European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 03, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes thursday january 3,1991 a mount Mourgan Greece a tired anxious albanians in tattered clothes fled Over this Mountain into Greece by the thousands overnight Many saying tuesday they had been waved through an albanian Border Post. The exodus continued tuesday despite promises of democratic Reform in Albania and warnings from the communist government that people should hot try to leave the country a by Force a the government scoffed at reports monday that the Border had been opened albanians swarmed to the Remote Border outpost of Tsa Nindas after scaling Snow covered mount Mourgan which straddles the Border. A police spokesman at nearby ciliates said More than 3,500 crossed the Border a a. A. A a a. The number could be higher because police say Many More refugees might not yet have reported to greek authorities. A Many of the refugees huddled around Small campfires in the a Ftp Dawn Haze while a few soldiers Manning the Border Post stamped their boots to stay warm. A they pick this spot for two reasons. One is that there is a Small Goat path leading Here and the other is that the albanian Border guards Are letting them out a said a greek military source speaking on condition of anonymity. I do clearhos Bol Ornoso a 45-year-old electrician talked to a reporter while he sat Barefoot and tried to mend what remained of his shoes after a l2 /2-hour trek from the albanian Village of Aliko. A the Soldier told us we were traitors pointed his machine gun at ifs spat at us and let us through a he said referring to the albanian Border guard. Most refugees say they left Albania because they Dis agreed with the communist regime. But Many admit that they came to Greece seeking work and a better life. Timid Reform of albanians hard line communist system that began last year accelerated following anti government riots in december. V the leadership subsequent by pitted political opposition parties to exist and pledged of Bruiy elections will be fair and democratic but it has turned Down opposition requests that the elections be postponed to allow them time to prepare. V albanian president Ramiz Alia promised in a new years message that 1991 will be a turning Point in the country a democratization and appealed for Unity and order. A a a a a the creation of conditions for As democratic a life As possible gives extensive opportunities for every genuine Patriot to contribute to the country a Good and help it to Progress and flourish. We will Advance determinedly on this Road a the state run Ata news Agency quoted him As saying. A. A a. A. A a a the greek government called on ethnic greeks to remain in Albania where it says they make up about 350,000 of the total population of 3.3 million. Greek authorities estimate 95 percent of the refugees Are ethnic greeks from nearby Border villages. They Are Given temporary residence permits while albanians Are bused to a . Refugee Camp near Athens. I ii lift a no More danger a bomb expert Fried Helm Schmidt of Dusseldorf Germany holds up the critical parts taken from a world War ii blockbuster found buried near the City a air port. It took Schmidt and fellow defuse Wolfgang Schiefert left just 23 minutes wednes Daylo Render the old 2,000-Pound bomb harmless. A More Pisa Italy apr the leaning Tower of Pisa slipped just More out of the perpendicular last year. But fewer people noticed the tilt the Tower leaned another 0.08 of an Inch during 1990, about in line with the average annual increase in tilt Over the past three years Ranieri of Verilli the president of the conservation society in Pisa said tuesday. But while the steady fall of the Tower remained slight the drop in tourism was dramatic. Of Verilli w without giving precise figures said the number of visitors to the Tower has fallen by 25 percent in the year since it was closed to visitors. The government fearing the Tower could collapse followed the advice of scientists from the Public works ministry and ordered the Tower closed last year for reasons of Public safety however other scientists said the Tower would not topple for another Century. Parliament passed a Law last november allocating 100 billion lire nearly $100 million for the restoration of the Tower. An International committee of experts was Given a year to design a plan to restore the Tower and Stop the increasing tilt of Pisa a main tourist attraction.1 the 180-foot-tall Tower was begun in 1173 by the architect Bonanno Pisano and it was finished Between 1360 and 1370 by Tommaso do Andrea. The Tower began to tilt almost immediately because the ground shifted underneath it. It now leans about 13 feet off the. Perpendicular. A a corsican Power blackout not linked to assassination bast1a, Corsica up a a Power blackout in the Northern corsican town of Roveria. Was not related to the assassination of. The town s socialist mayor As previously believed police said wednesday. Police investigating the killing of mayor Paul Maria in the last of 15 politically motivated slayings on the troubled Mediterranean Island last year said the towns Power system had not been functioning for eight Days and that the blackout was not caused by the assassins to facilitate their escape. \. The Power failure a was not provoked on purpose and was caused by a a technical malfunction Thal hns no relations to the killing a police spokesman Saft a Mariani 55, was gunned Down in front of his House monday night by an unknown assailant who fired four shots at the politician killing him with two Bullet wounds near the heart police said. Father of rationalism in italian architecture Dies Rome Giovanni Michelucci who was considered the father of modern italian architecture has died Ait his Home after a Long illness his foundation announced tuesday. He was 99. The Michelucci foundation said the architect who would have turned 100 on wednesday died monday night of cardiac arrest. A. P a \ Michelucci came to Fame in 1933 when italian dictator Benito Mussolini chose his a a rationalist a design Fertile Florence train station. A it. The architect was still working shortly before his death and his design was chosen for the renovation of Florence a renowned uffizi gallery. The foundation said that according to his wishes Michelucci will be cremated and his ashes buried in the foundations Garden beside those of his Wile Eloisa who died in 1974. Quot. A private funeral ceremony was held tuesday. Kasparov wants 93 to be Only in . Lyon France apr reigning chess Champion Garry Kasparov said tuesday that we would like to play the next world chess championship entirely in. The United states. A a fresh from defending his chess championship for the third time from fellow soviet grandmaster Anatoly Karpov the 27-year-old Kasparov said the United states can open a new horizons for said he believes Only the United states offers the technical and commercial possibilities to make chess a sport appealing to the masses. The two men played the first 12 games of the 1990 championship in new York and the final 12 in Lyon completing the final game monday. The next world championship final is to be held at an undetermined site in 1993, though qualifying rounds Are to begin next year. A. A traffic accidents kill 69 in Spain Over new year s Madrid Spain apr Spanish Highway accidents claimed 69 lives Over the five Day new years Holiday period up from 56 a year ago the National traffic division said wednesday. A. In a statement the division said generally poor weather including fog and icy roads added to the higher death toll. A a most of the accidents resulted from excessive Speed unsafe riving practices or head on collisions the division said. But the year 1990 ended with 5,946 Highway traffic deaths 95 fewer than in the previous Vear the division said. I Dice reported 56tutal Highway traffic accidents Between 3 . Friday and Midnight tuesday when Many spaniards were returning Home from the Long Holiday weekend the division said. The statistics count Only fatal accidents and those that occur outside City centers. A
