European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Exhibition e Ltd baseball Fly a v 4 season opens a Page 21 0 a authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 48, no. 345 wednesday March 28, 1990 25t daily and sunday d 8693 soviet troops raid hospitals seize lithuanian deserters Vilnius .s.r. Apr soviet Diers stormed two hospitals tuesday seize 23 lithuanian army deserters d left behind a Trail of blood in the St violent action by Moscow since Humania declared Independence. A they beat them with their fists a said nurse at a psychiatric Hospital where endows and Iron Beds were broken m pre Dawn raid lithuanian president vytautas lands Bergis said he feared it could presage a full scale crackdown on the Baltic Republic whose parliament voted March 11 to secede. See related Story on Page 28 a it is obvious that the soviet armed forces have been Given permission to use violence a Landsbergis said. On tuesday the soviet Union also ordered All foreigners to leave Lithuania foreign ministry spokesman Yuri Gre Minsk Ike said in Moscow. Last week diplomats and foreign journalists were told they could not travel to the Republic. The White House had no immediate comment on the developments. President Bush has urged soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev not to use Force against lithuanians. At a news conference at the soviet embassy in Washington d.c., Deputy ambassador Sergei Chetverikov said that the soviet Union would continue to seek a peaceful solutions in Lithuania but that certain Steps by troops were necessary to protect Law and order and soviet  4,000 opponents of Lithuania a Independence drive attended a Vilnius rally tuesday that Landsbergis had warned might turn violent and serve As Moscow a excuse to intervene. The rally lasted less than an hour and see raid on Back Page social democrats Lafontaine to oppose Kohl for chancellors hip Oskar Lafontaine Bonn West Germany up a Oskar Lafontaine a leading member of the opposition social democratic party who recently dealt a Sharp electoral setback to Chancellor Helmut Kohls conservative party will Challenge Kohl in West Germany a december elections the spa said tuesday. The Spda a 100-member party Council voted unanimously in favor of the 46-year-old trained physicist and career politician from West Germany a Western Region of Saarland. Addressing the spa meeting in the Central City of Hannover Lafontaine said his first priority if he became the next West German Chancellor will be to slash the National defense budget by 5 billion Marks $3 billion. He said some of the Money saved could be used to help rehabilitate East Germany a Economy. He said his electoral Campaign program will include demands for a slower and More considered Pace toward German reunification the creation of social Justice systems and the a ecological transformation of West Germany a Industrial society. He harshly criticized Kohl for trying to Rush the Pace toward the reunification of the two German states separated since Germany lost world War ii. Kohl had earlier suggested that East Germany could adopt the West German currency by summer and that political reunification could be completed by 1992. The West German elections scheduled for dec. 2, Are widely expected to determine who will eventually become the first Leader of a reunited Germany. The conservative Victory in East Germany a March 18 elections were seen As a major boost for Kohl and his Christian democratic Union which backed the see Chancellor on Back Page Worth the wait Jessica Tandy at 80 the oldest performer to win an Oscar displays her award for Best actress. Tandy who has been acting professionally for 60 years won the award monday night for her performance in a driving miss  see related stories and photos on pages 14-15. Rheinland Pfalz targets . Withdrawal areas Mainz West Germany a amps a the government of Rheinland Pfalz has tar Ujj ,7r.eas in the state where it be re orce should withdraw first. Mister president Carl Ludwig wag lid it pre ent his state governments Ini defense officials in Washington on thursday. The 10 areas which German press re ports said include 23 properties Are particularly attractive to Industry. Wagner said that when . Troops Are withdrawn from bases in Rheinland Pfalz he wants the installations to be closed permanently. He said that if the properties Are used in a Way to create jobs there must be assurances that they could not be reoccupied by the . Mili tary at a future Date. He said he would make that Clear in his meetings this week. His schedule includes talks with Deputy Secretary of defense Donald j. Atwood and Paul Wolfowitz undersecretary of defense for policy. Before leaving West Germany on tuesday Wagner said that reports in the German press that he was asking for total withdrawal of the . Military from Rheinland Pfalz were false. A that would be neither necessary nor desirable a he said. The Only base so far scheduled to close in the Rheinland Pfalz area is Wei Brincken a. Secretary of defense  Cheney announced in january that it would be closed in 1993