European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a the stars and stripes saturday june 9,1990 a amps Gary Pomeroyton top of things happily hunkered Down on a Hill sgt. 1st class John Fennema guards the 11th signal a no a Guidon during his units picnic Friday in Griesheim West Germany. A comfortable Lawn chair a cold soda some music and a Tom Clancy novel enhanced his duty. Dod employees still must follow travel rules when going to w. Berlin by Joseph Owen staff writer military personnel going to West Berlin still must observe . Travel restrictions despite East Germany a plan to remove All Border controls around the City according to the . Come in Berlin. A while East German officials have announced their intent to eliminate crossing Points altogether and provide unrestricted Access Between East and West Berlin this has not happened yet a command spokesman capt. Walter e. Pierce said in a written statement. A when this happens the . Come will make appropriate announcements about Access. The East German government expects to confirm sometime in the next two weeks its plan to drop Berlin Border controls by july 2, the Date on which the East and West German economies Are to merge. A the final decision still is pending in the ministerial Council but All the arrangements have been made a East German Interior ministry spokesman Werner Twarog said. He also said the East and West German Interior ministries Are in the midst of negotiations that May result in the elimination of Border controls on the entire inter German Border next month. The . Military already has increased from one to 19 the number of crossing Points . Military personnel Are authorized to use when travelling Between East and West Berlin. Other restrictions such As the requirement that . Personnel use Only the Helmstedt to Berlin autobahn when driving from West Germany to West Berlin remain in effect. Pierce said . Personnel who done to comply with regulations governing Ber Lin travel Are subject to administrative or punitive action by their commanded Berlin aut Balm the he Quot Twarog said Berlin Border officials have reduced their controls to Simn checking passports or identity cards in most cases so the proposal to Dron controls would not constitute a significant change. Demolition workers have opened so Many gaps in the Berlin Wall that pedestrian and bicycle traffic already crosses the City Boundary uncontrolled according to German press re. Ports. Twarog also said the East German government plans to reopen by next month All streets and subway lines cutoff by the erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961. Sporadic checks by customs officials will continue Twarog said. Contributing to this report staff writer Ken Tauson High dioxin contamination found near a-10 crash site in Remscheid news update protesting ban Sarasota Fla. Apr a City ban on thong backed swimsuits has prompted a rear guard action by devotees of the skimpy swimwear. About 200 demonstrators rallied thursday outside City Hall to protest the ban including several Young women sporting the swimsuits which leave the buttocks exposed. No arrests were made. Last month police arrested five people on indecent exposure charges for wearing the a string swimsuits at the City a Lido Beach touching off a debate at City Hall that led to the May 22 ban. The Council voted monday to uphold the ban. If convicted the five face up to to 60 Days in jail but no court hearing has been set. A they can to think of anything else to do a said Michele Larsen. A they have to complain. About us Young  fein shooting Belfast Northern Ireland apr a former City Counselor and member of sinn fein was wounded by an assailant who fired through the window of the victims West Belfast Home Early thursday the Royal Ulster constabulary said. Sean Keenan was hospitalized with a gunshot wound in his buttock but was not seriously Hurt the constabulary spokesman said speaking on condition he not be identified. Keenan a member of the Legal political  of the outlawed Irish Republican army was hit by one of the eight shots fired the spokesman said. No one immediately claimed responsibility. Keenan was formerly sinn fein representative on the Belfast City  quake Bucharest Romania apr the government thursday estimated it would Cost $25 million to make urgent repairs on buildings damaged by last weeks earthquake which killed nine people and injured about 1,000 others in East and Central Europe. Mihai Grigoriu director of the Economy ministry said the quake carved a Trail of damage in 14 of romanians 40 counties in addition to the capital City of Bucharest. He appealed for International assistance. By Mary Neth staff writer new tests have turned up High concentrations of dioxin in areas near where a . Air Force a-10 Jet crashed and burned in 1988 in Remscheid West Germany. Or. Christina Sauer Brohl the chief of the Remscheid health department said that studies to evaluate the amount danger and source of the contamination Are being conducted by several groups specializing in toxicology. A it will be some time before All the reports Are completed a Sauer Brohl said. A in the meantime local residents in the affected areas Are being advised not to eat Home grown  local health authorities began receiving complaints about an outbreak of skin rashes a year after the crash. Chemical and skin tests conducted in 1989 showed no connection Between the rash and any chemicals that might have been spread by the crash. The tests however did find relatively High concentrations of cancer causing poly chlorinated biphenyl or pcs in one soil Sample. A we done to know the source of the dioxin As yet a said Sauer Brohl. A it is not located at the exact site where the air plane went  higher concentrations of the dioxin Are being found below ground level she said but she noted that air Contact can dissipate chemicals on the surface. On wednesday German authorities asked the air Force to identify the chem ical composition of a foam that was used As a Seal in the planets fuel tanks according to capt. De Worley a Safe spokesman. The foam is designed to Seal any holes in the tanks resulting from Small arms fire. The command is asking the Sacramento air logistics Center at Mcclellan fab calif., for the information Worley said. The Center has worldwide logistics management responsibilities for a number of aircraft including the a-10. The a-10 crashed in the town on dec. 8, 1988, setting off a fire that engulfed Many Homes. Seven people died More than 50 were injured and 90 people lost their Homes in the Accident. Contributing to this report staff writer Deedee Arrington Doke in Kaiserslautern West Germany. Mandela says West must continue sanctions Geneva apr Nelson Mandela Friday said South Africa will one Day need massive Western financial Aid to help its people but economic sanctions should be maintained until the White government scraps apartheid. The Black nationalist Leader who underwent surgery last week to have a benign cyst removed cancelled a morning meeting with red Cross officials due to fatigue a red Cross spokeswoman said. However Mandela who turns 72 next month spoke later to the International labor organization. A Given the fact that apartheid has not ended it is Only logical that we should continue this weapon of struggle a Mandela Deputy president of the african National Congress told the annual meeting of the 150-nation . Body. In the future he said the South african Economy will need a massive International intervention if we Are to move Forward at a Pace that recognized the urgency of the needs of our  Mandela freed in february after 27 years in prison concluded his speech by talking of a a glorious vision of South Africa free of racism. No longer the Skunk of the  Mandela says other countries should not lift their restrictions on Trade and investment to South Africa despite an announcement thursday by South african president . De Klerk to drop repressive state of emergency measures in three of the nations four  killed in alleged break in Berat Hausen West Germany a an army sergeant was shot and killed while allegedly attempting to break into a West German Home Early Friday South of the Hohenfels training area. Regensburg police said that a 71-year-old Man was Home alone at about 3 30 . When he shot the 32-year-old Soldier twice in the Chest with a 7.65-caliber pistol. The Soldier died at the scene. The sergeant whose name was being withheld until his family could be notified was assigned to the Hohenfels training area a 7th army training come spokesman said. German and american officials Are investigating the incident. Andrews credit Union to sell Marks Frankfurt West Germany a amps a Andrews Federal credit Union has signed an agreement with merchants National Bank for the Sale of West German Marks it was announced Friday. The agreement designed to provide additional Marks sales outlets for credit Union customers allows Andrews to become an agent for merchants. Andrews has been Selling Marks under a test program since May 1989 at three locations. The Marks were purchased from the military finance office. Henry Addison senior vice president with Andrews Federal credit Union in Frankfurt said Usa eur officials asked the credit Union Early last year to sell Marks. Since May 1989, Andrews has sold $11 million in Marks at its branches in Wiesbaden Wurzburg and Frankfurt. Addison said Andrews has made no profit on the transactions. Andrews will begin Selling Marks jul of 18 under the agent concept at the Abrams building in Frankfurt Winesb Den Rhein main a and Wurzburg. Plans Are being made to expand these ice to four additional locations. The customer rate at Andrews an merchants will be identical said. Andrews will receive a Small com Mission to cover operating expenses