutor Artris Paulauskas said lithuanian president vytautas Landsbergis promised him a different building to work in Kavalauskas a saturday. On Friday Landsbergis said the decision to take Over the prosecutors office indicated that the soviet Union was a trying to destroy the Legal  from Page 1 vely and without compassion further harm an Idaho woman who May find herself in the horrible unthinkable position of confronting a pregnancy that resulted from rape or incest a Andrus said. He said Legal scholars from both political parties found the Bill did not have the a remotest chances of surviving a court Challenge that could Cost the state As much As $1.5 million. The legislation called for outlawing abortion except in cases of non statutory rape reported within seven Days incest if the victim is under 18, severe fetal deformity or a threat to the life or physical health of the woman. It was similar to Bills rejected by other states As too restrictive. His decision was quickly cheered by abortion rights advocates who had feared his longstanding opposition to abortion except in cases of rape incest and saving the life of the woman would Sway him to sign the Bill. Kate Michelman president of the National Abor Tion rights action league said Andrus took a bolts step in View of his anti abortion philosophy. She noted that the move might have a political Cost for him adding r a but we will be there to support him and the people o i Idaho will support him because a majority Oft he people Idaho disagreed with what the legislature did. F the National right to life committee which instrumental in drafting the measure had Harstin Wor for Andrus. The organizations president John Willke said drus had bowed to a the hollow threats and press tactics of pro abortion extremists.�?�. Willke called it ridiculous for Andrus a to con to claim he is pro life when he has vetoed a Tun i would have saved thousands of lives.�?�, two of the Bill a chief architects rep. Gary Gomery and sen. Roger Madsen both a Cpd. U said they would refine the Bill an l reintroduce it 1991 session. T i