European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday August 21,1991 at a glance in one powerful 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 Dey 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 exp rime minister Rajiv Gandhi commits suicide along with six other militants. A Page 9hurricane kills 4 at least four deaths Are blamed on Hurricane Bob s wet and Windy March up the East coast a Page 10salomon staff reshuffled Salomon Brothers moves to fill a management vacuum. A Page 17index Abby Ann Landers 19 action line. 16 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword. A a .19 letters. .12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. .27 weather. 11 from Page 1 Range a meeting Between the russian leadership and Gorbachev. The deposed Leader remained in the Crimea and was said to be suffering from High blood pressure and Back pain russians vice president said. Yeltsin also demanded that Gorbachev be examined by International doctors within three Days and returned to Power if found to be healthy said Gennady Bur Bulis Yeltsin a Secretary of state. Russian vice president Alexander Rutski. Met with Anatoly Lukyanov chairman of the National supreme soviet legislature who said he would insist that Gorbachev be allowed to participate in a meeting of the Legislatures executive  it did not appear that Lukyanov a supporter of the coup had any Way of ensuring that Gorbachev would be allowed to travel to Moscow. In another development an official said soviet foreign minister Alexander Bessmer Nyoh was a a sick after returning from vacation. But he is a expected to return to work in a few Days a said a for sign ministry official who asked not to be identified. More than 150,000 Yeltsin supporters chanted his name outside the russian parliament building about a mile from the Kremlin where tanks and troops Loyal to the hard liners scaled off the heart of soviet Power. He derided the coup leaders a including Gennady Kanayev who Yas installed As acting president prime minister Valentin Pavlov Kab chief Vladimir Kryuchkov defense minister Dmitri Yazoo and Interior minister Boris Pugo a and told the crowd to disobey their orders. A was it not Pavlov who brought prices and inflation to the level that the people Are poor and hungry Pavlov does not Yazoo have blood on his hands the blood of people of other republics. Does not Pugo have bloody hands from the people of other republics a Yeltsin said. He spoke for less than 10 minutes saying he could not stay at the podium Long because snipers had been seen on the rooftops of nearby buildings. In Leningrad 200,000 people filled martial decree the committee that ousted Mikhail Gorbachev issued a decree monday saying that parliaments elected officials and political parties that fail to obey its orders will be suspended. Some provisions of the decree banned All demonstrations and strikes that a hinder the. Normalization of the  a curfew could be imposed if necessary and the committee would establish Complete control Over the mass Media. Ordered All Quot illegally kept a firearms explosives  equipment be turned Over to the authorities. Prices of certain Industrial goods and food products would be reduced and then Frozen in a week s time. Source Tass. Palace Square and cheered for mayor Anatoly Sobchak a Radical reformer like Yeltsin. Shouts of a aviators Are with you a filled the Square across from the Headquarters of the general staff of the military in the Leningrad Region. An additional 400,000 people protesting the coup jammed the Center of Kishinev the capital of the southwestern Republic of Moldavia according to moldavian television. Rally organizers including the republics Independence minded leaders issued a Resolution urging the resignation of the hard line coup leaders and the reinstatement of Gorbachev. Moldavian serving in the red army were urged to a follow the people not the fascists a at the Moscow rally speakers also denounced the cup leaders. A we Are certain that god will help us and All this the coup will disappear like smoke and democracy will Triumph a said the Rev. Gleb Yakunin a russian legislator and former political prisoner. Yeltsin so Resolute Steps were already beginning to drive the coup leaders out of Power he said. A we now see what a worthy president we have elected. The people did not make a mistake a Yakunin said As the crowd replied by chanting a Yeltsin Yeltsin a the Kremlin was sealed off with tanks at every major intersection and Bridge leading to the heart of soviet Power. Scores of armoured personnel carriers were parked in the City Center and four a truckloads of riot police sat in a steady drizzle behind St. Basilus Cathedral off red Square. The russian ministry of foreign affairs issued a diplomatic note saying it refused any responsibility for actions or obligations incurred by the cup leaders and it asked All foreign governments to freeze the Gold and hard currency assets and transfers of the soviet Union until the coup committee is disbanded. Burbulis Yeltsin a Secretary of state said the russian Leader had demanded that Lukyanov arrange a meeting of Yeltsin and other russian leaders with Gorbachev within 24 hours with Yapa Yevu a participation. Rutski said Lukyanov had agreed that a a series of decisions have been made that Are unconstitutional a and therefore he would Call the meeting of the presidium of the supreme soviet to discuss a list of demands from Yeltsin. Those demands included the immediate removal of All restrictions on the Media lifting the state of emergency in Russia while its legislature is in session which starts today the return of All troops to their permanent bases allowing Yeltsin to work at his office in the Kremlin restoring Telephone lines and other communications that have been Cut to the russian government Headquarters and ceasing All threats against the russian  from Page 1 Gold popular investments in time of crisis lost some ground Czechoslovakia on tuesday restricted travel by soviets in that nation for fear of a wave of soviet 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 possible 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 gun Schur said Germany would demand at the dec meeting the re establish mint 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 policies. In june the dec began sending Emer gency food Aid Worth $322 million to the soviet Union. The Community also had been considering an Aid package Worth $452 million before Gorbachev a overthrow. There was alarm in former communist Eastern Europe where leaders feared the change could Lead to renewed soviet influence. In the Middle East there were fears that Gorbachev a removal could threaten soviet backing for a proposed peace conference. Egypt on tuesday urged the soviet Union to continue its leading role in Middle. East peace efforts saying the process a must go on regardless of any  Israel fears that the new soviet leadership might Stem the immigration of soviet jews to Israel and foreign minister David Levy said he hoped the soviets would understand a the importance of keeping the Gates open to  the coup could also sabotage korean talks and May cause hard line communist North Korea to delay allowing nuclear safeguard inspections observers in Seoul said tuesday. Gorbachev had been pressuring the North to negotiate. President Bush condemned the soviet coup As a misguided and illegitimate and called for Gorbachev to be returned to Power a we will not support economic Aid programs if adherence to extra constitutional Means continues Quot Bush said in a statement monday night. The state department said no decision had been made on which economic assistance programs would be suspended. However $900 million in promised Loans for . Grain and other crops in next fiscal year is in question. Britain suspended its $80 million program of technical assistance. Australia froze the last $62 million of the soviet unions $390 million Tine of credit. China making its first official comment on the coup was non committal tuesday. A foreign ministry statement said a the changes which have occurred in the soviet Union Are its internal affairs. It is the consistent position of the chinese government to oppose interference in other countries internal  Iraq and Libya welcomed the soviet coup. Baghdad radio said monday that iraqis ruling revolutionary command Council in a meeting chaired by president Saddam Hussein declared that Gorbachev a policies had harmed Iraq and that it welcomed the change of leadership. Libyan radio on monday quoted Leader Moa mar Qadhafi As praising the coup leaders for their a Brave historical  . Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii prepared to travel to Brussels Belgium to meet with foreign ministers of the nato defense Alliance on wednesday. Nato ambassadors met in an emergency session in Brussels on monday amid fears that the coup could Herald a return to the cold War