St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • 15

i WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 15 1989 ST LOUIS POST DISPATCH 15A ft Travel Travel Restrictions Eased Bonn Salvador more open and creates new oppor equal exchange' 4 SHMt I SHOP BY PHONE 24 HOURS A DAY 421 1194 OR 1 800 528 2345 AMOUS BARR biu il WINDOWS OVERLAND 1570 Page Industrial Court STEEL DOORS abolished Travel abroad to stay there permanently lias been simplified" BOX BAY WINDOWS from s850 percent over the previous year Ada mec said The government will take steps to remove unnecessary red tape to make travel easier he said aim is that Czechoslovakia be come a country for which travel and tourism represent not only a signifi cant sum in the state budget but also the satisfaction of its he said He added: limit on the number BASEMENT WINDOWS as low as s99 had enough firepower and stamina to continue indefinitely US and Salvadoran officials insist that the rebels have not achieved their goals of taking military installa tions or killing government officials But the rebel commanders said they had achieved their first goal of con solidating territory and planned now to coordinate offensives with their fighters in other neighborhoods Rebel leaders ordered the offensive after announcing that they would not attend peace talks scheduled for Mon day and Tuesday in Caracas Venezuela They said rightist gov ernment was not negotiating seriously and blamed it for the Oct 31 bombing of a union headquarters The attack killed 10 people and wounded 29 in cluding two Americans In Washington President George Bush criticized the rebels for "sense less He also renewed a charge that the leftist Sandinista gov ernment of Nicaragua was continuing to arm the Salvadoran guerrillas speakable harm was inflicted on dif ferent peoples here above all Europe an Jews in the name of Germany vow here once again to do everything to ensure that life dignity justice and freedom for all persons regardless of what God they worship what nation they belong to and what heritage they have remain unvio lated on this five day visit to Poland was Intended to sweep away 50 yeans of mutual suspicion since the Nazi inva sion of Poland that triggered World Warll After he returned to Warsaw from Auschwitz Kohl signed the joint dec laration with Polish Premier Tadeusz BAY BOW WINDOWS from s950 rom page one planning After a week of dramatic develop ments in East European countries President Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union said in Moscow: have a common direction which fosters the building of a Euro pean home for it makes the countries closer more open and creates new opportunities for human contact and an equal In East Germany the Liberal Dem ocrats a party that is allied with the Communists but showing signs of inde pendence said pro democracy groups should be invited to talks aboiit East future Discussions this spring between Polish authorities and Solidarity which were given that name led to a non Communist government in Poland Changes promised so far by Com munist Party leader Egon Krenz who took over last month from hard liner Erich Honecker have resulted in more questions than answers Hauss mann said in Bonn East new premier Hans Modrow appears to want a streamlin ing of the bureaucracy but has given no indication that he will urge wide spread changes such as those that have been made in Hungary and Poland He was quoted Tuesday in a West German newspaper as saying the Ber lin Wall could remain open to travel but would not come down our country there is little crimi nal activity cases of AIDS and drugs are virtually he was quoted as saying uur people are asx ing themselves why they just leave that as it ADN the official East German news agency said the government might open a part of the wall near the Brandenburg Gate as yet another pas sage between East and West Berlin The monument is near the wall In East CALL NOW and get a REE WINDOW with every four Wellington high performance windows you order Choose from our complete line of all vinyl or custom clad wood windows in styles shapes and sizes to meet your needs Every window is custom made to install into your existing opening with no mess or fuss See for yourself there is no rom page one travel freely to the West Adamec did not say when the new regulations would take effect but gov ernment sources insisting on anonym ity said it would be Jan 1 processing of travel docu ments is being speeded Adamec told the ederal Assembly or Parlia ment travel to non socialist countries and to Yugoslavia exit visas will not be Yugoslavia does not require visas from Czechs and the Yugoslav Adriat ic coast is a favorite summer travel spot for Czechs Travel to other East bloc countries is visa free except for Poland and the Soviet Union Czechs previously wanting to travel to the West had to obtain a passport and then apply for exit visas with Inte rior Ministry authorities That process 1 requires stamps of approval from lo cal Communist Party branches em ployers and the army and takes as long as 30 days Under the new rules those who i want to travel to the West still must apply for visas from the Western country that they want to visit President George Bush praised announcement Compiled rom News Services WARSAW Poland West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl told his Pol ish hosts Tuesday that the issue of German reunification concerned all of Europe and must be approached with great sensitivity Kohl spoke at a news conference after signing a joint declaration with the Solidarity led government at the end of his historic visit The declara tion opens the way to close economic cooperation and repeats previous West German commitments to re spect western border In the division of Germany after World War II a nortion was elven to Poland framework of annual meetings of community leaders It will take place Saturday night at Elysee Palace the rench residence The meeting will be the first concerted European action to as sess the changes in East Germany Poland Hungary czecnosiovaKia and Bulgaria over the last few weeks The calling of the meeting indicates an attempt by western Europe to retain some control over those changes rench offi cials and analysts said Tuesday The meeting was called by Pres ident rancois Mitterrand the current president of the community Wellington WINDOW DOOR COMPANY dent Communist Party in Lithuania that could enact laws that the Kremlin on riday declared unconstitutiqpal That could head off a Lithuanian at tempt to follow its Baltic neighbor Estonia in annulling the decision to join the Soviet Union back in 1940 Eduardas Vilkas a Lithuanian dep uty in the Supreme Soviet who spoke during a break in legislative debate said he thought the topic of the discus sions would be the possible declara tion of an independent Lithuanian DOUBLE HUNGS GARDEN rom CASEMENTS from 175 In the last two years the govern ment has allowed thousands of Czechs to spend their vacations in the West In the summer months cars with Czech license plates are a common sight on Austrian and West German highways The number of visits by Czechs to i people of Czechoslovakia the West increased last year by 30 have the same aspirations for free dom that others have and I would expect see further changes there just as we have seen in Poland Hungary and in East Bush said "So a very good and encouraging Czechoslovakia has been among the most resistant countries in the Soviet bloc to political changes and has cracked down on dissent But it has gradually allowed its people greater of visits to relatives abroad has been freedom to travel abolished Travel abroad to stay there Western diplomats said the easing permanently nas been of limits on travel to the West has Under liberalized travel rules tens helped Czechoslovakia avoid a build of thousands of Czechs visited the up of mass dissatisfaction such as that West last summer But several leading which fueled demands for political dissidents continue to be denied the change in neighboring East Germany right to travel abroad Berlin and is among the best known symbols Before East Germany opened its borders Thursday the gate had been a major rallying point for demonstra tors seeking freedom to travel to the West Hundreds of West Berliners gathered near there Tuesday in hopes a hole would be opened A leader of New orum East Ger main opposition group said that it could work with a revamped Communist Party but that naming Mo drow premier was not enough are still too many people in top positions with whom dialogue is not juergen lanig spoxes man for the group in Leipzig said in a West German radio interview More changes could be made at a special party congress in East Berlin on Dec 15 17 The congress which can change the entire leadership set policy and alter party statutes was called late Monday by the party Cen tral Committee Pro democracy advocates have held big demonstrations demanding an end to the 4U year monopoly on power by the Communist Party Al though Modrow did not indicate whether the opposition would be al lowed in his coalition he pledged to seek more cooperation with the four small parties allied with the Communists Guenter Schabowski one of the most prominent Politburo members and a leading advocate of change re signed as party chief for East Berlin adn said and was replaced by Hans Albrecht Schabowski had indicated earlier he might surrender the post because of a heavy workload He remains the nartv's nrooaganda chief and politi cal analysts believe he may get an important job Moarow caoinei Guenther Maleuda the new non Communist speaker of Parliament said he would seek to alter the first article of the constitution which de fines the Communist leading role in society The party has used the provision to defend its power monopoly rom page one man Col Raul Arturo Lopez said the curfew us to carry out ouractions with as little risk as tocivilians The expanded curfew was an Auschwitz death camp where 4 mil i lion people were murdered by the Nazis during World War II most of them Jews Kohl was accompanied by Heinz Galinski head of the West Ger man Jewish Community Council and Rabbi Menachem Joskowicz from Warsaw only rabbi Kohl laid a wreath at the wall of death where 30000 prisoners were shot and another in Birkenau where the crematoriums were situated He bowed his head at the wall and stood in silence as Joskowicz recalled the Holocaust and prayed for the dead Kohl wrote in the camp book: warning given by this a DUlUUll WCW KIVGtt IV U1UUU Also Tuesday Kohl visited the Place must never be forgotten Un ban commanders held an hourlong press conference in an apartment building in Zacamil had a series of victories in the countryside but this is said a rebel who goes by the name of Amilcar in the city because the heart of the enemy This is the economic political and military nounced on the radio early Tuesday The rebel commanders said they Men and women many of them hun gry from days without food ran out of their neighborhoods carrying babies dogs and paper bags with a few mea ger belongings Outside Soyapango men caught away from home stood helplessly on the roadside watching a 47 gunship fire on communities where their fam ilies were stuck In the distance a spotter plane fired rockets at suspect ed rebel positions on the slope of San Jacinto volcano just beyond a popu lated area In his first news conference since the offensive beghn President Al fredo Cristiani denied that the rebels held any territory and said their as sault did not threaten his right wing government But a Western diplomat said the guerrillas had the military initiative "The guerrillas are clearly on the offensive he said been held at bay for 60 hours The cur few means they have To dramatize their presence and explain their offensive four rebel ur In Poland Kohl Avoids Reunification Issue Mazowiecki They said secure tog tiers were essential for peace in Eu rope but stopped short of fonriaTty legalizing postwar frontiers as sought by Poland Inviolability of borders as well as respect for the territorial Integrity and sovereignty of all states in Europe in their existing borders are a fiihda mental precondition for 'the statement said Of major importance to Polandwe clauses in which West Germany says it will strive to ensure that $39 billion debt is rescheduled a long term arrangement on terms that take account of the coufitys ability to WINDOW Thermo AtBKk flRH R9 ERB 78" thermo' welded vinyl ERB WR Rn pane insulated construction MBJ BB RB glass 20 Year EmH Bfl HP Tilt in Warranty RB BR RBflk RR RH leaning Compiled rom Newt Services PARIS rance has called a meeting lot the 12 leaders of the European Community discuss the recent developments in the sit uation in The Western European summit conference is a rare and hastily arranged event outside the usual no one should claim a victory in tne cold war With a week of dramatic devel opments in East Germany Bui garia and Czechoslovakia behind" them Gorbachev met with rench oreign Minister Roland Dumas' in Moscow and made his most de tailed remarks about the changes Tass the state run news agency quoted Gorbachev as saying that' the East European countries in volved were different 1 in their starting conditions econ nomic possibilities in their level of political culture and historical heritage But they have a com mon direction which fosters the building of a European home for A spokesman for Mitterrand it makes the countries closer said that at the request of several more open and creates new oppor other European leaders the 1 tunities for human contact and an rench president had a long tele equal Top Lithuanians Called To Moscow MOSCOW (AP) me poncy maK ing Politburo has summoned the Lith uanian communist rariy reaucisiup to Moscow today in an apparent effort to quiet one of the more restive Soviet republics legislators reported No official announcement was made of the summons which was re coiled bv a grass roots Lithuanian group named Sajudis and two national deputies irom tne Litnuama Thev said 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