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mm si SPORTS THE AMfflDM lEPUELEC Final Edition 35C Copyright 1990, The Arizona Republic JVIonday, March 12, 1990 Phoenix, Arizona 100th year, No. 298 k1 IQOnWes OrTalllrirj ia chooses freedom ft If I i i i name Sea Riga Higa LATVIA S. LATVIA LITHUANlAy bam yiiniu PaND V) SOVIET UNION r-i asia AFRICA Vytautas Landibergli "We're not going to be beating our fists, but we have to start settling accounts." by foreign force in 1940," the legislative decree said. "And from this moment, Lithuania again becomes a sovereign state." For Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, the vote represented perhaps his biggest crisis yet on his fifth anniversary as Soviet leader and the eve of a national parliamentary session. The outgoing president of' the Lithuanian Parliament, Communist Party chief Algirdas Brazauskas, said before the vote that approval of Sec LITHUANIA, pagc A9 But outside the Parliament hall, a small crowd broke into wild cheers.

Earlier, the crowd ripped down a metal Soviet crest from the outside door of the legislative building and carted it away. Some stomped on it. "That's the end of the Soviet regime," said a jubilant deputy looking on. "Expressing the will of the people, the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania decrees and solemnly declares the restoration of the exercise of the sovereign powers of the Lithuanian state, which were annulled forcibly annexed by the Kremlin 50 years ago. Legislators joined hands, raised them over their heads and chanted, "Lietuva, Lietuva," "Lithuania" after they voted to proclaim their homeland independent once more.

The vote was 124-0, with six deputies abstaining. The lawmakers also declared that the KGB and police now must take their orders from Vilnius, not Moscow. The move was not immediately recognized or sanctioned by Moscow, and acknowledged that full Difficult talks with Moscow appear ahead By Carey Goldberg Associated Press VILNIUS, U.S.S.R. The Lithuanian Parliament voted Sunday to break away from the Soviet Union and restore the independence the Baltic republic lost when it was independence could be won only after long, difficult negotiations with the Kremlin leadership. The Arizona Republic to nA tfuuH J-fJ I 1 I ICBEEC 4 are burned in crash at Mesa airfield i i ii i i 4 i I 1 III II 1111 i ill 1 i citx i Site of crash McQowell Rd.

Runway 4R i rr: BRAZILIAN DAZZLE Ayrton Senna claims his 21st victory in 95 career starts as he wins the Iceberg Phoenix Grand Prix before a crowd estimated at 10,000 to 15,000. RELATED STORIES: GP3, GP4 McKellips Rd. V- SCOTTSDAU AiMlnl 14 mile I TEMPEl mesa Fire consumes craft shortly after takeoff By Art Thomason The Arizona Republic A single-engine plane crashed and burned into ashes shortly after takeoff Sunday from Mesa's Falcon Field, injuring the four Bakersfield, residents aboard, three critically. The 31 -year-old co-pilot "miraculously" escaped with burns of the face and hands, a police spokesman said. He was listed in fair condition Sunday night at Maricopa Medical Center.

The pilot and two passengers were in critical condition at the county hospital Sunday night with burns over much of their bodies. "It's just unbelievable that all four got out and walked away from the crash," Mesa police Sgt. Mike Hayes said as he watched firefighters inspect the smoldering wreckage. Hayes said the plane apparently lost power shortly after taking off rfg. LAimt; i.ji.j...ia: The Arizona Republic Mike LevyThe Arizona Republic Ayrton Senna gains distance on Jean Alesi during the Iceberg Phoenix Grand Prix.

Alesi finished second, 8.685 seconds behind Senna. Bazzlieg race, dowdy place from the airport shortly before 9 a.m. FAA officials said the plane touched down shortly after taking off, then became airborne before crashing. Most of the Cessna 210, a turboprop, disintegrated. "All I could see when it hit was flames in the sky," said Mary Colvin, 37, of Mesa, an eyewitness.

The plane burst into flames as it went down in the maintenance yard of a scwagc-treatmcnt plant, barely miss- Sec I page A 12 i ii i i Civilian president takes office in Chile A Press prefers Scottsdale to 'dull' Phoenix By Carol Sowers The Arizona Republic Jon Thompson, who covered Sunday's Iceberg Phoenix Grand Prix for The Canberra Times in Australia, had this warning for his readers back home: "Come to Phoenix for the Grand Prix, but stay in Scottsdale." Thompson and other reporters who covered the dazzling Formula One race, said Phoenix is a dowdy big sister compared with Scottsdale and its lively, arty downtown. Bob Jennings of The Advertiser of Adelaide, Australia, sent his readers a similar message: "Come, but don't stay downtown," he said. "There are a lot of good places to sec, but if you don't have a car, it's a real pain." Compare that with what a Japanese television crew shot in December for its broadcast of Sunday's race: rafting on the Salt River, views of the Grand Canyon, Mexican food, the Biltmorc Hotel and Rawhide, a mock Western town in north Scottsdale. Or the images from an Italian Aylwin donned the red, white and blue presidential sash during a ceremony in Valparaiso, a seaport city 70 miles northwest of Santiago. "Chile returns to democracy without violence, without blood, without hate," he later told supporters in Santiago.

"Chile returns by the road of peace." To begin his presidency, Aylwin pardoned all political prisoners under the Pinochet regime. Pinochet shook the new president's hand at Sunday's inauguration and then quickly left the hall, where his Sec tmUM, page A6 By Federlco Qullodran The Associated Press VALPARAISO, Chile Gen. Augusto Pinochet surrendered rule to elected President Patricio Aylwin on Sunday, ending 16H years of military rule and completing South America's transition to civilian governments. Street celebrations of the partial return of democracy touched off scattered disturbances in downtown Santiago. Bands of leftist youths blocked streets with burning debris and clashed with police.

More than 20 people were reported injured. To thunderous applause and cheers, Mlke LevyThe Arizona Republic Fans of driver Satoru Nakajima show their support by holding a Japanese flag along the Grand Prix race course. Nakajima, who drove for the Tyrrell team, finished sixth in Sunday's event. year's 30,000 fans. Race promoters could not be reached for comment Sunday about the smaller crowd.

The Australians' complaints were hardly- the image city officials See PRESS, page A 8 reporters and others covering Sunday's race under skies that threatened rain, won by Brazilian Ayrton Senna before a crowd estimated at 10,000 to 15,000. The race had been expected to draw more than last crew, which in February buzzed over Saguaro and Canyon lakes and Red Mountain, toured Biltmore Fashion Square and visited a sports-medicine clinic. Phoenix drew mixed reviews from Inside Drug peril may have skipped a generation if IXPtX: Astrology B8 Bridge 1)8 Business CI Calendar B5 Classified C5, CL1 Comics B9, CL6 DcarAbby B8 Editorial A 10 Etc. A3 Life Leisure 1)4 Montini Bl Obituaries C5 Puzzles B8 Short Takes B6 Ski report A 12 Solomon B8 Sports Dl TVRadio BIO Panama chiefs fast stresses 'suffering Sec Page A7 Corporate giant wants to seize widow's home Sec Page Bl Today's prayer: Lord, teach us to appreciate the things we take for granted. Amen, Today's chuckle: Etiquette: learning to yawn with your mouth closed.

Today's weather: Mostly to partly cloudy. High 64, low 44. Sunday: high 64, low 49; humidity, high 66 percent, low 35 percent. A 12, B3. Wcathcrlinc- 957-8700 tured for some medical applications but is banned from use during pregnancy.

"Amy had no symptoms until she came home from school on a Thursday complaining of a pain in the back of her neck," Sarah Roberts She said that a week later, doctors reported that her daughter had three months to live. That was two years ago. Amv died in June, after doctors fought for 14 months to control the rare cancer, which had spread through her body, SccWtfc, page AS Methodist minister in Olney. The case raises the possibility that a danger already recognized for the daughters of 3 million women who took DES during pregnancy from the 1940s to the 1970s may affect another generation of children. DES was made and sold by about 300 pharmaceutical companies from 1947 to 1971.

In 1970, researchers discovered the link between DES and cancer in daughters of women who used the drug. The Food and Drug Administration says the drug still is manufac Grandmother took DES, girl died of cancer By David Brltco The Associated Press WASHINGTON A 13-ycar-old girl may be the first child to have died of vaginal cancer because her grand-rhothcr took a drug 40 years ago that Was thought to prevent miscarriages, the girl's doctor and mother said Sunday. Sarah Roberts of Olncy, whose daughter Amy died in June, said a lawyer representing the family plans to file a suit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on Monday against Eli Lilly and Co. of Indianapolis, one of the manufacturers of the synthetic hormone diethyl-stilbcstrol, or DES.

Sarah Roberts said her mother-in-law, who is still living and has one other young granddaughter, took the drug in 1949 when she was pregnant by J. David Roberts, now a Dan Roitenkowskl The chairman of the House Ways': and Means Committee calls for a government spending Including Social Security benefits. A4..