European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 27, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page Cheney cautions soviets on Lithuania m 2, crackdown in Lithuania is have significant negative cons 4� con,ro1 a Quot do her i j q soviet relations. Cheney said the use of Force to crash i ii tsar a Independence movement of Sously would undermine a lot of the Good work that a been done in recent years. Quot wed like to see the lithuanians. Granted the same prerogative that the East germans were self determination Che son lbs to s a face the  Clec nov said Quot an overt use of soviet i 1-Hrv Force to crush the lithuanians would have significant negative consequences in terms of   Cheney said elections in Eastern Europe ind soviet troop withdrawals had been Quot very very positive developments that enhance prospects for arms control agreements and improved relationships. A military crackdown in Lithuania could reverse that he warned. Bush s National Security adviser Brent scowcroft said saturday that any soviet use of Force a would be counterproductive and that the United slates a would not ignore  _ soviet paratroopers armed with machine guns took Over two communist party schools on sunday in Vilnius. They met no resistance and the capital otherwise was reported Calm. The White House had no immediate reaction to the seizure of the buildings spokesman Bill Harlow said. President Bush ignored reporters shouted questions about Lithuania As he returned to the White House sunday from a weekend at Camp David my. Bush said Friday that any soviet attempt to a intimidate or forcibly intervene against the lithuanian people is bound to  the United states and the Western world have never recognized the soviet unions forcible annexation of Lithuania and its sister Baltic states Estonia and Latvia in 1940 As War swept Over Europe. But the United states now says it will not Grant formal recognition until the breakaway Republic establishes control Oyer its territory and Bush has urged lithuanians to recognize a certain realities Quot about its relationship to Moscow. Asked if the United states had lured Lithuania into rebelling Cheney said a we have not been out actively soliciting revolution if you will. On the other hand we be made it Clear that we share the aspirations of the lithuanian people for  Quot. Is. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney laughs before appearing on lbs to s a face nation a during which he warned the soviets against using Force in Lithuania. 38 aliens Back in Mexico Cleveland apr thirty eight illegal aliens found cramped and hungry inside a rental truck that broke Down in Northeast Ohio might have been brought from Mexico to work at farm nurseries immigration officials said sunday. . Immigration and naturalization service agents were trying to determine who brought the men to Ohio said Robert Brown head of the Agency a Cleveland office. The aliens were flown Back to Mexico on saturday after being discovered earlier the same Day. Authorities suspect the men were hoping to land work with nurseries Brown said. Seven of the 38 already had jobs lined up he said declining to say where. He said the aliens were a basically Good people who Are just trying to do whatever they can to make a living for their  the men had counterfeit social Security and Green cards which Are issued As documentation of an aliens permanent Legal . Residency. Nearly All lived in an area North of Mexico City Brown said. Each paid $300 to $600 to make the trip and More than half had paid up to $60 for counterfeit documents he said. Chardon police said a resident complained Early saturday about a rental truck seen in the northeastern Ohio Village and men acting suspiciously. When police located the truck they found the aliens huddled in the 12-foot-Long enclosed Back. Village interim police chief Steve Gazdik said the truck had broken Down and the Driver might have fled before police arrived. A a it a possible that the Driver was an alien As Well a he said. A but we Arentt  Gazdik said the group including two teen agers endured cramped and unsanitary conditions and May not have eaten for two to five Days. He said they May have been headed to Orchards and nurseries in Ashtabula county. The truck was rented March 15, and the men boarded in if Juana Mexico and entered the . Through Southern California Brown  Leader admits charges Wilmington Del. Apr a Man accused of heading a sicilian drug ring that smuggled heroin and cocaine into new York unexpectedly pleaded guilty to All charges against him. Francesco Bellitti 39, of new York City admitted to . District judge Jane r. Roth that he was a Leader of the drug ring. Bellini a change of Pica left two other defend ends still facing Federal drug charges. The Northeast drug rings heroin and cocaine allegedly was peddled in Delaware through a pizzeria near Claymont in the northeastern Section of the state. Vincent j. Shotlo the pizza shop owner and a former member of the ring turned government witness. Bali tit facing a life sentence plus 45 years in prison and fines of $16.5 million could get More time behind bars because of a prior drug conviction. Bellitti also faces deportation. He told authorities he illegally entered the United states in 1982. The other defendants in the trial Alexis talc Ford and Salvatore Ingrati both of new York arc accused of helping to set up drug deals and sharing in profits. A a a  is twin the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March 27,1950 a Senate armed services commit dec chairman Millard e. Tydings d-md., warned that u.8. Mil tary strength has a hit Rock Bottoms and a we a lord farther reductions a Tydings comments echoed those of House armed services committee chair an Lari Vinson and Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower.30 years ago today. 11 27, 1960 a soviet Border guards held up a him Afy tra n in route to West Berlin for 14 e i. A pleased in after a Strong . Protest to Novlet Headquarters in East berlin.20 years ago today. A most . Mail carriers ended Rem Rinh and returned to work and the Pentagon rese Visic n jul a 25,000 guardsmen and new Vyrl Cyl 10 he p process the mail in the a Ork area Are being relieved from Active duty. 10 years ago today. A political strategists dismayed hectic i Fri Carter it Bosses in the new York and con sen feared that the upsets would charge that r Kennedy a Campaign with a false Hopes party farther Divide and weaken the democratic experimental injections provide Hope in treatment of skin cancer Daytona Beach Fla. Apr two strategies that boost the immune system to Battle the most dangerous form of skin cancer show Promise in Early tests with patients a researcher said sunday. Twenty three percent of patients showed evidence of some remission of Melanoma after injections in one of the experimental treatments primed their bodies to attack certain proteins found on Melanoma cells said Malcolm Mitchell. The injections Are called the vaccines Short for therapeutic vaccines because they seek to treat cancer rather than prevent it he said. Mitchell a professor of Medicine and microbiology at the University of Southern California school of Medicine in los Angeles described the work at a science writers seminar sponsored by the american cancer society. About 27,600 new cases of Melanoma Are expected this year with 6,300 deaths the society says. Intense exposure to the Sun is a chief cause. Mitchells experimental injections make the immune system seek out proteins called Antigens on cancerous cells. The preparations Are made from Melanoma cells grown in the Laboratory. Injections were done under the skin once a week for four weeks with a final injection during the sixth week. Patients who responded were treated with a single monthly Booster and semiannual courses of five More doses. In 79 Melanoma patients the treatment produced a Complete remission in 5 percent and a partial remission in 18 percent Mitchell said. Another 10 percent showed minor responses defined As tumor shrinkage of 26 percent to 50 percent. No major Side effects were observed he said. Other researchers have reported similar work. Mitchell also reported on results from treating Melanoma patients with Low doses of Intcrlcukin-2, a natural substance used by the immune system and a Standard cancer drug called . Both drugs were Given at about on third the dose used in experiments or therapy. In 39 patients the combination produced a 28 percent response rate including two Complete remissions and eight partial remissions Mitchell said. Potentially this treatment could be done by any Hospital and its results Are comparable to a More Complex treatment in which Interlcukin-2 is combined outside the body with White blood cells and then re injected into the patient Mitchell said. In what he called the a Down note of his talk Mitchell said some other forms of therapy will have to be found to Deal with the spread of Melanoma cells to the brain where they can form new cancers