European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday May 15, 1990 a harsh debate to forge democracy hungarian says Indianapolis apr acrimonious political debate will be the Price of hard won Freedom in Eastern Europe Hungary a interim president told a commencement audience sunday. Hungary like other nations emerging from under communism must forge ties with its neighbors while maintaining Good relations with the soviet Union As Well author turned politician Arpad Goncz said in his address at the Butler University graduation. Political debate in Hungary is framed by Competition Between the Center right hungarian democratic forum and the Liberal league of free democrats. Gown Czi a party. A fall that s happened in Hungary is absolutely and finally irreversible a Grencz said. A the strength of hungarian democracy will take place As the result of very harsh debate Between political Goncz 68. Was chosen As Hungary a interim president May 2 in the country a first free elections in at least four decades. He appears Likely to be elected to the largely ceremonial Post of president by parliament in Early june. A we would like to introduce As soon As possible a free Market Economy and we Hope to become full scale members of the european economic he said. He delivered the speech in English and spoke to reporters afterwards through a translator. Grencz expressed concern for ethnic hungarians elsewhere in Eastern Europe particularly in Romania. Hungarians were persecuted under romanians toppled regime and arc regarded with suspicion As that country struggles to form a new political system. A to guarantee collective and individual human rights for ethnic minorities outside our Borders we have to maintain Good neighbouring relations a he said. A we believe in transparency of Borders so ethnic minorities outside Hungary can enjoy the Moth Grencz who was trained As a lawyer and entered politics after world War ii As a member of the then dominant smallholders party has written novels and Short stories. He has headed the hungarian writers Union since december. He will meet with president Bush and Congress before returning to Hungary. He indicated economic Aid for Hungary will dominate his discussion with Bush. A democracy in Hungary will be very Strong a he said. A the first thing Well need is private investment capital to go into Hungary then we can make our own efforts to Settle our own when asked to name a Dollar figure for the amount of Aid he would seek from the United states Grencz said laughing a there s an old hungarian saying a the upper limit is the sky to the stars a but of course we shall pay Back All that we maintaining neighbourly relations with the soviet Union is another priority Grencz said. A we want to make a Good connection to the soviet Union a he said adding a i believe that Success of the hungarian democracy will depend on its own and not on the Fate of or. Mikhail Grencz spent six years in prison on a life sentence for his role in the 1956 hungarian revolt. He was released in a 1963 general amnesty. The idea that he would receive an honorary degree from an american University was a source of Delight to him. A really this whole event that i stand Here now is so improbable that i cannot decide whether to drop a tear or to cheer a he said in accepting his honorary doctorate of humane letters. A quite Likely the proper behaviour is to smile with Grencz was invited to speak at Butler s commencement by his Friend or. Janos Horvath a former member of the hungarian parliament and an economics professor at Butler. Stateside stealth fighter appears at Pennsylvania air show Latrobe a. Apr the air Force s stealth fighter cloaked in secrecy for years dazzled about 50,000 people at an air show Here. The $42.6 million fighter designed to Fly undetected by enemy radar opened the show by soaring Over the Westmoreland county Airport about 35 Miles Southeast of Pittsburgh. A a it a Nice to see your tax dollars at said John Sarver 38. A a in a paid for it a said William Alexander jr., 65. Quot i wanted to see what in a paying the fighter was flown from Langley fab in Virginia. Stealth fighters Are scheduled to appear at several air shows this summer including Andrews fab in Maryland and Mcguire fab in new Jersey said capt. Kevin Baggett spokesman for the tactical air come at Langley. The f-117a costs More than $ 100 million a copy according to a recent report by the general accounting office. The air Force gave a figure of $42.6 million a the so called flyaway Cost of one plane without counting development costs for the urged to treat aids patients with new drug Washington apr Federal health officials have recommended that physicians use a recently approved drug As Standard treatment for recurrences of a life threatening infection in aids patients. The drug Sluco Azole proved so successful that a government sponsored comparative study was stopped and the drug was offered to All participants said officials at the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases. In the study Sluco Azole was compared with Amphoteric in a which has been the Standard treatment for the infection As Well As for recurrences. The infection crypt Coucal meningitis affects the brain and nervous system. About 10 percent of people with aids get the disease and after treatment for the initial infection they need lifetime maintenance therapy to prevent Brush makes Calif a Ripe for huge fire los Angeles apr a four year drought and a mysterious fungus Are killing the Chaparral the dense Brush that blankets the Hills of Southern California leaving it tinder try with a potential for fires with a the Energy of officials fear this summer could be the worst wildfire season in decades. Fire season was declared weeks Early in Santa Barbara and san Luis Obispo counties and was to be declared monday for the rest of Southern California said Doug Allen of the California department of forestry. Rainfall in the Region so far this year measures about 38 percent of Normal which is about 15.5 inches. A it is As bad As i have seen in my 33 years in the fire service a said los Angeles Deputy fire chief Donald f. Anthony. He has ordered firefighters to stockpile plastic pipe so they can pump w Ater from Home swimming pools. Especially alarming is a fungus that preys on drought weakened Brush killing As much As 60 percent of it in parts of the suburban Santa Monica and san Gabriel mountains said Philip j. Riggan a . Forest service scientist. Mountain Lilac rna Zanita. Sumac California Holly and even Oak Trees All have been afflicted leaving Gray blotches of dead Wood on mountains and canyons. A Pound of Chaparral has about the same Energy As a cup of gasoline said los Angeles county fire capt. Scott Franklin. In areas of dense growth fire officials estimate the Chaparral at More than 60 tons per acre he said. Quot we re talking about the Energy of Hiroshima a he added. The fungus Botyos Phacia Ribis appears to act like an opportunistic disease on already stressed Brush. At some elevations the dead Bushes look like a a Bathtub ring around the los Angeles Basin a suggesting a link to air pollution which is held to certain altitudes by warm desert air Over cooler Marine air Riggan said. A if people saw this kind of mortality in forests they a be quite upset a Riggan added. A the area is just Ripe fora huge but then the forests Are dying too. Drought to Quot by u. A / a a. A Xiv if los Angeles county fire capt. Scott Franklin troops through Chaparral that covers California hillsides. Stressed Trees Are plagued by bark beetles with most of the Pines dead in some stands Riggan said. A worst Case scenario that Anthony and other fire officials often use is the 1961 Bel air wildfire which destroyed 484 Homes and injured 185 firefighters. Damage was estimated at $30 million but Anthony noted a most of those Homes were valued Between $35,000 and $70,000 at that time. I seriously doubt that there Are Many Homes there now valued at less than $850,000. That same fire today could certainly run into the billions of conditions this year Are worse. Fire officials said and Many residential developments in Southern California have tempted Fate by pushing deep into Scenic canyons and Brushy Hills. Every Spring homeowners Are ordered to Clear the Brush surrounding their Homes for at least 100 feet but that wont help much in the face of a major fire officials said. On a recent trip through the san Gabriel mountains above la Canada Flintridge Franklin looked Down from a fire Road to multimillion Dollar Homes snuggled amid the dense foliage of winery Canyon. A a that a the threat right there a he said. A we be got whole communities that Are at risk. We be got to Start educating people that we be got a serious a a it a just something that people Are not very interested in a said Joan Feehan. A la Canada Flintridge City Council member who has a $1.5 million Mountain Home nestled at the City a Border with the Angeles National Forest. A of course you re aware of it when you pay your fire insurance a Feehan said. The Premium for her 5,000-Square-foot Home is $3,200 a year. Controlled burning of Chaparral is the Only solution Riggan and Franklin said but most prescribed burning programs have been curtailed by state and Federal budget cuts. A if we re Ever going to slow Down these major fires we be got to go in and remove the fuel a Riggan said. A if we done to do this prescribed burning its going to be business As usual with one catastrophic fire after
