European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 50, no. 260 350 monday december 30,1991 c d 8693 army draw Down in full swing40,000 troops leave Europe without much fanfare by Susanne m. Schafer a military writer. Washington the . Army has quietly begun an exodus from Europe a a shift in recent weeks that has brought Home 40,000 soldiers 48,000 spouses and children 10,000 pets and 15,000 cars. The reduction in forces made possible by the end of the cold War but put on hold during the persian Gulf War is in full swing. Some Days As Many As 500 military men and women leave their posts. No one replaces them. Gen. Gordon r. Sullivan the army Stop general said the move reflects the reduced soviet threat and changed . Military strategy which relies More on forces based at Home to Deal with crises around the Globe. A it is a different world in 1992 than the world of the last 40 years a the four Star general said in an interview. A we would e foolish not to  plans for the draw Down of army forces in Europe mean that by 1995, its four divisions of 213,000 soldiers will be slashed to two divisions made up of 92,000 men and women. Overall some 150,000 . Military personnel Are to remain in Europe but budget pressures May Force even steeper cuts. Most of the soldiers leave Europe for stateside assignments if they Are not being released from Active duty officials say. Some critics of the military a involvement overseas say the moves can t come fast enough. Quot i done to think anybody thinks that there s going to be. Warsaw pact troops rolling across the Rhine and yet we still have massive numbers of people still sitting around there a rep. Patricia Schroeder d-colo., told reporters recently. A the Way we Are deployed now just does no to make  the army had planned to begin moving tens of thousands of troops homeward much earlier but operations desert shield and desert storm required moving 76,000 troops from Europe to saudi Arabia. But transfers stateside have increased in the last weeks of 1991. Army officials say 40,300 troops left see army on Page 2 8 die 26 Hurt in Stampede before Benefit new York up a thousands of people jammed into a College gymnasium for a celebrity basketball Fame saturday night panicked and began to Stampede. Sight people including a pregnant woman died in the Melee. At least 26 others were injured said Lynn Shulman spokeswoman for the City emergency medical service. The injuries ranged from minor to serious. Five emergency workers were among those Hurt. Four men and two women were trampled and crushed to death in the confusion officials said. One of the women was pregnant. Two other men died at area hospitals. A a in be seen a lot of bad stuff but this was absolutely chaos a said paramedic . Desantis 35, who assisted victims in the gym. A this was the  the Melee began at 7 15 . In the City College of new York gymnasium on the Harlem Campus said police sgt. Adelle James. A Charity basketball game to Benefit aids research was being held at the Nat Holman gym officials said. The event sponsored by night students at the College and a radio station was billed As the first annual heavy d. And puff daddy celebrity Charity basketball game. Heavy d. And puff daddy Are rap music stars. Several other Well known musicians including members of the group run dec and a member of Bell big see Benefit on Page 2 Rouce Ana emergency a Naicai service Worun reran see Benefit on Page 2 people died in a Stampede at the gym before the Start of Yeltsin says Russia will revive National army of 30,000 men Moscow apr Boris n. Yeltsin promised Sun sunday it was bringing in More ammunition and Lehi Day to revive a russian National army with at least cles to launch an offensive against the Mammoth Pai police and emergency medical service workers remove a body from the gym at City College in new York. Eight people died in a Stampede at the gym before the Start of a sold out rep celebrity basketball game. Moscow apr Boris n. Yeltsin promised sunday to revive a russian National army with at least 30,000 men possibly throwing a wrench into today stalks on a joint military for the new Commonwealth. Yeltsin also met with armenian president Levon Ter Petrosian in Moscow and promised that the Commonwealth of Independent states would discuss the War Between Armenia and Azerbaijan where fighting in a disputed territory reportedly has resulted in at least 25 deaths since Friday. Unrest also soldered elsewhere in the rubble of the old soviet Union. Pro government georgian troops drove rebels from the parliament building in Tbilisi took control of a main Square and arrested a former minister on sunday after both sides ignored a cease fire plea. Undaunted by the setbacks the opposition claimed sunday it was bringing in More ammunition and vehicles to launch an offensive against the Mammoth parliament building where president Oviad Gamsa Hurdia was holed up. The week old fighting in Georgia a furious Power struggle showed no sign of letting up sunday. It came a Day after several senior officials in Samsak Hurdia a government defected to the opposition and demanded the president surrender his Power to the parliament chairman. But Gamsa Hurdia did not Budge sunday from his underground Bunker in the heavily damaged parliament guarded by Loyal troops estimated to number Between 500 and 1,000. Yeltsin in his most specific statement yet on a separate russian defense Force told russian journalists on see Russia on Page 2 Japan will seek to raise imports official claims Washington a Japan is studying ways to expand imports from the United states but has no plans to limit a Sporis a japanese official said sunday on the eve of president Bush a departure on a trip that will include Trade talks in Tokyo. Deputy foreign minister Koji Watanabe appearing on Abc tvs meet the press denied an earlier report attributed to the japanese Trade ministry that the government was considering see Japan on Page 2