European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Minneapolis map Nick Anderson scared 27 Points and Kenny Battle 25 a no 3 Illinois overcame a  deficit and heal no. 7 Syracuse 89-86 sunday advancing to the Mcaa Kinal Fisuer for if fir to Lime in j7 years. Illinois 31-1. I Plu bin ten conference rival Michigan in lit National semifinals at Seattle next saturday. Kenn Hall an reached Chr final four Story Pius 21,. As this edition went to press Duke and a cure to Dan were hauling for the final spot. The stars  publication for the . Aft Ltd forces vol. 47, no. 341 monday March 27, 1989  d 8693 a Gorbachev cast ballots in soviet vote Moscow al1 president Mikhail s. Gorbachev voted sunday in National Multi candidate elections that he said could ensure democracy in. The soviet Union while preserving one party communist Nile. Shortly after noon Thiv soviet Percsi Dent arid his wife Kupsa strolled through a Cpd Mist up list1 walk to a Gold Ana a White building in the Lenin Hills area Thiol houses inc National association of soviet chemists and pan of the Szmyo nov Vitili Lulof chemical physics. They those Between Boris n. Yeltsin l la controversial former Moscow com Munsil 1 airy chief and Yevgeny Brakus the director of the giant ill  factory for a sent representing Moscow in the new 250-Memher Congress of people s deputies. For a second seat representing their Ott Abr Region of Moscow the Gorbachev chose Between two relatively Young and lesser known candidates Ilya Zaslavsky a 28 year old scientific worker Ai the Moscow twile Institute and Alexander Kurtov a soviet television commentator. Gorbachev would t say who go his vote in either Case. After balloting he sold soviet and foreign  gathered at the building s Steps that he voice for a candidate who was Notni  this is a secret ballot he reminded them. Gorbachev  a candidate in sunday s balloting having already been see  Back Page kuwaiti yacht seized by ran reports say. Manama Bahrain i a press re. Ports sunday said the iranian Navy his hijacked a yacht with five members of. Kuwait s Roya family and four britons on  addition to five members of Kuwait s Al Sabah ruling family Sei de thursday afternoon the press reports quoted government and diplomatic sources As saying the four unions were Young  other diplomats said  Thi Crew of the Stalka. An 82-fool yacht owned by the Royal family. Information ministry officials in Kuwait Bahrain and other persian Gulf mates said they had no information about the incident. Independent television news in Uril Ain quoted diplomatic sources in Kuwait As saying the yacht apparently was seized for Ransom after it so rated into a Wensi live area near Iran s Farsi Island. Farsi Island was used As a base for gunboats staffed by Iran s  guards during the eight ear Gulf War. The. Gunboats  to attack Oil tankers and other merchant traffic in the gulfs shipping  was one of Iraq s largest Finan Cial backers during the Gulf War. It Regis. Lerud 11 Ankers in the United states prompting a Large american Navy build. Up in he Gulf Toi prom shipping. Old cd foreign forces followed suit and Iran blame d1 the presence of the . Navy in Gulf Waters As part of the Mili tary setbacks that forced it to accept inc Atis 20 cease fire in the War Kuwait iranian relations had Beer improving since the. Ceasefire. But friction surfaced again March 15 when Kuwait said a number of fugitives wanted on charges Rankine. From espionage to trying to Loppla. The government were on the Loose in Iran. -. To licit report said officials leaked the info nation of the kidnapping 10. The kuwaiti newspaper Ai Ariaa. Because the a evolutionary guards were demand ing a High Ransom and negotiations be Wicen Kuwait and Iran were going badly. The foreign office in London said it had heard nothing about the report. We be asked our embassies in the re Gion but they know nothing about it. Said a. Spokesman sneaking anon. To ugly in keeping with British regulations. Shipping executives who also spoke. On condition of anonymity said in arc were at least twp cases in recent months of pirates in icing vessels in the Norih Ern  just turn Over people aboard to. The nearest fishing boat and seize the boat one of the sources said. A kuwaiti Fisherman said he had heard the same.1 from his companions _ the sources said he pirates were. Probably iranians.  s report headlined across  Page said the Blue and White yacht was probably taken to Farsi in Lac Nonic Sulf. Tim Kun la Jun a ii seeks to Tuki in crude Uil sunday Tim the. L Exxon Viil Itez Asru und Foft Yaldiz Alaska in Oil a plotted water alaskan fishermen want compensation va1.dez. Alaska a Kisher men is picking lost Inco iric from the nation s biggest ii spill gathered Sun Day to seek  while efforts Cori minued la clean up inc crude. Oil floating in wildlife Rich Prince William sound. We re not ready to absorb any  said Riki pit spokeswoman for United fishermen of Alaska. We n Peet full  eve Ori shipping co. Scheduled a meeting sunday Between fishermen and a company claims of hirer. .1 he 98 moot Tanker Exxon Valdiv carrying. 1.2 million barrels of North. Slope crude Oil ran Orito a reef Early Friday afto 1cavin a traffic Lane to avoid ice. The Accident occurred at the Southern end of the too Milc Alai a Oil pipeline. By match put the spill at 240,000. Barrels of Oil or about i  Gallons the1 coast. Guard said inc sleek and other patches of it were spread Over 50 Square Miles Kkt on shipping resident Fumk Yarossi said  feet of Hoating Boom Hae been placed in an Effort to contain the Oil an additional 22,000 feet were sent to Vatu a and skim Ming boats worked to remove the Oil. Tests were under Valo delt mine if dispersal chemicals should be used despite the potential for environmental damage. Experiments to assess the possibility of Burnine Oft the i a o. Weeford Rcd. Ecologists the govt rear and other state officials have accused Exon and  scr i . Responding too slowly to he spite. Alyeska operates thu Fermi Nasiat \ Al-1 Dez that toads tankers Uitti Nanti. Slope crude. -. -. Bulb companies said ii a Uriati Ifird with the handling of the problem. Investigation of the Accident was to be turned Over to the National transportation safely. Hoard on sunday