European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes saturday August 3, 1991 Bush expected to veto measure As too costly Washington apr the House in a Rush to begin its summer recess followed the Senate and voted Friday to extend jobless benefits in a Bill opposed by president Bush. A Bush said he believes the democratic pushed Bill is too costly telling a midday White House news conference a the last thing i want to do is break the budget deficit  republicans opposed to the Bill already had cited longstanding administration statements that the recession is ending anyway and they also pointed to fridays slight drop in the unemployment rate to 6.8 percent As proof that the measure is not needed. The House approved the $5.8 billion plan 375-45. The legislation giving people who have depleted the Basic 26 weeks of unemployment compensation up to 20 extra weeks of government checks was approved by the Senate late thursday on a voice vote. Bush however said he favored a scaled Down Republican plan to Aid the jobless. But he also said that a i want to wait until i see what the House does and the legislation arrives at the White . Bill Archer of Texas ranking Republican on the ways and Means panel had said Bush would sign the legislation but refuse to declare an emergency. Under budget procedures an emergency declaration would be needed to trigger the benefits. Signing the Bill and refusing to declare an emergency would nullify the Bill a effects and deny Congress a Chance to override a veto. Earlier Friday Bush a spokesman Marlin Fitzwater confirmed the White House was leaning toward a veto. A once again the democrats have chosen to try and attack the problem once its Over a he said. Democrats argued that the assistance for the Long term unemployed was still needed. A i done to believe we re coming out of the recession a said House ways and Means the Bush administration has an economic program for every country in the world except this one. Tonight we re stepping up  the american people a sen. Donar a. Riegle committee chairman Dan Rostenkowski Diu. House speaker Thomas Foley d-wash., warned that if Bush does no to implement the Bill a a we re going to be right Back Here in september with another Bill for  Bush drove to the Capitol Friday morning to meet with leaders of both parties in the House and Senate and Sepa vision from the past a a fish a the last operating b-29 super fortress flies Over Man Field in St. Paul minn., for the Confederate air Minneapolis on thursday. The plane landed at hoi forces 14th annual world War ii Airpower display. Rarely with House republicans. Entering the gop meeting on the House floor Bush cited to reporters fridays unemployment figures which showed the jobless rate dropping from 7 percent to 6.8 percent in july. A a it a looking Good a Bush  majority Leader George j. Mitchell said he and Bush had Only a a very Brief visit to say hello and no substantive issues were discussed. Mitchell also said that the unemployment figures were a still very High and he said it a would be Regretta blew if Bush refused to sign legislation increasing benefits. A we think the benefits Are needed a Mitchell said. After Long promising action against the 13-month-old recession democrats argued that their measure . The Long term unemployed was still needed. A the message we re sending tonight is help at last is on its Way a sen. Edward Kennedy d-mass., of the  the Bush administration has an economic program for every country in the world except this one a said sen. Donald w. Riegle jr., a Mich. A tonight we re stepping up  the american  republicans offered their own scaled Down Bill a $3.4 billion measure offering up to 10 weeks of extra payment. It was Defeated on a voice vote but not before gop leaders argued that they could guarantee Bush would sign it. A for the unemployed worker who a looking for help the Choice ought to be pretty Clear a said minority Leader Bob Dole a Kan. Reagan dropping 3 former aides As Board trustees los Angeles apr three of former president Reagan a closest advisers Are being dropped As trustees of the Ronald Reagan presidential foundation which raised Money for his $40 million plus Library. Former attorney Genera Edwin Meese Iii former Interior Secretary William p. Clark and political associate Martin Anderson were asked to step Down earlier this year but will remain in  Board until after the Library a nov 4 dedication. Reagan on thursday denied a report by the Washington Post this week that the three were purged in a move orchestrated by his wife Nancy. Reagan said he decided a some time ago that the three should leave the Board at the end of their six year terms and that future trustees be limited to one term. Meese Clark and Anderson were told of Reagan a decision at an april 4 Board meeting said Rodwrick m. Cook the foundations chairman and chief executive officer of Atlantic Richfield co. The three asked that they be allowed to remain on the Board until after the Library opening and Reagan agreed said Cooke a spokesman Albert Greenstein. Former Energy Secretary John Herrington another longtime Reagan confidant whose term As trustee was due to expire in May was asked to stay on for two More years to spearhead fund raising , Cook said. Meese denied that he was forced out. A we were the Only remaining original trustees a he said. A it was a matter of our terms were Over a the 153,000-Square-foot, Spanish style Library is located on a Simi Valley Hilltop 60 Miles Northwest of los angeles.80 croatian militia killed in heavy fighting Zagreb Yugoslavia a More than 80 croatian militiamen were reported killed in bloody fighting in the Danube River town of Dalj the Tan Jug news Agency said Friday. Tan Jug cited unidentified sources in the town of about 7,500 people on the Frontier with rival Serbia. There was no immediate confirmation of the figure. Tan Jug said dozens of bodies were still lying on the streets in Dalj and in a downtown police station that was shelled thursday by the Federal army. To footage shown in Belgrade on Friday included film of the partially burned out police station its windows and Walls riddled with Bullet holes. Croatian officials had said earlier that they feared they had taken heavy losses in Dalj but figures varied widely. A toil of 80 dead would make the fighting in Dalj one of the bloodiest Battles yet in the violence that has Cost scores of lives in Croatia. The Tan Jug report came As a european Community peace Mission was scheduled to arrive in Zagreb the croatian capital. A the yugoslav Federal presidency also was to meet again Friday night in an Effort to make peace. So far its  have been largely ignored Dalj on Friday was in the hands of the Federal army and serb militias. Fighting broke out on the croatian Side of the Danube on thursday and the croats lost a series of towns. A croatian defense ministry spokesman said earlier Friday that there were 20 or 30 officers in the police station when it was attacked by the military. The ministry said it had no information on the Fate of those who were inside. Zlatko Kramaric the mayor of the nearby City of Osisek said us Many As 50 people May have died in thursdays fighting in Dalj and nearby Berdut. An official at Osisek police Headquarters said that altogether 100 croatian troops were left in Dalj Berdut and atm Jas when the Federal army took Over and their Fate was unknown. A military statement said Federal troops who arrived to set up a Buffer zone Between the two sides were fired upon by croat forces. The army a responded adequately and entered Dalj the statement said. There were no casualties among the Federal troops. Tan Jug quoted Boro Milinkovic the serb reportedly now in charge of Dalji a defences As saying he had asked officials in Osisek to Send a team to pick up the bodies of the dead. But he said no one was coming