European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a the stars and stripes saturday june 2,1990 e. Germany May seize communist property Berlin apr East German lawmakers voted thursday to create a commission that will investigate and perhaps seize the vast property held by the former communist party. The coalition government of prime minister Lothar do Maiziere asked parliament to form a commission that would have Broad Powers to seize evidence search houses and interrogate witnesses. When it is created in the next few Days All property owned by political parties and other organizations under the former regime would be put in Trust while the government decides How to dispose of it. The Law was passed As the Young democratic government grapples with How to convert state owned property to private ownership a prerequisite to unification with West Germany. The two German states arc to merge their economies and social institutions on july 2, when West German currency will become the currency of East Germany. The property commission is to report its findings to parliament by june 30. The commission is part of the monumental process of dismantling the nations vast system of state ownership. The proposal Calls for the property of All political parties unions and other organizations to be investigated but it is clearly aimed at the former communist regime. Lawmaker Gregor Gysi Leader of the reconstituted communist party that now supports a form of democratic socialism said the government proposal was aimed at eliminating his party s role As an opposition faction. A they want All opposition eliminated a said Gysi whose party is now called the party of democratic socialism. A that is the goal and nothing  he said his party a passing for fun dressed in Panda Bear costumes Complete with paws and furry boots two chinese children perform a dance during a huge ceremony Friday in Beijing a Tiana men Square. The event marked International children a Day. Already has Given up a Large part of its property. Richard Schudder Leader of the social democratic lawmakers in parliament said the proposal is aimed at merely shedding Light on who owns what in the country. The Issue of distributing East German property has generated much argument in both Germany. Hans Klein spokesman for West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said on wednesday that property seized when the communists assumed control of East Germany 40 years ago should be Given Back to the original owners. More than 1 million West germans Are expected to Lay claim to property they or their ancestors left behind when fleeing after world War ii or during the communist regime. East Germany wants instead to pay compensation to former owners and let East germans have the initial Opportunity to buy the property. East germans also fear High unemployment and rising prices when the two nations merge their economies. East germans have been lining up at grocery stores to Stock up on food and other household goods creating shortages of meat milk and other Basic necessities officials said. Lawmaker Vera Wollenberger said meat was Selling out in stores within one hour of opening in East Berlin and the City of Halle. Commerce minister Sybille Reider said consumer demand has increased 300 percent to 400 percent in recent Days. Soap bread and other goods Are Selling out she  threatens to evict tenants with to dishes London apr a South London Council is threatening to evict Public housing tenants who refuse to remove satellite to dishes from their Homes. A we done to like this architectural acne erupting All Over the Borough a said Sutton Council spokesman Howard Spencer. Nationally some 700,000 dishes have been installed to receive the sky television channels owned by Rupert Murdoch a the news corporation according to the financial times of London. A rival service British satellite broadcasting entered the Market this year. Nearly 100 local authorities Are pressing the government to Stop the growth of satellite Disney but the Sutton Council is the first to take such a step. The local Council said thursday that 130 Public housing tenants who had installed the dishes on outer Walls had disobeyed tenancy agreements forbidding alterations to the buildings. If tenants want to receive satellite to Spencer said they could place free standing dishes in their gardens or on balconies. The Council has begun mailing letters to about a dozen offenders and it intends to serve Home Possession orders if they fail to remove the dishes within 28 Days. Two tenants have already taken their dishes Down but others Are refusing to comply it said. A we done to want to see people out on the Street but we want to protect our property a Spencer said. A some of these dishes have damaged brickwork and roofs they can be dangerous to pedestrians and from an environmental Point of View they Are very ugly a Spencer said. A the Council is being very unreasonable a complained Hassan ooze or a tenant who has been warned to remove his dish. A it is a very real threat and we Are  20 killed when Park Cable car crashes onto apartment House Moscow apr at least 20 people were killed Friday when a sightseeing Cable car in the georgian capital of Tbilisi came Loose and crashed onto an apartment House witnesses said. A one of the cars seemed to explode a said Graig line an american photographer visiting Tbilisi. A the car just  the Cable car carries sightseers to a Mountainside Park the witnesses said. 1 world today machines to sell condoms May be set up in schools Vancouver British Columbia apr a school Board committee has approved the installation of condom dispensing machines in High school bathrooms. A school Board committee voted 5-2 in favor of installing the machines in the City a 18 High schools. Installations would not begin until september. A some of the communities Are uneasy with it but the Board has got to be the driving Force to say Well have condom machines in washrooms a said committee chairman Ken Denike. John Blatherwick City medical health officer said the step was necessary to help students protect themselves from acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Final approval will be considered at the boards meeting next monday. Earlier this year two other British Columbia school districts approved the installation of condom  flocking to see ancient Murrelet Bideford England apr an ancient Murrelet is drawing hundreds of birdwatchers to the Bristol Channel in Southwest England far from its Normal habitat. A this Bird has never been recorded outside the Northern Pacific Ocean before and its appearance in Britain is Likely to be the Bird sighting of 1990,�?� Richard Millington who runs an information service on rare Bird visitors said. The visitor was first sighted in Jenny a Cove on Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel. Millington a Telephone service Birdline provided details of boats for hire in the North Devon coastal town of Bideford to ferry birdwatchers out to the Island. One boat alone was hired to take 250 people to the scene. The ancient Murrelet is a Small member of the Auk family of diving Birds. Its main Breeding grounds Are on the aleutians and other islands off Western Alaska. In Winter it flies South As far As South korea.19 jewish tombstones overturned by vandals Basel Switzerland apr vandals toppled 19 tombstones in a jewish cemetery the second such incident in Switzerland in six weeks officials said. The vandalism occurred at the jewish cemetery in Basel Switzerland a second largest City the local jewish Community said in a statement. Police said they had no suspects. The Basel jewish Community spoke of a a disturbing anti semitic act Quot while saying it was not As serious As a recent desecration in Carpen tras France. In mid april a jewish graveyard in St. Gall was a vandalism target. Two Christian cemeteries in Switzerland have also been vandalized Over the past six  postpones visits to four moslem nations Karachi Pakistan apr prime minister Binazir Bhutto has postponed visits to four moslem nations because of ethnic unrest that has killed at least 306 people in her Home province and threatened her base of Power. Sporadic gunfire rang through Karachi pakistanis largest City for the fifth straight Day. Officials said at least seven More people were killed in the violence that broke out May 15. Bhutto has rejected demands to dismiss the government of Singh province led by her Pakistan Peoples party and bring it under control of the Federal government in Islamabad. Instead she has called out the army to help restore Law and order. Soldiers and local Security troops were patrolling the largely deserted streets of Karachi the capital of Singh and the country s financial and Industrial Hub. Most shops and businesses including the Karachi Stock Exchange have been closed this week because of around the clock curfews that have brought life in this City of 8 million people to a standstill