European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday. June 15, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3gorbachev arrives for thanks from Israel Jerusalem up former soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev arrived sunday on a five Day visit to acknowledge israelis appreciation for allowing thousands of jews to emigrate from his country and declared he does not feel like a a Defeated Gorbachev flew into Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv accompanied by his wife Raisa and a Small entourage of advisers and Security guards. He was greeted by foreign minister David Levy before being whisked to Jerusalem. A i will not hide that i feel deep emotion and respect toward this country toward its history a Gorbachev said at an Airport news conference. A we know what preceded the establishment of this state and now we will see this blossoming Gorbachev who last october restored diplomatic ties with Israel that had been broken off after the 1%�?T Middle Eastern War. Had a packed schedule in store for him. Besides holding meetings with prime minister Yitzhak Shamir opposition Leader Yitzhak Rabin and other top government figures the former soviet Leader was to receive honorary degrees from three israeli universities. Gorbachev said in an interview last week that he looked Forward to meeting several of the jews that left his country in a massive wave of emigration set off by his government reforms. More than 400,000 soviet jews have arrived in Israel since 1980, but they have found life difficult in Israel with scarce Job opportunities and a shortage of housing. The former soviet president hailed around the world for dismantling the communist system in his country and unleashing free Market forces resigned last december As the soviet Union was breaking up. Lie has since created a private foundation to Foster tie Moe race and has been a vocal critic of russian president Boris n. Yeltsin. Responding to questions from israeli journalists Gorbachev said he was pleased with the role he played in the democratization of his Homeland and would continue to offer advice and criticism. A i do not feel that i am a Defeated politician a Gorbachev said. Israel mindful of its delicate new relationship with Yeltsin s government took pains to Honor Gorbachev without offering him an official state ceremony. A amps Dava Mola Ticon Prince Carrington Carr sits Between Atterberry child development Center workers Nicole Cunningham left and Melinda action saves choking youngster by Dave Melancon staff writer Frankfurt Germany two Atterberry child development Center workers credit their recent first Aid refresher training with saving a child a life. Melinda Lankford and Nicole Cunningham were helping 10 children during lunchtime March 20 when one of the children started wheezing and grabbing his neck. Prince Carrington Carr a son of sgt. Courtney Carr he co 18th my brigade a had attempted to Swallow an entire 3-Inch-Long Orange wedge. Quot he was grabbing his neck and was unable to talk a Cunningham said. A the became More and More anxious when Melinda grabbed him from behind and i ran to the first Aid Chart and called out the Lankford began administering the Heimlich Man Euver a squeezing the child a Abdomen just below the rib Cage and forcing air to dislodge the Orange. A i was choking and miss Lankford grabbed my stomach and the Orange came out a Prince said. A then i Felt the Orange came a flying out with the sixth thrust Cunningham said. It was All Over in less than two minutes Lankford said. A it was a scary situation a Cunningham said. A but when you know what to do you done to the child care workers Learned what to do during their initial training at child development services and the Day before during a refresher session with an educational specialist from the service. A it was ironic that she put up the first Aid charts in our closets the Day before a Cunningham said. Although the Chart came in Handy child care workers Are trained for emergencies. A i just finished the first Aid a week or two before. So it was still pretty fresh a Lankford said. A it was the first time i had to use it a she said. A i Hope its the Battles kill hundreds in sex soviet republics Moscow a hundreds of civilians and soldiers were killed or wounded when azerbaijani forces fought heavy Battles with armenian troops in Magorno Karabash Over the weekend news reports said sunday. In Georgia officials said 15 people were killed saturday when National guardsmen attempted to capture tanks from a russian battalion based in the City of Goris. Six people died in fighting Between georgian forces and South ossetian according to news reports. In Azerbaijan defense ministry officials said More than 500 armenians were killed or wounded in the three Day offensive to recapture towns and villages in Magorno Karabash an armenian enclave surrounded by Azerbaijan. The officials quoted by the turan news Agency said 50 azerbaijanis were killed and 130 were wounded in the offensive w hich was launched Friday. The itar Tass news Agency quoting the Magorno Karabash parliament said at least 200 people died in the Battle and several Hundred were wounded. According to the news Agency azerbaijani forces captured 15 armenian villages. T he Battle was the first major azerbaijani assault since the election last week of popular front Leader a Bulaz Elibey As president. He has pledged to regain All azerbaijani territory seized by armenian militants. It was also the biggest military offensive since armenian forces in May seized the strategic town of Lachin. Nude sunbathing at Beach has West germans burning Ahlbeck Germany up a Battle Over nude sunbathing on Germany a Baltic coast beaches is pitting naked Eastern German Sun worshippers against prudish Western germans. The East West swimsuit War is Over a germanic tradition of nude sunbathing and swimming that first gained popularity in the Eany 1900s. The controversy stems from the introduction of Western German regulations on Eastern German beaches. Former communist East Germany allowed widespread nude sunbathing which some germans Call a free body the practice was far More restricted in former West Germany whose Laws came to apply throughout the land after reunification oct. 3, 1990. Eastern German communities now Are required to Divide beaches into nude and a a textile sectors. A they can forbid what they want. In a going to keep on swimming naked a said grit Roesslin an Eastern German in her Early 20s. But Many Western germans find the practice offensive. A a it a simply disgusting when naked men with Beer bellies play volleyball a said Marlies of Cologne. On Eastern Germany a Baltic vacation Island of Usedom the White Sand beaches Are still not segregated. Blond naked teen age couples mingle with families wearing swimsuits and elderly couples in their 70s who also Are naked. Even swimsuit wearers take advantage of Ahlbeck a relaxed atmosphere simply stripping naked on the open Beach to change into their swimsuits. A we East germans done to want to build up any new Border fences after we be just got rid of divided Germany a said Angelika Berger director of tourism for the villages of Ahlbeck and neighbouring he Ringsdorf. Quot we Are tolerant Here and we done to intend to change a survivor of titanic Dies at 103 Westport mass. Up Marjorie Newell Robb the oldest remaining survivor of the sinking of the luxury liner titanic 80 years ago has died the titanic historical society said saturday. She was 103. She died t thursday in Westport where she made her Home society official Don Lynch said. In late life she frequently spoke to various groups about Hei experiences the night the supposedly unsinkable i Tam went Down in a collision with an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Robb was born feb. 12, Bubo m Lexington and was the daughter of Arthur w Newell and Mary Greeley Newell her la ther was the president of the fourth National Bank of Boston when he took his two daughters Marjorie and Madeleine on a tour of Egypt and the holy land in 1912. They boarded the titanic in France on april 10 for the voyage Back to the United states. T he i italic the largest Ocean liner in the world Sank on april 15, 1912. Newell placed his two daughters in a Lifeboat As the liner slowly slipped beneath the surface. His last words to them were a it seems More dangerous for you two girls to get in that boat than to remain with
