European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes thursday May 2, 1991guide helps cure London a pick up your Orange peels done to Pluck the plants and remember that the picturesque Village you Are passing through is somebody a Home a new set of travel guidelines admonishes. \ the a responsible travellers guidelines were written by travers Cox managing director of the explore worldwide travel Agency who has been running Tours to far Flung destinations for 20 years. In that time Cox has seen Many once Remote and Pristine locales overrun and polluted by thousands of Happy go Lucky tourists. A a in be never understood Why people can carry a full can of Coke up a Hill but can to carry an empty one Down a Cox said in an interview. A tourism has ruined Many coastlines As hotels have sprung up to Cater to vacationers he said. Beaches have been polluted Sand dunes built Over and habitats destroyed by developers he pointed out. The Loggerhead Turtle for example is seriously endangered in the Eastern Mediterranean because of tourism on the Aegean beaches where it lays its eggs Cox said. Evert the most Remote areas Are. Not immune. Antarctica is now facing an increase in tourism the effects of which remain to be seen. But Cox believes most people want to leave the places they love As Lovely As they find them and his two Page guide is designed to minimize thai Impact of  carries a number of admonishments a if it is necessary to Wash in streams or. Rivers use Only biodegradable or ecologically Friendly soaps and remember that your Bath water May be somebody a drinking water further downstream. A concerning All forms of litter from Orange peels to potato Chip packs the Rule is a if you carry it in carry it out to the nearest garbage bin. A avoid taking cuttings or seeds from native plants enjoy them where they Are and know it is illegal to import some species of plants. C a children in impoverished countries often beg. The morality of giving is Tricky and travellers must decide for themselves. Cox suggests that showing a child How to throw a Frisbee or offering a souvenir from your own country would be better than giving Money. A australians often travel with Koala Bear pins that sort of thing to hand out. Things that Are Small and everyday in your own country May be exotic and highly appreciated somewhere else especially by children a he said. A a haggling in markets is a time honoured custom and part of the fun of shopping throughout the world. But done to push once you have reached a reasonable Price. A a Dollar or two probably has a lot More meaning to the person Selling than it does to you a Cox said a colourful local people always make subjects for memorable photographs but ask before you snap. A a it a a question of respect for the person and the place a Cox said. A a it a not just a picturesque Village to be shot and forgotten. When you re gone that Village is somebody a  the final a a Traci Quot with lettering hailing it As a a legend on wheels Quot moves pass onlookers at the Zwickau factory. Era ends As last lib a a it by United press International the fast trabant a the car that came to symbolize the peaceful overthrow of East Germany a cont unit government a rolled off the Assembly line tuesday marking the end of a political and economic Era. The ungainly plastic bodied station Wagon painted a striking Pink was greeted by Kurt Biedenkopf the prime minister of the German state of Sachsen and crowd of about 3,600 people. The onlookers included local politicians and newly jobless trabant workers at the Zwickau factory. Although still part of daily life in Eastern Germany the trabant a with its smelly two stroke engine like those that Power inexpensive Lawn mowers a will be missed by Many but not  closing of the Zwickau Plant will end the 100-year history of Independent vehicle manufacturing in Eastern Germany. But car manufacturing is set to resume in Eastern Germany with the Western German Volkswagen company planning to invest $1.74 billion in Zwickau to produce Golf autos. Opel and Mercedes also Are building plants in Sachsen. The trabant also affectionately known As a a Traci Quot a plastic bomber and a Zwickau midget a was designed under the former hard line communist government to demonstrate socialist Equality. But it came to symbolize peaceful uprising that led to German Unity. On nov. 9, 1989, when the Berlin Wall opened hundreds of East germans in their trabant crossed into West Berlin where they were welcomed by thousands of people slapping their hands on the Little cars roofs. Once the Border was opened for Good East germans quickly began to reject the faithful Little car and indulged in West German products. / thousands of abandoned and burned out Travis now litter the Eastern German Countryside and although most germans Are Happy to Trade thir Travis for Western autos Many still feel a deep romantic Affinity. To the car that has changed Little since production began in 1964. A movie titled a go Traci go a which tells the adventures of Traci George and an East German family on their first trip to Italy has been showing to packed movie houses in Eastern Germany since its release in a january. Environmentalists have a less nostalgic vision of the car. Most of the More than 3 million Travis produced since 1964 will land in junkyards Over the next few years. Whert burned the trabant a plastic body emits Clouds of such toxins As phenol and formaldehyde but chemists at Berlin s biotech research Center believe they have found a Way to Recycle the car without polluting the environment. Under the centers unofficial motto a Bug eats car a bacterial microbes will be working on the trabant a plastic Bodywork. Within three weeks the scientists say the microbes convert 1,430 pounds of plastic into 22 pounds of ocher coloured biomass. Military transportation corps sets annual fest for june 20-22. Heidelberg Germany a the 1991 european transportation corps symposium and anniversary Ball is scheduled for june 20 to 22 at the Heidelberg officers and civilians club. The annual event begins with sports Day on june 20. Featured Are Golf and Tennis tournaments and 10-Kilometer arid two mile fun runs for the military Community civilian employees family members and guests. The transportation conference is scheduled for june 21, in conjunction with a formal luncheon for Field Grade commanders and command sergeants major. A dinner dance june 22 closes the three Day program. Contacts for these events Are sports maj. Larry r. West ets 483-8615 Ball 2nd it. Kenneth l. Walkin ton ets it 380-8207 and conference and luncheon capt. Jacqueline Baehler ets 334-3318. Corps plans june 15 Ball Heidelberg Germany a the anniversary of the adjutant general corps will be celebrated with a formal military Ball june 15 at the Heidelberg officers and civilians club. Active and Reserve adjutant general corps officers sergeants major civilians in grades gs-7 and above and their guests Are invited to attend officials said. Those who want to attend should Contact unit representatives by May 31, they said. Additional information May be obtained from Pennie Spraggins at ets 3796384 or 7862. / world 2nd student protester sets on fire in South Korea. A Jot. _. _. _. A from wire reports Joul South Korea a a student doused him with gasoline and set himself on fire at an anti Gove ment rally wednesday the third Day of nation demonstrations protesting the fatal beating of a stud by police. V a. _ the student was reported in critical condition. It a the second self inflicted burning by a Radical Studen three Days. It came As dissidents continued pres their demands for the resignation of president Roh  Rob Singapore ship Singapore a pirates wearing ski masks armed with automatic weapons hijacked a ship i Singapore As it Lay at Anchor in Vietnam escaping s hundreds of tons of cargo Worth $225 million the a Sci s Captain reported wednesday. Syah Ruddin Taco told the ships owners a gang o pirates boarded the Hai Hui i on the night of apri two Days after the ship arrived at Vung Tao Pilot Tion in Vietnam