European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes saturday july 27, 1991gorbachev urges party to Reform Moscow apr communist leaders on Friday resumed their Central committee meeting after an unexpectedly Calm opening session in which Mikhail Gorbachev urged them to drop key tenets of marxism leninism from the party platform. If hard liners continue their acquiescence As they did in thursdays opening session it could be a signal they have begun to recognize the need to recast the party a image to regain Public support. Gorbachev party general Secretary and soviet president chided both hard liners and reformist Boris Yeltsin on thursday. Party traditionalists a reject the diversity of forms of ownership do not recognize the need to Reform political structures of society and subject the states foreign policy to tendentious criticism Quot the official Tass news Agency quoted him world As telling the Central committee. He also criticized a decree by Yeltsin the russian federation president. It ordered the dismantling of communist party cells in factories schools government offices and other workplaces across the huge Republic by aug. 6. Tass said Yeltsin a decree which struck at the heart of the party a Power was roundly attacked at the session. The 410-member Central committee was expected to vote Friday on a Resolution condemning the decree. But Gorbachev a criticism of Yeltsin was reportedly Milder than the Sharp attacks that once characterized their feuds Over the Pace of Reform. A recent reconciliation Between the two leaders has angered Kremlin hardliners who hoped Gorbachev would not follow Yeltsin a Liberal course. Kremlin watchers and even party members had expected the Central committee session or plenum to split the party or dissolve into a firestorm of criticism Over the Gorbachev platform. A a but participants in the closed door meeting said that on the first Day there was Only mild criticism of Gorbachev s plan to renounce the party a totalitarian past support private property and a free Market and integrate the country into the world Economy. A i think the main achievement of today a session was that it was peaceful a said Nile Bikky Enin editor in chief of the party journal communist and a participant in the meeting. A Many people expected something to happen Here but in the end there were no sensations no excesses a he said. A i was even surprised to see that the t plenum is proceeding so quietly a added Ard Une Leningrad party Boss Boris Gidaspow in a Tass interview. Nobody suggested Gorbachev resign As party Leader unlike the raucous april party plenum. Hard liners and reformers did not debate a split in the party. Gorbachev urged that a party Congress be convened in november or december to adopt his platform after the rank and file discusses it. The session was expected to endorse that move Friday said Pyotr Luchinsky who sits on the Central committee and the party a 24-member ruling politburo. But Gidaspow and other speakers at the plenum said the Issue of forcing Gorbachev to give up his party leadership May still arise at the party Congress Tass reported. A split in the party also could occur  death of Black to be probed in Canada from wire reports Montreal a the Quebec government thursday announced a Public inquiry into the police shooting of an unarmed Black Man a Day after demonstrations were held around the country to protest the killing. Candlelight vigils were held wednesday at War memorials in Ottawa Toronto Winnipeg Halifax and Edmonton to remember Marcelus Francois shot by a Montreal policeman july 3. Organizers said the War memorial was an appropriate venue because police were a operating As if they have declared War on  Public Security minister Claude Ryan told a news conference that he had appointed Veteran lawyer Harvey Yarosky to head a coroners inquest into the shooting of the 24-year-old Francois. He said he hoped the investigation would Start by  steals Cash Paris a police believe a stowaway thief hidden in a trunk stole nearly $1 million in Cash from the baggage compartment of a recent air France flight from Corsica to Paris. Investigators said thursday they were on the Trail of a Man who checked an oversized trunk on the july 17 flight from Bastia where a special Security Force had loaded 5.7 million francs about $958,000 onto the plane in sealed Lead weighted pouches. When opened in Paris the following morning the pouches were filled with old cardboard boxes and newspaper. Debris scattered in the planets baggage compartment indicated the sacks had been opened during the flight.dc-8 lands safely Gander Newfoundland a a nation air dc-8 with 148 people aboard made an emergency Landing at Gander International Airport on thursday after one of its engines shut Down. Lilly Abbass spokesman for transport Canada said the plane was in route to Montreal so Rabl Airport from Basel Switzerland when its no. 4 engine shut Down. She said water in the fuel was to blame. A when something like that happens the engine will shut Down automatically a she  ticks found London a t he agent that causes Lyme disease has been detected in ticks in two South London Parks posing a potential threat to City dwellers a researcher reported in this weeks lancet. Two of 40 licks collected in Richmond Park and three of 25 ticks from Bushey Park were infected with the organism said or. Edward Guy a Southampton general Hospital researcher. The infected ticks Are not a cause for alarm but an Alert for British doctors to do tests for Lyme disease on patients who complain of flu like symptoms Guy said. Adm. Larson fears n. Korea May obtain nuclear capability Singapore up adm. Charles r. Larson commander of the . Pacific come said Friday he fears North Korea May acquire nuclear capabilities by the Middle of the 1990s. On his first visit to Singapore since his appointment in March Larson told a news conference a my greatest Security concern is the threat posed by North koreans nuclear weapons  he said he was hopeful International diplomacy would ease his concerns. Larson said he came to Singapore to review the Progress of the governments of Singapore and the United states in implementing the memorandum of understanding providing for increased use of Singapore a military facilities. The visit comes amid concern Over the . Withdrawal from Clark a devastated by a volcanic eruption in the Philippines. Larson stressed the reduction in forces does not mean a reduction in . Commitment to the Asia Pacific Region. Although there Are plans to Cut military forces by 25 percent worldwide Larson said the reductions in Asia will be less dramatic. Under the .-Singapore military facilities agreement signed nov. 13, 1990, in Tokyo by former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and vice president Dan Quayle the . Air Force and Navy have been increasing their use of facilities at Paya Lebar Airport and Semb Awang port. The Navy recently opened a new command office in Singapore to coordinate and service its ships. The agreement enabled the air Force to Send aircraft to Singapore several times a year for training deployments lasting several weeks. Singapore a offer to Host some . Military facilities was initially made Public in 1989 to help ease the Burden on the Philippines. The announcement sparked protests in Malaysia and Indonesia that the proposal would invite a permanent foreign base in Singapore. Indonesia Singapore and Malaysia All belong to the association of Southeast asian nations which ultimately envisions a zone of peace Freedom and Neu-. Soldiers to end roles As korean Border guards Washington a the last american combat troops guarding the Border Between the two Korea will turn Over their posts to South korean soldiers in october the Pentagon said thursday. The . Pullback from two patrol positions near the truce Village of Panmunjom will mean that for the first time since the end of the korean War in 1953 no american forces will be at guard posts along the 150-mile Long demilitarized zone said col. Miguel Monteverde a defense department spokesman in Washington. South korean military officials had said wednesday that a redeployment of american troops in the demilitarized zone would be completed by 1992. Monteverde said the withdrawal from the guard posts will be finished in october. In addition to turning Over the guard posts to korean forces the United states in late 1992 will reduce from 200 to 100 the number of its service members inside the joint Security area which surrounds Panmunjom Monteverde said. The entire Force in the Security area will still be commanded by a . Army lieutenant colonel. The . Soldiers at guard posts along the demilitarized zone Are members of the 2nd inf div based at Camp Casey South Korea. Trility in the Region. The juror died Down when Singapore assured neighbouring countries that the offer Only covered berthing ship repair facilities and the use of the air base and was not an initial step toward setting up a base. Thousands flee Volcano mudflows Manila Philippines up a Monsoon ram spawned floods and volcanic mudflows Friday forcing thousands of villagers to flee their Homes and pushing the number of refugees from a soldering Volcano to More than 1.2 million. In the town of Mexico near the mount Pinatubo Volcano 50 Miles North of Manila mayor Fernando me Ness said 15 villages had been swamped by torrents of mudflows a Ash Sand and boulders unleashed by rain since thursday night. Meneses said 308 houses were buried and some 10,000 people were forced to flee to safer ground. In the Liberty City of Olon Gapo next to the . Subic Bay naval facilities mayor Richard Gordon said 300 people left their Homes under Waist deep water. In the capital flooding swept through Low lying areas causing massive traffic jams. Schools and government offices shut Down. Philippine airlines cancelled five Domestic flights but International operations at the Manila Airport remained Normal. An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale hit metropolitan Manila at 2 56 p.m., sending office workers from High rises scampering into streets but apparently causing no injuries. The military office of civil defense said since mount Pinatubo Volcano erupted june 9 after a 600-year slumber 1.2 million people in 213,409 families have either lost their Homes or livelihood in the provinces of Zambales Tarlac Sampanga and Bataan. It said nearly 100,000 houses were crushed or buried by volcanic debris and damage to property was estimated at $317 million. The eruption severely damaged Subic and forced the closure of Clark a. Thursday philippine foreign Secretary Raul Mang Lapus rejected demands by philippine senators to renegotiate an agreement reached last week in which Washington will give up Clark in one year and retain Subic for 10 years