European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 50, no. 234 tuesday december 3,1991 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 350 8693 Cicippio released sex captive appears healthy following recent operation Damascus Syria apr american hostage Joseph Cicippio was freed monday in Lebanon by shiite Muslim kidnappers after More than five years in Captivity. He said he was told by his captors that other Western hostages would be released by year s end. _ the 61-Vear-old Cicippio said that he was moved More than 20 times during his Captivity and that he was a brushed to a Hospital Quot last month for an operation. He see related stories on Page 3 and 4 did not specify what surgery was re 3uired, but appeared healthier than he id in photographs and videotapes released during his Long ordeal. Cicippio will be flown to Wiesbaden Germany where he will undergo medical and psychological exams. A i m Happy its Over a Cicippio said As he was welcomed by . Ambassador Christopher Ross at the syrian foreign ministry. Syrian foreign minister Farooq Ash Shar said Cicippio reached Damascus after being driven across the mountains from Lebanon by syrian army officers. Cicippio a lebanese wife was also in the syrian capital. Asked if the hostages ordeal would be ended soon he said a god willing we Hope so. There is encouraging information. We Hope that within a week there will be other hostages  asked if that included journalist Terry Anderson the longest held captive Ash Shar said a we Hope  the United nations also issued a statement indicating the last two . Hostages in Lebanon a Anderson and educator Alann Steen a might soon be free. Earlier monday . Spokesman capt. Daniel Madryga confirmed Cicippio s release based on a report by . Envoy Giandomenico Picco a a key negotiator in the . Effort to arrange a Broad Swap of hostages Arab prisoners and missing israeli soldiers. In Norristown pa., Cicippio a Hometown his family rejoiced prayed with a priest and nailed a sign Reading a free at last i on a billboard on the Lawn of his brother a Home. Cicippio Thomas Cicippio who kept a running tally of his brother a Captivity said a thanksgiving certainly did come on a monday this year. Not Only Llian giving but Christmas and every other Holiday you can think  the tally for Joseph Cicippio stopped at 1,908 Days monday. It continues for Anderson the chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press who has been a captive for nearly seven years and for Steen who was kidnapped nearly five years ago. Iran a official islamic Republic news Agency reported that Cicippio was handed Over at an unspecified location in Beirut. Cicippio is the seventh Western hostage Sippio is the seventh Western hos a a _ a a. It freed by pro iranian kidnapping Thomas Cicippio Calls family members to pass on the Good news or see Cicippio on Page i lease. Hugging him is Helen Fazio the Brothers cancer stricken sister. A his brother s re Survey delving into sex lives of army spouses 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 see Survey on Page 2 Gorbachev suffers new blow As Ukraine endorses statehood Kiev .s.r. Apr ukrainians voted overwhelmingly sunday for Independence in a referendum that could wreck soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev s efforts to hold together the soviet state unofficial figures showed monday. A an Independent Ukraine is born a said Leonid Kravchuk a former communist who appeared headed for Victory in presidential balloting also held sunday in the second most populous soviet Republic. 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 about 55 percent of the vote. Such a result would allow Kravchuk to avoid a Runoff in two weeks. Another important Republic was also asserting itself sunday. Nur Sultan Nazar Baev the president of Kazakhstan and one of the country a most powerful leaders headed toward re election As the sole candidate in the Southern republics first popular presidential vote. Kazakhstan with 16.5 million people is the second largest Republic in area after Russia. All six candidates in the ukrainian presidential election have said the referendum will Lead to full Independence for the economically and politically powerful Region. All have pledged not to sign Gorbachev a proposed treaty on retaining the Central government. This apparently Means that the Ukraine like the three Baltic states is determined to break completely from the Kremlin. Although some soviet republics such As Georgia have Sai Athey will recognize the Ukraine a Independence Gorbachev scentral government is resisting. And it was not Clear whether the Ukraine whose population of 52 million accounts for nearly a fifth of the see Ukraine on Page 2sunday�?Ts action in the nil a see sports