European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars ant stripes Friday december 1990anti-pornography Effort launched by Gorbachev Moscow up a president Mikhail a Gorbachev has ordered a vigorous Campaign against pornography erotic videos and smut to a safeguard Public Gorbachev a latest presidential decree on wednesday attacked the Rise in erotica now increasingly available on late night television and in publications no longer subject to taking into consideration the anxiety of the soviet people about the spread of different kinds of pornography pseudo medical literature erotic videos and the like. Urgent measures should be worked out to safeguard Public morals a the decree said. On tuesday Gorbachev expressed his horror to the supreme soviet on what now appears on television. A a couple of Days ago i saw on television a certain professor citing chinese Art to illustrate interesting sexual positions a Gorbachev said. Quot this came As a great Shock to our Public. A people Are asking a docs the government have any Power at All a a he said. Video Parlours have mushroomed in the More per apis Sive atmosphere of Gorbachev a perestroika period. Sex newspapers can be openly purchased near Moscow a Pushkin Square and Girlie calendars Are peddled at sub. Way station entrances. Gorbachev a anti smut measure set up a commission headed by culture minister Nikolai Gubenko to study the experience of other nations in battling the porno business. While a brisk Trade in All videos goes on in Moscow and other capitals porno films Are said to bring some of the highest prices. In what appears a headlong Rush to catch up with the rest of the world after decades of official prudery the soviet Union is undergoing a belated sexual revolution. Only last year the famous Marilyn Monroe Calendar was published in a movie Magazine and other publications have written profiles of her great rival of the 1950s, Kim Novak. A a a at Moscow a rail stations books about birth control and sexual manuals Are snapped up by passengers waiting for trains despite the High prices charged by cooperatives Selling the literature. Out of a satanic verses author Kalman Rushdie left emerged from hiding in London on wednesday to sign copies of his new Book a Haroun and the sea of Sto Ries a a children a fantasy. This was Rushdie a first Public appearance since he was sentenced to death for blasphemy two years ago by Ayatollah today czech teen Ager detained in theft of Uncle s Auto Prague Czechoslovakia apr a 13-year-old boy was detained after he drove his uncles car across Moravia and tried to sell it for nearly $4,200 to a Man on the Street the state news Agency ctr reported the boy stole the Auto which was recently purchased and without License plates from his Uncle and drove it about 80 Miles from Odonin to Ostrava the news Agency said in tuesdays report. A in Ostrova the boy tried to sell the car for 100,000 crowns nearly $4,200 to a Man on the Street then lowered his asking Price to 20,000 crowns the Agency said. When asked by the police How he managed to drive the Long distance on icy roads the boy said a i have some experience from the years when i was to extradite Ira suspect to Holland Brussels Belgium apr the belgian minister of Justice has decided to extradite to the Netherlands a suspected female member of the Irish Republican army held in Belgium since june 16, his spokesman announced thursday. Donna Maguire 23, was arrested with two other Ira suspects in Meerle Hoogstraten very close to the dutch Border As they were practising shooting. The two men escaped belgian police but were arrested shortly later by dutch policemen. The extradition of Maguire has been sought by both dutch and German authorities. Germany wants her in connection with a bombing that took place on july 19 last year and in the murder of a British citizen on july 2,1989. ,. Dutch authorities suspect she took part in the May 27 attack in Ormond Holland in which two australian tourists were killed by mistake. Maguire was charged in Belgium with conspiracy detaining weapons and explosives and carrying a forged passport. A v a a a a a a a conservative rising Star in France quits his party Paris apr one of the rising political stars of the French right Wing mayor Michel noir of Lyon quit his party thursday describing the entire political system As sick. A a a r. F his resignation from the rally for the Republic the nations largest conservative party came a Day after its Leader Jacques Chirac denounced the concept of Art integrated Europe. Noir 46, loses his seat in the National Assembly by the resignation. He had been seen by Many As a potential heir to Chirac a former prime minister and now the mayor of Paris. 7 it at a news conference in Lyon noir accused All French political parties of failing to provide leadership As the country faces disturbing social ills and Tough choices for its future a France is sick. Sick of the crises in Justice education safety health a noir said. A sick of no longer holding its historic role on the International stage a London a new legislation being considered by the european parliament will guarantee working women in european Community countries at least 14 we is maternity Jeave at full pay and the guarantee of a Job on return. The proposal contrasts sharply with policy in the United states which has no Federal Law guaranteeing maternity leave. All 12 european Community countries. Already offer women some form of paid maternity leave but the new directive sets a minimum and bars dismissal linked to pregnancy. The draft directive passed last week by the european parliaments committee on women a rights also provides two weeks a compulsory rest before birth. It applies to any woman working full or part time. A this directive stops women from being penalized for what is a Normal part of a woman a life a said Christine Crawley committee chairwoman and a labor party dec parliamentarian from Britain. A it will result in a lot More British women having the same career opportunities As men a she said a it is a major British women have the most to gain under the new legislation. Under existing British Law women Are entitled to six weeks leave at 90 percent of regular pay followed by an additional 12 weeks at the equivalent of $74.50 per week. French women by comparison have 16 weeks leave at full pay Germany Grants 14 weeks at full pay and Denmark offers 28 weeks at 90 percent pay. J the new european directive also requires employers to improve working conditions for pregnant and breast feeding women. It stipulates that pre Natai visits to the doctor be counted As work time with no Joss of pay. In the United states 30 states have Laws granting unpaid leave from six weeks to one year. A a it a not a question of pay. We re the Only Western industrialized country that does not permit Job protected leave a rep Patricia Schroeder d.-colo., said. Schroeder was the prime sponsor of a Bill known As the family and medical leave act that was vetoed by president Bush last Spring. The Bill provided 10 to 12 weeks of unpaid leave. A she said the Bill will be reintroduced in the next session of Congress and that the european legislation will increase congressional determination to see it made Law. A a. A a a a in a glad to know there a enlightenment somewhere on the planet and i Hope it spreads to the United states _ Schroeder said a. The Bush administration in vetoing the legislation argued that it was not the government a foie to dictate How private Industry dealt with employees a if that argument were taken to logical conclusion there would be no health or safety standards at All at work a Crawley said. A a a a. A maternity leave is one of Many benefits offered by european governments at Quot tempting to encourage women to reproduce. Many governments Are concerned by a birth rate that is stable or falling and a population that is grading. One third of Europe a 321 million peo pie Are Over age 5q, that proportion could reach one half by the year 2000, according to some estimates. The european directive will be considered by parliament during it next full session which begins monday. It then goes to the dec Council of ministers for approval. If approved it has the Force of Law throughout the european Community after dec. 31,1992,
