European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse N w German promoter pushes computerized 2 p Haiti Power turnover turns 3 p education news in 8-9 p communists discuss giving up 28 the st8san<l>sfri Pes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 48, no. 329 monday March 12, 1990 a a 25 Dally and sunday d 8693 Lithuania Breaks away from soviet non communist leads renamed nation Vilnius .s.r. Apr the lithuanian Par lament voted sunday to break away from the soviet Union and regain the Independence the Baltic Republic Ost when it was forcibly annexed by the Kremlin 50 years ago., ,. Legislators joined hands raised them Over their leads and chanted a Lithuania a after the vote. It was 24-0. Outside a Small crowd broke into wild cheers. The crowd also ripped Down a Metal soviet Crest from the outside door of the legislative building and carted it away. Some stamped on it. Earlier the lithuanian lawmakers elected the first on communist president of a soviet Republic and changed the republics name As a precursor to declaring Independence. Delegates changed the name of the Republic from the lithuanian soviet socialist Republic o the Republic of Lithuania. The vote for secession could provide soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev with his greatest crisis in five years in Power. His reforms have released Strong pro dependence sentiments in Many of the soviet republics. The outgoing president of the parliament predicted that a vote for secession could have a a contagious effects on other republics. Vytautas Landsbergis easily Defeated incumbent Al girds Brazauskas for the presidency. Landsbergis is Leader of the saudis movement which has spearheaded the Baltic republics Independence drive. Brazauskas a communist had begun talks with the Kremlin on secession but he favored a More gradual approach than Landsbergis. Gorbachev has indicated that the Kremlin May grudgingly accept lithuanian secession but at a Steep Price. Specifically Gorbachev has suggested a Bill of $34 billion in compensation for factories and other infrastructures built during a half Century of soviet Rule. Landsbergis said he would pursue intense negotiations with Moscow designed to work out the practical implications of Independence. Landsbergis a bearded music professor and chairman of the governing Council of saudis became the first non communist to Lead one of the 15 soviet republics. Lithuania like the other Independence minded Baltic states of Latvia and Estonia was forcibly annexed by the soviet Union in 1940 while under red army occupation. On Friday the georgian parliament passed a Resolution condemning the republics annexation to the soviet Union mirroring moves already made in the Point stories fuel Celebration by Ron Jensen staff writer Heidelberg West Germany a the blisters that burned the soles of maj. Deane Williams feet during his final year at the . Military Academy have healed. The tremendous Pride and love of an institution that he acquired at West Point n.y., before graduating in 1975 have endured. A was you go through meeting challenges along the Way at the Academy when you get done you feel that you have accomplished something a said Williams. A you Are not a run of the null College student who has had relatively minor Williams assigned to the inspector general a office in Heidelberg was one of nearly 800 graduates of the . Military Academy to celebrate founders Bay Here saturday night. The formal annual gathering is the largest of Academy graduates anywhere in the world. The officers club was appropriately decorated with banners saying a go my and a Squash the squids a a ref a to the army Academy a rivalry with its Navy counterpart. A is located on the West k of the Hudson River. Occupied dpcilnapv11106 177�?T the location was in p r is Home for the Academy by on july 4 of that Quot year 802 a a a Pequot eds amps Dave Quidio second it. Melinda Malskis class of �?T89 and 1st it. Michael Tarsa class of �?T87 look through some West Point literature during saturdays Celebration. The graduates characterized their years at the 188-year-old Academy As the Best of their lives and the worst of their lives at the same time. A even when you were asleep you Felt pressure a said capt. Scott r. Hamilton a 1984 graduate assigned to b co 337th engr in in Heilbronn West Germany. A there was always somebody watching Williams remembered being punished for having a car on Post four months before he was authorized to do so. A they gave me a big slug a he said. A a it a a nickname for a certain kind of the punishment required Williams wearing his dress uniform and carrying his weapon to report for inspection. A and then you end up walking Back and Forth Back and Forth Back and Forth across the grounds for two or three hours at a time a he said. A terribly Boring. A waste of your scarce and precious free he was to walk a total of 66 hours. A i had blisters on my feet. It was there arc times during any cadets career at the Academy that he or she wonders Why the decision to attend was made the graduates said. A there were plenty of times i thought that a said 1st it. Michael Tarsa b Btry 2nd in 3rd Field arty in Kirch continued on Page 3 ceremony ends Pinochet a Rule in Chile cd Fife dose a sip a a r Gen ausust0 Pino 011 sunday s presidency to Patricio Aylwin military Rule pm re a an years of right Wing transition. Cap pm South americans democratic to Thunder he red Whinna up Ause an l cheers Aylwin put on in this seaport Rita to6 Sash in a ceremony mid the Roar d Northeast of Santiago. Quot and and then a in wire whet Shook the new presidents prance Haylna to the inaugural Hall where his a Rochet Quot an in j be n8 chants of a Pinochet Ries a murderer murderer from the Galle outside a military band saluted Pinochet As he left. The 74-year-old general remains chief of the 60,000-member army despite a request from Aylwin that he yield that powerful Post. The inaugural ceremony took place in a half finished congressional Palace being built by Pinochet to House an elected Senate and House which also assumed Power sunday. Under Pinochet a military Junta had acted As the legislature. Aylwin a 71-year-old centrist politician won the election in december. The Christian Democrat is backed by a coalition of 17 centrist and leftist parties. He has vowed to restore respect for human rights and civil liberties and improve social services for the poor. But he plans no major changes in Pinochet a free Market economic program which has been largely successful. In his first act As president Aylwin decreed a Pardon for All a prisoners of conscience jailed by the Pinochet government. About 450 people arc imprisoned for politically related crimes although most Are charged in connection with guerrilla activity. Aylwin has said he opposes freeing anyone guilty of blood crimes and it was not immediately Clear whom the Pardon would affect. Pinochet was obliged to Call elections when voters see Chile on Back Page
