European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Vol. 50, no. 256 35c wednesday thursday december 25/26,1991 b d 8693 Gorbachev expected to step Down today Moscow apr Mikhail Gorbachev said goodbye to his Kremlin staff tuesday and prepared to announce his resignation while the remnants of the soviet legislature postponed endorsing the new Commonwealth and acknowledging the nations demise. Gorbachev met with russian president Boris n. Yeltsin on monday to discuss the Transfer of Power and russian first Deputy prime minister Gennady Burbulis said Gorbachev was expected to resign in a the next 24 the soviet president tuesday scheduled a speech on National television wednesday night 8 . Central european time and was expected to quit then. The Tass news Agency said Only that the soviet president would use the address a to announce the decision he made about the formation of the common wealth of Independent a we Are assuming that this resignation announcement will be made tomorrow maybe in his to address a said a presidential press spokesman Georgy see Gorbachev on Page 2 Dollar takes a nosedive across Europe by Luke Britt staff writer investors who fled the Low interest rates in the United states for the higher yields of Europe helped cause the 4-pfennig drop in the Exchange rate this week experts Cut in the discount rate by the . Federal Reserve will Likely achieve its goal of stimulating the Domestic Economy Money experts said but the Dollar will pay the Price abroad. And further Economy boosting measures that May occur in the Spring could drive the Exchange rate even lower said Herbert Stein senior fellow with the american Enterprise Institute in Washington . A there was a great demand in the political process for this Cut. The administration was talking and Congress was talking about doing something to get the country out of recession a Stein said. A the Exchange rate overseas is not As great a the blow to the Dollar came monday when the Mili see Dollar on Page 2 Lodaya a newspaper on a Christmas will be a combined Issue for . 25/26. The newspaper will double up on the comics crosswords and Ann Landers and dear Abby so you won t miss any of your favorite features. All of our bookstores will be closed on Christmas Day but you can still get your copy of the combined edition through newspaper vending machines in your Community. There will be no newspaper . 26 because of the Christmas Holiday. The stars and stripes will resume publishing . 27. Crafty kids draw on talents to wins amps colouring contest by Vince Crawley Staft writer seven year old Sean Werner normally likes to draw monsters demons and snakes but when the spirit of Christmas overcame him he used glitter ribbons and costume jewelry to win first place for his age group in the annual stars and stripes Holiday colouring contest. When the second grader from Germany a Ramstein a found out head won a Huffy Mountain Bike a Complete with am pm radio a he said he a jumped on the bed ran All Over the House hugged my mom kissed her and All kinds of his Mother tech sgt. Paula Werner said her son insisted that he needed a jewels and diamonds for his entries so she took him to the base Exchange where he picked out costume jewelry. His father Gunter Werner is a German construction Foreman. Sean has one brother Justin Thomas who a 16. Julie Anna Chidley 11, from Tor Rejon a in Madrid Spain took a More traditional approach to the contest. Her thick paintings in bold Holiday colors earned first place in the 8-12 age group. The sixth grader said her favorite drawing subjects Are a dogs and animals she said she likes Art because a you can draw your emotions How you feel. That a her family is moving to California next month so the stars and stripes gave her a $200 Check to buy a new bicycle once she gets settled. Her father it. Col. Craig Chidley is an air Force dentist and she has one brother who a 13. She worked on her entries an hour a Day for almost a week. A amps Dev Carey scan a cmdr 7, is one Happy boy after winning first place for Bis age group in the annual stars and stripes Holiday colouring contest. This year 1,048 of our youngest readers mailed their Best work to the annual colouring contest which was judged by the newspapers artists. Of these 457 see contest on Page 2 in a we a Cwb wish you a
