European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes n spa members of plan to ask for pm area  2 a Gas buildup at nuke site poses blast  6 a Duke beats Connecticut to reach final 4.Page 21 g contras agree to  28 the smi4andfstripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 48, no. 342 sunday March 25, 1990 a a 25$ daily and sunday d 8693 a2nd soviet Convoy rattles Vilnius lithuanian Leader defiant on deserters Vilnius .s.r. Up a a soviet Convoy of tanks armoured carriers and trucks rumbled through Vilnius passing legislators who were in session saturday. Meanwhile Lithuania a president defiantly urged his countrymen deserting the army to a seek Sanctuary in  the soviet vehicles carrying up to 2,000 soldiers armed with automatic weapons rolled past the parliament building at 3 30 . While legislators were still in session witnesses said. A we wont forget it for a Long time a lithuanian president Vytatus Landsbergis said of Moscow a show of Force. The Kremlin Hopes to slow Down Lithuania s drive for Independence until the soviet parliament passes Laws on the secession process he  Convoy was the second column of soviet military vehicles to pass through the City during the week. The legislature resumed work to form what it Hopes will be its first Independent government since soviet dictator Josef Stalin annexed the then free Baltic Republic in 1940. They also passed a Reso Lution transferring Power to their senior Diplomat in Washington in Case of a soviet assault or their arrests. The Parade of soviet might will probably increase the tension Between Moscow and the largely roman Catholic Baltic Republic. That tension was already heightened when the Republic in its first session declared its Independence on March 11 after free elections. Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev has called the declaration of Independence illegal and ordered the Kab and soviet Inte rior ministry to reassert its control. He also ordered the Roundup of lithuanian deserters from the soviet army. In Moscow on Friday Gorbachev a military adviser. Marshal Sergei Fakhro a Eyck. Said the deserters were breaking the Law and would be rounded up. But in parliament Landsbergis said a a we cannot psychologically defend All those who Are hiding somewhere and think that they arc Safe. The hiding place May be known so it is better not to hide see Convoy on Back Page vote does no to Stop tide of e. Germans a amps Vince Crawley Uwe Steps an East German resettling in the West drives the family a trabant that was on order for 15 years. By Effie Bat Len Niernberg Bureau Schoandorf. West Germany a Frank Braun a Mechanic from Dresden plans to cast his first free ballot in West not East Germany. Although he did no to move to the West Side of the Border until tuesday the 23-year-old did no to bother to vote in last sundays elections the first free polling in East Germany since before world War ii. Even though people say they arc no longer communists they Haven to really changed he said a a what a in Peoples Heads stays the  he predicted that it will take one or two years for West and East Germany to unite and then years to fix a broken Economy. Braun decided not to wait. Instead he a chosen to improve his life in the West where a Friend helped him line up an apartment and Job. His Girlfriend will join him in a few months. Braun is one of about 5,000 East germans who have moved West in the week since the elections when a coalition favouring unification of the Ger Many won an impressive Victory. On thursday he was among about 100 re settlers processing through a Border registration Center at Schwan Dorf about 40 Miles East of Niernberg. More than 10,000 East germans have passed through the Schoandorf Center since it opened feb. 19. The week before the East German elections about 400 people came through daily. A week after the voting 200 still arrive each Day. All professions and social groups Are represented according to Peter Fuchs a spokesman for the West German Border police at Schoandorf. A a we be had doctors editors from new spa continued on Page 3hazelwood ordered to pay $50,000 Fine Anchorage Alaska apr former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood was sentenced Friday to help clean state a rum1�?� so ind and Pav the Siatt 3>50,000 m restitution. Superior court judge Karl Johnstone nor it Ipp Are y a eking soothe outrage 2 i Eunata on s worst Oil spill a sen comm  to 1,000 hours of Joh Ikenn sell Lee by. Cleaning beaches. The Kisa he was disappointed that of Eizora Al Sun ppe Rad not publicly apologized for his role in the disaster. Thehc0znl��d awyers said they thought convict inn of r sing Misue Meanor action of negligence would be Over turned on Appeal in part because they maintained the order to pay $50,000 in restitution to the state was illegal. The defense lawyers said Johnstone chose an arbitrary figure without measuring Hazelwoods ability to pay. The judge also gave Hazelwood the maximum jail term of 90 Days and Fine of $ 1,000, but suspended both sentences. Johnstone who presided Over Hazelwoods seven week trial said he Felt the Captain was wrong to drink before he boarded his ship and believed he violated at least some coast guard regulations in the grounding a year ago saturday. A 12-member jury found Hazelwood guilty thursday of a charge of negligent discharge of Oil into state Waters. But he was acquitted of three other charges including a felony that he was reckless and drunk during the disaster that blackened the Rocky Shoreline of Prince William sound. Hazelwoods lawyers said they would Appeal the conviction plus the sentence. Johnstone said he would stay the sentence when the Appeal is filed. One of Hazelwoods lawyers later issued a statement accusing the judge of a Hazelwood bashing and said Johnstone a criticism of the skipper for drinking and being off the Bridge of his ship improperly tried to override the jury a verdict. Another Hazelwood lawyer Dick Madson called the order to perform Community service a a novel Way to come up with a fair sentence a but he and another Hazelwood lawyer Michael Cha los said they thought the 1,000 hours were excessive since the sentence would exceed the maximum 90 Days in jail allowed under the Law. The judges decision also met with the disapproval of the jury for woman Lori Wing who was in the courtroom along with four other jurors for the sentencing. A i had High Hopes he would walk out see Hazelwood on Back Page