European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes monday july 16,1990 soviets protest Moscow a �?1 thousands of soviets Many waving flags of pre revolutionary Russia and Black banners of anarchist groups marched through the rain sunday to protest the communist party a grip on Power one police officer estimated that about 50,000 people had marched past him. The marchers started from Gorky Park on Moscow a South Side and were heading fora rally just outside the Kremlin Wall. A communist party onto the trash Heap of history a said one Banner carried by the crowd. A communism no democracy yes a read another one woman wore a wooden toilet scat around her neck and labelled it a Apo Rozkov a after the traditionalist Leader of the communist party in the russian Republic. The rain apparently kept Down the size of the crowd. A police officer said he had expected about 200,000 people. The rally had been advertised in Moscow newspapers and on radio stations. Marchers said they were protesting the communist party a control of the army the Kab and the government. The protest came just two Days after the party concluded a historic Congress in which president Mikhail s. Gorbachev enhanced his control of the party Scenter but lost some of its Best known Radical reformers who quit. Organizers of the March included the Moscow Vot Ert club the Radical Reform groups democratic platform and democratic Russia and an organization of Reform minded police and military officers named shield. It it 1 amp pm Quot i \ a it n n marchers denouncing communism press from Gorky Park across the Krimski Bridge in Moscow on sunday. News Brief mohawks agree to end Quebec Bridge blockade Oka Quebec apr armed Mohawk indians embroiled in a land dispute with authorities agreed saturday to lift a Bridge blockade near Montreal after a provincial official promised to reduce the police contingent in Oka. The agreement was announced after Quebec native affairs minister John Ciaccia met for More than six hours with Indian representatives to resolve the dispute that has left one police officer dead. The meeting came As indians manned barricades at a reservation near Oka and blockaded the Mercier Bridge linking Montreal with suburbs on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River. Highways leading to the Bridge were blockaded wednesday by mohawks of the Kahn awake Reserve following an armed clash Between provincial police and mohawks Manning barricades on the reservation near Oka. The mohawks from the Kane Satack Indian Community set up barricades at Oka to Stop the municipality from expanding a Golf course onto what the indians claim is ancestral  Maiziere links merger to Berlin Magazine says Munich West Germany apr East German prime minister Lothar de Maiziere has made a treaty on the formal merger of the two Germany contingent on Berlin being named the capital of a United Germany a Magazine reported sunday. The argument Over what City should be the capital of United Germany a the current West German capital of Bonn or Berlin Germany a capital before world War ii a has become one of the most contentious issues to be resolved before unification. The two Germany merged their economies on july i under a treaty outlining economic monetary and social Union. Officials from both countries Are now trying to Iron out Legal and constitutional differences in a second treaty so that formal unification can he completed by december All German elections have been proposed for dec. 2 Quot this important Point the establishment of Berlin As Germany a future capital must be settled before the treaty can be signed a de Mai Zicree was quoted As saying in the weekly Munich based Magazine Bunte. The East German Leader also criticized West German Chancellor Helmut Kohls position that Berlin cannot be the capital of a United Germany As Long As soviet troops Are stationed  Page 1 vember 1987 message in which the no earring policy had been reaffirmed. No reason was Given for the change. But the news which one airman said is circulating rapidly by word of Mouth pleased Hagen and his friends who like to Wear the fashionable jewelry when they dress up. A a it a impossible to enforce a said airman Jon Ransom 23, of the prohibition against earrings. Ransom is assigned to the 316th Supply so at Ramstein. A a it a not like speeding. Its something that a entirely harmless Quot he said. For Ransom wearing an earring is a fashion statement. He compared it to wearing a Parrot made of Balsa Wood on his shoulder As he used to do when he patronized a bar with a tropical theme. A i like to Wear it if it fits the occasion a Ransom said. And since wearing an earring is a popular european fashion allowing air Force men to join in May help the military blend in better with the local Community pointed out sgt. Gary Kinney also of the 1856th computer systems group. A you go off base and there a a Large percentage of men who Wear them a 23-year-old Kinney said. A policy change May not Sway the attitudes of tradition bound air Force members who done to like the fashion. And the three Ramstein airmen realize that Many in the older generation associate men wearing earrings with homosexuality but they All can reassure their supervisors that they done to need to Wear their earrings to work to keep the holes in their ears open. Kinney suggests that those who want to Pierce their ears do it during an extended vacation so that a Post can be worn initially. Then when the newly pierced airman returns to work a if you poke it once or twice a Day Quot Ransom said a a it la probably be  Page 1 Powals that a United Germany be a nato member. However soviet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze has indicated there is room for Compromise. Nato Secretary general Manfred Wymer Kohls defense minister from 1982-1988, is also visiting the soviet  said at a news conference saturday that he understood soviet concerns Given the horrors of world War ii but that he believed the inclusion of a United Germany in nato would contribute to stability in Europe. The soviets have argued that their troops should stay in what is now East German territory. The West German government has pledged $780 million for the Upkeep of soviet soldiers in the second half of this year. The future size of an All German army was also Dis cussed at the first set of sundays talks Between Gorbachev and Kohl but no details were available. The soviets have suggested that the future German Force should number less than 400,000 men. Kohl told reporters he was optimistic that the foreign and Security aspects of German Unity could be solved this year. Kohl is accompanied by foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher and finance minister Theo Taigel. The West German government has backed a $3.1 billion loan to support the Kremlin a efforts to Lead the soviet Union s centralized Economy to a Market oriented system. But Western leaders rejected a proposal strongly backed by West Germany and France for a $ 15 billion Aid package to Shore up the soviet Economy and demonstrate Western support for Gorbachev. The soviet Union is already suffering from a drop in imports from East Germany its largest trading partner in the East bloc. Trade relations Are Likely to deteriorate further when Moscow will be forced to conduct All economic activity with Germany in hard currency. Civilians Sailor Hurt in Carrier fire Mayport naval station Fla. Apr a hash fire eight Levels below the deck of the aircraft Carrier Saratoga injured three civilian welders and a Sailor saturday the Navy said. The men were replacing a pipe at about 2 30 . When the fire started said it. Cmdr. Stephen Hondo a spokesman for the naval air Force at the Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk  one of the injured civilians and the Navy Man uttered second degree Flash Burns and were flown by helicopter to area hospitals. The other victims were taken by ambulance Quot Hondo said. None of the injuries was life threatening he said. Damage to the ship docked at Mayport naval station was minimal and the fire burned itself out almost immediately said capt. Barry Dysart executive officer of the Saratoga. A there was no structural damage to the ship. It will have no Impact on our operations at All a Dysart said. Both the Navy and Atlantic Marine inc., the welders Jacksonville employer said they would investigate to determine the cause of the fire. The Saratoga is based at Mayport and carries a Crew of about 5,000 when fully staffed. It has been undergoing minor repairs since returning in june from train Long operations along the Eastern Seaboard