European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday August 13,1991 debate rages Over efforts to re Bury 2 prussian Berlin apr the debate Over the reburial of two 18th-Century prussian Kings has reached a fever pitch in Germany less than a week before the ceremony. Is Frederick the great a a towering figure in German history yes said Chancellor Helmut Kohl in his first statement defending his participation in saturday s event. Are German soldiers permitted to attend in uniform a Cologne court said yes. It Rufed thursday that the ceremony to re Bury Frederick the great and his father King Frederick Wilhelm i Wasny to a political demonstration As a. Clergyman contended in a suit to Block a military Honor guard at the funeral. Newspapers on saturday published massive essays about the reburial saying variously that the fuss showed it is difficult to be an extraordinary figure in Germany. Louis Ferdinand Prince of Prussia a the current Leader of the once Royal Hohen Rollem family of Prussia and later the German Empire that lost world War i a called it a a shameful to speak of Frederick the great in the same breath As Adolf Hitler. The Issue is Ripe for political debate opening up As it does Germany a controversial past As it wrestles with its identity As a reunified country. Frederick the great prussians King from from 1740 to 1786, was at Best an enlightened despot. He invaded Poland and broke treaties As he liked. But he also abolished torture and censorship supported the arts and education and established Independent courts and efficient administration. Almost a Century after Bis death Germany was United under prussian Rule and its militarism was one of the causes of world War i. Hitler glorified it and after world War ii the victorious allies dissolved Prussia As a German state. Louis Ferdinand 83, had what seemed like a simple wish to re Bury his illustrious ancestors in Potsdam where they originally were buried., the remains of the two Kings had been moved for safety during world War ii and ended up at a Hohen Rollem Castle in Southern Germany. Potsdam meanwhile became part of communist East Germany which derided Prussia for its militarism. The unification of East and West Germany last october made it possible for Ferdinand to plan to Transfer the two Stone coffins to Potsdam where Frederick the great had built a magnificent Rococo summer Palace. Kohl accepted an invitation to attend As a family Friend and controversy spread Over the symbolism of it All. The left leaning social democratic party said Kohl s attendance could glorify prussian militarism and Send the wrong signal to Germany a neighbors especially Poland which was invaded by Frederick the great soon after he succeeded his father in 1740. A lutheran Church in Potsdam declined to let its memorial service for the two Kings be broadcast fearing it might increase right Wing tendencies that already Are rearing up in Eastern Germany with attacks on foreigners. But Kohl broke his silence on the controversy Friday when he declared in a statement that the reburial was a Symbol of German unification. Rushing for Safe illegal albanian immigrants seek Refuge from tear Gas fired by italian police sunday in Bari. Officers unleashed their salvos of Gas after dozens of youths began hurling chunks of Concrete at police during the distribution of food and water. The choking and stinging Gas was he latest cause of suffering experienced by the flood of albanians who roasted on the Bari docks and in a stadium during their Short stay in Italy. World Venice tries to dress up underdressed tourists from wire reports Venice Italy a despite summer heat baking Italy officials Are cracking Down on underdressed tourists entering Venice a famed doges Palace. Museum guards have been instructed to advise scantily Clad tourists to slip on a pair of Bermuda shorts and a to shirt before buying an admission ticket if they want to get inside the building the former Home of venetian rulers when the sea faring City was a Republic. It is Ohe of the Lagoon City a most popular attractions on St. Mark s Square. With hundreds of thousands of budget minded Day trippers flooding into Italy a most expensive tourist City every week municipal officials have decided that action needed to be taken. Soviet Ace in Wii Dies Moscow a air Force marshal Ivan n. Koch dub a world War ii Ace who was awarded the title of hero of the soviet Union three times has died at the age of 71, the state news Agency Tass reported monday. Tass did not say when he died. Koch dub flew in 330 combat sorties in world War ii and downed 62 enemy planes in 120 dogfights. He served on four fronts in the War. After the War Koch dub was a Deputy in the supreme soviet parliament and was a Delegate at the 1961 and 1966 communist party congresses. Eateries add opium pods Beijing a health officials closed Down 92 restaurants in a City for putting opium poppy pods in a a food served to customers an official newspaper has reported. Health officials in Luoyang in Eastern China Shenan province said the Noodle shops and food stalls laced their dishes with opium poppy pods or seeds in an attempt to get customers addicted to their food. The report in Shanghai a Wen Hui Bao newspaper did not say How much poppy pod or seed was put into each dish or what effect if any it had on the customers. Authorities confiscated 1,490 pounds of opium poppy pods and 31 pounds of opium poppy seeds from the 92 restaurants the paper reported in its saturday edition. The report said health officials started getting suspicious when they saw that some Noodle shops and food stalls were attracting Long tines of customers while others nearby did Little  set today for infant of Raf Mildenhall sergeant Raf Mildenhall England a amps a funeral for the 6-week-old son of a Security policeman assigned at Raf Mildenhall will be held at 11 . Today at the base Chapel. Aaron Daniel Thomas Zdanowicz died wednesday morning at his parents Home in government housing adjacent to Raf Lakenheath. The Suffolk county constabulary local British police determined the cause of death to be sudden infant death syndrome according to the base Public affairs office. Aaron is survived by his parents sgt Erin Zdanowicz and Susan Zdanowicz. The sergeant is assigned to the 513th Security police  seeks to give husband Soldier s burial Manila Philippines apr Imelda Marcos said in a taped interview played monday that she would give her late husband a a simple soldiers burial if the government allows the former president to be buried in his Homeland. A president Marcos dying wish was to have a simple soldiers burial in Manila a Marcos said in the tape played to reporters. A this is what in filial duty we will give him. No pomp no  president Corazon Aquino has refused to allow Marcos body to be brought from Hawaii where he died in exile in 1989, three years after he was ousted in a popular uprising. The government fears that Marcos followers would use the funeral for political purposes. A let history under a More just and humane government Accord him the full honors due him a Marcos said. A but for now May we ask the Aquino administration to simply allow his dignified and orderly burial. A i wish to assure mrs. Aquino that i will not use my late husbands remains in any Way especially for political vendetta and for selfish political reasons. I will not Parade him Down the streets of  there was no immediate comment from the Aquino government. But sen. Neptali Gonzalez president of the largest pro administration party said he was recommending formation of a special committee including Marcos supporters to oversee the funeral in Manila. A the president Aquino will be doing her Good turn if she reconsiders a he said. The government lifted its 5v2-year entry ban on the Marcos family and agreed to allow the Marcos family to return to stand trial for tax fraud. But Aquino refused to allow the body of the former president to be brought Home. Marcos has insisted that she be allowed to come Back with the body. More than 70 percent of the 200-member House of representatives and several prominent senators have also urged Aquino to lift the ban