European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes thursday september 26, 1991german weather s Back Cool we but hot dry spell damaged some crops forests by the stars and stripes Kaiserslautern Germany German weather has returned to Germany. After an abnormally dry summer in Central Germany rain and Cool temperatures Are replacing the hot and sunny weather that made Frankfurt feel More like Southern France. A High pressure system above the azores in the mid Atlantic Ocean was responsible for an August dry spell in which rain fell for Only two Days in Frankfurt said master sgt. Carl Loerbs non commissioned officer in charge of the climatology Branch at the 2nd weather Wing at Kapaun air station. In Central Germany temperatures were approximately 5.5 degrees fahrenheit above Normal during july and August. Average rainfall amounts dropped from 3 inches to about half that amount for the same period said Harald Strauss a climatologist at the weather station. But the tropical weather system that began the wave of warm weather in june is beginning to weaken. A we Are transitioning from summer to Winter weather a Loerbs said. A october should bring More Normal  Normal Means the usual variety of rain Sun and temperature changes Loerbs said. There arc Summers on record in which even less rain has fallen according to the German weather office in Offenbach. A in no Way have we broken any records a said a weather climatologist from the Offenbach Bureau. Although the Mercury Marker reached a High of 97 f in Karlsruhe it was Well below the record Levels of about 104 degrees in that area. The a weather frogs in the Hydro meteorology Bureau Are judging the summer of 1991 similarly according to German news reports. These weather experts who study precipitation amounts report that no limits Are being extended. A variation of plus or minus 50 percent in the total monthly accumulation of precipitation is entirely Normal according to the Bureau and that Wasny to exceeded nationally. With 130 percent june fulfilled its quota and even considerably More. But German Farmers who grow fruits and vegetables say the summer was too dry according to German newspaper reports. Although plants such As cabbage potatoes and grains successfully weathered the effects of the dry spell fruit and vegetable growers said they suffered a Fate similar to the German forests. The bark Beetle population thrived in the dryness and destroyed Trees at a rapid Pace German foresters said that Trees already damaged by air pollution and last years High winds were placed under greater Strain because of the weather. In Griesheim near Darmstadt wire cages were placed Over huge ant Beds that developed in dried out forests where warning signs have been placed for both fire and ants. Nonetheless one of Germany a most valuable Cash crops seems to be doing Well according to a spokesman from the German wine Institute in Mainz. Most of the grape Harvest successfully endured the Wrath of the summer Sun said press spokesman Ulrike Artz bundrick. She said that the dry weather has caused grapes in some vineyards to be smaller in size and fewer in number but that the Overall Harvest is expected to be average. Grapevines can withstand Long periods of dry weather because their roots reach deep into Vineyard soil usually located near a River. But that source of water also was affected. The water level in the Rhine River this summer was about 6 feet below Normal according to Peter Hurter of the water and shipping administration office in Mainz. Cargo ships were not Able to Load As much freight As Normal because of the Low water level although recent Rains have helped the situation he said. The River is usually replenished by rainfall and melting Snow from the Alps but the warm weather reduced water supplies from both sources Hurter said. A we expect an unusually dry season around every 15 years a Hurter said. Water Levels Are Low but he said the situation was worse during a similar dry spell in 1985.n. Korea wants nuclear weapons for Protection Seoul South Korea apr North Korea has told China it intends to have nuclear weapons to protect itself against Western nations intent on destroying socialism a newspaper said wednesday. The Joo Ngang daily news quoted an unnamed High level source in Beijing As saying North korean officials made the remark in a secret meeting with China after the failed soviet coup last month. There was no immediate response from China the paper said. China the soviet Union Japan and the United states have expressed concern Over intelligence reports that North Korea is developing the capacity to produce nuclear weapons. North Korea is the most isolated and reclusive of the worlds remaining communist nations which also include China Vietnam and Cuba. China is its closest ally. In a Story dateline Hong Kong the National newspaper said Kim Yong Sun senior North korean workers party Secretary for International affairs met chinese officials in Pyongyang shortly after the soviet coup failed. The paper said Kim told chinese officials that North Korea a has decided to possess nuclear weapons to preserve socialism in North  the paper said the North koreans called Possession of nuclear weapons  it was unclear whether North Korea indicated that it already had such weapons was developing them or intended in the future to build a nuclear Arsenal. A particularly after the collapse of communism in the soviet Union that a the Only Way to Stop the . And other Western efforts to tear Down socialism a the paper quoted North korean officials As saying. North korean leaders have rejected democratic reforms sweeping other communist and socialist nations including their longtime ally the soviet Union. North korean radio broadcasts warn against alien ideological trends and have accused Western a a imperialists of plot Ting to overthrow socialism. North Korea reneged on a Promise earlier this month to sign a safeguards agreement allowing International inspections of its nuclear facilities. It said the United states first must remove nuclear weapons allegedly stored in South Korea. Washington neither confirms nor denies the presence of nuclear weapons there. Both Korea joined the United nations on sept. 17, and South Korea hoped it would be a first step toward opening the reclusive North to the outside world and easing tension Between the hostile Korea. North koreans Premier will address the United nations next  taking off for 2-week Vest Moscow apr Boris n. Yeltsin will take up to two weeks off from work to a a rest beginning wednesday soviet Media reported Days after the russian Leader missed two Days in parliament because of a heart ailment. There was no official word from the 60-year-old Yeltsin who has emerged As the country a most popular politician after leading opposition to the failed aug. 18-21 coup by communist hard liners. But rumours circulated that the russian federation Leader was either fatigued or simply leaving to escape criticism about wide ranging decrees he issued during and since the attempted takeover. Soviet television said Yeltsin would a travel for a rest wednesday but it did no to reveal his destination. Officials have said an unspecified heart ailment forced Yeltsin to miss a session of the supreme soviet legislature last week where he was supposed to deliver a speech. The acting chairman of the russian legislature Ruslan Kha Bulatov told lawmakers Yeltsin was not seriously ill. Aides and officials close to Yeltsin also dismissed suggestions that the president suffers from any serious illness and attributed Yeltsin a sudden sickness to his strenuous work schedule. On Friday Yeltsin travelled to the caucasus mountains to mediate a cease fire in the disputed area of Magorno Karabash claimed by both Armenia and Azerbaijan. He returned to Moscow on tuesday and later met the visiting president of the new York Federal Reserve Bank Gerald Corrigan to discuss financial and banking reforms the Tass news Agency  of a kind a Man and a 6-foot Leopard Seal from Antarctica find there a space aplenty on the Beach at Little Bay in Syd Ney Australia. The National Parks and wildlife service warns that the seals have Strong jaws and Sharp Teeth