European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday september 5, 1991 at a glance tourists line up for a cruise through German history. Passengers boarding a boat at Bacharach Germany will View ancient River towns and Hilltop castles and the Lorelei. Sec stripes Magazine. Arc prepares for cuts the armed forces recreation Center is turning Over some programs to German contractors As they Brace for huge budget cuts. A Page 3 Thomas and condemned the White House condemned a to commercial by supporters of Clarence Thomas that questions the ethics of Liberal senators who Are opposing Thomas supreme court nomination. A Page 5 Dottie West is dead country Singer Dottie West died wednesday morning of injuries suffered in a car wreck last week on the Way to performing at the grand Ole Opiyo. A Page 6 ambitious Mother convicted a jury in Houston convicted a woman of trying to hire a hit Man to kill the Mother of her daughter s cheer leading rival to further her own daughter s cheer leading career. A Page 7 Index Abby Ann Landers .14 comics. Commentary. .13 crossword. .14 letters. Money matters. Sports. 18-24 to listings. .23 weather. .11 correction because of a reporting error an article in mondays editions of the stars and stripes on the first anniversary of the removal of chemical weapons from the former army depot at Clausen incorrectly identified an army Captain. The Soldier is capt. Charles Lewis of the 59th Ord brigade in Pir Masens. Chinese Stop . Lawmakers honouring activists killed in 89 Beijing apr chinese police wednesday stopped three . Lawmakers who Laid Flowers and held up a Banner in Tiana men Square in Honor of activists slain when the 1989 pro democracy movement was crushed by the chinese army. The three a rep. Nancy Pelosi d-calif., rep. Ben Jones d-ga., and rep. John Miller a Wash. A had been holding meetings with chinese officials to press for human rights improvements. A it was important for us to make a gesture in memory of those people a Jones said later. A we arc a human rights delegation after  they were allowed to leave the Square after a Short confused Exchange with police hampered by the language Barrier. Police scuffled with three . Television camera Crews that filmed the incident and detained them for about 90 minutes the Crew members said. The three legislators had held up a Banner about three feet Long saying in chinese and English a to those who died for democracy in  they also made Short statements to the crowd that quickly gathered then Laid on the ground Small White Flowers they were wearing. At a news conference at the . Embassy shortly before the incident the legislators said they had stressed in talks with chinese officials that the country could lose its most favored nation Trade status if it does not release people jailed for taking part in the 1989 democracy movement. The group quoted chinese officials a saying they Are considering allowing International humanitarian groups to visit prisoners and Monitor their conditions. Tiana men Square a vast expanse in Central Beijing was the Headquarters of student led protesters who held marches and sit ins for seven weeks in 1989 to demand political Reform. The army opened fire on the protesters on june 3-4, 1989, killing hundreds of unarmed civilians. Jones said the statement he made at the Square read in part a these three Flowers symbolize Liberty Justice and democracy. Those who died Here on june 4, 1989, did not die in vain. They were catalysts for the extraordinary changes that Are taking place throughout the  two policemen ran up and tried to Stop the legislators As they walked away after the Flower laying. Jones said he kept going. He said a plainclothes officer who has shadowed the group on its travels around Beijing apparently signalled to the police to let them go. He said the whole incident was Over in minutes. At the time no one from the . Embassy was with the congressional group. Seven members of camera Crews for the television networks lbs Abc and can who had filmed the legislators Flower laying and encounter with police were detained by police officers then taken to a nearby police station. They were later released. Baltic from Page 1 Baches limited discussion on the sweeping measures to 30 minutes. A a you re insulting us a deputies shouted. A if you behave like that it wont make our work any easier a Gorbachev snapped Back. The deputies fearing the proposals would mean the dissolution of the Congress and the elimination of their jobs passed the measure 1,126-289 Only a was a basis for discussion a which Means that amendments to the Resolution can still be made. Gorbachev then failed to win a subsequent vote to accept for discussion a draft Law on the measures. That motion received a majority 1,200-275, but failed to win the two thirds approval from the 2,250-member body that apparently was necessary. Gorbachev did not announce before the vote was taken that a two thirds majority was necessary nor after the vote that it had failed. An electronic tally Board flashed the words a motion not  but an insistent Gorbachev unwilling to concede defeat tried to persuade the lawmakers that a two thirds margin was not necessary. A a we Are not adopting the Law. We Are Only adopting it As a basis for discussion a he said. But a chorus of shouts erupted from the floor. A fall right All right a Gorbachev said. A the Law is still up in the  after the votes some deputies emerged unsure of what they had voted on and what it meant. A a it a very hard for us to vote on this Law. We be gotten used to this big country and now we re supposed to vote so that there la be a lot of separate countries a said Alexander Belogolov a Dep Uty from the russian City of Chita. A How can we be expected to raise our hands straight up and vote on the end of our country a said another exasperated Deputy who did not give his name. The two votes were important procedural tests of support for the proposal by Gorbachev and leaders of 10 of the 15 republics to turn Over most of the Central governments remaining Power to the republics and create an interim government during the transition to the new confederation. The plan also urges All republics regardless of their political ties to the Kremlin to participate in an economic agreement. An amendment drawn up by russian legislators would shift almost All Power into two of the new interim government bodies proposed by Gorbachev a the state Council and the inter Republican economic committee a leaving Little for a legislature. Talks from Page 1 Agenda for the talks. We expect the talks to carry on for some  in the past segments of the coalition government has complained to the allies about four major areas a Low level flying. A environmental standards on Allied bases. A death penalties handed Down by military courts in Germany which has no death penalty. A the standards of military vehicle inspection which the germans have Felt were too Low and led to Many accidents. The opposition party the social democrats has been pushing since 1989 for Many changes to the sofa supplement. Gerhard Lechleitner a party spokesman said the americans should not be allowed to use equipment or troops stored or stationed m Germany for conflicts outside of Germany such As in the persian Gulf. A we believe the allies need our permission in such cases a Lechleitner said the party recently published the sections of the sofa supplement that it believes should be changed. The suggested changes Are b a a clause should be added that binds the nato allies totally to adherence of German Law in particular rights respecting installations and accommodation health and sanitation. A property rights should be regulated As Between the United states and Spain where All Allied bases Are under Spanish control. A construction should be controlled by local building authorities. A Field exercises should be authorized and controlled by German Laws. A germans who work for nato forces should have the same Protection As Thos who work for the German military. A no death penalties May be sentence on German territory and first jurisdiction Over persons committing crimes or Mist Manors belongs to the germans exch sively. The paper said other special Allie rights that should be examined an changed were a the registration of cars boats Ai planes and privately owned weapon which is done by the forces and not Loc German authorities. A the right of allies to run their of communications system As Well As i own radio and television stations outfit the jurisdiction of the German Goveri ment. A custom rights and special tax Pri Leges such As Relief from the value Adak tax. Avia will quit taking cafes Gas coupons my Ink a firm nov _ a.,., a Munich Germany a amps a Avia Gas stations in Germany will not accept army and air Force Exchange service Gas coupons after sept. 30, an cafes spokeswoman said wednesday. Some 17 Avia Gas stations All on German autobahn had been accepting the coupons since aug. 25, 1990 under an agreement with Esso a.g., said spokeswoman Barbara Kirsch. In the Spring Avia told Esso that the stations would Only accept the current series of coupons which expire on september 30, and would not accept the s99ries coupons which went on Sale Avia decided they were not receive enough coupons to cover expenses rela to controlling and monitoring their i Kirsch said. In Germany cafes coupons will c Tine to be valid at by stations on the Torbahn and at All Esso stations