European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes thursday april 23, 1992arty departure posters of soldiers lie among the scrap Metal parts or tanks and other junk left behind by former soviet troops who pulled out of the Eastern German town of Fahrland near Berlin. The building in the background was a soviet Barracks. Victims remembered As Warsaw observes 43 ghetto uprising Warsaw Poland up a prime minister Jan Olszewski participated wednesday in a Wreath laying ceremony that opened observances marking the 49th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising. More than 20 wreaths from president Lech Walesa state officials the israeli embassy and jewish religious and cultural organizations in Poland were placed at the Monument to the victims which stands at the site of the former ghetto. After the ceremony Cantor Jakub Kun Lakier accompanied by members of his jewish congregation chanted prayers for those who died in the ghetto. Kul Akier said his whole family a parents Brothers and a sister a died in the ghetto. A i am standing Here and weeping a he said. The observances continue with a production at the jewish theater in Warsaw of fragments of plays by Mordechaj Gebirtig a jewish poet who died in the krak6w ghetto in Southern Poland in 1942. Some 380,000 jews were living in Warsaw before world War ii. Now the congregation has about 300 religiously Active members. Up to 500,000 people were crammed at one time on a few Square Miles of the ghetto which was set up by na2i occupiers in 1940 to isolate the jewish population. Hundreds of thousands died there of starvation and diseases or were shot by nazi guards but most were sent to their death in the Auschwitz concentration Camp in Southern Poland. The ghetto uprising started on april 19,1943, was aimed at preventing the liquidation of the ghetto ordered by Adolf Hitler. It was stifled by the nazis after a few weeks of fighting with a heavy loss of life. 5,000 Ruble note planned a without face of Lenin Moscow apr Russia will print a new 5,000 Ruble note the first without Lenin a unsmiling face and the official stamp of the now defunct soviet state Bank banking officials said wednesday. The new note could be russians first step in eventually introducing its own currency said Georgy mat Yukhin chairman of the russian Central Bank. It will be the first to Bear the Bank a signature he said. The new note Wilt have a Cameo of the Kremlin on the Back like most notes now in circulation. The front of the note will Bear official script generally found on currency but Lenin a face will not be replaced with another picture or a design. Russia controls the printing presses that churn out the old and increasingly worthless soviet Ruble which is still used by members of the Commonwealth of Independent states. President Boris n. Yeltsin has threatened to Issue a separate russian Ruble if other Commonwealth members carry out plans to introduce their own currencies. The new 5,000 Ruble note will be issued this summer and will be the highest denomination note in  shown at lieutenant s murder trial by Randy Pruitt and Dave Melancon staff writers Hanau Germany a murder defendant 1st it. Christopher l. Strain lowered his head wednesday while a criminal investigations agent testified about photographs he took of the bathroom where strains wife died last year. Special agent Russell strand took the photos shortly after the death of Cathlyn Brewer Strain on aug. 26. The 26-year-old Gold Beach ore., woman died in the couples Neuberg apartment from a single Shotgun wound to the Chest. Her husband formerly with he Btry 3rd in 20th Field arty a deactivated unit is charged with premeditated murder. The trial before judge it. Col Buris c. Dale jr., entered its second Day wednesday and is expected to last into next week. The defense plans to argue that Brewer strains death could have been an Accident or suicide. In opening statements tuesday strains attorney Dan Hyatt told the five Man court martial panel that Strain was attempting to take the sawed off Shotgun from his wife when it accidentally discharged. Two photos introduced wednesday by the prosecutor capt. Allen e. Chandler jr., showed a Shower Basin half filled with blood and water. The it bathroom was next to the living room in the couples off base basement apartment. The government also offered into evidence the death weapon a 12-gauge Shotgun a bloodstained yellow to shirt worn by Strain and an empty liquor bottle found in the living room. Strand testified that an empty bottle of at Ivan an anti anxiety drug similar to valium was found on the couples living room table. In an opening statement tuesday Hyatt said his client awoke in the Early morning of aug. 26 to find his wife in the bathroom Shower stall cutting her neck and Abdomen with a knife. A Shotgun was sitting nearby. Donald Coffey a fingerprint expert for the . Army criminal investigations Laboratory Europe testified that it could not be determined if Brewer Strain could have grabbed the gun barrel. Coffey said that when he received the Shotgun its barrel and grip were covered with paper sacks. That preservation method could have destroyed a Palm print he said. In testimony late tuesday a key witness described Strain As a a Teddy  a i have never seen him mad a said 1st it. Christopher Williams referring to Strain. A the was always telling jokes. Lies the one who would always pick you  Williams lived above the strains in the same Neuberg apartment where Brewer Strain died. He testified that Strain awakened him about 4 . The night of the shooting. A the was panicking a said Williams referring to the events of aug. 26. A the said a Kate a Hurt. Call an ambulance. She tried to kill  a Williams testified that he accompanied Strain to the couples basement apartment where he found the victim with a a Quarter sized Hole in her  Williams said he administered Mouth to Mouth resuscitation but was unable to inflate the victims lungs. Williams testified that Strain with the help of capt. Susanna Miller a Friend of Williams called an ambulance to the scene. Later Williams testified an emergency medical technician examined the victim and Shook his head. Strain then began crying Williams said. Miller testified tuesday that while waiting for the ambulance Strain told her that the weapon went off when he tried to pull the Shotgun from his wife. A i can to live without her. I can to believe i murdered my baby a Miller said Strain told her while waiting for the ambulance. Valitutto Alessandro owner of a pizzeria and employee Thomas Beucher testified tuesday that Brewer Strain a regular customer came into the restaurant had several drinks and left at about 12 30 . A she was in an of mood a Alessandro testified. A she had a couple of  the restaurant owner called for a taxi he said. A she was the same old Katie a cheerful. She helped me Wash dishes a Beucher said. Miller said that Brewer Strain was in Good spirits that evening and remembered her returning to the apartment building at about 1 . A you could Tell that she had been drinking a she said. A but she was in an of mood and not  Williams Roommate 1st it. Paul Brown testified tuesday that Strain a appeared to be in Shock and a alternated from Calm to crying Quot following the shooting. According to Brown Strain told him that he saw his wife holding a knife and the Shotgun and that he tried to take the Shotgun away from her when it fired. A the kept repeating. A i did not murder her. I did not murder her a a Brown  District bans song Spokane Wash. Apr the song shortening bread about a slave who steals bread to feed his children has been banned in Spokane schools As racially insensitive. Gerald Hester District school superintendent decided monday to remove the song from classroom instruction and an All City concert this week