European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes monday july 30,1990 a voter Riding High a horse Waits for its owner outside the polling place in. The communist party was pitted against Reform in Gac Hurt Mongolia on sunday As herdsmen file minded foes in the nations first multiparty election. Sex Chancellor Bruno Kreisky Dies in Austria of heart failure Vienna Austria up a former Chancellor Bruno Kreisky a staunch socialist and one of postwar Austria a longest serving leaders died sunday of heart failure. He was 79. Known internationally for his Strong ties with the Arab world and sometimes prickly relations with the United states Kreisky steered the powerful austrian socialist party through three decades and served As Chancellor from 1970 to 1983. A a he was regarded As one of the last of Europe sold style socialist leaders having cultivated his political sensibilities in Austria a underground socialist movement in the 1930s. He fled his native country when Austria was annexed to nazi Ger Kreisky Many in 1938 and spent the War Yean in Sweden. His death Early sunday at Vienna slain Hospital followed a lengthy Battle with heart disease. He had been hospitalized for about a week. Bom to Middle class jewish parents he barely escaped arrest by the nazi Gestapo when he fled to swe berl1n apr More than 20 members of prime minister Lothar de Maiziere a party in parliament once worked for the hated and now disbanded secret police two newspapers reported saturday. A top party official said the reports were inaccurate. The East Berlin newspaper Der Morgen said 24 members of the Christian democratic Union faction in parliament had formerly worked for the ministry of state Security known in East Germany As the Stasi. The ministry which spied on All aspects of life in East Germany was disbanded when the communist regime fell. Since then Many people have been accused of having worked in some capacity for the Stasi. The newspaper did not name the 24 Christian democrats in question. It said they had received a letter from the factions chairman Gunther Krause in which he asked them not to take on any a important political mandate Quot in a future All German parliament. Den in 1938. After the War he returned to Austria and Rose to become head of the socialist party in 1967. He also served As foreign minister in the Neutral socialist government. Adopting a pragmatic approach to the realities of cold War Era Europe Kreisky became the first Western foreign minister to visit Bulgaria Romania and Hungary. Following his election As Chancellor in 1970, he expanded his close relations with Arab leaders becoming the first Western head of government to Host libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi and Palestine liberation organization chairman Yasser Arafat in official state visits. His ties with such controversial figures Drew criticism from the United states but enabled him to serve As a mediator in numerous Middle East conflicts. At Home he remained enormously popular partly because of his support for efforts to combat unemployment. In his later years however Kreisky was increasingly at Odds with the new Breed of technocrats in the party. He accused them of forsaking the ideals of socialism. In january 1986, at a gala event honouring him on his 75th birthday Kreisky credited the socialist movement in Austria with giving the country a sense of National identity. A respected Munich based newspaper Sii Deutsche Zeitung carried a similar report saturday. It did no to name the accused party members either. East Germany a Christian democrats form the largest party in the coalition government. Members of their sister party the Christian democrats govern in West Germany. They Are led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl. The parties plan to merge before All German elections in december and the unified party is expected to do Well in the balloting. Der Morgen said the letter followed background checks on All parliamentarians for possible Stasi connections. The Christian democrats have not commented on the reported reproach but Many High ranking party leaders confirmed the existence of the Krause letter the newspaper said. Krause said the claims were not True. He said there was a no cause Quot for such a letter adding that there May have been a misunderstanding. World today italian ecologists accuse Sioux of mistreating horses Trento Italy up a a a Row has blown up Between italian ecologists and the organizers of a Rodeo Over the alleged cruel treatment of horses by Sioux indians during the course of their Riding display. Fourteen Sioux horsemen Are in Italy to take part in rodeos organized by a Catholic Charity group in this mountainous northeastern Region. Their show featuring horses and bulls and demonstrations of the Art of Lessoing has aroused the Wrath of local ecologists who accuse the american indians of a psych physical ill treatment of their horses. The Sioux riders replied by pointing out that horses Are considered sacred by their people and that the word for Riding is the same As that for praying in their language. They concluded by asking whether a Sioux or an italian Quot Green Quot should be considered the better ecologist. The Rodeo is expected to go ahead As  soldiers beg food at e. German rest stops Berlin apr soviet soldiers have been appearing recently at rest stops on East German highways asking travellers for bread chocolate and cigarettes a newspaper reported sunday. The Berliner Morgen Post a West Berlin newspaper said the soldiers appearances at autobahn rest stops were the result of drastic Price rises in East Germany following the july 1 economic merger with West Germany. The Price hikes Are reflected at red army commissaries in East Germany the newspaper said. Quoting unnamed travellers the Morgen Post cited one incident in which two soviet soldiers wearing Dusty unkempt uniforms approached parked cars asking if the Drivers could give them something to eat or drink. To make the event less embarrassing the newspaper said one Soldier had a 1-Mark piece in his hand to offer As payment. Requests have ranged from bread and other types of food to chocolate cigarettes soft drinks and Beer the newspaper said adding that More and More Drivers were reporting such encounters. One Driver from Potsdam at a rest Stop near Berlin called the soldiers a really poor devils who acted like  computer delays flights from Heathrow London apr flights out of Heathrow Airport were delayed for an average of 90 minutes saturday because of a computer breakdown at the main air traffic control Center. Other airports were also affected. The computer which is responsible for air traffic Over England and Wales was out of action for two hours and air traffic controllers were forced to do their work manually the civil aviation authority said. The control Center is at West Drayton near Heathrow. A the cause of the breakdown is being investigated a said an authority spokesman who according to British custom was not identified. A the problem has now been rectified and the computer is Back up and  in China kills 33, destroys 18,000 houses Beijing apr a storm hammered unusually Large hailstones on villages in the Northern chinese province of Hebe earlier this month killing 33 people and severely injuring 418, the China news service reported sunday. The july 15 hailstorm and accompanying heavy winds also damaged crops in More than 75 counties demolished 18,000 houses and damaged More than 300,000 others said the report in Beijing. Lawmakers accused of Stasi links