European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes thursday april 25, 1991 Allied 9from Page Ings Between the . Military Liaison col. Dick Naab and iraqi staff Brig. Gen. Nushan Dannoun. However a . Military spokesman denied an ultimatum had been Given. A there Lias been no deadline set for the police to get out of town a said army col. Bob Flocke. A a a at in Ciurlik a Turkey the .-turkish base that is coordinating Relief efforts maj. Michael Maher said a we have nothing on such an  in Washington on wednesday White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said iraqi forces patrolling Northern Iraq Are inhibiting kurdish refugees from leaving their Mountain sanctuaries. However he said . Forces were a working around the problem. A asked about the iraqi police he said a a they re there. Their purpose appears to be to establish a presence. Its a matter of concern of  he said he would Check reports about the ultimatum Allied troops have pitched hundreds of tents outside Zakhoo in an attempt to lure some of the hundreds of thousands of refugees off Rocky mountainsides on the nearby turkish Border. V. The United states said tuesday  is moving ships to positions off Turkey to make it Clear that Iraq had better not interfere with the refugee assistance Effort. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said the United states was prepared to use Force if necessary. Iraqi police remained on the streets in diminished numbers alter the British marines arrived. A tomorrow we leave a said one iraqi police officer walking past the building held by masons troops. The official iraqi news Agency monitored in Nicosia Cyprus reported the meeting Between Saddam and rebel leaders but did not say where it was held or give other details. Y a a a a a a. A however kurdish rebel sources speaking on Condi lion of anonymity said Saddam had offered new terms for autonomy. It Saddam a move indicated that following his defeat by the .-led coalition forces in february he is having to demonstrate greater political flexibility to hold onto Power. A a a a a a thousand tents capable of housing 5,000 people were to be erected by late wednesday and the first refugees could move in within several Days said Fred Cuny a disaster consultant with the state department. But dust storms stirred up by hot winds in the Valley slowed wednesdays Effort arid it was possible that completion of the first phase could be delayed. Officials Hope to provide shelter for up to 100,000 refugees around Zakhoo eight Miles South of the turkish Border. Other Camps would then be set of in a 1,000-Square-mile protected zone. Iraq complained tuesday that the .-installed refugee Camps violate iraqi sovereignty and it asked the United nations to take them Over. A the . Mission to the United nations had no official reaction but officials said privately that the Bush administration has always intended that the United nations take charge of the Camps As soon As possible. Faces a no places Moscow apr Mikhail s. Gorbachev wednesday gained crucial support from the leaders of nine of the country a 15 republics for his plan to prevent economic collapse including a joint Call for an end to a wave of crippling strikes. Gorbachev and the nine Republic leaders including the soviet presidents main political rival russian Republic Leader Boris Yeltsin issued a statement that called on striking workers to end their protests a and work to compensate for lost  the leaders also agreed to repeal an unpopular sales tax on some items and consider adjusting incomes for inflation a demand of some striking workers. An estimated 300,000 Coal miners have been on strike since March 1, idling factories across the vast country. In addition tens of thousands of workers in Minsk capital of the byelorussian Republic struck for a second consecutive Day wednesday demanding Gorbachev a resignation and higher wages to offset stiff Price  Borg s wife survives overdose Milan Italy up a italian Singer and showgirl Loredana berth wife of swedish Tennis Star Bjorn Borg took an overdose of barbiturates in her Milan apartment wednesday in what the italian Media said was an apparent suicide attempt. At Milan a  Hospital where she was rushed after police broke into her apartment doctors declared her put of danger after emergency treatment that included a gastric Lavage. Doctors said she swallowed an undetermined amount of a substance known commercially As to Pinol a Barbiturate sedative that can also be used As a sleeping Pill. Police said that when they found her groaning on her bed the pop Singer murmured a i am tired of this life a too Many  a note pinned to the Wall said a god has said he will forgive. I Loredana Berte Borg entrust my soul to god and his infinite mercy and  Borg 35, returned to the sports headlines tuesday when he started a comeback bid after nearly eight years in retirement at the Monte Carlo open Tennis tournament. But Borg was beaten 6-2, 6-3 by Little known Spanish player Jordi Arrese. His wife was not in Monte Carlo to watch him play. Latin quake toll climbs to at least 79 puerto Limon Costa Rica a Rescue workers continued digging through the rubble wednesday for bodies and possible survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed at least 79 people and injured at least 830 others. Electricity has been restored to most of this Caribbean port after it was devastated by the quake Felt As far away As Panama. There were still shortages of food and almost no drinking water. A a we re subsisting solely on Coconut milk a said Manfred Ching 20, one of several volunteers who helped put out a huge fire when a gasoline storage tank exploded in the government owned refinery on the out skirts of town. Hundreds of people in puerto Limon and neighbouring villages huddled outside their damaged Homes. They Are afraid to go Back after mondays quake and the hundreds of Small aftershocks that continued to rattle the area. None of the aftershocks was As intense As the five big ones that followed the killer earthquake measured at 7.4 on the Richter scale and believed entered in the Caribbean off puerto Limon. By tuesday night the death toll tallied 79. Thousands were homeless and the injury total was expected to swell beyond an estimated 830. Fun from Page 1 Bush a bad baseball pitch at the Texas rangers stadium outside Dallas on april 8, the opening Day of baseball season. The presidents Ball hit the  said that last weekend when he tossed a pitch to Mark the new York Yankees first Home game �?o1 tried to hit the dirt but i blew it. I threw a  a sergeant Powell a Bush promptly  you or. President Quot Powell dutifully replied a sergeant Powell will be reporting to us Nome Alaska Bush said. In a More serious vein the presiden praised the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff for a taking us right Over the plate in the Gulf War. Powell led the . Military to a Victory that i think has made every american proud a he said. T Bush was at the . Naval Academy to Praise midshipmen As the 437th doily Point of Light for their Volunteer efforts with students at 40 Montgomery county schools in suburban  club in t taxing problem for Willie a a a a from wire reports irs problems notwithstanding Willie Nelson plans to open a 750-seat dinner club near of Ryland a entertainment Complex in Nashville Tenn. A a there a a Willie Nelson night life in Houston and some of us thought Nashville would be a Good location for the second dinner club since this is country music country a Nelson said. The club is to open May 10, with its first concert May 27. The internal Revenue service which says Nelson owes $16.7 million in Back taxes and penalties has seized his property in several states. Nelson has blamed his financial problems on the Price waterhouse accounting firm and has sued it for $15 million. The company denies blame. A i believe in a beginning to see Light at the end of the Tunnel Quot  in a recent interview. The irs has allowed him to release an album called a a who la buy my memories a a which Nelson jokingly Calls his irs tapes. He said copies of the record will be available at the new  s tribute to band a country Singer Reba Mcentire was a Surprise guest at a Nashville Benefit concert for families of her late band members and Sang the last song the group performed. A first of All let me Tell you that there Are eight very close personal friends of mine that Are grinning up a storm at All the love the camaraderie the very special feeling that is in this room tonight a Mcentire said monday. She performed a Sweet dreams a her traditional closing song. A Mcentire joined Benefit organizer t. Graham Brown Willie Nelson Kenny Rogers Ricky Van Shelton and other country stars to support families of her seven band members and tour manager who died in a plane crash near Sun Diego on March l6.stephen King s horror horror writer Stephen King whose wife recently confronted an intruder in their mansion is reluctantly increasing his Home Security. A i done to want to live like Michael Jackson or like Elvis did at Graceland a he said. A a that a Gross. It was bad enough when we had to put up a Fence. It was worse when we had to put up a Gate. I hate to think i have to keep that Gate  Erik Keene of san Antonio Texas allegedly broke a window and entered the Bangor Maine House with a phony bomb on saturday. He is being held at the Penobscot county jail for investigation of assault and terrorizing. Police said Kings wife author Tankha King called for help after she discovered an intruder in the House. Kings Best Selling novel a a misery is about an author who is terrorized by an admirer. It was made into a movie last year and earned a Best actress Oscar for Kathy Bates who played the  different Rich a Veteran television news correspondent Eric Seva Reid says the Rich really Are different than the rest of us. A. A Fitzgerald was right and Hemingway wrong a he says m an upcoming segment of american Public radios marketplace series. A the Rich Are different. For one thing they Are never in a hurry. Somebody is always waiting for them or upon them. And while Money does no to mean happiness it does mean you can be unhappy in  the program recently hired Sevareid 78, to deliver such commentaries on business and economics every other monday