European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes wednesday november 20,1991 at a glance my Sergej Kalinin creates a delicate work of Art on a hand painted lacquer Box. See Story pages 14-15.kennedys rally a round John f. Kennedyjr. Joined the Parade of relatives showing support for William Kennedy Smith while quelling rumours that the rape Case has split the family. A Page 4aid for soviet republics the Bush administration has decided to give the soviet Union about $1.5 billion in additional food Aid and to Channel it directly to the 12 remaining republics. A Page 7gis take notice although a positive his test put an end to magic Johnson a basketball career military health officials say the superstar s setback has fired up publicity for world aids  Page 10 no action on rate Cap the House banking committee for the third time sent to the full House a Bill replenishing the government Deposit insurance fund. But it did not vote on a measure to Cap credit card interest  Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 action line. 16 comics. 19-21 commentary. .13 crossword. 19 faces no places a .22 letters. 12 Money matters. 17-18 sports. 23-28 to listings. .27 weather. 11 reunion from Page 1 Captivity she said a a no words. Body  after his first Day of routine medical and dental examinations at the air Force Hospital doctors said that he appears to be in Overall Good health according to staff sgt. Elayne Venema a joint information Bureau spokeswoman. The 60-year-old was scheduled to undergo further medical and dental testing today and the Sutherland Are expected to leave for Iowa on thursday Venema said. When he arrived at Rhein main earlier tuesday Sutherland said the three american hostages remaining in Lebanon should be released by the end of the month. Sutherland who was captured june 9, 1985, was released by his shiite Muslim kidnappers late monday along with Terry Waite the British envoy of the anglican Church. Waite was captured Jan. 20, 1987. After a five hour flight from Damascus Syria Sutherland touched Down at Rhein main a at 4 26 . The . Ambassador to Germany Robert m. Kimmitt held an umbrella Over him in the pre Dawn rain while Sutherland talked briefly to a crowd of about 50 officials airmen and journalists. A a in a very sorry that i  bring Terry Anderson Home a Sutherland said. His kidnappers a assured us that he would be out by the end of the  Anderson the chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press is the longest held american in Lebanon. He was captured March 16,1985, a few months before Sutherland. Sutherland said his captors also told him that americans Joseph Cicippio and Alann Steen would be freed within the next few Days. A within another couple of weeks aloof the americans will be free hopefully a the scottish born Sutherland said to the applause of the military in the audience. A a it a become an embarrassment to continue holding  Lebanon a state run television reported tuesday that the three remaining american hostages would be released soon even if Israel fails to free a new Batch of Arab prisoners. The station cited an unidentified . Source for its report. A we have been told by a source at the United nations that there Are assurances that the Case of the remaining american hostages would be closed soon despite the Lack of any sign of reciprocation from Israel a the station said. During an earlier news conference in Damascus Sutherland expressed his thanks to the voice of America the bbl and other radio stations that had kept him informed of the outside world during his years in Captivity. Sutherland was flown from Damascus on a c-141 transport plane that was operated by the 437th military Airlift Wing out of Charleston fab . After about 15 minutes on the ground Waite from Page 1 mentally Over the past year thanks to a Small radio from which they receive news and religious and cultural programs from the bbl world service. Waite told the crowd that he had been in chains for his entire 1,763-Day Captivity and was in isolation for four years with Only an occasional word from his captors. Waite reiterated remarks in Damascus Syria on monday that their shiite Muslim kidnappers promised that three american hostages including journalist Terry Anderson would be released by the end of the month. A we left behind Terry Anderson a Waite said about the associated press Middle East Bureau chief who is the longest held Western hostage. He said that after a special plea the guards on monday released Andersons Chain for the first time enabling him to walk around their room. Waite called Anderson a a journalist of whom the journalistic profession can be justly  because of the rain Waite spoke inside an aircraft hangar. He was greeted inside the plane by lord Runcie former archbishop of Canterbury the current archbishop the most t Rev. George Carey and British foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd. A we thank god for his release. A the prayers of so Many people have been answered a Carey said. Waiters wife Frances and their children 26-year-old twins Ruth and Clare Gillian 25 and Mark 20, waited in the air bases vip lounge for a reunion. Waite spoke for 15 minutes mixing emotion with jokes. He remarked that his captors tried to fit him with clothes before he left but they could not find size 14 shoes. He asked the Royal air Force officers if they could help and a within half an hour they contacted the Navy and provided me with two  Waite was kidnapped Jan. 20, 1987, while on a Mission to Lebanon seeking the release of Western hostages. Of his chaining ordeal Waite said monday in Damascus a it is wrong to hold people in. Such a Way. Corrections an article in mondays paper incorrectly stated that a ceremony Tor two retiring German officers would take place that Day at Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart. The ceremony took place last Friday. The mistake was because of a reporting error. A photo caption in tuesdays paper misidentified a Man pictured in a de planing at Rhein main a Germany following an afghan Aid Mission. The person was not staff sgt. Michael c. Williford but an unidentified translator. The mistake was because of a reporting  from Page 1 ing the failed August coup and named in his place Boris d. Pankin the soviet ambassador to Czechoslovakia who denounced the coup Early on. Pankin will go to London As soviet ambassador replacing Leonid Zamyatin an old style apparatchiks who backed the hard line coup the soviet television news program Eremya said. Gorbachev Yeltsin and the leaders of seven other soviet republics have tentatively negotiated a treaty on forming a new confederation in which the Central governments Powers will be vastly reduced limited in Large part to defense and foreign affairs. Yeltsin and other Republic leaders have been whittling away at the Central governments role in foreign affairs. Last week officials announced that the former foreign ministry would merge with the former ministry of external economic relations. The total staff of the combined organization renamed the ministry of foreign relations is to be Cut by half from More than 5,000 to about 2,700 workers in Moscow. At the same time the staff and authority of the russian foreign ministry is expected to grow significantly. Yeltsin a russian federation government has announced plans to appoint envoys to several foreign countries As part of a Broad Transfer of Power from the Central soviet government to the republics. On tuesday russian officials named Andrei Kolosovsky As the republics envoy to the United states. Kolosovsky 70, who is russians Deputy foreign minister will work in the soviet embassy in Washington with the rank of minister Counselor. At Rhein main he was taken in the ambassadors limousine to Wiesbaden. His motorcade pulled through the Gates of the air Force Hospital about 5 25 . As he left the car the freed hostage talked and laughed with Hospital officials who presented him with a bouquet of Flowers. A i Haven to seen Flowers in 6vi years a he said. He even planted a kiss on the Cheek of Bonnie Ferguson wife of or. Col Earl Ferguson the Hospital commander. Sutherland then waved and smiled to about 30 staff members and patients who gathered on the brightly lit Balcony Over the main Entrance of the Hospital to cheer him. Asked by reporters what it Felt like to be going Home Sutherland responded with a smile a a in be never Felt so wonderful in All my life As i do now. A a they be treated me in the . Air Force As though i were a King. And Here i am Only just a lowly  he said he had received a wonderful food on the flight from Damascus which had been a a lot of  air Force officials said the meal consisted of Steak Green Beans baked potato with cheese hot chocolate and milk. And they said he kept on eating when he got to Wiesbaden with buns apples grapes and Tomato juice on the pre Dawn breakfast menu. A it is self defeating and those who do it fall Well below civilized standards of behaviour no matter who they Are and no matter what their nationality or what organization they belong  a we know that the people of Lebanon have suffered greatly a he added. A and those from whom i have just come can be assured that we in the Church for our part will not rest until All Are  Waite was expected to stay at Lyneham for several Days officials said. Lyneham was the Homecoming spot for former hostage Jack Mann 77, on sept. 25, and John Mccarthy 34, on aug. 8. News of waiters release was greeted with ringing Church Bells and cheers on the London subway. The Rev. Henry Burgin vicar of waiters Church at the Blackheath Section of London on monday snuffed out a special Candle that was kept burning throughout waiters Captivity. Prime minister John major who spoke to Waite by phone As the plane headed for Britain on tuesday said monday there were no behind the scene deals to free Waite and Sutherland. Eduard Shevardnadze