European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                S monday july 15, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 9 beset by problems gets new deadline Berlin apr thirty years after it was built and nearly two years after it was broken the Berlin Wall is still falling. The old cold War relic is proving tougher to take Down than previously thought. And the former East German Border troops who built and guarded the Wall and have now been Given the task to demolish it Are apparently reluctant to remove it. A they done to want to lose their jobs a said a German army official in Berlin who requested anonymity. They wont have to worry about that for a while. The government said Friday that it would retain 500 former Border guards to continue their sole remaining mandate getting rid of that Wall. The guards will be kept on until sept. 30, 1992, extending by one year the latest of several deadlines for removing berlins most notorious landmark. A we expect the rest of the Wall to be gone by then a said Axel Heidergott head of a civilian committee overseeing the demolition which is being supervised by the army. About 20 Miles which includes some of the most heavily fortified stretches still remain of the 100-mile edifice that snaked around what was once West Berlin. The Wall was triumphantly opened on nov. 9, 1989, an event that climaxed the peaceful revolt that toppled East Germany a stalinist government and cleared the Way to German Unity. Although sections were removed to open roads and celebrate the Walls demise in subsequent months the final demolition did no to begin in Earnest until last summer. It was originally anticipated that the Wall would be gone in a few months. But it Hasni to been easy. The Wall had been continually fortified since its crude barbed wire and Brick beginnings on aug. 13,1961. The Structure evolved into twin Walls of steel reinforced Concrete leaving a a death strip in the Middle that was saturated with alarm systems Booby traps vicious dogs fortress like towers search lights and Border guards who had orders to shoot to kill those trying to escape. Defections by Border troops seeking More stable employment a rash of summer vacations and some apparent foot dragging by the remaining Crews have also slowed the removal army officials said. Although casual visitors to downtown Berlin would be hard pressed to find an intact stretch of Wall Long sections still jut from the ground in City s outlying areas. Some Are As hauntingly unblemished As the Day they were built others Are broken and splashed with Graffiti. Several Hundred Yards still flank the Hamlet of Stein stricken a Community Southwest of Berlin that was virtually enclosed by the Wall. Many of the East germans who were allowed to live near the Wall were Only the most trusted communist party members and agents for the feared secret police the Stasi. Some sections of Wall Are to remain standing As memorials to the people who died trying to flee. Parks Are being built around them. A Long Section will remain on Bernauer Street. The Wall literally was built through Homes on the East Side of the Street while their neighbors on the West Side screamed in anger and horror. The Wall ordered by the Eastern sectors communist rulers and encouraged by the soviets was built largely to Stop East germans from fleeing the soviet occupied East zone of  display nine jets soar High into the sky above the arc Detriomphe in Paris on sunday spewing red White and Blue trails. The planes performance was the opening event of bus title Day celebrations in the City of . Social system besieged report says by Leon Daniel United press International Washington a in the prelude to the next millennium the futurists Are getting a lot of Ink with their predictions of a revised american dream. But some demographers among them warn that population shifts creating new demands on government services threaten to turn that dream into a Nightmare. Increasing ethnic and racial diversity and the expanding population of the elderly Are severely testing the nations social welfare system a Patchwork of programs administered by the Federal state and local governments. Alarming patterns include inadequate health insurance High unemployment among Black men the increasing number of children living in poverty and the widening income Gap Between City dwellers and suburbanites. Economists worry that this aging nation where one in eight americans is now older than 65, May not be Able to fund pensions for its grading hordes. Demographers Carol de Vita of the population reference Bureau and William of Hare of the University of Kentucky report that an increasing number of americans a Are slipping into an emerging underclass defined by persistent poverty and deteriorating Urban  in an article published in Northeast Midwest economic minorities today Are More Likely than their White counterparts to have lower Levels of so Catton fewer Job skills and to be poor.1�? demographers Carol de Vita and William of Hare review they contend that rapid demographic social economic and technological changes have altered the institutional foundations of society. To Cope with homelessness drug abuse teen age pregnancy crime violence and structural unemployment a we need to re examine our social and economic systems of support that help people in need a they wrote. De Vita and of Hare noted that families Are changing with just More than one third of first marriages remaining intact for life. Fewer than one in eight families consisting of a married couple with children have a Mother who does not work outside the Home. More than 50 percent of women with a child younger than 6 Are in the work Force. As minorities make up a larger share of the population and labor Force de Vita and of Hare wrote a their special needs and problems will begin to Impact More directly on the support systems and economic structures of . Society. A minorities today Are More Likely than their White counterparts to have lower Levels of education fewer Job skills and to be poor. A if these patterns persist they could affect not Only the numbers of people in need of assistance but also productivity and future economic competitiveness of the  As others have de Vita and of Hare also noted the widening income Gap Between the Rich and the poor and reported that one fifth of the nations children live below the . Poverty line. During the last three decades the . Population shifted from the Northeast and Midwest to the South and West. A while it will take the Wisdom of Solomon to weigh and assess the proper system and balance of supports to help people in need a de Vitra and of Hare wrote a the policy debates of the 1990s Are Likely to be framed around three Central themes equity Access and affordability and social ethical  set off near Lufthansa office in Greece Salonica Greece a a bomb exploded Here Early sunday near the office of the German National airline Lufthansa slightly injuring a customer at a crowded pastry shop nearby. An officer said the bomb was placed in an empty shop near the office in this Northern City. He said the blast took place at 12 30 . The explosion damaged the offices Interior As Well As that of the pastry shop the officer said. Police were trying to locate the Lufthansa office manager to determine what was damaged. A caller claiming to be representing the a popular insurrection a called a local newspaper and said the bomb would go off in 15 minutes said the officer speaking on condition of anonymity. The bomb exploded five minutes later before police could evacuate Tearea he said. Police were unfamiliar with the group. The caller gave no motive for the bombing the latest of several this year in Greece against Western targets including Banks and cars belonging to foreign diplomats. November 17, one of Europe a deadliest terrorist groups has claimed responsibility for som Theana Clust in fliers have not been claimed. The explosion occurred four Days before the arrival in Greece of president Bush for a two Day official visit. Salonica Isnit on his itinerary