European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes tuesday september 3, 1991 at a glance Ruscha Kouril warms up with team members before a practice session on the uneven bars. Its All part of big time gymnastics. See Story on pages 14-15.final summer getaway americans flocked to beaches and mountains held backyard Cook outs and even watched pigs race As they squeezed in one last weekend of summer fun during the labor Day Holiday. A Page 4�?~die in protest in Maine an estimated 1,500 demonstrators staged a symbolic Quot die in Quot on the Road near president Bush a vacation Home to protest what one called his Quot murderous deliberative negligence Quot on aids. A Page 6libertarians March on society digests new ideas in three phases says libertarian party member Jon Kalb. First they Are ridiculed then debated and finally accepted. The libertarians believe they have gotten past the ridicule phase. A Page 7venus a alive the Magellan spacecraft has sent Back convincing evidence that Venus like Earth is still geologically alive. A Page 9penny-pinching pays when Craig Benson and Robert Levine started their computer business they used a garage for their office bought secondhand furniture and avoided unnecessary expenses. The Cost cutting paid off for Cable tron systems inc., now considered one of the hottest growth companies in the  Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 19 comics. 19-21 commentary. .13 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. .7 weather. 11 Gorbachev from Page 1 Republic leaders would negotiate a new treaty reconstituting the soviet Union. In the interim the country would be run by three councils a Council of representatives of Peoples deputies consisting of 20 lawmakers from each participating Republic a Council of leaders from the republics and an economic Council with Republic representatives. The backing of Gorbachev and the 10 Republic leaders seemed to give the proposal enough momentum to overcome conservative opposition. Gorbachev and the Republic leaders urged preservation of a single armed forces and pledged Reform of the military and Security agencies such As the Kab and Interior ministry police. They also proposed allowing the republics to apply separately to the United nations to make them subject to International Law. After the Congress 1,900 deputies recessed the russian delegation met and approved the proposals by a show of hands. It said it would walk out of the Congress if the body did not accept the proposals. The ukrainian delegation meeting in the Kremlin approved the proposals but the vote was not unanimous lawmakers said. A if this is adopted the old Union simply will no longer exist a said ukrainian Deputy Alla a Kroshinskaya. Naza Bayev said the plan sought a to prevent the uncontrolled dissolution of the Union and coordinate actions for the transition period to a reformed Union. He said the failed coup had brought the country a to the verge of a  the quasi democratic Congress a the nation s highest legislative body a was called into what was just its fifth session since its creation two years ago. Gorbachev and russian president Boris n. Yeltsin sat on the front Row of lawmakers at the Congress but did not appear on the dais or address the meeting. They left the Hall through the same Side exit after Naza Bayev spoke. The 10 republics backing the plan were Russia the Ukraine byelorussian kazakh uzbek Azerbaijan kirghiz Tadzik Armenia and turkmen. Georgia participated in the discussion Naza Bayev  plan urged the signing of a treaty to form a Union of Sovereign states with each Republic free to define its own form of participation in the Union and engage in economic Union irrespective of political ties Naza Bayev said. As the Congress adjourned hard line lawmaker col. Viktor Alksnis ran up to a microphone that was turned off. A this is an attempt at an unconstitutional coup a shouted Alksnis a Leader of the conservative soyuz group of deputies who also urged the lawmakers not to leave. Another Deputy grabbed the powerless microphone and said a Why should 10 people decide for thousands a noted reformers at the Congress immediately supported the statement. A a it a a very important step if the Congress approves it a said former foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze speaking to reporters. Former top Gorbachev adviser Alexander Yakovlev said an interim governing Structure is needed because a a it san extraordinary  _ asked whether Gorbachev and the 10 Republic leaders could maintain stability in the country Yakovlev said a yes if the Union treaty is  from Page 1 guards did no to quit according to German news reports. One of them a kept on firing even after Gueffroy had Given up a the mass circulation Bild newspaper said. Gaudian also 20 at the time was seriously wounded and later sentenced to three years in prison for the escape attempt. Attic defendants who have since left the military were mobbed by news photographers As they arrived. Charged with manslaughter and attempted manslaughter they say they Are not guilty because they had no Choice and were following orders. Lawyers for the defendants said monday that former East German officials should be on trial for ordering Border guards to kill people trying to escape to the West. A the wrong people Are in court a attorney Ralf Bossi said. About 200 would be escapees were killed after East Germany sealed its frontiers in 1961, building the Wall around West Berlin and hundreds of Miles of fortified Border fences. The trials outcome May signal How prosecutors will fare in later trials involving abuses of the East German government. About 300 members of the old regime Are under investigation. Her face drawn the victims Mother Karin Gueffroy took her place at the front of the courtroom just a few Steps from the chief judge a defense attorney immediately moved to halt the trial on the ground that the jury Pool had unfairly eliminated people from former East Germany. The court rejected the motion ands pent much of the morning dealing with other defense moves to halt the proceedings pending Appeal. Prosecutor Herwig Grossmann read the indictment before a packed courtroom that described How Gueffroy was mowed Down by gunfire. Karin Gueffroy Kut her head in her ands As she listened. The defendants All in their mid-20s, sat with Heads bowed throughout the morning. One 27-year-old Gerroy Andreas Kuehn past appeared near tears and clutched a tissue in his left hand. Defense lawyers contend the killings were Legal under East German statutes and thus cannot now be criminalized. In addition some germans Are disturbed that underlings rather than the communist Bosses Are first to stand trial in the darkest chapter of the country a postwar history. A we can to go by the motto a we grab the Little Guys but let the big ones get away a a Berlin Justice department chief Jutta Limbach said last week. Erich Honecker the 79-year-od ousted communist Leader who signed the shoot to kill orders fled to the soviet Union in March. His extradition is expected but he is ail ing and May be deemed unfit to stand trial. Berlin prosecutors Are investigating ousted defense chief Heinz Kessler and other leaders who implemented the deadly policy. The four defendants Mike Schmidt Peter Schmett Ingo Heinrich and Kuehnast face a maximum of 15 years in prison if convicted. In 1989, they held summary execution Powers Over those dashing to Freedom. A i  do anything else. It was an order a Heinrich was quoted by Bild As saying. The soldiers were required to shout an oath a to serve my country faithfully at All  for some blindly following commands reminds of another inhuman chapter in German history when nazi commanders ordered underlings to kill jews and other innocent victims in the holocaust. Karin Gueffroy was asked who she thinks is responsible for killing her son. A a that a not so easy to say a she was quoted by Hamburg based Stern Magazine As saying. A to some extent it was the soldiers and on the other hand there a also the state that devised it the shoot to kill orders a Aries rocket launch postponed again Cape canaveral Fla. A the launch of an Aries rocket carrying Star wars experiments was postponed a second time Early monday because of a technical problem air Force officials said. The launch attempt set for 5 53 . Edt was scrubbed when the rockets telemetry unit malfunctioned said air Force capt. Ken Warren. The unit monitors the rockets performance during  from Page 1 ceding a then i think we must agree to  lithuanians held a Victory rally in a Vilnius Park to Mark the withdrawal of the elite a Black berets a a soviet Interior ministry commando unit that spread terror in the Baltic with a january crackdown. Gorbachev did not say whether he would drop his demand that the Baltic follow a constitutional procedure to break away from the soviet Union which forcibly annexed them 50 years ago. Baltic leaders hailed his remarks de spite the ambiguity. A this is the beginning of a new period in history a Landsbergis said at the Victory rally. A now there must be Concrete talks on the withdrawal of soviet  apart from the Black Beret troops More than 100,000 soviet troops Are posted in the Baltic the most Western looking part of the soviet Union. A this is obviously a step in the right direction a estonian foreign minister Len Chart Meri said in a statement released in his capital Tallinn. A nevertheless or. Gorbachev has no right to give Independence. He can merely recognize our Independence or recognize the fact that we were occupied a Meri said. Latvian prime minister Ivars god a Nis expressed optimism sunday that the United states soon will recognize Baltic Independence. He said Gorbachev must realize Thal russian president Boris n. Yeltsin the european Community some two dozen european countries a a and hopefully the  a have recognized Baltic Independence. Over the past year the Black berets had occupied printing plants and Telephone exchanges beat up customs officials and killed at least five people in i january assault on the latvian Interior ministry in Riga. Baltic officials had hoped to Arres some of the Black berets and charge it them in the attacks