European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Face 28 the stars and strikes in say. May 27. 1990yeltsin fails to win Runoff election Moscow map it a Pepus Bens n. Yes run saturday fax de to we a run or elect or. F the presidency of the sonnet i m is larges Republic. And the russian cd egress or must take  nominations. Be str. Is considered one of Mikhail 5. Gorbachev s main rivals. And his failure to Wir. Them was a major Victory for the soviet Leader a Yeltsin a on 515 votes. 28 Short of the necessary. M a on to it the Csc member Congress. His n a communist part fun Tiona. H an pc Rozkov. Received and Quot votes. Lawmakers said Yeltsin. 59. May run again or that a Compromise candidate with better chances of winning a majority a it be  t be leg Jsu at is win resume their session on monday. In Friday s first round of voting by the russian Congress. Yeltsin a on 49&Quot votes. Short of the 551 he needed for an absolute majority. The candidate backed by Gorbachev. Russian Premier Alexander Vlasov. Aith a Ca from the race Freda it after it became Clear he lacked i Elsm s popularity. During 1ms Campaign a in Elsm angered Gorbachev  Calls for sovereignty for the russian Republic which includes Moscow the seat of National leadership. Russia. But far the largest of the nation s 15 republics contains More than of thirds of the county s Leniton and half the  pc Jace. A Gorbachev accused Yeltsin of beg  it.  Mai n3s  Tor russian a ten cum would mean Quot the breakup of  so. I  i  . A. Nui. It z.e�. Ie0. He would defend the Republic from Kremlin interference but also said he acid be Able to work with Gorbachev. N Etc sir. Told the russian Congress of his plans to promote russian Sovereign to. Is Fri Sterns in Cross. He blasted the National government program announced to Bursa it for a transition to a free Market econ com Yeltsin said he Tiora Congress of people s deputies and a member of the com mum is party Central committee. Yei Isth. Once a Gorbachev protege has made a remarkable political comeback Cassea an alternative program involving Mugrace two years ago. Ween he was  c government property. A. Mopper ousted from his Post As Moscow Parry chief Cence Tor enterprises More Zoera Isas in ostracized by the Kremlin elite Indus of Ersmo and to reign Loans. Ing Gorbachev Yeltsin has continued to be Stem is already a member of the a criticize Gorbachev for what he Calls a a half Boris n. Mitsin Cleft shows his displeasure after the russian Congress on saturday failed to give him a necessary majority to become president of the russian Republic. Way  soviet Premier Nikolai i. Ryzhkova a p. Pealed to Consumers Friday to Stop their panic buying of food triggered by has announcement of plans for Sharp Price increases and urged lawmakers to quickly approve economic reforms. 1 opposition deputies in the parliament demanded a no Confidence vote aimed at bringing Doan Ryzhkova a government but he got one important voice of support for his program from Gorbachev himself. To hoping in the end. After All the debates a and they wont be simple a Well agree that we have to move toward a Market Economy. In a sure of this Quot Gorbachev told a news conference. Ryzhkova a plan broadcast on National television thursday proposes tripling the Price of bread and other flour based products in july and increasing the prices of most other consumer goods in january it envisions a five year gradual shift to a government regulated Market Economy by freeing most prices raising taxes Selling off state property and reducing Central control of Industry. Quot announcement of the plan triggered immediate rushes to stores for Macaroni and bread. Ryzhkova told reporters at the i Kremlin. A now this wave for bread and bread products has already rolled through half the country and it s gotten to  he said. A i am appealing for restraint and Calm a said Ryzhkova looking Haggard and sounding ragged from fatigue. At food shop no. 1 on Gorky Street a shop assistant who asked not to be identified. Said panic stricken buyers a Are literally Clearing full shelves for  bread is the Staple of the soviet diet virtually the Only product that a always readily available and remains cheap at about 32 cents a loaf. News Brief Iliescu declared Winner of romanians election Bucharest in Pii a National salvation front Leader Ion Itescu a As declared the Winner romanians presidential race Friday and a the country of the a psychological old de to pollution Quot of four decades of communism. Ike Seu. A former top communist official and Romania s interim president since dec. 22. Was formally certified As president elect after the government released final results from sunday s multiparty polls. The results Boa Iliescu a on a a hopping 85 percent of the vote in the three Way presidential race. Anile his National Saharon front captured an Over a helming majority of both houses of parliament. He said he a Ould step Doati As Leader of the front As required by la a. To serve As Romania s first democratically elected president in half a Century. There a As More Good news for the front six groups that hav e sponsored a monthlong nonstop anti government protest in Bucharest s in Hersity Square announced they Are abandoning their Marathon demonstration. The organizers said in a statement that Thev would take up other forms of protest until the new parliament is inaugurated in about three weeks. It a As not Clear. However. If All of the several thousand demonstrators a Ould agree to leave the Square. Kidnappers vow . Will pay for israelis killing of palestinians Beirut. Lebanon aps a kidnappers holding two american hostages saturday blamed the United states for an israeli s massacre of seven palestinian workers m Israel last week and vowed to make the United states and Israel Quot pay the  however the statement by the organization of islamic jihad for the liberation of Palestine did not directly threaten to harm the two hostages. In another hostage development saturday. Plo Leader Yasser Arafat reportedly said two Swiss red Cross workers kidnapped in Lebanon seven months ago Are alive. He offered to help mediate their release. The arabic language statement delivered to a Western Neas Agency in Beirut came with a photo of . Hostages Jesse Turner and Alann Steen. They were kidnapped Jan. 24. 1987. From Beirut University College. The picture showed a smiling bespectacled Turner wearing a Bushy Black Beard and a striped Pullover. Steen wore a dark jumpsuit and a Beard and his hair aes slightly dishevelled. Both men looked straight at the camera. The picture resembled a photograph the group released feb. 23. 1989. Showing Turner and Steen along with former american hostage Robert Polhill. On april 22. The same group released Polhill. A new yorker and a lecturer in accounting who was kidnapped with Steen and Turner. Turner. 42. Of Boise. Idaho and Steen. 50, from of Boston. Are educators serving with the .-affiliated College a Hen they were abducted by gunmen posing As lebanese not police. A eight Days after Polhill was freed another pro iranian group the organization of islamic Dawn released american hostage Frank Herbert Reed. 57. Of Malden. Mass. After 3 h years in Captivity. Iranian leaders and their lebanese allies have since complained that the United states has failed to respond w Ith a Goodwill gesture of its own. Quot America is directly responsible for shedding the blood of our people and their  the 18-Linc statement said saturday referring to the shooting deaths of seven Arab labourers in a Tel Aviv suburb on May 20. Israeli officials have said the accused gunman a former Soldier was apparently deranged. The shootings prompted widespread unrest among arabs in Jordan Israel and the occupied territories. Arafat also cited the killings when he urged the . Security Council in Geneva on Friday to Send an International Force to protect palestinians in the occupied lands. Quot we warn America and Israel that future developments will not be in the interest of either of them they will realize that the blood will not be wasted. They will pay the Price a the kidnappers statement  from Page 1 subject of consultations with two German states. Shevardnadze was quoted As saying. In a speech Friday in Bonn Chancellor Helmut Kohl urged Moscow to Stop opposing nato membership for a United Germany say ing that history shows european stability is Best assured when Germany is firmly anchored to an Alliance. Quot there must be no second  said Kohl referring to the 1919 treaty that resulted m German isolation and paved the Way for the use of nazism. Kohl said nato membership for a United Germany w Ould be in the Best interests of the soviet Union and All Europe. He added that a there can be no thought of United Germany being Neutral demilitarized or  e germans therefore want to exercise our Sovereign right we w ant to belong to an Alliance namely the North Atlantic treaty organization Quot Kohl said. In other Points raised in the interview. Shevardnadze said new Security arrangements for Europe must come through joint efforts of All 35 member states of the  Csc refers to the 35-nation conference on Security and cooperation in Europe. Which deals with military Security economic cooperation and human rights institutionalize the Usu Summit meetings to convert them into a pan european Council that would meet at least once a year a Shevardnadze was quoted As saying. He also proposed setting tip a commit tee of foreign ministers from the Csc nations that would meet twice a year. Shevardnadze further called for establishing a a pan european Center for Preven Tion and settlement of  he said the Center could be based in Berlin and should have a political and a Mili tary committee according to Welt am son tag