European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 a a the stars and stripes sunday april 22,1990.lithuanian factories closed to save fuel some food products curtailed Vilnius . Apr Lithuania closed its factories saturday to conserve fuel and raw materials during an expanding Kremlin embargo and leaders of the Republic said they still were seeking a Compromise with Moscow. The lithuanian leadership said however that no firm proposals to end its standoff with the Kremlin were under discussion. Moscow has Cut off All Oil and More than 80 percent of Lithuania a natural Gas Supply since wednesday in an Effort to get the breakaway Baltic Republic to rescind pro Independence measures. Officials have said the supplies of some food products tires and other goods from soviet sources also Are being curtailed. Deputy Premier Romualdas Vozolas quoted a soviet ministry of transportation directive As saying that nothing can be transported to Lithuania by railway. Later he said the order apparently included truck traffic As Well. Vozolas said Moscow a orders to Stop land shipments to Lithuania and its diversion of shipload of goods bound for the Republic amounted to a full embargo. A i believe a blockade has started a total blockade absolutely a he said. Some shipments however were still reaching Lithuania he said. Moscow also is impounding checks to and from lithuanian factories putting a financial stranglehold on them Vozolas said. Saturday is a Normal working Day in Lithuania but Vozolas said a the majority of factories Are not he said a we decided not to waste our strength As Long As it is not traffic on the streets of Vilnius was Light saturday As motorists grappled with a rationing plan that limits them to about seven Gallons of gasoline a month. Vozolas said some factories still open saturday would probably have to close Down beginning monday because of shortages of fuel and raw materials. Meanwhile president Bush was giving Mikhail Gorbachev a few More Days to loosen the economic noose that the Kremlin is tightening to keep Lithuania inside the soviet Union. Bush set off fishing saturday morning. A wish us Luck a was the presidents Only comment to reporters As his party left on Florida Marine patrol speedboats. Related photo on Page 6. On Friday the White House put Moscow on notice to expect a . Response Early next week unless Gorbachev lets up against the rebellious Republic. White House press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said Bush had a stepped up consultations with . Allies and would meet with leaders of Congress before taking action. Administration officials reiterated that Bush was contemplating making the soviets pay an economic Price for its plan to Force the Baltic Republic to Retreat from its March 11 declaration of Independence. Bush has been treading cautiously trying to promote a peaceful dialogue that would respect the lithuanians right to self determination and not Cloud .-soviet relations and prospects for nuclear negotiations. Lithuania voted on March 11 to restore the Independence it lost when it was forcibly annexed to the soviet Union in 1940. The neighbouring Republic of Estonia which is moving toward Independence has offered Aid to Lithuania and an agreement was expected to be reached late saturday Vozolas said. Estonia and Latvia were also annexed by Moscow in 1940. Also saturday a delegation from Lithuania arrived in Denmark for talks on ways of obtaining Oil to counteract the soviet blockade. Lithuanian president vytautas Landsbergis said saturday that a the threat we Are facing is very he told an opening session of a Congress of the pro Independence movement saudis that Lithuania was searching for a Compromise with Moscow but that there were no proposals on the table.3,000 rally against nato training flights Karlsruhe West Germany apr several thousand people on saturday demonstrated against nato training flights in West Germany following tuesdays in flight collision of two Canadian military jets Over Karlsruhe that killed one of the pilots. Related Story photo Page 2. Those taking part in the peaceful protest in downtown Karlsruhe included members of West Germany a social news Brief democratic and Green parties labor unions and peace groups police said. Police put the number of protesters at about 3,000. The demonstrators called for an end to military training flights Over densely populated West Germany police said. No incidents were reported. Killed in the crash was Canadian air Force Pilot capt. Timothy Kirk Leuty 30, of Meaford Ontario. The Pilot of the other plane capt. Reginald Decoste 35, of Jonqui�re Quebec ejected safely but landed on a Highway and broke both of his heels. Two West germans on the ground were also slightly injured by the falling debris. The crash spread burning debris Over a wide area in and around Karlsruhe a City of 285,000 people in the southwestern part of the country. Officials at the time said it was a Miracle that More peo ple were not killed or injured. Canada suspended All its interceptor training flights following the collision of the two Cf-18 fighter jets. The crash rekindled a debate Over nato training flights in West Germany following a series of deadly military crashes two years ago including the August 1988 Ramstein air show disaster that killed 70 people on the ground and injured 450 others. Eastern Australia hit by flooding 1 woman Dies Sydney Australia apr a woman drowned when she was swept from her motorcycle by floodwaters and others were reported missing saturday As heavy rain continued to fall across much of Eastern Australia police said. Nagari Roberts 64, drowned at Mudgee in new South Wales state when the motorcycle that she was Riding was swept downstream after she attempted to Cross a swollen Creek. More than 30,000 people in isolated communities were Cut off from the rest of the country. The town of Charleville 500 Miles West of Brisbane was submerged. Many Charleville residents had to spend saturday night on the roofs of their Homes after attempts to evacuate the towns 3,600 residents by Nightfall failed officials said. The Premier of Queensland state Wayne Goss said some people were reported missing in Charleville which had no telephones or electricity but no figures were Day from Page 1 dents said they would pay up to $600 More for a less polluting car. That reflects a Sharp change from a decade ago. In 1981, Only 51 percent of those polled said that protecting the environment was More important than keeping prices Down. Now 80 percent say they favor environmental Protection Over Cost savings. The Earth Day celebrations will be As diverse As the groups sponsoring them. In Richmond va., four tons of household garbage will be dumped on a Park Lawn to provide a hands on lesson in recycling. Students from the University of new Orleans will hold a jazz funeral for heavily polluted Lake Ponchar train. In Georgia prisoners planted More than 100,000 Trees and shrubs in anticipation of Earth Day and work began on a 110-mile Canoe Trail through Georgia a coastal marshes. A we want this Earth Day to have an emphasis on things that will last a said Robert Kerr senior vice president of the Georgia conservancy. In new York City a Model of the Earth will Rise where the Ball usually Falls on new years eve to symbolize the beginning of the decade of the environment. A concert in Central Park will feature Hall and Oates the b-52s, Carly Simon Edie Brickell and others. Tom cruise will be Host of a gathering of politicians conservationists and entertainers on Capitol Hill in Washington . Among the celebrities scheduled to be on hand Are Jane Alexander Kevin Bacon Bruce Hornsby Branford Marsalis and Olivia Newton John. At 6 a.m., activists will hold a candlelight Vigil wearing Black shrouds and death masks outside the Oak Ridge nuclear weapons facility in Knoxville Tenn. The Point is to symbolize the destructiveness of War and the waste of resources that might otherwise be devoted to repairing the environment organizers said. Earth Days organizers Hope it will kick off a new decade of environmental awareness much As the original Earth Day in 1970 launched a decade that saw the creation of the environmental Protection Agency and the passage of landmark environmental legislation. A Earth Day 1990 must do the same a promote enactment of a new truly clean air act accelerate a worldwide ban on rfcs encourage Community groups to work with neighbouring Industry to prevent Adverse health effects from Industrial emissions and involve individuals in the Effort to improve the state of the environment a said Hayes. The government also must reduce dependence on Fossil fuels by creating incentives for conservation Ana Energy efficiency and by promoting research on alternative Energy sources he said. The initial Earth Day was conceived by Gaylord Nelson of the wilderness society who was then a senator from Wisconsin As an a environmental teach in Modeina after the anti Vietnam War teach ins of that from Page 1 . Embassy had requested and been granted permission to land a plane at the Damascus Airport. . Embassy officials declined com ment. But sources said the plane was dispatched to Fly a released hostage to Wiesbaden West Germany. American captives released in the past have been flown to the . Military Hospital in Wiesbaden for medical checks and debriefing. A . Team flew there thursday. As uncertainty grew Over the promised release Alann Steen of Boston one of three american educators held by the group prepared to Mark his fourth birthday in Captivity. He turns 51 today. The captors said wednesday they would free an american within 48 hours and they demanded Kelly go to Damascus to Complete arrangements. But the following Day the group declared the release postponed indefinitely after president Bush citing . Policy not to negotiate with terrorists refuse to Send Kelly to Syria. The Tehran times which is an English language newspaper said in an e tonal saturday that Djerejian 1s 8� enough to conduct the arrangements the release of the
