European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 04, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a a the stars and stripes thursday october 4,1990 in former e. Berlin Unity feels fantastic a to some the new Germany Here Are a a some facts v about the United Germany name Federal Republic of Germany population 61 million in West Germany plus 16.6 million in East Germany for a total of 77.6 million people. Size West Germany s 95,975 Square Miles plus East Germany a 41,768 Square Miles. Total 137,743 Square Miles. National Flag the West German Flag with Broad horizontal Black red and Gold stripes with no Emblem. National Anthem West Germany s National hymn which is part of a poem called Quot deutschland lied Quot or Quot German  it uses a Melody written by Franz Joseph Haydn in 1797. Its opening words Are Quot Unity and Justice and  currency the two Germany joined their economies on july 1. Since then West Germany s Deutsche Mark has been the official currency. States five East German states added to West Germany a 11. Capital Berlin became the capital of All of Germany. Bonn remains the seat of government for the moment. Government Helmut Kohl West Germany s Chancellor became Leader of All Germany on wednesday and remains in Power until elections to choose a new parliament. The balloting has been set for dec. 2. Kohl is being challenged by social Democrat Oskar Lafontaine in the vote. The new parliament will decide whether the government will be moved to Berlin. Source aps amps Wes Booher Princess Caroline s husband killed in speedboat race Monte Carlo Monaco apr Stefano casiraghi the 30-year-old husband of Monaco a Princess Caroline was killed wednesday when his speedboat flipped while he was defending his title in a world championship race the Royal Palace said. Caroline 33, was in Paris when she Learned of the death of her italian businessman husband. She quickly left for Monaco wearing Black mourning clothes. It was the second tragedy to strike the Grimaldi family in eight years a Carolines Mother sex american movie Star Grace Kelly died after a car crash in 1982. Witnesses said casiraghi and co Pilot Patrice inno Centi drove their catamaran the pinot i pinot straight into a wave at 93 Mph during a morning run for the world offshore championships. The 42-foot boat flipped Over ejecting Innocenti. Witnesses said casiraghi stayed strapped to Nis seat and bore the full Impact of the boat slamming into the water. The two engine five ton boat Sank with casiraghi aboard witnesses said. A the surely did no to have time to look out and at that Speed stuck under the boat must have been killed by the blow a said one competitor. Emergency Crews pulled both men from the water and rushed them to Princess Grace Hospital. The Hospital said Innocenti who was driving the boat was being treated for his injuries. Weather conditions off Saint Jean Cap ferrat Between Monaco and Nice France were described As Normal. The Accident came 30 minutes after the second stage of the race had opened. Caroline married casiraghi in a civil ceremony on dec. 29, 1983. It followed an unhappy two year marriage to French Playboy Philippe Junot. Caroline and casiraghi had three children a son Andrea 6 Charlotte % and Pierre 3. By de Reavis staff writer Berlin a residents of Eastern Berlin spent wednesday relishing the Golden glow of october and their new status As German citizens. Heiko Vosz a 22-year-old roofer used the Holiday to work on his car a 9-year-old Wartburg. A i feel just wonderful a Vosz said. A unification is fantastic. I celebrated with friends and family because we did no to care to face the mass of people celebrating downtown last  despite unification Vosz still thinks in terms of a we and they when he refers to different parts of Germany. A i found a Job in West Berlin soon after the Wall came Down a he said. A i was overwhelmed by the working conditions. We do everything by hand Here a Over there they have  Vosz said the top priority should be Given to training for the work Force in the East and perhaps an Exchange of workers from East to West and vice versa. Volker Thiel at 41 is just a Tad older than the now defunct East Germany. Thiel is a policeman and has been since he was old enough to join the Force a his late teens. A when the Wall came Down i knew we were headed for unification. We were All just surprised that we got it so fast a Thiel said while walking the beat around Trep Tow Park which houses the monumental soviet memorial to the country a soldiers killed during the Battle for Berlin. Thiel also said he Hopes the soviets make a fast exit from Germany. A i think we All feel there is no reason for them to peace from Page 1 dred invited guests. He also called for peace and european Unity. The unification came 11 months after the Berlin Wall fell in a peaceful revolt that cast aside communist East German overlords. At Midnight tuesday before berlins Battle scarred Reich Stag an estimated 1 million germans joined in an emotional chorus of the National Anthem to usher in their nation. Germany a imperialist past was recalled by the Reich Stag the old parliament building heavily damaged in the last Days of world War ii. On thursday it will again be Host to German lawmakers. Many standing before the Reich Stag had tears in their eyes during the main celebrations. A what for Many was Only a dream is now becoming reality a said Lothar de Maiziere the former East German prime minister who led his nation through its Short democratic life. Dozens held aloft torches that shimmered in the dark. As the end came for East Germany and the new country took Center stage germans were United in thanking soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. De Maiziere credited the Kremlin Leader with Clearing the Way for East Germany a peaceful revolution by revising to prop up a an anti Reform system with the Force of  that revolution part of the pro democracy movement that swept Eastern Europe last year set off the sprint to full unification. Kohl praised Gorbachev and also thanked Western allies for their support. A government spokesman said that Gorbachev will visit Germany in the first half of november to sign a German soviet Friendship treaty. Despite the Relief and Joy Over unification germans face what Kohl called a a difficult path in combining the Strong West German Economy with the collapsing financial state of East Germany. Businesses in what was East Germany Are failing daily with predictions that up to 4 million people will be unemployed. The former West germans Are showing greater irritation with their poor cousins from the East. In the face of such problems not All germans Are pleased by Unity. Police said about 50 people in Berlin were arrested for fighting or other infractions overnight. About 70 right Wing extremists in Magdeburg 60 Miles West of Berlin stoned cars and attacked passers by with baseball bats. Remain a he said. A a we re Independent now., i Little about the Western allies and their relation to the germans. I do know that they lived As friends Amone the West germans which is a very different Atti Trif than the soviets had with  thiels patrol companion Uwe Techentin said that despite some anxiety about the future there was no a alternative to unification. A we did no to have time to celebrate because we were on duty but we intend to make it up later a Teche tin said. A no we done to feel like West germans but like  but others Felt upset on the Day of German Unity. Ruth Bartsch who runs cafe idyll on treptow Park said the Joy of unification has been tempered by regrets that the interim Ruth Bartsch East German government did no to get More rights before entering the jurisdiction of the Bonn government. A people feel a Little cheated but that feeling will pass if Bonne a plans for helping us really work a she said. Bartsch said her Little cafe was jammed into the wee hours the night of unification. A but the people who came said they were coming to be together not to celebrate unification a she said. A too Many people have lost their jobs or about to lose them for much Joy to  earlier leftist radicals rampaged in a club for Young people there injuring several guests. In Schwerin a former East German City several Hundred leftists and rightists clashed after the rightists celebrated unification with the nazi Salute. Several dozen rightist extremists rampaged through Leipzig attacking police with bottles stones and firecrackers the news Agency adn reported. Police in Gottinger 70 Miles South of Hannover said 1,000 leftist protesters opposed to unification had rampaged through the City. Authorities said the radicals broke store windows and chanted a never again Germany and a nazis  in Hamburg Drunken Young people clashed with police and several were arrested. Munich police said 2,000 demonstrators rushed into a Central Square at Midnight some handing out right Wing extremist magazines. Betty from Page 1 tries to scare the troops with tales of danger in the desert. She warns them about the 50 types of scorpions crawling about. A she said once a ask your friends about what happened in Vietnam a a Mudd said. Other times she turns Stem and demands to know How the american troops can Call themselves christians and come Over to threaten a holy country the soldiers said. A yeah she a wild a Taylor said. A i want to go up there and visit her personally. To shoot  spec. Stewart Anthony also thinks the broadcasts actually boost the troops determination. A a it a a joke. She puts us Down. I mean she thinks the american Soldier wants to be Here a said the 22-year-old infantryman from Bessemer Ala. Cpl. Mark Urban of cob 1st in 7th Marine regt said he enjoyed listening to the broadcasts before his radio cassette player broke. A have somebody Send me a Walkman a he pleaded. A Sand got in mine so it  arts the radio and television service for the . Armed forces reportedly wants to fight Back against Betty with a deejay named Dan Dune who would play tunes and rap with the troops. However the broadcast service has not been Given permission to broadcast live although pre recorded music and news is allowed. A we think Dan Dune will be More than a match for Baghdad Betty a a member of the broadcast service said. Stay tuned