European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes tuesday december 3,1991 at a glance a Man dances during a Benefit concert in Berlin Germany for world aids Day. See Story on Page 7. Simply outrageous everything was fair game during the 16th occasional Doo Dah Parade a bizarre take off on the famed new year s Day Rose boat Parade. A Page 4 Bush predicted to win president Bush May have Competition for the Republican nomination. A Page 5 Warhol Case going to court shortly before his death artist Andy Warhol had a premonition he was going to Check into a Hospital and die. Warhol proved prescient but a trial was to Start today to determine whether medical negligence not More cosmic forces caused his death. A Page 7 no apology Japan says the japanese government s top spokesman says Japan and the United states need not apologize for their actions during world War ii. A pages attack called improbable egyptian president Hosni Mubarak does not believe the United states will take military action against Libya for its alleged role in the bombing of a pan am Airliner Over Scotland three years ago. A Page 9 Holiday shoppers cautious although some of the nation s big retailers exceeded their expectations for the first weekend of the Holiday shopping season sales were still relatively weak. A Page 17 Cicippio Index Abby Ann Landers .20 action line. 16 comics. 18-20 commentary. 13 crossword. 20 faces n places. 10 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 21-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 from Page 1 groups since August. In that time Israel has received evidence of the deaths of two of its soldiers and the body of a third. Israel and its Allied militia have freed 91 Arab prisoners including 25 sunday. Cicippio a release came two weeks after lebanese kidnappers freed american Thomas Sutherland and briton Terry Waite. There was no new word from the kidnappers on weekend news reports that Steen would be freed by wednesday and that Anderson would be out within 10 Days. _ Steen a journalism professor at Beirut University College was kidnapped Jan. 24,1987, by the islamic jihad for the liberation of Palestine. Anderson was seized March 16, 1985, by islamic jihad another iranian Allied group. Two germans and an italian also Are missing in Lebanon. On sunday the group that held Cicippio announced it would release him. The statement by the revolutionary Justice organization was authenticated by a photograph and a videotape of Cicippio who was acting comptroller of the american University of Beirut when he was abducted sept. 12,1986. In their statement the kidnappers said that they had received Quot reassuring guarantees about future . Moves to gain the release of Arab prisoners and that Quot matters will Progress toward the  in an earlier statement the group said it decided to free Cicippio after a positive results a from negotiations among the United nations Syria Lebanon and Iran. What apparently helped the negotiations a Ong was that Israel became More flexible on the Issue of freeing shiite prisoners the persian Gulf War ended the kidnappers demand for the freeing of prisoners in Kuwait and Iran s opening to the West meant increased pressure from Tehran to release All hostages. Quot important Progress has been made on he Road to a solution of the Issue of the Western hostages in Lebanon a said a statement issued sunday by the .�?Ts Picco who met with syrians foreign minister. It added a a Basic understanding has also been reached on a comprehensive approach to the remaining humanitarian issues a including the freeing of lebanese detained by Israel and its proxy Force in Southern Lebanon. Progress has also been made toward recovering israelis missing or dead in Lebanon. Both factors Are key to resolving the hostage ordeal which . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar has said would be Over by Christmas. The Secretary general leaves office at years end. Ukraine from Page 1 soviet unions can legally secede from the Union without recognition by the National legislature or Gorbachev. Gorbachev has said ukrainian Independence would be a a catastrophe a arguing that the soviet republics have grown so interdependent that loss of the Ukraine the country a breadbasket would be devastating for All. The Ukraine depends on the russian Republic for Oil. Russians president Boris n. Yeltsin has not taken a Public position on ukrainian Independence. The . Ambas Kravchuk Sador to Moscow Robert Strauss said sunday that the United states would not act precipitously to recognize ukrainian Independence but would Start moving in that direction if ukrainians voted for Freedom. Sweden however is preparing to establish diplomatic relate oils with the Ukraine swedish foreign minister mar Garetha of Dugglas said monday. She added however that the government would wait to see How the Republic proceeds. In a statement monday the european Community also welcomed the a democratic manner in which ukrainians chose Independence. But it said it expected the Republic to respect International soviet commitments and assume some of the soviet debt. Kravchuk has said the Ukraine will not evade responsibility for its portion of the debt which he said the Republic has calculated at 16.3 percent of the total. The debt is estimated at $81 billion. Since the failed hard line coup in August hastened the communists demise the republics have gained strength As Gorbachev and the soviet government have become increasingly irrelevant. The Ukraine s parliament which declared Independence aug. 24, already has voted to create its own army and currency. But to gain Independence it would have to set up its own Border posts enact its own citizenship Laws Ana Complete talks on removing an estimated 12 million soviet soldiers. Ukrainians began celebrating their statehood even before the results were announced. Kiev youth and ethnic ukrainian visitors from the United states and Canada danced and Sang at an Independence party at a nightclub. A there were ghosts walking around in the streets sunday. With these people voting so were their ancestors a said one reveler Chrystia Lapychak a ukrainian american living in Kiev. Voters said Gorbachev has failed to raise their living Standard. Many said their Industrial and agricultural powerhouse a dominated for centuries by russians poles mongols and others a would be More prosperous on its own. The Independence movement Rush said excitement Over the referendum was particularly High in Kiev and in the Western Ukraine a hotbed of nationalism that was not absorbed into the soviet Union until world War ii. It said Independence was receiving More than 90 percent approval in those areas. French plane crash leaves up to 10 dead Versailles France a a French air Force plane crashed in a Field West of Paris on monday killing up to 10 people All military personnel Rescue officials said. The myst amp re Falcon 20 Light transport was heading for the nearby base at Veli by Villac outlay when it crashed for unknown reasons in a Field at Elan court in the Yveline Region according to authorities. Rescue workers said that eight to 10 people were killed in the crash. The Field runs alongside a minor Highway. There Are no Homes in the area. Survey from Page 1 schools. Survey questions were chosen by representatives from army agencies and commands such As the chaplains and the Walter Reed army Institute of research said or. Morris Peterson chief of the . Army research institutes personnel Survey office in Alexandria a. Some of the questions concerning marital intimacy and Fidelity were debated but remained in the Survey because of support by about 100 people who took a pre test Peterson said. Other questions focus on the Success of family support groups and satisfaction with housing and transportation services. A army spouses have firsthand knowledge of and experience with army programs and services a said Brig. Gen. Raymond t. Roe commander of the . Army Community and family support Center in Alexandria a. Quot their responses and concerns Are important to the army and we need their  officials said the surveys Are Anonymous and will be mailed directly to randomly chosen soldiers unit addresses. Spouses Are asked to Complete the surveys As soon As possible Ana return them in the supplied stamped envelope said Janet Campbell a program analyst from the army Community and family support Center. The Survey results will be compared with the first Survey of army families done in 1987 and used to develop plans assess policies and evaluate programs Campbell said. A the most positive thing mentioned in the �?T87 Survey was that the Survey gave family members a voice a Campbell said. A the most negative comments concerned medical  the 1987 Survey had a 60 percent response rate Peterson said. Officials expect Between 60 percent and 70 percent of those surveyed this year to answer. Overall the Survey will reach 16,000 spouses worldwide. Without the . Army Europe Section the Survey has 115 questions. Preliminary results Are expected in March. To flu vaccine shortage seen in Europe military health officials have not noticed any shortages of influenza vaccine for . Forces in Europe unlike some communities in the United states a spokesman for the 7th medical come said monday. The spokesman also said that so far flu cases have not increased above Normal among military communities in Europe. Experts attribute the shortage in the United states to an unexpectedly heavy demand that developed after Federal health officials warned in october that the predominant flu virus this year would be unusually widespread and deadly. Some City health officials reported that they still had adequate stocks of flu vaccine. But officials in other cities said that they had run out or were scrambling to get an additional Supply. A we request vaccine based on what was used in past years and forecast needs based on shifts in population a the 7th medical Good spokesman said. A we do not anticipate any shortages of flu