European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes wednesday october 3,1990off-duty soldiers army civilians can travel freely in Eastern sector Heidelberg Germany a amps a off duty service members . Civilians and their families will be allowed to travel almost everywhere in the former East Germany now that the two Ger Many Are United spokesmen said tuesday. Only soviet military installations and training areas will remain off limits to the off duty service members the spokesmen said. . Army Europe develops Mili tary travel policy in the theater. Once approved by the . European come the policy also applies to sailors and airmen in Europe. For service members and civilians no visas or special travel documents will be required for Leisure travel in what was formerly East Germany. Service members should carry identification cards and civilians should carry passports. Personnel travelling off duty in East Germany also will no longer be required to attend special Security briefings. Until the state department issues further instructions service members and civilians on official travel to Berlin must continue to use the duty train or the duty bus once its service begins. They can also travel to Berlin via one of three approved autobahn routes. No special restrictions will be placed on service members stationed in Berlin. No command sponsored official activities May be conducted in the former East Germany without German consent. A definition of official activities is still being worked out. Under the 2-plus-4 agreement . Military exercises Are prohibited in what was formerly East Germany until soviet troops have withdrawn in 1994.celebrate from Page 1 celebrations that were to Start at the nearby Reich Stag the old German parliament building at Midnight. Chancellor Helmut Kohl said the new Germany would help stabilize Europe and that it would not be a a restless Reich like nazi Germany which plunged Europe into its most disastrous War. The unification of Germany is a a european indeed a world event of historic rank Kohl said. He warned of problems absorbing the mentality of East germans who Nave been schooled in communist ways for 45 years. During the Western allies Flag lowering ceremony West Berlin mayor Walter Momper said a today is a great Day in the history of Berlin. It is a Day of thanks to our Allied friends and partners in Berlin in Bonn and in Washington London and  butlers from the three Allied armies played As their National flags were lowered in front of the Allied Kom Man Datura a dark red Brick building where the top Allied generals and diplomats had just held the 618th and final meeting since the end of world War ii. The soviets As one of the victorious Powers in the War were equal members of the Berlin Komma Datura until 1948 when the cold War started and turned Berlin into a Flash Point of a deeply divided Europe. One flagpole outside the Komma Datura building still remains vacant for a russian Flag. Inside the photographs of the current outgoing Allied commandants snare a Wall with a photo of the last soviet general of 1948. People in a crowd of about 100 watched the flags being lowered and said they were sad to see the allies leave. The three Western allies will keep troops in Berlin however until the soviets finish withdrawing their forces from East Germany Over the next four years. For Ordinary West Berlin citizens it was life As usual on tuesday. On the Chic shopping strip of the Kurfirst Endami there were few signs that reunification was just hours away. But West Berlin resident Andreas Renner said the relative Calm was How it should be. A i think its better to keep it Calm a he said. The Lack of flags and banners is a Good thing he said referring to Germany a dark past. A i think we be had enough  a group of american students had the Good Fortune of taking a Field trip to Berlin on the Day before reunification. For Kristina Baumann of Chicago the visit was educational. A on the bus today tuesday Felt really bad a said Baumann a student at the Institute of european studies in Freiburg. A i Felt bad for living How i do and realizing How these people the East germans  the City engineered a huge party at several locations to Mark the historic moment. The focus of activity was the Reich Stag where the German Flag was to be raised at Midnight while a choir Sang the National Anthem. All around the Reich Stag a the battered Home of former German parliaments that has stood As a Symbol of German longing since it burned in 1933 at the Dawn of Adolf hitlers dictatorship a workers had prepared the area for the politicians and people who would proclaim the new German state. The division of Berlin left the building a restored inside but still Bullet scarred on its exterior a abutting the Berlin Wall. Now Back at the Center of what will once again be the capital of Germany the Reich Stag was to be the backdrop for the official reuniting of the Germany and the site of the first sitting of the All German parliament on thursday. The moment of Unity was to be preceded at 11 55 . By the ringing of the Liberty Bell at the Schoneberg town Hall. The Bell is a copy of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia that was Given to West Berlin. Then at Midnight seven Young athletes each from East and West Germany were to raise a 540-Square-foot Flag while the National Anthem was played including the resident wants museum built in town once divided by Wall by Joseph Owen staff writer Modla Reuth Germany a while residents of mid Laruth prepared tuesday to celebrate the disappearance of the Intra German Border that sliced through the Hamlet for More than four decades Arnold Friedrich was striving to keep part of it intact. Add Laruth known to tourists and . Military Border patrols As a Little Berlin a no longer straddles a National Boundary and a cold War chasm As of today. But Friedrich Hopes to build a museum that will remind visitors of the villages near half Century of division and isolation. A i thought we should retain part of these Border structures Only to show by what terrible Means the German people were separated a said Friedrich who is mayor of to pc the town that includes the franconian West German part of add Laruth. A i was afraid that perhaps in five years those who were responsible would say a it really Wasny tall that bad a Ana that they would gloss Over it because nature would reclaim the Border  workers began demolishing the Concrete East West Wall in Modla Reuth As soon As the East German government sanctioned unlimited travel Freedom for its citizens last nov. 9. In their enthusiasm they and souvenir seekers destroyed or removed most of the fixtures that had sealed the East German Modl Reuthers off from the West. But a newly formed civic association under the leadership of documentary film maker Arndt Schaffner has collected enough posters Border signs Border patrol weapons guard dog accessories Ana other Borer re Latea mementos to fill two bams and a Large room next to Friedrich a town Hall office. Friedrich said the town has asked the Federal government in Bonn for financial help in erecting the museum but officials have made no promises yet. In the meantime a Stream of visitors has turned the once quiet Back country Village into a sort of circus exhibit. Teacher Heinrich Schiller gestured late tuesday morning toward the strip where the Border Wall once stood and told several dozen pupils from the nearby towns of Kolditz and Meschendorf How the site once looked and about its ominous significance. Across the shallow Brook that also served As the Boundary a Small group of tourists snapped photographs of the remaining few Hundred feet of Wall and the single Concrete guard Tower standing nearby. A few dozen Yards away workers raised festival tents in the Middle of the Road that now gives the 32 thuring in residents of Modla Reuth Access to their 28 fellow citizens in the franconian Section of the Village. Refrain a Unity and Justice and Freedom for the German fatherland for that let us All  once the Flag was raised the celebrations were to really begin with half an hour of fireworks followed by concerts from 16 separate stages built on both sides of the Brandenburg Gate. The Flag and the Anthem Are both those of West Germany As will be the formal name of the new state a the Federal Republic of Germany a since under the conditions of Union East Germany will accede to West Germany As five new states in the Federal Republic. By the same logic Kohl will become Chancellor of All Germany and the West German president Richard von Weizsacker will become the head of state for the entire country. The capital will formally return to Berlin though most ministries and parliament will continue to work in Bonn at least for a while. The government has left it for the parliament that will be elected on dec. 2 to decide what will move and what will stay. Unity will also mean the uniting of All the Western diplomatic missions in East and West. The . Ambassador to East Germany Richard Barkley will cede his Post at Midnight tuesday and Vernon a. Walters the ambassador to West Germany will become ambassador to All Germany. The embassy however will remain in Bonn for now with the East Berlin Mission As a Branch. Berlin radicals also have some Celebration plans. A group from Kreuzberg has called for a massive demonstration wednesday that will March under the motto a shut your trap  the group says its against unification and a so called a great Germany that will fall into old nationalistic habits. A in reality this group uses any excuse to create chaos in the City. They Are not interested in politics but in Street fighting a we re prepared a said Peter Glaser a police  Jet causes tragedy at Airport Canton China apr a hijacked chinese jetliner slammed into two parked jets tuesday while trying to land at this City a Airport engulfing the planes in a Ball of flames and lolling at least 120 people officials said. A Western survivor said there was a struggle in the cockpit of the hijacked Boeing 737 As it tand de at Taiyun International Airport causing the Lane to Careen into an empty Jet and a Boeing 57 full of passengers waiting to Fly to Shanghai. Other reports said two hijackers chinese men who wanted to Force the plane to the nearby British Colony of Hong Kong exploded a bomb As the Jet landed. A the plane split the jets into pieces a said a chinese Man who witnessed the Accident. A it was a horrible explosion. The whole sky went red and the Airport Shook like an  Premier i Peng went to the crash site near China a main City in the Southeast and visited survivors at hospitals the state run Canton Peoples broadcasting station reported. The station said 120 people were killed and 100 survived including 53 who were seriously injured. It said some foreigners and Hong Kong and Macao residents were among the survivors