European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 19, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 9 East workers driven up the Wall protesting plans to shut Down an Eastern Germany Potash Plant at the Cost of some 400 jobs workers try to storm the Berlin Headquarters of the  Agency which earmarks companies for closure. The protesters say the Agency is botching its Job of restructuring the former East Germany. Metalworkers of wage pact in another East German state Rostock Germany a Union leaders an employers in another Eastern German state accepted a wage pact for striking metalworkers Early tuesday. The agreement with employers in Mecklenburg Vor Pommert was modelled on one reached in Sachsen last Friday. The 15,000 striking workers in Mecklenburg must vote on the agreement. The contract would bring Eastern German metalworkers wages up to Western Levels in 1996, two years later than earlier agreed upon. There was a possibility of further increases linked to productivity according to the in metall Union. Union members in Sachsen began voting on the pact monday and Are expected Back at work As Early As today. Similar agreements were reached by metalwork ers in Sachsen Anhalt and Thi Iringan states. In Berlin and surrounding Brandenburg 15,000  will continue their strikes said in metall. Business officials claim High wages will cause permanently High Levels of unemployment in the cast. The Leader of the 3.4-million-Mcmbcr in Meta Lunion Franz  was accused monday of in Sider trading with shares in a Daimler Benz subsidiary.  a member of the Daimler Benz Board of supervisors denied any impropriety. He said the allegations in Stern Magazine which said he made a profit of $39,000 on the Deal were an at tempt to discredit him. Britain May ask Japan to fund stonehenge work London a the japanese May be called upon to provide an estimated $22.5 million needed to fund improvements to the historical stonehenge site said England s heritage chief. It s rather sad to go abroad but you have to face up to that now said Jocclyn Stevens chair Man of English heritage. The British govern ment won t give us any Money and British Indus try is not in any state to come up with the Cash. Hundreds of thousands of. Japanese tourists come to this country As visitors and they arc deeply interested in our history and culture he Tola reporters at the 4,000-Ycar-old Stone Circle on Salisbury Plain. Stonehenge he said stands for everything. It s mysterious real and  in april a lawmakers committee of the House of commons criticized English heritage for the Way it care s for stonehenge. It said the clutter of fences roads signs inadequate parking and cramped and squalid visitor facilities was a National  arguments about improvements Center on pre serving views burial Sites and Farmland while providing convenient Access for motorists. Stevens said another solution would be to fund improvements out of the National lottery which is scheduled to Start in 1994. Lottery ticket sales will Benefit the arts sports heritage charities and a Mill Niue fund for projects to celebrate the year 2000. Historians say stonehenge probably was built to Obs rec the Sun. It is surrounded by some 450 ancient burial grounds and other archaeological Sites which suggests stonehenge had a role in rituals and ceremonies. It attracts nearly 1 million visitors yearly and Isth most popular of the 370 monuments Castle ruins and stately Homes cared for by state funded English heritage. Proposals for improvements were made in 1984 under Stevens predecessor lord Montagu who remarked after listening to his successor monday in France or the United states they would Nave got on with this Job and completed it years ago because they arc More go ahead thanks and our planning rules arc much More restrict  the Salisbury District Council the local elected government body has already rejected one set of proposals. Prince Charles praises poles who defied nazis Warsaw Poland a Britain s Prince Charles Laid a Wreath of White red and purple Flowers tuesday at the Monu ment to the 1944 Warsaw uprising against the nazis and praised the Cour age of the polish people. Later at Warsaw University the Prince spoke of the spirit of poles that shone Uke a Beacon As they fought through an appalling Catalon of unmentionable or this Century during the lifetime of cur on parents of have known in abyss of suffering hich to most people in  is incomprehensible he said. The Prince on the second of a four Day tour of Poland also met with prime minister Hanna Suchocka. Later he was to travel to the historic City of Gdansk on the Baltic for sightseeing and a tribute at Weste Platte where a German warship unleashed the first salvos of world War ii on sept. 1,1939. At the Warsaw uprising Monument the Prince in a dark Gray striped suit and Light Violet shirt was about to climb Back into his limousine when he was approached by a grateful Teresa Oliver. Oliver thanked the Prince for Foster ing her in England where she fled As an orphan after the our and lived for 20 years before returning to her native War saw the Prince invited her to return to England to see her old friends. A group of 9-year-old schoolgirls also turned out to meet their first Prince. He is just As i had imagined him gushed Monika. He is very  i Only thought he was a Little younger added Agniszka. The highly orchestrated plan for the visit contained in an Inch thick briefing Book for the press was thrown into a few moments of disarray when the line of limousines pulled up at the wrong Side of the uprising Monument. A Soldier carrying the Wreath the Prince was to Lay had to sprint 50 Yards to catch up with him and reporters waiting at the Monument heard British Security officials expressing consternation. The Prince met briefly at a Royal Castle reception monday night with the president of Poland s monarchists club which promotes restoration of a Noble ruling class. Poland s monarchy ended in disaster in 1795, when Poland was partitioned by Russia Prussia and Austria. The country did not return to Europe s map until after world War i. Clinton reportedly makes overtures to Vietnam Bangkok Thailand Yap president Clinton h a a \ it -.-.  e counterpart a message calling for a ".in, co operation  could Lead to nor  Jiwon of ties Between  Hington and Hanoi the c  \ srtr.in-. Nes  reported monday. The   conveyed by sen. John Kerry d . In a  with president be due Anh on  in . Said the report received in Bangkok. No further details of Clinton s message were Given. The l Ted states  an economic embargo we a or of. Tie free a against Vietnam after the com he South in 1975. Washing ,5 i a net be  i de  North took pm Hanoi makes a satisfactory accounting for the More than 2,200 americans still  from the Vietnam War. Anh said vietnamese have cooperated Are cooperating and will continue to cooperate with the . In solving this question the report said. Kerry chaired a Senate investigation into issues sur rounding prisoners of War and those missing in action. The final report of the select committee on pow Mia affairs said in january that there was no compel Ling evidence to indicate that any unaccounted for americans remain alive but insisted that the search for a full accounting must continue. More recently Hanoi officials scrambled to discredit document unearthed in Moscow that indicated Hanoi once held hundreds More american prisoners than i claimed. A subsequent investigation by a presidential envoy concluded that the document contained Many flaws including estimates for pos far beyond the largest number possible according to . Military re cords. Kerry who was accompanied by it. Gen. Thomas , head of the Pentagon s task Force charge with resolving the cases of the missing met with de sense minister Doan Khue and other officials before leaving sunday afternoon the report said