European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 world b the stars and stripes thursday May 28, 1992 Moscow to eliminate most of its Lenin statues from wire reports Moscow a Moscow a City Council has decided to tear Down All but eight of the capitals 69 monuments to Vladimir i. Lenin and will erect a Large Cross where a statue of secret police founder Feliks Dze Rohinsky once stood russian Media reported tuesday. The most prominent statue of Lenin a towering Bronze on october Square at one of the City a busiest intersections will remain. Al 6 crashes in Canada Goose Bay Newfoundland a a dutch f-16 fighter Jet crashed in Labrador on tuesday morning but the Pilot ejected and was not seriously injured. It. . Pittman spokesman for Canadian forces base Goose Bay said the single seater crashed about 120 Miles South of the base at about 10 10 . Robbers die in Tomb Beijing a four men who hoped to make a Fortune robbing artefacts from a 185-year-old burial site broke into the grave Only to die of Carbon monoxide poisoning an official newspaper said wednesday. The workers daily said five men from shaan i province in Northern China used explosives to blow open the site at night. Russian turkish hot line Ankara Turkey a prime minister Smiley Man Demirel returned tuesday from a visit to Russia and said a hot line would be set up Between the two countries. Demirel who made the two Day official visit at the invitation of president Boris n. Yeltsin said in an arrival statement that topics discussed included bilateral ties Trade relations and developments in the fighting in Bosnia and Fler Segovi a and Between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Aliens in Switzerland Geneva a the number of foreigners living in Switzerland went up 5.5 percent in the year ending april 1992, the Swiss government announced tuesday. The 1,182,489 foreigners holding residence permits represent 17.3 percent of the total population up from 16.6 percent a year ago. Gorbachev rival succumbs Moscow a Viktor v. Grishin who headed the communist party in Moscow for nearly two decades and was among Mikhail s. Gorbachev s main rivals has died of a heart attack at 77. He died monday at a welfare office in Moscow where he had come to Register for an increase in his state pension Moskovskaya pravda reported tuesday. 2 americans among 23 Hurt in deadly Kaiserslautern fire Kaiserslautern Germany a amps two americans were injured in the fire that swept through Kaiserslautern a Barbarossa of hotel on the East Side of Kaiserslautern Early monday morning. Air Force staff sgt. Joseph a. Leaphart of the 601st Maint so at Sembach a was admitted to Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center for a hip injury. He remained hospitalized wednesday. His wife Linda was treated and release said Marie Shaw a Center spokeswoman. The couple have been in Germany about two months said staff sgt. Milan Christi a Sembach spokesman. The Blaze killed a hotel employee and injured 23 people. It was still unclear How Many americans were staying at the hotel when the fire erupted local . Officials said. People at Sembach volunteered to help relocate people who were staying at the hotel Christi said. The hotel is about five Miles from the base.  counterfeit scheme reportedly undermining Iraq. Is it _ to in Fryni a  t my t Nari Flat o n inn by Youssef m. Abr Atiim the new York times Amman Jordan a iraqis Economy is the target of an american cd destabilization Campaign to pour vast amounts of counterfeit currency into the country Arab and Western officials Here say. The fake Dinar notes Are being smuggled across the jordanian saudi turkish and iranian Borders in an Effort to undermine the iraqi Economy said the officials who closely Monitor the situation inside Iraq. Those officials said counterfeit dollars Are being smuggled into Iraq in smaller quantities to further confound the banking system. The officials who insisted on not being identified said the countries behind the separate counterfeiting operations included Western nations saudi Arabia Iran and Israel. The fake currency is openly discussed in the press and by the people in Iraq. The counterfeiting problem has become serious enough to be loudly denounced by the government which is taking measures to curb it. Those include instituting life sentences for cooperating in circulating counterfeit dollars or dinars and death sentences for those smuggling them into the country. The fake currency has contributed to iraqis severe inflation problem. This is aggravated by the fact that the iraqi government is printing Money at uncontrolled Speed to pay inflated salaries and cover the costs of re construction. Over the last few months the destabilization efforts seem to have shifted into High gear officials in Amman say particularly after the United states was reported in february to have authorized full fledged Covert operations against Iraq. In Washington Mark Mansfield a spokesman for the Cia declined to discuss the dumping of fake currency into Iraq. A was a matter of policy we done to comment on such allegations a he said along with International economic sanctions against Iraq those measures have had mixed results since the persian Gulf War ended in february 1991. They have clearly helped weaken the Economy to the Point where the local currency could become worthless. And they have loosened president Saddam Hussein a grip on the people and forced his government to respond with an intensified reconstruction program to curtail shortages and restore Basic services. On the other hand the measures buttressed the assertion shared by a rising number of iraqi nationalists including sunni muslims and christians that the West and its allies will not be Content with the removal of Saddam but Only with partitioning and destroying the country. Further weakening the Economy is the fact that legitimate iraqi currency is not backed by any Gold or hard currency a those Are needed to import goods. Col. O Hara former stripes editor Dies by the stars and stripes a former editor in chief of the stars and stripes retired col. David b. Of Hara died monday of complications brought on by Wagner a a disease. He was 70 years old. Wegner a is a rare progressive disease that affects the blood vessels of the lung kidneys and skin according to 7th medical come. After joining the army air forces in 1943, the b-51 Mustang fighter Pilot flew 117 missions during world War ii. His son Patrick said of harass last Mission was an attack on the German Luftwaffe base in Griesheim Germany a the location where he would be assigned As editor of the stars and stripes. He was editor from july 1969 to november 1972. Of Hara then retired. In addition to his son Patrick he is survived by his wife Dorothy daughter Pamela and four grandchildren. He is also survived by his brother Brian and sister Maureen of Brien. A memorial service was held wednesday at the Jarvie funeral Home in Springdale a. A service is scheduled for today. Of Hara will be buried at Plum Creek cemetery in Pittsburgh. Of harass son said the former editor was in Good health until he began to experience difficulty breathing two weeks ago. After entering a Hospital in Pittsburgh of Hara developed a pneumonia like condition from which he failed to recover. Beach builders Catherine Colvin of san Diego Caref Tilly crafts part of a Sand Castle touted As the largest to be built in Europe. Colvin who works for Sand sculptors is helping build the Castle at Schev Ningen Beach Netherlands. Tokyo Osaka rank As costliest for foreigners Geneva apr Tokyo and Osaka in Japan remained the most expensive cities for foreign residents said a Survey published wednesday. With new York As a base of 100, Tokyo had an Index of 174 and Osaka 162. The libyan capital Tripoli followed with 146. Harare Zimbabwe rated 62, was the least costly major City for foreigners. The Survey of 98 cities is published twice a year by corporate resources group a Geneva based consulting firm. It is based on the costs of 151 products and services including food clothing and transport. Accommodations Are not included in the Survey. The Index was based on mid March Exchange rates. Stockholm Sweden the fourth most expensive City had an Index of 136. The norwegian capital Oslo followed with 135. Buenos Aires Argentina was the most expensive place in the Western hemisphere with a rating of 114. Lima Peru had an Index of 109. All other cities in North and South America were cheaper than new York with Quito Ecuador the lowest at 64. In Asia the taiwanese capital Taipei had a ranking of 129. Beijing followed with 117