European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 a the stars and stripes wednesday december 23, 1992final curtain Falls for Paris cabaret Paris apr the curtain has come Down on the folic bar Gore the 123-year-old cabaret famed for its Long tagged topless beauties Clad in feathers and sequins. Synonymous with Paris nightlife and immortalized in the Art of Toulouse Lautrec the Folies shut Down with a final show sunday after being plagued by financial difficulties and smaller audiences for some time. Earlier this fall management was forced to Lay off dancers and stagehands. Helene Martini who has owned the Folies for the past 18 years has promised to renovate the aging Hall in Central Paris and revive the Folies next year with a the first show of the 21st Century. But the closure in the Middle of the theater season indicated the club was suffering financially and would have a hard time making a comeback. The dancers performed their 1,700th show of the cabarets latest revue Folies in Folies the Folies in follies on sunday making it the longest running cabaret show in in Germany seize 3 tons of designer drugs Berlin apr German police have made what they believe is the biggest seizure of designer drugs in the world breaking up a ring that smuggled amphetamines produced in Latvia authorities said monday. The Federal criminal office said police had seized More than three tons a about 10 million pills a of mad a synthetic stimulant similar to the drug ecstasy. Spokesman Hartmuth Jaufmann said police throughout Europe seized 800 kilograms 1,760 pounds of mad last year Quot so we believe this catch of three tons must be the biggest in the the drugs could be Worth Between 100 million and 150 million Marks $65 million and $97 Millio Jaufmann said. Mad is a synthetic drug with a Strong stimulant effect leading to hallucinations in High doses or even circulatory collapse and death police said. It is said to be favored by drug users in some dance clubs. Alleged smugglers were arrested in Germany Czechoslovakia and Latvia. Investigations Are also under Way in Belgium and the Netherlands. The announcement highlights what German police said is a growing problem of amphetamine smuggling from former communist Eastern Europe already a chinese having merry time with Holiday greeting cards Beijing up a chinese caught up in the twin crazes of westernization and consumerism arc blindly snapping up millions of Christmas cards for friends and relatives who have Little or no idea what the Holiday Means. Door to door salesmen arc helping companies sell tens of thousands of Christmas cards although Many chinese done to know anything about Santa Claus and other Holiday figures. The robust sales Are showing the growing chinese fascination with Western customs and increased spending on luxuries. Quot a merry Christmas Happy new year and seasons greetings Are becoming household words in China even though Many chinese do not even know the exact meaning of these English Holiday messages a the official China daily said tuesday. The cards Are being used by those in Public relations too with one Beijing store Selling 20,000 cards daily. So far the store has sold More than 500,000 of the cards which will be sent to business offices and companies. A a Public relations worker bought 100 american greeting cards which he says will be sent to their customers a buyers like him Purchase about half of the total cards a the China daily said. In a scene that is played out every Day this month in Beijing and other major chinese cities a beleaguered Parent purchases a a a Shenghan Laoren a or a old Man Christmas doll for a persistent child. Flush with Cash from More than a decade of economic reforms chinese Are pumping millions of dollars into Holiday gifts in a consumer frenzy that could be taking place in any Western department store while the Well heeled chinese citizens spend their Money on luxury cars suits and watches less wealthy College students have taken to buying Christmas cards. They Are spending As much As $25 this season More than an entire monthly allowance for most students. Some students Selling cards have earned More than $50 in the month before Christmas. Surveys have found that College students Are the most Likely customers the China daily said. Dad daughter reunite after 50 years Chicago up a Christmas came Early for Ben Fischer this year. The 83-year-old was reunited monday with a daughter he had not seen since the Early part of world War ii. Fischer a native of Ukraine was conscripted into the russian army a Short time later his family was evacuated to Kazakhstan. After three months on the German front Fischer was captured and forced to fight in the German army. At the end of the War soviet officials refused to allow Fischer to return to his wife and four children. For years he attempted to locate his family through such organizations As the red Cross. Finally he gave up. A we were divorced by Hitler and Stalin a Fischer said referring to nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and soviet Premier Josef Stalin. Fischer moved to Austria where he met his second wife. And in 1952, he emigrated to the Chicago area and settled in Oak Lawn. Last year a lutheran Church in Stuttgart Germany sent a letter to Fischer saying a woman named Olga Peredina who was born Olga Fischer was looking for her father. The Church wanted permission 10 pass on Fischer a address. Earlier this year Peredina wrote a letter. A Are you the Benjamin Fischer that was drafted into the russian army sept. 1, 1941? if so i am your daughter Olga. 1 alone survived. Mother and Alt my siblings Are dead Quot she wrote. A if you lire really alive please please Contact me and let me Fischer was first Able to talk with Peredina by Telephone last july. She told him that her Mother was imprisoned for two years alter she was caught stealing fish from a factory to feed her children. While she was imprisoned three of the children starved making Peredina the eldest the Only survivor. Fischer a parents died of exposure while being transported to a work Camp she said. Father and daughter embraced in a tearful reunion at of Hare International Airport City aviation department spokeswoman Lisa Howard said. A we set aside an airline lounge for it a Howard said a there were about 20 family and friends waiting alone with reporters and lots of cameras a Peredina arrived aboard russian Airliner Aeroflot i Light 329, which arrived about an hour late and was escorted to the lounge by customs agents. A they recognized each other immediately a Howard said. A she came in and she and her father embraced and the Airport reunion lasted about 20 minutes before the group headed for Oak Lawn and a party. A she used to be Skinny. Now she a a Little bit heavy but she looks Good a Fischer said. Peredina is a Mother of two and grandmother of three. Quot Fischer s Church the mount Zion evangelical lutheran Church held a drive to raise the s2,3 0 needed for Peru Dinar a visit. The office of . Sen. Paul Simon. Dell. Arranged for i a is port and visa. Major source of heroin and cocaine reaching Western Europe from other parts of the world. The Federal police did not release the name of the Laboratory in Latvia that allegedly produced the drug. A spokesman said however that it was one of the largest drug companies in that Baltic country. In Latvia the balt fax news Agency reported that the lab was the Lati farm chemical factory in Olaine. The Agency said the latvian ministry of internal affairs reported that police there had arrested the factory a general director Deputy director and production chief. It reported that the accused men had Large sums of foreign currency. The drugs were flown to Frankfurt International air Ort in 63 separate shipments Between nov. 25 and dec. 5, German police said. Police arrested the smugglers when they picked up the drugs a falsely labelled As Over the counter medications a on dec. 9 with a truck registered in Belgium they said. Two people were arrested with the truck and three were arrested later in Bratislava Czechoslovakia they said. Police said there had been a outstanding International cooperation with the latvian and czechoslovak police. B i Etta i s a to Santa dear Santa How is Rudolph please bring me a Walkman and a totally hair Barbie and an ice Cream maker. Please Tell my cousins Courtney and Lindsey that i love them. Also Tell Tyler i love him. Love Katie Otterstedt dear Santa i want to have a real dog for Christmas. If not for Christmas maybe when we go Back to the states. Love Kristopher Brown age 7 dear Santa i Hope you get Here safely. We Are learning some songs about you in school. Thank you for everything you gave me last year. When our class learns about the Tetter a is Quot i will write your name Down. I would like a Nintendo play sword play Mobile figures fort Bravo Castle train Indian toys police toys and science books. Love Mark Pratt age 6 other letters written to Santa include Andrea Wolf Aryl Grindrod Kristina Burzynski Michael Young Patrick Post a Marsel Gray Kyle Glass Kenny Zawodny Andrea Gage Connell fair Aleen Tedtaotao Jeffrey Mclane Justin Green Brad Lytle Terrance Lewis Fisset St Vanessa Padilla Nick Edwards Alex Jessica Glass Benina Mclver Jessica Benjamin Heller Jonalyn Janey John Farrington Alyssa Rountree Janeshly Grider Allen Holland Ashley Wilson Timotny Smith manyellm0r 9 first�?~9rade Clasa from Darmstadt elementary in Ger Philip Watson Lauren Gonzalez Olga Maria Sanchez Jaunty Almanzar Ryan Skaggs Jasmine Vinson Camille Austin Christine Trask Rebecca Cantlon Justin Contreras Andrew Kerle Randy Carmean Tiffany Wiseman Brian Baumann Don Kim is. Karin s first Grade class from Darmstadt elementary Joshua Adams Bob Adams Melissa eds Kevin Dovolis Linda Thom Cassie is. Clair Deborah Dickinson Stephanie bustiers Parson Willingham Jamal Jackson Katie Kennedy Sherika Fluitt Jessie Dunaway Jeffrey Naylor Justin Clark Christina Darosa Jamie Sirrine Anni s 9econci�?~9rade class from Ramstein elementary in Germany 5&Quot Tanja Taylor Jas i he a Justin it on Jessica Crosby Timothy Kelvin Sheree Chris Kathy Rodney Vanessa Jennifer Brian Kristi Ian Stephan
