European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 0 a a a the stars and stripes sunday july 29,1990 no its not some strangle Monument to secretaries in the shipping Industry. This Huiking old fashioned typewriter is the backdrop to a modern production of typecast the greek classic a the Odyssey a erected by the theater group Fred its Rebeker in the Harbor of Hamburg West Germany. Cheney faults Cia estimate of soviet military spending London up a about one Quarter of the soviet unions Gross National product is allocated toward building a a leaner and meaner Quot military not the 15 to 17 percent estimated by the Cia . Defense Secretary Dick Cheney has told Jane a defense weekly Quot i am one of the people who think the soviets Are spending a much higher percentage of the Gnu than we thought Quot Cheney said in last week s Issue of the military digest. Quot there is still a lot of momentum behind soviet military programs despite the 1989 Overall decline in military  nonetheless Cheney for the first time confirmed that Washington expects soviet tank production during 1990 to decline below 1,700 units. He said the lower tank production must be seen in relation to a smaller number of divisions and the reduced need for modernizing the tank inventory. Quot the Quality of their systems May Well improve in the years ahead although i think they will deploy fewer systems than they have in the past Quot he said. Quot i do not anticipate that the Quality of individual units is going to fall. I think that the soviet military will become leaner and meaner although i done to mean that in a pejorative  Cheney said Moscow is serious about readjusting its Doctone and focusing More on defensive capabilities. But he said the soviet Union had not reduced forces on natos Southern and Northern flanks despite the nations moves out of Central Europe. The soviets had constructed vast vehicle Parks East of the urals for the vehicles withdrawn from the Central zone. But Cheney said a if tanks sit out in that weather very Long they wont be  the defense Secretary said strategic modernization remains a priority for Moscow Quot that is what makes them a superpower Quot he said Quot and that is where we have seen the least change so far in terms of Overall  Andreotti avoids Cabinet crisis Over italian broadcasting Bill rom a ____1-. I _ a. Rome apr Premier Giulio Andreottis newly shuffled government won a vote of Confidence in the chamber of deputies saturday ending a Brief Cabinet crisis Over a broadcasting Bill. The vote in favor of the five party coalition was 356-177, the Christian Democrat Premier on Friday named replacements for five ministers from his party who had resigned abruptly Over the proposed legislation regulating state and private television. The ministers who quit were from a Wing of the party Loyal to Ciriaco de Mita the former Premier and a major Andreotti rival. They said they objected to the Way the government was trying to Force through the legislation. Andreotti backed by the other coalition partners sought to avoid a political crisis because Italy holds the rotating presidency of the european economic Community. The year old coalition Italy a 49th postwar government is also composed of socialists and ministers from the tiny Republican social Democrat and Liberal parties. Despite the Cabinet resignations members of the de Mica faction of the party supported the government in the Confidence vote. The communist party Italy a second largest political Force after the Long dominant Christian democrats led the opposition. A the broadcasting Bill has been in the making for 10 years. 6 it is scheduled to be voted on next week before parliament goes into summer recess. World today romanian cholera cases linked to Danube water Bucharest Romania apr Twenty one cases of cholera have been registered in Romania in the past week All affecting people who drank Danube River water or prepared food with it the health ministry said Friday. Eighteen cases were registered in the Danube Delta town of Dulcea two in the area of Gaia i about 40 Miles upstream and one in the Pra Hova Region 42 Miles North of Bucharest the state Agency rompers quoted the ministry As saying. Muzzled broadcaster decries soviet censorship Moscow up a a soviet broadcast journalist who was punished Fot controversial reports has cited continuing abuses of press Freedom. Reporter Alexander Hetvin also said Friday that a decree issued this month by soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to end communist party control of the airwaves May violate a new Law against press censorship Hetvin told the weekly Ai Lumenti i Sakti newspaper that he has been yanked from the air several times this year after he covered politically sensitive stories on state run radio or television. A unfortunately taking people off the air has become fashionable for radio and television Quot Hetvin said. He said he was pulled off the air in february after covering a pro democracy rally outside the Kremlin and in june after he questioned soviet leaders travel privileges. The reporter said he is under wraps again because of his reporting on the recent communist party  Bailiff executed for stealing Farmers Gold Beijing apr a Bailiff in a Canton court has been executed for robbing Farmers of Gold and using counterfeit currency to buy the precious Metal a newspaper reported. Last june Huang Sinkai asked two Farmers from his Hometown in the Guangqi autonomous Region to persuade five other local peasants to come to Canton ostensibly to sell Gold the local Yangcheng evening news reported. When they arrived in the Southern port City Huang and three others pretended to be police and using Huang a club and Handcuffs robbed the Farmers of l5 ounces of Gold. After making three Gold rings for his accomplices Huang sold the rest of the Gold for More than $400, the paper said. Huang was sentenced to death and was executed Atter his Appeal was denied. Executions in China Are administered by a single Bullet to the Back of the  in North London damaged by minor fire London apr a a Small fire damaged part of an upper floor of the Hilton International hotel near Regent s Park in North London on Friday fire officials said. There were no injuries but 15 percent of the 12th floor was damaged a London fire brigade spokeswoman said. The hotel one of nine operated by Hilton in the London area was evacuated and firefighters used breathing equipment put out the Blaze. Automatic fire alarms went off on three floors of the 13-Story building. The cause of the Blaze was under investigation the spokeswoman a  students death prompts outrage firing Tok o apr three weeks after a teacher was blamed for the accidents death of a 15-year-old Stu a authorities have decided to fire the teacher and discipline five other educators. The Case raised a storm of angry criticism about the strict rules students face in most japanese schools and the Ngo Rous enforcement that sometimes includes Corporal punishment. On july 6, teacher Toshihiko Hosoi 39, closed the front Gate of a senior High school in Kobe promptly at o.3u a.m., m line with the school policy of starting classes on time. Ryoko Ishida the student was caught in the heavy Metal Gate and died a few hours later of a crushed Skull published accounts said