European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday. February 2� Lithuania goes to polls for 1 St multiparty vote .s.r. A Lighuani local elections in december but saturday1vilnius, . Lithuanians voted saturday in the soviet Union s first multiparty election and chose a new parliament to Lead their Baltic Republic toward Independence and an end to a half Century of soviet Rule. Non communists could emerge in control of the legislature even though the re formed lithuanian communist party broke with Moscow made alliances with reformers and supported full lithuanian Independence in a bid to slay in Power. Lithuania in december became the first of the 15 soviet republics to legalize non communist parties. Unofficial groups in the other two Baltic republics of Latvia and Estonia ran and endorsed candidates in Loca saturday s vote was the first official multiparty elec Tion. With All but one of the parties support ing Independence there was no doubt the coalition lithuanian government Likely to emerge from the voting would be charge with implementing a policy of secession from the soviet Union. Officials said they did not expect offi Cial results until tuesday. Runoff elections will be held within two weeks for races in which no Candi Date wins More than 50 percent of the vote. The parliament could meet As Marlyas mid March if Only one round of run offs is needed. 11 die in crash of 2 copters flying in Panama exercises Washington a crashes of two . Army helicopters on training exercise sin Panama have claimed the lives of 11 servicemen the . Southern come says. Military officials said the helicopters ran into thunderstorms while flying on the Atlantic Side of the isthmus. The Accident happened wednesday night and was reported Friday. The Southern come statement said a scarch and Rescue Effort was launched wednesday after communications with the two aircraft were lost. . Search teams found an army oh-58 Kiowa observation helicopter thurs Day morning in heavy Jungle terrain near Punta Diego about 50 Miles Southwest of Colon. The other a us in Huey helicopter was discovered about four Miles away Friday afternoon. All four Crew members and five Pas sengers in the Hucy were dead said the Southern come statement issued from Panama City. Names Are being withheld until the families have been notified. Both occupants of the observation Heli copter also were killed. They were identified As warrant officer James w. Carl the Pilot and capt. Richard d. Tyndall. Carl was assigned to the 228th aviation regt at fort Kobbe in Panama. Tyndall was from the 7th inf div at Ford Ord Calif. Both helicopters were based Al fort Kobyc adjacent to Howard fab. Former president Carter and his wife Rosalynn arrive at the Airport in Man Agua Nicaragua Friday. Carter is Carter in Nicaragua heading a group of International observers monitoring sunday s elections in Nicaragua. Related Story Page 2. Gavin from Page 1 army. He was credited with an instrumental role in developing helicopter borne forces and tactics for the army s airborne units. But Gavin was also a Maverick within the military establishment. I won t Compromise my principles and i won t go along Wilh the Pentagon system Gavin said on his retirement. His View that . Strategy was Loo dependent on nuclear weapons As received sympathetically within the Kennedy administration and Kennedy named him ambassador to France in 1961-1962 and again in 1962-1963. Within five years however he was one of the most prominent Vietnam War critics telling a lecture Audi ence at Brandeis University in 1967 Hal we arc in a  he urged seeking negotiations by every Means  Gavin wrote several books including airborne warfare War and peace in the space age and his memoirs on to Berlin published in 1978. He was married twice and had five daughters. Wife of 6th Fleet Captain Dies of cardiac arrest in Gaeta clinic Gaeta Italy Jancel wisely wife of the 6th Fleet chief of staff capt. Hugh d. Wisely died thursday from cardiac arrest at the Naples naval Hospital where she was undergoing treatment a spokesman for the 6th Fleet Public affairs Del said saturday. Mrs. Wisely the spokesman said is also survived by two children. Denny and Susan both attending colleges in the United Stales. Is bookstores closed monday stars and stripes bookstores will be closed monday for inventory. The stars and stripes newspaper will be Avail Able at alternate vending Points in local communities. Teaching from Page 1 involved in farming but some Are teachers veterinarians and economists. The group was assembled by word of Mouth according to Rosamarie Sommer a City economist in Riesa who organized parts of the trip. It was not until we were All together that we realized most of us know each other Sommer said. To Cutler arranged several events for the group including a reception at the City Hall a Lour of Mannheim s centralized Power Plant a Heidelberg Castle trip and a glimpse of american military life in West Germany. The East germans ate lunch Friday at the 7th signal in s dining facility at Coleman Barracks before Lour ing the elementary school the local Uso office the child care can and the Bowling Center. They had Many questions about american soldiers. When group members were asked whether they wanted Chicken fish or speak for lunch they asked Are soldiers always Given so Many choices and do soldiers always cat like this they All ordered Steak. The group seemed extremely curious Aboul How . Troops live and work. They were interested in hearing that West germans hold jobs on the american caverns. And they expressed Surprise at the elaborate support network the . Military provides for its  and their families. The Easl germans Houghl in strange however thai not enough military housing is available for All the troops assigned overseas. Although soviet army soldiers Are in Riesa Contact Between the soldiers and East German citizens is for Bidden. The soviet conscripts have no special facilities and arc not allowed to have their families with them. We Don t know How Many soldiers maybe 10,000, Are in Riesa said Gerd Keller a High school geography Leach or. There arc no official numbers. We see Many  some of the East germans set out on trips apart from the group to explore special interests. Several farming engineers Mcl with agriculture experts in Stuttgart. Two veterinarians visited with a professional colleague in  and Konrad Beltzig veterinary surgeons in Riesa were excited Aboul their visit Wilh a Wesl German veterinarian and a bit in Awe of his Well equipped office. In Riesa vets travel to villages to care for sick farm animals and they treat House pets. We Don t always have enough Medicine Ilona Beltzig said. Sometimes there s not much we can  although the visitors from Riesa leave West Ger Many today by Friday most were beginning to feel overwhelmed by the Many things they had seen. Everything is surprising to them said Rudolf Schneider who Al 89 is the oldest of the group. It May take time for them to completely absorb the multitude of new sights and ideas he said. The worst is that Many of these things we could have had he said. Such things were not wanted by the government and it is the people who have suffered. Rallies from Page 1 ministry spokesman Arkady Bronin said in a Telephone  Nikolai i. Ryzhkova went on National television Friday night to stress the need for non violent Means to achieve change in the country. Democratization cannot be destabilizing he said. Chaos and anarchy will bring nothing. The country needs  several demonstrations were cancelled because organizers feared violence or official reprisals. In Azerbaijan where a slate of emergency was imposed following bloody ethnic attacks on armenians and an army assault to dislodge nationalists from inc capital of Baku Yusis Samed Oglu of the people s front said no rallies were planned out of fear thai soldiers would use Force against the crowd. The idea for nationwide demonstrations grew out of the Success of a feb. 4 protest in which tens of thou Sands of people paraded through Moscow demanding the com mums party give up ils grip on Power. President Mikhail s. Gorbachev led the party s Cen trial committee on feb. 7 in renouncing us constitutional monopoly on Power and paving the Way for a multiparty democracy. Sunday is also the anniversary of the february Revo  the 1917 populist uprising that drove Czar Nic Olas ii from the throne. For Many russian progressives it Marks the Short lived Triumph of russian democracy. Eight months later the bolsheviks took Power