European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes Friday september in in you reagans get sunny Welcome in Bonn a a t a1 a a in h la Nfn a 1� it pm w _ Friday september 14,1990 Bonn West Germany apr president Richard von Weizsacker greeted Ronald Reagan like a statesman thursday when the former . President arrived in the West German capital following a triumphant trip to Berlin Reagan 79, and his wife Nancy received All but military honors when they pulled up to von Weiss Sckerl a spacious residence on the Rhine River in a Convoy of Black limousines. Von Sci sucker and his wife Marianne warmly welcomed the reagans and took them to the Terrace of the White mansion for a panoramic View of the Rhine. World today a Sunshine for you a mrs. Von Weizsacker told Reagan before the group disappeared inside for lunch. Despite the warm sunny weather mrs. Reagan was wearing a heavy beige Wool coat. In Bonn Reagan will also meet with Chancellor Helmut Kohl As part of a 10-Day trip to Europe to soak in the drama of the political changes of the last year. Past visits by Reagan to Bonn aroused controversy in West Germany and in the United states. Reagan a last trip to Bonn was in May 1985 to attend an International economic Summit. It was overshadowed by a visit with Kohl to a German War cemetery in Pitburg where nazi is officers Are buried. During an earlier visit to Bonn in 1982, at the height of the crisis Over stationing . Nuclear missiles in Western Europe about 200,000 West germans massed to Tell Reagan to go Home and protested nato military policies. But in a speech in Berlin on wednesday Reagan said a major turning Point in putting pressure on the soviet Union was West Germany a agreement in the Early 1980s to base nuclear tipped missiles in their nation. Like thousands before him Reagan pounded on the Berlin Wall the ugly Concrete Barrier that three years ago he challenged soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev to tear Down. Germans applauded and shouted a we love you Ronnie and a Bravo Ronnie As the reagans walked through the landmark Brandenburg Gate on the former Border Between East and West Berlin. Berlin which has been designated the German capital after Unity on oct. 3, was Reagan a first Stop on the trip that will also take him to Poland the soviet Union and Italy. Bolt of lightning rocks australian Golf tourney Sydney Australia apr ten golfers were hospitalized for observation thursday after being knocked to the ground by a Bolt of lightning officials said. None was seriously Hurt however. Nineteen golfers All women were affected by the lightning which struck about 11 . During a 36-Hole Competition at the Belmont club course in Newcastle North of Sydney. Club Secretary Deborah Snelson said the 10 women who were hospitalized were released later in the Day. Crash of British copter kills military Crew member Medicine hat Alberta apr a British military helicopter returning to a Canadian base from a training exercise crashed wednesday killing one of three people on Board officials said. Capt. Viv Thatcher spokesman for Canadian forces base Suffield in Southern Alberta said the survivors managed to escape after the crash but the third Crew member was killed when the helicopter caught fire. None of the Crew members was identified. Thatcher said the cause was unknown and the crash was under investigation. The Gazelle helicopter was returning from exercises when it went Down about nine Miles Northeast of the base. British armed forces use the Suffield base about 125 mite Southeast of Calgary As a training Center. Israel reportedly stymied infiltration by hang glider Beirut Lebanon up a Israel foiled a guerrilla attempt to infiltrate Southern Lebanon by hang glider last month the lebanese daily newspaper an Nahar reported wednesday. Israeli troops and members of the israeli backed South Lebanon army also discovered and defused five car bombs inside the israeli patrolled a Security zone a an Nahar said the newspaper said the hang glider was located near the slopes of mount Hermon along the syrian Border. The glider was confiscated but the guerrilla who planned to Board it had disappeared an Nahar quoted Security sources As saying. I a Fiul two masks by the French company Cesar caricature Saddam Hussein holding a Gas nozzle and president Bush. Guess who s going trick or treating this halloween o scowling Saddam Saumur France apr want to play Saddam Hussein a French firm will help you look the part right Down to the Bull neck cocked Beret and bristling Mustache. The worlds largest maker of caricature masks Cesar a of Saumur is churning out scowling images of the iraqi Leader to hit the . Market in time for halloween. The masks Cost about $25 a pop. A my Uncle was in new York last month to sell our products and he saw the mood was there a company president Christian Gaudreau said thursday in this City 160 Miles Southwest of Paris. A we decided it would be a great  the Saddam mask looks like a diseased Pear. Cesar a artisans have exaggerated his jowls Cut a deep Cleft in his Chin and drooped his Mustache in a frown of distaste. Highly arched eyebrows top a pair of close set eyes both overshadowed by a mock up of the Beret worn by the iraqi Leader who sparked the persian Gulf crisis when he seized Oil Rich Kuwait on aug. 2. Cesar has produced a few Hundred copies of the get up in the past two weeks and Hopes to have 2,500 on the . Market by oct. 1. The mask will not be offered elsewhere. A we have to act while the Market is still hot Quot Gaudreau said. A this Type of mask has an Appeal Only As Long As the subject is in the news. Once the Gulf affair is Over people wont want  stage 24-hour strike to protest austerity Athens Greece apr tens of thousands of greeks staged a 24-hour nationwide walkout thursday closing Down state controlled Banks Public transportation and the National airline to protest the governments austerity measures. It was the fifth general strike this year called by the general confederation of greek labor. The unions want to Force the government to change its economic policies and loosen up on its Belt tightening measures designed to confront a 15 trillion drachma $ 100 billion Public debt. The walkout also grounded olympic airways Greece a National Carrier leaving thousands of passengers stranded at Athens Airport. However foreign airlines were operating normally. Some shops in the capital pulled Down their shutters but supermarkets remained opened. Buses and trains were at a standstill creating traffic tie  As thousands of persons who normally use Public transport Rode to work in their cars. Civil servants stayed off the Job and state run Banks which control most of the country a commercial transactions were closed. Most of the foreign and private Banks were open. Thousands of strikers gathered at a downtown Athens Square carrying placards saying a hands off our insurance and pen Sion funds and a give the workers a  the government announced last week that it would Rescue debt Ridden and bankrupt state health and pension funds. But the unions fear the government May also try to take Over private health and pension funds and incorporate them into the state run scheme. In Salonica in the North the country a second largest City Banks were closed and Public buses stayed in the garage As commuters sought alternate Means of transportation. Some Power cuts and telecommunications were reported disrupted in various parts of the country As Public Power corporation and greek telecommunication organization employees also heeded the strike Call. Unions have warned the government to abandon its Belt tightening measures or face a 48-hour general strike next week which would again partially paralyse the country. The unions also oppose the conservative governments decision to scrap inflation linked pay raises in 1991 and limit the increase for the last four months of this year to 7.1 percent inflation is running at about 21.3 percent and is expected to touch 25 percent by the end of this year according to official figures