European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 4, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 3raisa Gorbachev relives coup crisis acute hypertension affected her speech Moscow apr Raisa Gorbachev in an interview published tuesday disclosed that the terrifying three Day attempt to overthrow her husband sent her blood pressure soaring and temporarily impeded her speech. The wife of president Mikhail s. Gorbachev said in her first Public comments since the failed coup that she was feeling better but feared a surge of ethnic violence in the aftermath of the hard line Putsch. A again and again in a reliving what happened. And in a very frightened of a split in society a she told the labor newspaper trud. Mrs. Gorbachev 59, has not been seen in Public since returning from the presidents Dacha at the Seaside resort of Foros in the Crimea Early aug. 22. The newspaper did not say when the interview took place. Gorbachev said last week his wife suffered a a bad bout because of the aug. 18-21 coup but he did not specify what her illness was. A after three sleepless nights when All these events started to wind up with particular Speed my health became worse a she said in the trud interview. A i had developed an acute hypertensive crisis that was accompanied by a speech disorder now in a better and must be treated just a Little More. For now in a not leaving Home a she said. A acute hypertensive crisis usually refers to a Sharp Rise in blood pressure most often in people already suffering from hypertension said or. Henry Black of the Yale school of Medicine. He said it was impossible to determine from the statement whether mrs. Gorbachev suffered a stroke or a transient ischaemic attack a More serious condition in which blood flow to the brain stops. Gorbachev spokesman Igor Malashenko said no further information on her condition was available tuesday. Despite the remaining questions mrs. Gorbachev a Candor about her health was unprecedented for the spouse of a soviet Leader. In the past such information rarely was released about Kremlin leaders or their spouses. Mrs. Gorbachev previously has broken other taboos by appearing in Public with her husband meeting with spouses of foreign leaders and taking an Active role in soviet cultural organizations. A i feel and i live through All the same things that our citizens live through. In a a sympathizer with our society and these Are not just words a mrs. Gorbachev said in the interview. During their three Day detention mrs. Gorbachev said the family walked from the Dacha to a nearby Public Beach to Dis prove the coup plotters statement that Gorbachev was ill. A we left the Dacha grounds and went to the sea with a definite goal so that people could see the president was alive and Well Quot she said. Mrs. Gorbachev told trud she first realized something was happening on the afternoon of aug. 18, when her husband came to her with bad news. She described him As  a the said a something serious has happened maybe terrible Quot she recalled. Gorbachev told her that the chief of his personal guards had a announced that a group from Moscow has arrived. They re already on the Dacha grounds demanding a meeting a she said. A fall the telephones have been Cut off even the red one linking Gorbachev to his military commanders she quoted her husband As  of soviet immortals on the Down and out by the los Angeles times Moscow a the Marble likeness of the late soviet president Nikita s. Khrushchev is still recognizable although a souvenir Hunter has chipped off his nose. Dictator Josef Stalin has been toppled from his red Granite Pedestal splattered with paint and cast in the role of a playground Hobby horse. Revolutionary Leader Mikhail Kalinin a Bronze statue captures him seated and deeply in thought a a pose that would be decidedly More dignified if a 13-year-old boy were not climbing on his head. At a new Park of political statuary on the Banks of the Moscow River there is no mistaking How the mighty have fallen. Some muscovites consider the outdoor collection of defaced uprooted monuments to be a fitting end for the misguided figures whose quest for a communist state drove the country to the Brink of ruin. But others decry what seems to be an unspoken invitation to vandalize the historical figures. A this is our history a said Mikhail Tarasov a Tele vision journalist from the Ukraine As he watched schoolchildren transform the statues into a Jungle gym. A we  just Bury it like so much  the sculpture Garden across from Gorki Park is a project of the Moscow City Council commission on cultural heritage which has set up a team of experts to decide the future of other memorials honouring the 1917 bolshevik revolution and its legacy. A this Isnit an exhibition its a graveyard a Art student Tanya Rainova said with a nod of approval. A your former communist system is being buried  most of the exhibits on hand for the unceremonious opening of the Park monday were not yet in their designated places. The likeness of Kab founder Felix e. Dze Rohinsky removed from Lubianka Square just Over a week ago Lay Flat on its Back in a Grassy area outside Moscow scentral exhibition Hall. One tarnished Bronze hand was in his pocket the other gripping his Cap. Khrushchev a massive bust also not yet upright re Clines at the rear of the outdoor museum. The Ignominy of his presentation is accentuated by the fact that someone has taken a Hammer and chisel to his White Marble nose. Stalin whose polished statue is of mysterious origin a few survived the purge of his image Over the past 3� years a has been spattered with red paint a reminder of the blood spilled during his tyrannical Rule. Oddly the bust of Lavrenti Cria Stalin a hated secret police chief appears unscathed despite its front and Canter placement in the unguarded Park. The open air museum Drew hundreds of visitors on opening Day. Many were dismayed by the rough treatment of their past. A a it a necessary to find a new place for these leaders in our history but it should be done correctly a said Yuri Duhnovsky a technician at what used to be the Sacco and Vanzetti Pencil factory. A this should be a place where we can take children and talk about this sad chapter of our history a observed one Young woman shaking her head in dismay at the surrogate  Oscar winning director Capra Dies la Quinta Calif. A director Frank Capra the sicilian immigrant whose classic movies reflected the Hope vigor and individualism of the american spirit died tuesday at his Home in California. He was 94. Capra died in his sleep at his la Quinta Home said his son Tom Capra executive producer of no cd a today show in new York. Capra whose film career stretched Back to the silent Era won three Academy awards for it happened one night or. Deeds goes to town and you can to take it with you. His films of the 1930s a or. Smith goes to Washington lady for a Day Broadway Bill lost horizon a depicted his deep Felt populism and his belief that the individual can prevail Over big business and big government. They were embraced by depression America. His most important postwar film its a wonderful life profoundly influenced Steven Spielberg and others in a new generation of filmmakers. Then president Reagan saluting Capra for his life achievement award from the american film Institute in 1982, said a you have recognized and helped us recognize All that is wonderful about the american  in accepting the award Capra said a the Art of Frank Capra is very simple it is the love of  his son said Capra had suffered a series of minor strokes several years ago and had been under 24-hour nursing care in his condominium near Palm Springs. Throughout his 38 years As a director Capra battled for Freedom As a filmmaker. A i suppose being a sicilian i took a dim View of authority of any kind a he once remarked. A i done to like anybody telling me what to  his Independent spirit led to clashes with Harry Cohn tyrannical Boss of Columbia pictures where Capra spent has most productive years. Capra fought for directors rights As a founder and three time president of the screen directors Guild. He titled his autobiography the name above the title signifying the filmmakers achievement in Billing. Capra was born in a Small Village near Palermo Sicily on May 19, 1897, youngest of a Farmers seven children. When the boy was 6, the family emigrated to the United states and settled in los Angeles where Salvatore Capra worked in nearby vineyards. A i hated being poor a Capra Capra wrote in his autobiography. A hated being a peasant. Hated being a scrounging new skid trapped in a Sleazy sicilian ghetto of los Angeles. My family  read or write. I wanted  his first method of escape was education. He worked his Way through the California Institute of technology graduating As a chemical Engineer in 1918. After a stint in the army he taught mathematics in san Francisco then discovered a the magic carpet of film. I vaulted to Fame on its  in san Francisco he directed a Short film based on Rudyard Kipling a the Ballad of Furtah Fishers Boardinghouse. It was a Flop but Capra had become enamoured with the movies. He apprenticed with Mack Sennett a comedy factory As prop Man Cutter and gag Man then directed Nis first feature. The 1926 film tramp tramp tramp starred Harry Langdon As a naive Young Man who enters a Cross country foot race. Another Langdon comedy the Strong Man was praised by reviewers but on their next film a Black comedy called Long pants Langdon a ego flared and he fired Capra. Unable to find work in Hollywood Capra went to new York to direct Claudette Colbert in for the love of Mike. Returning to Hollywood Capra began his Stormy relationship with Cohn. The director made 19 films from 1928 to 1933, including submarine ladies of Leisure dirigible the Platinum blonde and the bitter Tea of general yen. It happened one night proved the sensation of 1934, the first movie to win the top five Academy awards Only one flew Over the cuckoos nest in 1975 accomplished the same feat. Capra broke with Cohn in 1941, filming meet John Doe and arsenic and old lace for Warner Bros. He joined the army six weeks after Pearl Harbor and produced the acclaimed Why we fight series to teach troops the background of the War. He received a special Oscar for his training films. After the War Capra formed Liberty films and made its a wonderful life about a Man contemplating suicide who is Given a Chance to see How things would have been without him. The movie starring James Stewart proved one of Capra a most enduring films appearing on television every year at Christmas