European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 26, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 5baltic emigres vow to harass Gorbachev a the folks in Moscow township minn., know the chances of acceptance Are slim but they be invited soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev to drop by during his six hour visit to the Minneapolis St. Paul area on june 3. Despite planned protests elsewhere Richard Ruble the townships chairman says a a you be got to be  by the Cox news service Washington a crowds of adoring americans May Issue warm greetings As Mikhail s. Gorbachev begins traversing the country next week but thousands of angry protesters also plan to dog the soviet presidents tracks demanding Independence for their relatives Back in the Baltic republics. A we want to Shadow him wherever he goes a said Darius suziedelis of the lithuanian american Community. A we do plan to make sure he sees at least one Baltic Flag wherever he  if Gorbachev expected his american trip to provide a respite from nagging critics of his policies Back Home it seems he will be disappointed. Buses from Milwaukee Chicago Cleveland new York and other cities Are expected to relay demonstrators of lithuanian estonian and latvian extraction in and out of Washington All next week. And More protests Are planned to follow the soviet Leader to Minnesota and California. The Baltic have become one of Gorbachev a most intractable problems As new Legislatures in All three republics have clamoured to regain the Independence they lost when the soviet Union annexed them in 1940. Gorbachev and the Central government have refused to let them go and that has been troublesome for president Bush. No american government has Ever recognized the Validity of the annexations but Bush is reluctant to press for Independence for the republics now out of fear that a right Wing backlash could Knock Gorbachev from Power. The pro Baltic demonstrations beginning Here on memorial Day will carry messages for both Gorbachev and Bush. A a we re very disappointed with Bush a position a said Maris Mantenieks vice president of the Baltic american committee of greater Cleveland. A essentially he is taking the pragmatic Road of saving Gorbachev at any Cost. And one Cost is the sacrifice of the Baltic states Freedom a he said. Baltic americans want Bush to demand that Gorbachev lift the soviet economic blockade of Lithuania. Another item on their wish list is that the president condition better East West Trade relations on the granting of Baltic Independence. Mantenieks who escaped Latvia As a youth during world War ii said a sense of great urgency underlies the upcoming demonstrations. A if Gorbachev can survive the so called Baltic crisis a he said a i think the Baltic states will not have another Chance for Independence for another 50 years or  the demonstrators will be telling Gorbachev that Baltic partisans in this country will not let the Issue drop. And they also will be trying to explain their cause to americans whom they believe Are confused about the stakes. This is not like the american civil War when the Central government stopped the secession of states that had joined the Union voluntarily said Jonas Bobelis of Elta a publication of the lithuanian National foundation. A Lithuania never joined the soviet Union. It was kidnapped a lie  who protested a sex quiz under attack Annapolis my. Apr a state police officer who complained about a a sex quiz handed out at a training session is under investigation for sending a copy to Alert his Boss his attorney said. A to make a complaint about sexually offensive material and then be charged with distributing sexually offensive material for complaining it just defies description a attorney Alan Legum said wednesday. A we think this has a tremendous chilling effect especially on minorities a said Legum who represents department of natural resources officer Michael g. Sewell. Sewell president of the Black officers association said in his May 10 letter to Der Secretary Torrey c. Brown that the quiz he called sexist reminded him of a file of racist jokes that sparked a 1985 lawsuit against the department. Sewell enclosed a copy of the a official game Warden sex quiz a which had been distributed apparently As a joke by an officer conducting a training program May 8 in Caroline county Legum said. A if this test is an indication of his feelings for females then what is it for Blacks and How does a Black female even stand a Chance to get hired a Sewell wrote. Monday a formal complaint was filed against Sewell for mailing the material to Brown. In a statement wednesday Brown said the Agency launched an investigation the Day the quiz was distributed because it was a totally inappropriate and offensive. Brown said a appropriate actions were being taken against those involved declining to be specific because personnel matters Are confidential. Without naming Sewell Brown said that an officer wrote to superiors about the incident and sent copies of the letter with the sex quiz attached to numerous persons outside the Agency. A this conduct too has been determined to Merit appropriate action a Brown said. Legum said Sewell was that officer and the Only complaint so far brought against him was for mailing the quiz to Brown. Sewell has said he did Send other copies outside the Agency. Departmental charges carry punishments ranging from verbal reprimand to dismissal. The one Page quiz featured 24 True false statements playing off sexual puns according to a copy provided to the Annapolis capital by Annapolis Alderman Carl o. Snowden. In his letter to Brown Sewell compared the jokes to a file of racist and ethnic jokes found in the Der police radio room. The discovery prompted a lawsuit and $26,000 settlement. Florist apparently made up Story of aids harassment ads of time Charleston . Apr a Florist in a Rural Community who claimed he was beaten and harassed because people wrongly thought he had Aie its apparently made up the Story authorities said thursday. Kanawha county prosecutor Bill Forbes said Bill Grealis checked himself into the psychiatric unit of Thomas memorial Hospital on thursday after being confronted with evidence that he was making harassing Telephone Calls to himself. Que Stephens sr., head of the state human rights commission said Grealis was the target of an operation involving 20 members of the attorney general a staff monitoring his Home and pay telephones. Stephens said Grealis did not know of the operation. A we have been preyed upon by this Guy a Forbes told a news conference at the Capitol. A there has been a perpetration of a fraud on All of us who stand Here and All of the Media  Forbes said he did not know the reason behind Grealish behaviour saying the Florist May have wanted the publicity. Grealish plight came to the attention of reporters when he complained he was threatened beaten his business boycotted and his workplace broken into because of a Rumor in the Campbell creaks Community that he had acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Grealis had said business at his Flower shop dropped 80 percent since december and that he nearly went  the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May 26, 1950 a Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini announced in Rome that they were married a by proxy in Juarez Mexico. The actress pleaded with fans to allow them to a live quietly and normally.�?�30 years ago today. May 26, 1960 a a battered air Force c-47 transport forced Down by russian fighters Over East Germany flew Back Over the Iron curtain and landed at Wiesbaden West germany.20 years ago today. May 26, 1970 a cambodian foreign minister Yem Sambar said lie would ask president Nixon to keep american troops in Cambodia until a the end of the  Nixon had set a june 30 deadline for the withdrawal of . Troops from cambodia.10 years ago today. May 26, 1980 a mount St. Helens erupted again spewing Ash As High As 40,000 feet for More than four hours and sending a dark Cloud stretching More than 75 Miles Over Washington a olympic Peninsula