European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                An stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces k amp to a vol. 49, no. 162 sunday september 23, 1990 a 25 daily and sunday d 8693 a operation desert shield see stories photo on Page 3back in court the former head of Lincoln savings Charles h. Keating jr., alights from a sheriffs Van on Friday. Keating went Back to Superior court in los Angeles to seek a reduction in his $5 million bail. However judge Gary Klausner refused his request and sent him Back to jail. Jordan opposes iraqi occupation by the associated press Jordan a King Hussein declared saturday that his country would never recognize iraqis occupation of Kuwait As legitimate and urged the United states to get out of saudi Arabia a within the shortest period of  his address to the american people televised by the can to network from the jordanian capital of Amman came hours after reports that saudi Arabia had ordered nearly All envoys to leave yemeni and jordanian embassies m saudi Arabia. In Washington on saturday top finance officers from the worlds seven richest Industrial democracies met to seek was to stave off the Specter of world recession As a result of soaring Oil prices sparked by the Gulf conflict. Another flight of american civilians took off from Iraq on saturday. The state department had said it was to be the last . Charter planned from Baghdad and it advised All americans wanting to leave to sign up. . Officials said the Boeing 707 would Stop in London and continue to Raleigh n.c., arriving sunday. In Beijing at the opening of the asian games Kuwait steam in exile won cheers saturday from tens of thousands of spectators. Iraq which took Over Kuwait on aug. 2, was barred from the sports event. In another development Nigeria announced saturday that it was joining other nations in imposing . Sanctions against Iraq. Moslem fundamentalists in Nigeria have raised angry protests Over the . Military presence in the Gulf. Speaking from his Palace the jordanian Monarch said he played no role in the planning of the iraqi invasion of Kuwait and said his country a stands against forcible acquisition of  he said Jordan does not recognize israelis occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza strip and would not recognize iraqis annexation of Kuwait. He also said a the presence of Allied forces in saudi Arabia a must be terminated within the shortest possible period of  earlier saturday word of the saudi expulsion order against 20 jordanian diplomats came from a senior jordanian official in Amman. The diplomatic sources in saudi Arabia said nearly All the staffers from the jordanian and yemeni embassies would be expelled. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity. When asked about the report of expulsions Hussein said it was a a fabricated  Jordan and Yemen have been seen As weak links in the embargo against Iraq and have failed to support the multinational Force deployed in saudi Arabia to protect the Oil Rich kingdom after iraqis invasion of Kuwait. Pro iraqi demonstrations have broken out in both Jordan and Yemen. Saturdays economic gathering in Washington brought together finance ministers and Central Bank presidents from the United states Japan West Germany Britain France Canada and Italy. The meeting comes As Oil prices pushed above $35 per barrel Friday on the futures Market posting an All time High. The world Bank said War in the Mideast could push Oil prices to $65 a barrel this year and next. The Price was about $20 a barrel before Iraq invaded Oil Rich Kuwait in a dispute Over Oil land and Money bringing on the . Embargo against Baghdad. Meanwhile syrian president Hafez Assad arrived inset Iraq on Back Page Beer taps flowing in Munich As 157th oktoberfest begins oktoberfest will keep this loaded Down waitress Busy for the next two weeks. Munich West Germany a with the traditional 12-gun Salute the 157th edition of the Munich oktoberfest opened saturday for 16 Days of revelry that will include Germany a historic Union. The festival ends on oct. 7, four Days after West and East Germany merge into one nation on oct. 3. But Munich a mayor Georg Kronawitter has ordered that the fests Beer taps be shut on that Day at 10 30 . A just As on any other Day of the largest Beer Bash in the world. Kronawitter explained his decision by saying that Unity does not necessarily have to be celebrated by longer drinking hours and More Beer. Many other towns in Germany Are allowing bars to stay open All night on oct. 3, which has been proclaimed a National Holiday. The opening of the oktoberfest was nearly threatened Friday by Gusty winds. The winds Tore Down the roofs of several huge Beer tents that were being set up for the Bash. City officials expect about 6.5 million tourists to pour into the bavarian capital for the fest. However the millions of visitors will have to pay record prices for their Beer this year a Between 6.95 Marks $4.42 and 7.55 Marks $4.80 for a liter of the brew. Gorbachev requesting More Power by the Washington Post Moscow a soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev said he May be forced to introduce direct presidential Rule and other emergency measures in parts of the soviet Union to save his Reform program. Addressing the supreme soviet Gorbachev said on Friday that immediate action was necessary to prevent the collapse of the Economy and a breakdown in Law and order. He also urged deputies to Grant him extensive new Powers to Rule by decree Over the coming months to ease the transition to a Market Economy. Constitutional amendments and new Laws introduced earlier this year give the president Broad emergency Powers to Avert threats to the country s stability including the right to suspend local and Federal government organs. His statement Friday was the clearest indication vet that he May be seriously considering a temporary return to authoritarian Rule in some regions of the country. Describing the current political see Power on Back Page