European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a news updates the stars and stripes monday october 15,1990bulgarian oysters Sofia Bulgaria apr thousands of former secret police agents who served the toppled hard line communist leadership have quit or been fired in the last year Interior minister Pencho Penev says. Penev told parliament that 5,130 employees of his ministry have vacated their posts since nov. 10, 1989, when Todor Zsivkov was stripped of Power. Of those 3,341 people were secret police agents used to suppress  suspended Manila Philippines apr a judge has indefinitely suspended the rebellion trial of sen. Juan Ponce Enrile and two others until the court of appeals rules on several petitions filed by the defendants. Enrile and two others a or. And mrs. Rebecco Panlilio a were to have been arraigned on rebellion charges in connection with a failed coup attempt last december. But the trial judge Jaime Salazar noted that the three defendants have filed petitions with the court of appeals to quash the  Case Las vegas a a Man who had been Nis quadriplegic songs sole caretaker for 12 years died of lung cancer a week after he apparently helped his son end his life so the Young Man  be left alone. Robert Bergstedt 64, died at Nathan Adelson hospice. He checked into the Hospital after his 31-year-old son Kenneth died. Both deaths came before the Nevada supreme court ruled on Kenneth Bergstedt a petition that he be allowed to end his life without threat of Legal recourse against anyone who helped him  decree Moscow up president Mikhail Gorbachev has issued a property decree that appears to protect the huge holdings of the communist party and official Trade unions. Gorbachev a decree was a response to a illegal confiscations of property belonging to state and Public institutions and organizations As Well As encroachments on the property of individuals a the official soviet news Agency Tass said. Nearly All property in the soviet Union is still owned by the state the communist party or official organizations despite talk of privatization As part of economic Reform plans. The decree came four Days after the City of Tarnopol in the Ukraine ordered an inventory of communist party property As a first step toward the City a taking ownership of the buildings and land. The decree orders Interior ministry troops to a take under Protection if need be the items of state and collective property in Case they Are threatened with illegal  correction in a recent Story about wage disputes Between Safe and civilians employed at . Bases in Turkey Ali Temel was incorrectly identified As a spokesman for the company Vinnell Brown and Root. Temel is not authorized to speak on behalf of Var. Russian orthodox ceremony in St. Basil s 1st since 1917 Moscow a a russian orthodox service reverberated across red Square from the brightly coloured onion shaped domes of St. Basilus Cathedral on saturday night for the first time since the 1917 revolution. In one of the most stirring demonstrations of religions revival in the soviet Union the plaintive chanting of the faithful echoed off the Kremlin a red Brick Walls floated Over Lenin a Marble Tomb and through much of Central Moscow on a cold Clear night. St. Basilus whose Bright yellow Green Blue and White domes and Spires Are among russians most famous symbols sits on the Southern Edge of the Cobblestone Square. The Plaza is bordered on the East by the immense gum department store and on the West by the Kremlin seat of the soviet government. Like Many important churches across the country St. Basilus was confiscated by the soviet government after the bolshevik revolution converted into a museum and closed to religious observances. Saturdays service a commemorating a 9th-Century Miracle in which the Mother of god is said to have appeared to soldiers defending the City of byzantium a was the first allowed in the Cathedral since 1917. Official tolerance for religion has increased greatly since president Mikhail s. Gorbachev came to Power in 1985. During the last two years in particular Many churches have been re consecrated and soviet citizens have flocked to services in record numbers. Last month a full service was held in the Kremlin a Uspensky Cathedral the country a holiest Church for the first time since the revolution. The soviet legislature also passed a Law on Freedom of conscience formally ending decades of repression. Oleg Kalugin a former Kab general was one of the worshippers at St. Basilus Cathedral. Shortly before Nightfall saturday hundreds of people packed St. Basilus built in 1555-1561 by Ivan the terrible to celebrate his military Victory Over the kingdom of Kazan on russians Eastern Border. As Many As 1,000 other worshippers gathered behind police barricades outside the Church enduring 35-degree temperatures throughout the three hour service which was projected by two sound trucks on the Square. Among the worshippers saturday was a former Kab general Oleg Kalugin who was stripped of his rank honors and pension last summer after he accused the Security police of continuing to spy on Ordinary citizens including clergymen. A it was very sad when this was a museum. Now there is Joy and the Walls Are alive again with prayer a said Maya Besarab Skaya 60, a Moscow sculptor who held a thin Candle in her Strong hands. Arbitrator Steps in As pay talks Sta for workers at of bases in Turkey by Luke Britt staff writer workers at . Military bases in Turkey May have to live on inflation weakened paychecks for up to two months until wage disputes Between the United states and a turkish Union Are settled. A Union spokesman said Friday that turkeys High arbitration Board will begin deliberations this week on pay issues that representatives from Safe and the Union could not resolve. The boards decision which will be final could come a next week or two months from now a the spokesman said. Safe is represented by Vinnell Brown and Root a company that was contracted by the air Force to manage its 4,000 foreign National employees in Turkey. The company and the turkish Union Harb is began negotiating a new labor agreement in March. In August the turkish government blocked a strike attempt by Harb is and ordered both sides Back to the bargaining table giving them 60 Days to reach an agreement. That deadline passed last tuesday. A we have tried very hard to reach an agreement a said Soyak Cetin vice president for Harb is. A but it was Clear some time ago that we were not making real Progress. Now it is no longer for us to  a Safe a final offer to Harb is included a 160 percent increase in pay and benefits Over two years. Harb is is asking for an increase of More than 700 percent. Both sides said their offers Are fair based on turkeys annual inflation rate of 80 percent. A Var spokesman said his company recently has shown the Union that its pay and benefits Are already More than 20 percent above the wages of comparable jobs in turkish private sector. Cetin said however that these surveys do not recognize employees rights to improve their Quality of life. A Susa few a offer might be fair if they do not expect turkeys people to go to movies Purchase new clothes for their children or go out to eat even once a month Quot Cetin said. A if someone from Safe can maintain their Standard of living on these wages even for one month then we will never ask for another pay  this is the first time since 1969 that the arbitration Board has intervened in negotiations Between the . Military and a turkish Union. Cetin said turkeys labor and management Camps both Are hoping the boards decision will provide a precedent to strengthen their bargaining positions. Fewer soviet soldiers deserting paper says Berlin apr dozens of soviet soldiers have deserted their units in recent months to seek Asylum in Germany the Berliner Morgen Post reported sunday. But it said that fewer soldiers have sought Asylum since East and West Germany unified on oct. 3. Citing unnamed officials at the office for Central social affairs the newspaper reported that 41 soviet soldiers had asked for social assistance in the Western part of the City since August. Statistics on Asylum seekers Are compiled on a state by state basis and an overview of just How Many soviet soldiers nationwide have sought Asylum is hard to determine. Soviet military authorities last week appealed to German citizens not to provide assistance to soviet soldiers on the run. There Are about 380,000 soviet soldiers serving on former East German territory. The soviet government has agreed to withdraw by 1994 the forces that formed the front line of the Warsaw pact. In mid july soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl agreed that the United Germany would be a member of nato. The soviet soldiers living conditions have deteriorated since the Deutsche Mark replaced the East German currency on july 1. A soviet Soldier is paid just 25 Marks $16 a month