European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday november 23, 1991 refugee boat Miami apr sixteen haitians drowned and 119 others were missing after a boat carrying 200 refugees capsized off the Eastern tip of Cuba cuban news organizations reported thursday. In Washington . Officials said they were checking reports that 135 haitians died when their vessel Sank off Cuba. Prensa Latina the official cuban news Agency said Cuba had mounted a land air and sea Rescue operation after the boat capsized tuesday night. It said 16 were confirmed dead 119 people were missing and 60 people were known to have survived. The dispatch monitored in Mexico City said the dead included 12 women two children and two men. Cuban Rescue teams were tending to the survivors the Agency said. The cuban coast guard saved about 60 people from the turbulent Waters Between Haiti and Cuba reporter Anna Peralte of radio Havana told Winz radio in Miami. Hopes were dwindling for the Rescue of others aboard the boat she said. A there Are planes and boats and they Are even looking on land a she said noting the Shoreline was a wooded area a farm area that is really  officials with the . Coast guard and the . Naval base at Guantanamo Cuba said they had no details but were investigating. More than 1,400 haitians aboard . Coast guard cutters were being moved to the area around the . Base at Guantanamo Bay to enable the cutters to continue rescuing haitians at sea. State department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler said 858 of the haitians were transferred to the Navy vessel Tortuga in Guantanamo Bay and 572 were being sent to the base itself. That would leave about 380 still on the cutters. Conditions have deteriorated in Haiti As a result of a hemisphere wide Trade embargo imposed against Haiti to protest a military coup there on sept. 30. Tutwiler said haitians face great danger in attempting to flee by boat. The coast guard estimates that Only half of Haiti a boat people survive she said. Soviet guards stand outside prison cells purportedly holding leaders of the August coup attempt against soviet Leader Mikhail s.  coup plotters diet in t so hard to Swallow Moscow a the alleged leaders of the failed August coup Are living better than regular prisoners a soviet newspaper reports. Pravda said this week that the prisoners food was decent. It said that on tuesday they had soup noodles with meat Tea and bread. This compares with the watery Oatmeal bread and occasional soup served to regular prisoners according to recent Media reports. Pravda published three photographs with the Short article a one showing Anatoly Lukyanov former chairman of the National supreme soviet legislature who was arrested and imprisoned for his alleged role in planning the failed coup. Lukyanov former defense minister Dmitri Yazoo former Kab chief Vladimir Kryuchkov and other coup plotters Are being held in the detention Center pending trial on treason charges following the attempted ouster of soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev. In october the newspaper Izvestia reported that Kryuchkov and former prime minister Valentin Pavlov had filed complaints about insufficient food. But the russian prosecutors office denied those charges and said the prisoners Are allowed to meet monthly with family members and to receive packages from Home some containing costly treats such As chocolates and caviar. Copter was shot Down soviet probe indicates Moscow apr a preliminary investigation into the crash of a helicopter carrying officials trying to mediate the conflict Between Armenia and Azerbaijan indicates the chopper was shot Down news reports said thursday. Twenty three people died in the crash wednesday the inter fax news Agency and the evening news program Eremya reported. Investigators found a Hole in the Mi-8, raising speculation that the chopper was shot Down by a missile inter fax said. The Agency quoted officials from the prosecutors office in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Eremya showed the downed helicopter with holes in its Side. The news reports did not indicate who might have shot Down the helicopter. The victims included the Interior minister of Azerbaijan soviet lawmakers two generals the head of the Kab in the disputed Magorno Karabash enclave the Deputy Interior minister of Kazakhstan and a soviet defense ministry official. The delegation was on a fact finding Mission to try to resolve the ethnic conflict Between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Initial news reports on wednesday said that 20 people had died and that the helicopter had crashed into a Mountain while flying in dense fog. The Azerbaijan prosecutor denied news reports that the helicopter crashed into a Mountain and said the Hills where the downed chopper was found were no higher than a three Story House. In the Eremya footage the remains of the helicopter were on top of a Low Hill in an open area with no Trees. Inter fax said that the Mi-8 was a High tech military chopper carrying sophisticated electronic equipment that can Only be flown by a Pilot with at least 1,000 hours of flight experience. Pesticide poisoning cases in Japan linked to golfing Tokyo apr Golf Japan a National pastime May be generating a serious health Hazard due to pesticide poisoning according to a study released Friday. The report by a group of doctors and dentists showed that nearly 40 percent of the agricultural poisoning cases they have treated involve people working at or living near Golf courses. Of the 1,436 patients treated for pesticide poisoning nationwide Between june 1990 and May 1991, 536 patients or 37.3 percent were employees of Golf courses Amateur golfers or people living adjacent to the links the 70,000-member organization reported. It said the rest of the cases involved Farmers who directly handled agricultural chemicals such As Weed killers or pesticides or people who ingested the Nemi a cals by mistake or for the purpose of committing suicide. A in particular reviewing Many cases by air spraying of agricultural chemicals on Golf courses one cannot say that golfing is a Safe sport a the report said. A measures that put More weight on Safe use of non farm chemicals Are  one Caddie who has worked for two years complained of fatigue headaches vomiting and weight loss said Nobuo Kaneko of the Japan medical and dental tract toners for the improvement of medical care. Other cases included damage to skin a shrivelled fingertip convulsions and nausea Kaneko said. Many local governments have moved to restrict construction of Golf courses pending measures to prevent water contamination and other environmental hazards due to the use of chemicals on Golf courses. Japan has 1,800 courses and 1,440 More Are either under construction or being planned according to Industry figures. Nearly 15 million people in Japan or More than 12 percent of the population play the sport ranking Japan second after the United states in the number of golfers according to the Japan Golf  s friends fashion Campaign to Cool off opponents London up1 hey were exerting their a civil rights of the first National fur Day an for 10 women on a posh London Street thursday their furs were a political and fashion statement. But to a passing motorcyclist the furs marked the women As animal killers. The women said the to Wear fur As part event organized by the fur education Council. But the motorcyclist shouted out a you murderers a As he drove by an example of the abuse faced by people who wore furs. Annette Gardner founder of Wear your fur Day said the Council was Quot trying to free women from the intimidation of the animal  a Why we should be antagonized for wearing something is beyond me a said Gardner an employee in the Public relations department of Saga furs of Scandinavia one of the worlds largest fur Sellers. A we want to Wear fur a said Joan Chau Meton an employee of the same company. A a it a no different than wearing leather  furriers and their supporters say emotional anti fur campaigns by animal rights activists Are deterring customers from wearing fur garments and slashing fur sales. Thursdays Campaign is an indication of the effective Ness of the anti fur movement. A few big stores sell furs at All now because the demand just Isnit there a said Lyndsay Wooldridge a spokeswoman for harrods which has not sold furs for More than a year and a half. A it got to the Point where people were so uneasy wearing them because of visual Public awareness campaigns like Lynx a she said. A most britons were repulsed by their very  Totaj fur sales in Britain dropped to 25 million pounds $45 million in 1989 from 106 million pounds $190 million in 1984, the Central statistical office said