European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Special report in Livore with has vice president Gennady Kanayev the new soviet Leader. A fit a file Gorbachev during a triumphant . Tour in june 1990, surprised the crowd when he left his motorcade to meet his american fans face to face. From wire reports Mikhail Serg Yevich Gorbachev a charismatic career communist used his own political transformation to become the architect of the revolutionary changes that swept Eastern Europe and the soviet Union ending the cold War. Gorbachev s popularity began to fade at Home As separatist movements spread from the Baltic republics to Azerbaijan and Armenia. Soviet citizens were clamouring for Long awaited material results from his Campaign of political and economic Reform a known As perestroika. In contrast to his aging predecessors Gorbachev radiated Energy and drive. His press the flesh politicking enchanted crowds at Home and set off Quot Gorb mania Quot abroad. He enjoyed unprecedented popularity from Berlin to Washington since 1986 when he launched his policies of glasnost or openness and began to gather support at Home and Praise abroad. New York cabbies watched in Awe As Gorbachev stopped his motorcade and cheerfully raised his arms under the coca cola sign in times Square during his historic Western style trip to the United states in 1988. A a East German students hammering at the Berlin Wall in november 1989 raised his picture amid chants of Quot Gorby Gorby a but at Home in the soviet Union his popularity faded As Domestic policies faltered. Meat produce sugar and other Staples and household items became scarce and the Maverick politics of rivals such As russian Republic president Boris Yeltsin grew in their Appeal to soviet citizens. Since his selection As communist party chairman March 11,1985, Gorbachev has championed plans for peace and cooperation with the West and helped make the soviet Union an acknowledged ally of the United states. His negotiations with president Reagan and president continued on Page 2 a chronology of Mikhail Gorbachev s Rise and fall. Page 2 Little known hard liner Gennady i. Kanayev takes Center stage. Page 3 predecessors to Gorbachev. Page 3 soviet and Western military cooperation faces grave test. Page 4 the fall of Gorbachev was inevitable say some soviet watchers. Page 4 will the cold War begin anew Page 5 Tough measures Likely to follow the uprising. Page 5 news of the coup sends the Dollar surging. Page 6 Gorbachev the tireless traveler in pictures. Page 7 soviet citizens anxious confused. Page 8 tuesday August 20, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 1