European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday december 21, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 9 Over Here spec. Robin Page standing talks to a patient at Catholic Home. 5&s Steve Taylor by Steve Taylor Munich Bureau some members of the Munich military Community were puzzled As the Holiday season began. What could they give for Christmas in search of a solution the members of the 18th military intelligence in 66th military intelligence brigade turned to Friederike Hanika. After a Little thought the German employee in the battalion came up with the perfect place to spread a Little Christmas cheer the Catholic Home for the handicapped North of Munich. Quot no one wants retarded kids a she said. It turned out however that the Munich soldiers wanted them very much. A a a a a the Job of organizing a toys for tots Charity drive Ana the visit to the Home was Given to the battalions Junior enlisted Council a we had just two weeks to put this together a said spec. Connie Tosh one of the Council officers. A though we got a late Start on the project you can see the Community pulled behind us a said spec Tim Folk referring to a Small Mountain of toys collected by. The Council. The Council set up a collection Box at the local Post Exchange and 35 members canvassed door to door for additional donations. Though other organizations of Munich a Community were also having their own drives the Junior enlisted Council had no problems collecting a Van full of toys including Sci a eral bicycles. But a is there enough a Tish asked. Arriving at the Home wednesday group members concerns mounted when they discovered there were 850 children living at the facility about 20 Miles North or Munich near the farming Village of Schonbrunn. There was a moment of tension among the four Council members including Tish who were there to distribute the toys stuffed animals Board games and bicycles. But that tension was Short lived. Not All #50 children would be present for the a a parties set up by the Home and the children snatched up the gifts. The children in appreciation Sang a Brief song toward the end of the visit a thanks thanks to All our friends. But that Wasny to until after several of the children repeatedly dragged the americans into their dorm style living quarters called apartments the visit Over the toys and games and stuffed animals and bicycles gone into the clutches of a Hundred children the group left but not without a final thought. The children seemed Happy a and it sure made us feel better a spec. Robin Page said. Invasion survivors face Bleak future Panama City. Panama up a Green and White billboard in the Ellior Rillo slum carries the words of panamanian president Guillermo Endara Quot have patience. We will rebuild Al a Horrillo a but one year after the . Invasion which Deal roved much of Al a Horrillo and left hundreds dead the ghetto remains a Barren Prairie of knee High weeds and empty gravel lots. A few new buildings Are going up but people s Hopes have fallen. A i thought they would build Chirrillo Back up that we would just live a Normal life and everybody would get a Job a said Anabel Brooks 7,who moved Back to Al Chorrilla after the invasion. A but now 1 see that nobody gets Al Chorrilla used to be a poor but Funky ghetto where Salsa blared from he balconies of rickety Wood tenements and Street hustlers sold Beer and lottery tickets. Local hero Roberto Duran Learned to punch in Al Chorrilla before moving on to world boxing Fame. There was also Petty crime drug abuse and rats but to thousands it was Home. Nestled among the buildings however was dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega a military Headquarters the main target of the dec. 20, 1989, . Invasion. During the attack the neighbourhood burned As . Helicopter gunships and tanks faced off against Noriega a troops. Many a initially supported the invasion. But one year later they Are angry with construction delays and say Endara Nas done Little for Panama a poor. Some Are rethinking the merits of the attack. Quot a v. A a a a a Quot a we never asked for the invasion a said eni Iliade to Abia. 42, who runs a soda stand. Quot we were Hurt by the dictatorship hut we Are being Hurt by what s happening some of the 2.800 families who lost Homes have resettled elsewhere with the help of . Funds. But some say they deserve compensation for relatives killed in the fighting and have protested at the . Embassy. Panamanian and . Officials say Aid to refugees has been generous and note that Many Are moving into better Homes than they had before. Compensation for invasion deaths and injuries however will hot he paid. About 5 h families live in a Panama City refugee Camp wailing for new build Ings in Al Chorrilla to open nest year. Those who have already moved Hack say times Are Tough. A before there was More action. You could sell Fried fish or Yucca Quot said Leroy Eduardo Howard an unemployed Chorrilla resident. A there is no business now because there Are no Vilma de i Zijada 4b, said some refugees refuse to return because of traumatic memories of the attack. Others say the sense of Community is also missing. Quot sometimes there would be dances on the streets. Kids would play basketball or just stand around on the Street Corners talking and hanging around a Brooks. Said. Quot now you Don t see hardly anyone. You done to see your friends. Everybody is separated. This was a ghetto but now its hot because everything got burned . Interest rates May Rise More Washington a German unification could raise interest rates in the United states by at least a full percentage Point after 1992, said a congressional study released wednesday. The congressional joint economic committee which ordered the study said statement that a if Germany finances higher government spending with higher borrowing real Short term interest rates Are estimated to be a full percentage Point higher in the 1990s�?� in the United ,.,. A a. A a the study conducted by the congressional budget office projected that the interest rate hike in the United states could be 0.6 percent next year 0.9 percent by 1992, 1 percent by 1993, and 1.1 percent by 1994. The study said that if the German gov eminent uses tax Money to rebuild its new Eastern states there will be Little International effect v higher taxes could replace higher borrowing but German Chancellor Helmut Kohnho campaigned on a Promise not to raise taxes recently won the first election since unification the committee said that much of the Money the United Stales borrows comes. From the savings of germans that borrowed Money goes to cover the deficit in the Federal budget and to pay for imports if the German government borrows More of its Peoples savings for its own purposes interest rates could Rise in both countries. /. A the German governments borrowing could affect the . Economy in other ways. A. The study said that production May drop slightly and exports May Rise by $15.9 billion. The report pointed out that the reduction of the military threat from Eastern Europe could save the United states Money but did not offer a figure. The study did not mention the soviet Union. Exports to Eastern Europe could increase by us much As $6 billion in 1994, the study estimated. In a Sig Norway apr a Norway which already has the worlds most expensive cigarettes is trying to Stop smoking everywhere indoors and wipe out the habit in a decade. A even a smokers Freedom to indulge at Home might not be tolerated for Long. Schools and Day care centers Tell children about the dangers of passive smoking and encourage them to Tell their parents to quit or smoke outside. L. Norwegians with tobacco habits Are responding by rolling their own cigarettes using Butts Over again Tak ing snuff and smoking on balconies Tore Sanner a professor at the Oslo cancer Institute and head of the smoke free Campaign granted that the number of smokers has remained constant for 10 years despite increasingly aggressive measures. About 1.2 million norwegians smoke or 37 percent of the population but fewer Young people Are starting. Tobacco consumption has dropped Only marginally to 6,700 metric tons a year from 6,800 in 1980. Sanner in no mood to give vat amp cleared a you saw what happened to the Berlin Wall. Nobody thought it would fall a ,. Tobacco advertising has been prohibited since 1975, smoking is forbidden in All Public transportation in terminals museums and other indoor Public places. A 2-year-old Law bans smoking in any office where there is More than one person. Because 85 percent of the Price is Lytes and fees a pack of 20 cigarettes costs 31 Kronen or $5.40. The gov eminent proposes to raise the Price by another 10 per cent next year
