European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes tuesday August 27,1991 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 4abortion 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 circling overhead that pulled a sign Quot go Home. Wichita is  a Page 5personalized 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. A Page 6praising  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 9quasar 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 10slow 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 i Abby Ann Landers 19 comics.19-21 commentary .13 letters .12 Money matters.17 sports.22-28 to listings.27 weather .11blame from Page 1 his Kremlin office saturday. And last week one of the eight coup leaders Interior minister Boris Pugo,.was found fatally shot in his Moscow apartment. Initial reports said he shot himself but those who found him said he May have been murdered. A lawmakers voted to Convene an extraordinary session of the supreme soviets Parent body the Congress of Peoples deputies on sept. 2. Yeltsin had suggested sunday that the Congress meet instead of the supreme soviet and formally dissolve Gorbachev a Cabinet of ministers Many of whom were involved in the coup including prime minister Valentin Pavlov. A minutes before the parliament convened monday the body a chairman Anatoly Lukyanov announced he had resigned. Lukyanov a Friend of Gorbachev a since the two attended Law school together denied he joined other longtime Gorbachev confidants in betraying the presidents Trust and turning against him. Yeltsin had accused Lukyanov of being a driving Force behind the conspiracy. 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  portents of the still unfolding events shaking the soviet Union came in a provocative statements by generals and Law makers Gorbachev said. A in a word the plot was ripening a he said. A at the same time instead of decisive actions and measures liberalism and leniency were shown. I blame myself first of All for this.�?�. Gorbachev said there a is a lesson of the first order. A More important cause or reason which made possible this attempt against democracy the attempt to turn the country Back to totalitarianism by  a this reason a he said was a a Lack of decisiveness and consistency in carrying out democratic  a a it a not Only my fault but the fault of All of us the supreme soviet of the .s.r., the leading bodies of the party the government a your Good intentions our Well formulated goals and plans were largely not fulfilled because we failed to change the old mechanism of Power. 1 have in mind the state apparatus which has remained basically unchanged and kept those people in ruling positions who remained True to  now the military must be examined and Kab reformed the republics must make More economic decisions and land Reform instituted along with new efforts to combat the budget deficit he said. Gorbachev said he would not waver in his 6-year-old program of political and social Reform. A while i am still president i will allow no hesitation in the fulfilment of reforms a he said. On saturday Gorbachev had shocked the outside world by announcing his resignation As head of the communist party the primary engine in the political and social life of the soviet Union for More than seven decades. Gorbachev however said he will remain a member of the  from Page 1  foreign ministers of the Baltic republics a Lithuania Latvia and Estonia a signed an agreement monday in Reykjavik Iceland establishing ties with Iceland. They headed for Norway to do the same there. Austria Poland and Romania said they were ready to recognize the Baltic. Denmark and Argentina announced sunday that they were establishing ties. Sweden Finland Belgium and Japan also planned to do so soon. Lithuanian president vytautas Landsbergis said a French envoy was expected in Vilnius the capital on monday to re establish diplomatic relations and latvian officials said a danish ambassador was to arrive. The danish government said ambassador Otto Borch was to Fly to the latvian capital of Riga on monday seeking accreditation for All three republics. The lithuanian parliament said the country began taking control of its Border Points at Midnight sunday. Lithuanian and soviet Border guards were jointly staffing the posts. The lithuanians were issuing separate visas to foreigners who already had soviet visas. Latvians estonians and russian federation residents were exempt from the requirement. Secretary of defense Dick Cheney said in a . Television appearance that Yeltsin from Page 1 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. A it was a Complete Surprise to All the Kab leadership when the commanders refused to storm the 19-Story building on the night of aug. 20, the russian president said. A about 20 commanders were invited and bullied one by one. Not one of them agreed a 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  recognition from Washington would come in a a relatively Short period of  he called it a a question of formality at this  Independence came up at a crucial session monday of the soviet unions supreme soviet but the body a acting speaker Ivan Laptev said it was an Issue for the Congress of Peoples deputies the soviets Parent body Landsbergis had appealed to the supreme soviet to annul the document that formalized the 1940 seizure of the three republics. A we Are free. Its a formal question Only but it would then be completely resolved. It would be easier for us a Landsbergis told journalists. Soviet authorities showed unprecedented flexibility on granting Independence. President Mikhail s. Gorbachev a spokesman Vitaly Ignatenko told can on sunday a we Are on the eve of major shifts in the situation in the Baltic  he added a there is no one today to prevent the National republics to choose their own Road under the Constitution. Lithuania Latvia and Estonia have intensified their push for Independence since last weeks coup by Kremlin hardliners fell apart and collapsed. Lithuania declared Independence last year. Latvia and Estonia hedged on Independence but finally declared it last week. The republics of Georgia Ukraine and byelorussian have also declared in 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 that morning and the building had not been taken the coup quickly fell apart. Gorbachev regained control of the country wednesday afternoon after 2yi 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 through them. Then penetrate into the presidents of dependence the latter two Only after last weeks failed Putsch. Taking advantage of the Kremlin Power vacuum in the Wake of last weeks coup attempt the Baltic moved to ban their respective communist parties took Steps to punish collaborators with coup plotters sought to limit the Power of the Kab secret police toppled communist monuments and cheered the pullback of soviet troops deployed during the coup. Estonia Latvia and Lithuania were Independent Between the two world wars but were absorbed by the soviet Union under a secret agreement with nazi Germany on the eve of world War ii. Countries such As the United states and France never recognized soviet authority in the Baltic. But they also refrained from establishing diplomatic relations though the three republics kept envoys in Washington. Germany invited officials from the Baltic republics to Bonn today to discuss diplomatic representation once they gain full Independence. Britain was dispatching a top envoy for talks. A France is ready to establish relations with the three Baltic states and Hopes the entire european Community will follow suit foreign minister Roland Dumas said on French television. The dec was to Send special envoys to the three republics on monday Dumas said. Files and capture the president a 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. Yeltsin described the eight member committee that ran the coup As a a fascist Junta Quot that a would have destroyed thousands of people without a  the committee Yeltsin said had Broad support within the upper Levels of the soviet government and communist party. He called for a thorough investigation to determine who May have been behind the committee. All of the coup leaders have been arrested except Boris Pugo the former Interior minister who died last week from a possible suicide