European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday january 23,1990 Modrow to form new government with opposition Berlin a communist Premier Han Modrow bowed to pressure from opposition groups and agreed monday to rebuild the East Ger Man government to include pro democracy groups. Modrow s Concession came one Day after the communist party s no. 2 Leader quit and called for the party s  resignation followed an emergency meet ing of the embattled party leadership which made other moves to placate the populace by expelling ousted Leader Egon Krenz and 13 other former politburo members. The leadership which replaced communist hard liners last year during a peaceful popular revolt has been trying to appease an opposition movement that is upset with the Pace of prom ised  and opposition leaders also showed rare agreement in denouncing a report monday by the mass circulation West German newspaper Bild which claimed army and secret police agents were jointly planning a coup. Ibrahim Bihme of the influential opposition social democratic party told politicians a coalition with communists and other established panics was possible if All parties and groups Are prepared to enter the government on an Emer gency basis without weeks Long  he made the comment at a session of weekly talks 911 Reform Between the government and opposition  Germany s first free elections Are to be held on May 6, but Broad differences betwee the communist dominated government and opposition groups have delayed economic Reform measures and hindered the transition to demo  Hamburg based Bild newspaper in con tending a coup was in the works said a general strike could be used As the pretext for an armed  must decisively reject As provocation a re port in today s Bild newspaper Modrow said atthe government opposition talks. Bases from Page 1 Nadian military until 1969, when it was turned Over to the United states. La. Gen. Thomas Hickey air Force Deputy chief of staff for personnel is scheduled to visit Wei Brincken a later this week. A team of personnel officials fro the United states also will visit the base this week to meet with pilots weapons systems officers and their spouses. The team is to discuss what the current word is  said Mai. Jack Barton an officer assign ments chief at Safe Headquarters. Barton said the meetings had no connection with a possible base clo sure. The Cheney list also includes such sacred political cows As the Philadelphia Navy Yard Long protected by lawmakers because of the jobs it provides the Penta gon sources said. Con buting 10 us report Sun  Chuck Vince in wll Hinauri in dmm Arrngton Dot Rel Poggy old town m Shimu Taulima. Wett or Bush assures abortion foes he opposes court s ruling Washington a president Bush assured anti abortion marchers monday of his deep conviction against the supreme court ruling 17 years ago that legalized abortion and his steadfast opposition to abortion on demand. Bush speaking by Telephone to marchers gathered outside the White House before their annual March past the Capitol and the supreme court said the anti abortion movement reminds americans of the self evident moral superiority of adoption Over  last year Bush also addressed the March for life on his third Day As president continuing the tradition of his predecessor Ronald Reagan. Even As he spoke pro Choice forces led by the planned parenthood federation were urging Ameri cans to Call the White House switchboard to Register their support for Legal abortions. Bush in remarks that lasted just 90 seconds said before you begin the March i want to take a minute to share my deep personal concern about abortion on demand which i oppose. For 17 years the March for life has served As a poignant reminder to All americans that human life in All its forms must be respected. And i think All of you know my deep conviction on Roc is. Wade he added. The protest movement also reminds americans especially Young americans of the self evident moral superiority of adoption Over abortion. We should All be grateful to the families that adopt babies giving them care and love and a Chance for a wonderful life said Bush who has two grandchildren who were adopted. After hearing Bush and a handful of congressmen and Cihir speakers the crowd planned to March up Pennsylvania Avenue to the . Capitol and the supreme  of the National right to life committee praised the president and said they had no difference with Republican National chairman Lee Atwater s statements that the party can support candidates on both sides of the abortion debate. We Don t believe he s signalled any change in the Republican party s position said David o Sleen executive director of the anti abortion group. Of course the Republican party contains and is big enough to contain people with both Points of View As is the democratic  Barry reportedly entering treatment v a -,h1ngton a mayor Marion Barry fac ing a Misdemeanour cocaine Possession charge left the nation s capital monday to Check into a residential treatment facility City government sources said. Barry who has turned Over the daily control of the local government to City administrator Carol Thomp son Aid not speak to reporters before leaving his Home. Abc radio reported that Barry was going to a Hanley Hazelden clinic in West Palm Beach Fla. Clinic spokeswoman Patricia Mcrae said c9nfidcntiality rules prevented the clinic from revealing patients names. Meanwhile a act executive director Benjamin Hooks questioned whether Barry s arrest was part of pattern of harassment of elected Black officials and the rising tide of racism in this  i m not trying to justify any wrongdoing or con done use of cocaine but i am opposed to selective enforcement of the Law the civil rights Leader said after meeting with president Bush about recent racial bombings in the South. Barry his political career in shambles following his drug arrest said in an emotional is minute speech sunday that he would take Steps to heal my body mind and  Barry offered no clue during his speech on what kind of assistance he was seeking except to say that social activist and Selwen scribed nutrition expert Dick Gregory was helping him explore his options. Monday s Washington Post quoted unnamed sources As saying that although Barry had initially decided to seek treatment at the belly Ford clinic in Rancho Mirage calif., he was now leaning toward an alternative program with Gregory. Galvin from Page 1 is tic he said. The commanders arc Yelling and screaming at each other. Back and Forth so much. I was talking to one who had to go Back and apologize to a couple of people because he got so excited observers from the Warsaw pact and other countries have also expressed an interest in the computer simulation because they can Sec the advantage of it he said. Asked whether the changes in Eastern Europe might cause the Public to become disenchanted with Large scale exercises like a forger Calvin said he did t know exactly How that will work out. I do think the Public understands that if you re going to have a Mili tary Force you need to train them up to a Good level of  the use of computer simulation he said will help As we go to smaller exercises whether because of arms control because of the perception of the Situa Tion because of austere  get tight budgets and the changing perception of the threat from the Warsaw pact will make it difficult for the nato nations to meet All their Force goals this year Galvin said. Those goals include each nation in creasing annual military spending by 3 percent. We Are struggling with that. I Don t think we will t 3 percent real growth or perhaps even close to it Alvin said. But it remains one goal to strive for because there Are so Many things we still feel we can  although the situation in Eastern Europe remains a Little bit unpredictable Galvin said it is affecting How nations feel about the need for Security and de sense right  Galvin said he believes Light forces could blend Well with heavy forces such As tanks and heavy armoured vehicles. I be been a Strong proponent of the heavy Light mix he said. Now the Light forces can move rapidly but if they come up against a Battlefield of tanks and other heavy forces it becomes very difficult for them. However you can find an appropriate mix. That s what we re looking  troops from Page 1 drawl of soviet troops from the Republic with the exception of Border districts with Armenia said Baku lawyer Viliya Mamedov who attended the 11 i hour session that ended at 6 30 . Monday. Lawmakers also demanded the lifting of the curfew and state of emergency in Baku and other areas of Azerbaijan which the Kremlin imposed without the approval of azerbaijani authorities Mamedov said. If those demands Are not met mame Dov said the legislature will consider voting to secede from the soviet Union. At monday s mass rally in Baku demonstrators carried posters Reading Gorbachev is the Butcher of the Azerbaijan people and azerbaijanis will not Suc Cumb to tanks said Shain a Aziyev Baku journalist. At a protest March by some 2,000 azerbaijanis in Moscow on monday one demonstrator carried a sign Reading comrades in Baku More than 9,000 people were  a mourning meeting in the azerbaijani town of Pushkin on monday ended in mass rioting Tass said. Soviet officials put the death toll fro saturday s attack at 83, including 14 sol Diers and members of their families. That brought the 10-Day total number of casualties to 167, including 12 deaths re ported by Tass on monday and an earlier total of 72 killed in anti armenian pogroms in Baku and armed Battles in Armenia and Azerbaijan. More than 500 have been wounded inthe conflicts. Tass reported monday the 12 new deaths occurred when armenian Mili Tants opened fire on an azerbaijani Vil Lage on the Border Between the two soviet republics in the Dolchy Sorota area. In Baku military officials said no on had been killed for the last two Days and residents said the soviet troops seemed to have the City under control. No armed clashes with troops had been reported monday a Aziyev said although there were still reports of scattered  were conflicting reports from the soviet iranian Border where azerbaijanis have torn Down Many of the barriers. The soviet government newspaper Izvestia said 40,000 azerbaijanis crossed into Iran on sunday evening alone but iranian Media said soviet troops clamped Down on the Border and were not allowing any azerbaijanis out. Despite the lessened violence in Baku the atmosphere is still ominous reported inter fax an affiliate of radio Moscow. I said unidentified extremists threatened russian residents of the City with violence unless they left and continued to threaten to blow up Oil tankers in Baku s Harbo unless the troops were withdrawn. In All the situation throughout Azerbaijan remains extremely tense Tass said