European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday december 27, 1991 at a glance retired Gen. Richard g. Stilwell whose career in the army spanned world War ii and Vietnam has died at the age of 74. See Story on Page 4.texans flee flood Texas authorities urged 1,800 people who live along the Colorado River to leave their Homes saying the River swollen by rain would Crest Well above flood stage. A Page 4trigger for breast cancer a rays even in a appallingly Low Quot doses appear to trigger breast cancer in people who carry a particular Gene scientists said. A Page 6israeli Breaks silence israelis outgoing air Force chief maj. Gen. Abihu bin nun said israeli leaders aborted orders to intervene in the persian guff War Quot at the last  a Page 8ex-gi charges Bias three years of Legal warfare with the army have left Romeo Skepple with no savings and mounting Legal fees. However Skepple insists the conviction that led to his discharge was based on race not evidence. A Page 10lethargic Economy stirs the nearly moribund Economy is showing Quot faint signals Quot of recovery following a three Day surge on Wall Street that experts tied to lowered interest rates. A Page 16 Index Abby Ann Landers. 19 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword. 19 faces a no places. 18 letters. 12 Money matters. 16-17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 georgian Leader vows to defy siege offers to Start dialogue Tbilisi Georgia apr georgian president Oviad Gamsa Hurdia says he is willing to open a dialogue with his opponents but claims he has enough weapons to defy their siege of the parliament building where he is holed up. Telephone and Telegraph communication to Georgia was Cut off thursday and the opposition continued to keep radio and television off the air. Several people were wounded in fighting late wednesday at Tbilisi Airport Between the Neutral georgian militia and the opposition a a Loose knit coalition of democrats reformers former members of Samsak Hurdia a government and the rebel National guardsmen who in August broke with the president. Troops were holding out. Gamsa Hurdia said in an interview with the associated press on wednesday that he would engage in what he called Quot constructive dialogue Quot with the opposition. Earlier he had refused the opposition s demand that be resign. Reached by Telephone Gamsa Hurdia said he and his supporters had enough Aims to withstand the opposition siege. To will hold until death a he said. Asked what he would do if the opposition withdrew the president replied Quot i am not  he also said he thought the georgian people were turning against the opposition. Thousands of pro Gamsa Hurdia demonstrators carrying portraits of their besieged Leader swarmed Tbilisi University on wednesday and began organizing their forces to fight the opposition reports said. Gamsa Hurdia has the Strong support of the working class and of people outside Tbilisi the capital City. The intellectuals Back the opposition. The georgian health ministry said 37 people have been killed and about 250 wounded in the fighting that began sunday serbian warns War May spread Belgrade Yugoslavia up the new prime minister of communist ruled Serbia warned that the country a civil War could spread if the United nations does not Block a european Community plan for recognizing breakaway republics. On the Battle front serbian forces pounded the croatian towns of Osisek and Barlovac on thursday killing one person and injuring 10 others officials and news reports said. Quot if the United nations remains inactive in face of this unilateral and partial assistance to the process of secession then the situation becomes much More difficult a said serbian prime minister Radovan Bozovic. There exists the possibility of an escalation of the War and its development in other republics above All bosnia.�?�. Fears of a territorial struggle in bos Nia Herzegovina have grown since to collective presidency last week decided to join Croatia Slovenia and Macedonia in seeking recognition under the dec plan. Bosnia Herzegovina a 1.7 million muslims and 800,000 roman Catholic croats favor Independence. Its 1.4 million Christian orthodox serbs want to remain in a truncated Yugoslavia. Serbia has asked that the peace conference on Yugoslavia sponsored by the dec be transferred to the United nations where serbian leaders apparently believe they will receive a More sympathetic hearing. There has been no . Response yet. Croatia and Slovenia declared Independence on june 25 because of what they regarded As efforts by Serbia to dominate the federation following the collapse of National communist Power. In Croatia residents of Osisek spent much of a second straight Day in shelters As serbian forces fired dozens of artillery shells into the town said state run radio in the croatian capital of Zagreb. Elsewhere serbian and croatian forces fought mortar due around the towns of Val ovo and Belice news reports  from Page 1 Tass news Agency reported. Former soviet citizens showed Little re Gret Over Gorbachev a resignation. Many lame him for their tumbling living standards. But Gorbachev whose reforms freed tens of millions from authoritarian communist Rule and encouraged the end of the cold War said in his televised resignation speech that he had no Choice but to follow the course of Reform. Gorbachev made Clear he was withdrawing Only from the government and said he would continue to play a role in the loosely formed Commonwealth which was endorsed by 11 of 12 former soviet republics on saturday. Russia also inherited the czarist building Complex that came to symbolize soviet Power. The Hammer and sickle soviet Flag was lowered from the tallest Kremlin bunding and the red White and Blue russian Flag raised in its place. Yeltsin and other Commonwealth leaders now face the formidable task of restructuring economies ravaged by decades of a Brand of Central administration that regu Laily ignored the Law of Supply and demand. The russian president said in an interview wednesday that More hard times Are ahead acknowledging that the unfree zing of prices on Jan. 2 in his Republic Quot is extremely unpopular with the  ukrainian prime minister Vitold Fokin called a meeting of his. Cabinet to discuss disputes with Russia Over Ruble distribution and Price increases radio Russia said. It did not say when the meeting would take place. Other republics Are annoyed at russians plans to deregulate prices because they fear it will Lead to an influx of russians stripping their stores of cheaper food and consumer  from Page 1 nato and the now defunct Warsaw pact to observe lowered limits on five major categories of conventional weapons in the Region Between the Atlantic Ocean and the ural mountains. In his speech wednesday Bush hailed Gorbachev for joining with the West in a a search for peace across the  a president Gorbachev acted boldly and decisively to end the bitter divisions of the cold War and contributed to the remaking of a Europe whole and free a Bush said in a statement issued just before his nationwide address. A was he leaves office i would like to express. On behalf of the american people my gratitude to him for years of sustained commitment to world peace and my personal respect for his intellect vision and courage a Bush said. Gorbachev a record establishes a a solid basis on which the United states can work with Gorbachev a successors the written statement added. Bush used his Brief ova office address to draw a link Between foreign affairs and the economic crisis in the United states declaring a i am committed to attacking our economic problems at Home with the same determination we brought to win the cold  on abcs Good morning America on thursday rep. Pat Schroeder d-colo., said a the sex soviet Union has the potential of becoming Yugoslavia with nuclear weapons and that is a very awesome threat. Its also a very awesome threat to All of Western Europe because if economically things done to  no and son 5, killed in car Accident Raf Alconbury England a5-year-old boy died monday of injuries he sustained saturday in an Accident that killed his father according to information from the base Public affairs office. Devron l. Wimbley ii was the Only passenger in the car driven by his father staff sgt Devron Wimbley when it collided with a semitrailer at 3 26 . Sat urday the Accident occurred As Wimbley attempted to pass another truck on Highway a604 about 12 Miles from Raf Alconbury. Wimbley who was assigned to the 10th aircraft generation so was dead at the scene. The boy was taken to pinching Brooke Hospital in Huntington where he was pronounced in critical condition. A memorial service for the father and son will be at 11 30 . Monday at the Raf Alconbury Chapel. The funerals and burials will be held in Kalamazoo Mich. The Accident which also slightly injured Paul Thomas Fox 36, the Driver of the semitrailer is under investigation by local civil and air Force authorities