European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes thursday january 17,1991 world today March election proposed to decide . S path Moscow up the country s first referendum a plebiscite on keeping the soviet Union intact would be held in March under a draft Ruso Lution introduced wednesday in parliament. Although the Resolution suggested a March 3 Date for the plebiscite one supreme soviet Deputy said that was too Early and the vote should be later in March. Originally suggested by president Mikhail Gorbachev the referendum would request a a a yes or a a not answer on a keeping the Union of soviet socialist republics As a renewed federation of Sovereign republics having Estial rights a Gorbachev said last month that the vote would be a the final verdict on whether any Republic wanted to remain in a new soviet Union or desired to  a secession Law requires a wait of five years after the plebiscite during which negotiations about property and rights for minorities would be negotiated in any new Sovereign state. A pan am offices in Turin Turin Italy apr firebombs were thrown at the office of pan am in this Northern italian City during the night causing a Small fire police reported wednesday. V. A y y unknown persons broke the window of the . Airlines downtown office shortly before Midnight then tossed in three firebombs but one did not explode said a police official speaking on condition of anonymity. He said there was no immediate estimate of damage. The offices were closed at the time  one was injured. No group claimed responsibility the official said. Y a a a a a a. A a priest gored to death by injured water Buffalo new Delhi India a a hindu priest performing a funeral in South India was gored to death by a water Buffalo bitten by a Rabid dog. United news of India reporting the incident from than aver said the Buffalo was later captured and killed by veterinarians. Uni said the Buffalo was being taken to a weekly cattle Market when it encountered the. Dog. The Buffalo knocked Down Many people before hitting the priest it said. The news Agency did not say when the Accident happened. Than aver is in the state of tamil Nadu 1,225 Miles South of new Delhi. According to hindu belief the god of death Yama rides on a water Buffalo with big Curling horns whenever he descends from hell to Pluck away a dying persons soul. The dogs Fate was not known. 40% of czech conscripts seeking alternate service Prague. Czechoslovakia a about 40 percent of All conscripts have asked to do alternate civilian service Over the past 10 months army officials said wednesday. A about 20,000 have asked for an alternate service a defense ministry spokesman Petr tax said. He said that some 40 percent of conscripts object to military service for a religious   Quot but the moral reasons can be anything a he added stressing that the Law permitting non military duty requires no proof of religious or moral opposition to regular duty. Parliament shortened military service from 34 to is months last March and gave  czechs the option of doing 27 months of non military duly instead. Tax also said about 10,000 professional officers have left the army. Tunis Tunisia apr a Yasser Arafat received Arab diplomats offering condolences wednesday Over the slaying of his two chief aides and a guard by a Rene Gate bodyguard linked to the notorious terrorist Abu Nidal. A by a a by a Quot ��.���. The Palestine liberation organization implicated is race in the assassinations of Salah Khalaf Arafat a second in command and Hayel Abde 1-Ham id Plo Secundy chief. A. A o a 3. A a a Clad in a. Khaki military uniform and the trademark Kaffayeh headdress Arafat took messages of sympathy from among others the ambassadors of Iraq and saudi Arabia at the palestinian Al gods school. Plo gunmen flanked a depressed and red eyed Arafat. Nervous tunisian police officers in charge of Security outside the school refused to let photographers inside. A  / a. A a a. A by. A a after one hour and 20 minutes Arafat left in a Black Mercedes guarded by a dozen vehicles packed with gunmen. He made no comments. At first Plo officials said the israeli secret services were linked to the Assassin Hamza. Abu Zid. A Plo communique said investigators found that Abu Zid a had contacts with an israeli intelligence officer on  other details were not disclosed. The killings late monday forced Arafat to cancel a trip to Paris where he was to discuss Frances peace plan to end the persian Gulf crisis. A meeting of the plots surviving leadership went on late into the night tuesday and continued wednesday. No details were disclosed. In Amman Jordan Plo ambassador Tayib Abdel Rahim said the bodies of Khalaf Abdel Hamid and bodyguard Abu Mohammed Al Omari would be flown to Jordan and buried at martyrs cemetery. 1 Plo spokesman Bassam Abu Sharif said burial in Amman was almost certain but not officially decided. The three bodies meanwhile Lay at the Charles Nicole Hospital in Tunis. Later a Plo spokeswoman said Abu Zid acted alone. About a dozen palestinian Security men were taken into custody by tunisian police tuesday. The police said they were detained for questioning and were not considered  Zid 30, ,Abdel-1 Laid s bodyguard had previously worked for the Abu Nidal group Arafat a hated and most deadly rival in the palestinian movement Salah Khalaf right and his chief Yasser Arafat at a Plo meeting in Baghdad Iraq in Early january. Plo sources said. Tunisian newspapers wednesday said he emptied two magazines of an ak-47 assault Rifle into the three men during the attack at Abdel Hamidas Home in Carthage he then took Abdel Hamidas wife and daughter As hostages. Tunisian police stormed the House arrested Abu Zid and freed the captives. A i acted under orders a Plo sources quoted him As saying according to the tunisian press. A the leaders of Fatah have Given up the palestinian  Al Fatah is the chief component of the Plo. Khalaf and Arafat founded it in 1965 As an armed movement to wrest Palestine from israeli control. Investigators cited by tunisian newspapers said Abu Zid carried algerian and jordanian passports. He burned the algerian one witnesses said to hide his travels to Libya Yemen Algeria Greece Yugoslavia and Poland. By /. By a. Y y Abu Nidal the terrorist who masterminded the Rome and Vienna Airport massacres in 1985, broke with Arafat in 1973, both men have sentenced each other to death. Abu Nidal a Headquarters Are presently thought to be in Iraq . A a a it s new Cabinet has few changes Bonn Germany up1 a six weeks after leading his Center right coalition to Victory in All German elections Chancellor Helmut Kohl wednesday announced his new Cabinet which will bring no changes in key ministries. Kohls new government which has to be formally appointed by the Federal president will retain Hans Dic Trich Genscher As foreign minister Theo Taigel As finance minister and Gerhard Stoltenberg As defense minister. / a the coalition includes Kohls Christian democratic Union and its More conservative bavarian sister party the Christian social Union As Well As the Liberal free democratic party. After six weeks of often arduous negotiations the coalition parties agreed that the free democratic party which has four ministers in the outgoing government will receive an additional portfolio following its surprising gains in the dec. 2 National elections. A the main Issue during the negotiations was the financing of costs arising from the oct. 3, 1989, reunification of East and West Germany. The coalition parties agreed late tuesday to a Compromise solution after they rejected a free democratic proposal to lower taxes in Eastern Germany. The parties agreed that firms investing in former East Germany will be Able to write off 50 percent of their investment costs for one year against taxes within four years of making the investment. The three coalition parties also agreed that rent increases May not exceed 20 percent Over the next three years. Speaking after the end of the negotiations wednesday Kohl said that events in Lithuania and the threat of War in the Gulf had largely overshadowed the talks in recent Days. A i. A. Kohl said he was planning to Telephone president Bush to discuss the situation in the Gulf. Answering a question Kohl said he would not urge Bush to Avert War but would ask him to consider a every thinkable solutions that could help avoid an armed conflict. Kourou French Guiana apr an ariane Rock it roared into space tuesday boosting into orbit two european communications satellites including one designed to improve italian Telephone service. I lie ariane 44l, the most powerful version of the ariane series blasted off at 8 11 . And successfully put the two satellites into orbit shortly after Takeoff officials said. A1 a i he rocket carried Liaghat 1, the first experimental communications satellite of the italian space Agency and 1  h-f2, the second in a series of communication Sai Ellics launched for the european satellite organization. ,. Pro Jenis were discovered in the auxiliary motors of a tracking Antenna in Kenya Trtat will Monitor the italian satellite Otti vials said. But they apparently were corrected and did not affect the launch. A technically All we can say is that All is going Well Mission chief Yvan Cherica said a few hours Beton launch. A regarding the weather its True that we Arey the Middle of Winter in Guiana with lots of rain Aru Strong winds. But things should be Calm by  Liaf sat i. Which weighs 4,103 pounds has a life expect Tuncy of Jive years and will be placed in  Oihi Over Central Africa. It is designed to enhance Tele phone channels in Italy by reducing phone line Load during Peak hours and providing thousands of temp Rary Unes in times of crisis. Eutel sat iff2 is to handle Telephone telex television and other business data transmission. It weighs 4.i3 pounds has a Lile expectancy of eight years and will g into geostationary orbit Over Gabon in West Central a inca