European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                  crisis in Iha Gulf related stories and photos pages 2 and 3 w8w�9ss8ftsssfi8ss8l88sss88fs88ss8?$ss$$ss Quot Andis ripes authoai2eo unofficial publication Foa the . Aramco poach be.  ,.nw., we film. Ftp was ,�>hjt.y�>�  a Lam wrap of vol. 49, no. 256 thursday december 27, 1990 a s5� 0atfy ind swv1fly d 8693 a  Les set paper says Iraq accepts Jan. 9 meeting from staff and wire reports the . Government said wednesday that Iraq has not agreed to a Date for talks with Secretary of state James Baker contrary to a report issued by a israeli newspaper. The respected israeli daily Maaris reported wednesday that Baker Likely will meet iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Baghdad Iraq on Jan. 9. Iraq had proposed a meeting with Baker on Jan. 12, but president Bush rejected that Date As too close to Jan. 15, the Date by which the United nations says Iraq must withdraw its troops from Kuwait or face the possible use of Force. Bush said the latest possible Date for such a meeting was Jan. 3. But state department spokesman Sondra Mccarty responded wednesday to the Maaris report by saying a a there has been no iraqi movement on the question of  Saddam told jordanian politicians visiting Baghdad on tuesday that he would t leave Kuwait until the a lib oration of  a let All the fleets and Israel hear Palestine conies first and it must be liberated a Saddam said in a speech broadcast on iraqi state radio. The iraqi president also reiterated his claim that Kuwait was unjustly removed from Iraq by British colonial rulers. Saddam challenged the United states Britain and other Western Powers massing in the persian Gulf to put the question of Kuwait s future to an Arab referendum. The British broadcasting corp. Monitoring service reported wednesday that Saddam also had said Kuwait s deposed ruling family will never regain Power. The . Security Council has Given Iraq until Jan. 15 to unconditionally pull out of Kuwait and restore the Al Sabah family to Power. Bush was reportedly told tuesday that some military leaders believe . Combat units in the Gulf will not be see talks on Back Page mount Vernon to. A Nancy Cruzan an Auto crash victim who Lay severely brain damaged for years while a landmark right to die Battle was waged around her died wednesday 12 Days after her feeding tube was removed. Cruzan 33, died at the Missouri rehabilitation Center about 3 a.m., Hospital spokeswoman Barbara shoun a  the tube that had sustained Cruzan Cruzan for eight years in what doctors described As an irreversible vegetative state was removed at her parents request after a three year Legal Battle. The fight produced the . Supreme courts first right to die ruling. Cruzana a condition had deteriorated rapidly tuesday dropping from deteriorating to serious to critical shoun said. A her parents and i believe some other relatives were with her when she died except for a very Short time when they would go Home to pick up something her parents have been with her the whole time a the spokeswoman said. In its 5-4 decision in june the supreme court blocked Joe and Joyce Cruzan from withholding food and water from their daughter in the absence of a Clear and convincing evidence she would have wanted to die. V after former co workers testified that Cruzan said she would never want to live see Cruzan on Back page3 grades of cafes Gas Down 21 let per gallon Munich Germany a amps a gasoline prices at cafes pumps in Germany and the Netherlands have recently fallen 21 cents per gallon for three grades. Since nov 7, prices have fallen about 33 cents per gallon for most grades in three intervals but even with the latest decrease prices Are higher than at the end of 1989, when prices ranged from $1.22 per gallon for regular unleaded to $1.50 for super plus unleaded. The latest change was the result of a More stable Dollar and lower prices from Esso cafes spokesman master sgt. Dayton Strickland said. Super unleaded and super leaded fell to $1,53 per gallon Down from $1.74. Unleaded regular is now priced at $1.44, Down from $1.65. Super plus unleaded fell u cents to 1.78, and diesel dropped i. Cent to $1,68 per gallon. In the United kingdom prices also dropped in december Strickland said. After hitting $2,02 per gallon in november prices dropped to $1.79 per gallon on dec ii for leaded and unleaded grades in Italy prices Are also lower. All grades Are now $1.57 per gallon after hitting $1.70 in november a prices for 100-liter Coupon books in Germany and the Netherlands Are $40.40 for super unleaded unleaded regular $38 super plus unleaded $47 super leaded $40.40 and diesel $44,40. I Pacl hcs amps  Bob Hope makes a Point at a press conference in Eastern saudi Arabia. Despite censors gis by Rob Jagodzinski the Pacific stars and stripes Eastern saudi Arabia a though forced to censor his jokes and pull Hollywood starlets from his show 87-year-old Bob Hope said there was no place he a rather be than with the troops during the holidays a a they could t hide this War from me boy they tried a Hope told reporters during his five Day. Middle East tour. \ a a in be been thinking of coming Over Here for months. I thought maybe they a let up and i could get a few thousand girls in Here a he said of saudi Arabia. Hope who has played to hundreds of military audiences since 1941, said he has never worked under such heavy restraints. A there were a lot of things i had to Cut out to satisfy . Military and saudi censors he said. A we were briefed on saudi sensitivities three times Quot stateside. After Hope arrived in the Middle East on sunday a a Man from the saudi cultural department sat Down see Hope on Back Page