European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes Friday August 30, 1991 at a glance subway tra in operator Robert Ray far left leaves a Manhattan court after being charged with five counts of second degree Man Slaughter. Sec Story of 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 ones defences against infectious diseases. A Page 4 Navy probe questioned congressional investigators said sabotage can t be proven As the cause of the 1989 explosion aboard the battleship Iowa. A Page 5 Talladega hostage freed cuban inmates released one of 10 hostages held eight Days in a standoff at a Federal prison in Talladega Ala. A Page 7 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 ground Germany. Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 action line. 18 comics. 22-23 commentary. 15 crossword. 21 letters. 14 Money matters. 19 sports. 24-32 to listings. 31 weather. 11 town without Power water after More yugoslav fighting Belgrade Yugoslavia a the besieged croatian town of Vukovan was without water and Power thursday after More fierce fighting but the breakaway Republic and the Federal army agreed to a cease fire in another strife torn Region. Minor skirmishes Between Republican forces and serb guerrillas were reported overnight in several areas of Croatia. Radio Zagreb said two croatian National guardsmen were killed and three injured in fighting around the serbian held Village of Sunja 40 Miles Southeast of the croatian capital of Zagreb. There were conflicting reports from Vukovan a town on the Danube River Border with Serbia where croatian forces have been Able to repel the serbs and the yugoslav army which has attacked the City with tanks and warplanes. The croatian news Agency Hina said Battles continued for a fifth Day but radio Belgrade and the National Tan Jug news Agency said a tense Calm prevailed. Both radio Belgrade and radio Zagreb said Vukovan had suffered heavy damage. The local radio outlet has gone off the air Tan Jug said. Vul Kovar a population of 80,000 is about equally divided among croats and serbs. If it fell it would be the largest town in Croatia taken by the rebels. Meanwhile local mayors from several Central and Northern towns in Croatia a Dalmatian Region on the Adriatic coast signed a cease fire agreement with local military commanders Hina reported. But representatives of the serbian stronghold of knit whose militia controls much of the Region did not sign the agreement Hina said. Kuwait from Page 1 escape and others were believed still hiding on the Island said the official. He added that the iraqis a used heavy weapons and were reinforced with More gunboats from Fao Island in Southern iraq.1 Quot the iraqis apparently wanted to scavenge munitions Iraq left behind when it retreated from the Island during the War Interior ministry sources said. A . Embassy spokesman said a we congratulate the kuwaitis on their Swift action in defending their  Kuwait a undersecretary for foreign affairs Suleiman Majed Al Shaheen summoned the ambassadors of the United states and the four other permanent members of the . Security Council. He pointed to the a enormity of the iraqi perpetration a the Kuwait news Agency reported. Al Shaheen also met late wednesday with the ambassadors of Egypt Syria and other persian Gulf countries to discuss the iraqi action. Kuwaiti minister of state for Cabinet affairs Shari Abdullah Al Othman told the nation in a statement that the iraqi infiltration bid a has been completely  officials said the iraqis in recent months mounted similar infiltration attempts but without Success. Earlier this month the a1 Watan daily newspaper and the pro government a1 be Wassah newspaper reported that 19 iraqi troops were captured after they crossed the Border. The . Government said this week that it will keep a military presence in the kingdom longer than previously planned. About 1,500 new soldiers began arriving monday to replace the 3,700-member 11th army Cav regt which in mid september is to Complete its return to Fulda Germany chief Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said tuesday. . Gulf forces Are below 38,000, Down from a Peak of 540,000 during the War. About 16,100 troops Are on ships and the rest Are in Kuwait and saudi Arabia. Pact from Page 1 russian president Boris n. Yeltsin who after leading opposition to the communist led coup has forced Gorbachev into the weaker role in a Power sharing relationship. It also underscored the diminished stature of such institutions As the National supreme soviet legislature which began its thursdays session by hearing reports on the russian ukrainian Accord. 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 Stilt sees a future role for such soviet institutions 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. The russian ukrainian agreement amounted to a treaty Between emerging Independent states and it May have forestalled a potentially dangerous rift Between the. Two republics. A Yeltsin spokesman said monday that Russia reserved the right to negotiate its Borders with seceding republics except for the Baltic. That raised fears of a land grab by Russia in the Ukraine and other neighbouring republics with a Large ethnic russian population. After Russia the Ukraine is considered most important to the survival of any sort of Union because of its agricultural Bounty and Industrial might its warm water ports and lengthy Border with Europe. Together the two republics make up about 65 percent of the soviet population of about 290 million. Russia possesses the bulk of the soviet unions Rich Natu ral resources. In a communique they issued in Kiev Early thursday after More than a Day of talks ukrainian and russian leaders said a it is expedient to form temporary interstate structures with the participation of interested states subjects of the former .S.R.�?� the delegations also agreed on the need to Reform the soviet military a and to create a system of collective  the two sides however reiterated their allegiance to the soviet unions International commitments including arms reduction agreements Tass said. On thursday the supreme soviet pressed on with Gorbachev a Post coup purge voting nearly unanimously to strip ousted speaker Anatoly Lukyanov of his parliamentary immunity so he can be charged in the failed coup. _ the chief soviet prosecutor Nikolai Trubin told lawmakers he had evidence that Lukyanov was involved in the coup and should be charged with treason. Aspin from Page 1 result in less Money for other programs but Aspin said he did no to have specific cutbacks in 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. 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 leave As planned 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. A we did no to think it would be Over so quickly a Colantonio said. Top Tours cancelled the trip when a coup attempt to topple the government of Mikhail Gorbachev first began. The ouster try lasted Only three Days. Although life has returned to Normal in 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 Leningrad will follow the same itinerary As last weeks group which arrived in Moscow one Day before the coup attempt. A of those passengers returned safely to Germany