European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 c the stars and stripes thursday August 22, 1991 at a glance if you like animals Europe has the zoos where you can see them. Sec stripes Magazine for details. North retrial unlikely Oliver North probably will not be tried again for his role in the Iran Contra scandal prosecutors say. A Page 5 Smith prosecutors protest prosecutors and the woman who alleges William Kennedy Smith raped her say the judge is giving their Side dirty looks and they want her off the Case. A Page 7 bobs toll climbs to 16 battered residents along the East coast clean up the mess left behind by Hurricane Bob blamed for at least 16 deaths. A Page 8 Dod Hopes to ease cuts the Pentagon thinks its proposed voluntary separation incentive could eliminate the need for cutting 10,000 to 15,000 mid career service members. A Page 9 service members get help the . Army contracting come in Europe has begun requiring that contractors provide proof of third party insurance that could compensate service members caught in disputes Over damage caused by movers. A Page 10 Salomon chief to testify As Salomon inc. Sought to contain damage from a trading scandal its interim chairman agreed to testify before members of Congress seeking reforms in the government securities Market. A Page 17 Index 1v-v,,v,�?~, Abby Ann Landers. 14 comics. 14-16 commentary. 13 crossword. 14 letters. Money matters. 17 sports. 18-24 to listings. 23 weather. 11 Bush from Page 1 Ber who renounced communism and recently won the first free elections in Russia was Given a subdued reception when he visited the White House As a private citizen last year. But Bush has treated him with More respect since be captured the republics presidency and has been unstinting in his Praise since the coup began. Bush said Yeltsin a flamboyance stood him in Good Stead As he faced Down the tanks during the three Day crisis. A a courageous Leader standing up for principle can rally an enormous number of people behind him a a Bush said. Relations with Yeltsin a have taken a quantum leap Forward now by this Many a displayed courage and by his commitment to democracy a he added. Bush had said shortly after the attempt to overthrow Gorbachev began that a coups can  and indeed . Officials commenting As the coup developed and then headed for collapse said there had been signs from the Start that it was a a amateurish and poorly organized. A the first thing they did no to do was to seize Yeltsin a said one defense department official. Instead he said they merely detained Gorbachev at his vacation Home in the Crimea. A they did no to foresee Yeltsin was a much bigger threat a he said. Another official said a it appears they banded together without any firm decision on what degree of Force they a be willing to use. The plotters also apparently failed to take account of the military a reluctance to turn against the soviet people he said. As Many As 40 percent of the military Are believed to have voted for Yeltsin in june he said. But . Officials now believe the coup planners did not have an accurate Reading a of where the military loyalties lie a one source said. A at a morning news conference As reports were flying that the overthrow was collapsing Bush said a if this coup fails democracy will take a Gigantic leap Forward because we will have seen its underpinnings. We will have seen its inherent  after calling reporters to his Home in the afternoon he said the .-soviet relationship would be stronger than Ever. Bush said both Gorbachev and Yeltsin thanked him for  expressions of support throughout the crisis. White House press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said a a we do think the political pressure has been very  Bush offering his own analysis of what went wrong for the coup leaders said a they underestimated the Power of the people. They underestimated what a taste of democracy and Freedom  Power from Page 1 Latvia joined neighbouring Estonia on wednesday in declaring immediate Independence from the soviet Union. The coupes failure could Deal a fatal blow to organized High level efforts to thwart Reform drives in the soviet Union by Gorbachev and Yeltsin. It also could significantly alter the balance of Power that has characterized the six year Gorbachev  county a a future course depends however on who remains in Power. Although Yeltsin supported Gorbachev during the coup the two men maintain different approaches to soviet reforms. Gorbachev s foreign minister Alexander Bessmer Nyoh who had dropped out of sight during the coup reappeared wednesday and called the takeover a Page in soviet history that a has got to be  at a news conference Bessmer Nyoh promised that reforms would continue and that Moscow would Honor its International commitments. The National legislature invalidated All decrees made by the coup leaders National lawmaker Yuri Karyakin told the russian legislature. He gave no details about the vote. Karyakin said the Legislatures executive Council demanded Gor Bah eve a return to Power. First word of Gorbachev a imminent return to the capital came from lev y. Sukhanov a longtime Yeltsin Deputy. He said Gorbachev would Fly from his vacation Retreat in the Crimea to the soviet capital with Vladimir Ivashko the Deputy general Secretary of the communist party and other aides. With the coupes demise the communist party moved to Salvage its own credibility. It called the takeover unconstitutional and demanded a meeting with Gorbachev the party chief said the official news Agency Tass the party renounced any connection with the coup leaders. Radio and television broadcasts that were banned during the takeover reappeared on the air and Tass said a decree shutting Independent publications was being lifted As of wednesday. Even before the announcement that the ban was being lifted state run Media dropped the previous official line on the 3-Day-old takeover and began reporting about the unfolding events. Thousands of people had kept up their Vigil at the russian parliament building following overnight clashes with soviet troops that left at least four dead. They roared with approval when the announcement of the coup committee s departure came Over a Loudspeaker. The plane reportedly carrying the coup leaders was said to be headed to the City of Bishkek formerly called Frunze the capital of Kirghizia 2,100 Miles Southeast of Moscow according to radio Russia which Speaks for Yeltsin. It was not immediately known Why the coup leaders would travel to Kirghizia. The radio said officials of the russian Republic would try to intercept the plane and have its passengers arrested. But sources at the Airport told the associated press that Only Kab chief Vladimir Kryuchkov was on a plane and that the aircraft was headed to the Crimea. He reportedly was accompanied by Ivashko. The Republic run russian information Agency said vice president Gennady Kanayev the nominal head of the coup committee was still in his Kremlin office. The report could not be independently confirmed and the discrepancies could not immediately be clarified. President Bush on vacation in Kennebunkport Maine told a news conference that Yeltsin told him in a Telephone Call that he believed that five of the coup leaders left Moscow and that one of them prime minister Valentin Pavlov was in the Hospital. Despite the Force brought to Bear by the coup leaders they were unable to dislodge Yeltsin from the russian parliament to enforce a curfew or to prevent Large demonstrations nationwide. A state of emergency was declared after hard line elements in the military and communist party ousted Gorbachev declaring he was ill. Early wednesday before the coup fell apart columns of tanks and armoured personnel carriers had moved around Central Moscow one patrol of the armoured vehicles was trapped by furious demonstrators just after Midnight As it tried to break through a barricade. Two people were confirmed shot or crushed to death As the vehicles tried to fight their Way through and witnesses said a third person was killed. A russian Republic official col. Viktor Samoilov told the Independent news Agency inter fax that four people were shot or crushed to death in the clash. There were unconfirmed reports of More deaths elsewhere in the City As demonstrators disregarded the nighttime curfew. . Tourists undaunted by soviet unrest Kaiserslautern Germany a amps a the coup May be Over but the tour goes on for several . Servicemen bars and their families whose trip to the soviet Union happened to coincide with an overthrow attempt of Mikhail s. Gorbachev by communist hard liners. Everyone is having a Good time and wanted to slay until the scheduled Depar Ture Date sunday said Mario Colantonio a spokesman at the top Tours office in Kaiserslautern that scheduled the tour. After making Contact with the group late tuesday evening Colantonio said he was relieved to hear that everything was going smoothly. He had become concerned while watching violent demonstrations shown on can. But the tour members have not been exposed to any of the violence and their hotel is located on the quiet outskirts of Moscow Colantonio said. On wednesday the group toured the Moscow exhibition grounds and was scheduled to leave that evening on a train to Leningrad where the tourists will depart for Frankfurt on sunday. Soviets dial 2 .-funded stations again i7d Alt Flat / a i a Frankfurt Germany apr the coup situation in the soviet Union has returned radio free Europe and radio Liberty to their pre glasnost Mission a when they were often the Only non official source of information for soviet citizens. Communist hard liners on monday shut Down All Independent Media leaving Only nine officially controlled newspapers operating. The two Munich based radio stations funded by the . Government operated largely unimpeded under soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev a policy of glasnost or openness after being jammed and reviled by communist authorities for decades. Correspondents for radio Liberty reported that soviet soldiers stationed near the russian parliament in Moscow were listening to the stations broadcasts said radio Liberty director Enders Wimbush. Radio Liberty went live for seven hours monday ending at Midnight. The station usually has one hour of live broadcasting per Day. The soviets stopped jamming radio Liberty at the end of 1988, and the station has since established a network of correspondents throughout the soviet Union