European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes world desperate smokers in Milan Italy line up tuesday to cough up exorbitant prices for Street vendors  through nose Rome apr desperation has struck Italy a smokers. A nearly monthlong strike by the state tobacco monopoly Lias smokers lining up for Miles at the Border to buy cigarettes in Switzerland. Entrepreneurs arc auctioning Black Market packs for up to $35 in Palermo Sicily. Nicotine chewing gum a usually used by smokers to help them quit their habit a is Selling like hot cakes. C cigars suddenly became very popular and Are now in Short Supply. The workers at the monopoly which manufactures Domestic cigarettes and distributes imported ones arc striking for Job guarantees. They Are afraid they might lose their jobs if the government includes the monopoly in plans to sell off Large swaths of state holdings. T he monopoly s strike prompted the country s 60,000 tobacco dealers to plan their own Daylong strike Over the lost business. And 600 private managers of cigarette warehouses said they were preparing to Lay off 3,000 workers temporarily. No immediate end is in sight though smokers have had their Hopes raised. Newspapers reported that legislative committees were working on a Compromise and Union leaders and government officials have met. T he italian news Agency Ansa said monday that the strike could end today. But it added that Union leaders said the strike could resume periodically. Nevertheless it will take at least a week for cigarettes to reach the shelves fired Golf club new allegation it rth Germany a amps a the Monteith Golf course manager who is appealing a decision to fire him now faces a new allegation involving possible mishandling of a membership fee according to a memorandum from the business operations division of the Nurnberg military Community. An investigation still is under Way by the criminal investigation come into allegations that led to Brian i Trout Kay a dismissal last month. Among those is an accusation that Peroutka failed to w rite customers names on sales slips. Also an audit conducted when officials closed the course for a week in october showed that about $1,000 Worth of merchandise w As missing. The latest allegation involves a 1,000-Mark membership fee or about $6-11, from Wolfgang Schleyer which the memo said was not deposited in the morale welfare and recreation account. Germans Are allowed to join the course located on Monteith Barracks in Firth. As associate  paying for cigarettes even when the strike ends tobacco producers said. More than 200 smokers a Day still come into Stufano Cafini s shop in Rome looking for cigarettes Cafini said. A a a when will it end a they All ask the same question a he said. A the narrow cigarette shelves behind him were stripped Bare of the 140 brands usually displayed. Not a Cigar was present and Only pouches of Loose tobacco were available. First the foreign brands went Cafini said. Then local smokes then the unpopular menthol types. Small cigars went next. More and More of Italy a estimated 13 million smokers Are learning to Roll their own cigarettes he added. As Cafini spoke Paolo Salvucci wandered in his eyes hungrily searching the shelves a lit Cigar stuck Between his fingers. A it s a grave problem a Salvucci said. A 125-mile drive into the Abruzzi Region cast of Rome yielded five Cartons he said. But his Supply quickly dwindled thanks to friends who bummed cigarettes. One of the most desperate tales comes from Siracusa Sicily judge Osvaldo Bonsangue was calmly walking Down the Street smoking when a Man run up pulled the cigarette from his Mouth and began puffing malay Ansa reported. Anguished smokers reportedly Are snapping up packs of nicotine gum a even nicotine patches a from  faces of irregularities the 416th base support in on nov. 13 amended per Outka a notice of separation to include the additional allegation. The stars and stripes obtained a copy of the amendment tuesday. The original notice dated oct. 23, was signed by Sandra Boyce former mar director for the base support battalion. Boyce has left the position. Last week the stars and stripes requested information from the Community regarding any additional allegations but a response this week merely stated that the investigation was ongoing and Peroutka was appealing his dismissal. Another source provided the document. Peroutka who has been tanager of the course for about five years has 30 Days from nov. 13 to make his Appeal. During the Appeal process Peroutka remains on the mar payroll. The Golf course was closed temporarily in october when an audit discovered problems with tournament fees. Peroutka and another employee were subsequently dismissed. Wednesday november 25, 1992italian leftists protest attack on spaniard by rightists from wire reports Milan Italy a several dozen leftist youths demonstrated outside Milan s courthouse monday to protest the stabbing of a Spanish Man by reputed right Wing extremists. Jesus Maria Parras Ara of Madrid was attacked near Milan a Railroad station saturday night. The 30-year-old was reported to be in serious condition at Fatebene Fratelli Hospital. An italian Friend of Parras arabs told police that they were attacked by nine youths wearing Black uniforms with nazi insignia. The 17-year-old italian who fled the attackers and was unhurt said he and his Spanish Friend were targeted possibly because they were regular visitors to a leftist run social club. In another incident italian news agencies reported that vandals damaged three tombs at a jewish cemetery in Naples on sunday night the vandals fled when a police patrol arrived leaving behind a soft drink bottle filled with gasoline in their haste to escape the reports  charges probed Dresden Germany a a prosecutor said monday that he is investigating about 1,500 cases of alleged torture of prisoners in former East Germany. Ulrich Meinerzhagen prosecutor for the state of Sachsen said some former prisoners have told investigators that they were a beaten with fists and clubs and kicked when they fell to the  Meinerzhagen said the names of the alleged torturers Are known in 650 of about 1,500 cases. During the reign of hard line stalinist from 1949 until Erich Honecker was ousted in october 1989, thousands of dissidents were imprisoned for opposing East Germany a communist  to be expanded Madrid Spain a ministry of culture officials have announced a $23 million expansion plan for Spain s world famous but cramped Prado museum. The plan announced monday must be approved by a governing Board and is subject to Public hearings. It Calls for adding a 12,000-Square-Yard basement under the 18th-Century Structure that will be used for temporary exhibitions storage lecture Halls and offices. Minor changes Are also planned to return the facade to the original outlined by architect Juan de Villanueva in 1785.Oil leaks off russian coast Vladivostok Russia a a huge Oil Slick spread across Nakhod a Bay in the russian far East on monday after an estimated 735,000 Gallons of fuel leaked from a tank on Shore. Local officials said the leak occurred saturday. It took workers several hours to Stop the Oil from flowing into a Small River leading to the sea of Japan said Alexander Baturov Deputy head of the City  police seize cocaine London a police and customs offices monday seized what is believed to be their largest haul of cocaine in the United kingdom with a Street value of More than $240 million a Scotland Yard spokesman said the one ton haul was seized monday morning from a panamanian registered vessel at Woolwich reach in the Dock lands area East of  in Italy kill 2 Turin Italy a a Mother and her 19-year-old daughter were killed monday in a pileup caused by fog along the Turin Pinerola Road in Northern Italy. In a separate pileup caused by fog More than 100 cars and several trucks rammed into one another along the Turin Milan Highway injuring several people. The Busy Highway Between Italy a major Industrial centers was closed for several hours