European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 12, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 9 some prices even Shock Yeltsin As he Tours shops Moscow up a russian president Boris Yeltsin continuing the Campaign Friday for his a Shock therapy economic reforms was shocked at How High boiled sausage prices had climbed after he ordered state controls lifted. A it might be a mistake a Yeltsin said in response to soaring sausage prices in Ulyanovsk Lenin a Hometown. A a shoppers in Engels a City named after a founding father of communism peppered Yeltsin with complaints and questions about prices and food supplies. Later in Nizhni Novgorod where dissident Andrei Sakharov spent six years in internal soviet exile moderately priced food flooded into the main store before Yeltsin arrived. The Tass news Agency called it a a  Yeltsin was winding up a three Day swing through Volga River cities trying to instill patience Ana win support for his economic Reform program. The program was launched after new years Day with across the Board Price increases marking the end of state subsidies for virtually everything and the beginning of a free Market system. Again and again Yeltsin promised that if people would just give the reforms time they would Start to see improvements in six to eight months. In Nizhni Novgorod formerly called Gorki under soviet Rule Yeltsin visited a food store waded into the Farmers Market to squeeze fruit and talk to people about the reforms. He pleaded for patience and later placed Flowers at a memorial to Sakharov the Hui Ian rights advocate who died in 1989 shortly after being allowed to return to Moscow from his exile in the Industrial City of 1.4 million people 273 Miles East of Moscow. Before Yeltsin a arrival people stood in bread lines for hours but bread arrived in the stores just before Yeltsin did Tass reported. Regional administrator Boris Nemtsev told Tass that two officials were fired because of the incidents but he denied that special orders went out to stores in connection with Yeltsin a visit. In Ulyanovsk Yeltsin a attention was drawn to boiled sausage Selling for 100 rubles a kilogram 2.2 pounds prompting him to say in the presence of a russian television Crew a it might be a  sausage sold for less than 10 rubles per kilo before Price controls were lifted. In an Engels store Yeltsin expressed Sunrise at the High prices but said a nobody should dictate them neither manufacturer nor seller Only demand and  shoppers kept Yeltsin in the store for an hour discussing prices Ana reforms the newspaper Izvestia reported. Prices appeared to be higher than Yeltsin expected. He suggested that prices were lower in Moscow because the City had embarked on a privatization program first. However few stores and businesses have been wrenched from the state monopoly. Privatization and wage increases a two key ingredients of economic re a a form a have lagged behind the lifting of Price controls. Stores have remained largely Barren following the Jan. 2 Price hikes but officials have cautioned against expecting immediate results. Russia placed a ceiling on prices for bread and other Staples which allowed them to triple or quadruple. But Many other prices Rose even higher resulting in scattered protests. Boris Yeltsin climbs inside a jumbo Jet while touring an aircraft factory in Ulyanovsk Russia last week. Looters cleaned out Hospital at Clark a by the Washington Post Clark a Philippines a looters descended on facilities at Clark a including its Hospital after the . Military abandoned the base residents say. The United states gave up the base last year after mount Pinatubo erupted in june and extensively damaged the facilities. Along with outlying housing areas the Hospital was among the first facilities to be transferred to philippine control. At the Marina Arcade outside Clark items on display include bandages Gauze syringes surgical equipment Hospital gowns medical manuals and emergency kits marked a wound closure  there Are also american picks shovels All kinds of tools welding machines door knobs faucets gun holsters boots and huge spotlights formerly used for base perimeter Security. A Parachute is on Sale for $69. Gas masks such As the ones worn by . Troops in operation desert storm sell for $25. The chemical decontamination kits that go with them Cost extra. Used Bowling balls fetch around $19, and new Nike running shoes go for $46. Meals ready to eat a the military rations known As res a list for $2.30 but can be bargained Down to about $1.50. Documents give details of Wii Quot Comfort women Tokyo up a documents found in the defense Agency Library describe the japanese Imperial army a role during world War ii in forcing korean women to become a Comfort women for japanese soldiers a newspaper reported saturday. The existence of the documents As reported by the Asahi Shimun newspaper contradicts claims by the japanese government that the military played no part in running brothels for japanese soldiers in China. An army ministry document dated March 4, 1938, ordered forces stationed in China to control the recruitment of the forced prostitutes and avoid social problems in recruiting the newspaper said. Another written by a staff officer of the japanese forces in Northern China asked for speedy establishment of a Comfort houses and cited rapes by japanese soldiers. About 100,000 to 200,000 women mostly from Korea under japanese Rule were allegedly forced to provide sex to japanese soldiers during the War. Three have filed suit seeking $462,000 in compensation from the japanese government. In the past government officials have refused to accept responsibility maintaining that the women were recruited by the private sector. However chief Cabinet Secretary Koi Chi Kato said in december that Japan was ready to take into consideration the suffering of korean women forced to provide sex for japanese  mosaic floor unearthed in Cyprus Grace til animals enliven a colourful Hunting scene in this recently discovered mosaic. Nicosia Cyprus apr impressive mosaics from the beginning of the third Century have been uncovered near a Small fishing town in West Cyprus the governments antiquities department says. The Large floor mosaics a rate among the most important discoveries made in Cyprus in Many years a the department said last week. It said one measuring 12 feet by 25 feet depicted a a Superb Hunting scene a showing a Tiger clawing the haunches of a wild ass and a Hunter with a raised Spear facing an attacking lion while frightened Deer flee. The mosaics were uncovered at a site just North of the Small fishing port at the tourist resort of Paphos where numerous other Large mosaic flooring have been uncovered in recent years. Another mosaic about 16 feet by 24 feet in the building Complex being excavated a is also in an excellent state of preservation a it said. A a series of Black and White Complex Geometric motifs Frame a Large polychrome panel in which 10 animals Are represented walking in different directions while a dog is chasing and biting the Hind leg of a Gigantic Hare a the announcement said. The mosaics had been protected by the _ a elapsed Walls of the bunding and excavations also revealed a deep layer Rich in Early roman Fine pottery. A although broken most of these vessels can easily be mended and will constitute one of the finest collections of tableware of the Early Christian period a the announcement said. This was the second major mosaic discovery made recently. The department announced last month the uncovering of a 2,100-year-old mosaic measuring 108 Square feet on the site of the ancient City of Vourion 40 Miles East of Paphos. This was the third oldest Ever found on the Island whose excavated ancient Sites go Back More than 12,000 years