European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pate 8 a the stars and stripes saturday october 19,1991yeltsin not giving up on reforms Moscow apr Boris Yeltsin completed 100 Days As president of the russian Republic thursday still vowing to tear Down the remnants of the old Central government and replace it with a new economic Union. Nearly two months after Yeltsin led opposition to the aug. 18-21 coup some of the Aura surrounding the 60-year-old Maverick reformer is beginning to fade As he takes up the Mantle of an undisputed National Leader. Yeltsin seemed to acknowledge this fact in an interview broadcast on soviet television. A i am not satisfied with this 100 Days Quot he said. Quot Many Days have passed but we have moved Forward very  newspaper commentators marked the Day by accusing Yeltsin of failing to take advantage of the Power he gained after the Short lived coup that briefly toppled president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. Yeltsin became the russian republics first popularly elected president on june 12. He is still by far the most popular Leader in the country Well ahead of Gorbachev. He won Praise at Home and abroad for standing up to the coup plotters who tried with tanks and guns to intimidate tens of thousands of muscovites guarding the russian parliament and its leaders. But bitter infighting in his government and resignations including that of his prime minister have tarnished that Victory. Apparently feeling the heat Yeltsin admitted thursday that Progress has been slow and said his governments popularity May even drop before its painful reforms begin to yield results by next fall. But he denied his government is falling apart. A there is no crack a said Yeltsin who returned from a vacation at a Black sea resort on oct. 10. A maybe while i was on vacation for two weeks it appeared in some Way. But on the first Day of my return from vacation this crack has been  Yeltsin also acknowledged the transformation of his role from Maverick to National Leader and said he was adapting to the change by looking within. A i should be like a different person a Yeltsin said sitting in his Kremlin office in front of the White Blue and red russian Flag. A a Man is a Man and there can to be two men out of one. That a Why its necessary to change. It was easier of course to criticize. But its far More difficult to create. Everything i do no including self improvement is directed toward one goal  american says philippine official hired him to kill renegade officer Manila Philippines apr an american mercenary says the philippine foreign Secretary hired him last year to assassinate a rebel officer who has played a key role in attempts to overthrow president Corazon Aquino. The official Raul Mang Lapus on Friday issued a Strong denial of the allegation first reported wednesday by Abc news. The american mercenary Jack Terrell said Mang Lapus paid him $30,000 in May 1990 to arrange the death of it. Col. Gregorio a a Gringo Hona san and other leaders of the Reform the armed forces movement. Onasan was involved in at least three attempts to topple the elem Terrell. To pm Aquino government the most recent one in d Ber of 1989. Neither Aquino nor her office would comment on the allegations but Abc quoted a previous Aquino statement As saying a we doubt there was any such conspiracy involving Secretary  an opposition senator Juan Ponce Enrile said there May be a some truth to the allegation and demanded that Mang Lapus resign if it proved True. The mercenary a report adds to the problems facing the Aquino administration in its final year in office. In september the philippine Senate rejected an agreement a negotiated by Mang Lapus and backed by Aquino a to maintain american military bases in the Philippines. Mang Lapus on Friday acknowledged knowing Terrell. But he said the voice on a tape Terrell said he secretly made during a meeting with Mang Lapus May have been someone imitating him a or that the tape was doctored. Terrell a former mercenary with the Contra rebels in Nicaragua said he had backed out of the plot when pressured to add other possible rivals of Aquino to the hit list. Onasan remains at Large. A it was a business Deal that went sour As far As in a concerned because 1 Wasny to willing to assassinate civilians Quot Terrell told Abc. Terrell said he decided to go Public with the Story because he thought it eventually would surface and he wanted to Tell his version. He said he believed Mang Lapus was merely the messenger for someone higher in the philippine government that originated the plot. Terrell said he asked Mang Lapus a How High does this go Quot and Mang Lapus answered that Aquino knew about it but  have anything to do with a the operations aspect of  Medicine blamed for Mozart s death London apr Wolfgang amadeus Mozart was poisoned not by a jealous rival but inadvertently by his own doctors a physician has concluded. Mozart a death has Long been the subject of speculation and romanticizing and poisoning has been at the Center of some theories. Ian James a physician and pharmacologist at London a Royal free Hospital believes Mozart was poisoned by Antimony and possibly Mercury a two toxic metals used As medicines in 18th-Century Vienna Austria. He presented his findings at a conference of the British association for performing arts Medicine. But or. Peter j. Davies an australian physician who has written extensively about Mozart a ailments and death said the Antimony theory is a not new and not  Davies a gastroenterologist and author of the Book Mozart in person his character and health believes the composer died from complications of a streptococcal infection. He will be republishing his own theory in the december Issue of the journal of the Royal society of Medicine. Mozart died in Vienna in 1791 at the age of 35. Speculation about the cause of his death has been kept alive by several factors a his Young age the fact that he was at work on a requiem in his last Days and rumours that he was poisoned perhaps by his jealous rival Antonio Valieri. The poisoning rumours were rejected Early on by Eduard Vincent Goldener von lobes a court councilor who was consulted during Mozart a last illness. Pair arrested in slayings of eight girls Matamoros Mexico apr a couple robbed and killed eight girls and Young women they lured to their Rural Home with the Promise of work authorities said thursday. During a two month period the pair brought the victims to their Home on a nearby communal farm promising to give them Money and jobs. They killed them after taking what Little Money they had said watch commander Eloy Trevino of the Gracia state judicial police. The suspects were identified As Rodolfo Infante 28, formerly of san Benito Texas and Ana Maria Ruiz Villeda 20. They were arrested wednesday night by judicial state police in this town across the Rio Grande from Brownsville Texas. Trevino said the couple confessed to All eight killings. However in a Jailhouse interview both of the suspects denied the confession and blamed each other for the murders. A a it a mostly her fault. She a the one who lured these girls to where i lived a. Ers. He said he killed three of the victims and Ruiz killed the others. Ruiz told reporters she saw the girls killed but did no to commit any of the murders herself. A i  kill them he killed them a she said. Police have recovered seven bodies and said the eighth victim is believed to have been dumped in the Rio Grande. The victims ranged in age from 14 to 20. Most were from Rural Mexico and came to Matamoros looking for work. The couple picked them up downtown authorities said. The investigation was prompted when Josefina Torres 15, reported to police wednesday that her Friend Marina Hernandez Lopez 14, was missing. Both were hired to work at Al Banito the communal farm. Once there the couple left with Marina leaving the other girl behind police said. Mexico Sas map Infante told report Upjohn agrees to stricter dec guidelines on Halcyon Brussels Belgium apr the european Community said thursday that the Upjohn co. Has agreed to stricter prescription guidelines for its sleeping Pill Halcyon following claims that the . Company misrepresented potential Side effects. Britain has banned Halcyon and . Consumer group Public interest on wednesday called for an investigation of Upjohn. An dec official said Upjohn agreed to dec demands that Halcyon be prescribed Only for severe sleeping problems and then Only for up to three weeks after which treatment would be reviewed. The official spoke on condition of anonymity. A statement from the Kalamazoo  Upjohn said that the dec was reviewing data on Halcyon. It said the company had agreed to create smaller package sizes and a certain Labelling changes which currently exist in some  a we Are encouraged that the comp the eco a committee for proprietary medicinal products will continue to review the scientific data for Halcyon a company spokeswoman Florence Steinberg said in a Telephone interview from Kalamazoo. She described Halcyon As the worlds most prescribed sleeping medication. It was first marketed in 1977 and is now registered and sold in More than 90 countries. Among possible Side effects alleged by critics Are anxiety and hallucinations. Dec experts delayed until december a decision on Banning Halcyon in All 12 member nations. Dec member Britain on oct. 2 banned Halcyon and other medi Cines containing the drug Tri Zolam to cause of concerns Over potentially Dar serous Side effects. Argentina also Issue a temporary ban on the drug. The British broadcasting corp. Allege in a program that Upjohn misrepresented the results of studies it used to win of Proval of Halcyon by the . Feder drug administration. Upjohn appealed the British ban an company spokesman Philip Sheldon Sai a we categorically deny that Upjohn i represented half Ion a Side effects