European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 c the stars and stripes tuesday August 20, 1991 splashing in a Pool can be More than just fun thanks to Aqua aerobics. Sec Story and photos on pages 14anijl15> seeking a showdown As Utah a antiabortion Law plods through the Legal system some want Louisiana a much stricter statute to make a dash for the nations highest court. A Page 4 supporting Gays in military the american psychological association denounces the military s policy excluding homosexuals and vows to fight it. A Page 5 Smiths Legal fees pile up the rape Case against William Kennedy Smith is expected to Cost his family More than $1 million in Legal expenses. A Page 7 harsh words for Pope the roman Catholic Church in Hungary treated the holocaust with silence and indifference during world War ii a rabbi tells the Pope. A pages Bob pounds Long Island Hurricane Bob howls into new England after hammering Long Island and brushing the Central East coast with gusts up to 138 Mph. A Page 10 airlines make a Deal America West airlines reaches a Deal with competitor Northwest airlines for $55 million in Loans intended to help the Carrier work its Way out of bankruptcy court. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 action line .16 comics.19-21 commentary.13 crossword .19 letters .12 Money matters.17 sports.22-28 to listings.27 weather. 11 soviet Genera reportedly taking charge in Baltic Riga . Apr a soviet military official announced monday that he was assuming control of the three secessionist Baltic republics and warned leaders they faced arrest if they resisted latvian officials said. The commander of the soviet Baltic military District it. Gen. Feodor Kuzmin spoke by Telephone to latvian president Anatolijs Gorbunova and said he was also taking control of the two other Baltic republics Lithuania and Estonia latvian officials reported in a statement issued in Copenhagen Denmark. The announcement came while soviet land and sea forces moved to seize key Sites in the Baltic following a Kremlin coup by communist hard liners according to reports officials and witnesses. In Riga the latvian capital soviet troops took Over latvian television and Cut off broadcasting said vistas Kalnis parliamentary spokesman. Some of the Baltic leaders called for resistance to soviet control. Warships blockaded the Harbor in the estonian capital Tallinn and soviet paratroopers landed in Estonia and Lithuania reports said. The latvian foreign ministry said the City of lie Paja site of a major soviet naval base had been taken Over by the soviet military. The Baltic republics have each declared Independence and forces in Latvia and Lithuania battled Kremlin led troops in january leaving More than 20 people dead. Kuzmin said anyone resisting soviet control in the. Baltic would be arrested according to the latvian statement. In Lithuania president vytautas Landsbergis said Kuzmins order for local military and police forces to surrender All weapons would be defied. He appealed to the world to support his Republic against a the danger of soviet military  Dalius Cekulis a lithuanian foreign ministry official at the Baltic information office in Copenhagen said a National defense Force would mount armed resistance. Four armoured personnel carriers drove to the ministry of communications in the lithuanian capital Vilnius and soviet soldiers quickly occupied the building a witness said. Soviet soldiers later took Over the main Telephone Exchange building in Vilnius the lithuanian government reported. Telephone lines into and out of Lithuania remained open. More than 5,000 people gathered in the Square next to the lithuanian parliament witnesses reported. Soviet paratroopers in Kaunas Lithuania a second largest City took Over the television and radio Center said Rita Dap Kus a spokeswoman for the lithuanian parliament. A the danger of soviet military intervention threatens the lives and social order of the people of the Republic of Lithuania a Landsbergis said in a statement sent to the lithuanian information office in Oslo Norway. Landsbergis also summoned Republican deputies to the main parliament building for an emergency session. The latvian parliament and its Council of ministers and the estonian Cabinet held emergency meetings monday officials said. Latvia a Gorbunova went on National radio monday morning and called for Calm but he said the Kremlin s declaration of a state of emergency was illegal and would not be observed in Latvia. In Tallinn soviet army officers told shipping company representatives monday morning that they had closed the Harbor to All ships according to estonian government officials reached by Telephone. Several soviet warships blockaded the Harbor but some ferries were allowed to leave later monday estonian officials said. Gorbachev from Page 1 figurehead. The committee banned disruptive demonstrations and strikes in a decree that said disobedient elected officials and political parties would be suspended. It said a committee would be created to establish control Over the Media Tass reported. The decree also said a curfew May be necessary. The new Union treaty that Gorbachev was to have signed today was opposed by hard liners who said it would effectively hobble the Central governments Power and Transfer authority to the republics. Sources said the overthrow had been in the works since Friday. That Day a former Gorbachev aide and reformer Alexander Yakovlev said publicly that stalinist hard liners were plotting a coup. He also resigned from the party. The hard liners also moved against reformists outside Moscow. Announcers on Leningrad television read the Tass announcement of the coup and said Leningrad a reformist mayor Anatoly Sobchak had been removed from office. And soviet forces moved to seize key Sites in the secessionist Baltic republics said officials reports and witnesses. Leaders in All three republics were holding emergency meetings and appealing for Calm. Kanayev said he was declaring the state of emergency a with the aim of overcoming the profound and comprehensive crisis political ethnic and civil strife chaos and anarchy that threaten the lives and Security of the soviet unions citizens and its sovereignty territorial integrity Freedom and  the Quot state of emergency was imposed for six months on a individual localities a of the country. Mondays events were reminiscent of the ouster of soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev in 1964. That reformist Leader also had angered hard liners and was removed in a bloodless coup while he was vacationing. Gorbachev who usually takes a one month Holiday in August left Moscow on aug. 4 for the Crimea four Days after he Ana Bush signed a historic strategic arms reduction treaty on the reduction of nuclear weapons amid Kremlin fanfare. Coup from Page 1 Gium to assess the situation. The european Community foreign ministers said they would hold an emergency meeting today in the Hague. The dec May consider suspending Aid to Moscow said dec sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. A it could affect the Quality of the relations Between the soviet Union and Europe and naturally also other parts of the world a said dutch foreign minister Hans Van Den Broek whose nation currently leads the 12-nation Trade bloc. Prime minister John major of Britain said Gorbachev was removed from office unconstitutionally and demanded the new government hold to earlier agreements. A we will expect the soviet Union to respect and Honor All those commitments president Gorbachev has made on its behalf a major told reporters outside his Downing Street office. A former prime minister Margaret Thatcher urged the soviet people to take to the streets. A the people have got used to democracy. I doubt whether they will give it up easily a she said. Downing Street said major would discuss the soviet situation with other world leaders including German Chancellor Helmut Kohl who cancelled an austrian vacation and rushed Back to Bonn. The soviet Union still has about 300,000 soldiers based in former East Germany. But the soviet military Headquarters in Winsdorf outside Berlin said that plans to withdraw the troops by 1994 would not be affected by the developments in the soviet Union. Upon word of Gorbachev a ouster world financial markets plummeted. The Dollar and Gold Bullion a considered Safe investments in times of unrest a soared. Oil prices Rose sharply then eased Back in extremely Active trading on fears that soviet Oil exports would be reduced or halted. President Francois Mitterrand of France and Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney also returned from vacation Homes to meet with senior officials in their capitals. Neutral Switzerland issued an exceptionally Strong statement saying the government a condemns this coup which has jeopardized years of Hope a there were Shivers of fear in Eastern european countries that slipped the Kremlin a Leash less than two years ago. Presidents Vaclav Havel of Czechoslovakia and Lech Walesa of Polanc treated with sadness appeals for Calm and vows that their own democratic changes would not be overturned. A your International position is firm and the process of Radical political and economic transformation cannot be reversed Quot Havel told a news conference. In Poland where 45,000 soviet troops Are still stationed the Quot state Media reported no unusual troop movements. In Israel the government held an emergency meeting to prepare for a possible wave of soviet jewish immigrants. Since 1989, More than 290,000 soviets have emigrated to Israel. Israelis foreign minister David Levy also said there was concern the soviet coup could disrupt efforts to Convene a Middle East peace conference jointly sponsored by Washington and Moscow. Egypt said it was encouraged by the new soviet leadership a pledge to continue efforts toward International peace and Security. Libya and Iraq which had lost soviet support with the easing of the cold War swiftly declared their approval of the takeover. China a official Xinhua news Agency reported the soviet Union was a facing a fatal danger and a virtually in a state out of