European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a the stars and stripes sunday june 14, 1992world s aircraft Fly in for Berlin show rerun up a the International aerospace exhibition opens at berlins Schonefeld Airport monday with 500 exhibitors from 23 countries. Quot Ila will be the third largest airshow in Europe alter Britain a Farnborough and France s be Bour get a said Walter Eli Che the economics minister of the Eastern German state of Brandenburg which is co hosting the show with Berlin. German and Eastern european aviation and Aero space manufacturers Are strongly represented at the show and corporate representatives from Britain the Commonwealth of Independent states the United states Japan and France Are staging joint National displays. The 250 aircraft on display will Range from the wide bodied Airbus a-340 Airliner to Small sports and experimental planes at the Schonefeld Airport grounds. About 130 of the aircraft on display will take part in a daily flying program. However spectacular air stunts common at Many other air shows have been banned in Germany since the 1988 Ramstein a disaster. Seventy people were killed and hundreds were injured when italian air Force stunt planes collided and crashed into the crowd of spectators. The last air show at she Nufeld was held in 1928. After world War ii it was held at Hannover Slang Tenhagen  s wife keeps Low profile Moscow a Boris n. Yeltsin May he the first democratically elected president of Russia but Bis wife Naina seems straight out of the soviet Era when spouses were rarely seen and never heard. When Naina Yeltsin accompanies her husband to his Summit with president hush in Washington this week she is Likely to create a dramatically different impression than Raisa Gorbachev the last first lady of the soviet Union. Where Raisa Gorbachev wore elegant clothing and had a reputation for lavish spending Naina Yeltsin dresses simply. She also stays out of the limelight and rarely appears in Public. Elew russians know anything about her. She May disagree with some of her husbands views but she does no to try to change them. A your whole family life turns around Boris Nikolajevich. We want to make his life As easy and As Nice As possible a a she said last month in an interview with the dutch Magazine Rig Nederland. A the children Are grown up and they Are interested in his work but he never allows me to mix in his affairs a site said in the rare interview. Quot he wants to decide everything by himself and he does t like it when we mix in that. A if i Ever say something he lakes it just As information. He listens politely but he does no to  with her Down to Earth nature Naina Yeltsin should fare Well during the Summit in Washington. Robert Strauss . Ambassador to Russia invited the Yeltsin Over to dinner recently even though he said he had been told that the couple never goes out at night. A i thought you could have taken mrs. Yeltsin in any Park Avenue or Dallas Texas Home and be proud to be escorting her a Strauss said. Quot she looked Lovely. She was groomed in very Nice taste and she is quite a rather Plain woman there is nothing showy about her Quot lie said. Naina Yeltsin Center wife of russian president Boris n. Yeltsin listens to her husband speak at the United nations in january. When his wife Helen and Naina Yeltsin started discussing children and grandchildren they nearly a a dominated the conversation Strauss said. Wives of soviet leaders traditionally stayed at Home and did no to try to influence their spouses. They rarely travelled with their husbands and almost never commented publicly on politics. Raisa Gorbachev was the Only spouse of a soviet Leader to break the Dutiful wife stereotype. In an interview conducted in Moscow on Abc tvs 20 �?T20 program earlier this year the russian president said he does t discuss politics with his wife Quot Well in our family i m the Boss a he said. A although of course my wife has a View of her own and she is free to express  Naina Yeltsin 60, worked As an Engineer at the Institute of Waterways in the ural Mountain City of Sverdlovsk for 29 years. She gave up her career to move to Moscow in 1985, when her husband was appointed to a position on the soviet Centra committee As head of  food smorgasbord Copenhagen Denmark a a half mile Long table was set up in Copenhagen a main pedestrian Street Friday to promote healthy eating by serving Low calorie food diet soft drinks artificially sweetened cakes and Beer. After All it is Denmark. The healthy cities project sponsored by the world health organization and the City of Copenhagen also served up information on the health hazards of smoking drug and alcohol abuse unsafe work environments and bad housing policies. The table project ended a four Day conference of officials and researchers from 35 european cities aimed at improving living in the cities. Copenhagen restaurants ranging from chinese and hamburger bars to French cuisine sold Low fat Low calorie dishes. Bakers offered artificially sweetened cakes. Paris pet owners fined Over filth Paris apr the French capitals cleanliness squad has fined 125 dog owners in the last month for failing to clean up after their pets City officials said Friday inspectors a a contacted 1,310 dog owners for failing to scoop up after their pets or allowing them to foul the sidewalks. But they fined Only a cases of seriously uncivil behaviour or repeat offenders a said City Hall information director Bernard Niquet. More than 10,000 posters have gone up around Paris reminding residents to curb their dogs or scoop up after them. On May 18, the City put 50 plainclothes agents on the streets to Issue offenders with fines ranging from $110 to $250, Niquet said the get Tough approach was working inspectors have noted a 25 to 30 percent reduction in the amount of canine detritus on City sidewalks. Up to 600 people a year Are hospitalized for accidents caused by the 11 tons of dog waste that ends up on sidewalks  couples finding surrogate mothers in . Tokyo apr infertile japanese couples desperate for children Are looking across the Pacific for help to american surrogate mothers. Some japanese couples Are willing to spend up to $75,000 for a foreigner to carry their baby. The subject has attracted Public interest and prompted debate on whether the procedure should be allowed in Japan. It is a particularly sensitive Issue in this ethnically homogeneous society where mixed race marriages Are frowned upon and infertility is considered a shameful physical Handicap. Clients at Tokyo s Only advertised surrogate service fiercely guard their anonymity and have demanded Only asian american surrogates. Quot they re paranoid a said Yuki Sumi director of the Tokyo Branch of the infertility Center of new York. She said some clients have even asked that the group s Letterhead be removed from documents sent to them. Quot japanese couples Don t want to hire White women with blonde hair or Blacks a in order to make sure the child does not stand out she said. Sumi said she had matched three couples with asian american surrogates since october and that two other couples were awaiting selection of surrogate mothers. So far no babies have been born. According to news reports about a dozen other couples May have signed contracts with surrogate mothers in the United states. Noel Keane of Dearborn Mich a lawyer who to undid the infertility Center 17 years ago said its clinics in Larkspur calif., new York City and Indianapolis have recorded 420 births and 32 current pregnancies. A surrogate Mother typically is implanted with a fertilized egg from a couple who cannot conceive naturally. When the wife cannot produce an egg or it is not healthy enough however the surrogates egg is used. Because of that possibility japanese couples insist on asian american surrogates. 1 he infertility Center pays surrogate mothers $10,000. The rest of the Cost is mainly for the medical procedure which must be done outside Japan