European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 12, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9tumbling into rubble a the old Cooling Tower of the shut Down nuclear reactor at Hamm Rentrop Germany Ture. Many germans considering the 15-year-old Tower a National landmark fought crumbles into history tuesday As it is blown up to make Way for a More modern Struc to preserve it As a Monument but authorities said it had to  rations cigars a like everything else Mexico City a Fidel Castro no longer smokes his trademark cuban cigars and for years he has encouraged his countrymen to quit smoking. But now they have Good reason to kick the habit tobacco rationing. The country is eliminating a rationed cigarette and Cigar sales at Home because of an economic crisis brought on by collapsing Aid and Trade with the former soviet bloc. Virtually everything available to cubans is rationed these Days a from food to fuel to paper and shoes a and Long lines for goods Are common in Havana. Castro a Cabinet added to the list monday by voting to abolish the Domestic Market on which cubans freely purchased tobacco products the mexican news Agency no Timex reported from Havana. The government said cubans Over age 17 would now be limited to two or three packs of cigarettes every 15 Days according to no Timex. The report did not indicate the limit on cigars or other tobacco products. Cubans cigars Are described by Many smokers As the finest in the world. Cuba began imposing austerity measures last year As soviet Aid began to dry up and the Coj lapse of communism in Eastern Europe robbed it of key markets there. But Castro who has ruled since his 1959 revolution has vowed to stick to his hard line communist policies at any Cost while warning his people that times May Well get worse. Cuban officials in some regions have begun testing a a Zero options to see How they might Cope with a Complete cutoff of soviet Aid. Soviet style reactors still hazards despite upgrade study suggests Berlin apr a study released tuesday indicates that modern soviet style nuclear reactors still pose safety hazards despite improvements made after the chernobyl disaster Germany a environment minister said. Klaus Topfer said a reactor in Eastern Germany that incorporated safety improvements made after the 1986 explosion and fire at chernobyl still Falls Short of Western safety standards. For example he said the reactor lacks adequate measures to guard against a reactor fire in the event of a plane crash or an explosion at the Power Plant. Although the study focused on Only the idled Eastern German plaint at Greif Swald on the Baltic coast about 160 Miles North of Berlin Topfer said its conclusions were known to the soviets and would be forwarded to other nations. The study sounded the death Knell Tor the Plant at Greif Swald where local and Plant officials had held out Hope that at least the most modern of the eight reactors could some Day be put in service. Greif Swaldo a four operating reactors were shut Down in december a two months after German unification a when Western officials found safety defects. Officials said the 440-Watt, pressurized water reactors built with 1960s soviet technology could not be upgraded. About 5,0 h people were Laid off As a result. German officials have said that under former East Germany a communist rulers a disaster was narrowly averted in 1976 when a fire destroyed wiring to pumps in the plants emergency Cooling system. The East German government began budding four other reactors on the site in the 1980s. But reactor no. 5 failed during its trial period in 1989 and never went into full service. The other three reactors were never completed. Work on reactor no. 5 was finished three years late because of changes that were instituted after the chernobyl disaster killed 31 people and sent radioactive fallout Over much of Europe. Topfer said reactor no. 5 had a no  lie said the study found safety deficiencies that would Cost up to $580 million to Correct. Private investors Are not interested in getting involved because of the Cost of making the reactor meet German licensing standards he added. Topfer said it could Cost up to $2.9 billion just to close Down and dismantle the Complex which once supplied 10 percent of East Germany a electricity. American planning Chicago Berlin flights Chicago up a american airlines announced tuesday that it will begin non Stop service Between Chicago and Berlin in june and Hopes also to link Chicago and Moscow later in 1992. American already serves 10 european destinations a three of them in Germany a from Chicago and has a code sharing arrangement with Lufthansa to serve Dusseldorf. A Germany is now and will continue to be one of our most important european markets a said Bill Thompson managing director of passenger sales for americans Central Region. A the German Economy is Strong and continues to grow. The reunification Only adds to Germany a importance As a major player in the world  Thompson said american will serve berlins Tecl Airport five times a week with 767-er aircraft and expand to daily service next aug. 10. He noted that american subsidiary american overseas airlines served Germany shortly after world War ii and was an Active participant in the Berlin Airlift flying nearly 29,000 passengers and More than 12.8 million pounds of cargo in the Frankfurt Berlin corridor in 1948 and 1949.Schuller undergoes second brain operation Garden Grove Calif. A the Rev. Robert Schuller underwent a second brain surgery tuesday in the Netherlands after a Haemorrhage and his prospects for a full recovery remained Good Church officials said. Physicians at the free University Hospital in Amsterdam decided to operate attain on the 64-year-old television evangelist alter a cat scan showed a Small blood clot and fluid putting pressure on his brain the Crystal Cathedral Church said in a statement. Or. J. Wolbers senior neurosurgeon at the Hospital was quoted As saying the clot was removed and no further bleeding was a evident or  Schuller was in Good condition my m Good spirits the statement said he gave a smile and thumbs up from the Hospital Balcony monday marking his first Public appearance since being stricken last week. Schuller Host of the show hour of Power was in the midst of a trip that would have taken him to Budapest Moscow and Rome for an audience with Pope John Paul ii. A bump on the head lie sullied w Ink stepping into a car apparently caused a blood vessel to burst the statement said. Schuller underwent emergency surgery sept. 2 after aides found him unconscious on the floor of his hotel room. Schuller began hosting hour of Power 22 years ago. It is broadcast sundays from his $16 million Crystal Cathedral Church to 145 stations in the United is ate s. A n and a a my a list i aha