European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes tuesday August 27,1991 at a glance your child a health what a Best from shoes to eating to playing fair. See stories on pages 14-16. Hitman and cheer leading testimony was scheduled to begin monday for a Texas woman charged with trying to hire a Hitman to kill the Mother of her daughters chief rival for cheerleader. A Page 4 abortion struggle continues the intense struggle Over abortion continued but this time it was Between thousands of abortion opponents attending a rally at a football stadium and a Small air plane Cir Ding overhead that pulled a sign Quot go Home. Wichita is  a Page 5 personalized Sermon president Bush whose monthlong vacation has been interrupted by developments in the soviet Union went to Church sunday and got a Sermon about the need to address Domestic problems. Praising  Unity the new american ambassador to Germany said the changing face of Europe increases the significance of relations Between the United states and Germany. A Page 9 quasar detected astronomers have detected a quasar that May be the oldest most Distant object yet discovered an enigmatic powerhouse born less than 1 billion years after the birth of the universe. A Page 10 slow Progress of the 6,502 jobs at the vice presidential and higher level in the nation s largest corporations Only 175, or 2.6 percent were held by women a new report says. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers .19 comics. 19-21 commentary. .13 letters. 12 Money matters .17 sports. 22-28 to listings. .27 weather. .11 Yeltsin praises Kab unit Moscow apr Boris n. Yeltsin said the soviet coup plotters had sought to bully the commanders of an elite Kab unit into storming the russian parliament building and seizing the republics leaders shooting him if he tried to escape. But the commanders steadfastly refused to mount what would have surely been a bloody assault on a determined russian leadership a and that May have been the turning Point in last weeks failed coup. Yeltsin said sunday in an interview with russian television that commanders of the pkg by a elite anti terrorist Alpha group resisted intense pressure including a threats of court martial execution  by their superiors. The parliament building was the focal Point of the opposition during the coup and was surrounded by tens of thousands of muscovites for three Days to stave off a possible attack. Quot it was a Complete Surprise to All the Kab leadership Quot when the commanders refused to. Storm the 19-Story building on the night of aug. 20, the russian president said. Quot about 20 commanders were invited and bullied one by one. Not one of them agreed Quot he said. A then All were gathered in a gym but they said no and once again  Yeltsin said the commanders should be considered Savior of a Russia the soviet Union and the  he said the Alpha group a armed with grenade launchers anti tank missiles and other powerful weapons a originally was ordered to a a dispersed the people in front of the building and break inside at 6 . On aug. 20. _ because the commanders walked the time for the attack was postponed until 8 ., then 10 ., then 1 a.m., then 3 a.m., according to the russian president. When Dawn broke and the building had not been taken the coup quickly fell apart. Gorbachev regained control of the country that afternoon after 2vz Days under House arrest in the Crimea. Yeltsin said he Learned of the plan to storm the building from both defectors and documents. The Kab troops were supposed a to deliver crushing blows from All sides on the first floor shoot everything All that was alive doors windows everything break into the building  penetrate into the presidents offices and capture the president Quot Yeltsin said referring to himself. The troops were under orders to shoot him if he tried to escape Yeltsin said. Moreover they were Given a list of 11 other people to capture or a preferably to shoot during the attack. From Page 1 eluding the communist party Kab and defense ministry during the coup. A new soviet defense minister Yevgeny Shaposhnikov said a major reorganization was under Way to replace most of the officers corps with younger More Liberal commanders. A those who tried to depose Gorbachev took a briefcase containing codes and communications equipment for launching the soviet nuclear Arsenal said an aide to Gorbachev Anatoly Cher Rayev. But Shaposhnikov told soviet television the coup plotters did not have the ability to launch a nuclear strike using the equipment. A the acting speaker of the supreme soviet Ivan Laptev announced that the government newspaper Izvestia had been made Independent. The state news Agency Tass also said it intended to become Independent. A the communist party apparatchiks responsible for administering its enormous wealth committed suicide monday by jumping out the window of his seventh floor apartment the Kab said. Nikolai Kruchin 63, business manager of the communist party scentral committee left behind a suicide note Kab press spokesman Alexei Konda Urov said. He said he did not know its contents. Sergei Fakhr Omeyer Gorbachev a chief military adviser hanged himself saturday in his Kremlin office. Last week brie of the eight coup leaders Interior minister Boris Pugo was found fatally shot in his Moscow apartment and suicide was suspected. The seven other coup plotters Are under arrest. A lawmakers voted to Convene an extraordinary session of the supreme soviets Parent body the Congress of Peoples deputies next monday. Yeltsin had suggested sunday that the Congress meet instead of the supreme soviet and dissolve Gorbachev s Cabinet of ministers. Many Cabinet ministers were involved in the coup including prime minister Valentin Pavlov. A minutes before the supreme soviet convened monday the body a chairman Anatoly Lukyanov announced his resignation. A Gorbachev told the supreme soviet on monday that the coup a did not break out unexpectedly out of the Blue. Its forerunners were hysterical publications by the rightists in the press and at Central committee meetings. And the open sabotage of Many perestroika related decisions by party state  a in a word the plot was ripening a a Gorbachev said. Bush from Page 1 Power sharing arrangement Between soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev and russian federation president Boris a Yeltsin. A a it a not a choosing either or Here Quot Bush said. A a it a not for the United states to say whom we re dealing with. �?o1 think what you be seen evolving in the last few Days is indeed the sharing of Power Quot Bush said. A i think Yeltsin and Gorbachev understand  concerning the Baltic situation Bush indicated he was not yet prepared to recognize final Independence for Lithuania Latvia and Estonia. His concern a i eared to Center around How the re pud is would relate to the Central government and How and when any transition would take place. A there Are some questions about what you recognize Quot such As territorial boundaries Bush told a joint news conference shared with Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney. A Canada moved this morning to begin the process of establishing full diplomatic recognize action of All the gallic states Quot Mulroney said outside the  a vacation Home. Bush said a a we re moving very fast and i feel very comfortable with what other countries Are doing. Id like to see a few More cards on the table before we take another step a Bush said the Central soviet government and the republics needed to a Hammer out Quot agreements detailing which of the republics wanted to stay in the soviet Union and which demand Independence. Agreements Between the Central government and the republics Are necessary for their economic recovery Bush said so that Western nations Arentt trying to Deal with �?o25 Guys going off in different  a a we have made very Clear our conviction that the Baltic will be  Bush said of the situation in Moscow where Gorbachev had resigned his leadership of the communist party a it clearly is the death Knell for the communist movement around the world. There is Only a handful of people that stick out like a sore thumb. 1 think the one. In Cuba now must be sweating Quot Bush said he agreed with the decisions of Canada and other nations but said the United states was holding Back because of its a special responsibilities As a superpower. A i done to want to be a part of making a mistake that would be contributing to some kind of anarchy in the soviet Union a Bush said when asked if the United states would recognize other soviet republics seeking Independence. Gorbachev says wife s condition of Moscow apr soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev said monday that his wife Raisa who reportedly had been ill after last week s coup attempt was doing  a spokesman had said sunday that mrs. Gorbachev 59, had a serious problems with her  Gorbachev however played Down that report. A a it a nothing Quot Gorbachev told reporters outside the supreme soviet legislative session monday when asked about the illness of his wife. A everything is of a Gorbachev said. A there is no  mrs. Gorbachev was last seen in Public walking off an air plane at a Moscow Airport Early thursday after three Days in Captivity with Gorbachev their daughter Irina son in Law Anatoly and two granddaughters. As she left the plane. Mrs. Gorbachev was walking unassisted an around one of the grandchildren. At a news Cor Fere Nee later that Day Gorbachev Sai that the Strain of House arrest had Bee trying for his wife. A Raisa Maximova and my daughter took it very hard. Yesterday Raisa Max Mona was not Well Quot he said then wit out elaboration. Mrs. Gorbachev was reported to b resting at the soviet presidents count Home Northwest of the cite