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German reunification
tops summit agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) Pres
ident Bush and Soviet Presi
dent Mikhail S. Gorbachev, set
ting the stage for the first post
Gold War summit, staked out
rival stands Wednesday on the
military shape and political
alliance of a unified Germany
The Soviet leader opened his
American visit with a warm
red-carpet welcome at a mili
tary airport, then moved on to a
boisterous greeting from a
thousand people at the Soviets'
downtown embassy. Applause
drowned out a chorus of boos
Secretary of States lames A
Baker 111 welcomed Gorbachev
and touched immediately on
the German question, which
loomed as the thorniest summit
issue. "Together our nations
have the responsibility to leave
behind not only the Gold War
hut the conflicts that preceded
it.
"To do th.it we must see a
Germany unified and Kurope
reconciled." Baker said. He
added. "We want to see contin
lied movement toward democ
racy and openness in the Soviet
Union . ’'
Kven as the Soviet leader ar
rived in Washington, there
were new indications ot domes
tu turmoil: politic al maverii k
Boris Yeltsin amiouiii ed his in
tention to seek sovereignty (or
the republic of Russia
Bush will formally welcome
Gorbachev to the White House
at a Thursday morning ceremo
ny of pomp and military hon
ors Vice President Dan Quayle
said the president spent
Wednesday reviewing "all the
possible issues that c ould he
raised, all the points he wants
to raise with Gorbachev
At a pre-summit news confer
ence in Ottawa. Gorbachev
puin tuated the issue ot German
unity bv complaining that the
West was trying to "dictate"
the future of the new nation
"This will not suit us." he
warned
Yd thr Soviet lender did not
mention the dispute when he
arrived in Washington
"A lot will depend on our re
suits," Gorbachev said "This
summit stands out in its impor
tance, first of all. lor the prom
ise it holds as the first major
step to redui e strategic nuclear
arms."
The two leaders were ready
to sign long-sought agreements
to reduce iiui lear and chemical
weapons, but their different es
on Germain pushed to the top
of the agenda on the eve of the
four-day meeting Gorbachev
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emphasized his opposition to a
united Germany belonging to
the West's NATO alliance and
( hallenged Hush to offer anoth
er solution
"it seems that it is just like
an old record that seems to he
playing the same note again
and again. I would like us to
find a new melody." Gorba
chev said in Ottawa
The White House said Hush
was sympathetii to Soviet anxi
eties about the military might
of a combined Germain and
said it would pursue an answer
that was "politically acceptable
and reasonable
Gorbachev also voiced hopes
for compromise "We do have
some leeway to find an ai com
modation There are different
scenarios that might not be ex
e< 11 v w hat the West would pro
pose
In a reminder of Gorbachev s
domestic troubles. Lithuanian
leaders sent a televised appeal
via satellite to Washington for a
lifting ot Moscow's economic
blockade The\ said oil short
ages threaten to shut down
heating svstems in the break
away Haltii republic A few
hours latei. Yeltsin, the new U
elected president ot Russia,
said he would seek sovereignty
for the Soviet Union’s largest
republic
Red Soviet flags snapped in
the wind alongside Ameriian
flags in front of lliOO I’ennsvl
vania Avenue Vendors haw ked
summit T shirts, and television
cameras staked out building
tops within eyesight of the
White House
Thousands of demonstrators
were poised to raise their
voices in Lafayette Park in pro
test of Soviet pressure against
the Haltii states and other is
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ington as .1 leader besieged In
growing domestic woes rang
ing from ail economii nisis to
fractures within the Soviet
(Communist Party
Hush enjo\ s strong politic al
support hut stands accused In
conservative critics of giving
away too mm h in arms deals to
,i weakened Soviet leader
Hush, closeted w itll advisers
in a final day of preparations,
gave the pre summit limelight
to (lorhachev
The president spoke In tele
phone with West (airman
Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who
is trying to accelerate the move
of Hast Germany to the West
into a single nation outside of
Soviet influence
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‘Twin Peaks’ ending planned eariy
I .OS ANOKI.KS (AP) Kven though AIM!
said Laura Palmer's murder would be resolved
in last week's season finale of Twin I'n.ik s.es
ecutive producer Mark Frost said he never
made sm h a promise
"I don’t know what they would have been
basing that on." Frost said Tuesday in an in
terview from Hawaii "We never told anvnne
that was our intention "
In fad, Frost said, it was de< ided long ago
to keep the audience guessing right to the end
to force the network into renewing the prime
time soap opera
"We had no guarantee that AIM! would
ever renew us." I rost said "1 intentionally
structured that last hour so that d AIM was
really curious about who killed Laura they'd
have to pick up the show
"Our sole strategy was survival Its with
holding the identity of the killer, we thought
we were down to our List coin
An AIM! spokesman told the press early
this month that the mystery would be solved
in tile last show I’he spokesman, Hob Wright
did not return repented phone (dlls Wednes
day
The promise was <>t best dnother riddle
And ves Twin /’oaks will he ba< k in the fall,
along with, it appears, disappointed viewers
who i harted every di/./ving turn of the show 's
nine hours trying to figure out who murdered
the sleepy Northwest lumtier town's home
coming queen
On April H. television was introdm ed to a
world out ot kilter concocted hv I lost and
film diret tor 1 lav id I .y in h
I lie ratings were only tiledio< re. hut die
hard tans tfirew Twin I’r.iks parties and more
was written about the program than any other
in rei ent memory
So with nun h ballyhoo. Tw in Peaks hur
tled toward its season finale with viewers
waiting foi (lie solution to Laura's murder, as
promised by AH!
'There were a lot ot people who were dis
appointed that thev didn't learn the idenlitv ot
Laura s killer. I rost said I jlist think there
was a misunderstanding somewhere
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