European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 1. 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9irate russians hit germans paper reports Moscow apr German truck Drivers bringing humanitarian Aid to Russia have been pelted with rocks by russian Drivers and have been gouged for everything from gasoline to lodging a newspaper reported thursday. The russian truck Drivers apparently were upset because the Aid trucks get waved through to the head of the line at Border customs Izvestia said in a front Page Story entitled a a Stone instead of  Herman Kleindt hit pass a top official with the German truck company the told the newspaper that russian truckers recently had attacked German trucks. A to throw stones at people who were bringing us Aid free of charge a the newspaper exclaimed. A ooh god have we become completely Savage a Izvestia also noted that the German truck Drivers Are charged 315 rubles for a Motel room while russians pay 60 rubles. The germans also Are charged about 80 rubles for a liter of diesel fuel compared with 5 rubles for russian Drivers. A that is stupidity a Price a the article says. A russians done to want to understand that All the Money they make us pay Here will be finally returned to us from the total amount of the German governments Aid to Russia a Kleindt hit pass said. A sometimes i feel i am living in a country of fools who can to do anything else but stand with a hand outstretched a said Viktor Mozoluk a Moscow representative of the German truck  firefighter to get old Job Back Omaha neb. Apr a firefighter who quit his Job after winning millions of dollars in the lottery Only to find easy Street was a Dull place to live will get his Job Back. Bill Watson will Start at the Bottom of the seniority pole along with 17 other members of the Omaha fire departments 1992 firefighting class. He will begin 16 weeks of training feb. 18 and then will have a one year probation. Watson 36, of Council Bluffs Iowa quit his Job in 1985 after winning $4.1 million in the Iowa lottery. He will collect More than $150,000 a year until 2005 even without doing a lick of work. But he decided last year that maintaining the buildings he bought with his winnings Wasny tas exciting As what he used to do. Watson did not return Telephone Calls thursday. But in november he recalled How he has missed the Job he had held for 4xh years. A when Rescue 911 and All those other cop and emergency shows were on you  get me away from the television set a he said. A a it san exciting Job. A my investments Are going Well and now i sort of want to go Back to a Normal  fire chief Don Brunken said he was surprised when Watson reapplied. Brunken thought it through and realized that a i can to discriminate on the basis of sex color or religion so How can i discriminate on the basis of the fact that the Man has Money a things looked promising when euro Disneyland held a preview last november. But the theme Park is coming under increasing fire from the French who Are miffed by what they View As american imperialism and oppressive management practices. French Disney rapport in t stuff fairy tales Are made of by Patrick Mcdowell the associated press Paris a the seven dwarfs Sang As they strode to work cheerful toilers one and All. But As Walt Disney scrambles to finish Europe a biggest theme Park they can Only wish they had it so Good. Ten weeks before it opens East of Paris euro Dis Neyland is coming under increasing fire from the French who Are miffed at what they View As american imperialism and Uncle Scrooge like management. A France has always had a love hate relationship with the United states a said Robert Fitzpatrick euro Disneyland a president. A at some level there a just a Little bit of  much of the problem involves clashing French and american conceptions of culture and labor. As workers labor overtime to ensure that euro Disneyland a 30 attractions and 5,200 hotel rooms open on schedule april 12, Disney faces even bigger headaches. Unions have accused Disney management of trying to suppress French individualism with an employee dress code that prohibits facial hair on men and heavy makeup or jewelry on women. In addition 16 contractors have banded together to demand that Disney pay $157 million in claimed Cost  has said it will Only pay the Best documented claims and says it will refer the rest to arbitration. Newspapers have echoed the outcry with headlines Reading a euro Disneyland no longer amuses anyone and a Hue and cry Over Uncle Scrooge a the miserly Uncle of Donald Duck. Some even have made puns on the word Mickey which is French Slang for nerd. Extremists on the left and right have used the Disney Issue to stir up latent anti americanism. The far right National front said the company a behaves As though France was a conquered  both contractors and unions have threatened to prevent the Park from opening unless their demands Are met and to disrupt operations if it does open. Fitzpatrick has insisted that euro Disneyland s Gates will swing open on time and once they do the Public will be seduced by its attractions and the bad press will end. Euro Disneyland is Disney s fourth theme Park after Disneyland in Anaheim Calif. Walt Disney world in Orlando Fla. And Tokyo Disneyland. Most employees at euro Disneyland speak at least two languages. Some of the traditional Disney characters Are going by French names such As Blanche neigh for Snow White and Cen Drillon for Cinderella. Union leaders said they Don t dispute Disney a International Appeal but complain that the Park s american managers Are unbending. A the Disney culture is International. The Disney work code Isnit a said Roger Meyer an official of the French confederation of Christian workers a moderate Union. The unions have taken Disney to court claiming their Freedom is being impinged upon by regulations that bar employees from becoming overweight or wearing inappropriate undergarments. Asked about the undergarment regulation Fitzpatrick said it referred to coloured pantyhose and defended the code saying it was similar to airline and Lotel policies elsewhere. With unemployment in France at nearly 10 percent Fitzpatrick said euro Disneyland has had no problem hiring the 9,500 employees it needs so  plan would delay Federal workers raises by Mike Causey the Washington Post Washington a White Collar Federal workers would get their 3.7 percent 1993 pay raise three months late about half of All employees would pay More toward retirement and retirees could pay As much As 25 percent of a prescriptions Cost under Cost cutting measures outlined thursday by the Bush administration. Congress would have to approve the delay in the raise from january to april. But the government could impose new drug charges and Cost sharing features on retirees who Are now exempt from them because they have medicare. Here a a thumbnail sketch of the proposals outlined by the office of personnel management a employee contributions to the civil service retirement system which covers most people hired before 1984 would go from 7 percent to 9 percent in two years. There would be no change for anyone under the Federal employees retirement system. Congress would have to approve the change. A retirees with medicare whose Doc tors charge More than medicare allowable fees would have to pay the difference. That change could also be done administratively. A to make retirees a More sensitive to the Cost of drugs they would have to pay something for each prescription. Their Cost would Range from a minimum $10 for prescriptions by mail to As much As 20 percent to 25 percent of its Cost from a drug store. Pm officials insisted there is no plan to delay or skip the 1993 Cost of living adjustment due 4 million Federal and military retirees. But there is a proposal in the budget that would end the Protection that the adjustments have enjoyed since 1986 from across the Board cuts known As sequestration. Judy Park of the National association of retired Federal employees said that after retirees lost their 1985 inflation catch up raise the association and other groups got Congress to exempt Federal military and social Security benefits from future across the Board cuts. A Federal retirees should react to this Back door threat to their inflation Protection just As if it were a direct Call from the White House for a cola Cut a she said