European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes tuesday september 10, 1991 Jesse Jackson is summoning friends and political advisers for a weekend meeting on whether he should run for the 1992 democratic presidential nomination. See Story on Page 7. Dances with lawyers a seafood restaurant Chain is ignoring Legal threats and has once More started showing dances with clams a commercial spoof on Kevin Costner a award winning movie dances with wolves. A Page 4 democratic red army soviet military officers have enrolled in an academic Boot Camp at Harvard University to learn How an army operates in a democracy. A Page 5 Bush confident president Bush acknowledged a a there a a fight on Over his nomination of Clarence Thomas to the supreme court but expressed Confidence that the conservative Black Jurist will be confirmed. A Page 7 hiring plans improve employers hiring plans for the last three months of the year improved slightly with the Midwest and South showing the strongest recovery for Job prospects. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 20 comics. 18-20 commentary. 13 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 21-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 correction an article yesterday about the military overseas address standardization program provided an incorrect Sample address. The new format is sgt. John Doe military unit car or unit xxxix if army Box number pc xxx if air Force or Navy Box number Apo a 09xxx sex communist appears sure to win Azerbaijan presidency Moscow apr incumbent president Ayaz Muta Libov a former communist party Stalwart appeared headed for an overwhelming Victory monday As the Only candidate in Azerbaijan a first popular presidential election. Opposition leaders rejected the balloting. The election the first since the failed coup against soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev and the sweeping reforms it caused showed just How far some of the republics have to go in implementing democracy. Also monday the Republic of Kadzhi Kristan declared its Independence and called its first popular presidential election for oct. 27. The declaration by Tadzik lawmakers made the Central asian Republic the 11th soviet Republic to formally declare its Independence. The declaration was largely symbolic Given the decision by National and Republican lawmakers last week to transform the soviet Union into a Loose confederation. Only Russia Armenia Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan have not declared Independence although Armenia has declared its intention to gain Independence. Opposition leaders in Azerbaijan said they would not recognize the election of Muta Libov who quit the communist party Only after last months abortive coup attempt and the subsequent collapse of the party. A official results of sunday s election in the Southern Republic were not expected until late monday or today but an informal exit poll by the Independent Assa news Agency gave Muta Libov 90 percent of the vote. The popular front of Azerbaijan accused officials of stuffing ballots boxes and stocking polls with sausages and other scarce foods to entice azerbaijanis to vote for Muta Libov. Zardosht Alizade of the opposition social democratic party pulled out of the election to protest what the front termed a undemocratic  about 50,000 Muta Libov opponents rallied in the capital City of Baku on sunday demanding the resignation of his government and saying they would not recognize the election results said the Independent turan news Agency. Assembling in Freedom Square they urged creation of strike committees and vowed to demonstrate daily until granted Access to the republics news Media turan said. An opposition figure withdrew his candidacy last week and the opposition called for balloting to be postponed saying it lacked the time and resources to organize a Campaign. Muta Libov Leader of Azerbaijan since 1990, called the presiden a v m Kadzhi Kristan land 55,240 Square Miles. High Mountain country. A amp a rib tial election in june. The election commission estimated 83.7 percent of eligible voters or 3.24 million people cast ballots. In soviet one candidate elections voters can Only approve or reject the candidate. Such elections were a hallmark of soviet politics before Gorbachev took Power in 1985, but have diminished under his democratic reforms and As republics have broken Loose from Kremlin control. The soviet republics where muslims predominate a such As Azerbaijan a traditionally have been the most supportive of Kremlin policies and the last to adopt the democratic principles embraced by other republics. In Baku the popular front said that election observers were not allowed in some polling stations and that officials handed out multiple ballots to some people so they could vote on behalf of their families turan reported. Scarce goods such As sugar sausage Candy and cookies were put on Sale at polling places to attract voters the popular front alleged. Muta Libov 53, is an economist and Technocrat who Rose through the communist party ranks to head the Republic which declared Independence from the Kremlin after the coup. Population 4.8 million mostly sunni Muslim Tad his and uzbeks. Economy agriculture horticulture and cattle Breeding. History the Tadzik Republic was admitted to the soviet Union in december 1929. Current status declared sovereignty aug. 25, 1990. I  state Flag of the Tadzik soviet socialist Republic flown subordinate to the state Flag of the us s r. Fighting from Page 1 rebels fought through the night in Koltaj Nica 50 Miles Southeast of Zagreb Croatia a capital said the croatian defense ministry and the Tan Jug news Agency. Most of the town the last major croatian outpost in the Republic s Central a Nija Region was in the hands of the serbian insurgents and the estimated 1,000 croatian defenders appeared to be surrounded Tan Jug reported. At least 10 people were wounded and other casualties were feared in Pankrac 70 Miles East of Zagreb. The Battle began sunday when several Hundred croatian militia members were ambushed and surrounded by serbian rebels. Croatian reinforcements trying to reach their besieged comrades had one of their armoured personnel carriers destroyed Tan Jug said. Fighting also continued at Okutani along the important Belgrade Zagreb Highway linking Europe and the Middle East. Serbian rebels occupied a stretch of the Road wednesday virtually cutting Croatia in two. Macedonia was Likely to join the two richest republics in the North that seek to abandon the fragmenting federation. Slovenia and Croatia declared Independence june 25, setting off Brief fighting in Slovenia and More serious clashes involving the Federal army and ethnic serbs in Croatia. More than 300 people have died in Croatia since it declared Independence. Many of Croatia a 600,000 serbs who make up 12 percent of its 4.75 million people fear they would be ill treated in an Independent Croatia. Serbian rebels control about a Quarter of Croatia but croatian authorities say they will not cede an Inch of territory. Meanwhile leaders of Macedonia the poorest Republic in Yugoslavia have made it Clear they want to remain part of a looser confederation of Sovereign yugoslav states. They worry that neighbouring Greece and Bulgaria which have sizable macedonian minorities could raise claims to macedonian territory. Hive european Community observers arrived in Osisek to Monitor a cease fire agreement in Croatia a breadbasket Region of Slavonia Center of much of the lighting in the past two months. Croatian government representatives serbian insurgents and the local Federal army commander signed an agreement saturday to cease hostilities in the Region to allow an attempt to negotiate a settlement of the crisis. But fighting flared again sunday after a one Day Lull. Baltic from Page 1 have ended a declared the nation s 70-year-old roman Catholic primate Cardinal Vincentas Sladke Dicius. He called it Quot the happiest Day in my  Landsbergis said a thank you god who protected Lithuania in its misfortune and in happiness. Thank you for being together with those who defended lithuanian  Silva is the site of Lithuania a holiest shrine where the faithful believe the Virgin Mary appeared in the 19th Century. The mass was broadcast on lithuanian radio. An emotional moment came when Landsbergis was greeted outside the Church by his father also named vytau tas. The elder Landsbergis a former mayor of Vilnius wept As he embraced his son who led the fight to regain lithuanian sovereignty. Another big festival Drew More than 5,000 people to Vilnius Central Cathedral Square on sunday night. Under the Bright arc lamps of National television Landsbergis awarded the states highest distinction the Cross of Vecio posthumously to the 13 people killed in january while resisting soviet tanks taking Over Lithuania a broadcasting Tower. A in front of us we will have Many obstacles and discomfort but Lithuania will never be enslaved again a Landsbergis told the crowd. A we have our Independence in  the mood was lighthearted in Estonia where people dressed As Vladimir Lenin Joset Stalin and Leonid Brezhnev Cavor Ted onstage to ridicule the former soviet rulers. People swayed from Side to Side to keep warm in the bitter autumn weather but the pouring rain did not Dampen spirits. A we have waited for this moment so Long that i can hardly believe it is True Quot said one participant Ellen Laine. She carried a Large Blue Black and White estonian Flag. Enno Sel Irand chairman of the rally organizing committee reminded the crowd that three years earlier More than 300,000 people gathered at the stage to begin the Republic s drive Tor Independence. Quot now i can say greetings Estonia greetings tree country Quot Sel Irand said through booming loudspeakers