11 ermany's flag was low- people mobbed for the last time, replaced by a cheering throne black, red and gold flag of West mixture of New Ye M if'd in December. as Germany. Oktoberfest . and May Day. The division was the result of t ei of the Not everybody favors the re- At midnight, Berlin time, there the military forces that defeated East German economy. unification. West German author Colombia - Eight people were was one Germany for the first time Germany in 1945. West Germany Fireworks streaked across the Guenther Grass said, "it divides." killed yesterday when a laboratory that since World War II. Formally, East and West Berlin were in the zones sky and freedom bell cast in the He said East German will become, manufactured cocaine exploded in Germany was merged into West controlled by the United States, Brit- image of the liberty bell tolled at the "second-classes citizens," in a Ger- Medellin, Columbia. Official say five Germany. That means West Ger- ain and France. East Germany was moment of unification. many dominated by West Germans. victims were children, aged four and five. The blast destroyed six houses and seriously damaged five others. A Vietnam asks U.S. to end embargo Medellin official says dynamite stored Facts about Germany ser a floor in the drug lab apparently Vietnam is calling for an end to U.S intervention in the war . and ploded by accident. the U.S economic embargo against says the government has worked to Federal Republic of Ger- written by Franz Josef it in order forHanoi and Washing- find Americans still listed as missing Haydn in South Africa - Authorities in the In- 1797. It's opening words are ton to normalize relations. and help the half-Vietnamese chil- many. dian Ocean port city of Durban, South Population: Sixty-one mil- unity, and justice and freedom. Africa, say a computer consultant was Secretary of State James Baker dren fathered by Americans. lion in West Germany plus 16.6 Currency: The two Ger- killed Tuesday when he opened a meets this week with the Vietnam- The United States currently million in East Germany, for a many's joined their economies booby-trapped package. A company ese foreign minister. Official Hanoi bars all America commercial deal- on July 1. Since spokesman says he believes the bomb- radio last night said the meeting is ings with Vietnam. U.S business- total of 77.6 million people. then, West Ger- Size: West Germany's many's ing was politically motivated because important . but added that normal- man have complained that the em- Deutsche Mark has been 95,975 square miles plus East the official currency. the firm has sold computer equipment izing relations requires concrete bargo hurts them while other na- African National Congress. State-run to actions to go along with the talks. tions rush into the newly opening Germany's 41,768 square States: Five East German radio quotes the ANC comdemning the The radio says Vietnam forgives market. miles. Total: 137,743 square States added to West Germany. attack as "dastardly." miles, or more than half the size Capital: Berlin became the of Texas. capital of all Germany today. Lebanon- Members of thePalestine National Flag: The West Bonnwillremainthe seatofgov- Liberation Organization guerrilla Iraq offers to destroy weapons German Flag, with broad hori- CreiRCL group Fatah discovered a booby- Iraq is offering to liquidate it's He specifically mentiamed Iraq's in a crowded zontal black, red, and gold Government: Hdmut trapped car yesterday weapons of mass-destruction. arsenal of chemical weapons. market in Sidon, Lebanon. Security stripes, with no emblem. Kohl, West Germany's chan- Iraq's ambassador to the United sources say the occupants of the car The Iraqi foreign ministry says National Anthem: West cellor, becames Germany' belonged to a renegade Palestinian fac- Iraq is ready to destroy it's chemical States has reacted favorably to Germany's current National leader until election day on Dec. tion. Members fired back and killed and biological weapons if other na- Bush's U.N. speech. He said, "at hymn, which is part of a poem 2. Kohl is being challenged by him. They then drove the car and the tions in the region destroy theirs. least it has pointed out the need for a called Deutschlandlied, or Ger- Social Democrat Oskar Lafon- body to an open area and blew them up. President Bush, in his address peaceful settlement" man song. It uses a melody taine. Monday to the U.N General Assem- An aircraft carrier, the U.S.S Soviet Union - The Russian Ortho- bly, called for a destruction of Independence, sailed into the Per- dox church will make a memorial chemical weapons in the Mideast. sian Gulf yesterday. shrine out of the site where Russians last Czar and his family were executed. The site of the house that Nicholas the Second died in has been given to the GDC tops 100 - million gallon mark in water production church by the City Council of Sverdlovsk. Nicholas and his family Guantanamo Bay - The John Kullberg, the site manager Gitmo's R.O.'s produce an aver- enticing." were killed by the Bolsheviks in July Gitmo Desal Corporation (GDC) for GDC said "it's the completeness age of 500,000 gallons per day. It's Another advantage of R.O.'s is 1918. Opponents of communism say the produced it's 100,000,000th gallon and the accuracy of the design of the R.O.'s support ofGitmo ifi's wa- their mobility. killing was the first major Bolshevik of water at midnight last night. these R.O. systems that makes them ter production that enabled the base "We got the contract in late The two commercial reverse so reliable." Kullberg said Aqua to get out of Water Condition Bravo. December 1989," said the GDC Site (continued on page 3) osmosis units started producing Design (located in Campbell, Calif.) Another plus of the reliable wa- Manager. "Then we had the system water on April 17 and topped the specifically designed Gitmo's ter-making system is its ability to in Gitmo and on line by April 1990, magic 100-million-gallon mark in R.O.'s to meet our water production continually produce. just three and a half months later." USA just five and a half months. needs. "Since we started making water Kullberg said reverse osmosis is The R.O.'s were a question mark "And it's the pump that's de- for the base, we have had less than relatively knew technology and this News in some residents minds when they signed for this application that one percent down time. So 99 per- type of water making process has its first arrived because of the frequent makes the system so durable," Kull- cent of the time, we are able to make skeptics. There a few, if any skeptics problems encountered with the two berg said. "It's extremely reliable. It water for residents," Kullberg said. left in Guantanamo after the per- Washington - President Bush U.S. Army R.O. units. also has an energy recovery turbine In a recent report from the Navy formance of the units which pro- made a broadcast address last night to The R.O.'s installation was part on it to keep the efficiency level News Service, it stated the Navy was duced well over 600,000 gallons of try to get members of congress, espe- of an effort to relieve the pressure felt high." looking into the possibility using fresh water every day. It helped the cially from his own party, to back the reason for the GDC reverse osmosis on ships. deficit reduction plan. Bush warned by Gitmo II as the base's only pro- Another base not to take large bites out of the economic hardship, even recession, ducerof fresh water. When GitmolII R.O.'s durability and performance is "That's not surprising," ex- valuable water storage supplies and may follow if the plan is not enacted. had major problems and needed re- the diligence of the operators, ac- plained Kullberg. "Once you pay for survive in between water barges. building, theGDC R.O. filled the gap cording to Kullberg. the equipment, the operating costs Five Republicans, led by Georgia rep- Now the base is in Water Condition resentative Newt Gingrich, a conserva- as the only available source of pro- "We have eight operators, one are very reasonable. Add to that their Delta and residents can thank the tive leader, announced yesterday they ducing fresh water. The combination mechanical technician, myself and light weight and ability to use less oppose the budget plan. of the GDC R.O.'s andbarging water our secretary. We have two-man electrical power and you have a cost- GDC professionals for their part in saw Gitmo through the remainder of coverage with the R.O.'s 24 hours a effective system. It's the combina- helping to make Gitmo a "greener" Washington--DavidSouteristo be it's water crisis. day," he said. tion of size and cost that make R.O.'s place in which to live. worn in next Tuesday as the 105th ember of the U.S Supreme Court. The Senate confirmed him on a 90-9 vote yesterday. The court presently is split Gitmo's stopping fraud, waste & abuse on official telephone lines with four liberals and four conserva- all seven lines, in which we aver- sonal calls, increased usability for morale calls after hours to contact tives social issues. Souter could tum the By J03 LISA PETRILLO aged 200 phone calls an hour.