European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 c the stars and stripes wednesday december 18, 1991 Transfer from Page 1 a in a constitutional Way a Deputy presidential spokesman Alexander Lik Hotal said in an interview on Cable news network. Yeltsin said monday that at least 10 republics will sign the Commonwealth agreement reached dec. 8 by Russia Ukraine and byelorussian. The talks came after the russian government tuesday created a commission to take control Over National parliament property but said it would not dissolve the lawmaking body. It was the latest in a series of attempts to take Over soviet government and communist party property after the failed August coup and appeared to be part of Yeltsin a strategy of draining Gorbachev a diminishing authority by attacking his Power base. Lik Hotal said Gorbachev plans to ask Republic leaders expected to meet in Alma Ata to clarify How the Commonwealth will operate and How the responsibilities of the old Central government will be transferred to the Commonwealth. Secretary of state James a. Baker flew to the Central asian Republic of Kirghizia on tuesday to assess support for the Yeltsin controlled Commonwealth and seek assurances the republics intend to adhere to democratic principles including Protection of minorities. S Kazakhstan which Baker also will visit is one of the four republics where soviet nuclear weapons Are stockpiled. It is also site of american Oil ventures. Baker planned to visit byelorussian and Ukraine today. Gorbachev and Baker met for 2/s hours monday and afterwards Baker paid tribute to the Man who set in motion the forces sweeping aside the Union. He sidestepped questions about the . View of Yeltsin a actions saying he did not want to interfere in Quot the political  James Madison was the principal author of the Bill of rights which is 200 years old this week. See stories on pages 16-18. Arizona governor sued Federal regulators sued Arizona gov. Fife Symington and 11 other former officers of a failed savings and loan alleging their negligent mishandling of the business Cost taxpayers millions of  Page 4 haitians riot hundreds of haitians held at the . Guantanamo naval base in Cuba rioted sunday charging across razor concertina wire barriers and destroying 100 tents before being brought under  Page 7 n. Korea May become Leper the top . General in South Korea said North Korea will become an Quot International Leper if it continues to pursue nuclear weapons development despite worldwide  Page 8 Dod alters promotion rules the defense department is rewriting its regulations on officer promotions after an in House review revealed flaws in the current system. Page 19 Economy stumps fed for the first time Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan is saying he has no Clear idea when the Economy a current stagnation might  Page 20 i Index i Abby Ann Landers 21 action line .18 comics.21-23 commentary .13 crossword .21 faces a no places .24 letters .12 Money matters.20 sports.25-32 to listings.31 weather.11havoc from Page 1 cleared at 7 30 ., Hesler said. By tuesday afternoon editions had still not reached Many outlying areas because of heavy traffic on autobahn. Postal officials said tuesday that they expected no delays because of icy conditions but said some deliveries could be delayed if heavy fog continued. The ice was caused when a Rainy warm front collided with colder air As the front crossed from France into Germany a Rhine Valley at Midnight monday said capt. John Gordon of the european weather forecast unit at Graben Trarbach. The detachment began issuing weather warnings at 10 . The autobahn in Southeast Germany were a solid ice tuesday morning Gordon said. An observer in Niernberg estimated that a Quarter Inch of ice covered the bavarian City. Bremerhaven on the North sea coast reported Only fog and Light drizzle. Although some military communities opened for business late officials said army troops were training As usual at the Grafe Wohr and Hohenfels training areas. The arrival of the warm front mean Serbia from Page 1 he said. Slovenia a Deputy foreign minister Zovart Thaler said by Telephone from Ljubljana the republics capital that the dec decision was Progress for  in Zagreb meanwhile Croatia a information ministry issued new War casualty figures. The ministry said it knew of 2,710 people killed and 14,088 wounded since aug. 17, not including insurgent serbs or air Force wife Cheltenham England a amps a the wife of an air Force technical sergeant assigned to Raf upper Heyford died dec. 11 in a three vehicle Accident near the Village of Fairford according to British police and base spokesmen. Linda Denham 34, was the passenger in the Plymouth car driven by her husband tech. Sgt. Richard Denham 34. She was pronounced dead at the scene of Frankfurt Germany a amps a v corps Soldier died Early tuesday morning in an elevator of the Abrams building at the Abrams Complex in Frankfurt. The Soldier was discovered about 6  In a Section of the a a Paternoster elevator in the Southwest end of the build a a we la Start getting into the typical Winter pattern with wind and rain moving through Germany a Gordon said. He predicted a Windy Christmas week with a every 36 hours a new front coming  schools in Munich were not affected tuesday morning but by 12 30 ., a freezing rain with Road conditions red had developed said Munich High school assistant principal Robert Larson. Road condition red restricts military traffic to Mission essential vehicles. Weather conditions from Kaiserslautern to the Eifel area in Germany were spotty leaving some roads Clear some dangerously icy. In Baum older some workers arrived late which puzzled local residents said Madeleine Dwoyakowski a Baum older spokeswoman. A apparently Baum older is at an Elevation where it was not affected a she said. In Pitburg temperatures have hovered above freezing since 10 . Monday said capt. Jerry Freeman commander of the 36tn fighter wings weather flight. He said visibility was reduced to about 200 Yards in some areas with a Only isolated areas of ice on the ground a in Kaiserslautern Road conditions were red monday night said staff sgt. Doyle Tillman a Ramstein a spokesman. However conditions had improved Federal soldiers. It did not explain what significance aug. 17 had. The ministry said the figures did not include casualties from Vukovan the City on the Border with Serbia that fell nov. 18., an estimated 600 croatian troops and 2,200 civilians died in Vukovan. Relatively Little fighting was reported Early tuesday. Croatian radio said seven people had died in the last 24 hours in Osisek the Eastern croatian stronghold targeted by army artillery. 3 Croatia Hopes increased financial and material Aid will follow Broad recognition the Accident said a British police spokesman. Her husband suffered minor injuries and the couples 9-year-old daughter Amanda received a broken  said the spokesman. They were treated at the Cirencester Hospital said the police spokesman. The Accident occurred at 2 15 . On Whelford Road near Fairford about 80 Miles Northwest of London. The other ing according to a v corps news release a Paternoster is an open faced continuous motion elevator. The v corps Public affairs office declined to release the soldiers name or rank pending notification of the next of Kin. The cause of the Accident is under investigation by tuesday morning he said people in the United kingdom Felt the weather system monday. Fog freezing fog and ice hit Central and Southeast England where most of the . Air Force bases Are located a British meteorological spokesman said. British weather was improving tuesday with temperatures averaging near or above Normal for the remainder of this week the spokesman said. Winds May increase he added an there is a Chance of rain. Military Community spokesmen in the Benelux Region said personnel driving in those areas did not encounter any ice this morning. At Oesterberg a Netherlands weather were reported to be foggy and misty. Rain persisted farther South near Schinnen Netherlands and chevres a Belgium. The Mediterranean Region shielded by the Alps from Northern weather systems was untouched by the tuesday morning front. Naples reported sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-50s, said chief Petty officer Marcia Williams of the Navy oceanographic come det. This autumn slowest nighttime temperature has been 34 degrees in the italian port City Williams said. Elite sateen Ken Clauson Peggy Davidson Gary Miller Joseph Owen Rosemary Sawyer and Meridith Winder contributed to this report of its Independence and help it to fight serb dominated forces. International arms embargoes on Yugoslavia would not apply to an Independent Croatia. Slovenia which declared Independence in tandem with Croatia on june 25, fought a Brief and selective War with yugoslav army units. But its population is mostly slovene and the Republic was thus spared protracted conflict with serbs. The serb led yugoslav army says it became involved in the 6-month-old War Only to protect Croatia a 600,000 ethnic serbs who say they fear persecution in an Independent Croatia. Two vehicles involved were a six wheeled Tanker truck and a Ford fiesta both driven by local British men the spokesman said. Sgt. Denham is a fireman with the 20th civil engr so said upper Heyford base spokesman Richard Colley. Local British police Are still investigating the Accident. No further information was available. Another Soldier in the building at the time heard a scream ran to the scene and pulled the Soldier from the elevator to administer first Aid according to the news release. The Soldier could not be revived however and was pronounced dead at the scene by a German doctor. V corps Soldier killed in elevator Accident Dies in three vehicle crash