European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Future a breath of fresh air by Susann Muster the associated press amerika Germany a with almost total unemployment a Remote location and poor facilities the Village in Saxony had one Good Selling Point when it went on the auction Block its name amerika. The town of 108 residents finally has a new owner and a fresh future As a place to cure lung ailments but the Price was a Knock Down 5 million Marks $3.1 Millionth Village was offered for Sale at twice that Price last year when the  the Agency in charge of Selling off former state assets of communist East Germany featured amerika in advertisements of its sometimes offbeat possessions. Three serious offers emerged but none from the Rich continent across the Atlantic. One German company thought of a theme Park building on the villages name another company proposed a clinic., a 1 the winning bid is from a lung ailment clinic in the nearby town of Colditz. It will extend to amerika and set up Modem facilities said Gerald Merkel mayor of the town of Arns Dorf of which amerika is a part. Merkel said the future is looking up As the plans include a a Sas hotel swimming Pool and a bar on the appropriate theme of a Western Saloon and the Saxony state government has guaranteed financing. Amerikan a Village chronicler Hans Friedrich says the name originated in the 19th Century when people had a hard Lime finding the town and  Plant which lie about 140 Miles South of Berlin. Quot business travellers used to say that to find this factory was harder than discovering America Quot Friedrich said. Gradually the name stuck a with the German spelling amerika with a k. An old postcard beckons visitors with the slogan a whoever does no to have Money for the journey across the great Ocean to pay Honor to amerika just get aboard the Mulic Bahn Quot the name of the local rail line. The villages Only employer the woo factory finally died in late 1991 after the change from the communist economic system and the unemployment rate is 75 percent As amerika Heads into its new future. High winds and rain continue to hamper efforts thursday to remove the remaining Oil in the grounded Tanker. An unidentified Volunteer right holds the Oil covered body of a sea Bird. S poisonous Sumburgh Shetland islands apr gales have always raked the Shetland islands but now the winds carry some thing new and terrible a Oil that is leaving a prawn poisonous stain on the rugged Green land. Since tuesday when a Tanker ran aground on the Southern end of Mainland Island the sea has carried the spilled Oil to the Shore where Waves and howling winds beat it into a froth that has spread As far As four Miles Inland. Winds of up to 80 Mph Friday again forestalled attempts to pump the remaining Oil from the Tanker. The department of transport said a Sheen of Oil now extends 17 Miles North of the wreck along the West coast although the main Slick is still hugging the South coast of Mainland. A a it a a total disaster a said Peter Hutchinson whose Home is less than a mile from the wrecked Tanker Braer. Quot its destroyed Pur Beautiful  Mainland is the largest Island in this archipelago 100 Miles North of the scottish coast. Farmers scrambled to get sheep to pastures in poisoned by oily mists arid worried about unharvested crops. Some parents kept their children out of school or sent them to relatives to the North to protect them from Oil droplets Over the islands Southern reach. The 89,700-ton Braer carrying 24,6 million Gallons of norwegian Oil to Canada ran aground in the Bay of Quondale after its engines failed in Hurricane Force winds. The rough weather is threatening to break the Braer apart which would spill the rest of the cargo. The air stinks of Oil stinging eyes and throats. At the South Point of Mainland pm a a droplets of Oil spatter clothing and cling to the skin. Dozens of people have complained of headaches sore throats and itchy eyes. Quot in a worried about breathing the fumes a said Hutchinson who has blocked every crack he can find in his Home and has washed a Slimy film from his car each Day since the Accident. Stores reported a run on bottled water Windshield wiper fluid and cleaning supplies As extra loads of laundry and scrub Bing were done. Houses facing the coast Bear telltale Brown splotches. Martin Hall director of environmental services for the Shetland islands Council said the Oil Mist poses no Long term threat to human health but said some farms have been badly affected. Their animals were evacuated and crops declared unfit to eat. He could provide no  land the tankers owners have pledged compensation. A Quot my turnips and cabbages have been condemned a said Willie Mainland. Mis farm is a half mile from the Bay where the ship grounded. Quot the sheep have been moved off to another pasture we re feeding them with dry feed. The cattle Are inside and being fed silage Quot he said. Helen Thomson who runs a trekking business eyed a puddle shimmering with the Rainbow smear of Petroleum and fretted about the health of her 30 ponies. Bergvall and Udner the shipping company that owns the Tanker said in a statement thursday night that a dutch Salvage Barge is expected to arrive sunday to Start pumping out the remaining Pil in the Braer a holds. But the company said the work will depend on weather  says serbs May have raped 20,000 Brussels Belgium apr some 20,000 Muslim women May have been raped by serbian fighters in the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Many May have died during or after the attacks according to a copy of a european Community report obtained thursday. A the indications Are that at least some of the rapes Are being committed in particularly sadistic ways so As to inflict maximum humiliation on the victims a said the confidential report a copy of which  available to the associated press by diplomatic sources demanding anonymity. The preliminary report prepared by an dec team sent to investigate allegations of widespread rape said it Quot received information strongly suggesting that Many women and More particularly children May have died during or after  the delegation was led by Dame Anne Warburton a former British ambassador to Denmark. She was chosen at a Summit last month of dec leaders in Edinburgh Scotland. T he group said in the four Page report that the a general View Quot of those it interviewed Quot was that a horrifying number of Muslim women had suffered rape and that this was  Quot while a precise figure for the number of victims involved cannot be Given the delegation accepts on the basis of evidence available to it that it is possible to speak of Many thousands. T he most reasoned estimate suggested to the delegation indicated a figure in the Region of 20,000 victims a it said. The investigation by the 12-nation trading bloc was launched after bosnian officials alleged that thousands of Muslim women have been raped by serb fighters a including neighbors and acquaintances a in attacks at Home or in special a rape