European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 24, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 9over her concert lovers cast stones at army restrictions Over stadium use strike a sour note by eff1e Bathen _ Nurnberg Bureau Nurnberg West Germany a a the rolling stones could t get satisfaction in Numberg this summer and Many in the City arc blaming the . Army. Concert promoters made a bid to include the bavarian City in the group s current world tour. The proposed Arena was Zeppelin Field the site of nazi rallies and Hitler speeches during the third Reich. The problem is that most of the massive stadium is under . Army control forcing concert promoters and the City to struggle through months of red tape for approval. Even then full use of the stadium is rarely allowed. In the stones Case the City was denied permission to use enough of the stadium to make it Worth the promoters while and the group headed for a larger site in  near the West German dutch Border. The whole process has angered no Imberg a lord mayor who ranks Access to the stadium As the City s second most serious problem with . Forces in the area right behind military helicopter noise. A a in a afraid that this will be a major conflict in the future Quot said Peter Schoelein the City a ranking official. A not As Many concerts can happen there As the people  the area was developed in 1928 As a Public Park and zoo. Nazi architect Albert Speer personally designed the buildings and seating that were added for the first nazi party rally in 1935. The Arena was used Only four times for annual party rallies held through 1938 when hundreds of thousands jammed the Structure and surrounding grounds to hear Hitler speak. Filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl glorified the rallies in her propaganda film a Triumph of the  the stadium was divided Between the City and the army through a series of agreements Over the years with West Germany. Today the . Military uses the stadium for athletic events fourth of july picnics and even outdoor Church services. The City controls the Northern end of the stadium a monolithic grandstand including the podium where Hitler once stood. That Section has seating capacity for 28,000. Seating can be increased to about 40,000 when the army gives permission to use a narrow a perimeter strip that faces the grandstand. At Issue is the use of the massive Field area that can accommodate softball baseball football and soccer. Sas Vico can ploy the speaker s stand area at Zeppelin Field in Numberg where Hitler once spoke is the Only part of the massive stadium Lisit the West germans control. The . Army controls the rest including sports Fields and additional room for seating. Games a All at the same time. Use of that area could increase the stadium s concert capacity to considerably More than 100,000. A group such As the stones needs space for a crowd of 52,000 or More said Jean Baptiste Dorr a spokesman for mama concerts and Lippman and Rau the promoters for the stones performances in Germany. But the army would approve the use of Only the perimeter strip. A a it a increasingly difficult for the people to understand How the Mere fact that there is a sports area which is not permanently used anyway can take away the Opportunity for seeing such pop concerts Quot so Heinlein said. The approval process is a lengthy one that involves the German Federal assets office the German supreme finance directorate the . Military commander in Numberg . Army Headquarters in Heidelberg and the concert promoters. Approval for a concert by Rock Singer Tina Turner earlier this summer Tor example took almost four months and that was with ticket sales hyped even before the army was notified of the request. The Singer got to use the perimeter strip for her rain drenched show. For their part . Military Community officials say the bureaucratic tangle is unavoidable. Cleaning up concert debris such As broken Glass litter and the remains of bonfires has Cost thousands of . Tax dollars Over the years. Under a system that look effect five years ago the army requires a contract that spells out responsibility for restoring the property adding to the red tape. Niernberg soccer officials support the american stand. Promoters tried holding a concert in the modern soccer stadium adjacent to Zeppelin Field a few years ago but problems with debris led to a ban on that stadium As Well. Cleanup aside . Officials concede that permission to use the playing Field area has rarely been granted since the contract system began mostly to keep the Field reserved for . Sporting events. ,. A what it provides the . Forces is a recreation area a said the Numberg Community commander Brig. Gen. Wesley b. Taylor or. For Nurnberg though the stadium remains a stumbling Block in the City a efforts to erase the taint of the third Reich. Using hitlers stadium As a Center for cultural and musical events City officials believe is a positive step in that direction. A one of the reasons for so Many important pop concerts and Rock concerts taking place in Nurnberg Quot lord mayor so Honlein said a is that quite a lot of musicians get some sort of inner satisfaction out of the fact that on a place that has been so badly used and abused that they can make their Popili Cul Point and get across their political message Quot soviet cigarette shortage has citizens really smoking Moscow apr scores of angry smokers blocked a Street next to red Square for several hours wednesday As Public outrage Over a summer Long cigarette shortage struck at the heart of soviet authority. The protest in a driving rain in revolution Square next to the Lenin Central museum ended when a truck delivered a dozen cases of cigarettes to a nearby tobacco Kiosk. A line of More than 230 people formed immediately. A a it a Only a temporary Success Quot said protester Sergei Barinov watching the truck Driver us Lead the cigarettes. A they bring some Hrry sell it in 10 minutes and again there is nothing. The vhf the a y we  the incident was the latest rebellion by sri offers who have staged strikes and other demonstrations Over the Summers acute cigarette shortage. On monday 200  traffic in Lenin Grad 300 staged a similar protest in Gorky and 3,000 people rallied at a Plant in Yaroslavl the inter fax news service reported. In wednesdays protest about 120 soggy demonstrators impeded traffic by forming a crude human Chain across the wide Street that stretches from the Moscow hotel to the Lenin museum. Six buses were stalled by the protest and Many ears turned Back. Some passengers patiently waited aboard three of the buses and the Driver of one of them opened his window winked playfully at the protesters and said a give me a cigarette a but the atmosphere was tense. At one Point 20 testy demonstrators surrounded Deputy mayor Sergei b. Stankevich a Radical politician elected to the Moscow City Council along with other reformers this year. They peppered him with questions on when the cigarette shortage would end. V a this has never happened before a a woman shouted at Stankevich. A Why was there a Good Supply of everything in Brezhnev a time a a Man yelled referring to the More stable Economy under former Leader Leonid Brezhnev. A Why Are they Selling cigarettes on the Black Market for 2 to 3 rubles Quot shouted another. A for 5 rubles a interjected another. Cigarettes usually Cost about about 80 cents a pack but Black Market prices have ranged from s3.20 to $4.80. Kosmos a Premium Brand can Cost up to $8. Stankevich said 22 of 24 cigarette factories have closed for repairs in the russian Republic. The government newspaper Izvestia said the soviet Union a a nation of 70 million smokers a this year bought 5 billion fewer cigarettes from Bulgaria a principal supplier because of a Lack of hard currency