European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday october 29, 1991 at a glance moods a Good ones and bad ones a can be contagious. See stories on pages 14 and 15. Dinkins to visit Germany new York mayor David n. Dinkins said that he has accepted an expenses paid invitation to attend a Tennis tournament in Munich Germany in december. A Page 4 fire victims remembered survivors of the wildfire that burned thousands of Homes and killed 25 people in the Oakland area gathered for a Church service to mourn the victims. A Page 5 Foley Calls for tax Cut House speaker Thomas s. Foley says a Federal tax Cut is needed to Quot jump Start Quot the . Economy but the Bush administration warned against vote getting gimmicks that backfire in the Long run. A Page 6 umbrellas furled Crews struggled in High winds sunday to dismantle Christo s giant umbrellas after a death prompted the artist to order his a Continental project closed four Days Early. A Page 7 slow growth on tree plan lawmakers say president Bush s ambitious plans to use volunteers to reforest the nation with a billion Green Trees a year is turning a Tittle Brown. A Page 7 Boeing reports profit despite hard times in the airline Industry a healthy orders backlog and reduced defense losses allowed the Boeing co. To report a third Quarter profit of $401 million or $1.17 per share up 6 percent from the same period in 1990. A Page 17 i Index k Abby Ann Landers 20 comics.18-20 commentary.13 faces n places .10 letters. 12 Money matters.17 sports.21-28 to listings.27 weather.11 Yeltsin wants russian lawmakers to lift Price controls boost his Powers Moscow apr russian federation president Boris n. Yeltsin asked lawmakers monday for greater Powers and called for the lifting of government Price controls to help pull the Republic out of its economic crisis. In a major speech at the opening of the Congress of russian Peoples deputies Yeltsin proposed that he become prime minister a an office now vacant a in addition to his presidential Post. A i am prepared to take Over the leadership of the government personally Quot he said in a speech designed to counter widespread criticism that his government has been Drifting since the failed August coup. He said the failure of the coup against soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev signalled the collapse of the totalitarian system based on communist party Rule and control of the Economy by a conservative Central government. A a repressive system of management devastated the country Quot Yeltsin said. A it ruined its Economy and disintegrated itself. A a it a time for decisive Tough measures without  the Congress of russian Peoples deputies will vote on Yeltsin a proposals during this session which has no fixed timetable or Agenda. About half of the body is made up of Yeltsin supporters making it difficult to predict with Assurance whether his proposals will be adopted by the deputies. Yeltsin said he had been under pressure to take action right after the August coup. But he said that a to Start the most serious reforms in an absolutely new situation without preparation that would be sheer  he said lifting Price controls would be a painful measure but without it a any talk of Reform and of markets is sheer  in his hour Long speech Yeltsin also said it was time to privatize Small and medium sized businesses and allow private ownership of Farmland. As of Friday he said Russia will no longer finance soviet ministries and other Central institutions not specifically mentioned in an economic Community treaty signed oct. 18 by Yeltsin and the leaders of seven other republics. Yeltsin warned that freeing prices and allowing enterprises to set wages would be painful. He warned that life will get worse before it gets better. Israel bound soviet tanks Are seized Bonn Germany apr the government admitted on monday that Germany a intelligence Agency tried to sneak 14 soviet tanks and armoured vehicles past customs officials and ship them to Israel. Prosecutors Are investigating whether German Export Laws were violated with the attempted shipment. But Norbert Schaefer a government spokesman said he does no to believe any Laws were broken. A it is thoroughly usual that defense materials Are exchanged by Friendly intelligence services Quot Schaefer told reporters. Hamburg authorities seized the equipment. Prosecutor Ruediger Bagger said the israelis presumably wanted to examine the equipment which is of the same Type used by their Arab neighbors. Bagger said authorities seized the military equipment this past weekend. It was not immediately certain whether the equipment had already been loaded on the israeli ship pal Mach 2, or whether the vehicles were still on the Hamburg Dock. Pal Mach was the name of a jewish fighting organization before Israel became Independent in 1948.natofrom Page 1 democracies More formal than the casual diplomatic links set up last year. He said Hungary Poland and Czechoslovakia should receive special favors for being in the forefront of moves to rid their countries of soviet domination. He also expressed concern about the Lack of political control Over armies in Eastern Europe citing the troubles with the military in War torn Yugoslavia. A nannies that have divested themselves of political control can hold Sway and can create havoc a he said. He said similar situations could erupt elsewhere because of hunger and poverty. A in such a situation Many anarchical measures can be taken which Lead to instability Quot he said. Nato he said must remain to ensure stability in Europe. In a related development British foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd warned sunday that Europe must guard against actions that could Lead the United states to withdraw its troops. Using Blunt language during an interview with the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel he said a French German proposal to establish a new european military Force a makes no  Hurd called the presence of american troops Europe so biggest Security Trump  he said they must stay because it is possible a hostile Power would arise in one of the soviet republics or in the Middle East or Southern Europe. He was asked Why a proposal earlier this month to make an existing German French brigade the Core of a new european military Force of 50,000 troops could not be considered an addition to the american led nato. He answered a we already have an integrated supreme command. Are we to set up a parallel command no. A dual track in nato makes no  Page 1 prepared to take any risks Quot for peace. But he added that the delegates Are there because a the alternative is  the question of the plots influence on the negotiations also continued to weigh heavily As sharpshooters and police took up spots around the 18th-Century Royal Palace where the talks will be  officially refuses to talk with anyone from the Plo which it views As a terrorist group out to destroy the jewish state. A palestinian delegates Espousal of Plo loyalty have thus become a festering Issue. The palestinians Are attending As part of a joint delegation with Jordan. In a 45-minute meeting with the left leaning labor party Shamir on monday ans should end their nearly four year uprising and Arab states should halt their Long economic Boycott of Israel. The United states has also proposed As a Confidence building measure an end to the economic Boycott in return for a suspension of settlement building. Shamir however rejected the proposal saying in his offices statement that the moment you announce a freeze or a halt you weaken our position in  on sunday Arafat broached the settlements Issue saying they should be dismantled if Israel withdraws from the occupied lands. A International Law and . Resolutions say that the colonies Are illegal and rest illegal in fact a Arafat Tola radio France internationale. Arab leaders demand that Israel give bomb asked for its support on the governments stance in the Madrid conference. The labor leaders headed by party chairman Shimon Peres pledged to withhold criticism during the talks according to a statement from Shamire a office. But Peres also said on israeli radio that labor had asked for a suspension in building jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza strip. Israel plans to double the number of jewish settlers in the West Bank to 200,000 next year. In Exchange Peres said the palestini from Page 1 turkish capital Crawford said. She confirmed that he was to Ankara air station in the Village of Balmat. The egyptian identified in Early news reports As a Diplomat was seriously wounded by a blast that went off in can Kaya shortly after the fatal one. Islamic jihad has claimed attacks against Arab diplomats in Turkey in the past. A leftist underground organization Dev sol claimed responsibility for earlier attacks this year that killed three americans. Settlement building which they say underscores israeli claims to the land. The Bush administration also believes Israel must Trade land for peace a a Deal Shamire a government strongly opposes. The head of the plots political department Farouk Qaddoumi said in Paris on sunday that Syria Jordan Lebanon Egypt and the Plo agreed last week not to proceed to the second phase of the talks until Israel stops building the settlements a although he stopped Short of making the settlement halt a formal condition. The conference is to continue for three Days before moving into a second stage of separate talks Between Israel and the various Arab delegations. The Issue of Plo influence continued to prompt similar political jousting. Israeli defense minister Moshe Arens accused palestinians of deliberately trying a to scuttle the negotiations Quot after palestinian Delegate Sago Ere Kat claimed last week that the palestinian jordanian team was representing the Plo. Shamir was similarly Adamant. A we Are not going to negotiate with the Plo a he said