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( : ?1 i' 1 ‘ t t ' I i v I t it i (1 VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope John Paul II ushered in Christian- -- ity's holiest day in the light of small candles held by thousands of faithful at Easter vigil services Saturday night in St Peter's Basilica Preceded by cardinals and bishops in a slow procession toward the altar the pope carried before him a long white candle he lighted to open the service commemorating the night Jesus Christ rose from the dead after his crucifixion The cavernous St Peter's Basilica the largest church in Christendom was dark and silent late Saturday as the procession moved toward the al- tar under the "Baldacchino" the Baroque canopy designed by 17th century sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini the third chanting of the Christi" (Light of Christ)) congregation began lighting :After I candles to symbolize the pilgrimage from darkness to light" Earlier Saturday the Polish-borpope met with an aide to Mikhail S Gorbachev one day after the Soviet president threatened to impose an economic blockade on the rebellious Baltic republic of Lithuania A Vatican spokesman Monsignor Piero Pennacchini said the private audience was requested by Vadim Zagladin a special adviser to Gorbachev But the spokesmen did not say whether it touched on the crisis in Lithuania which declared independence from Moscow on March 11 Casimir Lozoraitis an official of the Lithuanian mission to the Holy See said he had been informed by "informal contacts" that the pontiff's meeting included a discussion n of Lithuania but there no were - - i 1 e e- tails The pope also sent an Easter message to Lithuania which is 80 percent Roman Catholic "In this hour of trepidation and hope I am particularly near to the Lithuanian church" the pope said in Latin in the telegram sent to Cardinal Vincentas Skadkevicius of Lithuania An Italian text of the telegram was provided by the Vatican During the Easter vigil the pope baptized 19 people from 11 countries After a Mass lasting into the early morning hours Sunday the pope had little time to rest before Easter morning which he will celebrate Mass in St Peter's with an open-ai- r Square At noon he will give his "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city of Rome and the world) message from the balcony overlooking the square f 4- - A4: ç It ot 4 1 rk t i ? s ' N : !'--- t - 4 ' i Orthodox Faithful Honor 'Miracle of Holy Ewe' - !ikK gf -c- t:—4---4 JERUSALEM (UP!) — Hundreds of Christian pilgrims rushed Saturday to light handfuls of candles in a ceremony commemorating the resurrection of Jesus after the peal of bells heralded the miracle of the holy fire Old women quickly grasped at the flames from their candles before placing their open palms on their foreheads crossing themselves and mumbling prayers Candle wax dripped over their hands and clothing as they held clusters of 33 candles one for each year Jesus is believed to have lived More than 1500 Christian pilgrims and curious visitors packed the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem and watched from the courtyard and nearby roofs as people ran with burning candles to light other tapers Greek Orthodox Patriarch Diodoros I led a procession three times RrY-- c:vegtfw'r4e' y g i'411::: i z roe k ' A tit ': A' 1"!f A ': 4' 'It 4' - - IT ' t '' L i 'a - v t ''1 1000-year-ol- i I ': ' 4 r 1 p:k '4 A 4 I ' I4A:744 i ' P '1'4' 44Nt V''''' I ::' k i i i 6§':' Pope John Paul II Meets With Gorbachev Aide d around the Ilo ly Sepulchre — a rococo stone edifice over what is believed to be the site of Jesus's tomb — before entering it alone to await the "holy fire" For the Greek and Armenian Orthe ceremony thodox churches which dates back 1000 years reaffirms Jesus' resurrection Followers consider the lighting of the fire to be a miracle performed without human intervention The faithful waited through the morning and early afternoon before the church bells pealed to announce the "miracle of the holy fire" followed by the lighting of the candles Political overtones accompanied the religious ceremony the most r spectacular of Jerusalem's celebrations Before the ceremony young men rushing into the church raised their candles along with "V" for victory signs pre-Easte- I 1 4iNji I i j i I i' I Vol 240 No t 04s N- digoo-- -- ' r1::'-::77t::::::- ":::::::: ::t:Iv44e-7- : 44 '''''iiiat'1':::::d'ii:::::::::::i:::V1 1':!::P:':1-i4lk1::- i :i::'iiiJ:::-0::::1W:ilitiiitti::1:E- 1:( ":' I Tribune Wire Services ' MOSCOW — Lithuania's leaders drafted a curt and defiant response ' 77e 074:7::!r7ma-7'- '777::::::!16:!:1!"4 Saturday to President Mikhail Gorbachev's threat of an economic boycott refusing to recognize a Kremlin-set deadline of Sunday for renouncing independence and asking what punitive steps M oscow intends to take Gorbachev gave Lithuania until Sunday to back away from its declaration of independence or face a halt in deliveries of exportable goods That could include all the oil and gas used in the small Baltic republic as well as metal machinery chemicals cotton and automobiles ": - :i:: ::71'1:F: ? (:::::- I::: :0 7i11:!!::0::i::!::ti"i:(:' ' '0 :iii liti :'ii:1-:- 7 - : - '::!:'!:6:!1:!:E "iiiii!::::4'"j p!:::1: r '''') 1:::::1aii11:::4iii:' (:- : ''4ic i:ij'-- :::(7:-:::::1'::- T!::' :ili::iiig!:'::N ' : -- :: -- :''': :'::::::::"::::::::::'::': :i '''''''''''''''''''''''''''' y!:!:: :':::::::::::'::":':::: ''' Press Laserphoto At a speedway in Anderson SC the Easter Bunny prepares for his big day with a warm-u- p lap on Saturday and waves as he leaves after visiting with about 100 children at the races threat of economic retaliation while Senate Democrats condemned Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev for taking to "precisely the wrong the latest crisis d game of golf During a Bush told reporters he wanted to withhold further comment on the situation until he received "a clarification" on Gorbachev's ultimatum to Baltic rethe independence-seekin- g public Secretary of State James Baker meanwhile said the administration was taking a "wait and see" attitude "It's not entirety easy to know what the next moves are going to Inside The Tribune Tribune Telephone Numbers on A-- 2 Editorials Ellerbee Entertainment Food Lifestyle Foreign Hall Intermountain Jumble Local National Obituaries Public Forum Sports Star Gazer ' 4 t '' ' 4: S ' r 1 ct' I ' i :' ' 1" : ' a i IF : James Baker George Mitchell be" Baker said in an interview on Cable News Network Imposition of sanctions he added "would have an relaadverse impact" on tions Baker would not speculate on what form a US response to sanctions would take Bush and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said Friday they were deeply disturbed by Gorbachev's threat to cut off supplies to Lithuania if it did not rescind laws passed since it asserted independence on March 11 A senior administration official said that the Soviet ultimatum US-Sovi- — Lend- ing move toward independence about 600 Latvian Communist Party members formed a new party Saturday dedicated to the creation of an independent Latvia with full rights to private property "The voters have voted for an independent sovereign Latvia" said Ivars Kezbers the former Communist ideology chief chosen to lead the new party "This demands a change from us as well" The split among the Latvian Communists followed March 18 elections in which nationalist activists gained control of the Latvian republic's Parliament The delegates to the founding congress Saturday included 263 Communists who walked out of the 25th Congress of the Latvian Communist Party last week to red ject ties with the party and 302 other local Moscow-controlle- Communist officials from throughout the republic leader Kezbers the of the new party was ideology chief of the Latvian Communist Party until he joined the April 7 walkout Some of the Latvian government's highest officials joined the breakaway Communists among them Prime Minister Tills Bresis Deputy Prime Minister Alfreds Chetanis and Foreign Minister EiSee A-- Column 2 :: 1 - - -- ""' ing close analysis and scrutiny in the United States The official who spoke on the condition of anonymity said that there would probably be a further US response to the action before the end of the weekend The official said however the range of options was very limited — adding to the frustration felt by the administration as the war of nerves between the Baltic state and the Kremlin continues to intensify Senate Majority Leader George and six DemoMitchell cratic colleagues just returned to Washington from a visit with Gorbachev in Moscow condemned the economic ultimatum as "precisely the wrong approach in such a delicate and dangerous situation" At a news conference at Andrews Air Force Base Md Mitchell noted that on Thursday Gorbachev had expressed to the Senate delegation "his intention to resolve the situation in Lithuania by peaceful ' — !::::: :ii$:'4N4ig ::'?0104":r:::l:4 :::::::: ::!::'::toN '1::'':::Plyn t EAST BERLIN (UPI) — Putting to '': rest concerns by the United States ::'j tk::::H:y:it::::::1:: :::i::)::::::-:::::::At:::- i:::!::: :I lit 41:::::!':: 1:::ii:c :::::::!:::la - :::: F:?:"4" - ::':i::::::::ii::::::: 111r ' H i': : and NATO members East Germany's new defense minister said Saturday the two Germanys are unlikely to combine their armies into a "super force" any time soon Rainer Eppelmann a Protestant clergyman sworn in as minister for defense and disarmament told the ::i:::7 it' !:'I--:"T":l'T!'ll'edi!ogi?-i:0:n: ':101g:::: '1 k: Mitchell and Sens Bill Bradley of Column 4 See 2 A-- B-- 2 F-1- A-1- ' ' - :::it?Y:i4::ii' - - East Berlin newspaper Neues - ' - 0 A-1- 6 W-- 1 W-1-- 8 W-- 5 A-5- 8 W-- 5 4 A-1- 8 2 A-1- 9 Washington Today's Forecast Salt Lake City and vicinity — High cloudiness and continued mild Highs 70s Lows 40s Details B-- 4 WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Army officials pressured to meet demands for sharp reductions in Pentagon spending have agreed to a proposal that would cut about one soldier in four from the service by 1997 senior Pentagon sources said Saturday Army Secretary Michael Stone and Army Chief of Staff Gen Carl Vuono gave their final approval to the proposal on Wednesday said the sources who spoke on condition of not being identified by name Under the proposal active duty forces would plummet from the current 764000 to 580000 by the beginning of fiscal year 1997 The number of National Guard and Reserve forces would be slashed as well although not as precipitously dropping from the present 776000 to 645000 slots over the same time period the sources said Even though the move cuts tens of thousands of soldiers from Army rolls — beyond what the service projected it would do in the last Pentagon budget — the proposal may not placate demands on Capitol Hill for even more severe layoffs In hot pursuit of a peace dividend amid lessened superpower tension some lawmakers have called for cutbacks or even outright cancellation of high-cos- t weapons programs such as the $530 million B-stealth bomber But savings can't be gleaned as quickly from weapons programs as they can from personnel accounts because weaponry costs are stretched over many years So that leaves the manpower-intensiv- e Army with the largest segment of the nation's 21 million-membe- r military force as the biggest target for possible budget savings 2 long-ter- Deutschland he sees no impending merger of the West German Bundeswehr and the East German Volksarmee Eppelman who took office with 23 other members of Prime Minister Lothar de Maiziere's coalition Cabinet indicated the touchy issue of allowing NATO soldiers on East German territory is what stands in the way De Maiziere's government 1:ill ? 1 ' ' anialtamiumwo:00: 4 —United Press international Photo President Bush returns from Bermuda Ile wants details on Soviet threat of economic retaliation against Lithuania Civilian Life Looms for 8 Unified Army? E Germany Eases Fears :f: Irtoti0 non-viole- means" Soviets planned a full or partial blockade or some other sort of limitation on Lithuania's economic activities Reacting to Gorbachev's threat Landsbergis expressed relief that Gorbachev chose economic pressure rather than military force "We expected worse" he said But despite the tough stance emanating from Vilnius Western advisers to Lithuania have said the republic must maintain economic ties with the Soviet Union if it is to survive as an independent state Thus in the war of nerves Gorbachev was successful: His threat of an economic boycott raised tensions in the republic Lithuanian leaders acknowledged privately In Leningrad 5000 people gathered at the Winter Palace for a protest rally that included appeals to strike in support of Lithuania if Gorbachev pursues a blockade according to Leningrad journalist Maxim Korzhov Meanwhile Pope John Paul II sent an encouraging message to Lithuania and Britain's foreign secretary Douglas Hurd called on the Kremlin to open a dialogue with the rebel-Se- e A-Column 1 2 - caught US strategists off guard and that Gorbachev's move was undergo- lils USSR (UPI) further support to Lithuania's E-1- Barbed Business Classified Common Carrier Crossword RIGA Landsbergis said Gorbachev's ultimatum would not even be discussed h" rain-soake- Arts ' This is a way to delay negotiations and try to present it as if Lithuania doesn't want negotiations" he said He said it was unclear whether the in two days In Move Toward Independence tiations" Demos ec Kremlin As Bush Seeks More Data By Tom Raum Associated Press Writer HAMILTON Bermuda — President Bush sought more detailed information Saturday on Moscow's 1 Latvian Group Forms New Party Landsbergis has said the March 11 declaration of independence will not be revoked "The Soviet Union has until recently waged a psychological and political war against Lithuania and now it is unleashing an economic war as well" Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis the first leader of any Soviet republic said at a news conference "They still demand impossible things of us and this is a way to avoid beginning nego- : ' : app-oac- lint I until Tuesday since predominantly Roman Catholic Lithuania will still be celebrating the Easter holiday Monday "It is impossible to give the answer Lithuanian President Vytautas " against Lithuania 1111 sl (1 :' :::1 ? ke eZti 41 t '11 '-- ''1 t -- b 1 Firm Lithuania Stan E Threat Against rgo Rollin' Down the Bunny Trail - all i Salt Lake City Utah—Sunday Morning April 15 1990 1 i 1'?y:::'::t-::(:i- - p 0 1 in 4 GIs by '97 "Ifs painful" said one senior Pentagon planner knowledgeable about the Army's proposal Another source who also spoke privately said the proposal was forced upon the service by "fiscal reality" even as he expressed concerns about pressures to go beyond the 580000 level "That would bring us pretty close to a dysfunctional Army" he said given the national security requirement for a "trained and ready" force The senior official did not say how much savings were being projected from the manpower cut It is difficult to project near-tersavings from force reductions because of the pos Toddy's Chuckle Permanent press: an invention of Hollywood sibility that severance pay may be allocated to more senior servicemen and women The new proposal is contained in the Army's long-terbudget proposal formally known in Pentagon jargon as the "POM" or program objective memorandum It contains the service's spending desires through the years 1992 to 1997 in line with top-lin- e budget numbers handed down by the civilian Pentagon leadership In the fiscal 1991 budget Defense Secretary Dick Cheney sent to Capitol Hill in January he sought $2951 billion in spending authority But given the recent changes that have swept Eastern Europe and prospects of arms control agreements with the Soviet Union lawmakers have called C:heney's proposals bloated and in its coalition agreement adopted Thursday said a united Germany should be a member of NATO for a transitional period until the creation of a global European security system The Soviet Union has opposed solitary NATO membership for a unified Germany even for only a transitional period suggesting that the new Germany belong to both NATO and the Warsaw Pact That proposal has been rejected by the West "There will be no Bundeswehr soldiers because they belong to NATO" Eppelman said "It will be another matter when only one bloc exists whether it is called Christmas Tree NATO Appelbaum or Conference on Security and Cooperation in Eu- rope" Talks between de Maiziere's and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's governments on formation of a monetary economic social union by July 1 are scheduled to start late next week The union is a key step toward unification The four powers will meet together and also with the two German states to discuss the security aspects of unification Eppelmann who represents the small conservative Democratic Awakening party said Soviet views will have to be considered "We cannot be indifferent in Europe and the German Democratic Republic to what the Soviet Union thinks fears and believes" he said |
