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The combination of the warning, the reinforcements, Friday’s seizure of a Lithuanian government building by Soviet troops and the Soviet Un l ion’s drive to remove foreign corre spondents from the republic by Sun day night had many people worried that martial law would be imposed within days. “I fear they arc going to start shooting,” said one middle-aged Lithuanian woman. Last week, Gorbachev said he would use force only if there was a threat to life. Since then, Soviet authorities have complained of several sniper attacks on soldiers. Lithuanian officials said they can find no evidence to support the alle gations and many fc^r that the reports are being created to serve as a pretext for a military crackdown. Gorbachev has said he fears a break up of the Soviet Union could result in chaos and violent conflict. He has said it would uproot many of the 60 million people who do not live in their ancestral lands. Saturday night, Gorbachev urged Lithuanian leaders to reverse their republic’s declaration of independ ence, saying they must recognize their responsibilty for the Lithuanian people’s “security and well-being, for the state of democracy in the whole country, and stability in the world.” He warned that if they refuse, “the developments may have grave conse quences for all of us.” Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis said Saturday night Gorbachev was “demanding impos sible things,” but said he would send a delegation to Moscow today to try to begin negotiations. On Sunday, the last foreign corre spondents were being rousted out of the republic. Hundreds of journalists from across the world obeyed the Soviet government’s order to depart, fearing the loss of their Moscow bu reaus if they refused. Many said they were depressed at being forced to leave Lithuania after Gorbachev’s warning. “You do get this very sick feeling in your stomach that as soon as we leave... it’s not going to be pretty,” said Jonathan Sanders of CBS. “People in the (Lithuanian) TV station are very nervous,” he said. Sanders said the Lithuanian journal ists expect their reporting of the Moscow-Vilnius war of nerves to be halted as soon as foreign networks are no longer on hand to record a Soviet takeover ot their stations. The Soviet army reinforced its garrison in central Vilnius Sunday with at least 45 armored personnel carriers. “It’s the same Brezhnev doctrine at work as in Czechoslovakia,’ ’ only this time, Gorbachev is moving “with a smile, slowly and easily,’’ said Algimantas Cckuolis, editor of the Lithuanian newspaper Gintasis Kras tas, who has become a de facto spokes man for the independent government. He was referring to the doctrine under which late Soviet leader Le onid Brezhnev justified the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslo vakia. Despite the pressure, Lithuanian officials say they are convinced they will last longer than Gorbachev’s authority over a splintering empire. “Our tactics are to hold on a couple of months,” Cckuolis said. He said he hopes for support from other So viet republics moving toward inde pendence and from other democrati cally minded legislators just elected to the Russian parliament. Lithuanians also said Gorbachev risks the loss of respect in the Soviet Union and in the world if he is unable to assert his authority without resort ing to force. “They are compromising the lead ership of the Soviet Union,” Landsbcr gis said. Colt considers new production of AR15 assault-style weapons WASHINGTON - The new own ers of Colt Firearms arc weighing whether to resume production of the Colt AR15, the popular U.S.-made, assault-style rifle. The former owners stopped sales to civilians last year when the gov ernment banned imports of similar weapons. Ron Stilwell, executive vice presi dent and chief operating officer of what is now called Colt’s Manufac turing Co., said the Hartford, Conn. based company is considering whether to start producing AR 15s for civilians again. “We are evaluating that,’’ Stilwell said in an interview. “We will have some formal statements on it in the future. “We firmly believe it is a legiti mate sporting system and in fact the only system that can be used for cer tain national target matches,” he said. The firearms division of Colt In dustries was sold March 22 to a group of investors, C.F. Holding. The Colt AR 15 was the most popu lar U.S.-made sem iaulomatic assault style rifle when the former owners shut down production for the civilian market in March 1989. The action occurred the day after the federal government imposed a temporary import ban on dozens of foreign-made weapons with similar characteristics. The import ban be came permanent last July on 43 styles of rifles. *-• -- • — At the time, Colt Industries spokes man Mike Dunn said, “We want to conform to the spirit of the law al though we weren’t specifically men tioned in the letter of the law.” Dunn said late Friday that Colt never resumed production of the AR15 j for civilian use. Susan Whitmore of Handgun Control Inc. said she was disappointed that Colt’s new management may reverse that decision. “They’re putting profits over public safety,” Whitmore said. “We don’t want to see one more assault weapon on the streets, and this is just going to add to it.” Nebraskan Editor Amy Edward* 472- 1786 Managing Editor Ryan St**v*s Professional Adviser Don Walton 473- 7301 The Daily Nebrxskan(USPS 144 080) is Eublished by the UNI. 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