European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday August 24, 1991 a a we re ambassadors on the air a says Ham radio operator Steve Hutchins above president of the Wiesbaden Amateur radio club. See Story on pages 1415.victims of love after being videotaped while having sex a Florida couple say they Are victims of love. A Page 4no Miracle worker the Mother who is carrying her daughter s twins never thought her decision would create such a juror. A Page 5two killers executed a convicted killer was electrocuted in Virginia and in Missouri a Man was put to death by injection thursday. A Page 6dewhurst Dies at 67 Colleen Dewhurst the award winning stage and screen actress is dead at the age of 67. She won two Tony awards and three emmy. A Page 7af expands program the air7 Force is expanding its popular transition program to help service members affected by the draw Down. A Page 10difficult task switching from communism to a free Market society is difficult As the dramatic coup in the soviet Union underscored this week. Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 comics19-21 commentary .13 letters12 Money matters.17 sports22-28 to listings.27 weather.11 a amps bookstores to dose monday stars and stripes bookstores will be closed for inventory on monday. Customers can obtain their copy of the stars and stripes at other vending Points within their  from Page 1 Ander Bessmer Nyoh and acting defense minister Mikhail Moiseyev and named a reformist former Interior minister Vadim Baratin As new Kab chief. Gorbachev and Yeltsin announced that the new defense minister was col. Gen. Yevgeny Shaposhnikov the air Force commander who refused to obey the coup plotters. The new Kab chief Baratin replaces Vladimir Kryuchkov under arrest for helping Lead the coup. Last year Baratin was fired by Gorbachev As Interior minister for his moderate views. Yeltsin with Gorbachev a Blessing fired the Heads of state owned Media. He announced a ban on communist party activities in the russian Republic the army police units of the Interior ministry and in the Kab which for decades helped enforce communist Rule. Some of the numerous decrees issued by Yeltsin went far beyond the official Bounds of his Power. The Moscow City Council meanwhile ordered All communist party buildings in the capital sealed and All Telephone service to party and Kab buildings Cut. About 2,000 protesters blockaded communist party Headquarters in Moscow army from Page 1 treated for mental health problems before they deployed. A soldiers came with expectations that we would evacuate them a she said. A but the Only time i do evacuate is if a patients really crazy or if they have severe combat  neither were common. Most of the soldiers who came to her Hospital tent a had Home front problems that just sort of followed them to the desert a Ordeniz Schneider said. The most common ailments she saw were Back pains arid headaches caused by stress. Or. Maj Loree Sutton another Field psychiatrist said she sent Only one Soldier Home out of 25,000 people in the 1st army div task Force. That patient had a previously diagnosed anxiety disorder and had been sent to the desert against the advice of doctors at the Nurnberg army Hospital Sutton said. Historically Battles that Are won rapidly decisively and with few casualties result in a few if any psychiatric casualties a Martin said. A fall that aside there were individuals who did experience significant emotional  because these cases Are exceptions rather than part of a trend he Calls them a pockets of  they amount to a very few soldiers in terms of raw  the Broad Public support for the troops also held stress to tolerable Levels Martin said. And Gas were a Well trained Well disciplined and Well  during the Gulf War and its aftermath a there was really a sense of we us ours a Sutton said a compared to the Vietnam Era of i me mine. They Vietnam vets came alone they left alone and they stayed alone when they got Back to the  military doctors typically estimate that there is one psychiatric casualty for every three physical casualties Martin said and this estimate proved Correct in the Gulf fighting. Of the 148 americans killed in action during the six week War 48 were soldiers assigned to the Europe based Vii corps armoured task Force. And doctors recorded a literally Only a handful of cases in the corps that could be defined As classic combat stress reactions Martin said. These involve people who handled dead bodies or who witnessed killing. A with modern weapons and modern technology a Martin said a you done to often witness  declaring they were trying to prevent the removal of documents that might contain evidence linking party members to the coup. On Friday the breakaway Baltic Republic of Latvia banned the communist party and Georgia a president Oviad Gamsa Hurdia called for a similar ban and nationalization of party property. Lithuania banned the party on thursday in his speech before the russian parliament Gorbachev upheld the decrees issued by Yeltsin during the coup. But it was unclear whether Gorbachev backed All the decrees Yeltsin issued on Friday. He did clash with Yeltsin supporters in parliament when they proposed Banning the communist party saying that would Divide the nation. A confident Gorbachev told the deputies the government would prosecute those responsible for the takeover. A they wanted to turn us into meat. They wanted to annihilate us and for that they must Bear the severe responsibility a he said. He accused the communist party Central committee of panicking during the coup a there Are people who lost their Heads All sense of responsibility. You could even Call them traitors traitors a however he warned in his speech against a any kind of anti communist hysteria.�?�. At one Point during the session Gor Friendly fire episodes were particularly disturbing to the survivors he said. And there also were people who saw the a horrors of suffering inflicted on civilian women and children and the  Ordeniz Schneider spoke with some troubled soldiers who a seen dead iraqis being eaten by dogs. And she said medical teams a were prepared to see soldiers but not prepared to see  Martin said that soldiers assigned to Field medical units were the ones who saw the most trauma. A they saw up close pain and suffering Baches dramatically held up what he said were the minutes of a secret Cabinet meeting during the coup that revealed who backed the emergency decrees. He said Many of those people a hemmed and hawed a but most voted in support of the takeover. The parliament meeting displayed an unprecedented openness in which deputies repeatedly interrupted Gorbachev and argued with him publicly. Before the parliament session Gorbachev met Yeltsin privately. It was the first i meeting Between them since the coup collapsed. Gorbachev began his speech by praising a the outstanding role of Yeltsin who quit the communist party last summer in halting the hard line communist coup the comments Drew a standing ovation. Yeltsin led opposition to the coup from the parliament building where supporters rallied to build barricades and form a human shield against expected attacks. The coup plotters never dared mount a frontal assault on Yeltsin a Headquarters during the standoff. Among his decrees Friday Yeltsin nationalized the hundreds of printing plants in the russian Republic. He suspended the publication of six communist party newspapers including pravda and ordered new chiefs for the official no Vosti and Tass news services. Continuously a he said. By comparison combat teams often registered their a a kills from More than a mile away. One my tank Crew claimed an unconfirmed hit at three Miles. As these soldiers Settle into their postwar lives Martin cautioned against linking every problem they have to their combat experiences. A a there a some risk with overreacting and associating any major event with a somehow this must be related to the War in Southwest Asia Quot Martin said. A a a might be might not  stressed War veterans urged to seek treatment by Vince Crawley Nurnberg Bureau not All of the Gulf War veterans suffering from trauma have visited a psychiatrist. A the fact that we re not seeing a lot of people does no to mean there Arentt a few out there a said or. Maj Loree Sutton 1st army div psychiatrist. A isolation is the worst symptom. That somehow you re  postwar stress is a a Normal reaction to what a clearly a crazy situation a Sutton said. Common symptoms she said Are a nightmares and insomnia. A flashbacks or an obsession with the traumatic event that happened. A feeling guilty numbed doomed arid helpless exhibiting an explosive temper. These symptoms a Are not a sign of weakness a Sutton said. They a Are really a process of the mind Healing  if people Are experiencing these symptoms and Are concerned about them Sutton said they can Check with a local chaplain who can talk to them or refer them to mental health experts. A no one should feel guilty if they re not suffering a said or. It. Col James a. Martin a psychiatric researcher in Heidelberg. Everyone responds to traumatic situations differently he said. Compared with the deploying and waiting for desert combat the actual ground War a was probably the least stressful time a Sutton said a in terms of soldiers being overwhelmed by the  immediately after the. War soldiers in front line units used the cease fire period to conduct a military form of group therapy. A they used the after Battle time to really debrief and piece together the Battle experience a Sutton said. A soldiers were getting together As a group and putting together a Puzzle everyone gets a Chance to describe their View of the  unlike an Ordinary after action review these meetings were a not judgmental in any sense a Sutton said. They were held Only a for the purpose of putting together the big picture. Otherwise soldiers run the risk of having experienced their piece of the action in  isolation is the worst Medicine for Post traumatic stress psychiatrists said. Or. It. Col Marylin Ordeniz Schneider who served at a combat Hospital near the front lines mentioned a study that said hardly any american indians Felt symptoms of Post traumatic stress when they returned from Vietnam. A when they went Back to their Village there was a ceremony that incorporated them Back into their society a Ordeniz Schneider said. For returning combat veterans she said a a there a got to be closure.