European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday december 10,1991 at a glance Barbara Yow runs an aids awareness program for the Heidelberg medical Community that is bringing the message to teens. See Story on pages 14-15.Kennedy guest testifies a new York prosecutor who was a visitor at the Kennedy estate testified that William Kennedy Smith gave no indication there had been any problem there last easter weekend. A Page 4peace talks resume israelis and arabs made last minute preparations for their much anticipated peace talks but renewed procedural bickering threatened to derail substantive negotiations. A Page 5times Herald Swan song the Dallas times Herald printed its final edition after agreeing to a $55 million buyout by Cross town rival the Dallas morning news. A Page 6trooper wins Case the supreme court refused to free Massachusetts from paying interest on a damage award won by a state trooper who sued after he was suspended for joining the army reserves. A Page 7peacekeeper Progress cited . Envoy Cyrus Vance left Yugoslavia with what he called a Quot substantial agreement Quot on How to deploy . Peacekeepers in Croatia. A Page 9economic showdown looms a struggle is raging inside the White House that could determine when the country comes out of the recession and what policies will guide the Economy for years to come. A Page 17 Index a Abby Ann Landers .20 comics. 18-20 commentary. .13 faces a places .10 letters. .12 Money matters .17 sports. To listings. .27 weather. .11 Anderson from Page 1 wednesday after nearly seven years in Captivity. He arrived Here last thursday. After the Brief concert Anderson who is scheduled to Fly to new York this morning came Down the Steps and thanked the choir. The Bone chilling cold did Little to diminish the spirit of choir members. A a it a very exciting because he a been a hostage for 6vi years a said Rachel Man Del 10. A i Hope that he really enjoyed them the songs because we wanted to sing them for him a said Virginia Gilson 10. The concert was a moving moment for Anderson who missed six christmases during his ordeal in Lebanon and said Christmas of 1986 was an especially depressing Day. For those nearly seven years the United states has been anxiously awaiting the Homecoming of Anderson who came to symbolize american hostages because he was the one held the longest. Before he went Back inside the Hospital Anderson was asked if he were eager to return to the United states. A absolutely a he hollered Back. Anderson plans to Fly from Frankfurt a new York City sometime today although his exact travel plans had not been announced. But he is returning with an unfulfilled wish that the families of William Buckley and William Higgins two americans who died in Captivity finally receive the remains of their loved ones. A certainly their families deserve that much a Anderson said earlier monday in a Telephone Call to a network news in Washington. Higgins was abducted in 1988, and Buckley four years earlier. President Bush has demanded that shiite Muslim extremists hand Over the bodies. Earlier monday Anderson talked to reporters after finishing a predawn jog at the air Force Hospital. A a it a fantastic a Anderson said of his Freedom. A a it a not like i dreamed of because i  have dreamed it this  running with Anderson was col. Earl Ferguson head of the military Hospital who has developed a Friendship with the former hostage. Ferguson said Anderson had finished his medical tests and a a could t be doing any  a i feel pretty Good actually a said Anderson who was in High spirits after a night in which he went out for his first pizza in nearly seven years and then shared a bottle of wine with friends in his Hospital suite. A i had a Good night had a Good get together and schmooze with some of my friends last night for a couple hours. Drank another bottle of wine and i feel Good a said Anderson. Although Anderson said adjusting to Freedom has been More difficult than he had imagined he declared he Felt ready to re enter the world. Contributing to this report the associated press status from Page 1 to take most of them by Surprise. Gorbachev who was informed of the Commonwealth Only after it was formed and Only after president Bush was told was invited to mondays meeting and was briefed by Yeltsin for 80 minutes about the future of the country. The Bush administration concerned about nuclear weapons in the disintegrating soviet Union urged monday that the massive Arsenal be placed under a unified command. The White House said it did not know who had control of the nuclear Arsenal but expressed Confidence that the weapons were in Safe hands. Uncertain about the status Gorbachev the administration also declared its willingness to work with a whatever government emerges or whatever form of confederation  Nur Sultan Naza Bayev president of the resource Rich Republic of Kazakhstan sat in on monday s Kremlin meeting and said he believed Gorbachev a has not exhausted his opportunities Quot As a Leader. He said Yeltsin agreed to let the republics Legislatures consider the Commonwealth plan along with Gorbachev a Union treaty a an apparent Compromise to Naza Bayev and Gorbachev. Yeltsin ukrainian president Leonid Kravchuk and byelorussian Leader Stanislav Shushkewich declared sunday that the soviet Union has a ceased to exist politically. The Commonwealth Accord now makes no mention of any role for Gorbachev who has had Only a tenuous hold on Power since a failed August coup by communist hard liners. The agreement among the three slavic republics could doom the once omnipotent Kremlin government and the Union treaty which Gorbachev hoped to use to reshape the country As a Loose confederation of Sovereign states. However Naza Bayev and Gorbachev spokesman Andrei Grachev said Gorbachev who became the top soviet Leader in 1985, might continue to have a leadership role. Grachev told soviet journalists that Yeltsin raised the possibility of a having the Post of president among the commonwealths  from Page 1 35 of the 148 american service members who died in action were killed inadvertently by their own comrades guns. Seventy two of the 467 wounded in action in the Gulf were hit during Friendly fire incidents the Pentagon reported in August. . Forces were also held responsible for killing nine British troops and wounding 13 other British soldiers in Friendly fire incidents the officials said at the time. The majority of the . Casualties were hit by weapons fired from my tanks and m2 Bradley fighting vehicles helicopters or air planes. Military officials said Many of the incidents were due to various problems soldiers had in identifying Friend from foe on the Battlefield. This was blamed on such problems As poor weather and visibility the fact that . Weapons could destroy targets far outside their Range of sight and the destructive Power and precision of the weapons used by . Troops. Although . Forces tried to avoid being hit by placing Vas of specially treated material on vehicles the tactic did no to always work. The Thermal sights used by . Forces often weren table to distinguish the Fine Points of their targets officials have said. Keating said some of the Steps being taken by the army involve changes in the training of soldiers in the Battlefield doctrine or tactics that they employ and the technical improvements in the materials used on the Battlefield. Such Steps include a using robots during armoured combat training at the National training Center in fort Irwin calif., to help soldiers learn to identify vehicles Day or night and in varied weather conditions. A employing unknown troops to a pop up on the Battlefield during training for Light infantry units at the joint readiness training Center at fort Chaffee ark., challenging the soldiers to differentiate Friend from foe in close combat. A changing doctrine to improve Battlefield control so units learn How to be More aware of the whereabouts of their Fellows fighters and their geographic locations on the Battlefield. A improving images on heat seeking viewfinders used to detect vehicles engines or exhausts which is a Means to guide ordnance to a target. A make More use of portable satellite navigation devices to pinpoint the positions of . Vehicles in the  from Page 1 Send an envoy to the three republics. Community sources speaking on condition of anonymity said All but British prime minister John major voiced Strong support at the summits opening for a monetary merger with a common Central Bank and currency As Early As 1997. Major the most reluctant to sign on to ambitious plans for a United Europe demanded an a opt out clause that would allow Britain to decide later whether to scrap the British Pound for the new european currency. Dutch finance minister Wim Kok whose nation holds the Community a presidency said most leaders rejected a British proposal giving All nations the right to drop out of the project at the last minute. Instead he said a a Large majority declared that once started the drive toward monetary Union should be  finance ministers worked out a formula so a sole Money the european currency unit or ecu would replace the French franc German Mark and other currencies As Early As 1997 a and no later than Jan. 1, 1999. Only those countries meeting strict economic conditions a Low inflation rates and modest budget deficits a could belong to the european Central Bank and circulate a common currency. No nation lagging behind could Block the others from moving ahead. Dutch Queen Beatrix who welcomed the leaders to this ancient town on the Meuse River offered her help. A i am prepared a she said a to make a contribution by sacrificing my head on our coinage to the  a ban from Page 1 Oliver Gasch. The policy promotes a the maintenance of discipline morale Good order a respected system of rank and command a healthy military Force morality and respect for the privacy interests of both officers and the enlisted Quot ruled the judge. Steffan resigned from the . Naval Academy in May 1987, six weeks before graduation saying Academy officials had told him he would not be allowed to graduate. He had disclosed Days earlier that he was homosexual. Steffan had said the Pentagon ban violated the equal Protection clause of the fifth amendment