European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday August 22,1990news update russian communists Moscow apr the head of the russian Branch of the communist party said 162,750 members quit in july the Sovic Skaya Rossiya soviet Russia newspaper reported sunday that is about 1,5 percent of the ii million communist party members in Russia the largest Republic in the soviet Union the figures were announced by Ivan Poloz Kov a hard liner who was elected in june to Lead the russian Branch. Poloz Kov said he was concerned by the number of drop outs particularly since 90,000 of them were the very fac Iory workers that the communist parly claims to represent. Many had predicted mass defect Lions after the russian party Congress in june which was dominated by hard liners opposed to Many of the democratic and Market oriented reforms favored by Mikhail s.  Case Moscow apr russian prime minister Ivan a Ilayev has urged exiled writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn to accept his restored soviet citizenship and return Home As a Ilayev a guest according to Media reports monday in a letter published on the front Page of Sovic Skaya Rossia newspaper Ilayev said Solzhenitsyn a Homecoming was a one of those moves that our Homeland needs As much As air. A the interests of the state and its future destiny compel me to ask you and your family to accept an invitation to be my personal guests at any time you choose Quot wrote Ilayev Premier of the largest soviet Republic. Solzhenitsyn 71, is one of 23 people whose citizenship has been restored by president Mikhail s. Gorbachev  crash kills Soldier italian woman Vicenza Italy a a Soldier stationed at Caserma Ederle and an italian woman Riding on the Back of his motor Cycle Are dead following a collision with car. According to initial reports the to Ercyele hit a car that failed to yield Early sunday evening. The Soldier died while being transported to a Vicenza Hospital. His passenger died in the Hospital. The italian Driver of the car was not injured. The Soldier s name was being withheld until relatives could be notified according to the Southern european task Force Public affairs  gets 18 months for marijuana offences Raf Lakenheath England a amps a a 48th Supply so airman who pleaded guilty to using and distributing marijuana was Given a bad conduct discharge and sentenced to 18 months in jail on monday by a military judge. Airman 1st class Steven d. Lytle also was reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade and ordered to Turicik $450 a month from his pay for is months according to a base  an article last week incorrectly listed the Hometown of a . Air Force Exchange Pilot who died when two Royal air four tornadoes collided. Maj Len Nis Wise was from fur. Low a. 2 air Force firemen in England smuggling charges by Dave Diehl . Bureau two air Force firemen from Raf Greenham common have been charged in a Federal indictment with trying to use the military mail system to smuggle steroids to the United states. Staff sol John Larkin and senior airman quince Scalf both of the 501st civil engr so fire department were arrested on base june 30 with about $51,000 Worth of the drugs according to an official with the air Force office of special investigations. The two allegedly were involved with former British bodybuilding Champion Ronnie Davies and his Fiancee Tanya Anne Weaver according to the indictment issued by . District court in Columbus Ohio the four were conspiring to smuggle about $1 million Worth of anabolic steroids to the United states according to a statement issued by the los. Attorney in Columbus. It Weaver was with Scalf and Larkin when they were apprehended with the package of steroids the indictment said. Davies 52, the owner of a gym in Birmingham England and Weaver 29, who also goes by the name of Tanya Holmes arc British. The indictment said Davies also intended to have air Force members at Greenham common smuggle the drugs into the United states in household goods shipments. Davies according to assistant . Attorney Brad Barbin was the ringleader of the scam that would have involved smuggling through the Apo up to $ 1 million Worth of the drugs this year. Davies who was arraigned on june 30, is free in Ohio on $20?000 Bond and is under 24-hour supervision said an os1 official in Newark Ohio. He faces up to 13 years in jail and $750,000 in fines if convicted of All three counts against him including smuggling and distribution charges. Scalf is named in three of the five counts in the indictment including two that allege he imported steroids to the United slates on May 3 and May 30. If convicted of smuggling and attempting to distribute the drugs Scalf could draw a 15-Ycai prison term and face up to $750,000 in fines the of i official said. Larkin and Weaver who Are charged with conspiracy to smuggle the steroids face up to five years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 if convicted he said. In an agreement Between air Force Legal officials and the . Attorney s office in Columbus Scarf and Larkin will be tried in Federal instead of military court. The two have not been arraigned and Are still on duty at Greenham common a base spokesman said. A the four were caught in what was an elaborate four month sting operation in Quot Quot . Customs agents in England and Ohio the Osi official solving the of and said. All the crimes alleged in the indictment occurred during the Spring and summer of this year. Walesa to run for president of Poland Gdansk Poland up a Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa affirmed monday he will run for president of Poland and said the administration of Solidarity prime minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki has distorted some of the ideals of the movement. In the first of a series of interviews to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the founding of Solidarity on aug. 31, 1980, Walesa left no doubt he will seek to replace Wojciech Jaruzelski the former communist party Leader As president setting up a possible confrontation with Mazowiecki. A i am the moral president now a he declared saying it was he who brokered the process ust year that installed Jaruzelski and Mazowiecki As Well As putting his former advisers Adam Mich Nik and Bronislaw Seremek in prominent positions in parliament. A fall of them were installed by me a he said. �?o1 gave them too much and now 1 am being  previously Walesa had said he would run a if the circumstances required  aides now say he will begin his Campaign in Earnest in september Jaruzelski a presidential term expires in 1994, but he has suggested he would step Down next year because of the changing political circumstances. However Mazowiecki a former Walesa adviser who openly split with Walesa last Spring and his supporters arc reluctant to see the Strong willed Union Leader in a position that could influence the operations of the parliament and the army As Well As the government. Walesa said when Solidarity was founded 10 years ago he had two goals to overthrow communism and to build a new political system a the first goal was achieved and the second is being implemented a he said. A i swore to achieve these goals. These Are the reasons for my a Oral right to St Ruggle for these reforms. A asked whether he Felt Mazowiecki and his supporters had betrayed him he said a Jwill show these cements during the election Campaign a adding he would not give details now. He concluded a the government of Mazowiecki needs to be needled and i am doing  Walesa and Mazowiecki broke ranks Over the Pace of political Reform and specifically Over the continuing presence in the state bureaucracy of thousands of former communist a a apparatchiks who hold managerial jobs and Block at Temple reforms. The split not Only has divided Solidarity into two warring Camps but it also threatens the administrations Tough economic stabilization plan which has slashed inflation but brought unemployment nearing the 1-million Mark in this country of 39 million. Oil Rig with 49 men adrift in Stormy North sea Copenhagen Denmark apr an Oil Rig carrying 49 men broke Loose from a Tow vessel during a storm in the North sea monday and floated out of control West of Denmark Navy and Oil company spokesmen said. The danish Navy said it sent six helicopters and several ships to the area to Rescue the men if they had to abandon the Rig. It said the men 48 norwegians and a dutch citizen stood on deck dressed in survival suits. Sustained winds of 70 Miles per hour and higher gusts to Hurricane strength were reported in the area. Waves were 26 feel to 33 feet. Phillips Petroleum spokesman Sander Bull Gjertsen said in Stavanger Norway that the situation was stable. A there is no immediate danger a he said. A was far As we know All is Well on Board Quot said Anders band Andersen of the norwegian Rescue Center near Stavanger. No injuries were reported. The radio communications station at Farsund Norway reported that radio Contact with the Rig was broken. The rigs three legs each 440 feet Long were raised in the air adding to the dangers for helicopter operations. When lowered the legs secure the Rig to the sea Bottom. The British liner Queen Elizabeth ii paused in a voyage to Oslo Norway to coordinate Rescue snip movements until the danish vessel Omega arrived in the area. The 13-year-old Rig named West Gamma can House up to 458 men in Small Cabins on several stories. It is 230 feet Long and 215 feet wide and was designed As an accommodation Rig for workers on Oil pumping stations in the North sea. The Rig was being towed when the storm developed from Norway s Eko Fisk Oil Field Southwest of Norway to a West German pumping station named by 1. It broke Loose 117 Miles West of the danish port of Esbjerg. Danish Navy radio operators said the German pumping station reported the incident at noon. By 3 p.m., the Rig was reported floating 15 Miles Southeast of the pumping station. Bull Gjertsen said rescuers had an estimated 20 hours to get towline aboard the Rig and take the men off before the Rig would come dangerously close to land or North sea Oil platforms. Air Force no Dies in two car Accident Spang  a. West Germany a amps a a 26-year-old air Force non commissioned officer was killed and two other people were injured in a two car Accident in front of the base Golf course. Staj sgt David Betel died of head injuries alter he was thrown Friday night from a car driven by staff ski. Mark a Smith five both were assigned to the 52nd aircraft generation so at Span Dahlem. Base spokeswoman Iris reit said that Smiths northbound car skidded oif the Roadway about 9 10 p.m., Over corrected and then Slid sideways into the southbound Lane of Highway b-50. His car was hit in the front wheel area by an oncoming car driven by a German. Smith s car w As spin m half by the Impact. Belzel Smith and the German whose name was not available All were wearing Seatbelt but the Impact of the crash broke the Seal restraints Reitt said. Smith also was thrown from his car and suffered multiple Breaks in his left Arm he was reported in stable condition monday at the air Force Hospital at bit Burg a. The German Driver was taken to a local Hospital in bit Burg with head cuts but no information was available monday about his condition. Basc authorities Are investigating the crash. A memorial service was head tuesday foe Bel Al a native of Sheffield Ohio. He is survived by his wife