European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday thursday. December 25/26, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 1 i 1 a a a a a w shepherding the flock a Shepherd and his faithful dog Are silhouetted against the Snow while standing watch Herd is Little concerned about the conditions or time As Long As a heavy coat keeps him Over his sheep near Weissenburg Germany 25 Miles South of a Firnberg. The Shep warm and the flock is Able to find nourishment under the Blanket of White. Activist s funeral recalls chinese crackdown Beijing apr friends and relatives of a political activist who died last week of cancer used his funeral tuesday to quietly protest the 1989 military crackdown that ended massive pro democracy protests. About 100 people paid their last respects to Wen Jie 28, who died Friday after being hospitalized since january for Colon cancer. There were no banners slogans or speeches but a single White paper Wreath with six Black Flowers and four red Flowers symbolized june 4, 1989, the night soldiers marched into Beijing and opened fire on pro democracy protesters. Went a death came As the chinese government apparently was trying to resolve the last cases of people still detained for their roles in the democracy movement. Two student activists were tried in recent weeks but no verdicts have been announced. At the same time the government apparently has responded to Western pressure to relax its harsh treatment of political dissidents. A student Leader was released two years into his four year sentence charges against an ailing labor activist were dropped and a dissident journalist finally was allowed to leave for the United states. Friends said Wen began developing health problems while in a inching a maximum Security prison outside Beijing where Many of the key figures from the 1989 movement were held. Wen was in charge of propaganda work during the massive protests and was arrested shortly after june 4. He was released a year ago. About 70 of Wen s friends and relatives attended a Brief memorial service at Peoples Hospital. They first had to sign a Register. Officials from the Beijing fashion Institute where Wen taught classical chinese literature tried to keep reporters out. Plainclothes police filmed the service and dragged away a foreign reporter who tried to take a picture of the body witnesses said. About 30 other friends who gathered outside the Hospital with White funeral wreaths were stopped at the Gate. One later said they had reserved a time for a separate memorial service at the Hospital hut that Hospital officials refused to allow them to hold it saying the time Slot had gone to another family. They followed the body to Baha Oshan a cemetery on Beijing s outskirts where it was to be cremated. Cemetery workers whisked the body away after family members paid their last respects and Many of Wen s friends were not allowed a final viewing. Instead they bowed deeply to a photograph of Wen carried by his Nephew and then pinned their Black armbands to a Wreath of Black and red Lowers. Two White streamers with Black Borders Hung from the Wreath. A Friend explained that they were purposely left Blank a to make people  feared stolen for Holiday meals groot hammers Netherlands a about 80 rare Young storks were feared headed for Christmas dinner tables after disappearing from a preserve Here. Empty cages were discovered by volunteers Friday when they arrived to feed the Birds at the lies veld Stork Village one of the few Breeding grounds for the endangered Western european Stork preserve director Kees Vos said monday. Goose Duck and Turkey Are typical Holiday fare in the Netherlands. Vos feared the storks May have been stolen for Sale As a rare Christmas dish. There were no signs of trespassing at the fenced preserve in the Central dutch Countryside Vos said. The preserve is unmanned most of the Day to imitate the wild habitat of the Bird. Vos said the Birds would be instantly recognized by most people As an endangered species classified As such by nearly every european country. The missing storks whose wings were clipped to keep them from flying constitute the villages entire population of i to 3-Ycar-old storks out of a total population of 250. Mating usually begins at the age of 4. Vos said the chances the storks were still alive a Are steadily getting smaller a because of their nutritional needs. The storks diet consists mainly of rodents and Worms. Poland gets new government geared toward gentle Reform Warsaw Poland apr Poland got a new government monday after a two Morith struggle with prime minister Jan Olszewski plotting a gentler course of economic Reform that he Hopes will bring the country gain w Ith less pain. Parliament approved his Cabinet by a narrow 17-vote margin thanks to a rickety Center right coalition and a lukewarm endorsement from president Lech Walesa the vote in the Sejm or lower House was 235-90 with 139 abstentions. Olszewski needed 218 votes. Even Olszewski backers showed Little enthusiasm for his 16 Cabinet choices during debate. But Poland has not had a Cabinet since oct. 27 elections and lawmakers did not want the crisis to persist into 1992. The government will be the third since the communist party relinquished Power in August 1989. Olszewski succeeds former prime minister Jan Krzysztof Bielecki. Walesa initially wanted a More aggressive reformer to ensure continuity for Eastern Europe s most advanced Market program. He congratulated the new prime minister but assessed his chances As �?o50-50.�?� Olszewski said he will look for new parliament allies for a More stable political base. Parliament is splintered into 29 parties. None has More than 13 percent of the seats. Florence postpones ban on traffic Florence Italy up1 a officials monday postponed for a month what was to have been a total ban on traffic in one of Italy a most pollution prone Art cities. Mayor Giorgio Morales announced the change for the Start of the controversial Experiment after speaking with government officials in Rome. The ban will begin in Early february rather than Early january. Morales said that under the revised plan citizens will be Given a 12-hour warning when a traffic ban is to take effect. The original proposal called for a Complete ban on All traffic for a month beginning Jan. 2. The mayor said that vehicle traffic will be prohibited each time measuring devices indicate that air pollution is approaching danger Levels in this City of 500,900. A this change of plan coincides with what we Hope will be the distribution of More unleaded gasoline All Over Italy a Morales said. Cars with catalytic converters which reduce exhaust pollution were to have been allowed to circulate freely under the original proposal. Officials said that any blockage of traffic would Likely occur during the morning and evening Rush hours when commuters pour into the cramped City in automobiles. The mayor said that Jan. 23 would be declared everybody walks Day in the City