European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes saturday november 23,1991 107 capsized victims still missing Mexico City apr . And cuban Rescue Crews searched rough seas and craggy coastline Friday for More than 100 haitian refugees missing and feared dead after their boat capsized off cubans Eastern tip. At least 35 bodies have been found and 60 survivors recovered since late tuesday when the haitians Sailboat foundered about 300 Yards off Punta Maisie overlooking the Straits Between Haiti and Cuba. At least 107 haitians were unaccounted for Early Friday a radio Havana reporter said and Hopes were fading that they would be found alive. In related developments a Federal judge in Miami on thursday rejected . Government efforts to resume the forcible return of haitians who fled to the United states. Over the years perhaps thousands have perished at sea trying to reach Florida aboard overcrowded and ill equipped vessels after fleeing Haiti the Western hemispheres poorest nation. A new wave of boat people has followed last month s coup that drove populist president Jean Bertrand Aristide into exile and conditions in Haiti have worsened after an International embargo was imposed to pressure for his return. Aristide planned to meet Friday with a delegation of haitian parliament members and officials from the organization of american states in Cartagena Colombia in talks aimed at securing his return. The air and sea search off Punta Maisie was con ducted by the cuban coast guard and . Navy per. Sonnet from Guantanamo Bay. Prensa Latina the cuban government news Agency said most of the survivors were recovered Early thursday. News reports said Rescue efforts were hampered by rough seas and the Remote location. The area is also full of rocks and reefs. The boat went Down in heavy seas and Hopes of finding More survivors were dwindling she said. The coast guard has estimated Only half the haitians attempting to reach the United states survive she said. The coast guard has intercepted More than 2,845 haitian refugees this month. 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 break 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 Case Japan linked to golfing Lyo apr Golf Japan a nation is a Safe sport a the report said. A a Tokyo apr Golf Japan a nation Al 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 chemicals by mistake or for the purpose of committing suicide. 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 Atte the United states in the number of Gaiter according to the Japan Golf  claims to know location of Art treasures nazis looted Bonn Germany up a visiting russian president Boris n. Yeltsin on Friday stunned his hosts by telling them he knew the exact location of the most valuable single Art treasure looted by the nazis during world War ii a the fabled Amber room. Yeltsin told a parliamentary group on foreign affairs that the 18th-Century treasure valued at about $100 million was buried in crates members of the group said after the meeting. A give us permission now and we will dig it out a the russian president told the deputies apparently confirming speculation the treasure was buried under a so Viet military base in Eastern Germany. The Amber room which comprised of 12 tons of carved Amber tiles was built for Frederick i of Prussia and presented to russian Czar Peter the great in 1717 to symbolize the Friendship Between the two nations. The room had a perimeter of 36 feet and a height of 15 feet. In 1775 it was installed in the summer Palace near St Petersburg. During the 1942 siege of the City a then called Leningrad a nazi troops dismantled the room and transported it to the Castle of the prussian capital of Konigs Berg a now the russian City of Kaliningrad. The room was again taken apart during the 194 lied bombing of Konigsberg and packed into or which were removed from the City before it fell 1� army troops in 1945. The location of the crates has been a subject of s elation since then but Yeltsin a remarks appear to firm the nazis had buried the treasure under a get military base which was later taken Over by the army. A German soviet treaty signed in 1990 provide the return of Art looted during world War ii