European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 c the stars and stripes sunday october 13, 1991club seeks answers to tall problems London apr being tall can be a real shortcoming emotionally and physically according to members of Britain a first tall persons club. A oddities in a world built for Short people a is How members describe themselves. According to the 6-foot-8-Inch club founder Phil Heinricy there a nothing funny about tall jokes a such As a a what a the weather like up there a it is unfair to have to sit with your Knees pressed into your Chin on air planes he says or to sleep with toes dangling Over the Edge of hotel Beds. Heinricy 38, launched Britain a chapter of the tall persons club in August after hearing about american groups and the european federation of tall persons club. So far he has More than 100 members and reports dozens of inquiries. A a we re Way behind As usual in Britain he said. Quot its a Case of the Good old tradition of stiff upper lip you put up with things. You recognize you re an oddity in a world built for Small people. But now that people found me they re coming out of the  Heinricy said he plans to use the club to delve into the psychological aspects of being tall and sharing practical tips such As hotels that have Long Beds. A in California they have a tip toppers club but its More of a social affair a Bunch of tall people who jump in the car and get social a he said. Heinricy also wants to form a lobby group to demand that major hospitals have a few extra Long Beds and that movie Heaters Reserve a Section for the Long of leg. A Many tall people try to disguise their height. They look broken Bent and that destroys Confidence in later years Quot Heinricy said. A Many Intelli gent tall people Are stuck in dead end jobs simply because they Haven to Learned to Cope with  there a no minimum height requirement to join the club. The average female member is 6 feet and the average male member is 6-feet-5, Heinricy said. Government statistics in 1984 showed that the average height of British women was 5-feet-3w, while men averaged 5-feet-8vi. Britain a tallest Man 7-foot-4 Christopher Greener said being tall never bothered him but he sympathizes with those who do have problems and will be an Active club member. Kkt recruiting in Germany Magazine says Hamburg Germany apr a major news Magazine on saturday said that the  Kun flux klan is actively recruiting members among Neo nazis and other extreme rightists in Germany. Meanwhile a string of violence that has been hitting Germany Over the past several weeks continued with so called a a skinheads clashing with turks in Northern Germany. Police in Kiel in the Northern state of Schleswig Holstein said two people were injured and three arrested when a group of about 50 a a skinheads attacked turkish customers in a bar in the town of Gec Shacht about Midnight. Fifteen patrol cars were dispatched to the scene to break up the fighting police said. The Hamburg based Spiegel Magazine said that German Security officials Nave information indicating the Kkt in the United states has founded groups in Germany. Spiegel said the Kkt was particularly Active in the Eastern German states where hatred of foreigners is High. But the Magazine said the organization was also Active in Western Germany. According to the report the Kkt founded a group in the City of Herford some 80 Miles North of Dortmund and organized a commemoration Celebration of nazi Leader Adolf hitlers 102nd birth anniversary on april 20. At least 200 Neo nazis and a a skinheads attended the event Spiegel said. The report said there Are signs the Kkt is also Active in Central Hessen state Bavaria in the South Berlin and the Eastern state of Brandenburg. Spiegel said that . Officials estimate the membership of the Kkt in the United states at about 200,000, and that the organization and violence prone a skinheads a Are considered a dangerous combination. Excerpts of the report that will appear in Spiegell a monday editions were provided Early to other news Media. There have been More than 500 attacks against foreigners in Germany since the Start of the year. Officials say contingents of right Wing radicals Are responsible for the attacks. Some Are unemployed youth who blame the foreigners for taking jobs away. Officials have said that some 29,000 Asylum seekers arrived last month. U. T to i a of Impf la s. W a a amp jewish settlement continues a jewish settler family visits a House occupied by a group of jewish squatters in the East Jerusalem Arab Village of Silvan on Friday. Settlement leaders from the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip Are stepping up jewish settlement activity before Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii arrives in Israel on wednesday. Canals of Venice overflow Banks Venice Italy apr the canals of Venice spilled Over their Banks and the doorsteps of Renaissance palaces saturday As a Strong sirocco blew the Adriatic higher into the venetian Lagoon. The High tide or Acqua Alta As its called in Venice left amused tourists wading Barefoot in St. Marks Square and City officials disturbed that the National government has not provided promised funds for a flood control project. Officials said about 40 percent of Venice a historic Center was under water saturday when High tide crested around 4 feet above its average level. The flooding is a seasonal phenomenon in Venice when the sirocco a hot Dusty wind from the libyan desert pushes the water level higher in the Northern Adriatic. Saturdays Floii ing because of the combination of recent heavy Rains and the sirocco was the worst in Venice since december 1990, when the High tide was abut 4 feet 3 inches. The water receded with the tide saturday afternoon but experts forecast More flooding on , visa fees to increase nov. 1 Frankfurt Germany fees to obtain passports and visas will go up nov. 1, according to Robert s. Ayling chief of the consular Section at the consulate general in Frankfurt. Some of the new fees will include application for passport $1g issuance of passport to an adult $55 issuance of passport to a minor $30 application for an immigrant visa $170 and issuance of each immigrant visa $30. Americans fleeing Haiti reach Guantanamo Guantanamo Bay Cuba apr american medical missionaries who fled Haiti a violence in three borrowed sailboats arrived at the . Navy base Here Friday in Good shape with some coast guard assistance. A god blessed us a said John Leininger of san Antonio one of the leaders of the 17 americans who so feared for their lives they took to the sea despite having no sailing experience. The americans told their Story to reporters brought to Guantanamo Bay by the Pentagon. The group had intended to Fly Home to the United states from port a Prince Airport. But haitians with machetes had set fiery roadblocks on the route from their Remote Mountain clinic in Jean Bouline Southwest of the capital. A French couple who owned one of the boats gave the americans some instruction and then guided the Little flotilla out to the open sea on wednesday morning. They had favourable winds and current but by late in the Day were battling seasickness auxiliary engine trouble and broken Bilge pumps. A when we got out of haitian Waters we did no to know what was ahead of us Quot said Miriam Frederick of West Palm Beach fla., who said she had been leading medical missions to Haiti for 18 years. The Cutter durable was ahead. The coast guard had been tracking their course form the Start and was already on the Way with help. On wednesday night two Man Crews were sent to each boat to help and most of the group were taken to the Comfort of the coast guard ship. The durable towed one boat the 90 Miles to the . Naval base on the Southeast Corner of Cuba while the other two motored behind