European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2the stars and stripes thursday August 29,1991 at a glance travellers to Spain can visit this ancient Aqueduct built by the romans 1,000 years ago in Segovia. Sec stories in stripes Magazine on pages 8-13. Profile of ruthless killer an Fri psychological profile described the suspected Leader of a group of killers who shot nine people to death at a Phoenix Buddhist Temple aug. 10 As extremely unstable and ruthless. A Page 4 protesters offered Deal a Federal judge tuesday offered to fre jailed operation Rescue leaders and other abortion protesters if members end blockades of Wichita kan., clinics. A Page 6 televisions the villian television viewing has been blamed for the record decline in verbal scores of College bound students who took the 1991 Scholastic aptitude test. A Page 7 maps fired up pvt. Parcase Soule and her fellow maps can now get qualified on a new firing Range built during the persian Gulf War. A Page 9 experts agree slumps Over the Bush administration and economists agree that the first recession in eight years is Over and they see Little Chance of a relapse. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 14 comics. 14-16 commentary. 13 crossword. 14 letters. 12 Money matters. .17 sports. 18-24 to listings. 23 weather. 11 Kuwait from Page 1 companies of the 3rd in 77th army regt 4th in 8th inf regt and 202nd fwd support in. The 3rd inf div Porbin will consist of the following units based in Kitzinger co a 10th engr in and a stinger missile Section from Btry a 4th in 3rd air defense arty regt. The smaller size of the replacement Force reflects a decreased threat a v corps statement said tuesday. The task Force will deploy for at least 90 Davs to Camp Doha and Camp Monterey near Kuwait City. The deployment of the task Force and the return of the 11th army Cav regt Are expected to be Complete by sept. 15, the statement said. Williams said it was decided to keep about 1,500 soldiers in Kuwait a for a couple of months beyond september because Kuwait had made slower Progress in re establishing its own military forces than had been expected. Kuwaitis heaved a sigh of Relief at the announcement. A this piece of news is very relieving a said Mohammed Al Shaviri 26, a Security guard. A but we want them to stay four or five years not Only a couple of  a eel Al Sadoun 30, a civil servant said kuwaitis were ready to Deal with satan to protect their country but he added that he preferred a a Long term agreement with the United states. A let them stay for a year. We feel Safe with them around and without them there is no Security in Kuwait not Only for kuwaitis but also for everybody in the country a said a jordanian woman who asked that her name hot be used. Before the Pentagon announcement kuwaitis had been Wor ried that the departure of the regiment would leave the country vulnerable. Kuwaitis fear that iraqi president Saddam Hussein still has designs on their country. The kuwaiti army which crumbled when Iraq invaded has not been rebuilt. A planned regional Force has not yet been organized. Williams stressed Fiat the . Government does not intend to have a permanent troop presence in Kuwait. Meanwhile in Muscat Oman army chiefs of staff of the six nation Gulf cooperation Council wednesday wound up two Days of discussions on plans to set up a combined defense Force. The plan which dates to the mid-1980s, has been Given new impetus by the iraqi invasion. But participants in the meeting said More discussions will be needed before a defense plan can be presented to leaders of the persian Gulf nations. Security arrangements for the Region to be beefed up with unspecified Arab and Western participation will not be completed before the leaders of Kuwait and its partners saudi Arabia Oman Qatar Bahrain and United Arab emirates hold their annual meeting in december Arab diplomatic sources said. No details were immediately available about the size of the projected Force or what weapons it will have. The Council is a 10-year-old collective defense and economic integration pact grouping the regions Oil Rich conservative Powers. They already have developed a joint rapid deployment Force known As Peninsula shield. The Force comprising two brigades of 10,000 men based at northeastern saudi Arabia was not Able to deter the iraqi onslaught on Kuwait last August. Kuwait is also reportedly working out a 10-year military cooperation pact with the United states and possibly another with Britain. Treason from Page 1 approximately 70 members is the country Stop administrative body. It includes the officials responsible for various industries the environment culture health science technology agriculture and education. Also wednesday Gorbachev named Boris n. Pankin a former ambassador to Sweden As the new foreign minister in place of a Man he fired after the coup state television announced. The announcement read on the main evening news broadcast Eremya gave no other details but noted that the nomination must be confirmed by the supreme soviet legislature. Earlier wednesday Gorbachev had telephoned former foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze who resigned after charging that the country was Drifting toward a dictatorship to arrange a meeting where it was expected that he would be asked to return to his old Job. The russian prosecutor Valentin Ste Pankov also told the Tass news Agency he would question Anatoly Lukyanov the ousted speaker of the National legislature in connection with the coup plot. Lukyanov an old Law school classmate of Gorbachev went before lawmakers wednesday to proclaim his innocence saying a i was not a  the soviet legislature meanwhile heeding Gorbachev a bid to Stem the collapse of Central authority voted wednesday to Send a delegation to the Ukraine to discourage the breadbasket republics secessionist drive. Seven of the 15 soviet republics have declared outright Independence the latest being Moldavia which did so on tuesday. They also include the Ukraine the second most populous and wealthiest Republic after Boris n. Yeltsin a vast russian federation. Yeltsin who has vastly expanded his authority since last weeks failed coup has recognized the Independence of the three Baltic republics but is generally backing Gorbachev a efforts to maintain a Union of willing republics. All the republics have said they want to continue economic ties since their industries Are tightly linked and would suffer from a break in Trade. On tuesday the european Community formally recognized the Independence of Lithuania Latvia and Estonia. Those charged with treason in connection with the takeover were the seven surviving members of the self proclaimed state committee for the state of emergency a Gennady Kanayev former vice president. A Valentin Pavlov former prime minister. A Vladimir Kryuchkov former Kab chief. A Dmitri Yazoo former defense minister. A Oleg Baklanov former Deputy chief of state defense committee. A Alexander Tiz Yakov former president of association of soviet state enterprises and Industrial construction transport and communications facilities. A Vasily Starodub Sev chairman of soviet Farmers Union. Also charged were a Oleg Shenin former politburo member. A Valery i. Boldin the former presidents chief of staff. A Gen. Valentin i. Varen Nikov former Deputy defense minister. A it. Gen. Yuri s. Plekhanov former head of the Kab bodyguard service. A Vyacheslav Generalow former Deputy to Plekhanov. A Vladimir Grushko former Deputy chief of the Kab. Correction Michelle Anne Dupont of Mannheim Germany died thursday of an infection she contacted during recovery from an Auto Accident that took place july 11. The Date of the Accident was incorrectly reported in tuesdays editions. Security from Page 1 Post said. Williams said the administration was confident a apparently on the basis of intelligence information a that the Normal soviet Chain of command for nuclear forces was intact and that there was no increased risk of a soviet nuclear strike. A the command and control of nuclear forces has returned to its Normal state a Williams said. Private . Analysts said tuesday that the soviets have taken numerous Steps in recent months to limit the Chance that political instability could Lead to unauthorized use of the nuclear weapons. Bruce Blair a leading . Authority on soviet nuclear weapons controls said that soviet officials have been removing Short Range nuclear weapons from storage depots in republics that have experienced ethnic or political unrest. In testimony to the House armed services committee on july 31, Blair said this and other moves have been under Way at least since 1990. A the Central government seems to be busily shoring up the Security of nuclear weapons and planning for contingencies that could otherwise loosen its grip on nuclear operations a Blair said in his testimony. Soviets officials earlier this week Dis a closed that the plotters who tried to depose Gorbachev took from him a briefcase containing codes and communications equipment for launching soviet nuclear weapons. Williams said Gen. Colin Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff told him the soviets had not contacted the Bush administration about the Security of their nuclear weapons. A a it a not a subject we usually discuss with the soviets Williams said. Williams disclosed however that one week before the coup attempt Powell received a letter dated aug. 9 from Gen. Mikhail a. Moiseyev then Powell a counterpart As chief of the soviet general staff urging that nuclear weapons Securi included in the nations periodic Mih tary to military discussions. Cheney raised the Issue last october during a visit to the soviet Union Williams said and was reassured by Dmitri Yazoo the defense minister who was ousted for his role in the coup plot that weapons Security a was a matter of the very highest priority for  at tuesdays meeting of the supreme soviet legislature russian Republic lawmaker Anatoly Sobchak urged officials to work out nuclear control agreements with republics seeking Independence. He specifically cited the Ukraine which in its declaration of Independence on saturday claimed control of All military installations on its soil without specifying the Fate of nuclear weapons. Williams said he could provide no information on the precise location of Short Range soviet nuclear weapons but he said 75 percent of intercontinental ballistic missiles a those weapons capable of striking . Targets with Little warning a were based in the russian Republic. The other icbms Are in the republics of Kazakhstan byelorussian and the Ukraine. Williams said 100 percent of the soviet unions submarine launched ballistic missiles and 50 percent of its nuclear armed bombers Are based in Russia. Some bombers Are based in the Eastern Ukraine and in Eastern Kazakhstan. Overall 80 percent of the soviet strategic nuclear Arsenal is within Russia s Borders he said