European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday june 4, 1990cuban ship commanders yacht Washington l Pic a cuban gunboat commandeered an is million japanese owned yacht saturday finn Cannon shots Over the vessel s Bow in International Waters and ordering it into a cuban Harbor the boats Captain said. The 145-foot luxury yacht Bele Sbat Queen owned by Island future corp. Of Kobe. Japan and registered in Britain was 14 Miles North of Cuba w Hen the cuban military Craft approached and fired three shots said the yacht s Captain Lan Mccombe. Quot they told us to step. We did Stop. Then they fired anyway Quot Mccombe said in a Telephone interview from aboard the ship which was a half mile from the cuban coast after following the gunboat for five hours. He said several of the cubans had fired automatic weapons into the air. Apparently to scare his Crew. "1 just Hope they Don t get careless about where they re firing those guns a he said. ? along with Mccombe. An australian the yachts International Crew included four americans three West germans two britons and a japanese. One crewman was identified As Guthrie Butler of Las vegas. The cubans made no attempt to Board the yacht when they fired the shots about 3 . And made no direct communication beyond waving and shouting in Spanish that it should follow. Mccombe said. _ _ Mccombe said cuban traffic control authorities had contacted the ship on Friday and a wished us a Good  several commercial ships were trav Eling freely in the same area known As the Bahama shipping Lane. Dam a then these Guys come up on us and Stan r0ine nuts. They re Yelling and waving at us and shooting Cannon fire but  Tell us Why a a he said Andrew Henderson a British embassy official in Washington said his government was aware of the situation and wanted to a avoid any unpleasantness Quot Mccombe said the embassy instructed him to follow the cubans and a do whatever we re  he said they told him that the action might be related to the interception of a cuban ship earlier this year by the . Coast guard although he did not know details of that incident. The . State department could not be immediately reached for comment. News briefs killer of bus Driver executed in Nevada Carson City. Nev. Apr con cited killer Thomas Baal died by lethal injection Early sunday after opposing his parents 11th-hour Legal Effort to keep him alive. The execution came hours after the . Supreme court voted 5-4 to erase a Federal appeals court ruling blocking the execution. The 26-year-old former mental patient who Slabbed a bus Driver to death in Las vegas during a 19ss robbery had been described As relieved to hear of the High court s  Olav suffers stroke in Norway Oslo. Norway apr Norway s s6-y car old King Olav v was partially paralysed sunday following a stroke but was conscious and could speak his doctors said. His condition was described As  and the next few Days will be decisive the doctors  in . Primary May be extended military members and civilians overseas May have an additional 10 Days in which to vote in the new Jersey primary election scheduled for tuesday. Because Many new Jersey counties were late in mailing out Absentee ballots to military and overseas citizens the state is expected to accept ballots from these voters until june 15. A court decision on this Issue will be made monday. Information is available by calling Auto on 223-6500 or 202 6936500.summit from Page 1 cutting nuclear arms and a in a Concession to Gorbachev a a pact to normalize Trade relations Between the two nations for the first time in 50 years. At the news conference Gorbachev embraced several new commercial agreements mentioning ism and Chevron by name and said these would provide Quot a Good economic foundation for the fast growing political cooperation Between the superpowers. The two men fielded questions in the East room of the White House in a scene framed by american and soviet flags. The audience included Barbara Bush and Raisa Gorbachev As Well As top aides to both men. Bush condemned a terrorist incident against Israel but reiterated . Opposition to further settlements on the lands captured from the arabs in the 1967 fighting. A i will try to persuade the government of Israel that it is  Bush said. Gorbachev went one step further suggesting that the increasing flow of soviet jews to Israel might be curbed if Israel does not respond to Arab criticism that these emigres were being located in disputed territory. Bush said the Trade agreement he and Gorbachev signed on Friday would not go to Congress without soviet enactment of liberalized emigration Laws. But he repeated that there was no linkage Between Trade accords and the Kremlin s treatment of Lithuania. Bush said he was not sure the two men had narrowed their differences Over terms for German unification. The United states is insisting that Germany be a full member of nato and Bush said he had told Gorbachev Why he believes that is the appropriate step to take. Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii and soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze Are meeting in Europe later this week and will discuss the German Issue with the West German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher. Gorbachev said he believes it will be possible to achieve an agreement on conventional forces in Europe by the end of the year. Gorbachev later sunday flew to the Midwest for a firsthand look at a family farm and a High tech firm a two examples of american know How he Hopes to transplant onto soviet soil. The soviet Leader and his wife Raisa landed in Minneapolis in the Early afternoon amid a steady drizzle and unseasonably Cool temperatures in the 40s. They were greeted by dignitaries including gov. Rude Pipich and former vice president Walter Mondale. After a stay of 6vi hours they were scheduled to move on to san Francisco the last Stop on their american tour. Minneapolis was festooned with red ribbons and Welcome signs in cyrillic to Greet the soviet Leader and the entire visit was being aired live on local television. Gorbachev struggling with food Shon Ages and massive inefficiency in agriculture was to visit a Dairy farm owned by the Brand family in Farmington about 45 minutes South of Minneapolis. Advanced computer technology is another area in which the soviets Hope to make great leaps in a Short time. Gorbachev planned to visit control data corp., a firm that is producing compel ers for the soviets to improve nuclear Power Plant safety. Those invited ranged from Chrysler a Lee Iacocca to . Haldeman. The lat-1 Ter a former Nixon aide jailed in the watergate scandal helped the Minneapolis based Radisson hotel Chain get approval to open a hotel in Moscow. Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and president Bush said Sonday  meet regularly twister from Page 1 Down the main Street. The mayors House was  Quot temporary shelters in churches quickly filled up in Petersburg where flooding two weeks ago chased people from their Homes Thurman said. Phil Roberts Deputy director of the Indiana department of emergency management said eight people were confirmed killed in Indiana a four in Petersburg two in nearby a Nion one in Bedford which is 70 Miles South of Indianapolis and one in Putnam county. The tornadoes were deemed the most destructive to hit Indiana since 1974, when about a dozen twisters touched Down Hauer said. Treated Many of the Indiana injured Roberts said. Utility service was knocked out m those areas. Mike Garvey a medical specialist for the Indiana emergency management Agency said at least 75 people were injured in the Bedford and Petersburg areas. Fewer than 10 were critically injured he said. Among the injured were 27 people in a Bedford restaurant that was destroyed Roberts said. A service station and convenience store were destroyed South of Bedford witnesses said Indiana state police in Lafayette reported extensive damage in Montgomery county about 25 Miles Northwest of Indianapolis. At least two tornadoes touched Down in that Region. A some houses Are reported gone Quot state police Cpl. Dave Murray said of Montgomery county. Elsewhere a in Wisconsin several thousand residents of fond do Lac an Eastern Wisconsin City of 36,000, were temporarily without electric service As falling tree limbs Tore Down transmission lines. No serious injuries were reported a in Minnesota thunderstorms with wind gusts up hospitals around the Bedford and Petersburg areas to 70 Mph and Hail moved across Southeastern and electricity and Gas service was turned off in Findlay where about so0 people live for fear of leaks. Eleven Homes were destroyed and 25 others were damaged in the area. East Central parts of the state. A Tornado damaged four farms saturday a mile East of Goodhue in Southeastern Minnesota but no injuries were reported authorities said. A in Ohio a Tornado damaged several Homes and destroyed a restaurant in Harrison outside Cincin atthe National weather service said. No serious injun were reported. A in kentucky1, a Tornado overturned a House trailer and damaged three others in the town of West Libe y. And two possible tornadoes were reported Elsel tier the state said police and the weather sen. Ice. No i j Ries were immediately  in Michigan a Tornado touched Down in Btu Praise township damaging some of the Many v Tion trailers in an area where Many retirees lives Newago county sheriffs dispatcher Bob Bam. No juries were reported and the extent of the damage not immediately known he said. A in Kansas winds that reached 70 Mph Tore roof from Homes throughout the City of Hutchin a downed Power lines knocked out Power to n 50,000 Homes and sparked grass fires