European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 c the stars and stripes Friday August 30, 1991 subway train operator Robert Ray far left leaves a Manhattan court after being charged with five counts of second degree manslaughter. See Story on Page 4. Stress linked to infection a report in the new England journal of Medicine links emotional states with physical health and tests suggest that stress can undermine one s defences against infectious diseases. A Page 4 Navy probe questioned congressional investigators said sabotage can to be proven As the cause of the 1989 explosion aboard the battleship Iowa. A Page 5 allegations of abuse. The medical staff at former East Germany Stop Hospital has been accused of tinkering with Young girls hormones to produce super athletes and preparing donors for Organ transplants before they were dead. A Page 8 a of on Bismarck Cavern the University of Maryland Hopes to open a new Branch Campus for up to 1,000 students by fall 1992 on Bismarck Cavern a recently vacated army Post in Schwabish a mind Germany. A Page 10 jobless benefits exhausted More than 300,000 americans used up their unemployment benefits in july the highest level in at least 40 years a study said. A Page 19 in Index i.11. Anti Jav Abby Ann Landers 21 action line.18 comics. 21-23 commentary.15 crossword .21 letters.14 Money matters.19 sports.24-32 to listings.31 weather .11 communist from Page 1 Horary military and economic Alliance that appears to leave the Kremlin out in the cold. The two republics invited other slates a of the former to join their Alliance. The Nove was yet another Victory for Yeltsin who led the opposition to the communist led takeover and has since forced Gorbachev into a weaker Power sharing role. It also underscored the diminished stature of such institutions As the National supreme soviet legislature. A the results of these negotiations Are that. The old Union does not exist and there can be no return to it Quot said Leningrad mayor Anatoly Sobchak who was sent to Kiev by Gorbachev and the supreme soviet to observe the talks. But the reformist mayor also told lawmakers that he -still1 sees a future role for soviet institutions such As the National parliament. A it ought to play a coordinating an arbitrating role to prevent a misunderstanding from growing into a conflict a he said. As he spoke new problems arose in the Central asian Republic of Kazakhstan. Its president Nur Sultan Naza Bayev sent a message to Yeltsin that tension was rising in Kazakhstan because there has been no Clear Cut renunciation of russian territorial claims the inter fax news Agency reported. A special danger lies in the fact that Kazakhstan is a nuclear Republic inter fax quoted Naza Bayev As saying an apparent reference to the warheads located in the vast Republic. Gorbachev dispatched a special delegation to Alma Ata the capital of Kazakhstan because the situation there a got More complicated today a he said he had three Telephone conversations with Naza Bayev a key Gorbachev ally in holding the Union together. The supreme soviet thursday began the process of voting on new members to Gorbachev a advisory group the Security Council. They approved for membership the leaders of the nine republics that supported the Union treaty to preserve the soviet Union Russia the Ukraine byelorussian Azerbaijan Kazakhstan turkmen a Kirghizia Uzbekistan and Kadzhi Kristan. They also confirmed marshal Yevgeny Shaposhnikov As defense minister and Vadim Baratin As Kab chief. In other developments thursday. A the supreme soviet pressed on with Gorbachev a Post coup purge voting to strip ousted speaker Anatoly Lukyanov of his parliamentary immunity so he can be charged in connection with the failed coup. The chief soviet prosecutor Nikolai Trubin told lawmakers he had evidence Lukyanov was involved in the coup and should he charged with treason. Trubin then announced his own resignation accepting responsibility for some of his offices employees who failed to oppose the coup. Thirteen coup ringleaders including the seven remaining members of the emergency committee that tried to seize Power after interning Gorbachev were charged wednesday with treason which is punishable by death. 1 a about 30 soviet ambassadors including those assigned to Britain and Ireland have been recalled to Moscow a for consultations a the russian governments news Agency reported quoting an a informed soviet there was no immediate elaboration on Why they were Beino recalled. A a but officials say Boris d. Pankin the former ambassador to Czechoslovakia named foreign minister after the coup was the Only soviet envoy abroad to denounce the takeover before it collapsed. Thursdays russian ukrainian agreement amounted to a treaty Between emerging Independent states. Declaring the Union dead simply a expresses today a reality Quot said russian vice president Alexander Rutski who signed the agreement after meeting in the ukrainian capital Kiev with the Ukraine a president Leonid Kravchuk. Soviet lawmakers took part in the meeting but the communique did not mention a future role for the Kremlin or Gorbachev who had been trying to preserve the soviet Union with a treaty shifting Power to the republics. Bush from Page 1 to consider what would be practical what is deliverable and what would the British Leader renewed Calls for soviet leaders to reduce military spending. After heading Back to London on Friday major will travel to Moscow on sunday to see both Yeltsin and soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. He said he also Hopes to see Baltic leaders. Major will be the first Western Leader to visit the soviet capital since last weeks failed coup. Bush called again for soviet lawmakers to recognize the Independence of the Baltic states and not to a stand against the winds of the he said he did not expect the supreme soviet to act before monday. White House spokesman Marlin Fitz water said later that if the soviets done to Grant the Baltic Independence by monday the United states will make its own move. He said Bush was signalling the Kremlin a either you decide or Well decide at least on our the disintegration of a nuclear superpower confronted Bush and the Western Alliance with a daunting set of diplomatic challenges How to provide economic Aid How and when to extend formal diplomatic recognition to the Baltic states and what dealings to have with Gorbachev and Yeltsin major outlined six Points including extending food credits assessing the need for food Aid this Winter and sending a lifeline teams to the soviet Union to assist in development of food production and distribution also said the West would move to implement Steps agreed to at the economic Summit in London in july including speeding up associate membership in International lending organizations and full membership in due the two men answered questions in their shirtsleeves on the front Lawn of Bush a summer Home in Maine. It was a scene that has become familiar to americans in this summer of revolution in mos cow the president taking time out from his monthlong new England vacation to Field questions about world events. Major said the soviet Union must follow through on commitments to Cut military spending. He said the soviets currently spend 25 percent of their Gross National product on defense and it Wasny to a a tolerable proposition for them to retain that level of spending while the West considered Aid. Major his wife Norma and two teenage children arrived by helicopter late wednesday afternoon at walkers Point enveloped in a steamy heat wave. Bush personally drove the majors to their guest quarters in a red Golf cart. Bush invited Senate majority Leader George Mitchell a Maine and others to a Clambake thursday night in the British leaders Honor. As Bush and major held their private Parley top foreign ministry officials from the seven major industrialized democracies were meeting in London to discuss Aid for the soviets. Aspin from Page 1 among several governments and perhaps weaken Security surrounding the warheads. A a there Are additional possibilities of seizure of weapons by terrorists or Sale of weapons on a nuclear Black lie said. Aspin said he would make his proposal to the House and Senate conference committee considering the $292 billion department of defense budget. The Cash would be put into a special fund administered by president Bush. Setting aside $1 billion for Aid would result in less Money for other programs but Aspin said he did no to have specific cutbacks m mind. The budget agreement Between Congress and Bush prohibits Transfer of Money Between Domestic programs foreign Aid and defense. Aspin said he would argue he Wasny to violating that Rule. Quot a this is defense by different Means but defense nevertheless so it should come out of the Pentagon budget a he said president Bush on vacation in Kennebunkport Maine said he would not be rushed into a decision. A obviously the people of the United states when it comes to. Food keeping people from starving in the Winter want to help a said Bush who met thursday with British prime minister John major. A we want to do our Pete Williams the chief Pentagon spokesman said the Aspin idea was off target. A we done to even have any request for Aid from the soviets a he said adding that a emr. Aspinw a proposal would appear to violate the budget Summit agreement fixing the amount of defense spending in the 1992 budget. Tour to soviet Union to in avg of plonk gel by the stars and stripes aug Eklov a a by the stars and stripes the top Tours trip to the soviet Union that was cancelled during last weeks coup attempt will leave As originally scheduled on sunday said spokesman Mario Colantonio at the top Tours office in Kaiserslautern Germany. Quot we did no to think it would be Over so quickly Quot Colantonio said. Top Tours cancelled the trip when a u topple the government of Mikhail Gorbachev first began. The ouster try lasted Only three Days although life has returned to Normal m the soviet Union four of the 23 passengers booked on the tour were still apprehensive and decided not to go Colantonio said. The upcoming trip to Moscow and la Imgrad will follow the same itinerary a it last weeks group which arrived in Moscow one Day before the coup attempt. A of those passengers returned safely it Germany. A
