European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes saturday july 7,1990 at Paris apr a dozen pieces of ancient roman jewelry were stolen from the louvre museum officials said Friday it was the latest in a series of Art thefts that has prompted an overhaul of Security in Paris museums. The 2nd and 3rd-centui7 earrings bracelets and necklaces were found to it missing wednesday the same Day a noir was Cut from its Frame at the lot bracelets and necklaces were found to Are ouvre and two other works were taken from two Small museums. But the jewelry whose loss was discovered in an inventory Check ordered after the Renoir theft was removed Long before said Jacques Sal Lois director of the museums of France. Shaken by thefts carried out in Broad Daylight officials have announced a series of measures to tighten Security at Paris museums. The Interior ministry is assigning a special police unit to work with museum Security personnel systematic inventories Are to be carried out and five Small museums have been closed indefinitely to individual visitors. Louvre director Michel Laclotte said the museum would shut at least four rooms. Officials estimated the Worth of the stolen jewelry at about .5,000 francs $910 and said that above All it had historic value. Experts said the stolen paintings a landscape and two portraits All Small formats were considered of limited Market value. Quot the most valuable of them Renoir so portrait of a seated woman Quot was estimated to be Worth a few Hundred thousand dollars at most a relatively Small sum today for a Well known artist s work. Also stolen wednesday were an 1816 landscape painting by Paul Huet from the Cam Valet museum and an 1870 portrait by Ernest Hebert from a museum named after the artist. News briefs sources say Doe failed to get . Ferry assistance Abidjan Ivory coast apr liberian president Samuel Doc asked the United states to ferry him and 100 troops to his Home Region of grand Nedeh but the . Government has refused diplomatic sources said Friday Doe was believed to have about 3,000 Loyal troops from his Krahn tribe in the area 300 Miles Northeast of the capital. In Washington a senior administration official denied that Doe had made any such request. The official insisting on anonymity said Doe suggested to . Diplomats in Liberia earlier this week that he would like to Stop off in his Home Region but made no formal request for . Help in getting there. The United states has offered to help Doe leave the country and the . Envoys made it Clear to him that the offer of transportation applies Only to International travel the official said. The question of . Transportation for troops Loyal to Doe has not Arisen the official said. Does remaining forces in the liberian capital of Monrovia have Peen surrounded by  Leader resigns under opposition pressure Sofia Bulgaria apr bulgarians socialist president Petar Mladenov submitted his resignation Friday following mounting pressure from students and the opposition for him to step Down state Media reported. Mladic nov a resignation letter was read on the state televisions 8 00 . News program by a to commentator. Students who have been on strike for nearly a month issued a declaration earlier in the aay calling on All bulgarians to go on a 30-minute Quot warning strike Quot saturday if Mladenov did not step Down by 8 00 . Friday the state Bra news Agency  Page 1 gang Schuble led the West German delegation. Also Friday 100,000 Rhet Al workers held one hour Quot warning strikes to demand higher wages and Job Protection said Union spokesman detlef Kuchenbecker. About 10,000 marched through East Berlin to press their demands. Prices have soared in this new free Market society following the economic merger and Metal workers have held strikes daily at various plants. East German stores have stocked their shelves with More expensive West German products forcing up prices. There have also been widespread reports of Price gouging by East German stores. De Maiziere and other officials have criticized the Price rises. The costs of some foodstuffs varied by 100 percent from one Region to another. A a there a no Way that can be justified merely by higher transportation costs or overhead a de Maiziere told legislators thursday. Adn reported Price rises of 400 percent to 600 percent in Northern Mecklenburg and Pomerania regions and said there were Long shopping lines in Southeastern Dresden. A there Are cities in the Cdr East Germany where the average Price Levels Are Way above those in West Germany a said economics minister Ger hard Pohl. Quot we need certain guarantees that Cdr citizens. Wont be  several thousand metalworkers struck at seven plants near Leipzig where pay talks deadlocked two Days ago according to adn. The Union wants East Germany to adopt the West German system of stipulating salary Scales and Job descriptions in huge collective contracts by which All the workers in a specific Industry Are bound. In Erfurt 9,000 workers rallied outside their Union Headquarters As contract talks began adn said. The negotiations later collapsed the Agency reported. Workers Are demanding that pay Levels be brought up to West German standards by next year. The average East German earns less than half the average West German salary. _ rents Are being kept Low to help compensate during the transition from 40 years of socialism to capitalism. But unemployment is expected to surge into the millions As East Germany faces stiff Competition from West Germany. East Germany a communist regime was overthrown last  Page 1 americans. She said she wants to protect others from a similar experience. A member of Brocks congregation in Mannheim told the stars and stripes that Brock bought and sold cars. Anthony Barnhart has said in an affidavit taken before his disappearance that he did not Check out the Mercedes because he trusted Brock a was a Man of  he claims the chaplain refused to discuss the problem. You sue me a the Soldier quoted the chaplain assaying. Brock who was assigned to the 377th Armor in at Sullivan Barracks in Mannheim has not been available for comment. He has left Europe for reassignment in the United states and army officials refuse to disclose his whereabouts citing the army privacy act. According to the affidavit Brock claimed that the a Cher Rye Mercedes was valued at More than $18,500 and assured Barnhart that he had driven the car for a year and a half with no problems. The Engineer later concluded the Auto suffered severe damage in a collision. The barn arts civil lawsuit in German court seeks to have the sales contract reversed and their Money  Page 1 but said that he has Quot big problems with direct . Assistance to the soviet Economy so Long As Moscow spends $5 billion annually for Cuba and billions More on military modernization. Bush said perhaps there Are ways to help the soviet Economy by extending financial credits before moving on to direct government Loans. Diplomatic sources said Gorbachev wrote British prime minister Margaret Thatcher during the nato Summit with an Appeal for economic Aid. From London Bush was flying to Houston and next weeks economic Summit of the worlds seven leading industrialized nations. The Issue of direct Western Aid to the soviet Union is regarded As certain to dominate discussions in Houston. Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney told reporters �?o1 think there will probably be substantial Progress on  the Summit participants offered to eliminate nuclear tipped artillery shells in Europe and in a dramatic shift in Long standing policy declared that the Western Alliance would use nuclear arms Only As weapons of last resort to defend against a soviet led invasion. Nato leaders made a dramatic overture to the soviet Union expressed by Bush this Way Quot we say to president Gorbachev come to  nato Secretary general Manfred Wimer was dispatched to Brief Gorbachev next week. The nato meeting was Ca Teddo consider Western Security needs in Light of the virtual collapse of the soviet led Warsaw pact in Eastern Europe. Most of its member nations have thrown off communist control. The North Atlantic treaty organization was founded after world War ii As a military counterweight to the soviet military bloc in Europe. Even As he offered Friendship to East european countries Bush made it Clear he is not ready to accept any of the former soviet satellites into nato. Asked whether he would oppose Hungary a application Bush said Quot not forever a Worner said the changes in nato policy would ease the threat of War. A at Long last we have the Chance to make for the first time in history military aggression in Europe materially impossible and also politically meaningless Quot he told reporters at a separate news conference. In another important development the allies proposed that once a treaty is signed a probably next fall a on limiting _ conventional arms and military equipment talks would begin immediately on reducing the number of  and soviet troops in Europe. In mind a commitment will be Given at the time of signature of the cafe conventional forces in Europe treaty concerning the manpower Levels of a unified Germany a a closing communique said. _ government sources in Bonn West Germany have said this could amount to cutting about 165,000 troops from the current Levels Down to 400,000. West Germany now has about 465,000 Active duty troops while East Germany has about 100,000 military personnel. Thjtf.s5 Tak Are bein8 held Between the nato and Warsaw pact nations to sharply reduce tanks artillery and other non nuclear weapons in Europe. The United states and the soviet Union Al in so be agreed a Imit a he Side Tonnis Mph <.ro,0ps in  Region. The to nil in Woom maintain an Addi Esrie m Tain and &0ulhem the nato leaders congratulated themselves on a successful two Day meeting. Thatcher said the Summit outcome was Quot Good for nato and Good for or.  West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said Quot the chemistry is rights Between him and Bush. French president Francois Mitterrand remained hostile to the changed doctrine on nuclear strategy saying Quot it was impossible to reach  he said the new strategy Quot totally contradicts the French strategy which is not to take the initiative to use Force but to bring to Bear whatever Force is necessary when  in a written statement the leaders proposed a Mutual non aggression pact with the soviet Union an the other nations of the fading Warsaw pact Alliance. The 20-paragraph communique a tightened the trigger guard on european nuclear missiles by staling they would be used Only As a last resort. A invited the soviet Union Czechoslovakia Hungary Poland Bulgaria and Romania a to come to nato not just to visit but to establish regular diplomatic  a proposed the eventual elimination of nuclear artillery shells by Quot reciprocal