European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 8. 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 3stuttgart to become 2 communities by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart Germany a the . Army Europe plans to split Stuttgart into two military communities this Spring to better serve the remaining population. Army officials will Start meeting this week to draft the reorganization of the Only surviving Community still under Vii corps control. A a reorganization is coming no doubt resulting in a split Between Neucom . European come and the rest of Stuttgart a Community spokesman George Huet Tig said adding that april 1 is a tentative target Date for the change to take effect. One Likely result of the division is that troops and civilians assigned to Patch Barracks and Panzer Cavern now on the Community a Southwest rim would have easier Access to Community services. But Community and Vii corps spokesmen offered no Concrete examples of How the change would Benefit residents saying such details have yet to be worked out. Stuttgart has lost about half its . Military population of More than 30,000 and is scheduled to lose More. Nonetheless the expected result of the meetings and subsequent . Army Europe decisions is that Stutt Gart will become communities. At least temporarily a two military Vii corps which is helping plan the change officially relinquished control of the Niernberg military Community to v corps on Jan 1. Niernberg is scheduled to absorb the Ansbach Community in two weeks. The Only other remaining Vii corps Community. Gipping in is on the verge of closing. The european come staffed by members of All four military service branches is headquartered at Patch Barracks located in the City a Vaihinger District. The Post now constitutes a Stuttgart military sub Community. Until last week an army unit called the Neucom support activity operated the Post. The activity a commander was a colonel who answered to the 6th area support group commander whose office is across town at Robinson Barracks. The first Concrete change occurred wednesday when the activity changed its name to Neucom area support group. The group will take charge of both Patch Barracks and nearby Panzer Cavern in Bobingen Home of 1st in 10th special forces group since last year. Gradually it will develop a Community Structure and absorb 6th area support group responsibilities and personnel at the two posts according to a Neucom group source who asked not to be identified. In the meantime the 6th area support group will shrink to a size appropriate for administering the rest of the Stuttgart Community. Its chief Mission will be closing Nellinger Barracks in Ostil darn and smaller  posts that the army has designated for return to the German government. When those tasks Are finished the Neucom group will assume control of whatever Stuttgart area facilities remain the Neucom group source said. Because of Legal obligations to the local German works Council. Army officials said they can to release specific information vet about the anticipated size or configuration of the future military Structure the source said. That leaves several questions unanswered such As what will happen to Robinson Barracks Kelley Barracks and several smaller posts. Even though the corps is about to disappear most government housing units at Kelley Barracks Are occupied corps spokesman it. Col. James Gleisburg said. Some troops who live there work at Patch Barracks which is Only about seven Miles away. Foes of Gamsa Hurdia fire on crowd at rally Tbilisi Georgia apr fighters Loyal to the military Council that drove president Oviad Gamsa Hurdia from Georgia opened fire tuesday on thousands of people rallying in support of the deposed Leader. Several people were wounded. The rally began at the train station with people shouting a a Ziady Ziady a and holding pictures of Gamsa Hurdia and waving red White and Black georgian flags. Eventually the crowd grew to about 4,000. As demonstrators began to March through the capital several onlookers waved and cheered from balconies. At one Point someone threw a smoke bomb into the crowd and fired into the air. The marchers continued. After the marchers passed a hotel a group of eight to 10 armed men Loyal to the ruling military Council a some wearing masks a appeared and formed a line across the Street. They fired into the air and then some fired at the crowd. People panicked and started running wildly. A pro Gamsa Hurdia rally at the train station was broken up Friday by masked gunmen and two people were killed and 25 were wounded. The military Council has banned demonstrations in Tbilisi and has never denied responsibility for fridays assault. One wounded Man was rushed to a nearby House where people bandaged his leg. In addition two women were seen being carried away. Steve Harrigan a free Lance reporter working for Cable news network said from Tbilisi that a group of armed men cornered four journalists a including the can reporter and a French reporter a and forced them to surrender their videotapes at gunpoint. The violence came As georgians took Stock of the devastation from 16 Days of fighting that subsided monday when Gamsa Hurdia fled the parliament building where he and his supporters had been pinned Down and took Refuge in Armenia. The military Council formed by opposition leaders controls Tbilisi and has promised to try to form a civilian coalition government. Gamsa Hurdia a poet and former dissident who was overwhelmingly elected in a popular election in May had been accused by his opponents of acting like a dictator. He jailed Many critics closed newspapers and provoked the clash that toppled him by demanding that his opponents disarm. Like his opponents Gamsa Hurdia is a georgian nationalist. His support has come largely from people living outside Tbilisi while his opponents have been led by intellectuals in the capital. Armenia has stressed that it is offering Gamsa Hurdia Only temporary Sanctuary not political Asylum the Tass news Agency said. Shevardnadze wants Georgia in new setup Moscow a Eduard Shevardnadze says his native Georgia should join the new Commonwealth now that the republics president has been ousted in what the former soviet foreign minister called a a democratic  Shevardnadze said in an interview with the associated press that he would like to play a role in rebuilding Georgia and would not Rule out running for its vacant presidency. President Oviad Gamsa Hurdia who fled to neighbouring Armenia on monday was a a a dictator who ignored human rights and kept Georgia out of the Commonwealth of Independent states Shevardnadze said. During the bloody two weeks that led to Samsak Hurdia a ouster Commonwealth leaders said Georgia could not join until its Power struggle was resolved. A great harm was done by this Gamsa Hurdia regime. Because Georgia was isolated economically politically morally a both Here in the framework of the Commonwealth and in Europe the whole world a Shevardnadze said. Gamsa Hurdia who was overwhelmingly elected in May in Georgia a first popular vote has alleged that Shevardnadze masterminded the Campaign to oust him. Opponents say Gamsa Hurdia became dictatorial after taking office. Shevardnadze 64, said he was creating an International fund to help Georgia recover from the brutal Power struggle that took More than 70 lives and devastated downtown Tbilisi the capital. In a written Appeal to his countrymen he expressed sympathy for the families of those who died but welcomed Samsak Hurdia a ouster by rebel troops. Forces of Unity democracy and Freedom have gained Victory Over the dictatorship. A democratic revolution has triumphed. I congratulate you on this historic event a he wrote. Shevardnadze quit As soviet foreign minister Shevardnadze in the fall of 1990, warning of an impending dictatorship then returned to the Post for the final month of the soviet unions existence. Now his Only position is head of the foreign policy association a private research Center he founded in Moscow. Shevardnadze led the georgian communist party from 1972-19h5.Magazine names 9 vacation resorts to avoid London up a nine of the worst Holiday resorts in the world with problems from pollution to excessive aircraft noise were named monday by the Consumers associations Magazine Holiday which the resorts which the Magazine urged tourists to avoid a like the plague a include some of the most popular destinations sold by major travel companies such As British airways and Thomson. The nine resorts a which the association said a just might be the worst reports in the world a were brought to the notice of the association by being the most frequently mentioned in 1,?00 letters to the association in 1991. The letters were followed up by visits. The resorts Are Battaya Thailand sunny Beach Bulgaria Al Arenal also known As Playa de Palma Majorca la Grande Motte France Kanoni Corfu Nabell Tunisia qua Teira Portugal gezira Malta and gum bet Turkey. Holiday which inspectors discovered locked fire escape doors and exits open and unprotected stairways useless fire alarm systems poor escape signs dangerous swimming pools and playgrounds and balconies that could be hazardous to children. The report criticized the resort of Battaya in Thailand saying it had badly polluted beaches and was second Only to the thai capital Bangkok for sleaze. It had a fall the panoply of the sex Industry a Massage Parlours Blue movie bars and cd clinics. Nabell Tunisia was described by one holidaymaker in a letter As a filthy strewn with litter and bordered by stinking open  the report said the sea contained human excrement. One in 10 readers reported thefts or robbery in bulgarians sunny Beach. A the Eastern bloc Sun sea and Sand resort of spartan Barrack like Concrete hotels fell prey last summer to marauding gangs of thugs adopting classic lager lout behaviour with theft and mugging commonplace a the Magazine said. Kanoni next to Corfu town was highlighted because it is situated at the end of the islands runway and with the noise described As a absolutely  gezira an Annex of Sliema the most popular British resort in Malta was described in the Holiday which report As a the worst slum in  it has no Beach. A a Gumbel in Turkey is scruffy and unappealing with its dry dirty Hillside covered in an unattractive rash of half finished Concrete boxes a said the report