European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes thursday april 2, 1992 new Eastern democracies ignore Equality women say Poznan Poland apr the make believe Equality of women mandated by communism has not been replaced by True equal rights in newly democratic Eastern Europe delegates opening a Council of Europe conference said. Women Lack Legal Protection to face economic crisis in the evolving capitalist systems and men Are writing new constitutions in the Region without women a voices the delegates claimed tuesday. Representatives of 26 Eastern and Western european countries and the former soviet Union opened the three Day conference Quot Equality Between women and men in a changing Europe a with a Call for bringing More women into politics. Yet the women delegates at one Point found themselves listening to a male polish lawmaker Tell them they should aspire to be a wives and  Quot the situation of women under the communists was of Equality without democracy. After 1989, it seems to be democracy without Equality a said professor elea Nora Zieminska of Warsaw University. The conference was told that female representation in Eastern european parliaments dropped radically As communist quota systems were stripped away a from an average of 24.7 percent in 1988 to 8.1 percent in 1991. As countries restructure their political and economic systems the position and Equality of women seem to be of secondary importance a said Ivana Janu of Czechoslovakia. Yelena Kalinina of the technical University in St. Petersburg said russians new political leadership . Labor party ahead of tories in 3 opinion polls London apr the labor party surged ahead of the governing conservatives by four to seven Points in three opinion polls released tuesday marking its strongest showing yet in the British election Campaign. If translated into votes the polls by Harris ice and Market and opinion research International would mean outright defeat for prime minister John major in the april 9 election. A it is a breakthrough for labor a said Robert Worcester head of Mori. A if they re sustained for the next week then labor would form the  a a week is a Long time in politics in Britain a added Worcester one of Britain s most respected pollsters. In the previous two weeks of campaigning labor nudged ahead with an average one to two Point Lead a within the three Point margin of error of most opinion surveys. That indicated a stalemate giving no party Overall control of the 651-member House of commons. Labor Leader Neil Kinlock predicted his party would form the majority government. Major had no comment. In the latest polls Morin a sounding for the times of London had labor at 42 percent the conservatives at 35 percent and the Liberal democrats at 19 percent. Mori interviewed 1,080 adults nationwide monday. An ice poll for the guardian had labor with 41 percent the conservatives at 37 percent and the Liberal democrats at 18 percent. Ice interviewed 1,126 adults tuesday nationwide. The Harris poll for Independent television news gave labor 41 percent the conservatives 35 percent and the Liberal democrats 19 percent. Women As a a outsiders and denies the existence of problems specific to women. Zofia Kurato ska the polish senator chairing the conference said the hardships of economic Reform Are not shared equally Between the sexes. A women pay a much higher Price a she said adding that women Are the first to be fired the last to be hired and suffer pay discrimination. Kurato ska said women a rights Are also threatened by resurgent conservative forces. A women Are deprived of the right to make decisions concerning their own lives not to mention governing she said. In Poland the predominantly roman Catholic country appears on the verge of outlawing abortion and a prominent political party Allied with the Church says it wants to keep women at Home. Quot we want women to regain their dignity a the traditional role of wife and Mother a parliament Deputy Marcin Libicki of the National Christian Union party told the conference. He also said that the right to abortion Legal in Poland since 1956, is a relic of the former system that needs to be abolished. He condemned it As part of the communist vision of a women soldiers and women on trucks and  the women listened silently but later one Delegate said Libicki a speech made her feel she was stepping Back in time. A who dictates what these roles Are is it men do women have a voice a asked Delegate Maria Regina Tavares a Silva of  fiend Little smoking fool a rubber doll used in anti smoling campaigns in taiwanese schools takes a puff on a cigarette during a demonstration. When squeezed the doll inhales cigarette smoke that Blacken its lungs which Are made from Cotton. World200 automatic weapons taken from swedish facility from wire reports Stockholm Sweden a military officials discovered tuesday that More than 200 sub machine guns and automatic rifles had been stolen from an unguarded army storehouse. The theft May have taken place up to six months ago they  buildings bombed Salonica Greece a four bombs went off tuesday in a regional Law court and a deserted nightclub causing damage but no injuries. An underground left Wing group claimed responsibility. A Man claiming to speak for the revolutionary popular struggle group called the local Bureau of Elefther Otylia newspaper in the Northern City of Salonica shortly before two bombs went off in the court  Black to leave Prague Czechoslovakia a . Ambassador Shirley Temple Black the former child actress confirmed tuesday that she expects to leave her Post soon. But before leaving she said she had offered her czechoslovak born dog to president Vic Lav Havel As t Symbol of her a affection and love for the  runs into horses Pescara Italy a about 20 horses stampeded on a superhighway after an Accident tuesday and the Driver of a car suffered serious injuries when he hit some of them police reported. Police said a trailer truck carrying the horses struck the Central Guardrail shortly after Dawn near Pescara a City on the Adriatic coast. The Impact caused the trailer door to burst  suspect flees Granada Spain a Fernando Silva suspected chief of a left Wing terrorist group escaped from prison in this Southern Spanish City by breaking a Hole in his cell Wall and climbing Over the jails roof the Warden said tuesday. Silva arrested in september is thought by police to be the Leader of the first of october anti fascist resistance group. It is known by its Spanish acronym  student group to help romanian orphans Berlin a about 240 american students will devote their Spring school vacations to helping romanian orphans. Seventeen students from the Berlin club beyond chapter and a number of adults Are to leave Berlin today to meet the rest of the club members who will spend two weeks in Turda Romania to renovate an orphanage for children 6 to 16. . Engineers will meet the group in Germany and travel with them to Romania to provide technical help. Nurses and other medical workers will accompany the group. Club beyond is an american youth  brings nutty news As any fool can plainly see London a Only a fool would have marvelled at the discovery of a a humor Gene a waited for a solar powered train or gone to Scotland in the Hope of spotting a roving Loch Ness monster. Only an april fool As newspapers and broadcasters celebrated their favorite Holiday. British broadcasting corp s radio 4 said British and French scientists had isolated a Gene that could account for differences in National Humours while its absence could be to blame for humourless politicians. Germans were said to have a a pseudo Gene for humor a this could give them the illusion that they have a sense of humor whereas in fact they done to at All a the bbl quoted a a a scientists As saying. The times reported that Belgium May split after 162 years of Independence. The dutch speaking Region of Flanders in the North May decide to rejoin the Netherlands while Wallonia the French speaking South a could opt to fulfil a dream that even Napoleon could never achieve Union with France a the newspaper said. The times joke spilled into its editorial column where it lamented a the fun will go from that favorite parlor game name five famous belgians. The Irish times of Dublin in a Story attributed to a bogus italian newspaper said James Joyce a Ulysses May have been inspired by the work of a colleague Italo Agnelli. A manuscript completed by the a minor italian novelist was completed three years before Joyce began work on his epic and bears striking similarities to Ulysses both in plot and Structure the Dublin newspaper said. Except that none of the characters in the italian version met each other in the course of the novel. British rail issued a news release announcing solar powered trains to ease Holiday traffic. A reduced Power available on overcast Days would pose no problems because fewer people would wish to travel a Brit ish rail said