European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 03, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page -10 b the stars and Stripe wednesday april 3, 1991 Leader from Page 1eastern Ber i in tuesday Many were stunned and close to tears. Hans Modrow former communist party prime minister of East Germany told the news Agency adn that Roh cd Der a Agency had contributed in Large measure to the destruction of the re Gions Economy. But Modrow said nothing could be achieved by a bloodshed violence and terror a and the killing would severely Burden the otherwise peaceful changes under Way in the reunited country. A the red army faction has claimed re  for killing Many prominent germans since its founding in the 1970s, including powerful banker Alfred Herr Hausen. Her Hausen chief of the Deutsche Bank was killed by a bomb in november 1989. The last attack claimed by. The terror. Group was the feb. 13 shooting aimed at the . Embassy in Bonn. Chancellor Helmut Kohl expressed a deep Shock at the slaying government spokesman Dieter Vogel said in a statement distributed in Bonn. A a we will continue unswervingly with the work he started a Kohl said. As head of the  Roh Wedder had the monumental task of reorganizing the Eastern German Economy. In the coining years about 8,000 for nver slate companies Are to be privatized with More than 4 million people expected to lose their jobs in the process Rohwedder had gained prominence As one of West Germany a most capable managers As chief of the hoesch steel company which he helped pull out of financial difficulties in the Early 1980s. Wolhar de , the former East German prime minister named him to head the  in August 1990, two months before the two German states were formally unified. More Islamorada Fla. A president Bush is talking political Reform with the newly restored Emir of Kuwait officials say. Kuwaiti officials and Western Diplo. Mats said Bush in a letter urged the Emir to allow a More pluralistic system. White House spokesman Steve Hart would confirm Only that Bush and the Emir Sheik Jaber Al Ahmed exchanged correspondence. A a. Hart said the . Position is that a obviously we re for  Asco whether the president was calling for the Emir a ruling family to open up the government Hart said a of course wed prefer change but the Pace of it is for the kuwaitis themselves to  the Exchange of correspondence was disclosed on the second Day of Bush a visit to Florida for fishing and rest. Bush spent More than eight hours on the water monday with Treasury Secrce tary Nicholas Brady and their wives. An administration official speaking on condition of anonymity said the kuwaiti Erner initiated the Exchange with a congratulatory note on the conduct of the persian Gulf  president wrote Back to the Emir a talking about the political and economic challenges in Kuwait a the official said. Diplomatic and kuwaiti sources said the letter called in general terms for elections and More pluralism in Kuwait. A group of 89 leaders of various political groups in Kuwait on monday called for a free press an Independent judiciary legalized political parties and ant corruption measures. Their increasing activism comes in the Wake of reports of kuwaitis beating palestinians kuwaiti soldiers mistreating foreign workers and the ruling Al Sabah family cracking Down on the press. In Kuwait City Mohammed Al Alrandi the chief of protocol for the Emir said that the ruler received Bush a letter sunday. A Al of president Bushes letters Are about democracy a Al Alrandi Slid Kuwait Independent since 1961, had a parliament until the Emir suspended it in 1986 and imposed press censorship after his family was accused of corruption and nepotism. Bush who will return to Washington on wednesday evening after visiting his 89-year-old Mother in hobe sound Fla., was Back out on the water at 7 30 . Tuesday. It was unseasonably Cool and blustery As Bush climbed aboard a boat with Brady Deputy National Security adviser Robert Gates and Deputy chief of staff Andrew card. In another boat were Barbara Bush and Kitty Brady the wife of the Treasury Secretary. A asked if he thought his Luck would improve Bush Shook his head quizzically and pointed at Brady. On monday Bush and his fishing companions spent a cold Day in the Florida Bay portion of the Gulf of Mexico and caught a grouper three red snappers and a shark aides said. But the much sought after Bonefish eluded them in part local fishermen said because the wind made the water too rough. \ Bush showed off a Good size snapper when he returned to the Dock but said he had thrown Back much of the catch in the interest of  the Bushes had dinner at the Chueca Lodge Down the Road from the condominium where they Are staying. When Bush arrives at Andrews fab outside Washington on wednesday he will attend a welcoming service for veterans of the Gulf  is to tape a segment with the sol Diers that will be broadcast on a lbs to Salute to the Gulf troops. The tape is being produced by Bush s Media adviser Roger ails aides said. 8 stealth warplanes return to . Dollar from Page 1 a month. But Navy it. James Oakes the executive agent representing the United kingdom on the Pentagon a per diem committee said the official Exchange rate is just one Factor used to determine How much Cost of living and housing allowances a military person receives. The committee determines Cost of Liv ing allowances by coming up with an Index based on the results of an annual Survey of service members and the Type and location of commissaries and base exchanges. Lit Britain for example the Cost of living Index has dropped from 126 to 122 at military communities with commissaries and exchanges said Roy Sammarco the acting chief of the economics and statist tics Branch of the per dim committee in Washington. In Germany the Cost of living Index has dropped to 118 from 122, Sammarco said. Oakes said that housing allowances Are not quite As complicated because they Are based on the actual rents people pay. Normally 80 percent of people in a particular  will have their rent paid completely by the allowance Oakes said. The other 20 percent will pay either More or less than their housing allow a Ance Cap. A a it a a v a. A if More people in that pay Grade pay higher rent than the present ceiling the ceilings eventually increased he said it can. Also work the opposite Way if More people pay less t Han the ceiling. As a result of the boost recent changes a married air Force staff sergeant with High years service assigned at Raf Ben Waters England will see his overseas housing allowance drop from $660 to �585, an 11.3 percent decrease a Pentagon pay official said. Las vegas a eight stealth fighter bombers that launched the attack on Iraq returned Home monday. To a rousing Welcome from a Flag waving crowd at Nellis fab. More than 25,000 people cheered when two transports landed and again when the eight angular Black aircraft passed overhead. Relatives of 138 returning Crew members broke through barriers when an airman stepped off the first transport and gave a a i Tumbs up sign. He and another stealth airman unfurled a Banner Reading a thank you America for your  a a a. The eight Al 17a stealth planes were Quot disarmed at the end of the Field before they taxied up to the wailing crowd the first Jet to land was piloted by col. Alton Whitley or commander of Elict 37th tac fighter Wing. A Many of us left on a journey in August not knowing where it was going to take us a Whitley told the crowd. A we had a Job to do and our commander in chief allowed our military leaders to do  radar evading jets led the attack against Iraq on Jan 16, dropping so called a a smart bombs that knocked out critical radar and communications equipment and other military targets. The Deputy commander of the 37th tac fighter Wing col. Klaus Klause said last week that the $46 million jets flew i. Percent of the 100,000 missions but destroyed More than 40 percent of. The strategic targets and were never hit by iraqi fire. He said the jets Success rate was 80 percent compared with 50 percent for the average fighter and 33 percent during the Vietnam War. Sgt. Bot by Shelton Quot said a a the stealth fighters in saudi Arabia a made history by not receiving a scratch during the War. He said their operating environment in saudi Arabia was very similar to Tono pah a rugged area of mountains and desert terrain 200 Miles Northwest of Las vegas where Theta aircraft have operated since 1982. A a it was just like Home Only 10,000 Miles away a Shelton said. The planes left the Middle East late last week arrived in Spain on saturday and flew on to Langley fab in Virginia on sunday. 35 journalists escape Iraq Turkey says Ankara Turkey apr thirty five foreign journalists have escaped into Turkey from Northern Iraq the foreign min Ustiy said tuesday. A turkish news Agency said one journalist was killed and two were injured in clashes Between iraqi troops and kurdish rebels. Some of the journalists swam across a River that forms part of the Border be tween Iraq and Turkey and others walked through Mountain areas in the  township Region the news Agency Anatolia said. It said two Bridges across the River were destroyed last month. Among the reporters who reached Turkey were correspondents for the Washington Post the Wall Street journal Abc television and Cable news network Anatolia said. The Agency did not identify the  who reportedly died or those reportedly injured. There was no immediate confirmation from  or Media organization about thou death of a journalist Sehabettin Harput governor of Hak Kari province said 15 foreign journalists arrived in Send inti township on monday night three americans three French four British,.one austrian three iraqis and a  said the journalists headed for Istanbul on tuesday. Officials in silo i township bordering Iraq said 20 other journalists crossed into that area late monday and Early tuesday. A local judge said the journalists were facing charges for violating the country a passport Law but he expected them to be set free with minor fines. Few identities were available although a can spokesman in Atlanta identified new York based correspondent Jim Hill As among those who safely crossed into Turkey. A the French journalists who crossed into Turkey were identified by their employers As Yves Heller be Monde newspaper Xavier Gauthier and Claude Lorieux be Figaro newspaper Olivier Weber be Point news weekly Helene a Costa radio France and Mare Kra Vetz liberation newspaper. The Anatolia Agency quoted the journalists As saying that  had run out of food and that hospitals were full of injured people. Iraqis from Page 1 a a ing docks loading cranes warehouses Railroad facilities and military Barracks a the War is Over now. And we Are friends Quot an iraqi officer at a military checkpoint in urn Qasir said recently. . Troops Are allowing iraqi soldiers after searching them to pass through a harmed wire Roadblock in a water truck because the iraqis Only source of fresh water is on the . Side of the demarcation line. A. The truck goes Back and Forth at set times  . Military police some american troops at the Border have described the iraqis As being intimidated by the . Presence. As Many As 100,000 . Troops Are patrolling a Large area of Southern Iraq inside the demarcation line. The United states says they will be withdrawn after the United nations approves a permanent cease fire. \