European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Acc o b the stars and stripes Friday june 28, 1991 Bonn Germany apr the red army will slow or suspend its withdrawal of troops from Germany because apartments Are not available for them in the soviet Union the soviet military commander in Germany said wednesday 1 he German government which has pledged billions to build apartments in the soviet Union for returning soldiers rejected the charge that it was not working Hist enough to help the soviet Union repatriate its troops. About 5.0,000 have already returned. Jirgen Chrobot the foreign ministry a split inf off Rector reminded soviet ambassador Vladislav Terc Chov that the soviet Union had promised in treaties to remove its estimated 380,000 troops from German soil in the end of 1994, a ministry spokesman said. \ Hrobot a made it Clear that Germany expected the Sii Viets to comply with their treaty obligations the spokesman said speaking on condition of anonymity. A a there is no treaty connection Between the timetable for the soviet troop withdrawal and the apartment building program a lie said. A statement released in Berlin by the office of the commander of the soviet army a Western troops Matvej Burlakov said the germans had not begun constructing apartments forcing him a to slow the Tempo of the withdrawal of  one bilateral troop withdrawal agreement the germans pledged to spend $4.6 billion to build 36,000 apartments in the soviet Union by the end of 1994. Three thousand apartments Are to be completed by the end of 1991. A a Volker Franzen a spokesman for the economics ministry which is overseeing the construction program said a the apartment building program has started. There is no reason for such a statement. V a we think the program can keep to schedule a fran zen said.  government official speaking on condition of anonymity said the soviet complaint appeared to be a result of conflicts Between soviet leaders and hardliners unhappy about the withdrawal _ in a speech published monday soviet defense minister Dmitri Yazoo complained that Germany was slowing the apartment building project by refusing to give contracts to finnish austrian or turkish construction companies instead favouring firms from Eastern Ger a Many. T. A a Yazoo was quoted As saying that 10,800 soviet offi cars in Moscow and 5,000 in Leningrad were without apartments. T it \ a a v an saw. A s  \ s s w it fun. It. A s 14 o v a Ltd it Ltd offload vehicle a leave it to the Trench to find new ways out of traffic jams. This Seine express boat launched in Paris on wednesday is available through a phone Call just like any taxi lip to six people can jump on at one of 30 pre arranged stops on the River through Paris. The taxi boat will then take them anywhere they want to go far from the traffic jams of the streets. The catch 150 francs $24.60 for every 15 minutes of boating. World Speed limits to drop. On Swiss superhighways from wire reports Bern Switzerland a lower Speed limits on Large parts of the Swiss superhighway network will go into effect monday in a move to reduce pm a Visvis a minister Arnold roller said wednesday that the government decided to go ahead with the measure because forecasts indicated there would be no improvement in the summer smog  cars the Speed limit on the superhighways a a main route for Europe a North South traffic a will be reduced from a current 120 Kilometres per hour 74 Mph to 100 Kph 62.5  limit for trucks will be 70 Kph 43 Mph instead of 80 Kph 50 Mph. \. T the restrictions arc meant to last through the end of August and will affect about 295 Miles or 41 percent of the country a superhighways. French spa fire kills 20 Auch France a Twenty people died thursday in a fire at a Southern French Thermal spa touched. Off after workers accidentally tipped Over a caldron of molten tar being used to repair the roof of the main building officials  officials said 20 bodies were pulled from the burning building at the Babotan Les thermos spa. One injured person was evacuated to a local Hospital. The fire quickly spread thick Black smoke through the building. The spa receives patients with phlebitis rheumatism and similar ailments ,. A Bill revamped in Hungary Budapest Hungary a the National  has passed a new version of a controversial Bill to compensate victims of the fascists who. Ruled during world War ii and the communists who held Power in the postwar Era. A. The 386-scat National Assembly passed the Bill wednesday by a 187 to 133 vote with six abstentions. A the Bill was originally approved by lawmakers in april. After the first Bill was reviewed by the constitutional court several portions of it were declared unconstitutional. Some 9.8 million acres of arable land nearly 4,000 Small industries and about 400,000 Homes and shops could be returned under the Law according to Justice minister Istvan Balsai. Mass arrests in s. Africa Johannesburg South Africa police arrested 4,593 people wednesday and thursday in an overnight anti crime sweep that netted sus pc cd murderers Drunken Drivers illegal aliens and trespassers. Police said More than 60,000 officers a or 80 percent of the nations police forces a took part in the eight hour operation Blitz which ended at 3 . A a a a. Police set up roadblocks and conducted House to House searches throughout the country but As in previous operations they concentrated their efforts in Black town ships. A one objective of operation Blitz is to make the Public More crime conscious a said police commissioner Johan Van Der Merwe. A More operations of this kind can be expected in the  Oreal exec who aided nazis Dies of cancer Paris u1t a a French director of the . A division of la Oreal cosmetics recently accused of hiding his collaboration with. German occupiers during would War ii. Died of cancer hours after designing from the company family sources said thursday. Jacques Ujczo 74, was chairman of to Snihir inc., the american marketing  of the in Inch Cosine tics term. He was treated Tor scleral weeks at the Ameri. Can 1 Lov Pital in suburban Paris Lor cancer of the pancreas the sources said 1 Reuf Olin Ici als in Paris and Hospital optic gals declined comment. In a statement released wednesday c Oiree said he was resigning trom cos Mair and he expressed regret about his past. However he added a i cannot change what has  last week French nazi Hunter Serge Klarsfeld announced he had sent documents to the . Justice papa tement detailing anti semitic net is cities by Cor Reze before and during live nazi occupation. Including aiding the expulsion of French jews from Homes and businesses. Justice department optic gals subsequently announced they would Amesti Gate the charges. Klarsfeld said he recommended that the United states place Corree on a a watch list that would ban him from the country. According to Klarsfeld who is known for his work leading to the extradition and prosecution of Gestapo commander Klaus Barbie Correze was a member of the Ca Goule an armed Clandestine right Wing faction organized in the 1930s. A Correen a past became an Issue recently when a former except Ive for another 1 a Oreal affiliate. Jean Frydman accused Correze of plotting to oust him from the company because of his jewish origins and links to Israel. In his statement Correze said he was resigning because of poor health and the effect of the controversy on the company s image lie said he served a prison sentence for his activities and subsequently received amnesty. According to judicial sources Correze was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 1948 by a War crimes tribunal for Collano ratio with the enemy and left prison in 1949. He benefited from amnesty and rehabilitation decrees in 1959 and 1966. A i cannot change what has been a the statement said. A let me simply express my strongest and most sincere regrets for the acts that i committed More than 40 be adv ago and their consequences even  the statement also denied plotting to remove Frydman from his Post