European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 26, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9new truce halts shelling in Croatia Zagreb Yugoslavia apr croatian officials said the army stopped shelling Osisek and european Community monitors reported general Calm elsewhere monday the first full Day of the yugoslav wars 14th cease fire. Refugees continued to flee Osisek the regional capital of Croatia a ethnically mixed Eastern Slavonia Region. Croatian official said army cannons pounded the City Early monday but shelling stopped before noon. A defense official in Osisek said seven had died and 34 were wounded by the shelling in the last 24 hours. The woman who would not give her name on the Telephone estimated that Only 50,000 of the towns original 140,000 residents remained in Osisek. In Croatia a capital of Zagreb meanwhile the army prepared to vacate More Barracks after croatian troops lifted their blockade of the facilities. Also in Zagreb a reliable source reported six dead in three separate gunfights Between police and other uniformed men. There was no official confirmation. But police were presumably Hunting members of the paramilitary Wing of the extreme nationalist party of rights whose Leader Dobroslav Paraga was arrested saturday on allegations of planning a coup. Thirteen previous truce agreements mediated by the european Community All failed to halt the fighting in the 5-month-old civil War. Despite the endorsement of peacekeepers by the warring sides the United nations which mediated this truce said it will not Send them unless a cease fire holds. Attacks on Osisek 140 Miles East of Zagreb intensified last week after nearby Vukovan fell to the serbian dominated Federal army. The loss of Vukovan was a deep blow to Croatia. It represented an important Battlefield Success for the army after months of frustration with the spirited defense of the town by a smaller More tightly armed enemy. With the capture of Vukovan Federal troops and serbian militants gained control Over a slice of Eastern Croatia. The capture of Osisek would ensure Domina two serbian soldiers Cycle past a smashed yugoslav army tank in Vukovan Croatia which recently fell to Federal troops. Tion of a much broader Swath. Croatia declared Independence june 25 along with Slovenia. After several Days of fierce fighting in Slovenia the serbian dominated Federal government dropped its opposition to Independence for the ethnically homogeneous Republic. But Serbia opposes Independence for Croatia claiming its 600,000 serbs would suffer persecution As a minority. Croats claim Serbia is using the Issue As a pretext to Annex parts of Croatia. Croatian president Franjo Tadjman accused the army of trying to take As much territory As possible before any arrival of . Peacekeepers. But despite major Battlefield losses he told croatians in a televised address sunday that they were not losing the War. A the aggressor has not achieved his goals a he said. There were no reports of major fighting in Croatia by monday afternoon. Dec spokesman de Kostal said the newest cease fire appeared to be generally respected although rival forces were a still testing it in some  Belgrade television reported Early monday that a croatian mortar attack on Nova Gradiska 80 Miles Southeast of Zagreb killed one serbian insurgent and wounded five others. But it also said that the cease fire was generally  Sheds Light on Columbus looks Art historian says Rome apr after hundreds of years of debate the recent rediscovery of a 15th-Century portrait of Christopher Columbus finally May Settle the question of what he looked like an Art historian says. A a it a a very important discovery a Maurizio Marini explained referring to a 17 by 23-Inch Oil painting of Columbus that he attributed to spaniard Pedro Ber Ruguette who lived from 1450 to 1504. The painting shows Columbus to be less portly than often portrayed with deep set Green eyes red hair pronounced Cheek Bones and a Long aquiline nose. His trademark Page boy haircut survives the finding but without the flowing curls sometimes depicted. Until now a portrait in the civic museum of Como Italy was considered the most accurate likeness since it was painted from a description Given by Columbus son Marini said. But because Ber Ruguette was the official portrait Painter at the court of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain it is presumed that he would have met and immortalized his patrons famous envoy. There is no proof Columbus sat for the portrait but Berru Gueter a is the Only existing portrait of the explorer done while he was alive. Documentation of the works discovery and authentication is to be published in the december Issue of Columbus �?T92, the official Magazine for the genoese celebrations of the 500th anniversary of Columbus discovery of the americas. Well heeled muscovites indulge in ritual of Beaujolais Nouveau Moscow apr while Ordinary muscovites spent a frosty weekend waiting in line to buy bread and Vodka the City supper crust nibbled on canapes and enjoyed the Western rite known As the arrival of Beau Jolais Nouveau. More than 400 bottles of the Young red wine were airlifted to Moscow in recent Days for three hotels that staged lavish uncorking ceremonies. Its a far cry from the tens of thousands of cases France exports to other wine Loving countries anxious to sniff and sip the first of the 1991 Vintage. But its the most Ever imported to Moscow where determined oenophile previously had to hand carry precious bottles from France after the Nouveau a official debut on the third thursday of november. A we wanted to show to the International hotel restaurant business that everything is possible in Moscow that we Are a part of the world Community of hotels a said Markku Wahlberg of Finland the assistant general manager of the Savoy hotel. The Savoy introduced Beaujolais Nouveau last year and was joined this year by two other hotels catering almost exclusively to foreigners and soviets with foreign currency. The Pullman Iris hotel a French soviet joint venture feted the wines arrival Friday with an alsatian Buffet featuring pigs feet baked Ham and poached dumplings known As quenelle. The s36 entry fee included As Many carafes of the slightly chilled Ruby red wine As guests could manage. The Moscow Aerostat hotel already popular for having the Only Moscow restaurant that serves fresh Nova Scotia lobster on weekends offers a free plate of hours do oeuvres with every Glass of Beaujolais Nouveau purchased As if any incentive were needed. Foreigners hailed the arrival of the wine made from the first grapes of the season harvested in Frances Beaujolais Region. But the Hullabaloo of racing the wine from Vineyard to Airport to wine cellar was somewhat baffling to soviets facing a Bleak Winter of empty store shelves food shortages rationing and skyrocketing prices. A for me its a very Good night. In a thinking of my friends in Paris a said Andrei Agafonov a former journalist with the Tass news Agency who has travelled to France. But he said Ordinary soviets a will be astounded. In the Middle of a starving country a Holiday like this will be something absolutely crazy in their  the Savoy a Wahlberg acknowledged the fuss was mostly for foreigners saying a a it a Nice to have the same seasons the same highlights that we have Back  still can Francois Boulanger food and beverage manager at the Pullman said the tradition could catch on with soviets. The National drink May be Vodka a preferably drunk in icy cold shots a but russians also have a thriving Domestic wine Industry. A russian people like wine especially the Young wine a Boulanger said. Moscow a verdict on the 1991 Vintage a the Aroma is Beautiful like it should be the first reflection of the summer a Wahlberg decreed. A not the Best year but a Good