European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ab12j567ba a a a it new look for Mark a Page 9 the  authorized unofficial publication for the ti.8. Armed Force vol. 49, no. 100 monday july 23, 1990 Onorr Virigl ?5t daily and sunday d 8693 a e. Germany resurrects states oct. 14 elections set for 6 regions it 1. I. Berlin apr East Germany s lawmakers voted sunday to reconstitute the country s five states that had been officially dissolved under communist Rule 38 years ago yet another Milestone on the Road to unification. By a Large majority lawmakers set oct. 14_ As the Date for elections in the states of Mecklenburg Sachsen Sachsen Anhalt the Tiringer Brandenburg As Well As East Berlin the move was to Mirror West Germany a federalist system and create the conditions for unification required under the terms of West Germany a Constitution. The Law passed by the vol Skammer East Germany a parliament restores the five states to roughly their 1946 Borders and abolishes the 14 districts created by the communist regime in a 1952 administrative Reform program. Lawmakers also agreed to establish the same 5 percent base election requirement that exists in West Germany rejecting Calls by the communists successor party the party of democratic socialism for a 3 percent hurdle the Law Means parties must get at least 5 percent of the vote in state and local elections to win seats in the parliament. Parliament also passed its last Independent budget. The budget of 64 billion Marks will have a deficit of about 34 billion Marks which will be covered in part by the Bonn government and through new credit. Earlier on sunday Rainer Ortleb a Leader of the parliaments liberals faction told the adn news Agency that East Germany a coalition parties had put together a practical solution to a conflict Over exactly when the country would merge with West Germany. He did not e borate but a spokesman for the liberals said the coalition leaders agreed to let both German governments negotiate the terms of joint parliamentary elections planned for dec. 2. However prime minister Lothar de Maiziere met with Ortleb and an unnamed social democratic Leader sunday evening and it was not Clear whether the conflict had been resolved. De Maiziere has been at Odds with the liberals and the social democrats both members of his Broad coalition govern Soe elections on Back Page create by Norm Zeigler travel outdoor writer _ an upsurge of interest in travel to East Germany has caused logjam at some . Consulates in West Germany and created problems for some american travellers . Officials say. Kathleen Hennessey vice Consul in the passport Section at the Stuttgart consulate said the problems Are partly a result of confusion about documents required for travel to the German democratic Republic. Service members must have passports to travel to East Germany she said. A a lot of people Are buying tickets an to e. Germany at consulates then applying for a passport Quot she said. The crunch Conics when the application cannot be processed in time to get the passport to the applicant before the tour departs. A a we be been working overtime a a Hennessey said. Quot we re trying to keep up see passport on Back Paga Wall Berlin up a hundreds of thousands of Rock fans watched the cold wars most notorious Symbol Tumble again saturday this time knocked Over in an outdoor performance of Pink Floyd a musical a the  about 200,000 people gathered on the potsdamer Platz to see the crashing of the 53-foot-tall plastic foam replica of the Berlin Wall at the concerts Peak recalling the breach of the actual Structure on nov. 9,1989. Organizers said before the show that they expected a record of More than 1 billion people worldwide to watch on television. The performance by former members of Pink Floyd accompanied by pop stars Cyndi Lauper Sinead of Connor Bryan Adams and others took place outdoors in the massive Square that was a no Many a land before the Wall came Down. The huge stage held a 504-foot-Long Wall made of 3,000 plastic foam bricks which were illuminated by hundreds of spotlights from the stage and three helicopters. In the shows Climax a giant plastic pig broke through the Wall when Pink Floyd Lead Singer Roger Waters cried out the key line a is there anybody out there Quot Waters said he started to look at locations for the show a Day after the Wall first started to be dismantled last year following pro democracy demonstrations and the exodus of 110,000 East German refugees to West Germany. A i knew then i wanted to do this show in Berlin a Waters told German radio. He chose the potsdamer Platz which % % pm. A try 4 Iff i a Spectator at the performance of a the Wall Quot make their wish for the future Clear on saturday night in Berlin. A was once the Lively Center of old Berlin. After world War ii it became a deserted death strip patrolled by East German Border guards. The Berlin Wall a originally a barbed wire barricade a was set up literally overnight aug. .12-13, 1961, As East Germany a leaders tried to Stem the flow of thousands of skilled East German workers to the West. It was later reinforced with Concrete. Months later it became the focal Point of the first great confrontation Between president Kennedy and soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev thousands of people in spectacular escapes defied the Concrete barbed wire and guards during the Walls history