European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday August 31, 1991 at a glance the Din of a recent East West air show in Poland is too much for one lad. See Story on pages 14-15. Delta cancels some routes Delta air lines says pan am sold International route map will lose a few destinations. A Page 4 Koop Speaks out on aids former surgeon general c. Everett Koop says there is Quot essentially no risk Quot of getting the disease from a doctor. A Page 5 brains May be different Hie brains of homosexual men appear to be structurally different from those of other men according to a new study. A Page 7 Raf Pilot killed a Royal air Force Pilot who made history by returning to flying after a heart Tung transplant is killed in a collision Between his Jet and a Light plane Over a Welsh Village. A Page 8 pass improves Security a new pass system at Rhein main a will allow non id card holders quicker Access to the base while enhancing Security. A Page 10 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 action line. .16 comics. 19-21 commentary. .13 crossword. .19 letters. .12 Money matters .17 sports. 22-28 to listings. .27 weather. .11 soviets reduced readiness of some missiles Dod says Washington apr the soviet Union has put some of its nuclear weapons capable of striking the United states in a lower state of readiness the Pentagon said thursday. Private . Analysts said the move which started during last weeks failed coup probably was intended to signal to the United states that the soviet strategic nuclear Arsenal was under control during the political upheaval. It Pete Williams the chief Pentagon spokesman declined to say exactly what actions the soviets took to make their strategic or Long Range nuclear weapons less ready. He said the soviets did not directly Tell the Bush administration about the change meaning it probably was detected by . Spy satellites. Quot during the coup the soviets lowered the profile of their strategic weapons a Williams told reporters at the Pentagon a some elements of the strategic Force Are at below Normal Levels. I can to further define that for  he declined to say How the administration interpreted the soviet actions. Quot a a in a not sure that this general lowering of strategic readiness was intended merely As a signal to the United states or the world a Williams said. The Washington Post reported wednesday that the commander of soviet strategic rocket forces in apparent Defiance of the attempted coup pulled ss-25 Mobile missiles from positions in the Field and ordered them into their Home bases Williams declined to confirm the report. A soviet ss-25 missiles can be launched from their Home bases where they normally Are kept in huge garages which have roofs that slide open to permit launch. But taking them out of their Field positions where they can be launched from trucks can be interpreted As reducing their readiness analysts said. Jack Merritt a retired army general and president of the association of the . Army which promotes army causes said in an interview that if soviet nuclear forces have been made less ready for possible use a that is a comforting  pact from Page 1 ranges and a bomber base that probably is capable of handling nuclear arms. On thursday protesters in Kazakhstan expressed concern about possible russian land grabs in the Wake of the coup. Gorbachev said he sent a delegation to Kazakhstan to keep things from a snowballing a and Yeltsin also sent russian representatives. The two men Are governing the soviet Union under a vague Power sharing pact. Later Yeltsin attempted to ease fears of russian expansion plans. A i want to state firmly that the collapse of the Center is not tantamount to a collapse of the county let alone Russia a Yeltsin said thursday in an address broadcast on radio Rossiya. A a the striving to create a new really free really voluntary Union of Sovereign and i stress equal states remains Strong a he said. A full blooded states and not phantoms will be United in the  in other developments Tass said Friday that authorities on thursday night arrested suspended legislature speaker Anatoly Lukyanov who is accused of having a role in last weeks failed coup. The supreme soviet legislature on thursday stripped Lukyanov of his parliamentary immunity and voted to Nave him arrested and charged with treason which is punishable by death. Lukyanov a former Law school colleague of Gorbachev a has denied any role in the coup. In another move against suspected coup sympathizers the supreme soviet thursday voted to suspend the party Sac Tivi ties and freeze its Bank accounts pending an investigation of the party a role in the coup. The suspension appeared to be a fatal blow to the once mighty organization which for seven decades controlled nearly every aspect of life. The suspension followed an Avalanche of resignations by communists including the party a general Secretary Gorbachev. _ the Baltic republics a Latvia Lithuania and Estonia a basked in International attention As the foreign ministers of France and Sweden arrived thursday to re establish ties broken by 50 years of soviet Rule. Many other nations have either resumed ties or recognized the republics Independence. 1 the Ukraine thursday forestalled a potentially dangerous rift with Russia by signing a landmark military and eco Alliance that bypassed the Kremlin. Huddle from Page 1 officials in president Bush a vacation Retreat at Kennebunkport Maine. He Hopes Bush will join in he said a but i doubt that he  he said the unprecedented meet the americans telecast will Start sometime Between 12 15 and 12 45 . Edt tuesday depending on the length of Tho game and could last More than an hour. The video session is another example of Tele diplomacy the use of television by world leaders to Sway Public opinion while getting messages to their foreign counterparts. Some May find it Odd that two leaders of a superpower Arentt going live in prime time in the Eastern United states. It also May seem Odd that they Are waiting for a 9 . Edt football game to end before they address somewhat More important issues. A they did no to want it to be any earlier than 7 30 . Their time a said Abc news vice president Joanna Bistany. A a that a their Bottom  that time m Moscow is 12 30 . Edt in the United  they wanted to do it live a she said. Abc news president Roone Arledge has been after Gorbachev to do a town Hall meeting since 1987. But it was officials of Gostel Eradio the soviet radio to Agency who first proposed a live interview with Gorbachev though on a different kind of program. Bistany said that soon after the coup attempt failed last week the soviets asked Abc if it might be the Ideal time for Gorbachev to appear on one of the networks Capitol to Capitol specials. Abc has periodically aired the two Way forums since 1987. Arledge proposed instead that both Gorbachev and Yeltsin appear on a town meeting taking questions from . Citizens Bistany said. Representatives of soviet television and abcs Moscow Bureau relayed the request and the two leaders in Moscow agreed to it on  from Page 1 Plo yees hired for jobs in saudi Arabia overseas schoolteachers and commissary workers As Well As Mission essential employees in jobs related to health safety or Security. Internal transfers Are also allowed. Additionally civilians May be hired to fill positions that Are essential to implement the july 1989 defense management report which consolidates or reorganizes various agencies to reduce spending and increase efficiency. Also exempt Are positions participating in the Bush administrations National drug control strategy. The freeze does not apply to non appropriated fund employees whose salaries Are paid from non tax sources. Correction a Story published Friday included incomplete information regarding visa ineligibility for people with criminal records. Because the Law is very complicated the . Consulate in Frankfurt Germany advises that people Call the visa office with any specific questions at 069-75352204 or 069-7535-2206 Between 9 and 11 . Or Between 1 and 3 30 .hostages from Page 1 ported by Fri swat teams and Bureau of prisons special operations response teams to effect a Rescue a Barr said. Quot this was a terrorist incident where the lives of innocent persons were put at risk in an attempt to Force actions by the government. As in any such incident our concern was minimizing the risk of harm to the hostages and  the cuban detainees and their nine remaining hostages had eaten a full meal thursday that was provided by prison officials for the first time since the crisis began aug. 21. About 12 30 . Thursday five of the detainees appeared on the prison roof and left after a few minutes. No detainees returned to the roof later the Federal Bureau of prisons said. Late wednesday a female hostage Kitty Suddeth was released for treat ment of an undisclosed but life threatening condition. She was in the prison Hospital in stable condition thursday. Her release resulted from a face to face meeting Between a reporter with Al Nuevo Herald the Spanish language sister newspaper of the Miami Herald and leaders of the cuban detainees. Officials said the detainees a at least 30 of whom took part in the 1987 prison uprisings in Atlanta and Louisiana a want immigration officials to halt All deportation of cuban detainees