European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 21, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 9reforger begins As Gorbachev Falls Heidelberg Germany a amps ironically the 1991 return of forces to Germany began monday amid the overthrow of soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. The first of 6,700 . Soldiers began arriving monday at Schigol Airport near Amsterdam Netherlands. They Are part of units that include Xiii corps support come from fort Hood Texas Iii corps arty from fort Sill okla. 4th inf div Mech from fort Carson Colo. And the 10th Mountain div Light infantry from fort drum . Also arriving arc smaller combat support units and combat service units. Along with the soldiers about 500 vehicles Are scheduled to arrive by ship at Vlissingen Netherlands. The remainder of equipment to be used will be obtained from storage Sites throughout Europe said staff sgt. Elayne Venema a Public affairs spokeswoman with the . Army Europe. This reinforcement phase of reformer will continue until sept. 10, when the Fol Low up exercise certain shield begins. The redeployment phase is scheduled from sept. 21 until the Middle of october. The exercise area will extend cast to West from Kassel to Soest and North to Bielefeld. Reformer �?T91 will include about 28,000 soldiers with the addition of Allied forces and Usa eur soldiers. The number of soldiers participating is about half of the 57,500 service members involved in reformer �?T90, when the reformer enhancement program replaced Many of the soldiers and ground Maneu vers with computer simulations and extended use of Mobile command Post exercises Venema  was not held in 1989, when the enhancement program was being developed. Some 103,000 soldiers took part in re forger ass. This is the 22nd training exercise in the reformer series which is designed to showcase . Ability to quickly move soldiers from the United states to Europe during a  s blood Bank needs to restock Supply Lan Stuhl Germany a the United states army Europe blood Bank needs blood. A the Bank uses Between 250 and 300 units of blood at any Given time in All . Military medical facilities in Europe. Because blood cannot be used after 35 Days the blood Bank must replenish its Supply constantly. While blood of All types is needed of negative is needed most because it is the Universal donor Type said maj. John Hatten commander of the blood Bank. The blood donated is used for surgery and for patients with blood deficiencies. In addition to blood drives set for Ramstein a on tuesday and Baum older on aug. 29, the blood Bank will hold an in House blood drive on sept. 3 in land Stuhle a building 3703 from 9 . To 3  tied to Gandhi death kills self As police move i finance units will close for change of command Frankfurt Germany a ail finance support units of the 5th finance group will be closed Friday 1 because of a change of command ceremony. Col. C. David Poche will take command of the 5th finance group at 11 . Friday at Edwards Cavern. Poche will take Ovet from col. Vincent j. Felletter. Poche has been chief of the finance and accounting division for the . Army Europe Headquarters in Heidelberg Germany. Felletter will become comptroller for the european come in Stuttgart  units attend exercises at Nellis fab Span Dahlem a Germany a the 23rd tac fighter so of the 52nd tac fighter Wing left tuesday to participate in Green Flag exercises at Nellis fab Nev. The Wing sent five f-4gs and four f-16s from the 23rd along with a total of about 180 maintenance and operations personnel. The exercises will concentrate on using electronic combat capability to simulate shooting anti radiation missiles similar to those used during the persian Gulf War. The 23rd, composed of about 90 personnel will Complete its exercises then leave the United states on sept. 6. On that Day another 52nd unit the 81st tac fighter so with about 90 personnel will begin the exercises. Sonia Gandhi widow of slain former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and her daughter Priyanka attend a memorial that marked his 47th birthday in new Delhi. Bangalore India apr a tamil separatist believed to have plotted the assassination of sex Zrimc minister Rajiv Gandhi committed suicide with six other militants tuesday As police surrounded his hideout authorities said. With their deaths Hopes faded for resolving the mystery of who ordered the assassination and Why. More than half of the nearly 40 suspects have killed themselves before they could be arrested according to police accounts. The tamil separatist known As Sivadasan shot himself through the Temple. The others swallowed cyanide capsules before police stormed their Refuge near this Southern City said police commissioner . Press Trust of India reported that they were found embracing one another in death. It was earlier erroneously reported that Sivadasan took cyanide. A 22-year-old woman suspected to be an accomplice in the assassination known Only As Subha was among the dead Ramalingam told a news conference. She and Sivadasan had eluded police for 90 Days. Police had offered a Reward of $40,000 for the one eyed Sivadasan and $20,000 for Subha. Their photographs were plastered onto Public buildings and buses across India. The end of the biggest manhunt in indians history came on Gandhi a 47th birthday which was being marked by memorials prayer meetings and special programs on the state run Media. The alleged plotters of Gandhi a May 21 assassination near the Southeastern coastal City of Madras were members of the liberation tigers of tamil eelam. The tigers Are fighting for an Independent Homeland for ethnic tamils in sri Lanka the Island nation 25 Miles off indians Southeastern coast. Gandhi who had sent Indian troops to sri Lanka was killed at an election Campaign rally by a Young woman who detonated a bomb strapped to her Waist. The suicide bomber was among 18 people who died. The suicides tuesday occurred at a House near the Southern provincial capital of Bangalore said a senior police officer. Bangalore capital of Karn Ataka state is 180 Miles West of Madras. Hundreds of police had surrounded the House sunday evening after receiving a tip and fought a in Battle with the occupants monday. After several hours of quiet a team stormed the building shortly after Dawn blasting open the door with plastic explosives. They found the militants already dead the press Trust of India said. Sivadasan has been described As an intelligence chief of the tamil tigers. He had lost his left Eye in a bomb explosion leading the Indian press to dub him on eyed Jack. The tigers have denied responsibility for the assassination. Mexican president s party winning elections. _ a. A ii. A1 afro  in i.1 so Ltd i f i l  Rui i i n a i i i Ilir Mexico City apr the party of president Carlos Salinas de Gortari was rolling toward gains in Congress As election returns trickled in tuesday. But opposition parties and a human rights group said the government betrayed its Promise of a clean election. By Early tuesday the Federal electoral Institute had announced Only 21 percent of the returns from the midterm election despite pre election promises of a same Day count. Early results indicated the opposition had failed to loosen the 62-year grip on Power held by Salinas institutional revolutionary party. The party known As the Pri was winning about 60 percent of the votes for the Senate and the chamber of deputies. The party claimed it had won most of the 32 Senate seats and All of the six gubernatorial races. The Institute said election trends would give the Pri about 300 of the 500 seats in the chamber of deputies. That would be a gain of about 40 Over the last National election in 1988. The conservative National action party was winning nearly 21 percent of the votes a the strongest showing by an opposition party in modern mexican history. Cuauhtemoc Cardenas Leader of the leftist democratic revolutionary party called sundays balloting a the biggest electoral fraud in the history of the country even bigger than in 1988.�?� Many mexicans believe Cardenas was cheated out of the presidency that year. Opposition officials said ballots were withheld from opposition strongholds. A human rights organization also said that at least one precinct had More ballots than voters and that one knife toting polling official urged voters to cast their ballots for the Pri. Opposition party members seized several town Halls after alleging vote fraud and local reporters said 30 people were wounded in election related incidents some by gunfire