European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a a the stars and stripes monday july 16,1990 Moscow a thousands of soviets Many waving flags of pre  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 peo pie had marched past him. Tire marchers started from Gorky Park on Moscow a Solit reside and were heading for a rally just outside the Kreml Kwall. A communist party onto the try Mph Heap of history a said one Banner carried by the crowd. A communism no democracy yes a read Alioth Fri. One woman wore a wooden toilet seat around her neck and labelled it a Apo Rozkov a after the traditionalist Leader of the communist party in the russian Reub Fly tic rain apparently kept Down the size of the crowd. A police officer said he had  200,000 people. The rally had been advertised int Dos cow newspapers and on radio stations. Marchers said they were protesting the Community party a control of the army the Kab and the governs ment. 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 voters club the Radical Reform groups democratic platform and democratic Russia and an organization of Reform minded police and military officers named shield. News brie 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 a Quot Quot Quot Wake Reserve foil provincial police Cades on the reservation near  mohawks from the  Community set up barricades at Oka to Stop the municipality from expanding a Golf Cut Rise onto what the indians claim is ancestral  Maiziere links merger to Berlin Magazine says Munich West Germany apr East German prime minister lot Jar de Maiziere has made a treaty in the forma 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 1, 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 be completed by december. All German elections have been proposed for dec. 2. A this important Point the establishment of Berlin As Germany a future capital must be settled before the treaty can be signed a de Maiziere was quoted As saying in the weekly Munich based Magazine bundle. 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 there. Marchers bouncing comm i a press from Gorky Park across the Krimski Bridge in Moscow on sunday. A from Page 1 re Quot a. Vember 1987 message in a which the to earring policy had been change. 87 in apr Fri armed no reason v. Was Given for the they dress up. Is impossible to enforce a said airman Jon Ransom 23, of the prohibition against a hangs. Ransom is assigned to the 316th Supply so at ran Stein. A a it a not like speeding. Its something that a entirely harmless Quot he said. For Ransom wearing an earring is Quot a fashion statement. He compared it to wearing a Parrot made of Balsa Wood on his shoulder As he used to Dick 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 a Ransom said a a it la probably be oks Gorbachev from Page 1 Many in nato would contribute to stability in Europe. The soviets have argued that their troops should stay in what is now East German Terri toy. 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 discussed 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 for eign and Security aspects of German Unity could be solved this year. Kohl is accompanied by foreign minister Hans Dietrich Gens Herand 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 unions centralized Economy to a Market Ori enl jul system. But Western leaders rejected a proposal strongly Backe by West Germany and France for a $15 billion Aid package to Shore up the soviet Economy and demonstrate Estem support for Gorbachev. The soviet Union is already suffering from a drop in imports from East Germany its largest trading partner in the East blot. Trade relations Are Likely to deteriorate further when Moscow will be it red to conduct All economic activity with Germany in Tyand currency. Civilians Sailor Hurt in Carrier fire May port 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 a. A one of the injured civilians and the Navy Man suffered second degree Flash bums and were flown by helicopter to area hospitals. The other victims were taken by ambulance a Hondo said. None of the injuries was life threatening he said. Damage to the ship a eked 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 Quot 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 training operations along the Eastern Seaboard