European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 5, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3 revolutions Fervour waning Vear after Khomeini a death Tehran Iran apr iranian spiritual Leader Ali Khamenei stressed monday that the nation will follow the path of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini but the first anniversary of the patriarchs death Drew smaller than cd a death to America a blared loudspeakers placed around the shrine built to Honor Khomeini. Inside mourners listened As speakers recited koranic verses. The Gray bearded Khomeini seemed to stare sternly at the crowd from photographs on the pillars. A while there is islam we will not forget the Imam read one Banner. Khomeini was considered the Imam or supreme spiritual Leader. But iranians marked the first anniversary of his death in Sharp contrast to the bizarre outpouring of grief last year. _ about 6 million frenzied mourners a year ago poured into the streets pounding their Heads with clenched fists beating their chests and scratching their faces. Observers said mondays event which climaxed a four Day mourning period gathered no More than 3 million people around the shrine on the outskirts of Tehran far less than expected. Tehran normally a Hodgepodge of activity was almost dead and streets were virtually deserted. At the shrine the atmosphere was More that of a social gathering than a sad event. Only a few mourners beat their chests in the traditional shiite moslem expression of grief although larger groups of mourners would occasionally tap their chests in symbolic fashion. Addressing the crowd Khamenei also an Ayatollah said a the imams line is that same line which we pledge to  groups of disabled men in wheelchairs reminders of the eight year Var with Iraq were pushed into the shrine by revolutionary guards wearing Black armbands to mask the occasion. _ thousands of mourners were bused in from villages towns and other cities. Soldiers conscripts and civil ser Michael Jackson treated at Hospital for Chest pains Santa Monica Calif. Apr pop superstar Michael Jackson was treated in a Hospital emergency room after he complained of Chest pains officials said. Jackson 31, entered the emergency room of St. Johns Hospital and health Center on sunday night Jackson spokesman Bob Jones and Hospital spokeswoman Paulette Weir said in a statement. A according to his physician he is in stable condition and appropriate tests Are being conducted a the statement said. I there was no in i mediate word on Jackson whether Jackson was admitted to the Hospital. A Hospital Telephone switchboard operator said Early monday that no More information would be available until later in the Day. Lee Sobers Jackson a spokesman said the Singer and dancer had no history of heart problems. He would not comment further. Jackson was catapulted into the Public Eye at age 5 with the Jackson five family pop group. As a Solo performer Jackson sold More than 100 million albums in the 1980s. He won an unprecedented eight grammy awards for his 1982 release a thriller a the most successful album of All time with sales of More than 40 million copies worldwide. His last album a bad a released in 1987, contained five no. 1  reclusive Star known Tor wearing one White Glove onstage has been celebrated As widely for his eccentricities As for his music and choreography. Ants were ordered to attend the ceremonies. Hundreds of shiites also came from Pakistan India Syria and Lebanon. Iranian television which aired live coverage of the funeral last year did not broadcast any of the commemorations live. Elsewhere hundreds of mourners gathered inside the mosque at Khomeini a Home in the Northern Tehran suburb of Jamar an sobbing and beating themselves As they looked at the chair on a Small Balcony from which Khomeini used to address his people. Only a year after Khomeini a death Many of his followers who actively participated in the 1979 revolution that ousted Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi have become disillusioned. Many Are disgruntled with High inflation widespread official corruption and the unfulfilled promises of the revolution. Most of the economic woes Are due to the War with Iraq and Khomeini a implacable anti Western stance which Iran a present leaders Are haying a difficult time circumventing in order to get foreign investment and Western technology. Khomeini a staunch followers like his Only surviving son Ahmad an important figure in the Radical Camp within the leadership want no deviation from his teaching. But others such As president Hashemi a Sfanjani Leader of a rival pragmatic group Are faced with the task of improving the Economy to placate rising discontent. A Sfanjani has indicted he wants revolutionary Fervour dampened in favor of economic reconstruction. In a veiled attack on proponents of that policy Ahmad told a group of the ideologically committed revolutionary guards a do not deviate from the imams path. If others do i Trust you will not let  the largest exile iranian opposition group the Mujahideen Khaliq said in a message to the associated press in Nicosia Cyprus that anti government dem an iranian faints and is carried away by other mourners sunday at a shrine to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. On stations broke out. The group in the message from its office in Baghdad Iraq said clashes Between students and government Security forces were reported in Tehran Tabriz Isfahan and Ora Mitch. _ it said at least 30q students were arrested in oru Liyeh. As is usually the ease with such reports the government did not comment and there was no Way to quickly substantiate the report. Soviets to break with tradition test feasibility of Volunteer army Moscow up a a recruiting Experiment will test the feasibility of a Volunteer soviet army a break with hundreds of years of russian military tradition defense minister Dmitri Yazoo said sunday. Yazoo revealed plans for the novel trial in the army newspaper red Star after months of discussion Over whether a military Force numbering 5 million members makes sense in an Era of decreasing military tension. A the main thing Here is to ensure that with the numerical reductions in the army and Navy the qualitative indicators of their Battle potential do not Worsen a he said. The announcement of the modest Experiment comes after More than two years of criticism in soviet news papers and magazines about the hazing and brutality in the conscript army that anti military activists say often ends in the death of recruits. Yazoo said the recruitment Experiment to be phased in Over the next few years is part of an Overall military Reform that spells smaller defense expenditures. This year he said the military budget will drop by 8.2 percent from $123 billion to $ 113 billion. Western estimates give higher figures for defense spending claiming that military costs Are hidden in the budgets of civilian ministries. Soviet military expenditures Are currently estimated at 15 percent of the country a Gross National product much higher than in the United states. Cuban exiles who assisted . In Bay of pigs seek Veteran status Miami up a the cuban exiles who participated in the failed Bay of pigs invasion Are seeking recognition As veterans of the . Armed forces noting that they carried . Weapons and fought with . Training. A if you financed us and you trained and and you gave us this kind of help and this was recognized by the Leader of the armed forces then we believe we have a basis for recognition a said Rafael Cabezas president of brigade 2506, the Bay of pigs veterans association. Some 1,450 cuban exiles participated in the failed 1961 attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro either directly or As members of support battalions that never reached Cuba. Veteran status would make medical benefits available to Between 700 and 800 cuban born fighters. More than 500 members of the invasion team eventually joined the . Military and thus Are already eligible for Veteran benefits but 700 to 800 did not. For two years they have lobbied Congress for recognition concentrating on members of the Florida delegation. Last year democratic rep. Dante Fascell of Florida forwarded the exiles request to the air Force office assigned to review All requests for Veteran status. In response Brig. Gen. Ellwood p. Hinman 111 wrote that assault brigade 2506 a appears clearly  a first their service was not rendered during a period of armed conflict a the general wrote. A secondly their service was not rendered in direct support of the armed  brigade members were undaunted and planned to keep pursuing their efforts. A i would say their chances Are Zero a the Miami Herald quoted an unidentified staff member of the House veterans affairs committee As saying monday. A veterans they weren to. Everybody recognizes their service but who a going to provide the help for them a Fascell has asked his stall to determine what other avenues Are open to the group his press spokeswoman said