European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 4, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 9 irritating Symbol Many berliners Are gritting their Teeth Over a huge Swastika decorating the Wall of a building near the Brandenburg Gate. The nazi Symbol is part of a display of historic German flags dating from 1892 to the present. The exhibit a called a a armistice a was put together by artist Einar sch Lccy. Earth Summit opens with pleas for Unity warnings of disaster Rio de Janeiro Brazil apr the Earth Summit began wednesday with Calls for Unity to save the planets resources and warnings of global catastrophe if environmental destruction continues. The 12-Day Summit pits Rich nations against poor ones in talks on global treaties to protect the environment. The United states has been cast As the villain by Many because it has blocked Strong Steps to curb pollution. . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali blamed Rich nations for the rising of the Earth a temperature a the greenhouse effect a but said that poor nations were at fault for destruction of their resources. A nations do not respect the system of sustainable development a Boutros Ghali told delegates from Iso nations As he opened the Summit. A the Earth is sick from underdevelopment and sick from excessive  developing countries say they arc willing to protect their resources if the Rich nations help them pay for it. Richer nations do not want to agree to controls that would Compromise their standards of living. President Bush who will face Tough criticism when he arrives at the end of the Summit says stiff conservation legislation would Hurt . Industry and stunt recovery of the recession mired . Economy in an election year. The Summit officially called the . Conference on environment and development will be the largest Ever gathering of Heads of state with Bush among More than 120 world leaders scheduled to attend. Keynote speakers at wednesdays opening session stressed that both the causes of and solutions to the planets degradation Are global. Delegates at the packed Rio Centro convention Center stood quietly after Boutros Ghali opened the Summit asking for two minutes of silence around the world a on behalf of the  i he 15,000 delegates Hope to Salvage key agreements on global warming technology Transfer Ocean pollution Forest Protection population control the preservation of species and environmentally Safe development. A we cannot have an environmentally sound planet in a socially unjust world a Brazil s president Fernando Collor de Mello said in his opening address a Breed of the cold War we must treat global problems globally. A Rich and poor Large and Small should unite so that All Prosper and reduce the distances that still separate  but the summits main organizer Maurice Strong of Canada warned that if nations done to Stop destroying the environment the environment will destroy civilization. A if we continue along this pathway of development and destruction we will end our civilization a Strong said. A if we done to do it nature will and in a much More brutal manner. A we Are either going to save the whole world or none of  other keynote speakers included King Carl Xvi Gustaf of Sweden prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland of Norway and president Mario Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares of Portugal. The Summit opened under extremely tight Security. Tanks were stationed at strategic checkpoints and a 35,000-member Security Force including 100 . Troops patrolled the City. There were no protests outside the convention Center located 25 Miles from the City Scenter and inaccessible by Public transportation. Among agreements expected to be signed when the Summit concludes june 14 is one on limiting emissions of Carbon dioxide the leading contributor to global warming. Some in Dodds face 3-week wait before receiving retroactive pay by the stars and stripes teachers and some administrators in the overseas school system in Germany will have to wait at least three weeks after the end of the school year to receive up to $1,500 in retroactive pay. The school year ends june 12 in Dodds facilities in Europe. The retroactive pay is a result of adjusted pay tables that determine department of defense dependents schools teaching and administrative salaries. The latest tables were sent from the school system Headquarters in Washington to Germany late last month. The 266th theater finance Center in Leiden Germany is responsible for printing and mailing the checks to an estimated 10,000 teachers and administrators in Germany the Netherlands and Belgium. An estimated 700 teachers and administrators in England Are paid from an air Force finance office at Raf upper Heyford England. Checks reflecting the new salary schedules will be sent to them before june 19, a finance official said wednesday. Teachers and administrators in the Mediterranean Region Are paid from military finance offices in Lincir Lik Turkey Naples and Simonella Italy and naval station Rota and Torrejon a Spain. Alice Hafner of the regions fiscal division said wednesday that she has received assurances that most teachers and administrators in the Region will receive their retroactive pay with their paychecks that Are expected to arrive around mid june. According to a prepared release finance officials in Leiden expect to mail checks to teachers and administrators late this month with a payment Date of july 2. Payments will Range from about $400 to $1,500, depending on years of service and education Levels. The latest pay tables affect All teachers and principals but not higher level administrators such As regional directors who Are paid under another salary schedule. Missile company sued in Friendly fire death food stamp message was an error army says Heidelberg Germany a a faulty message from the defense finance and accounting service in Indianapolis has prompted some soldiers in Europe to seek food Stamps from army support officials according to the . Army Europe. Soldiers mid month pay statements in May included this message a if you need help buying food see your local base support Center for details about Federal food stamp  some who read the message went to local army Community service centers to ask about obtaining the food Stamps army officials said. Agriculture department regulations prohibit the use of food Stamps outside the United states however. The message resulted from an air Force Effort to increase awareness about the program in the United states and the message was accidentally distributed to troops abroad. Los Angeles apr relatives of six marines killed by Friendly fire when a .-fired missile struck their armoured vehicle during the persian Gulf War have sued the missiles manufacturer. Attorney Joel Kleinberg who filed the lawsuit said monday that the allegations Are based largely on a Marine corps report on the incident. An interview with the Pilot of a . Air Force a-10 attack plane shows that the Maverick missile did not perform properly and that the Pilot did not unwittingly target the . Armoured vehicle Kleinberg said. The lawsuit alleges that Hughes aircraft co. A negligently and carelessly made the Maverick that was fired from the a-10 Thunderbolt ii on Jan. 29, 1991. The six men from the 1st Marine div based at Camp Pendleton were killed when the missile hit their vehicle instead of a targeted iraqi vehicle during a Battle near the Border of saudi Arabia and Kuwait to retake the town of  tour organizer fined Bangkok Thailand apr an american arrested for procuring thai women As prostitutes for organized sex Tours was fined $40 and released wednesday after pleading guilty and promising not to do it again. Gunther Hans Bernhart Frentz of Miami a native of Germany was arrested monday night while escorting nine other americans on the sex tour in the Seaside resort of Battaya police said