European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page s b the stars  stripes Friday february 7,1992it�?Ts a Gamble just to earn a living a pfc Otoi economic hard times in Russia Are forcing its citizens to do what they can to keep body  soul together. At left a woman runs a gambling business on the streets of Moscow  invites a bystander to participate. Although gambling is illegal several appear ready to take the Chance to win some Cash. At right vendors in the Center of Moscow Are gambling that their meat  milk will bring in some much needed Money. Soaring prices for most goods Are making people sell whatever they can  military vehicle bombed killing 5 Madrid Spain apr a car bomb exploded next to a military minibus in Madrid on thursday killing five of its occupants  injuring six in what appeared to be an attack by the Basque separatist group Eta officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Defense minister Julian Garcia Vargas told Spanish National radio that three army officers an enlisted Man  a civilian employee were killed in the blast which created havoc in the capitals historic Center. A municipal police official said All the victims were inside the minibus. The 8 30 . Blast near the military Headquarters damaged buildings  caused residents to vacate their Homes. Authorities evacuated a municipal tax office because of a bomb threat following the explosion the radio said. Seconds after the blast resident Ivan Calabuig said the area was filled with acrid smoke broken Glass  screaming people. A everybody was completely hysterical a he said. A i saw two cars completely destroyed. There were people inside actually it was just pieces of people. A there were soldiers screaming with machine guns in  the explosion occurred several Days after reports that Eta was preparing to Stop its attacks for several months to set the stage for talks with the government of prime minister Felipe Gonzalez mar Quez. Since it began armed attacks in 1968 aimed at forcing the government into negotiating the Independence of the three province Northern Spanish Basque country Eta has claimed responsibility for the deaths of nearly 700 people. Many of the victims were military officers who died in car bombings. Eta is a Basque language acronyms standing for Basque Homeland  Liberty. The organization has vowed to disrupt major events scheduled in Spain for this year including the summer olympics in Barcelona  expo �?T92 in  service today for Heidelberg student Heidelberg Germany a amps memorial services Are planned in Heidelberg today for an american High school student who died tuesday when she was struck by a train. Vanessa Katherine Davis 15, was hit by a train behind Mark Twain Village at about 1 50 . Tuesday  was pronounced dead at the scene by a German doctor an army release said. Her parents Are maj. David  Pat Davis of the . Army Europe a Headquarters in Heidelberg. Davis a Sophomore at Heidelberg High school is also survived by a sister Patty 17. Services Are planned for 4 . At the Nach Richter Cavern chapel.., kuwaiti forces plan combined training exercise Washington about 300 . Army Navy  air Force personnel will participate in a combined .-Kuwait training exercise beginning saturday. Pentagon officials said the exercise dubbed Iris Gold 92-2, will focus on combined general military combat training Between the kuwaiti armed forces  the . Special operations come Central. A one Day Field exercise on feb. 16 will Cap eight Days of training on individual combat skills Small unit tactics  combined staff operations. The exercise is not expected to include units deployed to the Gulf Region from Europe according to a Pentagon spokesman. Germans agree to pay millions for treasures taken by go in 45 Berlin apr the heirs of a . Soldier who took ancient treasures from a German mine Shaft in 1945 Are to receive nearly $3 million to return the Cache. City officials from que Linburg in Eastern Germany  representatives of the Berlin based cultural foundation of German states signed the agreement on wednesday in que Linburg a statement from the foundation said. The agreement Calls for a settlement of a somewhat less than $3 million to be paid to the heirs of former . Soldier Joe Meador of Whitewright Texas the statement said. A we look Forward to completing the settlement very quickly Quot said Alan Harris an attorney in Dallas for the lutheran Church in que Linburg. After Meador died in 1980, the objects went to his brother Jack  his sister Jane Meador Cook of Mesquite Texas. The German Church sued them for return of the works which Are considered to be of great historical value. The treasures include a Case decorated with Gold Silver  precious stones with relics from King Heinrich i dating Back to Between . 919  936,  a Golden comb belonging to the King. Officials said Joe Meador apparently took the items in 1945 from the mine Shaft where they had been stored during the War. The whereabouts of the missing treasure came to Light in 1990, when a priceless 9th-Century manuscript of the gospels that also belonged to the que Linburg collection was traced Down by the cultural foundation in Berlin. The foundation said at the time that it had paid a a a finder a fee Quot of $3 million for the gospels. It did not say precisely who received the fee. Further investigation led to Meador  the missing treasures were eventually locked up for safekeeping at the Dallas museum of Art pending attempts by the germans to have them returned. Zurich shuts Needle Park despite protests Zurich Switzerland up a police closed Down Switzerland s notorious a Needle Park Quot wednesday amid assertions that the move would Only drive drug addicts onto the streets. Hundreds of drug abusers  dealers were forced at the prodding of police Batons out of plat Spitz Park which is less than half a mile from Zurich a elegant City Center. The closure of the Park for at least a year led to pro tests from civil libertarians particularly after Swiss television showed displaced addicts injecting heroin on streets less than a Quarter of a mile away. Spokesmen for various organizations that have provided  for addicts in the plat Spitz said the closing of the Park would simply drive the problem elsewhere. A Needle Park a As the plat Spitz became known is generally Home to a transient population of More than 1,000 drug dealers  addicts a Day