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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars an stripes authorized u�0�f1cil up us Tion Fob the.11.1. Med forces Good Mormina vol. 47, no. 342 tuesday March 28. 1989at dim in us d 8693 a t. I Niter in soviet Elee fion Moscow a burls n. Yeltsin and other Ami establishment candidates Rode a wave of Papular Dis Content to Victory in parliamentary elections that gave soviet voters their first real Choice according to re tums  candidates chosen in nationwide elections Sun Day will join those picked earlier by the communist party and other organi aliens in a new 2,25c Mcm bar Congress of people s deputies. The parliament is still certain to be dominated by the ruling party and an entrenched Kremlin leadership that assured itself of. Seals without having to face opposition at the polls. But Yeltsin s landslide Victory and the Triumph of other Independent minded candidates from Leningrad and the Baltic states to inc Ukraine indicated wide spread dissatisfaction with chronic shortages of food and consumer goods rising prices and the bureaucracy s control Over soviet life. Yeltsin the Tough talking 58-year-old former mos cow Pany Boss had campaigned to cheering crowds against the special privileges afforded the party elite at a Lime when most people can find Lillic in their stores Igor n. Prov chairman of Moscow s election com Mission said the Burly. One time Gorbachev protege amassed 89.4 percent of the vote against Yevgeny Bra see Yeltsin on Back Pago Boris a vol sin Savori no his victors Stony standoff Leo Llund one of the environmentalists prompt ing logging operations in the Willamette National Forest near Portland ore., is to nosed in rocks to draw Alfi Nylon to his pm a for Protection of spoiled of. He and 12 Oiler demonstrators were arrested sunday for Iljins to Block a Road into the Timber Sale area. The ent ironman latits say Cut Ting of old Krowich tree will destroy in nesting ground of in own which arc considered Nen angered species. See Star on Page 7. Ozal s ruling party crushed in turkish local elections Ankara Turkey Premier Turgut Ozal a motherland party suffered a crushing defeat in nation wide local elections winning Only three mayoral races in Turkey s 67 provincial capitals unofficial returns showed monday the governing party finished third in the provincial Assembly elections behind he leftist social Democrat populist party the chief opposition group and the conservative True path party of former Sis time Premier Suleyman Demirel according to nearly Complete tallies provided by state radio and the Anatolia news Agency. Opposition parties described sunday s elections As a referendum on Ozal s free Market economic policies. Ozal had said he would quit if opposition gains were so Large As to make it difficult for him to govern but monday Oza l said he would stay on until the next elections scheduled for 1992. " the nation gave us a Man Date until 1992 we will be serving the nation until then the 61 year old Premier told a news conference he said a Little warning was intended by inc Vot ers but it Well a bit too far oat promised changes in the Cabinet sometime this week. Voters elected More than 326.0do mayors Provin Cial Assembly members City Council members Village leaders and neighbourhood representatives. In the provincial Assembly elections the social democrats gamed 28 percent of the nationwide sole and the True t ath had 25.5 percent the returns showed. Of Al s party was in third place with 22 percent. Among the smaller parties the democratic left party of former Premier Bulent a civil got 9 percent the moslem fundamentalist Prosperity parly 9.5 per Seo turkish on Back Page  oui. Says hell Sla on Alaska seeks Federal Aid to Battle spill Valdez alas a up1 Civ. Steve Cowper appealed to president Duih on monday for Federal help in cleaning up the nation s worst Oil spill and attention also focused on an uncertified third mate who was guiding the Tanker when it ran aground and caused the disaster. The 11 million Gallons that spewed from the grounded Exon Valdez Tanker covered is Square Miles of Pristine Marine environment Early sunday but expanded later in the Daj to coir 100 Square Miles of Prince William sound. The growing spill which the coast guard said measured 10 Miles by 10 Miles threatened to spread even far ther As 30-Mph winds began buffeting Valdez on sunday afternoon hampering the already desperate cleanup efforts the. Governor asked Bush to declare the Region a Federal disaster area making Inore cleanup Money available. Cow per who had already declared a state disaster emergency said the spill threatened a major fishery and a sensitive Environ ment teeming with sea life. However White House spokesman Steve Hart said the Federal emergency management Agency had not received a formal request for assistance. Officials kind there was some question Over what role the Federal government could play in View of Exxon shipping co s acknowledgement that it is liable for inc cleanup. Meanwhile Exxon said the Tanker s Captain was in his Cabin and a crewman without proper certification was in com Mand when the Exxon Vald slammed into a reef Early friday., la s Exxon s policy that m the Waters that the ship was located in the Captain should have been on the Bridge Exxon shipping co. Spokesman Brian Dunphy said sunday. He added that he did i know Why capt. Joseph Hazelwood was t in command at the time. Company spokeswoman Sharon cur ran Ockon said third mate Gregory cousins actions violated Federal regulations. Also sunday officials said the govern ment authorised the use of chemicals and fire to combat the massive Slick  
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