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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday november 30,1988 Gorbachev pushing plan to allow veto of his rulings Moscow a president Mikhail Gorbachev told the supreme soviet or parliament tuesday i would gain the right to veto his decisions if it adopts his revised proposals to overhaul the soviet political system. In a speech opening a three Day special session of the supreme soviet Gorbachev said the Kremlin leadership included the veto proposal among 88 changes i recommended in response to 250,000 Public com ments on the new election Law and constitutional amendments put before the body tuesday. The original drafts published just five weeks ago sparked widespread criticism that the changes would concentrate Loo much Power in the president in a nation with a history of deadly dictatorship. Reading from a new draft Gorbachev said the supreme soviet has the right to Veio decrees of the presidium instructions of the president of the supreme soviet and the leadership would be required 10 account to Lim  at Leas once a year. Gorbachev also promised other changes would pre serve the soviet Union s traditional tile chive style of leadership. It was not immediately Clear whether he was giving up his original proposal to strengthen the traditionally ceremonial presidency by giving the president chairmanship of the defense Council and responsibility for overseeing foreign policy. The latest draft of the proposed changes also responded in complaints from Small republics including Estonia. Latvia and Georgia by increasing the republics representation in one of the Bouses of the bicameral parliament. But Gorbachev indicated he would put off for the Lime being the most politically explosive elements of his Reform plan which have led to a constitutional crisis in Estonia and sparked outspoken opposition elsewhere. He called on the lawmakers to create a special com Mission to Settle the question of division of Powe Between the is soviet republics and he Central government and suggested the deputies limit this session to overhauling the government Structure. The president rejected complaints that the principle of one Man one vote is violated by a plan to let Orga Jii Zaions such As the communist party and Trade unions elect one third of the deputies in a new con Gress of people s deputies. Gorbachev said the Reform now clearly Stales that ugh Stive elections can he multiple candidates but he added that because numerous candidates could be proposed they must face preliminary discussion be fore their local nominating commissions. The soviet Leader also hinted at promised future reforms. They include a rewrite of the preamble of the soviet Constitution including the definition of socialist  he said the Legal system would be reformed to enable the courts to be fully Independent nose Down Landing an Indian air inn  plane rests with its now to Airport in new Delhi Fndia tuesday after flight from the ground after crashing while Landing at Indira Gandhi Bombay. Six aft Hajel s 173 passengers were injured. World today banana pickers continue strike against . Firm Tegucigalpa Honduras a a strike by about 12,000 banana pickers employed by a . Company entered its second Day monday after the government failed to bring Union Leader Totsc negotiating table. The striker on sunday occupied the offices an plantations of United. Brand to demand that the com Pany contribute More than s60 million to improve their housing education and roads. The average worker at United brands cams about1190 per month. South Africa to repatriate american stowaway Durban South Africa a a , woman who hid inside a ship s Container for three weeks As stowaway will be repatriated to the United states a government official said tuesday. Dries coerce regional representative of the Home affairs department said Sylvia Grimes Harper 43, would be flown out of South Africa As soon As travel arrangements could be made. Grimes Harper was found last week inside a sealed Container hat had been loaded onto a freight train after arriving aboard the Sexton a freighter that docked in Durban after a three week voyage  England. Authorities said she apparently survived on a Supply of baby food and bottled water. She was discovered after a Workman heard tapping from inside the Container. The name of the woman s Hometown Wai not Avail Able. " policemen drugged by buns meant for suspect Helsinki Finland a a Polt Man drove into a ditch near Banc Kokaj Central Finland after eat ing drugged buns meant for an imprisoned suspect officials confirmed tuesday. In he incident last week several people reported a police car that was disrupting traffic and noted thai two policemen at the Aane Koski police station were behaving in a Orange manner according to fellow police. All three policemen were sent to the local health enter and were investigated by a doctor before being ordered Home. The buns which contained powdered Tranquili Persand sleeping pills were brought to the police station by the Girlfriend of a remanded suspect police inspector Raimo Pell Vuori said tuesday. In accordance with policy the buns were not Al Lowed to be delivered to the prisoner and the officer 66 duly put the drug laced buns on the policemen s Coffey talc. Bugs reportedly uncovered in residence of envoy stood Holm Sweden u w technicians recently found listening devices in the swedish ambassador s Moscow residence that were suspected to be part of a bugging system uncovered in 1986, news reports have  swedish daily afro bladet reported that Security police technicians discovered the microphones i a third building of the swedish embassy Complex in Moscow the residence of ambassador Anders Thunborg. Dem j q h j u k Otto r n by Dies i n plunge from to we r Jerusalem a an attorney for convicted nazi War criminal John dam Manjuk died tuesday after hurling him self from Thi Ostli Story of an office lower a police spokesman said. The death of s3-year-old Dov Eitan came less than a week before Israel s supreme court was scheduled to Hearde Manjuk s Appeal of his conviction and death sentence for nazi War crimes. The Appeal had been set to begin Mon Day. Demjan Juk s son in Law de Nishnic said in a Telephone interview in Cleve land tuesday that Elian was to present about 60 percent of Demjan Juk s Appeal. He said he doubted Demjan Juk s other attorneys would be Able to argue the Case next week and was confident the defense would be Gran Ted a delay. Nishnic said thai one of the lawyers colleagues talked to Eilan on monday and that Eilan was in Good spirits. He was looking Forward to defending dem Manjuk and said he was not worried about the Prospect of being threatened or pressured mistimed  served for 17 years on the Jeru Salem District court Bench before retiring in 1983. His agreement in August to join the Demjan Juk defense was widely viewed in Israel As adding prestige to the team. V police spokesman ran Levy Laid Eilan died at 8 30 . After hurling him self from an upper floor of the City Tow ers office Tompley Ini downtown Jerusa Lem police spokesman Rafi Levy said. He jumped from Tae 15th floor Levy said. There arc no other  Israel radio reported police found bits of polish from Eilan s shoes on the Sill of the window that he fell from. It said the window was in the lobby of the Ayalon hotel which is located on the building sixth Ioor the radio said Eitan entered the hotel s empty lobby and was not noticed by the hotel receptionist. The ukrainian Horn Demjan Juk was convicted in april of being Ivan the terrible a brutal guard who operated Gas Chambers in which 850,000 jews died at the of Ratinka death Camp in nazi occupied Poland. Demjan ulc who lived in the Cleve land suburb of seven Hills before being extra diced to Israel in 1936, claims he is an innocent victim of mistaken identity. John j. Gill of Cleveland an attorney. Who previously represented Demjan Juk also said Elian s death probably would delay the Appeal. Gill said this is sort of a tragic Hap pening 1 would think that there might be some Way it would be investigated to see if there were any foul play and i m no suggesting that there it or would be or was. But t do think that would have to be explored to see what the situation is with regard to Dov  Eitan was to have argued Demjan Juk s Appeal before a five judge panel along with another israeli attorney Yoram Shetlel and a Canadian attorney Paul Chumak. -. A defense witness swedish bom Anita Rilchard tried to commit suicide by slitting her wrists and swallowing Tran Quiliz ers on aug. 21, 1987, after her Tes Timony was  is survived by his wife who lives in Jerusalem and two children  
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