European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 c the stars and stripes wednesday August 21, 1991 in one Power fail Metal filled Flash sgt. 1st class Terry Crighton was torn apart during the persian Gulf War. See Story on pages 14 and 15.man convicted in 87 deaths on its fourth Day of deliberations a jury convicts Julio Gonzalez of setting the Blaze at a South Bronx club that killed 87 people. A Page 5army loses round a Federal court of appeals rules that the army May have violated a woman a constitutional rights when it kicked her out after she revealed she was a lesbian. A Page 6cubans Rushing out up to 40.000 cubans May decide to use their hard to get tourist visas As a Way to stay permanently in the United states. A Page 8gandhi suspect kills self a tamil separatist believed to have plotted the assassination of sex prime minister Rajiv Gandhi commits suicide along with six other militants. A Page 9hurricane kills 10 at least 10 deaths Are blamed on Hurricane bobs wet and Windy March up the East coast. A Page 10salomon staff reshuffled Salomon Brothers moves to fill a management vacuum. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 action line .16 comics19-21 commentary 13 crossword .19 letters .12 Money matters17 sports.22-28 to listings27 weather11soviet from Page 1 the military commandant of Moscow imposed an 11 . Curfew on the soviet capital tuesday night. The curfew was announced on the National television news program Eremya by col. Gen. . Kalinin the military commandant and commander of the Moscow military District. He also said police and military patrols will Check Peoples documents and have the right to detain those without the proper papers. Those found in violation will be held until the end of the curfew. Failing proper identification they can be held for a maximum of three Days. The reported tank movement came hours after Yeltsin gave a fiery speech denouncing the hard liners who represent conservative military and Kab forces opposed to Gorbachev a democratic and economic reforms. A the Junta that has come to Power will not Stop at anything to keep that Power a Yeltsin told the crowd of about 150,000. Hundreds of the soldiers sent to Moscow went Over to Yeltsin a Side and joined the thousands of demonstrators surrounding the parliament building to protect Yeltsin from arrest. Ten tanks from an elite division and 400 to 500 armed paratroopers were among them. One Soldier asked whether he was prepared to shoot replied a a Soldier wont shoot at another Soldier and a Soldier wont shoot at the  the Baltic republics where secessionist moves had infuriated the hard liners who toppled Gorbachev appeared to be absorbing the Brunt of the Post coup crackdown. Soviet soldiers tuesday seized latvian broadcast studios and the Central Telephone Exchange. In Tallinn the capital of Estonia More than 100 Light armoured vehicles and trucks rolled into the City the estonian news Agency reported. In Washington president Bush declared tuesday that he would not recognize the a illegal Coupe and telephoned moral support to Yeltsin Bush also swore in Robert Strauss As his new ambassador to the soviet Union. But he said he would dispatch him to Moscow Only to a get the Lay of the land and not to deaf with the new leaders. The president said there was still Hope Gorbachev would be restored to Power. Bush said he spoke by Telephone with Yeltsin but was unsuccessful in efforts to reach Gorbachev. A a we re making very Clear to the coup plotters and the coup people that there will not be Normal relations with the United states As Long As this illegal coup remains in effect a Bush said. The european Community and Japan followed the . Lead in freezing Aid to Moscow. Another economic threat to the new government came from within As Coal miners in Siberia and the soviet far North heeded Yeltsin Scall and walked off the Job. But a general strike also called for by Yeltsin was failing to materialize. Even As Yeltsin addressed the crowd there were indications the hard liners were moving to try to silence Gorbachev allies. A soviet foreign ministry official said foreign minister Alexander Bessmer Nyoh had become a sick Quot after returning from vacation. The coup leaders had also claimed that Gorbachev was ill suffering from High blood pressure and Back pain. But the new government also appeared to be making some efforts to placate Yeltsin. Alexander Rutski the russian republics vice president said the chairman of the supreme soviet legislature had agreed to a special meeting of its presidium to consider Yeltsin a demands. Those demands include a the immediate removal of All restrictions on the Media. A the lifting of the state of emergency in Russia. A the return of All troops to their permanent bases. A the end to All threats against the russian leadership. The russian president spoke for less than 10 minutes saying he could not stay Long at the podium because snipers had been seen on rooftops. The demonstrations spread beyond Moscow. A demonstration in Leningrad Drew 200,000 people and one in the capital of the moldavian Republic Drew an estimated 400,000 people. In Leningrad crowds jammed Palace Square and cheered for mayor Anatoly Sobchak a Radical reformer like  from Page 1 refugees fleeing the new regime the official ctr news Agency reported. The foreign ministers of the 12-nation economic Community met tuesday at the Hague Netherlands. A dutch foreign ministry spokesman said the Possi ble suspension of hundreds of millions of dollars in dec Aid was on the Agenda. The United states Britain and Australia have Frozen their Aid to Moscow. The dec also prepared a declaration urging the new Kremlin regime to Honor existing treaties on arms control human rights and the withdrawal of soviet troops from Eastern Germany the dutch foreign ministry said. Foreign minister Hans Dietrich Gen Scher said Germany would demand at the dec meeting the re establishment of constitutional order in the soviet Union. A this Means the reinstatement of president Mikhail Gorbachev in All his authorities a Genscher said in a statement. German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said monday that Western Aid to the soviet Union would depend on the uninterrupted Pursuit of Gorbachev a Domestic and foreign  from Page 1 tons showing up at various bases and communities. The problem seems to be a great Deal worse than anyone cares to admit a he said. A the school system Over Here seems to be failing Black youth the same Way it s failing them in the .,�?� he continued. A i had hoped because of the nature of the military with its tight knit families and commanders looking out for its troops etc., that the school system would be  but he said there Are too few Black teachers and principals. Fletcher said Black civilians told him of the a Glass ceiling Quot meaning the pay level of gs-12, which offers salaries from $37,294 to $48,481. A Blacks have a hard time rising above that because All of a sudden All the qualifications that got them to that level not Only disappeared but were suddenly being questioned a he said. He said the same thing happens in corporate life in the states causing the same frustrations and anger. A soldiers All Over told me what we have Given you has been the tip of the iceberg. Pull the lid All the Way off and you la see something that will blow your mind a a Fletcher said. A i remind Blacks that White people done to treat White people very Well either. I always Tell them to watch How White people treat each other before they say they Are being discriminated against because they May just be getting equal  upon his return to Washington Fletcher said he will begin procedures to validate the charges and complaints he has received. He said he will give them to the equal employment Opportunity commission president Bush Secretary of defense Dick Cheney and the civilian secretaries of the different military branches. Fletcher said leaders in the House of representatives and Senate will also receive his findings. �?o1 will personally hand carry it All to be sure they receive it a he said. His commissions recommendation could result in a series of hearings in Europe he said. Such hearings he added would be the first time that the civil rights commission has come to Europe on an investigation. Fletcher said the country is ready for another Kerner commission in 1967, president Johnson appointed a commission led by gov. Otto Kerner of Illinois to investigate the causes of race riots in the mid-1960s. The commission put most of the blame on a White racism and concluded that the United states was moving toward two societies. Arthur a Fletcher a bom dec. 22,1924, in Phoenix Ariz. A served in the . Army from 1943 to 1945 wounded in the Battle of bulge. B received Bachelor of arts degree from Washburn University Topeka kan., 1950. A Public school teacher in Berkeley Calil from 1951 to 1955, ii assistant director for the Public information office of the Kansas state Highway department in Topeka from 1955to 1957, a reports control manager at Seroje Genera corp. In Sacramento calif., from 1957 to 1961. B special assistant to the governor of the state of Washington from 1963 to 1969. B. Employee relations consultant at the Hanford atomic Energy facility 1967 to 1968, a assistant Secretary of labor for employment standards at the . Department of labor from 1969 to 1971. A alternate Delegate to the 26th session of the . General Assembly in 1971. A executive director of the United negro College fund 1972 to 1973. M president of Arthur a. Fletcher and associates inc., 1973 to 1976. B Deputy assistant to the president for Urban affairs from 1976 to 1977. B appointed chairman of the . Commission on civil rights by president Bush in february 1990. Source . Commission on civil rights a amps