European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 29, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9reformer to leave Gorbachev by Michael Dobbs the Washington Post Moscow a Alexander Yakovlev widely regarded Ashe intellectual driving Force behind Mikhail s. Gorbachev a perestroika Reform movement announced that he intends to resign As the soviet presidents senior political adviser. 14 air i v j my Yakovlev 67, revealed his plans _ saturday night in an interview with Yakovlev russian television. He was speaking after a news conference at which he endorsed a new pro democracy movement founded by former Gorbachev aides in opposition to the ruling communist party. If Yakovleva a resignation is accepted by Gorbachev it will signal the final dispersal of the team that launched perestroika in april 1985 in an attempt to invigorate the communist system. Over the past year Many of Gorbachev a closest collaborators either have resigned or have been dismissed because of deep seated differences Over How to tackle the soviet unions deepening political and economic crisis. Yakovlev a former ambassador to Canada who has been widely regarded As one of the most pro Reform members of Gorbachev steam did not say Why he is resigning. At saturdays news conference Yakov lev was asked whether Gorbachev could become the Leader of the pro democracy coalition that Yakovlev helped to launch last month. He replied a no a and refused to elaborate. The president has made Clear that he intends to remain general Secretary of the ruling communist party at least until an extraordinary Congress in november or december. Yakovlev expressed support saturday for the recent action of russian Republic president Boris Yeltsin in outlawing communist party cells in factories offices and government institutions on the territory of the russian federation. Yeltsin a decree has Leen criticized As unconstitutional and undemocratic by communist party leaders including Gorbachev. A a it a a Normal approach a said Yakov Yeltsin a lev referring to decree. A we cow. Are talking about a Law based state and everybody should be treated the  the chairman of the soviet constitutional oversight committee Sergei Alexeyev appealed to Yeltsin on saturday to suspend the july 20 decree pending a review of its legality. But the russian Justice ministry defended the decree As constitutional saying it was intended to give equal rights to different Public organizations in state affairs. Alexeyev told a news conference that his committee would hold a Public hearing into the legality of Yeltsin a decree and Issue a ruling within 15 Days. The constitutional oversight committee has overturned several of Gorbachev a presidential decrees including a ban on political demonstrations in the Center of mos Canadian ban on tobacco ads unconstitutional Montreal apr a provincial court has declared Canadas Federal ban on tobacco advertising unconstitutional striking a blow at one of the strictest anti smoking Laws in the world. The tobacco Industry on saturday hailed the ruling which was issued Friday and said it was ready to put cigarette ads Back into print and on the air. The decision could be appealed however. A your position is that the Law has been declared null a said Simon Potter a lawyer for Imperial tobacco ltd., which had joined with Rwjr Macdonald inc. In pressing for the court ruling on the Federal Law. Quebec Superior court Justice Jean Jude Chabot ruled that Federal Law barring cigarette advertising violates the right to Freedom of expression outlined in Canadas charter of rights and freedoms. He said that the Federal government had overstepped its Bounds by enacting the ban and that the question belonged in the jurisdiction of the provinces. Anti smoking activists and health groups however Are urging Federal health minister Benot Bouchard to Appeal immediately. Bouchard expressed disappointment at the decision but said he would have to examine it before deciding whether to Appeal. In his ruling Chabot called the ban an attempt by the state to a remodel beliefs and attitudes.�?�. A it is this kind of single minded social engineering which is contrary to the democratic values of Canadian society a he said. Anti smoking groups were angered. A we fail to see any Public Good in allowing the tobacco Industry to kill people a said Victor Lachance executive director of the Canadian Council on smoking and health. The decision follows a trial that began in september 1989 and ran intermittently until the fall of 1990. At the trial lawyers for Rwjr Macdonald and Imperial tobacco argued that while advertising reinforces Brand loyalty among smokers it does not encourage people to Start smoking. They also argued that the and ban deprives Canadas 6 million smokers of a constitutional right to information about a Legal product. A go getter Shirae Haruhiko a master of the mysterious japanese game called go explains a Handy tactic to players gathered at the Eiffel Tower in Paris on saturday. Haruhiko 53, holds the world record with 101 games played and won at the same time. On saturday he was trying for 102 games. Go is played with 181 Black and 180 White stones on a wooden Board Check ered by 19 vertical and 19 horizontal lines to form 361 intersections. Players try to conquer territory by enclosing vacant Points with boundaries made of Thor own stones. Threats shut Down 3 cities in Peru Lima Peru apr threats by shining path guerrillas virtually closed three cities in Peru scentral Andes on saturday a Day before the anniversary of president Alberto Fujimori a first year in office. Officials meanwhile said rebels threw dynamite at the offices of a Canadian funded land project in the Southern City of Puno killing a passer by and wounding a guard. Police and news reports said the rebels also shot and killed five people in two other attacks. Strikes called by the rebels in Huancayo Ayacucho and Huan Avelica kept All vehicles and almost All peo ple off the streets officials said. The Ayacucho governors office said Power has been Cut since the rebels blew up two electrical towers two Days ago. Repair Crews Are afraid to leave their Homes he said. Rebels have enforced their strike Calls by burning vehicles and sometimes killing people who venture from their houses. The strikes were called for two Days in Huancayo three Days in Ayacucho and six Days in Huan Avelica. In parts of Ayacucho state the rebels have called a strike extending to tuesday officials  East German arms sales probed Berlin apr German defense officials Are investigating hundreds of weapons sales made by East Germany a former democratic government two newspapers reported sunday. Bild am sonntag and Welt am sonntag both reported that officials were upset by a flurry of sales of weapons planes and ships used by the former East German military. The papers said hundreds of contracts were being investigated to see whether the former East German democratic government frivolously unloaded the Arsenal at ridiculously Low prices. A defense ministry spokesman speaking on condition of anonymity confirmed that questionable sales contracts were being investigated but refused to give details. Rainer Eppelmann who was East Germany a defense minister at the time and now is a member of the United German parliament dismissed the reports As unfounded. He said the West German government in Bonn had approved of the sales of weapons and other Materiel. Eppelmann was an East German peace activist who was chosen to head the defense ministry after East germans peacefully toppled their communist rulers and elected a democratic government in March 1990. Eppelmann Cut conscription terms for draftees fired generals and sold off much of the army a Arsenal. It has been alleged in the past that much of the military equipment a sold to nations ranging from the United states to Iraq to private weapons companies a was sold far below Market. However the newspapers reports were the first indication that the German government was sufficiently troubled by the sales to investigate individual contracts. The reports also said the East German defense ministry sold hundreds of parcels of army property in the weeks leading up to German unification last october when the East German government was dissolved and the nation came under West German administration