European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes Friday april 20,1990soviets Cut natural Gas Supply to Lithuania Moscow up a the soviet government on thursday drastically reduced natural Gas supplies to Lithuania stepping up pressure against the Baltic Republic to repeal its Independence declaration lithuanian officials said. Moscow did not confirm that it Cut Back on Gas transmissions but said it stopped shipping Oil late wednesday to the Republic where lines of motorists that began forming monday at gasoline pumps grew longer thursday. News Brief rationing limited each car to 2.6 Gallons of gasoline per Purchase. By late thursday afternoon it took As much As four hours to get to the pumps at some stations. Matuzas Saul us an economic planning spokesman for Lithuania said the cutoff in natural Gas a about 84 percent of the republics needs a was far More serious than the Oil reductions. A it can bring Lithuania a Industry to a halt in two Days a a he said. Lithuanian prime minister Kazimiera Prunskiene was rebuffed by the norwegian government in her request for supplies but scheduled meetings with private and state run Oil firms and declared her republics resolve for secession. A there is no question of rescinding our declaration of Independence a Prunskiene said in Oslo Norway. The Republic depends on the soviet Union for Oil Gas Metal chemical products Cotton and Timber. White House press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said president Bush began consultations with . Allies on a map Propri ate responses to the soviet Union. A the telephoned West German Chancellor Kohl yesterday on this matter he will discuss it with French president Francois Mitterrand this afternoon and we will be in touch with All of the allies either directly or through diplomatic channels in the next few Days a said Fitzwater. Bush is meeting in Florida with the French Leader. . Postpones plans for new Lance missile Washington apr with East West tensions in decline the Bush administration is postponing indefinitely the development of new Short Range nuclear missiles that were to be based in West Germany . Officials said thursday. The 88 new launchers 36 of which were to be controlled by the United states and the others by West Germany Britain and the Netherlands were designed for targeting on East Germany. They would have been capable of launching about 1,600 missiles. The tentative . Goal had been to begin deploying the missiles in 1995 to replace the current mixture of nuclear and conventionally armed Lance missiles with an All nuclear Force and an expanded Range. But East Germany is rapidly moving out of the soviet orbit and preparing for Union with West Germany. It is no longer perceived As a threat to nato countries. The current Arsenal of lances will remain in West Germany. About 700 carry nuclear warheads and have a Range of about 75 Miles. The 900 or so non nuclear missiles in the Arsenal Are designed to hit targets within 45 Miles. The new launchers were intended to have a Range of about 280 Miles just below the level of intermediate Range nuclear missiles that were banned in a .-soviet treaty in 1987. Congress appropriated $32 million last year to develop the new Lance missiles. The Pentagon has requested $ 112 million for this year. Overall the program would have Cost More than $1 billion Dunbar Lockwood of the private arms control association estimated. Pete Williams the Pentagon spokesman said the future of the Lance was a decision for  from Page 1 from Highway construction to anti drug efforts and expanded child care. For its savings the package relies on $11.5 billion in military cuts $13.9 billion in new taxes a the same amount Bush is seeking a and $5.6 billion in user fees. It reduces the expected growth of medicare and other Benefit programs by $4.2 billion and claims minor savings in several other areas. Its most controversial element is How defense would be treated in the first Federal budget since the disintegration of the Warsaw pact. Panetta a package would leave next years military budget at $295 billion in outlays which is about $1 billion less than is being spent this year and $11.5 billion less than what would be needed to stay even with inflation. The figure also is $8 billion below the amount Bush is seeking. More importantly for the Long run democrats would also Cut next years military budget authority to $283 billion some $ 18 billion below this year and $33 billion less than the amount needed to keep up with inflation. Budget authority is the amount of spending allowed by an Agency Over a number of years. The reduction is crucial because if enacted it would signal the beginning of a Long Range decline in Pentagon spending. The plan had originally called for $286 billion in defense budget authority but liberals on the budget panel threatened not to support the package unless the figure was  the next five years defense savings would total $251 billion a reduction in military spending of 25 percent from current projections. Democrats would disperse $ 106 billion to Domestic programs and apply the remaining $145 billion to shrinking the budget Gap. A we do not meet demands of hostage holders a Bush says key Largo Fla. Apr president Bush thursday said the United states has a been disappointed before by dashed Hopes for the release of american hostages in Lebanon and repeated that he will not meet the demands of kidnappers. He made his comments shortly after a group claiming to hold three americans said it had postponed the release of one of them because the United states failed to meet its demand to Send a senior state department official to Syria. The announcement came in an arabic language statement delivered by islamic jihad. The group had promised the release of a hostage by Friday evening. Bush said he Hadnot heard of the mention of the state department official John Kelly but noted that the . Ambassador to Syria had returned to Damascus syrians capital. A i would add that we Are not talking to the hostage holders a Bush said at a news conference. A i Hadnot heard the connection with ambassador Kelly but i think the . Position is Clear. We do not meet demands a Bush told reporters. A your ambassador to Syria is Back in Syria. We be been disappointed before. Hopes raised Only to have them dashed by excessive speculation. A i would add that we Are not talking to the hostage holders. I would further add we Are grateful to Syria for trying to play a constructive role in what is going  the swing from optimism to pessimism took place thursday in the course of a Day. In route Here aboard air Force one White House officials had revealed that the hostage recovery team had been sent to West Germany. Meanwhile in key Largo Bush said a there Are limits to . Patience on Lithuania but he refused to say when or How the administration might respond to soviet pressure against the lithuanian Independence movement. A yes there Are limits and having said that. I am convinced that or. Gorbachev knows there Are limits a Bush told a news conference following a meeting with French president Francois  from Page 1 of Palestine had demanded that John Kelly . Assistant Secretary of state for near Eastern affairs Fly to Damascus Syria a to coordinate some final Steps leading to the release. It did not specify what they expected of Kelly the . Ambassador to Lebanon from 1983 to 1988. He was in Bonn West Germany on wednesday. Secretary of state James Baker had cautiously welcomed the reports but said Kelly had no plans to Fly to the Middle East a at the present time.�?�. A was for the release of the american hostage arrangements had been under Way on a basis that they would be concluded and finalized. But Kelly a failure to respond has so far frustrated the release which made us postpone this operation until the picture is clearer a thursdays statement said. Although the Bush administration refused to Send Kelly it dispatched a hostage reception team to West Germany after hearing a statements of imminent release Quot of an american postage the White House said. The 13-member state department team was to arrive at Rhein main a West Germany late thursday said a . Consulate official in Frankfurt West Germany. Officials at the White House state department and Pentagon could not provide details on the team. At Lindsey As tech. Sgt. Donnie Veasey said the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden West Germany would be prepared to receive any former hostages. A we have the largest air Force treatment facility outside the Continental . Able to handle just about anything medically a Veasey said. A we really done to have to prepare for something like that. We be got a staff of More than 900 people. They re prepared for whatever might be thrown at  earlier thursday shiite militiamen clashed in West Beirut and the City a Southern slums prompting fears that that would delay the hostage release. Many of the 18 Western hostages in Lebanon including eight americans Are believed held in South Beirut. Police in Beirut said foot patrols of syrians 12,500-Strong Force in the City a moslem sector moved in to contain the fighting Between the pro iranian Hezbollah and syrian backed amal. A you can to expect a hostage to be freed in such risky conditions a a police spokesman said speaking on condition of anonymity. Also israeli warplanes attacked palestinian guerrilla bases 10 Miles South of Beirut targeting Tunnel bases manned by guerrillas of capt. Ahmed Jibril a popular front for the liberation of Palestine. The kidnappers statement on wednesday was accompanied by an instant photograph of Turner a the first photo of him alone since three months after his abduction. Steen and Polhill were taken with Turner from the Campus of Beirut University College. Polhill 55, lectured in accounting. Turner 42, was a visiting mathematics and computer science professor. Steen who will be 51 sunday taught  from Page 1 demands and questions. The release from Captivity itself is an extremely stressful event Cline said. Hostages often Are unaware of what has been happening to their families or in the outside world. They also Are unsure of what their roles  now that they Are free. The team tries to create a Safe environment so the former hostages can better Cope with the stress of the release. When practical a Short stay at the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden helps the hostages relax before making the final trip Home. How Well an individual copes in Captivity depends on Many factors such As his beliefs and the amount of information he receives from the outside world cd i Nesa id. People who Cope Well tend to be those who Ca imagine they have More control of the situation Tea they actually do for example by playing games o marking time with a Calendar. The Hospital has become the routine stepping Stone on freed hostage s journey Home since the release m i52 americans held captive for 444 Days in Iran. Sora the former hostages later returned to donate a Pic expressing their gratitude for the care they were a. The plaque now hangs on the Wall of a Section o Hospital that has become known As Freedom Hail the Hospital is used because it is near a Hein Iose i a where the former captives can land it has a compound where the spectators can be Contro Neit has the ability to expand space As needed