European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 19, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 5 rep. Richard a. Gephardt Washington apr House majority Leader Richard a. Gephardt informed colleagues and party leaders wednesday that he will not seek the 1992 democratic presidential nomination. A George Bush a popularity is paper thin a he can be Defeated in 1992,�?� the Missouri Democrat said in a letter to members of the House democratic caucus. A but i am also convinced that my greatest contribution to that cause will be made not As a presidential candidate but As majority Leader helping to shape define and Advance the democratic  Gephardt spoke in person to Many of his fellow House democrats. His audience also included at least two other potential democratic candidates sen. Albert Gore or. Of Tennessee and new York gov. Mario m. Cuomo. At a breakfast attended by reporters Gore said president Bush a deserves to be beaten but would not say whether he would try to do it. And among other potential candidates Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton said in Little Rock that he would decide by labor Day whether to run for president. Gephardt 50, would have been a serious contender. He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1988 and maintains a network of fund raisers and political supporters. One reason for Gephardt a announcement was so his supporters could weigh overtures from other potential candidates according to sources. Gephardt has repeatedly said he had no plans to run in 1992 and would focus on his role As the no. 2 Man in the House leadership below speaker Thomas s. Foley a Wash. But he held several fund raisers this Spring and never said he would not run Only that he was not planning to. In his letter Gephardt said that Many of his a colleagues have been urging him to enter the race and that he considered running. A the answer must come from the heart a he wrote. A and my heart tells me that it is Best for St. Louis and my District and Best for our democratic party in Congress and across the country for me to remain As majority  Gephardt and top advisers gathered this month to assess the race. According to sources Gephardt told the gathering he was confident he could win the nomination and wanted to know whether he could be competitive against Bush. A poll conducted for Gephardt showed voter unrest on Domestic issues that could be the Centrepiece of a Gephardt Campaign but still found Bush to have solid popularity according to two sources t 4\ 1 la it familiar with the poll. As majority Leader Gephardt is on track to become pc act. But he has expressed frustration with Congress at times. He has been considered a Likely presidential candidate in 1996. Gephardt a 1988 Campaign got off to a Good Start with a win m the Iowa caucuses. But Short of Money and under attack from rivals he faltered in new Hampshire and won Only his Home state of Missouri in the Southern dominated super tuesday primaries. Gephardt dropped out of the race in March 1988, two Days after losing the Michigan  vote themselves $23,200 raise Washington apr the Senate voted its members a $23,200 annual pay raise wednesday night in Exchange for giving up thousands of dollars in speaking fees that two thirds of the senators accept from special interest groups. A Surprise amendment adding the pay raise to an appropriations Bill was approved 53-45 after supporters characterized it As a measure Only to a a equalizer Senate salaries with those paid to House members. Leaders of both parties agreed to bring the Issue to the Senate floor Well after the evening network news and the departure of most reporters. The raise almost certain to become Law would close the Gap Between the $101,900 that senators now pay themselves and the $125,100 paid to the 435 members of the House of representatives. Twenty eight democrats and 25 republicans voted for the increase. Against it were 27 democrats and 18 republicans. Of the 32 senators seeking re election it is demeaning to the United states Senate to be a second class  sen. Robert a Byrd next year 23 voted against the raise and Only eight voted for it. One did not vote. The House voted itself the boost two years ago most of it taking effect this january in Exchange for giving up honorariums. Senators Are limited to $23,068 in honorariums. The pay raise provision was sprung As an amendment to a House passed Bill later passed by voice vote in the Senate providing $2.3 billion to run Congress next year. The raise would become effective immediately when president Bush signs the Bill after House and Senate negotiators work out compromises on other issues. The chief sponsor of the pay raise appropriations committee chairman Robert c. Byrd d-w.va., argued a it is demeaning to the United states Senate to be a second class body a Byrd acknowledged that most americans make less than half what a senator is now paid and oppose raising lawmakers salaries. A yet this. Is the most important Board of directors of any business in the world a he said. Citing the costs of College tuition and paying mortgages on Homes both in Washington and in Home states sen. Ted Stevens a Alaska said the pay difference is discouraging House members and others from running for the Senate. But sen. Charles e. Grassly a Lowa said salaries should not be raised until lawmakers show they can balance the budget and run the government efficiently. In the stars and stripes 10yearsago july 19,1981 a two skywalk in the enclosed five Story courtyard of the Hyatt Regency Crown Center in Kansas City mo., collapsed onto a crowded dance floor killing 111 people and injuring 140. 20years ago july 19,1971 a As combat fell to its lowest level in six years vice president Nguyen Cao by of South Vietnam speculated that president Nixon a announced visit to Mainland China might have caused China to urge North Vietnam to scale Down the War. 30yearsago july 19,1961 a the United states Britain and France rejected the soviet Union s claim that it can wipe out their Berlin rights simply by signing a separate peace treaty with communist East Germany. 40yearsago july 19,1951 a at korean armistice negotiations communist forces demanded an immediate cease fire and withdrawal of All foreign troops from Korea. The United nations maintained that a cease fire cannot be pronounced until armistice terms Are agreed upon. Missing satellites found in wrong orbit los Angeles apr the Pentagon said thursday that it regained Contact with seven Small defense communications satellites after losing touch with them As they were placed in orbit by a plane launched Pegasus rocket. The satellites were put in near Polar orbit at the wrong Altitude because the four stage rocket went off course after its first stage separated. But the orbit still should be satisfactory for the $18 million Mission the defense advanced research projects Agency or Darpa said in Washington. The fourth stage of the Pegasus rocket also was located in orbit Darpa said. The Pentagon Agency said the Micro sat satellites first Ere located at 7 23 . Wednesday when they passed Over their master control station at defense systems inc., in Mclean a. The company built the Micro sats each of which weighs Only 49 pounds and measures Ivi inches High by 19 inches wide. It took More than 14 hours for the defense department to announce the development. On wednesday Pentagon officials did no to announce they lost Contact with the satellites until three hours after the Pegasus rocket was launched from a b-52 bomber flying off californians coast. The satellites were to have been placed in orbit 447 Miles above the Earth. . Space come tracking stations determined they were in an orbit ranging Between 221 Miles and 282 Miles High Darpa said. Finding the Micro sats spared the Pentagon a blow to its Effort to develop Small Low Cost communications satellites to Aid Battlefield commanders provide a reliable backup to Large expensive satellites and perfect ways to make those larger satellites smaller and cheaper in the future. Wednesdays launch was the second time in a month that a rocket built by Virginia based Orbital sciences corp. Did no to work As planned. The company a 50-foot prospector rocket carrying scientific experiments careened out of control and was destroyed after launch from Cape canaveral fla., on june 18. Accord reached on health care aids tests Washington a the Bush administration and senators of both parties reached a Compromise wednesday to require health care workers performing certain treatments to be tested for the aids virus and to Stop performing some medical procedures if they Are infected. The agreement would be an alternative to a stricter proposal by sen. Jesse Helms , establishing criminal penalties for health care workers with the virus a called his a who done to disclose their infection to patients before treating them. Both proposals were scheduled for Senate votes thursday. The Compromise would require states to enact recommendations announced monday by the governments centers for disease control in Atlanta. The cd cd a guidelines urge infected doctors dentists and nurses to Stop performing procedures involving blood exposure unless a panel of experts consents and patients Are informed. Such procedures would include heart surgery tooth extraction or other treatments in which a health care worker could be injured and bleed into an opening in a patient. Helms provision would require jail terms of at least 10 years and fines of at least $10,000 for his infected health care workers who have a invasive physical contacts with patients without telling them of the infection. The proposal does not define a invasive physical Contact a but the term generally Means procedures in which a patients blood could be exposed to the blood of a health care worker or another patient. The cd said that As of March 31, there were 6,436 health care workers in the country known to have aids including 171 dentists and dental hygienists 703 doctors 47 surgeons and 1,358 nurses. Cd estimated in january that in addition about 300 surgeons and 1,200 dentists Are infected with the virus. But the cd knows of just five patients who it believes got the his virus from a health care worker a Florida dentist who has since died of aids. Scientists remain Uncertain of How the disease was spread