European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes wednesday september 4, 1991 sgt. Rodolfo Meraz and Arco finished third during the annual 42nd military police group military working dog team biathlon. See Story on pages 14-15. . Subway reopens a Busy new York subway Tunnel where a derailment last week killed five passengers was reopened in time for the Post labor Day Rush hour. A Page 4 Bush critical of marchers president Bush brushed off a demonstration near his Home by advocates for people with aids saying a a behavioural change Quot is the Best Way to Stem the disease s spread. A Page 6 a bed is a bed until the persian Gulf War came along the 172 hospitals run by the department of veterans affairs had various often conflicting definitions of the number of Beds in their facilities. A Page 7 police outline plot italian police detailed an ambitious International scheme that involved attempts to bilk Nicaragua and Argentina out of millions of dollars. A Page 8 West near death country Singer Dottie West was reported near death after surgery failed to Stop internal bleeding. A Page 10 debating . Economy during labor Day week one year ago America was debating whether the Economy was or Wasny to in recession. One year later the debate is whether or not its in the recovery phase. A Page 17 Index i Abby Ann Landers 19 comics.19-21 commentary.13 letters .12 Money matters.17 sports.22-28 to listings .27 weather.11 Yeltsin from Page 1 formers and allowing the coup plotters to hold High office in the government and the communist party. The coup he said a was not  of Gorbachev Yeltsin said Quot his inconsistency in implementing reforms indecisiveness sometimes capitulation to the aggressive onslaught of the party elite a All this created a favourable soil for a Revanche of the totalitarian  he said Gorbachev had to know the political leanings of the hard liners who engineered the aug. 18-21 coup. A a let a remember last january when the whole county Felt with concern president Gorbachev a course sharply swerving to the right a Yeltsin said. He said Gorbachev allowed the Kab to strengthen its repressive role let the army participate in political decisions and stifled the Media. But Yeltsin also said his opinion of Gorbachev has changed radically since the coup saying the soviet president a found strength in himself to re evaluate a lot of  a i have More Confidence in Mikhail Serg Yevich Gorbachev now than i did three weeks ago before the Putsch a he said. Yeltsin underscored the need for the a creation of a Union As a free Commonwealth of Sovereign states based on coexistence of various forms of interstate  he said however that this would have to go beyond the previous Union treaty drafted earlier this summer by Gorbachev and leaders of republics to keep the nation from splintering apart. A indeed there May be Independent republics which insist on a confederation and on a federation and on an associated membership and on an economic Union a Yeltsin said. A and yet they must All be within some sort of one new single  Yeltsin a speech highlighted the second Day of the meeting of the Congress which is debating a sweeping plan to reorganize the Structure of the soviet Union. The plan Calls for establishing a new legislative body state Council and economic coordinating committee that would govern during an interim period As the soviet Union moves toward a Loose confederation. The Central government would be stripped of most functions beyond defense and foreign affairs. The plan also apparently would Grant Independence to the five republics that oppose remaining in the Union a the three Baltic states Moldavia and Georgia. The president of Turkmenistan Sapa Murad Niyazov on tuesday praised the proposal and its provisions to create stable pricing policies and a common economic  As the lawmakers spoke from the lectern the three leaders in firm control of the Congress a Gorbachev Yeltsin and Kazakhstan president Nur Sultan Naza Bayev a sat behind them and scribbled notes to each other. Raisa from Page 1 their lie into  a i Felt that the tragic denouement could be approaching very soon a Raisa Gorbachev said. A i had a nigh tension attack which was accompanied by loss of speech. I now feel much better and i just have to recuperate  mrs. Gorbachev walked on her own when she returned from the Crimea. When she got off the plane she had her Arm around her granddaughter 11-year-old Oxana. Gorbachev a press office had reported Raisa a was unwell and was resting at  and Gorbachev said in an interview with Cable news network on sunday that his wife had had a a serious attack a but was much improved and was Able to talk on the Telephone. The first soviet first lady to assume a High profile role she said she Learned of the coup when Gorbachev came into her room about 5 . On aug. 18, and said unknown people were on their Way and that they were not invited. She said her husband told her to be prepared for anything and she reported that after she saw the televised news conference of six of the coup leaders on the first Day of the Putsch she believed a they would not Stop at  she said the Gorbachev family was allowed to watch the news conference after insisting they be allowed to see it. She reported their personal guards remained Loyal but that the Kab provided Security personnel betrayed them. Saint from Page 1 army a capability to reinforce its friends. A we need to stay on course to demonstrate that we Are together during these Uncertain times a Saint said. Those Uncertain times a from the persian Gulf War to the apparent breakup of the soviet Union a Force the United states to keep watch to ensure that the Progress toward peace of the past two years continues. While the reformer exercise does signify logistical strength it no longer utilizes a strength in numbers. Reformer and certain shield the follow on training exercise scheduled to begin next week will involve about 28,000 soldiers of which Only 6,700 Are coming from the states. Of the latter about 2,700 come to Europe to draw their equipment and test it and then promptly return to their stateside units Saint said. Last year 97,500 troops participated in the exercise with 14,700 coming from the states. But Saint does no to see reducing the numbers of troops involved As representing a cutback in training. Saint said certain shield is a simulated exercise for Headquarters staffs to practice moving troops around using computers and simulators. The soldiers themselves could receive their Field training locally. A the use of computers and simulators allows you to do it without troops being there. So the staff thinks that they re there but they re not a Saint said after the speech. A a we re trying to put this together to reduce the Burden on All the Countryside. There a nothing worse than causing the people you re trying to support great grief so we re trying to get away trom that a Saint said. Saint said the number of troops involved in reformer will drop again next year. A How much depends on what our training objective is next year a he said. My ncii�?1 swum Gen. Cromble e. Saint Center right shakes the hand of a fort Carson Cost Soldier arriving in Germany on tuesday As part of reformer 91. German or. Gen. Hans hos Ter and German la Gen. Klaus Nan Mann flank Saint at the Bonn Cologne Airport while the number of troops diminishes each year Saint says the Quality of training will remain High. A we re going to keep the training for a smaller number of troops at the same level there is for a Large number of troops but its going to Cost less a he said. A i have no intention of having the . Army in Europe not being