European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse I inside strides d Senate Leader Mitchell guarded on tax Cut proposal Page 2 d Navy gets Tough on pot smoking recruits Page 4 q Dod budget tops Congress Agenda Page 9 o Amateur Gavaldon reaches australian quarterfinals Page 23 the Secand gripes he authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 48, no. 280 monday january 22, 1990 / a 8693 a Gorbachev Calls action in Baku duty of the state Baku residents examine a bus with windows shot out in saturday s fighting. By the Washington Post Moscow describing Ilas a duty of the state president Mikhail Gorba Chev saturday night appealed to the so Viet people for Wisdom and reason after government troops fought their Way into the Center of the predominantly islamic City of Baku killing dozens of peo ple. The ethnic conflict that has broken out Between the two Southern soviet republics mainly Christian Armenia and predominantly moslem Azerbaijan has presented Gorbachev with his gravest crisis since taking Power in March 1985. Resistance to military Rule was reported continuing in the streets of the azerbaijani capital More than 24 hours after the imposition of a state of emergency. In a radio broadcast azerbaijani president Elmira Kafarova accused the Kremlin of infringing on the Republic s sovereignty and acting without the con sent of the local leadership. According to official accounts at least 60 people were killed when the army stormed into Baku just after Midnight on Friday destroying barricades erected by azerbaijani nationalists. Spokesmen for the azerbaijani popu Lar front the organization that inspired six months of nationalist protest said their preliminary count showed that More Man 120 people had been killed. Addressing the nation in sorrowful tones and looking tired Gorbachev said the Kremlin had exhausted All peaceful Means before ordering the army into Baku. He accused azerbaijani extremists of attempting to seize Power by Force and pushing the nation Luward the madness of fratricidal it is the duty of the state to put an end to illegality and inhumanity to resolutely Cut Short criminal actions and the actions of extremists who arc ready to sacrifice others for the Sake of their per Sonal ambitions and profiteering for Power Gorbachev declared in the Tele Vised speech from his Kremlin office. In Washington the while House expressed regret at the already heavy loss of life in Azerbaijan and called upon All involved to act with restraint in these of Force and to show respect for the Rule of Law and the rights of the individuals the statement acknowledged the responsibility of any government to main Tain order and protect its but said the Effort should not become cloak for the abridgement of the exercise of political the armed crackdown against azerbaijani nationalists represents a major personal setback for Gorbachev who had previously ruled out the use of Force As a Means of settling this country deep rooted political and ethnic conflicts. It is Likely to have important repercussions particularly in the moslem republics of Central Asia which have witnessed an outburst of nationalist sentiment Over the past year accompanied by a smouldering feeling of resent ment against Kremlin Rule. Elsewhere in the soviet Union however the initial response to the crackdown see Baku on Back Page Edwards Ca fornia i fab shuttle Columbia lands safely Edwards fab Calif. A Nasa engineers continued an examination of the space shuttle Columbia sunday the first full Day Back on Earth for the Craft after a successful record Mission of nearly 11 Days. The shuttle landed in darkness sat urday morning with a rescued satellite aboard after overcoming weather and computer problems. The shuttle touched Down about 1 35 . Post and rolled to a Stop showing no problem from its cargo which gave co Lumbia a Landing weight of 228,400 pounds More than 8,000 pounds heavier than the previous shuttle record. Before retrieving the scientific satellite Columbia s Crew launched a Navy communications satellite. The spacecraft approached Edwards unseen to the human Eye but revealed itself with a whooshing noise then Sud Denly appeared out of the dark like ghost Baclit by powerful searchlights illuminating the runway. The shuttle s trademark twin sonic booms woke residents on the coast in Malibu As the orbiter streaked toward it desert Landing site. Shuttle commander Daniel Branden Stein Pilot James Wetherbie and mis Sion specialists Bonnie Dunbar Marsha Ivins and g. David Low left the shuttle 2 hours 5 minutes after Landing. Astronauts usually disembark from shuttles about an hour after Landing but it took them longer this time because they underwent extended on Board med ical exams and took longer to readjust to Gravity a spokesman said. The Mission lasted 10 Days and 21 hours More than a half Day longer than the previous duration Mark. The shuttle carried the 11-ton Long duration exposure facility an Experiment Laden satellite placed in orbit in april 1984 and originally scheduled to be retrieved 10 months later. The 12-sided, 30-fool-Long def will remain in the cargo Bay until the shuttle arrives Back at Kennedy space Center in Florida. The two Day ferry flight atop a jumbo Jet is scheduled to begin in about six Days
