European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 01, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Friday february 1. -1991. The stars and stripes Page 9 a Vav w \ absence of of Lithuania say View fro the top a sportsman enjoys the sunny Alpine View As he strolls on the Zug Pitzer Germany a highest Mountain ready for some top of the world skiing at the austrian Border. _ Vilnius. . A the Abs Nee of soviet troops on the is reels of Vilnius a overnight signalled a an improvement in relations with Moscow Lili trunian president vytautas lands Hargis said thu slav. A a a foreign minister Alexander by Sinert no Khz in an inner new with pravda said the West was reacting emotionally to tin. Rest in the Baltic Wiuf endangering super1 Power relations 1 governments pikes Nutini Audrius an balls said there was no visible soviet troop y presence on the streets of. Vilnius overnight following a Pulkit of soviet troops wednesday. 1 Landsbergis noting the absence of Kiili tary patrols said a perhaps this is a Good sign this is a step towards belter  but the lithuanian Leader warned wednesday that soviet soldiers still Ocee pied several Republic owned buildings Quot and cautioned the West not to he taken in by Kremlin promises of a pullout. Soviet Interior minister Boris Pugo said All paratroopers already have left the Baltic Region and two thirds of the a Black Beret i n t e no r i n is try t bops had h e e n i t to drawn. V -. A a. Military officials said soviet paratroopers were sent in Early january to protect non lithuanian residents mostly russians from alleged Diserina Unatin. They were also ordered to round up draft cad ers. A. A a but Many saw the move As a move against the Baltic Independence movements. Latvia Estonia and Quot Lithuania Independent Between the wars were forcibly annexed by the soviet Union in 1940. They now want  from Moscow a Twenty people have died in Lithuania Ait Latvia in the crackdown that included armed . Lithuania s main Televik.   la via s Interior ministry. Bessmer Nyoh said the United states and other. Western countries had. Reacted emotionally to events in the Baltic and failed to understand the Kremlin s actions lie said the soviet leadership regretted what happened in. The Baltic hut eve tils there should not he allowed to impede foreign relations especially with the United states. A a. Quot there Are dangers especially if the a other Side is locked into a purely emotional response and into  calculations at the same time overlooking the a possibility of. Destroying the historic trend Tow a ill the positive development of the. World Quot Bessmer Nyoh said. He said that nobody was denying the right of the Baltic slates to become Independent but echoed the demand of  s. Gorbachev that they must do so with ii the framework  the soviet Constitution. A. A y v. A Why Are republics that strive for Independence not moving in Konsti t u t Ion a 1 ways?.�?T Bessmer Nyoh asked. Quot nobody is. Saying inde Perikli Nec is impossible. The West should be More attentive and cautious in its  a in his state of the Union address tues Day. President Bush said the Kremlin had promised to Quot move away from  Landsbergis responded by saying that Bush should go to Lithuania and assess the situation Lor himself. Quot if he could see the War of. Propaganda against Lithuania and the other Bailie slates he would not say the a cold War is  gets t2 years in jail from staff and wire reports Munich Germany a a German court thursday sentenced former red army faction extremist Werner Lotze to 12 years in jail on charges of murder attempted murder and blackmail. One of the charges stemmed from the 1979 attempt to kill Alexander Haig then commander of nato forces in Europe. For the first time in a trial against an Raf member the court applied a regulation that allows it to deliver a Milder sentence if the accused person turns state witness. During the trial police told the court that Lotze had Given them details of How the violent left Wing organization used to work How attacks were carried out and who participated in them. The court sentenced Lotze 38, to a total of 12 years imprisonment after convicting him of killing a policeman and finding him guilty on four counts of attempted murder and two of blackmail. Lotze had pleaded guilty to the charges but the prosecution asked for a Milder sentence arguing that Lotze had provided invaluable help to police and was a a reformed  a a the chief Federal prosecutor Alexander von Stahl will Appeal the sentence to the Federal supreme court in Karlsruhe a court spokesman  is not expected for some months the spokesman said. V a Lotze will remain in jail no matter what is decided a he said. Quot the Appeal will not he against the verdict Only the length of the  the attack against i Laig occurred june 25, 1979, in Belgium while he was being driven to work in a limou1 , vhf aide and Driver were uninjured when a land mine exploded seconds after l Laigo a car crossed a narrow Bridge near the supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. Two belgian state troopers and a . Security guard in a car following Haig suffered minor injuries from flying Glass. A. Lotze was the first of 10 alleged former Raf members facing trial after their arrests in list Germany last summer. A a \ court to in charged with murder Mannheim Germany a amps a a Mannheim military policeman accused of killing a German woman in 1989 goes on trial in German court Friday. Spec. Thomas bean of the 95th my in is charged with murder in the oct. 31, 1989, death of 32-year-old Petra Maier. Defense attorney Jorgan Fischer said. A bean has been in confinement at the army facility yen Mannheim for More than u year while awaiting trial. Bail is not allowed in German capital cases and Fisher said that it s not uncommon for american soldiers to serve their pretrial confinement at the american facility. According to the German prosecutor s prime witness Maier was last seen entering a Blue military police vehicle in front of the Seala club in downtown Mannheim about 2 . On oct. 31, Fischer said. The witness Spicl he was outside the club that morn ing. His description of the cards Driver was similar to bean. A Fisherman found Maiers body that afternoon on the Bank of the Rhine River Maier who lived in nearby Ludwigshafen had been beaten on the head with a stick like object and run Over by a car Fischer said. Bean was on patrol alone in the urea of the Seala club that even Ingr Xit he denies that a  his vehicle Fisher said. A bean was questioned by German police in late november 1989, he first was placed in confinement at the Mannheim facility on nov. 27, 1989. He was released dec. 8, but put Back into custody the following Day Only to be released again on dec. 13. Bean has been in the confinement facility since dec. 21,1989. The repeated detainment and releases were caused by confusion among German judges Tybout jurisdiction. Fischer said. Go sentenced to 11 years abusing daughter 8 Mons Belgium a amps a an army staff sergeant assigned to the nato shape band in Belgium was sentenced to 11 years in jail for sexually abusing his 8-year-old daughter. The sergeant pleaded guilty to sodomy and other charges of a general court martial held in Kaiserslautern Germany on Jan. 19. The 34-Ycar-pld sergeant admitted to the judge that on numerous occasions Between May 1989 and october-1990,-he--sexually&Quot molested his daughter. A on the last occasion to was discovered by his will who had returned Home unexpectedly. The sergeant who has been in the army 12 years also was reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade ordered to forfeit $950 per month for 11 years and give ten a bad conduct discharge ilex will be confined at fori  Kan. The stars and stripes is withholding the scr Geantt a name to protect the victim