European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday december 2, 1991 at a glance Connie and de Ichiyama saw two sides to world War ii she was sent to an internment Camp for japanese americans and he was wounded while fighting for the United states in Europe. See stories on pages 14-15. Travellers recall disaster Holiday travellers recounted harrowing images after a blinding dust storm caused a series of crashes described As the worst Highway pileup in California s history. A Page 4 Media mob Smith trial eighty news organizations have received credentials to cover the William Kennedy Smith rape trial. A Page 5 Rescue work under Way rescuers could barely reach stunned survivors through the clutter left by a twister that Tore through Southwest Missouri. A Page 6 klan rallies in Dubuque about 200 people turned out in Iowa to cheer a National Kun flux klan Leader in the Wake of at least 10 Cross burnings. A Page 7 Small town . The . Naval base at Guantina. To Bay is Small town . Circa 1960, plucked up and dropped on a tropical Island in the Caribbean. A Page 8 germans say yes German school officials in Bavaria have just said yes to an american program designed to teach children to Quot just say no Quot to drugs. A Page 9 japanese influence half a Century after Japan invaded its neighbors under the Guise of establishing a a co Prosperity sphere Quot it has carved out an East asian realm of influence based on Trade investment and Aid. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 20 comics. 18-20 commentary. 13 faces no places. 10 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 21-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 ukrainians mass at polls in vote for Independence Kiev .s.r. Apr ukrainians flocked to the polls sunday for a presidential election and referendum on Independence that could Lead to Western diplomatic recognition and Deal a death blow to the soviet Union. Voters interviewed at random said soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev had failed to raise their living Standard and expressed the conviction the Ukraine would be More prosperous on its own. A Independence is the Only Way out of the current situation. Its easier to put order into a Small Yard than a Large Yard a said Viktor Zakei Pinky 43, As he cast his ballot in the City of Belo Tsurkov 55 Miles South of Kiev. I All six presidential candidates have endorsed full Independence Ana said they would not sign Gorbachev a proposed treaty to hold the Union together. Official turnout was 75.6 percent by 4 . Under Clear skies and relatively warm weather across the second most populous soviet Republic which has 52 million people and 37.5 million eligible voters. Polls were scheduled to close at 8 . Because the paper ballots must be counted by hand election officials said preliminary results would not be available until this afternoon. The Only Early returns were from six soviet military bases in Kiev Odessa Dnepropetrovsk and Donetsk. The referendum carried easily in All of them with support ranging from 80.4 percent in Dnepropetrovsk to 97 percent in Kiev. The ukrainian parliament declared Independence aug. 24 after the failed coup against Gorbachev and the referendum asked a do you support the act proclaiming Independence of Ukraine a pre election polls indicated at least three quarters of ukrainians would answer  both Gorbachev and russian president Boris n. Yeltsin have said the soviet Union is a a unthinkable without the Ukraine which accounts for roughly a Quarter of soviet agricultural and Industrial output. . Officials said last week that the United states would move toward diplomatic recognition of ukrainian statehood if the referendum passed. But the United states and other Western governments have said the timing would depend on ukrainian efforts to avoid ethnic conflicts observe human rights fulfil International treaties and tightly control nuclear weapons. If ukrainians approve secession the Republic would have to set up its own Border posts and enact its own citizenship Laws along with continue negotiations on removal of an estimated 1,2 million soviet soldiers. Presidential front runner Leonid Kravchuk applauded the . Position As he cast his ballot in front of a Blue and yellow ukrainian Flag at a Kiev polling station. A George Bush has started Down the Road he must take As a democratic Leader a said Kravchuk chairman of the ukrainian parliament. A every democratic government and every democratic Leader must be for a free  freed from Page 1 hostage problem a will be fundamentally solved. A final scenario to free them All is on the  . Envoy Giandominico Picco met sunday with foreign minister Farouk Al Sharaa in Damascus to deliver a message thanking Syria for its help in freeing Western hostages in Lebanon the official syrian Arab news Agency reported. Picco arrived in the Middle East late last week. In South Lebanon 25 detainees left the Khiam prison in israelis self declared Security zone and 21 of them were handed Over to the International committee of the red Cross at the Security zones far Timnit Gate. Four were handed Over to families inside the area. It. Gen. Antoine Lahd commander of the South Lebanon army described the release As a a Goodwill gesture for . Mediation efforts. Later the red Cross committee handed the prisoners Over to the iranian backed Hezbollah or party of god which drove them to the great Prophet mosque in South Beirut. At their arrival about 500 relatives chanted a Wallah Akbar god is great a when the ambulances drove into the mosques parking lot. One former prisoner Ghassan Baydoun 31, said he was a very very Happy to get out after six years at Khiam prison. A statement from israelis defense ministry said the release was made after . Secretary general Javier p6rez de Cuellar asked the jewish state to help the hostage release process. Cicippio of Norristown pa., is one of three americans held in Lebanon along with at least three other westerners. Earlier reports predicted one or two americans would be freed within Days. The poor Quality photograph of Cicippio which appeared to be identical to a picture released sept. 19, showed him from the Chest up. He Nad a Bushy grading Beard and looked straight into the camera. The 29-line communique said the kidnappers decided to free Cicippio after a positive results from negotiations that included the United nations Syria Lebanon and Iran. It said Cicippio would be freed a within 48 hours to fulfil our Side of the  the statement said the pro iranian group obtained a solid guarantees that . Officials will press for the release of Arab prisoners in Israel and elsewhere. The release of hundreds of arabs held by Israel and its Allied militia in South Lebanon has been a key demand of shiite kidnappers. Several previous hostage releases were linked to the freeing of Arab detainees but the release last month of american Thomas Sutherland and briton Terry Waite apparently was not a direct hostage for prisoner Swap. Six hostages have been freed since Perez de Cuellar began his efforts in August. P6rez de Cuellar predicted earlier this month that All the westerners would be out by Christmas. Cicippio a brother Thomas j. Cicippio jr., of Norristown declined to comment on the kidnappers statement. A things Are very delicate at a time like this and i done to want to jeopardize his chances of getting out a he said. The statement also said the shiite group obtained a videotape showing the prison conditions of fundamentalist cleric Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid who was seized by israeli commandos. It said the tape will soon be available to the Media. The revolutionary Justice organization has been linked with the abduction of nine westerners in Lebanon including two americans and six French citizens. On aug. 11, it released Edward Tracy 61, a writer from Rutland it. Atlantis from Page 1 Nasa has called a Crew Home Early because of equipment failure. The first was in november 1981 on shuttle trip no. 2 a a fuel cell on Columbia failed. Astronaut Story Musgrave managed to set a shuttle flying record despite the Early return. A a we be added up your hours in space and. You be passed 576 hours in space making you the most flown shuttle astronaut a Mission control told Musgrave a four time space flyer on saturday night. A Are you sure you can to get us four More Days Here a Musgrave asked. The astronauts spent most of the Mission conducting surveillance experiments for the defense department and medical tests for Nasa. They used High powered cameras binoculars and a Telescope to zoom in on . Military ships aircraft and other targets 224 Miles below. They performed an unexpected Job thursday night when they had to steer out of the Way of part of an old soviet rocket. It was Only the second time in the 10-year-old shuttle program that a spaceship had to Dodge space junk. Nasa stretched the flight to 10 Days More than a year ago so the Crew could conduct additional medical experiments. Scientists wanted More information on How the body adapts to weightlessness in preparation of longer missions. The Crew includes four space rookies. They Are Pilot Terence a a Tom Henricks James Voss Mario Runco or. And Thomas Hennen an army imagery  from Page 1 United states did in a helping restore that country. 1 done to think there a anybody looking for apologies one Way or another. What Wco re saying is a hey lets forget that. Let s go Forward now together a a the japanese parliament is consid ering adopting a Resolution this week apologizing for the attack on Pearl Harbor. Foreign ministry spokesman Taizo Watanabe said the wording is still being discussed by the ruling party and opposition lawmakers. Watanabe interviewed on Abc said Pearl Harbor a hangs Over the minds of Many people and Many people feel we should do something about it to reflect on what we have done in the past and. What we should do in the  but he said Many japanese also believe they Are owed an apology for the atomic attacks. Bush said Pearl Harbor in t in the Back of his mind these Days when he sits Down with the leaders of Japan. A a in a Over that and i think most americans Are or should be Over that a Bush said. A we have an unhappy Trade imbalance with them now. It has improved a he Saiu but a a we be got a Long Way to