European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Rebels extort Drivers in South Mexico san crist6bal de Las Casas Mexico apr Indian rebels in Mexico a Remote impoverished South set up roadblocks around villages they control and forced Drivers to pay a a War  a what we want is socialism to exterminate capitalism a said a rebel Leader at one Roadblock who refused to give his name. At least 65 people have been killed in Chiapas state since saturday when an estimated 1,000 rebels attacked government installations in several towns and villages demanding better treatment for local indians. Indian rebels held three towns and battled soldiers monday but the army apparently was avoiding an All out offensive on the conflicts third Day. President Carlos Salinas de Gortari appealed for a truce in the country a first organized uprising in two decades. _ the . Embassy in Mexico City sent representatives to help any americans who May be caught up in the revolt in this popular tourist state. It was not known How Many americans Are in the area but the embassy said apparently no americans who want to leave have been unable to do so. Mexico moved More troops into san Cristobal de Las Casas a 16th-Century town of 80,000 people that retains much of its colonial Charm and is in the Middle of several mayan villages. The rebels took Over san Cristobal on saturday morning and left it sunday. On monday with a curfew in effect the arched walkways around the Plaza normally bursting with activity were nearly vacant. A this is a Bohemian Community a lots of old hippies and intellectuals who like to go out at night listen to music and drink Coffee a said Mario Antonia Guerrerro the owner of a restaurant closed for now. A now everybody just wants to stay  rebels set up roadblocks and were demanding payment of a a War tax from motorists a tactic common to rebels in Al Salvador and Nicaragua in the 1980s. The rebels have denied any ties to armed groups elsewhere in the area. The Independent Excelsior news Agency put the Indian rebels Point weapons at journalists to keep them away from a Roadblock near oco Singo in Southern Mexico. Number of troops in the entire Chiapas state at about 12,000, roughly one fifth of the mexican army. The government news Agency no Timex said soldiers were stopping cars and trucks travelling to some places in the state allowing Only foot traffic. Rebels still were holding the towns of Altamirano Hui Tan and Chanal. Fighting remained heaviest in oco Singo where residents reached by Telephone said rebels were firing at an estimated dozen army helicopters circling the area. Bonn Germany apr lighting up in a restaurant is about As sacred to germans As the right to barrel Down an autobahn at Breakneck speeds. You can gag turn Green Point to your infant a but the smoker at the next table Likely will keep taking drags Between his bites of bratwurst. Some German politicians including prominent opposition figure Ingrid Matthaus Maier want to end uncontrolled puffing. They Are proposing that smoking be banned at the workplace in eateries in subway cars and in other Public places and that violators be fined. Will they succeed the German cigarette Industry Hopes not. One third of the adult populace smokes but some of them might begin to wonder whether the habit is Worth it if they Arentt Able to Light up in Public. Germany is a smokers Paradise. You done to have to worry about a lecture from a nonsmoker if you draw on a cigarette in Public. Unlike in the unite states secondary smoke is not generally viewed by germans As a health threat. In the United states restrictions on smoking in Public places Are enforced in Many state and local jurisdictions. Many private businesses have banned smoking in their buildings and a number of states Are considering proposals to ban smoking at the workplace. Smoking is also banned on All . Domestic flights and is restricted in Federal offices. France passed a Law against smoking in enclosed Public places in 1992 with mixed results. Subway users obey the ban but people still Light up in cards. In Germany the Federal railway has created no smoking sections on its trains. Lufthansa the National airline has done the same on its flights. Some restaurants and offices have followed suit. But there is no Law against smoking in Public places. Roland Sauer a lawmaker with Chancellor Helmut Kohls Christian democrats said he wants to introduce a parliamentary Bill this year that would make smokers go to designated areas if they want to Light up on air planes and subways in restaurants Ana at work. Offenders would be fined 100 Marks or about $59. Offending establishments and companies could be fined up to $2,900. Sauer made the proposal in an article that appeared in mondays editions of the newsmagazine focus. Matthius Maier Deputy chief of the opposition social democrats threw her support behind Sauer. A the current practice of allowing smoking in restaurants and at the workplace must be reversed. Children and other nonsmokers should be protected from secondary smoke a she told the Cologne newspaper express. At least 40 other Federal politicians also Back the Effort Sauer said. The Federal association for the cigarette Industry a lobbying group doubts its adversaries will succeed. Former Griesheim Airfield May become nature Park by de Reavis staff writer Griesheim Germany a German officials plan to convert the former Griesheim army Airfield into a nature Park with a smattering of new housing a spokesman for the City of Griesheim said tuesday. Officials representing Griesheim and neighbouring Darmstadt continue to discuss the fut tre of the Airfield property he said and have tentatively agreed to permit some residential construction on the fringes of the Airfield but to leave most of the area untouched. The undeveloped area would serve As a nature Park for endangered plants and Small animals the spokesman said. Both Griesheim and Darmstadt claim portions of property which measures about 2 Square Miles. The property is about 20 Miles South of Frankfurt. The stars and stripes compound is next to the former Airfield. A should stars and stripes Ever leave Griesheim the property would be open to development which would possibly in elude a hotel a the spokesman said. He denied recent local press reports that the former Airfield including the stars and stripes property would be fully developed to include construction of a civil Airport. Gemot Kohler a German businessman has proposed More extensive development of the property. However a Kohl Era a vision has no Chance of being adopted by the joint Griesheim Darm Stadt commission that has the authority Over the property a the spokesman said. The former army Airfield was the Home of the 421st medevac in and was turned Over to the German Federal government in August 1992. F a we had constant complaints about noise pollution from residents around the Airfield when the army was stationed there a the spokesman said. A we could never get voters approval for another Airport on the  Berlin bomb suspect held in Lebanon Berlin apr the alleged Mastermind of the 1986berlin disco bombing that led to retaliatory . Airstrikes on Libya is in a lebanese jail and Germany is trying to get him extradited authorities said tuesday. The suspect a palestinian has been wanted by Germany since 1990 in the la Belle disco bombing which killed two off duty . Soldiers and a turkish woman said Frank Thiel a spokesman for the Berlin prosecutors office. President Reagan saying he had conclusive evidence Libya was behind the april 5, 1986, attack on the locale frequented by american soldiers ordered bombing raids on Libya that occurred just 10 Days later. The suspect identified Only As Yousse c., was accredited at the time As a dipl mat at the libyan embassy across the Berlin Wall in East Germany Thiel said. He said Germany requested the Many extradition last August. A German foreign ministry spokes Man confirmed that Germany was Stii waiting for a reply from Lebanon who embassy phones in Bonn went unanswered