European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 23, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3 Lenin Marx statues Moscow apr the ukrainian City of Tarnopol has decided to dismantle and sell statues of Vladimir Lenin and Karl Marx out raging local communists who called it a vandalism and Barba Nam a newspaper reported sunday. Until now Lenin and Marx have remained sacred in the communist pantheon while other past soviet leaders such As Josef Stalin and Leonid Brezhnev have been severely criticized under president Mikhail Gorbachev a reforms. The City Council voted 64-0, with 21 abstentions to remove the statues of Lenin the founder of the soviet state and Marx the father of Modem communism said Yelena a so Sinitskaya the City s communist party ideology Secretary. The Lenin statue which stands in the Central Square in the City of 200,000 people about 200 Miles West of Kiev would be sold a to whatever organizations Are interested a she told the newspaper Rural life. Asked if there Are people witling to buy Lenin so Sinitskaya replied a there  a a 1 City officials also have decided to remove statues of Yaroslav Galan who fought against ukrainian nationalism and Vladimir Zatonsky a prominent soviet communist party figure As Well As several military monuments according to the official Tass news Agency. The statues will be taken Down before the sept. 21 Celebration of the 450th anniversary of the founding of Tarnopol Rural life said. Neither the news Agency nor the newspaper said when the Council made the decision. The Only other official anti Lenin act that comes close to Ter Nopola a decision was the removal this Spring of a bust of Lenin from the Chambers of the Moscow City Council where Radical reformers won election earlier this year. Lenin statues in other republics have been removed As local authorities exert More autonomy from Moscow but none has been widely publicized a so Sinitskaya said it was originally suggested that the statue of Lenin in the City s Central Square be moved to another location and replaced with a statue of Taras Shevchenko a 19th-Century ukrainian poet and revolutionary Democrat. Quot bin unfortunately another View prevailed a to pull the Monument Down and sell it a she said. A the older generation is frightened and indignant. She told the newspaper that the decision to remove Lenin and the others could partly be attributed to authorities failure to erect statues to those a who did a lot for the National rebirth of the Ukraine. An unidentified Council representative was quoted by Tass As saying that Only a court decision or a referendum could save Lenin Marx and the others. So Sinitskaya said the i tvs Caw no nist party had Quot supported the decision of deputies to put up monuments to those who really contributed to our area but As to the dismantling we consider it an act of vandalism and Barba risen. But democracy ends when there appears a  Johannesburg South Africa up a Black Leader Nelson Mandela received a luxury Mercedes Benz on sunday As a gift from Black autoworkers for his work in the anti apartheid struggle. More than 50,000 supporters cheered him during the presentation. A representative for Mercedes workers handed Mandela the keys to the Bright red 500se Model which retails for 217,880 Rands $83,160at a rally in the Black township of Man sane outside the Southeastern port City of East London and in the heart of South africans Auto manufacturing area. Foreman Phillip Groom told the packed Sisa Dukas he stadium Quot i had a dream of handing such a car to Nelson Mandela when he was released from  he said fellow Black employees agreed to the plan within Days. A this is a gift of labor a labor of love to you a Groom told Mandela and his wife Winnie before giving the Anc Deputy president and de Facto Leader the keys to what the local press has dubbed the a Mandela Mobil. Mercedes management and the workers agreed that the vehicle would be built on their own time but with various parts and advice provided by the company for free. The 72-year-old Mandela freed after More than 27 years in prison feb. 11, thanked the Mercedes labor Force in a Brief speech and said the red color will a forever remind us of the blood the workers and people of our country have shed in the liberation  Mandela and his wife inspected the vehicle which came with Sunroof air conditioning leather Interior trim and such safety features As anti Locking brakes and a self leveling system before it was trucked North to Johannesburg at the company a expense. Mercedes has said the vehicle is not bulletproof and has no other extraordinary features. The company said in a statement released in february that it a recognized the Pride and esteem in which the majority of its employees regard or. Mandela and agreed to a car being built to Mark the important occasion of his  a anti apartheid Leader Nelson Mandela displays the keys to his new Mercedes a gift from Black autoworkers guards keep Doe from fleeing As rebels dose in Monrovia Liberia apr president Samuel Doe was a virtual prisoner of his presidential bodyguards sunday As 500 soldiers from his Krahn tribe refused to let him leave without them military sources said. Other Krahn soldiers were pushing the president to leave quickly to avoid a Bloodbath creating bitter infighting inside the executive mansion As rebels battled does regular troops in streets less than a mile away the sources said. But there was no sign that Doe was ready to leave. The president remained a convinced he is invincible Quot and was relying increasingly on his belief that Black magic will save him a diplomatic source said. All the sources spoke on condition of anonymity. The diplomatic source said he expected the president to fight to the end. Does Ocean front mansion which has a commanding View of the City was stockpiled with ammunition and explosives in preparation for a final rebel assault the source said. Heavy fighting continued close to the heart of Monrovia. Does forces fired a multiple rocket launcher toward a rebel held Bridge across the St. Paul a River North of the City. Rebel troops have overrun All of Bush Rod Island containing the City sport fuel and storage depots and repair shops and have tried to capture the two key Bridges leading directly into the City Center. Sources inside the mansion said Doe s Krahn bodyguards had gathered saturday with the president in attendance and told Doe they would refuse to allow him to leave unless their collective safety was guaranteed. Deep divisions within the Krahn tribe were also reported the sources added. The War which began when rebels under Charles Taylor infiltrated the nation from the Ivory coast last december has turned into a tribal conflict. Many members of the Gio and Mano tribes which supported the rebels have been slaughtered by does troops. The rebels turned their guns on Krahn civilians in revenge. As the Price for allowing Doe to leave the Krahn soldiers wanted a Safe passage to their Home territory in grand Nedeh county. Grand Nedeh is does last remaining stronghold apart from his few remaining Square Miles in downtown Monrovia. Taylor a National patriotic front rebels would resist any Effort by Doe to evacuate his forces to his Home Region. The . Embassy has been trying without Success to persuade Doe to flee his encircled capital. The rebels control two thirds of the country. Washington refused to Send in a peacekeeping Force and on saturday Doe had the . Military attache expelled. Does eight Story mansion is like a desolate military Camp where soldiers roam the otherwise empty hallways. The president stayed in his fifth floor apartment. All regular government activity round to a halt. Many civil servants ave not been paid in months and All but a handful have deserted their posts. Doe sent a delegation to negotiate a cease fire with the rebels in a last ditch Effort to end the conflict without a major Battle for the mansion but instead the delegation asked the president to leave. On sunday a tropical rainstorm the. First in More than a week eased the water shortage somewhat for Monrovia ans who spend most of each Day scavenging for food and carrying buckets of water paid for in dollars. One 15-year-old girl and her sister were observed across the Street from the . Embassy picking weeds which they said were All they had to feed 10 people. Some people helped by unruly soldiers go on regular looting expeditions after the daily 12-hour curfew begins. Shops restaurants offices and private Homes Are being systematically robbed of their contents often within sight of the rebel positions