European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 25, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 5soviet experts agree with Cia estimate on deep economic crisis facing Gorbachev by Cox news service Washington a a delegation of soviet economists said monday the Central intelligence Agency was essentially Correct in judging that president Mikhail s. Gorbachev is facing an economic crisis. A your Economy is experiencing a very deep crisis and the situation is deteriorating a said delegation spokesman Oleg Bogomolov. Their diagnosis Laid out before press and to cameras in the heart of the oppositions capital amounted to a forthright second opinion that soviet economic output is indeed heading into a downward spiral with no symptoms yet of a recovery. The five economists at the press conference All agreed that the total soviet National income would fall by at least 5 percent this year. The most pessimistic panel member Viktor Belkin said that a it is quite possible a major setback such As a rash of strikes could cause a devastating 20 percent fall in soviet economic output. That is just what the Cia suggested to Congress last Friday. Though they shied away from the Ciao a Contention that the soviet Economy is a a unstable and at risk of chaos they Laid heavy blame on their own government for policy changes which they said had touched off a ruinous inflation. A your inflation manifests itself in the disappearance of one Good after the other from the Market a said Bogomolov director of the soviet Institute of economics of the world soviet system and an elected soviet Peoples Deputy. A the consumer Market now and for a couple of years is completely destroyed. This Means that the people will not work for empty  the five senior economists took turns in spelling out soviet economic ailments under the auspices of the american Enterprise Institute a conservative think tank. During closed sessions with Cia and other analysts various soviet economists made these assertions that were later disclosed to the press a the average soviet Standard of living in 1985 was Only 20 percent of that in the United states a meaning that soviets lived considerably worse by comparison than the Cia has calculated. A soviet economic statistics Are often a grossly  meat production is barely half the officially reported figure. And Grain output in 1988 was under 140 million tons compared to the 195 million tons the government claimed. A soviet military expenditures May amount to 20-25 percent of the country a Gross National product compared to the 15-17 percent estimated by Cia analysts. The soviet economists 17 in All had just finished an unprecedented four Day private conference on the soviet and . Economies with a team of Cia and non governmental experts on the soviet Union. A i done to think there Are any symptoms that would indicate the Way out of that deep crisis during the near future a said Vladimir Tikhonov a .s.r. Peoples Deputy and chairman of the joint Union of cooperatives of the .s.r. A the most vulnerable place is the consumer Market which is being destroyed. And we can Sec it More and  when asked How the average consumer is affected Bogomolov said the government has raised wages sharply in the last two years without a corresponding increase in supplies of consumer goods. The result he said is visible in any state store a no refrigerators no to sets no vacuum cleaners and so on. No furniture. No  Belkin a member of the soviet commission for studies of productive forces and natural resources said that consumer shortages arc aggravated by strikes ethnic tensions environmental problems and a crumbling infrastructure. Many once productive acres arc still Idle because of the chernobyl nuclear Accident he said. In other parts of the country factories arc closed because local citizens have protested about environmental pollution. Belkin said the soviet rail network was in bad condition. A we have to replace about 2,000 Railroad Bridges that were built Back in the czarist times and that will require much Money a he said. While not attacking Gorbachev by name the panellists showed Little reluctance to Flay the soviet Lead ship. A your government took during the recent years controversial decisions and that is leading our Economy to an even deeper dead end a said  girl surviving on her twin brother a heart Indianapolis apr Alison Paige Whisman believed to be the first recipient of a heart from an infant twin will soon be Able to leave the protected environment of Riley Hospital for children Here her doctors say. Her doctors believe the baby known As Paige will Lead a Normal life a thanks to her late brother Tyler Joseph. A she acts Normal and is quite Well a said or. Randall l. Caldwell associate professor of paediatrics at the Indiana University school of Medicine. A a in a say her prognosis is Good but All patients who have had a heart transplant you have to  the chances of Paige a body rejecting the heart were reduced because the Organ came from a close relative. She could be ready to leave the Hospital in 10 Days to two weeks according to the doctors. The girls growth could be delayed some by the drugs she has to take doctors say. But already the nurses who sit outside a sliding Glass door of Paige a intensive care room say she has gained almost a Pound from the 4 pounds 13 ounces she weighed at birth. Paige a parents Timothy and Paula Whisman recalled that their twins birth on april 10 a was a roller coaster ride a and it was All downhill for about four Days  four weeks premature Paige was bom a minute before her brother. She a Paula and Timothy Whisman lean Over the crib of their daughter Alison Paige. Appeared Normal but needed help from a breathing tube according to Dianne Mccabe of Humana women a Hospital where the babies were born. Tyler who had a regular heartbeat 40 minutes before his birth had no heartbeat at birth. Doctors say he was asphyxiated in the womb just before birth but they done to know Why said Mccabe. Doctors began resuscitation and got Tyler a heart to beat 16 minutes after his birth Mccabe said. Brain dead he was put on a life support system and the Whisman decided they wanted to donate his organs for transplant. The next morning Paige a colouring changed tipping off doctors that she suffered from a heart defect. As one child Lay ill and the other brain dead on life support mrs. Whisman says she wondered whether Tyler a heart could be transplanted into Paige. A it just crossed my mind that it would be so amazing if it did work a she recalled on monday. On april 14, Tyler a heart was transplanted into Paige in a 62-minute operation performed by or. John w. Brown. Tyler Sliver later was transplanted into a 3 / month old girl in Wisconsin. A we needed a reason to let people know that Tyler was Here a said mrs. Whisman. A they said he was dead at birth but he lived Long enough to help two  vandalism by Calif activists results in Power outages Sands of time Santa Cruz Calif. Apr hand delivered messages claimed responsibility monday for vandalism that caused two Power outages and left about 92,000 people without Power for six hours. Residents of Santa Cruz and Watsonville were affected by the outages sunday and Early monday caused by damage to Pacific Gas amp electric Power poles. The group that claimed responsibility for the two outages called itself Earth night action group and said the target was pm amp a a a corporate Earth  a Young male caller to the associated press telephoned a few minutes after deliver of the message to ask if it had been received. Similar messages went to Bay City news service and the san Francisco examiner. The caller refused to give his name or Telephone number. Electricity was out for almost two hours late sunday after Utility Crews accidentally ignited a Small fire while they repaired a High voltage wooden Power pole that apparently had been Cut by a Chain saw said pm amp a spokesman Ron Rutkowski. The second outage beginning shortly after 1 30 . Monday affected the same area and was caused when someone Cut All the bolts at the base of a steel Tower near Watsonville the Utility company said. Power was restored to All customers by 5 25 . Rutkowski said the incidents were reported to the Santa Cruz sheriffs  the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April 25, 1950 a West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer said his entire economic policy would be gravely endangered if the allies insisted on their veto of the Federal income tax law.30 years ago today. April 25, 1960 a at a Washington dinner hosted by vice president Richard Nixon French president Charles de Gaulle said it was up to America to take a major role in world leadership.20 years ago today. April 25, 1970 a a demonstrator in new York City fired a shot at the visiting son of Chiang Kai Shek the vice Premier of the Republic of China. The son Chiang Ching Kuo was not hit and the gunman was seized police said.10 years ago today. April 25, 1980 a rep. John b. Anderson r.-ill., announced he would run As an Independent candidate a unfettered by party positions Quot in the presidential race but added that he would officially remain a Republican