European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 7, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 military German students donate $1,775 for kurdish Relief Wurzburg Germany a amps a German University students handed Over More than $1,775 to military officials in Wurzburg on thursday to be used for red Cross kurdish Relief efforts a Wurzburg area support group spokeswoman said. Members of Gothia a Catholic student organization presented a Check for 3,000 German Marks about $1,775 to col. Frederick Hoos support group commander and it. Col. Buddy Rawls base support battalion commander. The students raised the Money june 15 by holding a Barbecue and raffle at their student House in Wurzburg said the spokeswoman Babs Angel. The proceeds were originally earmarked to support those left behind by soldiers deployed to the persian Gulf War she said. When the War ended quickly the students decided to donate the Money to help the kurd. The organization donated almost $500 earlier in the year to help support spouses and children of operation desert storm  workshops set Kaiserslautern Germany a amps the european networking Council has scheduled its annual workshops for sept. 20 and 21 at the Ramstein a officers club. The theme is a leadership 2000 a the Challenge of living  the Council is a non profit organization made up of eight fraternities and sororities and branches of the National association for the advancement of coloured people and masons. The registration fee for both Days is $25 or $15 for one Day. For More information Call Bernard v. Oli Phant workshop coordinator at ets 483-8976 or commercial 0631-411-8976.commander honoured Ramstein a Germany a the commander of the . Air forces in Europe is wearing a new hat As an honorary Board member of the european federation of German american clubs. Gen. Robert c. Oaks accepted the membership certificate from Hildegard Frank president of the federation during an informal ceremony aug. 29. The federation which was created 44 years ago consists of 56 clubs throughout Germany with a membership of nearly 8,000 people Frank said. Oaks said it is difficult to keep track of friendships Between germans and their american guests. A a it a a hard thing to document a he said. A the people who document it Are the Young airmen and their families who Are living in the communities and their children Are learning to speak German with the neighbourhood  major vows to improve services for British Public London apr life in Britain can be difficult. More than 60 percent of trains Are late on some British rail lines. Nearly a million people wait up to three years for operations at National health service hospitals. Millions of letters bearing Premium postage for next Day delivery arrive late Ana people sometimes have to wait at Home All Day because British Gas wont make an appointment to fix the Kitchen stove. Complaints Are legion about the performance of state enterprises and of formerly state owned Public utilities sold to private owners by the conservative government in the last seven years. Prime minister John major has promised to change All that through a citizens charter announced just before the major House of commons began its vacation in july. A better Public services Start Here a said newspaper advertisements placed by the government. A the citizens charter will provide a new Standard for. Our hospitals schools roads and railways and other vital  the proposals in the charter include a Selling British rail and London buses to private ownership and providing refunds for poor service. A ending the Post offices monopoly on mail delivery. A accelerating privatization of such local services As garbage collection. A establishing guaranteed waiting times at government hospitals. A publishing exam results and truancy rates for schools and requiring annual reports on All students. The charter proposes penalties for freeway repair contractors who close Long sections of Road unnecessarily. British Gas will have to make appointments for repairs and most Public service employees will be required to give customers their names instead of remaining Anonymous. Major told the commons that the plan would be a fundamental to this governments policies for the 1990s.�?� plainly it also was a Large Plank in the conservative platform for National elections which must be held within a year. Neil Kinlock Leader of the opposition labor party condemned the charter As a a mixture of the belated the ineffectual the banal the vague and the actually  Cuba adding cooking fuel to list of rationed supplies report says Mexico City apr Cuba will begin rationing cooking fuel this month to a population already trying to Cope with tightly rationed supplies of food clothing and gasoline according to Mexico a no Timex news Agency thursday. No Timex said the announcement appeared in the communist party newspaper grandma which said last week that a whatever happens in the soviet Union we will not move away from the path we have  cubans austerity measures began last year when soviet Aid and Trade began diminishing and Trade with Eastern european nations dried up. The disintegration of communism has stripped Cuba of an estimated 90 percent of its imports but president Fidel Castro has vowed to stick to his hard line path at any Cost. He has been warning his Caribbean Island nation of about 10.5 million people 90 Miles from Florida that even tougher times May lie ahead and tried to Brace cubans for a Complete cutoff of soviet supplies. Soviet foreign minister Boris d. Pankin said in Moscow on thursday that it was time to re examine soviet ties with Cuba. In Washington Secretary of state Colombia drug fighter resigns Bogota Colombia apr colombians secret police chief who directed an All out War against the violent and powerful Medellin cocaine Cartel resigned thursday at the request of president Cesar Gaviria. The chief Gen. Miguel Maza Marquez was replaced by a civilian Fernando Brito who promised that Colombia would a strengthen its fight against drug  run radio network said Gaviria decided months ago he wanted civilians in top defense positions. But speculation immediately arose that Mazas exit could be part of a Deal Gaviria Cut with the Medellin Cartel. Jailed billionaire drug Boss Pablo Escobar reportedly asked for Mazas dismissal before he surrendered to authorities on june 19. Maza 52, was reported to have opposed Gaviria a decision to use lighter sentences and the Promise of no extradition to the United states to lure drug lords into giving up. But Maza said thursday in an interview with run that in seven years As chief of the department of administrative Security he succeeded in dealing heavy blows to the Cartel. A by the time several of the drug Bosses surrendered we had greatly weakened their combat capacity a the general said. A a in a leaving very Content and optimistic and i be Lieve i fulfilled my duty a he added. Maza said Gaviria offered him a diplomatic Post in the United states which he May accept. In the previous administration of president Virgilio Barco Maza was the target of two bomb attacks by Medellin drug Bosses in which 70 people were killed. The government began a crackdown in August 1989 after drug Cartel hit men assassinated presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galan. Maza a Cousin of Gabriel Garcia Marquez colombians Nobel prize winning novelist was the leading Warrior in the Battle. Maza adopted a Bunker lifestyle after the attempts on his life surrounding himself with bodyguards and travelling in bulletproof vehicles. Late last year Gaviria decided to change his Antidrug strategy. This year Escobar and 17 colleagues have surrendered in Exchange for government leniency. About three weeks before Escobar surrendered Al a Spectator newspaper reported that he was negotiating with the government and asked it to fire Maza and other police leaders who supervised the crackdown. The government denied it. Escobar is being held in a luxurious jail of his own design in his Hometown a Nigado. He chose the guards who watch him. James a. Baker Iii said wednesday that the United states a will certainly be encouraging an even deeper Cut in soviet Aid to Cuba. Rationing of liquid Gas used for cooking fuel will begin sept. 15, no Timex Mexico a official news Agency said in a dispatch from Havana. The report monitored in Mexico City said rations will depend on the number of people in a household. In another report the official cuban news Agency Prensa Latina reported thursday that cubans vital sugar Industry has been using compost to replace increasing scarce fertilizer. Cuba is Short of hard currency and trades sugar for soviet Oil. Changes of command Raf Mildenhall England col. Howard w. Guiles relinquished command of the 513th airborne come and control Wing at Raf Mildenhall to col. Jonas l. Blank or. In a ceremony Friday morning. Guiles 46, is to become the Dean of curriculum at the air come and staff College at Maxwell fab Ala. He had commanded the 513th since october 1989. Blank 43, had been the commander of the 513th combat support group at Mildenhall since april. The 513th airborne come and control Wing is responsible for the bases operations and the Mission readiness of the ec-135h aircraft and flight Crews that comprised the european Comdr a airborne command Post operation which is to deactivate no later than december. The airborne command Post flew its last scheduled training Mission aug. 27. A Raf Mildenhall England col. Charles w. Hinkle former commander of the now deactivated 17th recon wine at Raf Alconbury assumed command recently of the strategic air Comdr a 306th strategic Wing at Raf Mildenhall. Hinkle 48, took Over the command aug. 13 from col. Jack o. Foley 49, who left to become director of Tanker operations at Headquarters Sac Offutt fab neb. Foley of Knoxville tcnn., had been commander of the 306th since August 1987. Hinkle of Wichita kan., had been assigned to the 17th recon Wing since 1989, and was the wings commander from feb. 20 until its inactivation june 28