European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 a a the stars and stripes tuesday May 1,1990berlin braces for May Day trouble Berlin apr police in both halves of Berlin were gearing up monday for feared May Day riots As the City prepared for its first joint Celebration of the Holiday since the Berlin Wall came Down. Police forces in East and West Berlin will each have 3.000 extra officers on the Job today and West Berlin police say they will also be standing by with water cannons and tear Gas. But police say they Hope the Holiday will remain quiet. The main May Day event will be a Celebration in front of the former Reich Stag or parliament building in West Berlin. Union organizers say up to 50,000 people from both sides of the City Are expected. Violent outbursts in West Berlin have for the last three years turned May i an International Holiday for workers into clashes Between youth gangs foreigners extremists of All persuasions and the City from Page 1 Iran which demonstrated its influence in this humanitarian cause a Baker said in a statement. There Are still 16 westerners including six americans held hostage in Lebanon. Most Are believed held by shiite groups Loyal to Iran. The hostage held longest is Terry Anderson chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press. He was kidnapped March 16, 1985. On april 22, . Educator Robert Polhill was freed by a shadowy faction calling itself islamic jihad for the liberation of Palestine. After Polhill a release iranian officials and lebanese shiite leaders called for reciprocal releases of shiite fundamentalists held by Israel and Kuwait. An iranian newspaper said tuesday that unless Washington answers the latest releases with Goodwill gestures no More americans will go free. A release of two american hostages without any preconditions and solely for humanitarian and islamic causes was an extreme gesture of Good will and self sacrifice by lebanese moslem groups a the English language newspaper Tehran times said in an editorial. The editorial made available to the associated press on monday added a the islamic Republic used its maximum Power and credibility for the release of the hostages. Naturally without an appropriate response from the West there is no Chance for the continuation of Ranian ii the which is close to iranian president Hashemi a Sfanjani said a now the Ball is in the court of the United states and the Western it said Iran and the militants in Lebanon expect Washington and its allies to exert pressure on Israel to release a a significant number of detainees specifically Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid. Obeid is a shiite cleric with the pro iranian group Hezbollah. He was abducted by Israel from South Lebanon on july 28, 1989. The pro iranian Hezbollah is believed to be an umbrella for factions holding most of the hostages in Lebanon. Reed director of the private lebanese International school was kidnapped sept. 9, 1986, near Beirut a Airport. His wife Fahima a a fifis Reed was informed of her husband s release As she waited with Reeds family in Malden. A i never expected that to happen a she told can. A i still Haven to seen him. In a still waiting to see him. Quot what will i do i guess pack and last year 2,000 rioters Tore through the streets of West Berlin smashing windows and cars and looting grocery stores and other businesses. More than 300 police officers demonstrators and passers by were injured. After hundreds of right Wing skinheads and leftist extremists rampaged in East Berlin Little More than a week ago police fear troublemakers from both sides of the City will join forces. A a we la do our Best to see that violent people done to Cross the Border a West Berlin police spokesman Ger not Piester said. Quot Well search anyone who looks skinheads and youths in Black leather will be special targets Piester said. West Berlin police however will not close any of the More than 35 Border checkpoints Between East and West Berlin which germans can Cross Only after showing a passport. Bonn West Germany apr West Germany facing stubborn soviet resistance to letting a United Germany belong to nato on monday offered Moscow a comprehensive cooperation including economic and technological assistance. Chancellor Helmut Kohls government also said the 2-plus-4 unification talks Between the two Germany and the four world War ii allies would begin on Friday a Day earlier than previously announced . Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii will hold informal talks with Kohl on Friday said Bonn government spokesman Dieter Vogel. That same Day West German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher will meet separately with Baker and with soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze. Under the 2-plus-4 formula of unification talks the six nations will discuss one of the thorniest problems facing German unification including Moscow a insistence that a United Germany must not be a nato member. For four decades East Germany has been the soviet Hubble a jammed Goddard space flight Center my. Apr a engineers fixed jammed Antenna on the $1.5 billion Hubble space Telescope Early monday and said they were Well on the Way to recovering full use of the vital communications system on the orbiting Telescope. The Telescope has not been Able to communicate with the ground through its High Speed Antenna since the Hubble was released from the space shuttle discovery on wednesday. Engineers working on the problem discovered that an Antenna had been jammed by a Cable. See related Story Page 3. The National aeronautics and space administration said that commands sent during the night Quot gingerly repositioned the Antenna. A successful entering of the Antenna marked a major Milestone in the process of recovery use of the High gain Antenna system a Nasa said. The Telescope has two High gain antennas which Are supposed to link it with orbiting relay satellites. Without the antennas it was impossible for engineers to proceed with the calibration that was supposed to be started almost immediately. Attempts to use the Antenna system were unsuccessful saturday because a computer sensed the of a a we re too Happy about the Borders being open to close them now a Piester said. For the first time police in both berlins will work together on the Holiday. Three officers from each Side will Cross the Border to provide coordination and ensure smooth communication Between the two countries forces. Klaus Schattan a police chief in East Berlin said a everybody can rely on the fact that police in both halves of the City will work together when necessary against All forms of violence vandalism and West Berlin police will keep especially close watch on the District of Kreuzberg Center of last years riots Piester said. A Kreuzberg which Borders on and extends Southwest of the famous checkpoint Charlie crossing for foreigners is a mainly Workmo class neighbourhood with Large numbers of foreigners jobless youths and members of the left Wing counterculture. Unions most important Warsaw pact ally and Moscow is worried about the implications for the european balance of Power if a United Germany belongs to nato. The Western allies including West Germany say a United Germany must have nato membership. East Germany has said it is willing to go along with temporary nato membership if the Alliance undergoes fundamental changes to better reflect the East West thaw. Lothar de Maiziere East Germany a prime minister held talks with Mikhail s. Gorbachev in Moscow on the matter on sunday but the soviet president apparently has not changed his position. Kohl in a statement read by Vogel said he is a certain that we will come to a reasonable agreement also with the soviet Union a on the matter of a United Germany a strategic allegiances. Kohl added that West Germany is a ready for a comprehensive cooperation with the soviet Union in the areas of Economy technological exchanges athletic meetings. And cooperation in Security corrected Striction. If engineers had sent commands to Force movement of the antennas the computer system would have shut itself Down As it did earlier. In addition to connecting the Antenna problem controllers at nasal a Goddard space flight Center continued the months Long process of checking out the 43-foot Telescope nasal a most expensive unmanned spacecraft. A your Hope is that Well be fully operational within a week said Deputy project manager Jean Olivier. A the first pictures 1 still feel Are approximately a week away. Scientific data will follow in a month or two. Engineers working on the communications problem with the space Telescope found that an Antenna that should move freely in four directions was jammed. The Antenna apparently got caught behind a Power Cable that had bowed out from its Normal position against the 15-foot Arm supporting the Antenna Goddard spokesman Mike Harrington said. Discovery Pilot Charles Bolden said the results from Humble will be Worth the wait. A you wont see anything in a week you wont see anything in a month that a worthwhile. But Over the next few months the next few years you re going to see some absolutely amazing things i from Pago 1 and third paragraphs state that they Are but a subsequent provision states that Only the bathing suit and slogan rules apply. Similarly confusing is the ban on a Short shorts a for which there is no definition. The directive effective Jan. 1, orders supervisors in cafes facilities commissaries clubs and recreation centers to keep violators out and to Call military police if necessary. A a it a a Little carried away a said an Exchange service employee. A we sell products Here that Arentt authorized by the dress bikers shorts Are a the hottest item we the cafes employee wants to know what is considered Short shorts. A is it Between the Knees and the rear end nobody also unclear is what happens to violators. A pull them Over and give them a ticket asked the cafes employee. At Lincoln Village Lucas walked Home m the warmth of the sunday afternoon Sunshine after a basketball game with his shirt draped Over his shoulder. Fortunately the directive does no to mention being shirtless. A if the weather Calls for it you should be Able to walk around As Long As its not indecent or in bad taste a he said. Redd playing with her daughter in the Lincoln Village housing area was dressed in Tennis shoes Pink socks and shorts and a busted a a Pink tank top. A where do you draw the line a she asked. Redd also wondered Why Shower shoes Are prohibited in Public. A a that a summer a she said. A you know its summer when you see people in near a Gate to Cambrai Fritsch Cavern one disgruntled Soldier who was wearing biking shorts and a White to smrt said a Ownen he wants to Tell people what to Wear he should buy their the Gate guard allowed her in saying she is not a stickler on the clothing policy. However the directive states that Gate guards will not allow people on or off the facility if dress standards Are not being met. Sgt. Robert Davis suggested that a task Force be organized to ask members of the militant Community what should be considered inappropriate attire. As Davis washed his red 1979 Mercedes near the Darmstadt dispensary while wearing a tank top he wondered maybe i am in a i done to know in be seen people washing their cars in bathing suits. Back Kohl offers assistance to Moscow to ease ongoing nato opposition
