European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thes fals vol. 50, no. 234 tuesday december 3,1991 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed Force Cicippio release Dex captive taken to Wiesbaden for checkup int amp hostage Joseph Cicippio flanked by his Mother in Law and his wife Elham Waves to journalists in Damascus Syria. Frankfurt Germany a american Joseph Cicippio was freed by lebanese kidnappers monday after More than five years in Captivity and said his captors told him the other Western hostages would be released by year s end. Cicippio arrived at Rhein main air base at 10 27 . Monday aboard a cl41 from Damascus Syria where he was taken after being freed in Lebanon stars and stripes staff writer Vince Crawley reported from the base near Frankfurt. Cicippio after waving to spectators left immediately for the military Hospital in Wiesbaden for medical evaluation. Cicippio was accompanied by his wife Elham and Mother in Law Malake Najib sue related stories on pages 3 and 4 Ghandour. They were greeted upon their arrival at Rhein main by . Ambassador Robert Kimmitt and his wife Holly Jean who presented Cicippio with a bouquet of Flowers. The plane that brought Cicippio to Germany was from the 438th military Airlift Wing Mcguire fab . . Secretary general Javier Pitrez do Cuellar who has led a drive to free Western captives and Arab prisoners and resolve the cases of missing israeli scr ice members was optimistic about the accelerated Pace of negotiations. A i Hope that before i leave the office of the Secretary general All will be freed All without exceptions Quot he told reporters at the United nations adding �?~�?~1 am referring to the westerners and the  his term ends dec. 31. The 61-year-old Cicippio a who was see Cicippio on Page 2survey driving into sex lives of army spouse by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a about 5,500 surveys containing controversial questions on marital intimacy and Fidelity were mailed last week to spouses of soldiers overseas. The Survey was set up to gauge the effects of the persian Gulf deployments and examine reactions to a smaller Force officials said. The 146-question Survey includes a special Section for families in Europe that asks about unit deactivation and satisfaction with overseas schools. Survey questions were chosen by representatives from army agencies and commands such As the chaplains and the Walter Reed army see Survey on Page 2 Gorbachev suffers new blow As Ukraine endorses statehood Kiev .s.r. Apr ukrainians voted overwhelmingly for Independence according to unofficial figures monday in a referendum that could wreck president Mikhail s. Gorbachev a efforts to hold the soviet state together. A an Independent Ukraine is born Quot said Leonid Kravchuk a former communist. He reportedly won a presidential contest also held sunday in the second most populous soviet Republic. In Washington the Bush administration said monday that the United states is a moving toward full diplomatic recognition Quot of the Ukraine. President Bush asked Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii to visit leaders in Moscow and Kiev later this week to discuss the Ukraine a transition to Independence. A we want to be supportive of the positive change a said presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater. He said Bush discussed the . Position Over the weekend in Calls to Gorbachev and russian Republic president Boris n. Yeltsin. Fitzwater said the United states remains concerned about Many issues including the Fate of nuclear weapons now in the Ukraine. Kravchuk the republics parliamentary chairman told a news conference that 92 percent of voters had endorsed Independence and that he had won the presidency with 55 percent of the vote. Election officials said Kravchuk won a Clear first ballot Victory allowing him to avoid a Runoff against any of his five opponents but they did not say what percent of the vote be received. Releasing preliminary figures the Central election commission also said 83.7 percent of the republics 37.5 million eligible voters cast ballots and Independence was endorsed by More than 80 percent. With the passage of the referendum and pledges by All the presidential candidates not to sign Gorbachev a proposed Union treaty the Ukraine has shown its determination to break from Kremlin control. It was not Clear whether the Ukraine whose population of 52 million accounts for nearly a fifth of the soviet unions can legally secede from the Union without recognition by the National legislature or Gorbachev. But if the economically and politically powerful see Ukraine on Page 2 sundays action in the nil a see sports