European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                End in sight key Muslim says Hopes grow that hostages will be freed soon from wire reports Wiesbaden Germany a freed . Hostage Thomas Sutherland was completing medical tests and debriefings wednesday before his journey Home while a shiite Leader confirmed the kidnappers Promise to release the remaining captives in a few weeks. The Leader of the Hezbollah an umbrella group for the Muslim captors supported a comment made a Day earlier by . Secretary general Javier pm rez de Cuellar. The . Head said that for the first time release of the hostages in Lebanon would not be linked to israelis release of Arab detainees or israeli servicemen missing in action. A we should differentiate Between the Issue of the israeli prisoners and Arab detainees and that of the Western hostages a Abbas Muslawi head of the iranian backed Hezbollah or party of god told a news conference in Beirut Lebanon. A was the Kidnap factions have clearly stated the Issue of the Western hostages is heading to a final solution in the com ing few weeks a he said. Hezbollah maintains it was never involved in the kidnapping of hostages. But the shiite muslims holding the westerners Are known to operate under the group. Meanwhile Iran a official news Agency said wednesday that american hostage see end on Page 2 smokers find pack of reasons for their habit by Chuck Roberts staff writer smoking helps cause the death of about 400,000 people every year but smokers keep puffing away at a habit that costs taxpayers about $65 billion annually in health care and lost productivity according to the american cancer society. Why do people smoke if they know that its bad for them millions of people will try to quit smoking today during the american cancer society a great american smoke out but millions More wont and never will. A i figure everyone is going to die sometime a said pvt. Chris Ayers As he stood in a Circle of fellow smokers outside the Post Exchange in Giessen Germany. The 20-year-old native of Hastings mich., said he began smoking when he was 12 because his parents smoked and the smell of tobacco was always around him. Even though he knows that cigarettes Are bad for his health Ayers said he likes the taste of smoking and never thinks about quitting. His Friend pfc. Kevin Grove is another member of the military smoking Community who does no to see smokers on Page 2 up in smoke based on today s average Price Here is How much a pack a Day smoker spends Over a one year five year or 10-year period. One pack costs about $1.35 at exchanges or Sho Pettes compared with $2 per pack in the United states. J j military a installations United states amps amps Sharon Kilday Tarrant Price appears right for service members by Chuck Roberts staff writer sgt. Greg Senski wants to quit smoking but the military makes it too tempting for him to Stop lighting one up. Because Senski is in the military he pays Only about half As much for a pack of cigarettes As people who cannot shop in commissaries or exchanges. His friends in the United states Shell out More than $2 for a pack of cigarettes but Senski pays Only about 71 cents for a pack of Marlboro when he buys them by the Carton at the commissary. He would pay $1.35 if he bought a single pack of smokes at the Post Exchange or shop Pette. Senski and other smokers in the military buy their cigarettes for less because they done to pay the additional sales tax incurred by their friends at Home. Senski a friends quit smoking because cigarettes were becoming too expensive but he keeps smoking see Price on Page 2 Shevardnadze says peace rides on soviet path Moscow apr Eduard a. Shevardnadze said he agreed to return As soviet foreign minister because a the future of the planet depends on How events develop in this country a newspaper reported wednesday. A there is no reason for congratulations. And there Are no grounds for compassion. The time has come a a a of the country but of peace on Shevardnadze told the daily when the Fate not just our planet is decided a Komsomol Skaya pravda. President Mikhail s. Gorbachev reappointed Shevardnadze on tuesday As the soviet Leader struggled to rebuild the authority of his Central government and attract Western food and financial Aid to help the nation through the Winter. The reappointment Drew immediate Praise from president Bush and other Western leaders although Shevardnadze a role May be much smaller than in the past because of the Kremlin a shrinking authority and the reorganization of the soviet foreign ministry. The genial White haired helped end the cold War during five years As Gorbachev a foreign minister announced his resignation from the Post last dec. 20. In an emotional speech he warned that dictatorship could return to the soviet Union. His prophecy nearly came True last August when hard line communists briefly seized Power. After the Coupe failed there was speculation that Shevardnadze would return As foreign minister. However Gorbachev instead appointed Boris d. Pankin the soviet ambassador to Czechoslovakia who had condemned the coup. Shevardnadze is expected to address the inaugural Congress of the movement on dec. 14. Shevardnadze Shevardnadze 63, who mined roads prevent Vukovan evacuation. A a not d a re re rim a Zagreb Yugoslavia apr roads prevented hundreds of wounded people from being evacuated wednesday from the devastated croatian City of Vul Kovar. A . Envoy meantime worked on arrangements for a peacekeeping Force to end the hostilities. Fighting continued in Vukovan throughout the night said european Community spokesman de Koestal and an army officer in Belgrade their statements indicated that some die hard croatian defenders were still refusing to surrender to serb forces. Croatian authorities and the serb dominated Federal army agreed tuesday to evacuate the estimated 500 wounded and sick trapped in a bombed out Hospital in the Danube River City. The Federal army had reportedly taken control of the Hospital Ana the croatian and army negotiators declared it a a Neutral area under the auspices of the International red Cross said european Community spokeswoman Renilde Steeghs. But Koestal said wednesday that Nei ther dec monitors nor red Cross officials had been Able to reach the Hospital. The evacuation was to begin wednesday morning but he said the army postponed a a the Start of a cease fire in the town agreed on tuesday for two hours. In the croatian capital of Zagreb croatian authorities and the army were negotiating the removal of mines on the route chosen for the evacuation of the wounded from Vukovan. Koestal said that the army had proposed changing the route but that the see roads on Page 2 in this weekend  touch with America j