European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes monday april 16,1990 news updates Barry s treatment by the Washington Post Washington a District of Columbia mayor Marion Barry said saturday that he has not adhered to the strict regimen of counselling sessions and other meetings that medical experts say Are critical to his recovery from alcohol and substance abuse. Barry also said that until recently he mistakenly believed that he could substitute attendance at Church services for the counselling sessions and alcoholics Anonymous meetings. The mayor added he would no longer do that. Since returning to . Last month after seven weeks of addiction treatment in Florida and South Carolina Barry has told audiences that he was diligently pursuing recovery by attending next step group counselling sessions which Are held three times a week in Northwest ., and the alcoholics Anonymous meetings he was supposed to attend on other Days. However Barry said saturday that he has missed a number of those sessions and meetings. A a in be missed several Days absolutely a Barry said adding later a Marion Barry just screwed up a Little bit from time to  women in space Moscow up1 a the soviet Union has not sent women into space since 1984 because of the demanding nature of work As a cosmonaut and the potential for a moral and ethical problems a an official has said. Alexander Alexandrov head of the soviet civil cosmonauts training program told the official news Agency Tass that although the soviets were the first to Send a woman into space a Valentina Teres Kova in 1963 a things like spacewalks have made the work of a cosmonaut harder. A this is demanding work even for men a said Alexandrov who took two spacewalks while he was a cosmonaut. A practically every expedition now involves  Alexandrov said he did not Rule out the participation of women on Short space flights but he said the Long term stay of men and women in orbit a brings about moral and ethical  soviet space officials have tried to find a Hus band and wife team to Send into space but have not yet found the right couple Tass said. The last soviet woman in space was Svetlana Savitskaya who was on flights in 1982 and 1984. Secret police files Prague Czechoslovakia apr the formerly top secret files kept by police for years on dissidents such As Vaclav Havel and Jiri Dienst birr have been handed Over to representatives of their charter 77 human rights organization Havel now president Dienstbier now foreign minister Petr Uhl now the state news Agency director and dozens of other dissidents were kept under constant surveillance for 13 years before a peaceful revolution ousted the communists in november. Uhlys Agency ctr reported that Interior minister Richard Sacher had handed the files marked a top secret a to charter 77 representatives Jan Ruml Miroslav Lehky and Miroslav Tyl. In return Sacher received a Book on charter 77 with the dedication a in memory of this glorious Day when charter 77 entered freely for the first time the premises of the Federal ministry of the Interior. It was not Clear whether Havel Dienstbier and the others would have time to study the Bulky files before they Are Lent to the Institute of Modem history for research. Ctr did not say whether the files eventually would be made Public. King Holiday of d Boise Idaho apr gov. Cecil Andrus has signed Compromise legislation making Idaho the nation s 47th state honouring slain civil rights Leader Martin Luther King or. With an official state Holiday. Andrus created Martin Luther King  human rights Day on the third monday in january corresponding with the Federal Holiday first celebrated in 1986. A this historic legislation firmly demonstrates that idahoans have that broader concern for All humanity a the governor said. A we stand against racism and for  Idaho a 10th state Holiday recommended by Andrus in his annual state address in january was approved by the legislature last month after a lengthy and sometimes bitter debate. African National Congress Leader Nelson Mandela Speaks in arrival in London sunday with his wife Winnie. Mandela in London after 28 years for sold out anti apartheid concert London apr Nelson Mandela will take Center stage in a rollicking televised concert easter monday to thank millions of people around the world for supporting him and the fight to end apartheid in South Africa. But if prime minister Margaret Thatcher wants to see Mandela she will have to turn on her to. The 71-year-old Deputy president of the african National Congress has not accepted an invitation to meet with Thatcher an outspoken opponent of sanctions against the White led South african government that kept Mandela behind bars for 27 years. Mandela accompanied by his wife Winnie arrived in London Early sunday on his first visit to Britain since 1962. Mandela was quoted As telling press association the Domestic British news Agency the sole purpose of his two Day visit was to attend monday nights sold out concert at North London a Wembley stadium. A i wont be meeting any British politician As far As i am aware. This is not to single out mrs. Thatcher a Mandela was quoted As saying before leaving his Home in Soweto South Africa. Among the 72,000 people who have paid $33 each to attend the a Nelson Mandela a an International tribute for a free South Africa concert Are american politician Jesse Jackson and Neil Kinlock Leader of Britain a opposition labor party. They will hear four hours of anti apartheid speeches and music by 20 top pop performers including grammy award Winner Bonnie Raitt Neil Young soul ii soul the Neville Brothers simple minds Miriam Makeba Peter Gabriel Anita Baker and Tracy Chapman. Mandela is scheduled to speak near the end of the show. Many of those who will be in the stadium stands were not bom in 1962 when the founder of the Ancus military Wing was sentenced to life imprisonment for plotting the violent overthrow of the South african government. Police presence prevents dissent on Tiana men Square anniversary Beijing apr a Lone protester was arrested at Tiana men Square but a massive police presence discouraged other shows of dissent sunday on the anniversary of the beginning of last years student democracy movement. However Security was increased Only marginally at the University campuses in Northwestern Beijing that were hotbeds of dissent last year. Students have said protests Are unlikely this year because of heavy police surveillance and the virtual certainty of arrest for those involved. At Beijing Normal University crowds gathered around recently posted notices announcing the expulsions of movement leaders Wuwer Kaiwi and Chai Ling both of whom have fled to the West. Sunday marked one year since the death of former a a try chief he Quot _ a among students or his relatively Liberal views. Communist party chief he Yanbang who was popular after his death students took to the streets to mourn he and criticize the communist leadership that ousted him from Power in 1987 for failing to Stop previous student demonstrations. The marches grew into a movement demanding democratic Reform and an end to corruption that lasted for seven weeks and Drew crowds of More than 1 million people. It ended when troops shot their Way to student occupied Tiana men Square on june 3 and 4, killing hundreds and perhaps thousands. Tiana men Square was open to the Public sunday unlike on april 1 and 5 when police sealed off the Plaza to Block protests. Overseas dissidents had urged people to silently stroll through the Square on those Days in Honor of those killed last june. The Only incident occurred around 10 30 a.m., when a Man in his 30s began to pin on his sleeve White paper Flowers a traditional sign of mourning. Streamers from the Flowers read a to mourn he a Obang and heroes who die for democracy and  police quickly arrested the Man who told onlookers he was a scientist from the Southern province of Guichou and had come to Beijing a to mourn our great general Secretary Hub the Man who was not identified was earlier stopped by police when he tried to mount the Steps of the Monument to revolutionary heroes in the ladle of the Square. He carried suitcases and said he Naa come to Beijing with everything he owned in anticipation of being arrested. He was driven away in a police jeep. Police also confiscated three videos from a television Crew trom the . Television network can which taped the arrest. The tapes were returned an hour later Gini Beijing Bureau chief Mike Chinoy said police described the Man As being mentally disturbed. Some 20 police stood guard around the to Numen throughout the Day forbidding entry. The Monime usually open was covered with wreaths last y brought by students and others to mourn he. 11. Also the Headquarters for student leaders Dunn occupation of the 100-acre Square last May and june