European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday april 3,1990 girl and boy scouts help launch the month of the military child in a Parade sunday at Ramstein a West Ger month of the military child marches in Many. Heather Gray left an 11-year-old with girl scout troop 419, is ready to Clown around for the festivities which began at noon. At right boy scout troop 243 from Lan Stuhl keeps in step along the 2 /2-mile route. Other Particio amps Lynda Davidson pants included Ramstein High school s marching band and air Force Roth Drill team. World today quake hit town celebrates new years 3 months later Newcastle Australia apr the festivities came three months late but the earthquake hit City of Newcastle finally celebrated new years eve. The City about 100 Miles North of Sydney was hit dec. 28 by an earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale killing 12 people and destroying Many downtown buildings. Most of the new years eve celebrations in the City of 500,000 were cancelled As a result but City officials decided to have a a a relaunching of the City on the March 31 to april 1 weekend. Hundreds of people turned out Over the weekend to several belated new years eve parties thrown by hotels nightclubs and restaurants in the new South Wales state coastal  4.6 million people visited louvre during 1989 Paris apr the louvre m museum Drew a record 4.6 million visitors in 1989, but some never got past the new Entrance a the tall Glass Pyramid arising from the Central courtyard which Caps an underground network of facilities. According to a museum press bulletin 20 percent of last years visitors never saw any of the priceless artworks on display. Attendance was up 38 percent compared to 1988, due in part to the Appeal of the Pyramid designed by american architect pm. Pei and of a major retrospective of works by Painter Jacques Louis David avoid drug Trade or lose funds . Warns afghan guerrillas Islamabad Pakistan apr the United states has told afghan guerrillas to stay out of the drug business or risk losing support in the fight against their country a government a senior american official said monday. A what we have made very Clear to the Mujahideen commanders is that they must stay out of drugs and that they must discourage production of drugs a said Melvyn Levitsky an assistant Secretary of state for International narcotics matters. A we cannot accept a situation where we Are giving assistance to the Mujahideen and they on the other hand Are encouraging drug production and drug trafficking a he said at the end of a three Day visit to Pakistan. The major Mujahideen groups which Are based in Pakistan have acknowledged that some of their local commanders Are involved in cultivating drug poppies but the groups leaders deny that they condone it. Levitsky is touring Thailand India Pakistan and Turkey As part of president Bush a efforts to involve More countries in the fight against drugs. Afghanistan produced an estimated 750 tons of opium in 1988, making it the worlds second biggest supplier after Burma. The decade old War Between the soviet backed government in Kabul and the moslem guerrillas has destroyed much of Afghanistan a agrarian Economy. But the fighting has turned the Small centuries old tradition of poppy cultivation into a multimillion Dol Lar Industry and spawned what Many pakistanis Call a the heroin and Kalashnikov culture a referring to the preferred automatic weapon of the regions drug lords the poppies yield a Sticky substance that is refined into heroin powder in makeshift laboratories along the rugged Frontier and then spirited through Pakistan to Europe and the United states. The United states provides an estimated $300 million in annual assistance to the Mujahideen or holy warriors who Are fighting to replace Kabul a comm most style government. Levitsky said Washington would not support any government in Afghanistan that tolerated or encouraged drug production and trafficking. A the Point we have made to the Mujahideen is that if there is considerable evidence that there is. Support for drug production and drug trafficking we would not be Able to assist that government a he said. Opium production and to some extent Export have existed for centuries in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Poppy cultivation has declined steadily in Pakistan but has risen sharply in Afghanistan where tribal areas along the mountainous Frontier have become a Haven for drug lords. The United states has Only recently started working with guerrilla leaders to discourage poppy cultivation it has launched a program to promote drug awareness among the insurgents offering incentives to substitute poppies with other crops. But most Are unattractive to poppy growers accustomed to huge profits. According to . Officials about 80 percent of the heroin sold in Europe and 25 percent sold in the United states comes from Afghanistan Pakistan and Iran a the so called a Golden  the rest comes from Mexico and the a Golden Triangle of Thailand Laos and Burma. France bombarding foxes with rabies vaccine Dadic i a  i. Paris apr helicopters bombed French forests and Fields monday with fish balls containing a rabies vaccine in an offensive aimed at Europe a most dangerous Carrier the red Fox. A the Fox thinks its fish he eats it and voila he a vaccinated a said Philippe brie a  Uitti Tia Anih Ronli Tim k j rabies capital of Western Europe two choppers began the seven month operation monday in Southeastern France near the Swiss Border. Others May be added later this month As the Campaign shifts to the Paris Region and the North. Hundreds of ground workers will join a v. \ \ Nui aureus of ground workers win Ion is pc in -lfi1e. Uni ire Mai skis the 15 million franc $2.6 million Cam ifs to late rut it Avci pain a the nations la St Ever to stamp in s too late. But it protects the others. Out a disease that still strikes thousands vaccination by ground and air has Cut of French citizens a year. Attempts to exterminate foxes with j West Germany and the guns traps and Poison Gas were Crit Netter lands experts say leaving France the seized by animal rights groups. The Bureau undertook More humanitarian methods four years ago by sowing vaccine around infected areas. Aerial experiments in 1989 achieved an 80 percent immunization rate. This year helicopters will dump nearly 1 million vaccine doses saturating 27,000 Square Miles of rabies infested territory. The Frozen packets Are composed of a rabies vaccine capsule planted in a Ball of fish powder. After they thaw the packets give off an odor that even the Cra Tiest Fox finds hard to resist. The Aerial Campaign is the latest at tempt to stamp out a rabies epidemic among foxes that began in the 1930s near the polish soviet Border said Marc Artois chief of research at the Center of rabies studies in Nancy. By the mid-1980s, the virus was sweeping Western Europe. Compulsory vaccination of dogs and the development Quot of rabies vaccine a Century ago mean no one has died from rabies in Europe in More than 10 years Artois Saia. Still about 8,000 French citizens a year Are treated for the disease Many for the Strain carried by the Fox