European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes news briefs tax from Page 1 agreement to Bush before Midnight Friday when the temporary funding measure expired. However they indicated Friday that a final Bill is unlikely before next week. Bush has indicated hell sign Stopgap legislation extending spending authority through wednesday to avoid another partial shutdown of the government. The Senate gave the Stopgap Bill final congressional approval on a voice vote and sent it to Bush on Friday. It would give Congress time to Complete work on the 13 annual spending Bills before adjourning for the  from Page 1 hear that she got better after her surgery. A i am sure one reason Why you got better is because you never gave up. But i also know the reason Why the doctors were Able to fix your heart was because you have a Beautiful heart a he said. In a postscript he added Quot you re right. The desert is not so bad. My troops have already Learned to Deal with its  by United press International residents of the Northeast and mid Atlantic states worked Friday to repair damage from powerful Rains winds and tornadoes while freezing temperatures dipped into the 20s in the Midwest and appalachians. The cold weather followed a Strong front that lashed the mid Atlantic states thursday evening whipping up As Many As five tornadoes near Washington d.c., and cutting off Power to about 75,000 customers. The storm system then pushed into new England with winds of near Hurricane strength that knocked Down More Trees and Power lines. Officials were checking reports of two Small tornadoes in Rhode islands Beach areas. Jeff Kotkin a spokesman for Northeast utilities said that at the height of the storm thursday night into Friday morning some 75,000 customers in Connecticut and Western Massachusetts had lost their electricity because of fallen tree limbs. He said that As of about 8 a.m., some 11,000 were still by the associated press Iraq said Friday it will ration gasoline beginning next week and it ordered All foreigners in occupied Kuwait to report to authorities or face punishment. The rationing appeared to be another sign that the . Trade embargo was hurting the government of iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Iraq is already rationing food Staples such As meat milk Ana bread. Also because of the Trade sanctions imposed after iraqis August invasion of Kuwait Baghdad lacks the imported materials needed to refine the Oil it pumps sources in Baghdad said on condition of anonymity. In new York Oil prices dropped $2.15 in Early trading on the new York mercantile Exchange to $34.65 a barrel. Traders attributed the drop to remarks by an iraqi official a Day earlier that negotiations might be in the offing. Meanwhile president Bush promised Friday that iraqis aggression will a not be rewarded by some compromised and said that american forces in the persian Gulf Are ready for military action if necessary. Bush met for More than an hour with senior soviet official Yevgeny m. Primakow who was sent to Iraq two weeks ago by president Mikhail s. Gorbachev in search of a political settlement. Neither Bush nor Primakow would comment on their tails. In other developments a a new poll indicated solid european backing of the Western stand against Iraq. Seventy percent of the respondents in Britain Germany France Italy and Spain support the use of military Force to end the 12-week-old occupation. Without Power. The cold temperatures extended into the Midwest As Frost covered higher elevations Early Friday and forecasters declared this years growing season Over in the appalachians where temperatures dipped into the 20s. Skies were Clear and temperatures in the 20s were reported near Chicago. In the Washington d.c., area Trees still blocked roads Friday morning and several still were Cut off from main roads and school buses were forced to cancel morning runs. As Many As five tornadoes were reported within a 50-mile radius of Washington with the most serious damage caused by twisters in Remington va., and Baltimore county authorities said. Straight line winds gusted to 71 Mph in Washington toppling Trees and Power lines sinking several boats at Washington Harbor and blowing windsurfers onto the rocks in the Potomac River the National weather service said. No serious injuries were reported. A a report published Friday in iraqi newspapers said All foreigners in Kuwait must Register with local authorities before nov. 5. Those who fail to do so Quot will be responsible before the Law and their residency cards will be cancelled a the report said. A the United states is pressing for Swift passage of a new . Resolution condemning iraqis human rights violations in Kuwait and demanding the release of All hostages held by  in Munich stage protest Over Gulf buildup Munich Germany a amps a a group of americans called the Munich american peace committee demonstrated Friday against . Involvement in the persian Gulf. About 35 americans none of them connected with the . Military carried signs in front of the old m Nich City Hall and handed out fliers protesting the tie ploy ment. Sue Durr one of the committee members said the Munich demonstration was to show Solidarity with the protests planned for saturday in the United states. Quot no amount of profit or Oil is Worth the death of a single american Soldier a one flier stated. The Munich group is calling on the United states to a take the troops and weapons of mass destruction out of the Gulf Region a Durr said. Saturday october 20,1990 soviets of moderate plan to initiate Market economy11 killed 73 injured on foggy German Road Hof Germany apr a massive pileup in dense fog involving More than 200 cars killed 11 people and injured 73 others on a Highway near this Southern German town Friday police said. Some cars caught fire and rescuers needed several hours to Clear the wreckage and pull out All the victims police said. The crash stopped traffic on the Busy Highway linking Nurnberg with Berlin for most of the Day. Police arrested the Driver of a truck that rammed into four cars killing eight people. The cause of the pileup was excessive Speed in foggy conditions police  freed from jail after judge reduces bail from wire reports los Angeles Charles h. Keating jr., a defendant in one of the nations biggest savings and loan scandals walked out of jail thursday night a few hours after a Federal judge in los Angeles reduced his bail from $5 million to $300,000. A the bail level is a violation of or. Keatings. Constitutional rights a . District judge John g. Davies said during the bail hearing. A it seems to me that the trial court acted  Keating 66, a Phoenix businessman who. Owned Lincoln savings had been held in los Angeles county jail since sept. 18. His family posted his bail. Keating and three co defendants Are scheduled to go to trial nov. 26.bonn official backs talks on German-. Brigade Stuttgart Germany a amps a German defense minister Gerhard Stoltenberg is open to the idea of a German american brigade like the new German French brigade in Bobingen a defense ministry spokesman said Friday. But a there Are no Concrete deliberations a said cmdr. Walter Eichenmiller referring to a German news Agency a report that Stoltenberg had mentioned such a brigade tuesday during a visit to the 1st inf div fwd in Goppinger. Leaders at the nato Summit last june in London directed strategic planners to study the possibility of setting up International brigades. Eichenmiller said the negotiations to establish them could take place Between the individual countries involved or at the nato level. But so far the germans have not approached other countries with any proposals he said. Moscow up a the soviet parliament approved a Compromise plan for a cautious move to a Market Economy Friday with president Mikhail Gorbachev accusing opposition Leader Boris Yeltsin of seeking confrontation by insisting on Radical Reform. Gorbachev a plan entitled Quot guidelines for stabilizing the National Economy and introducing a Market system a was approved by a 333-12 vote with 34 abstentions at the Friday afternoon session of the supreme soviet or parliament. In a speech to the parliament earlier Friday Gorbachev lashed out at russian Republic Leader Yeltsin his chief critic and rival for criticizing the Compromise plan. A the is ignoring the interests of 150 million people and he is cheating people a Gorbachev said of Yeltsin who has used his new Power base As head of the russian federation to press Gorbachev for More Radical economic reforms. A this is a political game a Gorbachev said. Yeltsin in a speech tuesday accused Gorbachev of not keeping his word and supporting a More moderate economic plan Over the bold 500-Day program which was based heavily on Yeltsin a ideas and already approved by the russian republics legislature. The Compromise plan presented by Gorbachev on Friday rules out the 500-Day blueprints abandonment of All subsidies the closing of unprofitable factories rapid privatization of property and enterprises Ami eventual elimination of most Industrial Branch ministries. Parliaments Green Light Means that the country despite continuing differences Over the Pace and extent of change will at Long last move to some sort of mixed economic system after seven decades of centrally planned communism. The tentative go ahead also broke a legislative logjam that stretched Back to june Over what Type of Reform program to adopt. Premier Nikolai Ryzhkova said he a will not get any laurels for carrying out the plan a an indication that even the moderate transition to a Market Economy will bring inflation and unemployment by ending subsidies to failing . Gorbachev promised however that Quot while renouncing the Protection of businesses the state will protect people. Those who have to change jobs will have an Opportunity to get assistance in finding another  a during the transitional period the state will do its utmost to curb the growth of retail prices of prime necessities a he said. Northeast mid Atlantic begin repairs after powerful storms Iraq adds Gas to ration items