European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 22,1991 the stars and stripes b Page 9 Worldman with aids virus wins suit against France from wire reports Paris a a court has ordered the government to pay $377,000 in damages to a Haemophilia a infected by the aids virus from tainted blood the plaintiffs attorney says. Fridays judgment sets a precedent that could Cost the government millions of dollars. About 400 similar suits Are pending As a result of a scandal involving the widespread distribution of blood in the mid-1980s that officials suspected was tainted. French insurance companies Are to provide $218 million in 1992 for people who contracted the virus through blood transfusions with the rest of the Money coming from the government. The scandal broke in september when a govern ment ordered report showed that Between March 12 and oct. 1, 1985, officials used blood products they allegedly knew might be  Man freed Vienna a Gunther Ragger the brother in Law of German millionaire Friedrich Karl flick was released unhurt saturday in Central Vienna after being held captive for two Days officials said. A spokesman for the Interior ministry said a number of arrests had been made in the kidnapping. Ragger 26, was snatched thursday morning on his Way to work in bad St. Leonard in the Southern austrian province of Carinthia. The kidnappers demanded $7 million for his release the biggest Ransom Ever in Austria officials  hold 2 in attack Stockholm Sweden police have arrested two men suspected of detonating a bomb outside a pizzeria news reports said saturday. National radio said the men belonged to the Small armed underground group known As White aryan resistance. The group claimed responsibility for the bombing. No one was injured in fridays  author Dies Paris a Simone Beck whose cookbooks helped bring French cuisine lusciously alive in american kitchens died Friday. Beck known As a Simca a died at her Home in Chateauneuf de Grasse near Nice. Little known in her native France Beck built a reputation Over three decades As americans French chef. It a i always preferred to write for americans a Beck said in an interview last year. Quot French people think they already know everything about  she gained celebrity status in cooking circles 33 years ago with the publication of mastering the Art of French cooking which she wrote with Julia child and Louisette  envoy fired on Budapest Hungary a an assailant fired six bullets at turkish ambassador Bedrettin to Nabas on Friday but the diplomats Armor plated car saved his life officials said. Tun Abas told hungarian radio that he had Quot no ideas who May have been behind the attack. The French news Agency Agency France press said an Anonymous caller to its Paris office claimed responsibility on behalf of the secret army for the liberation of Armenia an underground  policy retained Bonn Germany putting traffic policy into reverse Eastern germans will be Able to keep their beloved right turn on a red Light and the idea May be tried in the rest of United Germany. Transport minister Gunther Krause himself a former East German on Friday welcomed a vote in parliament the Day before permitting the five states of former East Germany to keep the right Tum regulation until 1996. Hie Rule was to have been eliminated Jan. 1 As part of the gradual introduction of Western German regulations in the former communist state. Krause said tests would be carried out to determine whether the Rule should be introduced in the 11 Western German states. Timetable to end apartheid settled in first series of talks Johannesburg South Africa apr Black and White groups saturday hammered out details for a timetable to end apartheid during a second Day of talks on multiracial democracy. The convention for a democratic South Africa co Desa was Busy preparing five working groups to consider key issues that must be resolved in the next  months. The groups were to work out the nuts and bolts of Power sharing after the talks recessed later. Saturday. A the real negotiation process must now get under Way. And we must usher in a new dispensation for our country a said african National Congress general Secretary Cyril ram Phosa. A a codes is still on course a he added. A a we re going to be discussing substantive  codes concluded its first session Friday with 16 of the 19 groups taking part signing a declaration committing themselves to political Reform. The inkatha Freedom party and the Nophut Hatkwa a and Piskei Homeland governments declined to sign the document saying it was too , britons bigger glasses hold More Beer London apr a pint of Beer must be a pint of Beer and the head does no to count the government decreed Friday. A this should be cheering news for Beer drinkers everywhere a Edward Leigh the minister of consumer affairs announced. But like most gifts from the government this one will Cost the Public Brewers and pub keepers say. A somebody has got to pay for a changeover if it Means disposing of the current glasses a and the Cost is going to be borne by the customer a said John Overton chief executive of the National licensed Victualler a association. Its All a matter of froth a the creamy a a head that some Beer drinkers prefer atop their freshly poured pints. Currently to fit in both bartenders often shortchange on the liquid. The new regulations will require bigger Beer glasses that can accommodate a full pint a that a the 20-ounce British pint not the 16-ounce . Measure a and a creamy Nead As Well. Brewers and pub landlords estimate that May add As much As 9 cents to a pint which already costs up to $3.50. The Institute of trading standards administration said that in some surveys four out of five pints were Short. As a result it added Beer drinkers were losing $420 million a year. He said consultations would now begin on Means of phasing in new bigger Beer glasses which the Brewers society said would Cost  most pubs in the North of England where a bigger head is traditional already use larger glasses that Are marked to show where the liquid pint should end and the head should begin. Some of those Heady regional Beers have moved into London where Beer glasses can to accommodate a full pint plus its head. In three Central London pubs surveyed at random delegates were to seek a solution saturday to get the three Black groups to drop their reservations. The Zulu dominated inkatha is one of the main Black political groups. The reintegration into South Africa of Black homelands is one of the issues to be discussed. The homelands were established to place Blacks in separate areas of the country and the Anc wants them abolished. President . De Klerk said his White minority government was prepared to discuss a form of interim government that would give Blacks representation in parliament for the first time. A i wish to state today in clearer terms than Ever before that the government is amenable to a negotiated form of transitional government a he said Friday. But in a Tough speech de Klerk said any changes would have to be approved by the current parliament in which Blacks have no vote. Although codes has gone Well delegates on All sides stressed enormous problems must be resolved before a Power sharing Deal can be worked out. % / a bartender Julie Lee holds an old style British pint of Stout Friday in a London pub. The Beer Glass will soon be replaced by a new Glass size that will accommodate a pint of Beer plus the Frothy head. Friday none used the larger glasses. Mark Ward landlord of the White Hart on old Fetter Lane said the reason was simple a waste. As most bartenders tend to spill a bit while fitting a pint with head into current glasses Ward argued that bigger glasses would mean More spills. A you done to just pour a pint of Beer into a pint Glass you have to pour in a bit More and let the Beer  a the bigger the Glass the More spills Over the top. It does t seem like much but you could be losing about 4 cents a pint and it adds up a he said. Cuba clamps Down on Energy use Mexico City a Cuba on Friday began rationing electricity cutting work hours and jobs and taking other measures to survive a critical Energy shortage caused by the Lack of soviet Oil. Nearly All goods a from tobacco to cooking fuel a have already been placed under tight control by Fidel Castro one of the  remaining hard line communist leaders. The latest action shortens to transmissions to five hours a Day cuts off Street lights and air conditioning in Public buildings and closes Many restaurants and movies. Also gasoline quotas were reduced and taxis were limited to taking people to hospitals and funerals according to the cuban news Agency Prensa Latina monitored in Mexico City. Spare parts for vehicles and machinery Are virtually unavailable and Castro has urged use of of drawn carts and bicycles. Cuba relied on the soviet Union and the former East bloc for More than 90 percent of its Trade often at subsidized prices. The Caribbean Island nation is under a 30-year-old . Economic Boycott. People Laid off because of the Energy cuts will be transferred to other areas primarily to agricultural jobs the report said. If the shortages continue a other reductions will be  despite the austerity measures Cuba plans to invest about 1.7 billion pesos in food production biotechnology pharmaceuticals and tourism Prensa Latina reported