European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 11, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5russia buried communism Yeltsin says Moscow apr president Boris Yeltsin to a russians on Friday that although they have been through Tough times they have put communism behind them and Are living in a a new political  Yeltsin spoke at a Kremlin news conference broadcast live on nationwide television to Mark sundays fourth anniversary of russians declaration of Independence from the soviet Union. It also is the third anniversary of his election As president. He acknowledged some of the major problems facing russians calling crime the a Scourge of russian and noting that nearly half of All russians now live near or below the poverty level. Yeltsin said that Industrial production had dropped 26 percent in the first five months of this year compared with the same period in 1993, but that inflation was at 8 percent in May far lower than in january when it topped 20 percent. He said Russia has succeeded in dismantling the soviet Power Structure. A a new political reality has been formed in this country Quot Yeltsin said. A the principle a All Power to the soviets has become  he said extremist forces have been losing support and called it a an important result of the outgoing political  Russia has witnessed unusual political Calm in the eight months since Yeltsin a decision last october to use tanks to subdue hard liners opposed to his reforms. Yeltsin said Russia needed this kind of Calm for its economic reforms. Yeltsin also said he will travel to the greek Island of Corfu to sign a partnership Deal with the european Union if an agreement is reached by the june 24-25 meeting. Bradour sur glane France a at the ruins of a Village razed by is troops French president Francois Mitterrand paid homage Friday to 642 men women and children massacred 50 years ago in the worst single atrocity in nazi occupied France. A it is up to the next generations to build a world where Ora Dours will not be possible a Mitterrand said at a commemoration held in front of a Monument to the victims. Normally visitors to the area in West Central France Are asked to remain silent but an exception was made for the ceremony. A at this moment let us feel More strongly than Ever what brings us together a Mitterrand said. A was we try in Europe to build a new Friendship Between Peoples who were torn apart its not simply to fulfil a dream its also because we done to want this kind of thing to happen  Bradour sur glane was a farming Village that was chosen As an is target for reasons that remain in dispute. Some historians say French members of the pro nazi militia in the nearby City of Limoges helped select the town. According to documents and court testimony the massacre was part of a Campaign to intimidate civilians from supporting the French  message a russian Soldier wipes Down a billboard thursday at russian army Headquarters in Winsdorf near Berlin in former Eastern Germany the billboard reads a Farewell  russian troops Are set to leave Germany by september a nearly 50 years after the end of world War ii. A Farewell Parade is scheduled for today in Winsdorf. The russian base once was the largest military installs Tion in East Germany. Massacre troops of a Adas Reich a an armoured is division embarked on june 8, 1944, for Normandy to help combat the Allied invasion making two infamous stops in route. On june 9, the troops hanged 99 frenchmen from balconies and Trees in the town of tulle and sent 146. More to the Dachau concentration Camp near Munich Germany. The next Day a saturday the unit pulled into Ora dour sur Glanc about 2 . And rounded up villagers on the pretext of conducting identity checks. Even sick people were roused from their Beds. The men were taken in six groups to barns or garages and machine gunned. The 241 women and 209 children were herded into the Church which was set on fire with incendiary grenades and machine gunned. Five men and one woman survived. Before leaving the germans burned the Village a 123 houses 205 barns workshops and garages. Only Stone foundations remained and they were left As a memorial. Before fridays ceremony Mitterrand and Premier edouard Bahadur walked silently through the ruins accompanied by a survivor Marcel Darth out. They entered the remnants of the Church and walked past the rusting hulks of burned out cars. Several Hundred people attended the ceremony mostly residents of a new Bradour sur glane built near the ruins after the War. Children in White shirts welcomed the political leaders one boy Sang a Cappolla a song by French composer Maurice Ravel. Balladur visited the new Village for a luncheon with relatives of massacre victims. A in the most cruel manner defenceless Bradour was branded forever with the Mark of suffering of absolute evil a he said. The new town returned to relative normalcy with painful slowness a not until 1965 did it celebrate its first marriage and Field its first youth soccer team since the massacre. Mitterrand and Balladur inspected a scale Model of a $7 million memorial Center and Esplanade linking the new Village to the ruins. The project is. Scheduled for completion in 1996. At a 1953 trial 19 enlisted men from the Das Reich division received prison sentences and two were Given death sentences that later were commuted. Fourteen defendants were frenchmen from the Alsace Lorraine Region bordering Germany including one Volunteer and 13 who were forced to serve. Woman finally Sheds 156-Pound growth Dallas apr a woman who was terrified of hospitals delayed and delayed getting an ovarian tumor removed. When her family finally got her to submit to surgery the thing had grown to 156 pounds. Evelyn Geffers says she wants to learn to roller skate with her grandchildren now that doctors have Cut her weight in half by removing the benign growth. Geffers 63, of san Angelo underwent surgery May 25. A a in a going to have a life a golfers said. A she had that tumor for at least 15 years Quot said or. Thelma Hurd a surgeon at Parkland memorial Hospital. Or. David Miller who performed the 2,/2-hour surgery with Hurd estimated that Only four or five tutors in medical history have been larger than Geffers. Fear kept her away from getting help for the problem Geffers said. As the tumor grew she developed circulation and breathing problems and rarely left Home except to go to Church. . Governor admits Blunder in description Providence . A gov. Bruce Sundlun acknowledged that he a a goofed in describing a possible candidate for attorney general As a a Small woman with a relatively Good  Sundlun had told the Providence Jour Nal bulletin that was All he knew about Sara Quinn who resigned As executive director of the state ethics commission this week to seek the democratic nomination for attorney general. A obviously i goofed and i apologize if my description of you was offensive a Sundlun said in a letter released to reporters a no offence Wras intended but when the reporter asked about you we had never even had a conversation so i gave a description when i should have simply kept my Mouth  Quinn said that the apology showed a heightened sensitivity on Sundlun a part and that he had done everything he could to a undo a Faux  a i think women need to be taken seriously and even though i think his comment was inadvertent 1 think its symbolic of the fact that women Arentt taken seriously a she said Sundlun 74, and Quinn 37, met for a half hour wednesday afternoon. They smiled and joked afterwards