European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 30,1990 armenians mourn militants killed in Battles with soviets Page 28 a a the stars and stripes news briefs Frankfurt feels a tremor for second time in 3 Days from staff and wire reports Frankfurt West Germany a a mild earthquake Shook the Frankfurt area for the second time in three Days tuesday morning but authorities reported no damage. Bodo Bair seismologist with Frankfurt University a geophysical Institute said the epicentre was about seven Miles North of Frankfurt near bad vile cd exactly in the same place As saturdays quake. The quake which hit at about 8 30 a.m., measured Between 3.4 and 3.5 on the Richter scale said seismologist Klaus Peter Bonjer from the University of Karlsruhe. Saturday afternoons quake registered up to 3.8 on the Richter scale. Earthquakes arc rare in West Germany and tuesdays tremor prompted Many worried citizens to Call police in Frankfurt. Asked if More quakes could be expected Bair said a ask me when California will be hit by the big quake. We live Here on the upper Rhein fault which runs from Basel Switzerland to Frankfurt and has always had Small tremors. We average one a year our statistics show. After today a tremor you re going to have to wait two years for the next a or move to  the Richter scale is an open ended gauge of the Energy released by an earthquake As measured by the ground motion recorded on a Seismograph. Every increase of one number on the scale Means a 10-fold increase in ground motion.2-Day merrymaking ends As luxury liner is re floated Lewes Del. Apr a luxury liner was re floated from a Delaware Bay Sandbar tuesday and headed for port after passengers were ferried ashore ending nearly two Days of merry making. The estimated 1,000 passengers on the 642-foot Regent Star were treated to free food and drinks Sang Christmas carols and played a the newlywed  �?o1 had a Beautiful time a said Mary Poniatowski 66, a Baltimore bar owner. A a lot of people were partying but i did no to because in a not a  a it Wasny to a bad party a said a woman passenger who was met by friends and family at dockside. The ship had been headed for Philadelphia on the final leg of a seven Day cruise from Jamaica when a Small fire Early sunday knocked out Power and allowed the vessel to run onto a Sand bar a mile off fort scum . Aboard were 1,360 people including about 300 Crew members. Nobody was in danger during the two Days aground the coast guard  from Page 1 that continued German participation in nato could slow the soviet military withdrawal from Eastern Europe particularly in East Germany. The canadians believe that the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe a an outgrowth of the Nieting of 35 european and North american nations in Helsinki Finland in 1975 a must be expanded to become the principal forum for discussion in the Europe of the future. A both sides Are concerned about the new architecture of Europe a said a senior Canadian foreign policy official who requested anonymity. A German reunification and nato membership will be a Point of difference. A we very much want to talk about Csc and where we go from Here. Canada sees the Csc As the Way to go and recognizes that nato is  canadians also Are concerned about How the soviet Leader is dealing with tensions in a number of soviet republics in particular in the Baltic. Canada has a substantial number of lithuanians including some Active in their homelands Independence drive. But Mulroney whose approval rating has sunk to All time lows of 15 percent to 17 percent in Domestic opinion polls must tread delicately on the lithuanian Issue or risk a lecture from Gorbachev on his handling of the rekindled separatist movement in the French speaking province of Quebec. Moscow apr armenians displayed Black ribbons and listened to somber music on the radio tuesday to mourn More than 20 militants killed in clashes with soviet troops a local journalist said. Bela Avetisyan an editor of the official armenian news Agency armentress said in a Telephone interview from the republics capital Yerevan that no memorial marches were planned but a protest would be held later in the Day. After two Days of bloody clashes Between armenian militants and soviet troops in and around the City she said the streets were quiet. Black ribbons and the Flag of Armenia Hung from windows in buildings and from cars. Radio stations interrupted regular programs to broadcast somber music. Leaders of the armenian communist party and the republics government declared tuesday a Day of mourning for those slain in the fighting according to radio Yerevan and the Independent inter fax news service. Tass said the soviet Interior ministry counted 24 dead and 59 wounded in the fighting. It said one Soldier 22 a a terrorists and one woman were killed. Of the injured 17 were soldiers and 42 civilians the news Agency reported. There were conflicting accounts of the fighting. Armenian nationalists said soviet soldiers fired on unarmed civilians. Soviet officials said armenian Mili Yeltsin from Page 1 Are different from Gorbachev a. A in this respect i believe the election can strengthen the cause of Reform in the soviet Union. Today Many people blame Gorbachev for problems and now they have another person to  after the election result was announced in the grand Kremlin Palace the 59-year-old Yeltsin strode to the podium received warm applause and cheers from fellow lawmakers and was handed a bouquet. Yeltsin said he Felt a a certain satisfaction but at the same time 1 have much More a feeling of responsibility at this turning Point for Russia and the  a i pledge not to spare anything a health or time a to do everything to get out of this crisis and Lead Russia to better times a Yeltsin said in his Victory speech. He called the Day a the beginning of the Road to russians social economic and spiritual rebirth the Way out of the crisis and toward the blossoming of Russia As a Sovereign Independent government in the framework of our  Gorbachev actively opposed Yeltsin selection telling the russian Congress last week that Yeltsin a platform of moving political and economic Power from Central to local authorities would Lead to a a breakup of the  the russian federation is by far the largest of the 15 soviet republics stretching from the Baltic sea in the West to the Pacific Ocean in the East. It is Home to one half the country a 285 million people and includes Moscow. As the president of Russia Yeltsin will have a highly visible platform from which to wage his Campaign for More Radical reforms than those pursued so far by Gorbachev. The Victory Marks an amazing comeback for Yeltsin. Less than three years ago he was reviled in the . Bureau an a-10 Pilot who crashed into a Welsh Hillside in february was flying his Thunderbolt ii in thick fog according to an air Force Accident report released tuesday. Capt. Robert b. Burrowes of the 509th tac fighter so at Raf Alconbury was leading a two plane formation doing routine surface attack tactics on feb. 6. The planes had taken off from Alconbury at 8 45 a.m., about 30 minutes before the crash. Just before the crash the Pilot of the trailing a-10 lost sight of Burrowes and climbed out of the foggy weather. Burrowes however continued flying in the fog in which he a could not ensure separation from the terrain a the report said. The report which does not cite the cause of the Tants attacked  patrols. J Gen. Yuri Satalin commander of the soviet Security forces in Armenia on monday accused the republics leaders of openly aiding armed groups of nationalists. J a bloodshed in Yerevan is the result of open Conni 1 Vance of the Republic leadership and Law enforcement agencies with illegal armed groups a the official Tass news Agency quoted Satalin As saying. The report did not elaborate. He said militants were driving around Yerevan in stolen cars and carrying captured weapons and that Interior ministry troops could not interfere without permission from the republics leaders. Soviet soldiers have been deployed in Armenia and the neighbouring Republic of Azerbaijan to quell ethnic violence that has killed several Hundred people Indore than two years. The republics have been locked in a bitter struggle for control of Magorno Karabash the predominantly armenian enclave inside Azerbaijan. Militants in both republics also have clashed with Sovi it troops. The latest fighting began sunday when six people were killed when soldiers fired on militants who had shot at them in Yerevan scentral Railroad station the Interior j ministry said. It said 20 soldiers were wounded. Soviet press attacked by party officials rebuffed by his former Mentor Gorbachev and considered finished politically. Gorbachev had brought Yeltsin to Moscow to head the City a communist party but he was fired in 1987 after showing Little reverence for the party a Hierarchy. Yeltsin however made his rift with Gorbachev work for him. The popular and outspoken Yeltsin had lost the second round of voting on saturday by just 28 votes. He lost the first round Friday with 497 ballots to 473 for Krasnodar regional communist party chief Ivan Poloz Kov. He was nominated again monday and faced Vlasov who had Gorbachev a support and Valentin Tsoy a Little known businessman from the soviet far East who received 11 votes. After his election Yeltsin walked through the Kremlin grounds with reporters and Well wishers. After passing through the Spassky Gate he was joined by More supporters. A thank you thank you for our future a one Man shouted. Yeltsin mounted the Steps of an embankment below the Kremlin Wall for an Impromptu speech to supporters who rushed across the cobblestones. To shouts of a Victory a Yeltsin pledged to work for a a renewed  the crowd pledged support. A a we re prepared to go together with him into Tough times. Everyone says that a a crowd member Nadezda Matveyeva said. During his Campaign Yeltsin called on the Congress to reject the Kremlin a new program for gradually transforming the country a crippled centrally planned Economy to a partial Market Economy. A the Congress must defend the citizens of Russia a he said. The Reform program which would triple the j Price of bread on july 1 and double the Cost of other foodstuffs starting Jan. 1, caused panic buying that prompted Moscow City authorities to bar sales to non it residents of the capital. Crash was compiled by air Force investigators from Raf Ben Waters for Legal administrative and disciplinary issues that could arise from the crash. Burrowes 29, apparently died instantly when his plane hit a Hillside in a Remote area of the Black mountains near Llandeilo in Southwest Wales the report said. He did not try to eject. Burrowes was a fully qualified Pilot with 900 flying hours including 679 in the a-10a. The report mentions no mechanical problems on the aircraft. No one else was Hurt in the Accident which destroyed the $7 million plane. A. Tje Ras occurred the Day after two crewmen in an f-11 in fighter bomber from Raf upper Heyford died when their plane flew into the sea off the Norfolk coast. Pilot who died in Wales crash 1 flew in thick fog report says by Dave Diehl