European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1 a a Quot. A Page 8 b the stars and stripes monday August ,12, 1991when in Rome do As romans do leave a Rome apr if you want to buy milk or get a suit dry cleaned do it somewhere else. If you want to have a Date a meal or a baby this is not the moment to be in Rome. Black August has arrived. Despite signs of recession italians and citizens of most Mediterranean countries Are once again indulging in their monthlong August vacation. On Cue millions of cars headed for the Mediterranean coasts and the mountains the first weekend of August. Rome a main Airport reported near record numbers of travellers. But for those who remain in Rome Paris Athens and Madrid the a closed for vacation sign might welf be posted at the City limits. Industrial production Falls about 50 percent in Italy in August according to the main Industrial association. Few buses ply the deserted streets. So Many doctors and nurses go on vacation that entire Hospital wards close. A we Call it the summer emergency a said Antonella Milanino of a citizens group that runs a hot line for those few souls left in italian cities. In Rome two premature twins had to be rushed by helicopter to other cities recently because no incubators were available in the capital according to a report by the group. While the Case occurred in late june Milanino called it a a emblematic of the Holiday season. The Vatican newspaper la Oss Erva Tore Romano protested that one Rome Hospital planned tit those its maternity Ward in August but keep its abortion clinic open. A closed for births open for deaths a it said. After an outcry the. Hospital agreed to stay open. Many Southern europeans take August holidays because their factories or offices a not part of the air conditioned culture a close for a month. Then there is the snowball effect. According to a recent poll for the Milan daily corriere Della Sera a main reason italians leave town in August is a to not be  nothing beats an italian City in August for Solitude however. Newspapers publish a self services guides on How to find a Mechanic a pizza or a Carton of milk in cities during Black August. At the same time they devote extensive space to the Beach or Mountain holidays of politicians sports figures and even Vatican cardinals. Tourists face shuttered shops and restaurants. Recently visitors to Rome and Florence also found sections of museums closed the employees were on vacation. The government has hired replacements in recent Days. But it Wasny to soon enough for Pamela and Michael Wren of Eastbourne England. A we  have come this month if we knew everything was going to be shut a said Pamela Wren. Officials say they Are making some Progress in persuading italians to take All or part of their holidays in other months. The european commission in Brussels Belgium is also trying to encourage europeans to stagger their vacations. But the commissions tourism officials could not describe their efforts they were on vacation. A we done to give a Good example that a for sure a said Michael Tscherny a spokesman for the tourism Section. But he added a was Long As everyone does the same thing you can hardly escape it. We have More or less to go away when we can a and when we can is when the others have gone  fight to get of rides out of hot Italy Tunja Sibilia hugs her Mother Ruth after she and her father Thomas left arrived saturday in Stuttgart Germany. The father and daughter were among 10 germans released by kurdish kidnappers Friday in  kidnapping suspects die in clash with turkish forces Ankara Turkey a two kurdish guerrillas suspected of abducting a group of German tourists were shot to death saturday by Security forces during a clash in Eastern Turkey. The regional governors office in mus said the Security forces fought with the guerrillas near the town of Saskoy in mus province. Documents found on the dead guerrillas and other clues indicated they were the gunmen who kidnapped the German tourists earlier this month the office said in its announcement. Kurdish guerrillas kidnapped 15 German tourists while they camped in a Lake area near the town of Tat Van on aug. 1. Five of the tourists later managed to escape. The guerrillas released the remaining tourists on Friday and the germans flew Home saturday. The guerrillas said the kidnapping was in retaliation for the prosecution of members of the kurdish labor party or pkg in Germany. Some pkg members live under refugees status in Germany and the German government has cracked Down on several of them for their links with terrorism. The National liberation front of Kurdistan announced in Germany last week that the leadership of the kurdish separatist movement did not approve of the kidnappings and that the tourists would be released. A spokesman for the National liberation front said the kidnappings were carried out by a regional operating group of the military Wing of the pkg which acted on its own pkg has been fighting in Turkey s mostly kurdish Southeast for seven years for a separate state. About 3, people have been killed in clashes since 1984. Turkish military has been launching an operation in Northern Iran to crack Down on pkg Camps since aug. Bari Italy apr hungry and dehydrated after four Days under a broiling Sun albanians on sunday battled one another and police to Board buses that would Start their trip to the Homeland from which they fled. But others promised to defy Italy a hard line policy toward the 12,000 would be refugees who crossed the Adriatic sea last week. Some albanians being kept at a soccer stadium in Bari brandished Sticks and wooden rods to keep police away. Authorities hoped to Send nearly All of the approximately 5,000 remaining albanians Back to their impoverished country sunday. The Interior ministry said the operation was moving speedily with the cooperation of the albanian government. It said there were 50 repatriation flights saturday and aircraft were leaving every 15 minutes for the albanian capital of Tirana on sunday. Italy which has received three big Waves of albanian boat people in the past year Hopes that the forced repatriation will discourage others from coming. It allowed the previous arrivals to stay. At the Bari port where at least 3,000 albanians had been jammed together for four Days with Little food Many albanians said their dream of a new life in Italy had become a Nightmare. A we Are All hungry. Everyone has sunstroke. There Are no bathrooms no Beds nothing nothing nothing a said or. Lumbi Lalla of murres one of the refugees. When buses to an Albania bound ship arrived youths broke through police lines to clamber aboard. Several albanians carried Limp friends onto the vehicles their ribs outlined against sweat soaked to shirts scenes of misery abounded on the Dock. Dozens of albanians their feet Black with grime and their hair matted Lay on the Concrete Dock overcome by the Sun. At one Point As food was being distributed dozens of youths on a two Story Wall Tore off chunks of Concrete and hurled them at police . The albanians below charged the officers who fired in the air and launched tear Gas canisters . One Soldier said the refugees had been demanding water. Twenty police officers were injured with at least seven having been sent to the Hospital for stitches said or. Francesco de Robertis of the first Aid team at the port. Clashes also broke out at a soccer stadium in town where about 2,000 albanians were being held. Police with truncheons battled Stone throwing albanians. No serious injuries were reported. Nearly All the albanians were Young men seeking work. They complained of growing poverty in their country emerging from four decades of communism. With what we earn in a Day we can to eat a said Uza a is a it a 32-year-Oid factory worker. A you should see How we live. It is better to take a pistol to your head and kill  a Pope John Paul ii called on the International Community to provide More Aid to Albania