European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a a the stars and stripes sunday november 25,1990 soviet general denies problems Berlin apr the commander of the soviet armed forces in Germany giving official figures for the first time said saturday that 84 soldiers had deserted the red army in recent months. However Gen. Boris Vasilievich snet Kov denied German press reports that extortion Black Market dealing and mysterious deaths were rampant among the troops in Eastern Germany. He said 36 soldiers had left the army and turned themselves in to German authorities. The other 48 Are missing he said. Svetkov told a press conference that the 380,000 troops stationed in Eastern Germany a the largest red army contingent outside the soviet Union a face a a relatively tense situation in the planned pullout from Germany Over the next four years. News Brief but he denied reports that the contingent was falling apart plagued by Low morale internal fighting and mysterious deaths. Instead he pointed to the waning Welcome for his troops on German soil. Recently German and soviet officials have expressed concern about the soviet troops still stationed in Germany. Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev spoke of Quot anti soviet flavor during his meeting with Chancellor Helmut Kohl in Bonn earlier this month. Many germans Are anxious to see the departure of soviet troops who Are now a bitter remnant of cold War occupation. The soldiers however face an Uncertain future at Home no guarantee of housing and the loss of ties to Western affluence. Germany has promised 12 billion Marks about $8 billion to the soviet Union to help finance the withdrawal. In an interview published saturday in the Eastern German daily Junge Welt a soviet lawyer and human rights activist was quoted As saying that there were 800 deaths among soviet troops in 1988 and that he was investigating More than 2, deaths in a mysterious circumstances. The lawyer Oleg Liamin was also quoted As saying soviet Barracks operate under a a regime of terror in which extortion and beatings among the troops Are common. Other reports in the German press have said that red army soldiers desperate for German Marks allegedly raid depots and Trade weapons and uniforms on the Black Market soviet privates Are paid the equivalent of Only $16 a month. Svetkov called the reports of Black Market Trade a a lies and said the reported number of alleged deaths Amone a troops in Eastern Germany was too  the actual number is Arm 100 a year he said. Know our stay in this country brags inconveniences to the people a h said. A but the people must understand that the forces must fulfil their Trainin duties As the army of the soviet Union a a he said anti soviet sentiment by son. Germans was Only making the Pulloni More difficult. There were 20 instances of vandalism in graveyards of soviet soldiers he said t he also said Many soviet soldiers been robbed by germans. Svetkov said the pullout of soviet forces will follow the agreed upon Tim Tai ble although Kohl had expressed interest in removing the troops before the 19<j  of trucks kills Soldier in saudi Arabia in Eastern saudi Arabia a a . Army truck and a civilian truck collided Early saturday killing one american Soldier and injuring another the . Military said. The Pentagon said the Soldier was the 49th member of the . Military to die since operation desert shield began aug. 7, five Days after iraqi troops invaded Kuwait. Both soldiers were thrown from the rear of the 21-ton army truck in the collision a military statement said. One was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was taken to a nearby military medical facility for treatment the statement said. His condition was not disclosed and no other details of the Accident were released. The soldiers who were not identified pending notification of relatives were from the 628th trans co 553rd combat support in 101st combat support group. Military and saudi police Are investigating the Accident the statement said. In Washington Pentagon spokeswoman Jan Walker said the latest fatality was the 46th accidental death since the operation began. She said one Soldier also died of a self inflicted gunshot wound and two people died of natural  trounced in yugoslav election Belgrade Yugoslavia apr nationalist parties in Bosnia Herzegovina won a sweeping Victory Over the ruling communists in the republics first free elections in 52 years the electoral commission announced saturday. The moslem Union of democratic action and the serbian democratic Alliance won the majority of seats in the two Chambers of the republics parliament. Bosnia Herzegovina whose 4.2 million people include serbs croats and moslem is geographically and politically at the heart of Yugoslavia a bitter ethnic rivalries. Pre election favourites the reformed league of communists and the Alliance of Reform forces of Federal Premier Ante Markovic received Only 24 of the 240 seats in the bicameral legislature in the first round of  from Page 1 Iraq for the invasion have caused serious hardships to citizens while having Little effect on president Saddam Hussein. Iraqi television showed two teen age boys and two girls saying they had admitted to writing pro kuwaiti slogans on school Walls with the blood of a Bird. Iraq also said saturday it would allow 10 British hostages to leave with their wives who were visiting Baghdad. Iraq said it would also free a a a substantial number of italians held As part of the human shield against Western attack radio reports and officials said. Saddam promised to release All of the estimated 3,000 foreigners in Iraq and Kuwait beginning at Christmas but has been letting batches of hostages go free in recent weeks. Earlier last week Baghdad said the remaining 150 germans left in Iraq would be allowed to go Home immediately. Meanwhile the foreign ministers of member states of the . Security Council prepared for a meeting this week to discuss the Gulf crisis and a possible Resolution authorizing the use of Force to oust iraqi troops from occupied Kuwait. The meeting comes after a Middle East and euro i Pean tour by president Bush to solidify the Alliance against Iraq which won him a firm pledge of support from egyptian president Hosni Mubarak but syrians Hafez Al Assad said he could not Back an option to use military Force in the crisis. I Bush has indicated he wants a . Resolution authorize ing Force in the Gulf in order to Send a Clear message Tol Saddam and to pave the Way for a possible military strike i in a related development Secretary of state James Baker in Colombia on his continuing quest for support of the . Resolution authorizing use of Force against Iraq called saturday for direct israeli Arab peace talks but he said he would not link the Issue to the Gulf crisis. 1 Baker also said the use of arms a May be the Only things Saddam understands. The Secretary of state met for an hour and 15 minutes with colombian president Cesar Gaviria mostly discussing the . Diplomatic offensive to promote . Authorization of Force to dislodge Iraq from Kuwait if .-imposed economic embargo does not work. Co-1 Lombida is part of the 15-member Security Council. I the United states has deployed More than 230,000 troops to the Gulf the forefront of a multinational Force assembled in response to the invasion of Kuwait. Wash-1 in ton has indicated it will Send 200,000 More troops after the first of the  from Page 1 mentus consumer Price Index up 6.3 percent in the same period. Five Gold rings fell in Price from $750 to $600, and the Nursery that Bradley checks every year had a Hal Price Sale on Pear Trees just $ 12.48 this year. But those nine ladies dancing and 10 lords a leaping done to come cheap. Bradley checked with the Philadelphia dance company and found a performance by the ladies would Cost $2,417.90, up from $2,084.40. Ten leaping lords would run you $2,686.56, up from $2,316 eleven pipers piping Cost $42.12 More this year or $947.70, and 12 drummers drumming can be had for $1,026.68, up $45.63. And those eight maids a milking Are still a minimum wage bargain at $30.40 for an hours work up $3.60. Everything else held steady. Swans continue to be the i a Strain on the credit card limit at $1,000 a pop or $7,000 for All seven. The Complete list with prices one Partridge in a Pear tree $27.48. Partridge $15 Pear tree $12.48. Two Turtle doves $50. Three French hens $15. Four calling Birds $280. Five Gold rings $600. Six geese a laying $150. Seven swans a swimming $7,000. Eight maids a milking $30.40. Nine ladies dancing $2,417.90. Ten lords a leaping $2,686.56. Eleven pipers piping $947.70. Twelve drummers drumming $1,026.68. 5 siberian miners killed by methane Gas Moscow up five miners were killed when i they hit an unexpected pocket of methane Gas during drilling work at a siberian Coal mine the official soviet news Agency Tass said Friday. Tass said the Accident occurred thursday night at Thel ankh Erskala Coal mine near the Western siberian City of Kemerovo. A state commission was sent to the mine to invest a Gate the Accident which apparently occurred when the i pocket of methane burst during drilling  from Page 1 enforcements Are needed in the persian Gulf crisis the official said. A live got an unprecedented deployment under Way in saudi Arabia a which requires this extreme step the official said. The marines also announced Friday that they ordered to Active duty another 2,377 reservists. Nearly All will report for duty with the 2nd Marine expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune n.c., which is scheduled to deploy to the Gulf As reinforcements for the approximately 45,000 marines already there. On aug. 22, president Bush gave Cheney the Legal authority to retain service members on duty in the Gulf who reach their retirement or re enlistment dates. However that authority was limited to those soldiers and officers who were directly involved in desert shield. In taking its action Friday the army went a step further and applied the Stop loss policy across the Board meaning everyone in the service is affected. Is pts the army had been using the Stop loss authority on a selective basis retaining about 2,000 men and Omen per month who otherwise would it was determined after Bush ordered a i new wave of army deployments to saudi i Arabia earlier this month that a broader i policy was needed to keep personnel m place he said. In its announcement the army so there would be three exceptions to the mandatory extensions of service those officers who face mandatory retirement i medical or other reasons those soldiers j discharged for reasons of incompetence j or other failings arid hardship cases