European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2b. The stars and stripes. Wednesday june 26, 1991 at a glance Jimmy Buffett madness recently hit the airwaves of an Nairn Borg. In arcs 14-15.�?~fast-food�?T drugs a colombian drug Cartel marketed cocaine in much the same Way As franchisers set up fast food restaurants new York state authorities said As they announced the indictment of 50 suspected drug dealers. A Page 4 a a 1 a a a a. 4another Custer defeat the House of representatives votes to change the name of the Custer Battlefield National Monument to the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. A Page 5ama debates testing the american medical association has taken up the question of whether doctors and patients should be routinely tested for aids. A Page 6seeking Earhart a plane. Sonar technicians will join a fall expedition in search of Amelia ear Harts air plane 2,000 feet below the Pacific Ocean surface. \ a Page 7beardless at last the Iron curtain fell soviet troops went Home. Finally Engelbert prokes and 29 other men could shave off the beards they grew to protest the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia. A a in be always believed this Day would come Quot prokes said As he waited to have his Waist length whiskers Cut off. 1 a Page 8 Index Abby Ann Landers .19 Conics. 19-21 commentary. .13 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports 22-28 to listings. 22 weather. A. 11. Washington up a sales of existing single family Homes Rose 6 percent in May,.boosted by affordable mortgage rates the National association of realtors said tuesday. The groups president Harley e. Rouda said May a increase in sales marked the fourth straight monthly improvement. A a Low mortgage rates and increased consumer Confidence Are hiding momentum in the housing Market and allowing entry level buyers to finally get up the courage to dive into the Market a he said. A moreover because housing is a major economic Force it is Likely that improvements in the housing Market will stimulate the rest of the economy.�?�. The really association said the seasonally adjusted annual sales rate of 3.51 million existing single family Homes last month a was 6 percent above the april rate of 3.31 million units. Rouda said the majority of Home buyers Are choosing fixed rate mortgages  to be in single digits. The Federal Home loan mortgage corp., known As Freddie Mac reported that the National average rate for 30-year, conventional fixed rate mortgages was 9.47 percent in May Down nearly 1 percentage Point from a year earlier. The May median Price of $99,700 Rose 4.7 percent Over last years Price of $95,200, but it declined 0.6 percent from the april Price of $100,300. The decline in the median Price indicates that More Homes were sold in the lower ranges in May to entry icel buyers Rouda said. A. A a a. The median is a midpoint a half the Homes sell for More half for less. A a. A the association said Home resales increased in All regions from april to May except the Northeast which posted a slight decline. In that area May sales of existing Homes dropped 1.9 / percent to a rate of 530,000 units. The Northeast a median Price of $143,600 Rose 1.9 percent from one year earlier and declined 0.8 percent from april. In the West the May resale rate of 610,000 units accounted for a 7 percent increase Over the april rate of 570,000 Homes. It is the West a second consecutive monthly increase with sales 5.1 percent above a year ago. A ,. The median existing Home Price in the Region was $140,100, Down 1.2 percent from May 1990 and 7.2 percent below april a figure. W. A a a a a a a a by. ,. A a the South posted a resale rate of 1.39 million units tip 6.9 percent from. April and up 3.7 percent from a year ago. The South a median Price was $89,400 in May up 5.2 percent from one year earlier and 1.6 percent higher than in april. In the Midwest the rate of existing Home sales Rose 7.7 percent to 980,000 units in May Over the level a year ago. The median Price in the Region was $77,100, up 5.9 percent from last year but Down 1 percent from april. Of questions officer who led Gay Parade Washington of an air Force Captain who led a Gay Pride Parade has been questioned and told his discharge  held up according to him and air la orce officials. Capt. Greg Greeley 27, of suburban Arlington va., said he was questioned monday at the office of special investigations at Bolling fab. He was told that his discharge which was to have taken effect at Midnight was held up. A Kiwas told my discharge was put on administrative hold a said Greeley who works with computer systems at the Pentagon. A they said they rare concerned that i May have compromised classified. Information. They started asking who-1 slept with. If anyone else in the air Force that i know is Gay a and their names a if i am Gay and was i in the Gay. Pride Day Parade a. Greeley said he refused to answer the questions. A a. �?o1 hey said since i was not being cooperative they would have to expand the investigation but that if i cooperated they could Grant me immunity a said Greeley who had been interviewed by the Washington Post at the lesbian and Gay Pride Parade on sunday in Washington where a a he carried the Lead Banner. Maj. Kathy Blevins a spokeswoman at Bolling said a a we re questioning him because he had a clearance for classified information and the fact that we just found out. He claims he a homosexual. Somebody could use that against him. We re questioning him to make sure he is under no  /2 israelis get life sentences murder of californians correction a trip to the French cities of Strasbourg and souffle Nchim sponsored by the International personnel management s association Germany chapter will be july 20. A Story in mondays edition failed to mention the Date of the trip. Jerusalem apr a Tel Aviv District court on tuesday convicted and sentenced two israelis to life in prison for killing a wealthy California couple. Yair Orr 30, and Naydov Nakan 33, were convicted by the three judge panel of murder and conspiracy in the fatal shootings of Jack and Carmen Hively Ashe two slept in their Montecito Calif Home in october 19s7. The two men w to grew up together on a collective farm near Haifa were the first israelis convicted in Israel for a crime committed abroad. Under a 1978 Law israelis cannot be extradited for crimes committed outside the country but can be tried in the jewish state. The life sentences w hich begin immediately Are to be served in Israel. Orr a former israeli army officer reportedly was a business partner of Charles be Gros the Hively a son in Law and lived in the be Gros Home for about a year before the murders. The prosecution claimed be Gros hired Orr to kill the Ivelys so that his wife and her brother could inherit $5 million the couples mansion outside Santa Barbara and jewelry Worth $1 million Orr later recruited Nakan. Prosecutor Judith Amsterdam brought 35 witnesses from the United states to testify and submitted phone Bills and correspondence As evidence. A a conviction was inevitable a Amsterdam said. A Corr and Nakan planned and executed  in coordination w Ith be  the three judge panel voted unanimously to convict the two of murder and said it was irrelevant who actually pulled the trigger Israel radio reported. Quot a Quot a Quot a if Orr and Nakan arrested in Israel in March 1990, had been convicted in California they could base been Given the death sentence said Amsterdam. She said be Gros was still being sought and was believed to have tied to Canada last year. Kohl wants Gorbachev to Brief group of 7 on economic reforms Frankfurt Germany apr Chancellor Helmut Kohl will meet in the soviet Union with presid ent Mikhail s. Gorbachev to ask him to present Concrete economic Reform plans to leaders of the worlds top Industrial nations a newspaper reported tuesday. Kohl will make the request at his meeting july 5 with Gorbachev in Kiev the Bonn daily newspaper die Welt reported. The Kohl Gorba Chev talks come just 10 Days before the group of seven Industrial nations Convene in London for a world economic  crashes in Verona Italy apr a single engine plane on a flight from Germany crashed while trying to land at Verona Airport tuesday killing All five people aboard police reported. The Cessna 210 was on its second try to land when it apparently stalled and crashed in a Field about 440 Yards outside the Airport authorities said. The flight originated in Stuttgart Germany and All the dead were believed to be German. Names and hometowns of the victims were not immediately  s condition better new York apr lbs journalist Harry Reasoner who underwent surgery to remove a blood clot trim his brain has improved sufficiently for his condition to be upgraded from critical a network spokesman said monday. Reasoner 68, is now listed in serious condition lbs spokesman Roy Brunett said. Reasoner entered Norwalk Conn Hospital on june �11 after falling Down stairs in his Westport conn., Home. He underwent surgery june 12. A Reasoner retired fronf�?o60 minutes in May and had planned to continue As a contributing correspondent. Ford recalling Light trucks Detroit up a Ford motor co. Said monday it is recalling about 72,600 Light trucks built for Sale in  to assure acceptable emissions Levels. Vehicles included Are 19s6 and 19s7 of series and Tonco trucks with 4.9-liter engines and 19s6. Through 1 n5-Model Ranger trucks w Ith 2.3-liter engines. A. . Vehicle emissions testing conducted by the Lal Tornia air resources Board indicates that emissions Levels May be unacceptable due to fuel tank vapor noses that May be split a dealers will be asked to replace the vapor Hose Cost to owners. At no