European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 2, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 9palestinian allowed to leave France Paris apr France permitted palestinian guerrilla Leader George Habash to Fly saturday to Tunis Tunisia but he left behind a scandal that claimed the Job of a fifth official who allowed him into France for medical treatment Habash who underwent treatment for a stroke boarded an algerian registered Jet at orly Airport at mid afternoon. The Leader of the popular front for the liberation of Palestine walked unaided up the ramp though some witnesses reported that he appeared weak. The plane arrived at 6 . In Tunis Headquarters of the Palestine liberation organization palestinian sources reported. Plo chairman Yasser Arafat greeted Habash As he walked off the plane with the Aid of a Cane and supported by two people. Habash departed Paris amid great Security. Dozens of police cars and motor Scles escorted an ambulance leaving enry Dunant Hospital at mid afternoon. Scores of waiting journalists and photographers gave Chase. Less than a half hour later another motorcade left the Hospital guarding a shuttered ambulance bearing the palestinian Leader. It drove him to the Airport torture continues in Turkey despite pacts . Says Ankara Turkey apr torture remained a widespread practice at turkish police stations last year a . State department report on human rights says. A although Turkey has signed several International conventions against torture it has not succeeded in reducing the incidence of torture of persons in police custody a said the report released by the . Embassy in Ankara turkeys capital. The report said that police brutality largely occurs during periods of isolation and detention before suspects Are brought before a court. It said 18 deaths were reported in police custody last year at least some of which might have been caused by police torture. The report added that although some of the deaths reportedly occurred when suspects committed suicide by jumping from police stations Marks of torture were found on the bodies. A turkish foreign ministry spokesman Ferhat Ataman said the . Embassy had relayed the report on Friday afternoon. A it is being studied a he said. The report mentioned High pressure cold water hoses electric shocks beating of the genitalia and hanging by the arms As methods used at the turkish police stations. The report said that police in some cases refrained from using those methods because they left Marks. Instead it said they used psychological abuse such As intimidation and threats.6.9-Inch snowfall derails Tokyo area Tokyo up a the heaviest snowstorm to smack the Tokyo metropolitan area in two years left 348 people injured and disrupted air and surface traffic affecting hundreds of thousands of commuters. Tokyo electric Power co. Spokesmen said the storm temporarily severed electricity to 140,000 residences in Tokyo and five surrounding prefectures. The meteorological Agency said the storm accompanied by gusts of More than 62 Miles per hour dumped 6.9 inches of Snow in Tokyo. The snowfall which started late Friday downed transmission lines forcing the cancellation of 1,539 scheduled train runs on commuter and intercity rail lines. An estimated 880,000 people were affected by aborted rail and flight service officials said. More than 150 scheduled flights at Tokyo a International airports were cancelled because of closed runways. Airline officials said 20 International flights that were scheduled to arrive at Narita Airport were diverted West to Osaka. South of the capital. On Friday authorities said they had placed Habash in custody and planned to interrogate him. Bit the Interior ministry Saidon a communique after his departure a Shabash is not the object of any warrant neither National nor International. There no longer exists any Legal reason to hold him on the National  the scandal showed Little sign of letting up. President Francis Mitterrand met with prime minister Edith Cresson and Interior minister Philippe Marchand shortly after Habashy a departure. Marchand told reporters afterwards that he had asked for the resignation of Christian Router the diplomatic Liaison Between the Interior and foreign ministries which 1 approved Habashy sentry into France. Rouyer became the fifth official to lose his Job in the scandal. Habash s group was responsible for Many terrorist acts including the May 1972 machine gun Slaughter of 27 people at israelis Lod Airport and the june 1976 hijacking of an air France Airliner to Entebbe Uganda. Four civilians were killed during a Rescue operation by israeli paratroopers. Mcdonald a workers applaud the general managers speech on the restaurant s second anniversary in Moscow. Few muscovites can afford to savor taste of the West Moscow apr prices at the Mcdonald a in Moscow have shot up faster than it takes a Burger and Fries to reach the counter drawing the ire of a russian newspaper on the restaurants anniversary in Moscow. A a Mcdonald a has its two year birthday today a the Moskovsky Koms molets newspaper said Friday. A great it has the same Interior the same service the same Happy smiles. And the prices Are such that lunch is equivalent to a minimum monthly salary. Moscow Mcdonald a announced at fridays Celebration that it would help russians get through the difficult Winter by temporarily not charging the government imposed 28 percent value added tax. The Price drop was to begin saturday. But prices have jumped More than 1,400 percent since the soviet Canadian owned restaurant opened mainly because of rising food Supply costs according to the management. In the same period average wages have risen about 300 percent. The Price of a big Mac has gone from 3.75 rubles two years ago to 59 rubles. Prices Are so High that some russians eager to experience a a taste of the West resort to bringing their own sandwiches to eat along with Mcdonald a soft drinks. The Ruble is Worth 1 cent at the tourist Exchange rate. The average russian salary is Only about 960 rubles monthly according to the russian labor ministry. A they promised to create their own restaurants in Moscow to feed a lot of people cheaply but Mcdonald a has quickly fallen into our own Market pattern taking care of Only a few expensively a the newspaper said. As Many As 60,000 customers a Day were served in the gleaming Chrome and steel restaurants heyday. The number now has dropped to about 30,000, said operations manager Glen Steeves. A we want Mcdonald a to be affordable to the Man or woman on the Street not to the new Breed of russian millionaire a said George a. Cohon head of Mcdonald a restaurants of Canada Ltd. And vice chairman of Moscow Mcdonald a. But he said Mcdonald a has had to contend with soaring prices for everything from flour to meat which he said have risen 50 times in the past two years. Pilgrimage linked to killing of jews in 1338 dropped up tit 1m a _ .  i Berlin apr the roman Catholic Church has abolished a popular bavarian pilgrimage linked to the murder of jews in the Middle Ages a diocesan Leader said Friday. The pilgrimage in the town of Deggendorf draws 15,000 to 20,000 people each fall. More than 650 years ago Deggendorf s catholics killed local jews and years later tried to justify their actions by accusing the jews of having desecrated the holy eucharist. However the Rev. Wilhelm Gegen Furtner the no. 2 official in the Regensburg diocese said an eight year study has proved there was no such desecration. A it was an Ordinary pogrom against the jews similar to what there was in Many keep sponsoring a religious pilgrimage cities in the Middle Ages a the vicar Gen but with a different theme the vicar general said of the killings in 1338. Eral added. They also plan to erect a me he said the jewish Community had re Morial with an inscription seeking for heatedly criticized the Deggendorf Pil give Ness from the jews Grimage adding that historians had ques a half Century after the nazi Holo toned the now disprove desecration of Caust that killed 6 million jews any signs the eucharist. Of anti semitism Are extremely Controvert Church officials in Deggendorf plan to Sial in Germany