European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 01, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes monday april i 1991democrats favored in albanian vote Tirana Albania up a albanians got their first taste of democracy sunday voting in massive numbers in elections that threatened to topple the communists who have presided Over Europe a most ruthless Stalin-1st dictatorship for almost half a Century. A a foreign election observers and Tom main opposition democratic party reported scattered irregularities but they were not expected to have a major Impact on the contests  250-scat National Assembly which will select a new president. A unless the elections Are very close the violations will not amount to much a said Steven Norris a member of parliament from Britain a ruling conservative  a a a a a v a Quot Vav. A a v Robert Macion who is with the Hungary based East can Europe Branch of the Gallup organization of the United states said that based on an informal Survey of albanian a opinion leaders a he expected the Bemo cratic party to oust president Ramiz alias ruling Alba-5, Nian party of labor with 60 to 65 percent of the ballots. More than 1.8 million voters were eligible to choose Between 1,074 candidates from 11 parties. Several of them Are communist front organizations but the main flour bags on beaches dupe a few fort Lauderdale Fla. Up hundreds of bags of White powder Wash cd ashore on Florida a beaches during the weekend but to the dismay of some Fortune Hunters and the Relief of police the bags contained flour not cocaine. A everybody thought their retirement fund had washed up on the Beach in bags of cocaine a said sea ranch lakes to iceman Irving Shon chuckling. The plastic scaled White bags were part of the cargo from the 184-foot honduran freighter Jesula ii that caught fire and Sank thursday 10 Miles off Elliott. A key in Miami. A. A a a a a most of the cargo which included cars i and bicycles Sank. But the 50-Pound bags of flour and Rice floated. By saturday hundreds of them were strewn on a 130-mile strip of Beach from Miami North to fort Pierce coast guard a optic gals said a. A  Brach goers throughout the fort Lau dermal circa stumbled onto half buried bags As they took morning strolls or set a up Beach chairs saturday a. A. Some visitors to Pompano Beach lore open bags marked a reliable wheat hour a a and looked inside joking about the possibility of finding drugs. Quot when we saw them we thought wed Bury them and come Back in six weeks a a a said Caryl Turner 24, of Wisconsin. A contest is Between the ruling party and the democrats., the National election commission reported a massive turnout across Europe a most impoverished nation it said attendance was As High Bis 98 percent in some areas Only six hours after the 6.a.m. Start of 14 hours of polling. A a a Quot -. A a. The 6,800 polling stations opened after overnight Rains that left Chilly temperatures and a Gray Blanket of Cloud covering the country. V a final official results were expected tuesday at though the opposition said it was to begin receiving unofficial returns from its poll watchers sunday evening. Albania is a nation of 3.2 million people sealed for decades by its marxist rulers behind Borders of barbed wire machine gun towers  is the last state in Eastern Europe to hold democratic elections following the anti communist wave that  Region in 1989. Long lines of voters enthusiasm evident in their smiles and fascination with the balloting procedure waited at polling centers from Tirana to Remote Hilltop villages. The country has been ravaged by a severe economic crisis wrought by 46 years of. Marxist misrule and repression. Food shortages,.unemployment, poverty and a desire for the material benefits of nearby Western Europe appeared to be the motivating Factor behind support for the  i Hope the government will change and the conditions of this country will change a said Edmund Hiz Hiu 27, an unemployed Carpenter in Mullet about 15 Miles outside Tirana. His family was among thousands sentenced to internal exile on often trumped up charges by the Sigu Rimi secret police. Selami Collari 37, an officer in the communist led military said he was supporting the ruling party because it had made a life As Good As  a v. A democracy will win today. In a sure our party will win today and that Lenin will be sent Home forever a Sali Berisha a 56-year-old cardiologist and Leader of the democratic party declared As he entered a Tirana polling station to cast his vote v said Gfa Moz Pashko another key founder of the party formed in december Quot we Are winning. This is it the end of communism. This is the greatest Day in albanian history a mass in the desert col. James Bluett chaplain for the . Army a 3rd brigade of the desert in Northern Kuwait near Safwan Iraq. Bluett said it was 3rd army div performs Catholic mass on easter sunday in the the seventh mass he had performed in the past 24  from Page 1 a. A. Said. �?o1 think we should enforce that policy.�?�-,. A a a a a a a a a a a Quot that Call which came As Bush headed to Florida for a fishing vacation arrived amid what Mitchell described As a a a despicable Effort by Raqi  to seek a a vengeance against civilians for their defeat in the persian Gulf War. In Iraq on sunday kurdish rebels said iraqi forces backed by helicopter gunships warplanes and artillery pounded two provincial capitals on sunday but had no managed to capture the cities. Iraq however claimed it Hack chased the rebels out of the Northern cities of Dozhuk and Erbil and said government troops were welcomed by cheering residents. A a a Quot. Quot. A a a it was impossible to verify either Side s claims. A in recent Days Bush has resisted pres sure to help repel iraqi military attacks against kurdish and Muslim Shnte rebel groups hoping to topple a weakened and humiliated Saddam. A. Although Bush has said on any number of occasions that he would like to see Saddam ousted he has Clung to a policy of  Saddam a use of helicopter gunships against the rebels sometimes m Clear View of american occupation forces has created a Gray area of policy. Bush has vowed to withdraw  troops from Iraq As soon As possible once a formal  lease forc takes hold a March 3 meeting with iraqi military leaders set out terms for the current informal cease fire. Allied commander Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf warned at the meeting that the United states would consider the flight of any iraqi fixed Wing warplanes As a sign of hostile intent. Making Good on that threat the United states has twice shot Down iraqi planes that took to the air after having been grounded for most of the War. A Mitchell interviewed on the Abc news program a meet the press a asserted that the transportation of government officials was the Only exception  iraqis use of helicopters. A a it a Clear they re being used far beyond that a he said. A so i think the administrations policy is a Correct one i think it should be enforced.�?�. While reserving the right to fire on helicopters deemed to endanger american forces in Iraq . Officials have argued that Only fixed Wing aircraft because. Of their High Speed and Altitude pose a a Clear and immediate  that policy was reaffirmed sunday in the Wake of Mitchell s comments by an american official who indicated that helicopters pose less of a military danger to . Forces but a bigger political risk. A a we re shooting Down fixed Wing aircraft because its a Clear Cut violation of the cease fire agreement for them to be flying a the official said. A a a. A a it a a different matter going after helicopters in. The muddle of the country a he said. A a it a a More blatant intrusion into iraqis internal  a a Mig from Page 1 Roque who now Heads the Washington based Center for defense information. A for me its incomprehensible that Norad can to pick a Mig up coming in from Cuba a la Roque said. A Are we wasting our Money for an air defense system that does no to work maybe we Veall been living with a false sense of Security. La Roque who in 1961 headed a task Force that sent . Planes flying Over Cuba to provoke Fidel Castro prior to the unsuccessful Bay of pigs invasion said that detecting a cuban Mig should be a a a cinch for Norad. A but retired air Force col. Alan grop Man who literally wrote the modern manual on flying . Military jets and is now a private defense analyst  High tech gadgetry of the persian Guli War May have Given the average citizen a false idea of the military a ability