European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes Friday october 4,1991 germans party Ponder on Unity Day Hamburg Germany apr germans celebrated the first birthday of their reunification thursday and leaders urged former East and West germans to set aside differences to help the country a difficult and costly integration. A we will Only become one if we change ourselves together if we listen to each other instead of Only looking at each other a Rita Stis Smuth president of the bundestag or lower nouse of parliament told 1,300 National and state officials in the old Stock Exchange building. Many Western germans have grumbled about the High Cost of converting Eastern Germany a former communist Economy to capitalism while easterners feel they have not received the help they need to get on their feet. Rising violence against foreigners has also plagued the United Germany. National leaders a from Chancellor Helmut Kohl on Down a came to this City of 1.6 million people to kick off a colourful a a citizens festival along Little Alster Lake in the City a heart. Hamburg a Western business Center has prospered from German reunification. Tens of thousands of people poured into the downtown area for the outdoor celebrations on the National Holiday. Streets around the huge City Hall and the old Stock Exchange building where the official party was held in a glittering Chan delivered festival Hall were blocked off by police. Siihsmuth said in the keynote speech that Germany has enjoyed few Happy dates in its political history. But last oct. 3 a the culmination of a rapid one year shift that established democracy after toppling East Germany a communist leaders and the Berlin Wall a was a Day germans can be proud of for generations she said. A we completed our Unity peacefully and in agreement with our  in a tribute to victims of nazi oppression Hamburg mayor Henning Zosche Rau led officials in laying a Wreath at the site of a nazi concentration Camp in the Hamburg area. The Honor of playing Host to the first Unity anniversary went to Hamburg a City state because it holds the rotating presidency of the bundesrat the upper chamber of parliament representing Germany a 16 states. The new Holiday is to be celebrated each year in the state holding that  resumes blockade of ports Belgrade Yugoslavia apr the yugoslav Navy resumed a blockade of Croatia a Adriatic ports thursday rejecting new peace overtures by the rebel Republic to end its .3-month-old War. Fighting continued to rage around the Adriatic City of Dubrovnik As Well As the strategic East croatian stronghold of Vukovan on the Border with archrival Serbia news Media reported. In a statement on the state news Agency Tan Jug Federal armed forces said the naval blockade was reimposed because of violations of a sept. 22 cease fire agreement by croatian forces continued blockades of army Barracks and attacks on military installations. The Navy lifted the blockade of croatian ports soon after the latest cease fire agreement went into Force last month. But the Accord collapsed tuesday when heavy fighting erupted in East Croatia a Slavonia Region and on the coast around Dubrovnik. The Federal army saying it is fed up with talk battled wednesday for some of the biggest military prizes yet in War torn Croatia a the medieval jewel of Dubrovnik dear to Many croats and the Eastern towns of Vukovan and Vinkovic. Croatian television and radio said croatian forces were repelling All attacks around Dubrovnik but were facing problems near Konvalin just Southeast of Dubrovnik a where they Are expecting help to  television reports said croatian troops repelled the fiercest attack yet on Vukovan and then began attacking Federal forces. Six croats were killed and 72 More were wounded in wednesdays Vukovan Battle the croatian information ministry said. More than 600 people have been killed since fighting began after Croatia declared Independence june 25. The croats claimed the Federal army and serbian insurgents suffered heavy losses in the Vukovan fighting but gave no figures. Belgrade television meanwhile claimed hundreds of croats died around Dubrovnik. Both sides routinely exaggerate the losses of the other Side and minimize their own. Meanwhile three people were killed in an explosion in a Coffee Dar in downtown Belgrade Early thursday Media reported. There was no official information on. The cause of the explosion but initial re women workers in Moscow beating Winter to the punch sweep fallen leaves from a ports indicated it was not a terrorist at sidewalk in front of St. Basilus Cathedral on a Chilly wednesday morning. Soviet Citi inc c Zens have been warned to expect severe times when the cold season comes. Clean sweep in Moscow a Philippines pushes . For Swift Subic withdrawal Manila Philippines a the Philippines wants the United states to begin withdrawing its troops from Subic Bay naval facilities Early next year the armed forces chief said thursday. Gen. Lisandro Abadia also announced that the americans would turn Over Volcano damaged Clark a on dec. 4. President Corazon Aquino said wednesday that she would give the americans no More than three years to vacate Subic after the Senate last month rejected a new 10-year lease for the largest . Naval base in Asia. Aquino said she had the support of a majority of the 23-member Senate for the three year draw Down. Senate president Jovito Salonga said however that any withdrawal of More than a year would require a new treaty and the approval of two thirds of the 23 senators. Abadia said he had met with . Rear adm. Thom As a. Mercer the Subic commander and briefed him on the three year formula. A i expressed to him the expectation of the philippine government to see the Start of significant efforts at a draw Down of . Forces starting Early next year a Abadia said. There Are about 7,000 . Troops and defense department employees at Subic a major logistical and ship repair facility for the . 7th Fleet. Eastern orthodox Leader Dies Istanbul Turkey a Church leaders scheduled a funeral sunday for patriarch Dimitrios i spiritual Leader of the worlds 300 million Eastern orthodox christians and firm advocate of Christian Unity. The 77-year-old primate died of cardiac arrest wednesday at the american Admiral Bristol Hospital where he was taken after a severe heart attack monday. Stavros Lathou Lopoulos the greek embassy spokesman in Ankara said Dimitrios body would be Laid out on a cat Falque at St. George Church on thursday for the faithful to View and pay their final respects. Statho Lopoulos said a High level representation was expected from Greece for the funeral. Dimitrios will be buried at the monastery of Balili in a special cemetery for the patriarchs he said. The patriarchs successor will be chosen by the holy Synod made up of 18 leading clergy but it was not immediately known when the process to choose a new Leader will begin. The leaders select three candidates from among themselves and submit the names to the turkish government which makes the appointment. New top soviet spy rules out Kab s police state methods Moscow apr the soviet unions new spymaster says the overhaul of the Kab will mean an end to police state tactics but will keep in place the Kremlin a option of using espionage in secessionist republics that threaten the Union. Yevgeny Primakow made his remarks wednesday his first Day on the Job. He is a former Middle East envoy and Deputy foreign minister to president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. Gorbachev appointed Primakow to head the pkg by a foreign intelligence operations. Primakow 61, is the Deputy director of the Kab under Vadim Baratin who was appointed to oversee the Security network after Augustus failed coup by communist hard liners. Baratin has purged the pkg by supper echelons. Primakow said his Job will be to gradually spin off the foreign intelligence service into a separate entity with a new still unc Hosen name. He criticized the Kab s brutal control Over soviet citizens and said he wanted to recruit Young professional agents emphasize scientific analysis and erase the pkg by a thuggish image