European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 c the stars and stripes sunday August 25, 1991 at a glance staff sgt. David vines and his German wife Susanne attend to their 3-month-old daughter. International wedding Bells mean extra work and lots of red tape. Sec sunday  seized . Marshals seize a panamanian freighter whose Crew allegedly stole thousands of Gallons of fuel being transported to . Forces in operation desert storm a Page 4more Fri discipline Fri director William sessions says eight More agents and managers have been disciplined in the racial harassment of an sex agent. A Page 5�?~lost in jail a Man spent 16 months in the Baltimore City detention Center awaiting trial on shoplifting charges the latest in a series of clerical errors discovered there. A Page 6va ruled not liable a judge has ruled that the veterans administration is not liable in the Case of a woman who contracted the aids virus from her husband after he received tainted blood in a transfusion. A Page 7limp Bank accounts the chairman of the House banking committee says Congress May need to act within 60 Days to replenish the fund that insures Bank accounts up to $100,000.�? Page 15party Index Abby Ann Landers. 14 commentary. 13 letters. .12 Money matters. 15 Mutual. 16-17 sports. 18-24 weather. .11 from Page 1 three victims a Vladimir Usova Dmitri Komar and Ilya Krichevsky a were carried through the streets. Mourners waved huge russian Republic flags in the midday Breeze As the Flag draped coffins mounted on flatbed trucks bathed in Flowers went by. A allow me on my behalf and for the whole country for All. Russians to Bow Low before these Young people a said a somber Gorbachev who announced he had named the three heroes of the soviet Union the highest civilian Honor. Also present at the ceremony was the new . Ambassador to the soviet Union Robert Strauss who told the crowd Quot the Justice of the cause does not make the loss of Brave men and women easier to  the communist party a official National daily newspaper pravda was absent from news stands saturday banned along with five other party papers by Yeltsin in move to silence those whom he said supported the coup. Republic governments from Moldavia and Kirghizia seized communist party buildings and assets and some outlawed the party altogether. Lithuanian leaders planned to put local party chiefs on trial and thousands rallied in the Ukraine demanding resignation of their communist dominated government. The drastic changes wrought by the defeat of the coup picked up steam throughout the country saturday with the giant ukrainian Republic moving toward Independence from the soviet Union and Yeltsin recognizing Estonia a Independence and asking Gorbachev to endorse the move. The ukrainian parliament meeting in special session in Kiev passed a Resolution declaring Independence and annulling the effect of Central government Laws in the Ukraine but said the actions required approval in a dec. 1 referendum. The republics Leader Leonid Kravchuk announced at the session that he was resigning from the communist party politburo and Central committee. The Ukraine is the second most populous and second most powerful Republic in the soviet Union after Yeltsin a Russia and if it went ahead with full Independence it would be a crushing blow to the Union. Early saturday authorities arrested the last of the eight coup leaders a soviet prime minister Valentin Pavlov soviet and russian television reported he had. Been under guard in a Hospital though it was unclear if he was still there. Protesters pulled Down two More statues of communist heroes. A statue of bolshevik Leader Mikhail Kalinin on a main Street leading to the Kremlin and one of Lenin associate Yakov Sverdlov in front of the Bolshoi theater were pulled Down Early  paint and the words Quot forgive me were splattered on a bust of Karl Marx near red Square in Moscow. People hacked away at the Marble Pedestal of a 14-ton statue of hated secret police founder Felix Dze Rohinsky that was toppled thursday night. Yeltsin suspended the activities of the hard line russian faction of the communist party banned the party from the Kab and temporarily shut Down the party newspapers. Yeltsin also banned political activity in the army on russian territory ordered the nationalization of the no Vosti news Agency and ordered the Heads of no Vosti and Tass the state news Agency fired. With Gorbachev a Content the party scentral committee building in Moscow was sealed to assure that documents relating to the coup were not removed or destroyed. Party archives and documents also were sealed at the Smolny Institute in Leningrad Lenin a Headquarters during the bolshevik revolution. Readiness from Page 1 professional and the policy person that things Arentt always As stable As they seem a one senior officer said. A a life a full of mean surprises and this was just one of  determined from the beginning not to raise Public fears or provoke an inadvertent clash the defense department echoed president Bush a assertion that the turmoil in Moscow presented no military concern to the United states. Officials clamped Down hard on Public comment. For similar reasons officials said the joint chiefs of staff did not change the Quot defense conditions that governs the Tempo of worldwide military operations and issued no Quot warning orders that would prepare particular units for deployment. In general they said the military avoided any change Likely to alarm soviet intelligence such As the dispersal of ships in port or significant increases in message traffic Over command and Contro networks. But senior officers said in interviews that the four main military services and their joint command structures each took numerous Steps informally to anticipate potential threats and ensure that they were prepared to respond. In the Marine corps for example a senior officer said the corps three deployed during operation desert shield an army source said Gen. Carl e. Vuono then army chief of staff a sent out a personal a get ready to get ready a message to the three Star generals who commanded i corps Iii corps Vii corps and the xviii airborne corps before formal anime or its a great reminder Lor the military profess and the policy person that things Aren t a stable As they seem. Life a Tuli of mean is and this was ust one of  a senior it Tatary officer contingency forces a the 26th Marine expeditionary unit Meu in the Eastern Mediterranean sea the 15th Meu in the persian Gulf Region and the 11th Meu in the Western Pacific a a were certainly if not on an officially heightened state of Alert More aware of regional potentials a similar unofficial alerts accompanied the .-led buildup before the persian Gulf War according to two officials. Ders from the joint chiefs of staff. Within each corps the word was spread quietly Down the Chain of command to division brigade and battalion commanders. Defense officials said they considered several categories of risks in the Kremlin coup. Apart from their nuclear concerns they said civil War could easily spread into  a amps bookstores to close 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  Page 1 command information for broadcast on the armed forces radio and television service and on closed circuit networks on stateside installations. The general declined subsequent interview requests from the stars and stripes. While most of the upcoming reductions will be accomplished by dramatically lowering the number of new recruits and encouraging soldiers who have passed 20 years of service to retire Reno acknowledges that involuntary separations Are inevitable. Quot one cannot reduce the army to the required Levels without involuntarily separating both officers and enlisted soldiers a Reno said. But the service is striving to keep the number of people forced out to a minimum Reno said. The enlisted Force will be pared by further limiting the amount of time a Soldier can stay in without being promoted to the next higher rank. Quot those who Haven to gotten promoted within a reasonable period would be asked to leave the army a Reno said. A that would apply to those with performance and disciplinary  this action along with fewer recruits and Early retirements should make involuntary separations virtually unnecessary in the enlisted Force he said. The portion of the army population most vulnerable to being forced out would be officers with Between five and 14 years of service Reno said. The army lacks adequate Means of reducing officers in those year groups he added. About 103,020 army officers will be on Active duty As of oct. 1, which is 3,820 More than authorized by Congress Reno said. Lawmakers have allowed the service to exceed mandated troop Levels temporarily because of the persian Gulf War. Nevertheless by the end of fiscal 1992, Only 95,481 army officers will be authorized forcing the service to Cut More than 7,500 officer slots Over the next year. Reno said the army expects to lose 1,000 of those officers through the voluntary Early retirement release program. Another 1,500 will be chosen to retire by the selective Early retirement Board and about 1,600 will leave the service based on decisions made by the lieutenant retention boards. Six Hundred warrant officers arc also expected to be separated. A personnel official said natural Attri Tion will remove another 900. The remaining 1,900 officer cuts would mos Likely be made in the mid Grade ranks o Captain and major the official said. A identified soldiers who done to Mee army standards in physical fitness schoo and work performance would be Chosei by a centralized review Board for involuntary separation a Reno said. However army personnel officials an counting on Congress to authorize a pro Gram called the Volunteer separation incentive or Vii to help increase that number of officers who opt to leave that service on their own. Vii would give eligible service Mem ers a yearly Cash payment based on year in uniform for voluntarily leaving the Mil itary. The incentives total value would b higher in most cases than involuntary separation pay. Congress May not cooperate with the military a involuntary separation plan provisions added to the House defense appropriations and the Senate defense Autna Riza Tion Bills for 1992 would prevent to forced removal of most personnel with be tween five and 20 years of service. The House and Senate armed service committees and appropriation committee will meet in september to put together to final versions or their Bills