European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes saturday August 4,1990 moving up of joint elections Berlin apr a East Germany a prime minister Friday called for All German elections to be moved up by six weeks to oct. 14, bowing to growing pressure for Early unification. A West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl welcomed the East German proposal and said it has the support of the German people. However the main West German opposition party opposed the proposal and the soviets said it could disrupt International talks on reunification. Also Friday negotiators settled on Berlin As the capital of a United Germany but not necessarily the location of All government ounces. In another development West Germany a defense minister said West German officers will run what is now the East German military after unification. The moves appeared Likely to sweep away Many of the remaining stumbling blocks toward unification. The East German prime minister Lothar de Maiziere said the All German vote should coincide with East German elections that will create five state governments to Mirror West Germany a Federal system. The social democratic challenger to Kohl in the election Oskar Lafontaine called the latest proposal a a transparent manipulation  i. F in11 1104 a a v. Is 1 a m \ ,7-�?� s 1ltd a a s a a Ltd Ai a Quot ,.m1 a map goodbye censors the soviet newspaper Izvestia mannered the end of censorship wednesday with a front Page Story and photograph of a censors stamp Mark. The headline reads a goodbye  the soviet communist party officially called a halt to censorship of newspapers. In Moscow soviet foreign ministry spokesman Yuri or Smitsky said the Call for Early elections was an a unexpected turn Quot that could disrupt International talks on German Unity. The soviet Union has been East Germany a largest military and trading partner. De Maiziere a Appeal came just one Day after the two Ger Many signed a treaty for the first free All her Man elections since Adolf Hitler became Chancellor in 1933. De Maiziere said he wanted a kind of a Unity that was As guide As possible but As Good As needed and that Early elections would improve the climate Lor West German firms seeking to invest in East Germany a plodding Economy. ,. Before fridays announcement by de Maiziere it was assumed that the elections would be held in december. The decision on making Berlin the new capital came As negotiators for the two Ger Many ironed out remaining Points of joining the two countries. F the announcement in East Berlin left open the ques lion of whether All government offices would move  the capital of Germany is Berlin. The que Stan of the seat of government will be settled after unification a the statement said. Car bomb kills 8 in Lebanon Tyre Lebanon apr a car bomb exploded near an office of the syrian backed amal militia in this Southern port City killing eight people and wounding 75 others police said Friday. They said the car rigged with 43 pounds of Ceplo sics detonated in the City Shay Al Raml District at 11 . Thursday. A police spokesman in Tyre 80 Miles South of Beirut said the casualties occurred when people rushed to Check damage caused by a Small bomb that blew up minutes before the car bomb exploded. The spokesman who cannot be named in line with regulations said one amal militiaman was among the dead and 10 others among the wounded. The car bomb the sixth in Lebanon this year came a few hours after a Booby trapped car exploded in a Batisch killing one person and wounding four others. No one claimed responsibility for either attack. Reporters based in Tyre said amal militiamen toured the City in cars Friday urging the population through loudspeakers to observe a general strike Friday to protest what they called an a iranian  the Daylong strike was called for in amal con trolled Tyre and Nab Atiyeh 18 Miles farther South. Amal has been locked in a 3-year-old intermittent War with the iranian backed Hezbollah or party of god for control of Lebanon a 1.2 million Shute moslem who make up the country a largest sect. By police count More than 1,000 people have been killed and 4,000 wounded in the Power struggle. Aids cases Rose 2.75% in july Geneva up a reported eases of aids Rose by 7 37 or 2.75 percent in july to a total .73,4-5 As of aug. I the world health organization who said Friday. It said the United Stales accounted Tor nearly halt of the increase with 3.496 additional cases and a new total of 137,385 a 50,25 percent of the world total. There Are now 156 countries reporting one or More cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome who said. Officials cautioned Hal live actual number is at least two times or More Likely three times higher than the reported number of cases because of inadequate or late reporting by developing countries especially in Alrica. For example Uganda a report of 12,444 cases was dated As of dec. 31. 1989, and Zaire a 1.1,732 eases were reported Jan. 31. Kenyans report of 6,004 eases was dated july 30, 1989. Brazil also has a High rate but its last report citing i 1,080 eases was dated March 31. The known global total is cumulative since who began keeping statistics in 1980. At least halt of All reported eases have so far led to death officials said. Tins week who also reported a surge in his infection cases especially in Africa s sub Sahara. Inv or human immunodeficiency virus causes aids. The health Agency said it estimates there Are 8 million to 10 million people infected with his. Its previous estimate was 6 million to 8 million. The dramatic increase is due to new figures that 5 million sub saharan africans Are infected with his instead of the previously believed number of 2.5 million. About one in every 40 adult african men and women Are estimated to be infected who said. World today sri lankan bus Driver gets 190 years in fatal Accident Colombo sri Lanka a a bus Driver has been sentenced to a record 190 years to prison for causing the deaths of 28 schoolchildren and 10 others in a 1989 Accident court officials said thursday. J the High court on wednesday found Driver sri an Ananda guilty of homicide on All 38 counts of rash and negligent driving the officials the Accident happened Jan. 17, 1989, when Ananda failed to Stop at a rail crossing and drove into the path of a speeding train at Ahung Ala 45 Miles South of Colombo. Survivors said Ananda tried to Cross the track despite screams of warnings by passengers. Ananda had claimed that the bus engine stalled on judge Wilmal b. Dass Anawake sentenced him to five years on each of the 38 counts with the terms to run consecutively. A senior police officer said it was the longest jail term Ever Given for a traffic offence. W. German insurance firm to buy fireman a fund Frankfurt West Germany apr the West German insurance giant Alliano a announced thursday that it will acquire fireman s fund insurance co. In a move to expand us presence in the massive . Market. A with fireman a fund Alliano will reach the desired strengthening of its strategic position in the largest insurance Market in the world the company said. ,. The $3.3 billion acquisition of the California based fireman a fund a subsidiary of the financial service group fund of America still must be approved by antitrust authorities. A Alliano is Europe a largest insurance company and has repeatedly expressed an interest in expanding into the important . Market. The acquisition will allow Alliano to expand its activities in the United states from 20 to Alt 50 states. Poland to Issue Coin sets honouring Solidarity Union Warsaw Poland apr the government is issuing commemorative coins to Mark this months 10th anniversary of the Solidarity Trade a Union. ,. \ the coins which Range in denomination front 10,000 zlotys to 200,000 zlotys will be made of Copper Silver and Gold the National Bank of Poland announced. Only the 10,000 zloty Copper Coin Worth slightly More than $1 will be issued for mass circulation. One Dollar is Worth 9,500 zlotys. Currently the largest polish Coin is Worth 20 zlotys about 0.2 cents. Banknotes Range from 10 zlotys to 200,000 zlotys. Sets can be purchased at the Bank a branches or offices throughout Poland or abroad through Ryan James ltd., a new York numismatics firm for about $1,600, the Bank said. Thousands hold March marking Bologna bombing Bologna Italy apr tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of Bologna on thursday to Mark the 10th anniversary of a train station bombing that killed 85 people and to demand that the guilty be brought to Justice. A Bologna does no to forget a read placards carried by the marchers estimated by the state run Rai to to number More than 30,000. A minute of silence was observed at 10 25 a.m., the time of the bombing All Over the City As Well As in the parliament in Rome. The bombing on aug. 2, 1980, striking travellers at the height of the vacation season was one of the w Orst acts of terrorism in Europe. Speakers at the ceremony held in front of the rebuilt station expressed bitterness Over an appeals court verdict two weeks ago throwing out the convictions of four people sentenced to Lite in prison for the bombing. Torquato Secci representing families of the victims called the decision a an insult to the dead the wounded All