European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes world tuesday january 25, 1994 Yeltsin dismisses general who was elected to Duma from wire reports Moscow president Boris n. Yeltsin dismissed his military adviser Gen. Dmitry Volk Pronov on monday because of to Logonov selection to parliament Yeltsin s office announced. Yeltsin also removed to Logonov As co chairman of a joint  committee investigating the Fate of american prisoners of War and . Soldier missing from world War ii and the wars in Korea and Vietnam. To Logonov s successor was not named. Legislators in the parliament s lower House the Duma cannot hold government jobs except As Cabinet ministers. To Logonov was elected to the Duma in the dec. 12 elections As a Deputy of the pro Reform Russia s Choice bloc. The 65-year-old military historian has served a Yeltsin s adviser since March 1991. Holding hands banned Potenza Italy the new Rule for Romance a school keep your hands to yourself. The principal of a technical High school has banned hand holding among couples after coming across a pair walking hand in hand through the Halls. \. Riccardo Latella ordered Maurizio Postiglione 18, and Manuela Capriglione 17, to walk apart. He then suspended Postiglione for three Days and Capriglione for two saying they displayed incorrect and disrespectful behaviour in the presence of the  Latella later claimed the couple was actually walking Arm in Arm Down the stairs impeding the flow of students and raising the risk that someone might fall. The parents of the two students and their classmates in the Southern italian town have protested. But Latella has been unyielding. We Are not in a nightclub but in a school he said. Thieves take Teddy bears Harlow England four men armed with handgun held up a Hospital shop sunday _ threatened the staff and fled with their loot Teddy bears and chocolates. Police with tracker dogs searched the ground Sand a nurses apartment building adjacent to Princess Alexandra Hospital police said. The men whose motives were not immediately Clear eluded police. The four Man gang struck shortly before 5 . Atthe Hospital in Harlow 20 Miles Northeast of London. No Money was taken but the men grabbed some Teddy bears and chocolates before running off in the direction of the nurses Home a police spokesman said. Hebrew Folk Singer Dies Jerusalem Benny Amdursky famous for popularizing country Western renditions of hebrew Folk songs died of cancer sunday in Tel Aviv. He was 63. The Jerusalem born Amdursky was part of the singing duo Duda Yim the hebrew word for Mandrake a native wild Apple. He and partner Yisrael Gurion played a key Rolein popularizing classical hebrew songs before Rock n1 roil became dominant Japan must ease stand on Bentsen says by Paul Blustein and Clay Chandler the Washington Post Tokyo Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen warned japanese prime minister Morihiro Hosokawa on sunday that the United states will re examine its Trade policy toward Japan unless the two nations reach credible Trade agreements by their feb. 11 Summit meeting. Bentsen s Tough remarks came two Days after Hoso Kawa s government was plunged into a crisis Over Domestic electoral Reform that could Cost the prime min ister his Job. Still Bentsen made Clear that the Clinton administration is insisting on significant Trade conces Sions from Tokyo regardless of the problems facing the Reform minded japanese Leader. The Treasury chiefs admonition delivered at presi Dent Clinton s request appears to have increased the likelihood of a .-japanese collision in the weeks ahead even As Hosokawa struggles to hang on to his White House aides have been warning for some time that the president cannot afford to be perceived As Tak ing a soft line on Japan whose Trade surplus with the United states has continued to Rise despite pledges by Tokyo to open the japanese Market. Japan s Trade sur plus with the United states Rose from $44 billion in 1992 to $50 billion in 1993. On sunday administration officials stressed that no matter who the prime minister is the United states i negotiating with the japanese government and not an individual. Indeed rather than playing Down expectations for the upcoming .-japanese Summit Bentsen raised the stakes. In his meeting with Hosokawa he dismissed suggestions that Washington would agree to relax terms of several Trade pacts aimed at increasing japanese Pur chases of foreign autos Auto parts telecommunication equipment and other products. The pacts Are scheduled to be completed soon under deadlines set in a framework agreement struck last july when Clinton was in Japan for a Summit meeting of the leading industrialized nations. The Accord establishes Broad principles governing their economic relationship. I told Hosokawa that we want a Good set of agreements. We would far prefer no agreements to weak agreements Bentsen told a news conference after a half hour meeting with the prime minister. If we do not have credible agreements by the time of the Summit we would have to re examine the basis of the  asked if he was making a threat Bentsen said he did not intend to and was simply reflecting the realities of the  but the Tenor of his comments was strik ing Given the warm endorsements that Clinton and other administration officials have extended to Hosokawa and the difficult political situation facing the Japa Nese Leader. Saved from starvation Manila zoo workers wheel a sedated siberian Tiger to its new Home in the philippine capital after eight of the big cats were transferred monday from their Cage in Pagan Jan South of Manila. The British group International fund for animal welfare rescued 15 siberian tigers from hunger and near death after their alleged owner a German businessman abandoned them in the face of a forgery Case against him. Only 300 such tigers Are known to exist wily Dagobert foiled again along with police Berlin a directed to a rail Spur the police officer found the extor Toner s latest invention a Battery pow ered vehicle that with the press of a but ton sped Down the track carrying$800,000. But a Bolt a half mile Down the track derailed the Gadget and once again Dagobert the name chosen by the Man who has bombed three department stores since june 1992 failed to get his Cash. After More than a dozen schemes forgetting payoffs to Stop his attacks phony Bills Are the most the bomber has  he has managed to elude police just As he did saturday night in Berlin. No one has been Hurt in the attacks but police say that is Only by Chance. The mos recent bombing on dec. 6 in a Little used elevator of a Berlin department store occurred during business hours. He has a very Good electronic knowl Edge and he is very cautious police spokesman Hartmut Kapp said sunday. In one scheme Dagobert sent police magnetized Metal boxes to be filled with his payoff and then used radio controls to re lease them from speeding rail cars. He has also twice escaped through sewers. This month police have attempted two deliveries the first to involve real Cash. Last May after they gave Dagobert his second bundle of phony Cash a second bomb went off in the Karstadt depart ment store Chain. Saturday s was Dagobert s most inventive attempt said Kapp a police spokes Man in Hamburg where the first bomb ing occurred. First a police officer was sent to Aphone Booth where he picked up a key and a note directing him to Berlin Charlottenburg freight station. There he found and unlocked a wooden Box cover ing the rail Riding Gadget. A new note instructed him to place the package of German Marks in a Saddle on the device and to press a Button. The de vice sped off at 20 Mph As the office gave Chase on a parallel Road twice hit Ting tripwire that set off warning flares. Dagobert had put tape on uneven sections of track but was foiled by the Bolt that derailed the delivery device Kap said. Exactly a week before the rail Yard fail ure another meticulously planned scheme failed when Dagobert instructed police to put his payoff under a sewer rate in Berlin District. But police put the Money on top of the Pate Kapp said. By the time they realized their mistake and shooed away Graffiti artist and a Man who had come to urinate it was too late. Dagobert who had been underground monitoring the activity with a Micro phone escaped through a sewer exit