European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes sunday december 9,1990 Bonn Germany apr Germany and France in Advance of this week s european Community Summit called Friday for the creation of a european defense system and common european citizenship. German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and French president Francois Mitterrand in a joint letter to italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti sought to set the tone of the dec. 14-15 Rome meeting. Quot the political Union should embrace a genuine common Security policy which at the end should Lead to a common defense the leaders of Europe a two most powerful countries said in the letter released in Bonn. But they added that decisions resulting from a series of conferences on european political and economic Union a should respect the obligations already made to the allies of the Atlantic Alliance nato a with the cold War Over there has been growing Dis Cussion Over the role in Europe of the North Atlantic treaty organization and its main pillar the United states. Many have proposed strengthening Europe a own defences. .7 the letter was released As nato defense ministers meeting in Brussels Belgium announced agreement on a new defense strategy of a reduced . Presence in Europe smaller forces and a continued mix of conventional and nuclear arms. The former West Germany and the newly United Germany have been natos staunchest supporters but France is not a part of the alliances military command. This weeks meeting of the 12 dec leaders will symbolically launch the rewriting of the 1957 treaty of Rome to head toward european political economic and monetary Union. The Rome treaty established the dec. A Kohl and Mitterrand proposed strengthening a step by step coordination Between signatories of the West european Union and other dec members. The we was created by a 1948 treaty among Britain France the Netherlands Belgium and Luxembourg to coordinate economic social cultural and collective a self defense matters. There have been occasional Calls to revive the now virtually moribund organization. In the letter to Andreotti the German and French leaders also made a Strong plea for a variety of issues that should be removed from bilateral consultations and made part of the multilateral dec process. One proposal was to Lay the foundation for a a real european  the letter also mentioned multilateral cooperation on immigration drug policy and organized crime prevention. The two leaders also said the dec should be a deepened and expanded in the Field of environmental health social and Energy policies As Well As in consumer Protection and research and technology. The letter followed a meeting wednesday night in Paris Between Kohl and Mitterrand to coordinate strategies ahead of the Rome Summit the second meeting of dec leaders in two months. Italy currently holds the rotating presidency of the dec. A a a a a a Quot in october dec leaders with the exception of Britain agreed on a timetable conditions Ana Content for a gradual move toward transferring National sovereignty Over currencies to a common authority. Activists Pelt women int la Scala season opener Milan Italy apr animal rights activists caused a stir at the opening of the la Scala opera season Friday night when they hurled Tomato juice at women wearing furs. A a a a a a Quot 7 a a a a a a it. A the Trio a two women and a Man a hurled juice at plainclothes police who surrounded them turning their shirts and jackets red. At least two women a furs were splattered red by the juice. A a this is not the Temple of Bel Cantor Beautiful song but an exhibition of furs which drip blood a the Man shouted As he was dragged out of the theater. / a the demonstrators slipped through tight Security into the main Entrance to attack the women in furs. Police said the three demonstrators were released without charge. La Scalars gala night inaugurating the opera season of Italy a most renowned theater has a Long tradition of. Protests. V 7-7 a a a a however the most feared demonstrators striking metalworkers did not show up dozens of riot police quietly patrolled the theater area a near the Cathedral / Square in downtown Milan. V _ despite freezing temperatures about 200 onlookers standing behind Iron barriers commented on and applauded the Entrance of smart theatregoers. On the artistic Side the gala night was enlightened by a rare performance of Wolfgang amadeus Mph arts a  the opera s main characters were played by swedish Tenor Gosta Winbergh and by three american singers a Delores Ziegler Carol Vaness and Patricia Schu a a  a. A a a a 7 a a a 777 a Riccardo Muti conducted the opera. Two opera fans Are splattered with Tomato juice after being targeted by animal rights activists Friday. World today hijackers seize vehicle carrying . Documents Rio de Janeiro Brazil apr thieves hijacked a Van carrying . Consulate documents and stole eight diplomatic pouches Federal police said Friday. Spokesman Helio Mazzeo said 12 men armed with shotguns and sub machine guns intercepted the Van wednesday on its Way to the consulate from riots Galea Airport. The Driver and two consulate employees were released unhurt he said. The Van minus the diplomatic pouches was found the next Day in a Street on riots poor North Side a a we re working with two hypotheses it was either a simple robbery or it had other possibly political motives a Mazzeo said. Mazzeo said the pouches containing documents were part of a routine diplomatic shipment from Brasilia the nations capital. The Content of the documents was not known he said. The . Consulate refused to comment on the robbery. The local press speculated the robbers were looking for  of mourning Marks deadly quake in Armenia Moscow up a Church Bells rang throughout Armenia at 11 41 . Friday to Mark the moment two years ago when a massive earthquake levelled towns and villages and killed nearly 25,000 people. Reconstruction efforts financed partly from the outpouring of International emergency Aid continue to slowly rebuild the devastated  still remain homeless in the Southern soviet Republic. Residents observed a Day of mourning Friday with Church services visits to Graves an the unveiling of monuments to those who died in the dec 7,1988, quake that measured 7 on the Richter scale. A .-7. A a More than $500 million in foreign Aid poured into the soviet Union after the quake which destroyed the towns of Spitak Lem Nakan Kumari Stepa Navan and Nalband. / in much of the area however Many residents Are still living in shantytowns and the slow Pace of reconstruction has drawn Sharp criticism member of parliament charged with corruption London apr a member of parliament from the majority conservative party was charged Friday with seven counts of bribery and violation a of Public duty charges against Harry Greenway include. An allegation that he tried to influence the appointment of a British railways Board chairman. Greenway a member of parliament from the London neighbourhood of Ealing since 1979, was charged in a London police court with a corruptly accepting gifts including airline and entertainment tickets. The charges Date Back to 1984 and Are part of a broader police inquiry into alleged bribery involving contracts Worth millions of pounds. A a a former British rail director of civil engineering and three executives of passer railway machinery Ltd. Have already been charged in connection with the same inquiry the charges against Greenway also involve allegations that he used his influence to support an application for British nationality. Greenway 56, said he was a a astonished by the charged Dumfries Scotland up the mystery of the extra Crew member on doomed pan am flight 103 remained unsolved Friday As the disaster inquiry adjourned until next month. 7 officials at the hearing in Dumfries were told that there should have been 12 Cabin attendants on the new York bound jumbo Jet a maid of the  but after the Jet was blasted out of the sky by a terrorist bomb Over Lockerbie on dec. 21, 1988, killing 270 people on the plane and on the ground investigators found that there was a 13th Cabin attendant a a a a a. The discovery was made when the Purser a list was examined Michael Sullivan pan am a director of flight services at Heathrow International Airport in London told the inquiry Marina de Larracoechea 43, whose flight attendant sister Nieves de Larracoechea 39, was among the victims questioned Sullivan about the number of Cabin attendants. Sullivan said that the Normal Cabin Crew for a Boeing 747 is 13, but because of the passenger Load on flight 103, the Correct number should have been 12, asked Why there had been 13, he replied a i cannot definitely say the reason when we looked at the list afterwards we found there was a 13th,&Quot a the Only persons who would have known the reason for the extra member were the Crew Quot Sullivan said. De Larracoechea then asked him if it was possible that an extra person could appear at the Airport and after an Exchange of words without anyone else rowing join the flight Crew. A it should not happen a Sullivan replied a but it appears to have happened m this