European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday february 15, 1990 Gorbachev urges adoption of Western style presidency Black history month Moscow a Mikhail Gorbachev urged lawmakers wednesday to approve his plan for a we Stern slyly presidential s slim of or several of them walked Al the idea calling n pre mature and  of the supreme soviet the National legislature that resumed its session after a two month break raucously debated the leadership s proposal to Call an emergency session of its Par ent body to broaden presidential Power san adviser to Gorbachev said he expects the new president to be elected within a month by the larger legislature the Congress of people s deputies the 58-year-old Kremlin chief look the door Al the end of the debate and delivered an angry at tack on his critics. Unless democracy is strength ened and insured by correspond ing mechanisms democracy will perish and Well lose Gorba Chev told the 434 members of the legislature. Referring to the government s former repressive policies he said the victors will be forces who want to tighten the screws even tighter than they were  people. Gorbachev said arc proposing the soviet Union follow the romanian version Andare equating Gorbachev with  he was referring to Nicolas Caus Csc. The romanian Dic Tator executed in december after he was ousted in a popular pro democracy revolution. Gorbachev did not make Clear whether he mean reformers or hard liners were suggesting the romanian  president Anatoly i. Lukyanov recommended to the supreme soviet earlier wednesday that it Call the 2.250-Mcmbcr Congress of people deputies into session on feb. 27 to strengthen the presidency. A european style presidency would strengthen Gorbachev s government Powers while fur ther weakening the communist party apparatus. The Call for a special session of the Congress follows by one week the party s historic Deci Sion to end its 72-year monopoly on Power and lift the strict marxist prohibition on private ownership of  adviser Gyorgy Shak Nazarov told reporters during a break in wednesday s session that officials want the Congress to elect the new presi Dent within a  president later should be elected by direct popular vote Shak Nazarov said. The presi Dent should serve the Sam five year term As the Congress which was elected almost a year ago. He  is Likely to be a candidate for the new presidency but for the second time in a week he spoke cautiously about whether he will run. If we proceed 10 Lake a decision on the presidency we will decide if there will be alternative Candi dates. I Don t know if i will be among the alternatives Gorbachev said. He told the supreme soviet he had been opposed to presidential Power but added life demanded changes. I think we be reached the Point when we must take such a  creation of a presidency is among 50 items on the Agenda for the supreme soviet session which Lukyanov said is scheduled to end in late april. Other topics include Laws on land and property ownership taxes economic Reform and secession. A half dozen speakers wednesday criticized the proposal for creating the new presidency now. Mikhail Gorbachev Jesse Owens born in 1913 at Danville ala., Jesse Owens made track and Field history by winning four Gold medals at the 1936 olympic games in Ber Lin. In one Day. May 25, 1935, while competing for Ohio stale University Owens equated the world record for the 100-Yard dash 9.4 and broke the world records for the 220-Yard dash 20.3the 220-Yard Low hurdles 22.6 and the Long jump 26 feet 8 "4 inches. The Long jump record stood for 25 years. At the olympic games Owens tied the olympic Mark in the 100-meter dash 10.3 and broke olympic and world records in the 200-meter run 20.7 and Long jump 26 feel. 5 /4 inches his jump in 1935 had not yet been officially accepted. He also ran the final leg of the world record break ing 400-meter relay team 39.8. This is another in a series of paintings by spec. James Scott appearing in the stars and stripes this month. Ros Kropov cd makes triumphant return to Moscow Moscow a Mstislav Rosuro Povich returned to the soviet concert stage tuesday after 16 years of exile leading his . Orchestra in a rousing version of John Philip Sousa s stars and stripes  asked How he chose that bit of Defi Ance. Rostropovich said later. From my  the late Leonid Brezhnev had banished Rostropovich for refusing to renounce his principles and denounce his Friend exiled author Alexander so Zhc nil syn. But the cellist and conductor came Back to a Homeland where Brezhnev and not he. Was discredited. Rostropovich also returned As the world renowned director of washing ton s National symphony orchestra. Among those who attended the con Cert was Raisa Gorbachev wife of soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. The orchestra which travelled with its director to the soviet Union responded to Rostropovich s emotional return with a Brilliant performance in which every song was a Symbol from Tchaikovsky s path Tibuc symphony no. 6, the last piece Rostropovich conducted in the soviet Union in 1974 to the stars and  flanked by baskets of carnations and the . And soviet flags. Rostropovich and the National symphony held the audience rapt. Clusters of army recruits who had been helping with crowd control listened intently. Rostropovich 62, began with Samuel Barber s adagio for strings and moved on to the Tchaikovsky symphony. He finished the main concert with the wildly varying emotions and styles of the symphony no. 5 of Dmitri Shostakovich whose grave he had visited immediately on arrival in Moscow. After five bows to cries of Bravo and tumultuous applause Rostropovich moved into an encore of a Brief Shosta Kovich polka and was drawn Back for three More encores. After the concert he slowed through fans musicians instruments and trunks stuffed into the narrow corridors of the Moscow conservatory and emerged in a Light snowfall a few blocks from the Kremlin. As he climbed into an official car to drive to a reception in his Honor Al the . Ambassador s residence a Young woman ran up and cried marvelous simply marvelous Al the Naso House party he tossed off vodkas in True russian style and embraced longtime friends. Rostropovich and his wife Soprano Galina Vishnevskaya left the soviet Union in 1974 after years of harassment for their unwavering support of so Zhc nil syn the Nobel prize winning author of the gulag  which documented the soviet political prison Camps. Four years later the soviets look away the Rostropovich is citizenship for being ideological  Rostropovich had become an internationally famous cellist by the age of 30and lived a life of luxury and world Irav cd. But All thai changed when he became friends with Solzhenitsyn in the late 1960s.at a time when dozens of prominent russians joined in a chorus of derision of the author Rostropovich housed Solzhenitsyn at his country House for four years. He sent a letter 19 four newspaper sin 1970 saying Solzhenitsyn had suffered for speaking the truth. All refused to publish in. The presidium of the supreme Soviel legislature restored inc citizenship of Rostropovich and his wife just a month ago. And nullified the decree that stripped them of All their medals and honors. Romanian military officers demand 2 ministers quit Bucharest. Romania a nearly 300 Mili tary officers demanding the resignations of the defense and Interior ministers protested silently tuesday Oul Side government Headquarters on Victor Square. The uniformed officers from the army Navy and air Force said they wanted to replace the  Wilh people untainted by december s revolution or by Long association with ousted communist dictator Nicolas Caus Csc. Defense minister Gen. Nicolas Militaru held a so Ries of High army posts before being demoted and pensioned off by Ceausescu who was ousted dec. 22 and executed three Days later along with his wife Elena. Militaru came out of retirement during the revolution and was named minister of defense by interim president Ion Iliescu. Interior minister Gen. Mihai Chirac is a former commander of chemical warfare troops. The officers cited unconfirmed rumours that Chirac shot demonstrators in the Western City of Timisoara where the revolution began. Some 700 regular soldiers from Valea Jului in Southwest Romania also demonstrated in the Square demanding that they be released from the army. Another group of 100 workers shouting where Are our rights also demonstrated for changes in working conditions and higher salaries. The protests took place As Romania s new coalition government held its second meeting. The Agenda included discussions on the government s precise role and a report from prime minister pc re roman on the stale of Romania s battered Economy. In its first order of business the National Council which counts More than 250 members agreed to limit speeches to three minutes. Leaders of the major opposition parties  monday to pull out of the Council if the previously dominant National salvation front thai look Power in the december revolution docs not Scop what it called manipulation of the new body. One major charge against the from which has said in will Conlest the free elections May 20 against the other weaker opposition panics has been ils control of radio and television and is alleged refusal to allow other parties Access to inc Media