European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 c the stars and stripes saturday August 17, 1991bush to Block unemployment Deal expresses concern about jobless but won t bust the budget Kennebunkport Maine a president Bush said Friday he will Block extended unemployment benefits saying he is concerned about the growing . Jobless population but that he a a won to bust the midget to help them. A a we re going through some Tough economic times in the state of Maine and elsewhere a he told a news conference at his vacation Home by the sea. However he insisted a we Are coming out of this  Bush said that As expected he will sign a democratic sponsored Bill to1 extend unemployment benefits but will refuse to declare a state of financial emergency that is needed to trigger the benefits. A i will not declare a emergency. 1 Wilt not bust the budget a Bush said heatedly. The $5.2 billion package which Congress passed aug. 2, would provide up to 20 additional weeks of unemployment benefits for people who have exhausted their Basic 26 weeks of payments. About 8.8 million americans Are unemployed benefits have run out for 1.6 million of those workers. Bush cited As a encouraging signs various economic indicators showing the recession is ending despite new figures released thursday showing that 8,000 More americans applied for unemployment benefits in the week ending aug. 3. Than the week before. Bush said in answer to a question that he believed the workers deserve the new benefits and that he would sign the Bill because although meaningless without the emergency declaration it a demonstrates that i am concerned in terms of economic  demonstrators planned to March near Bush a House to protest his position on the jobless benefits. The states unemployment rate is 7.6 percent twice the rate of a year ago. Busily asked about protesters said it a troubles me that demonstrators gather in this Small resort town because it disrupts life for residents. Bush said it is Clear to him that the democrats Are preparing a 1992 Campaign against him accusing him of having no Domestic policy even though they have yet to put up a significant Field of presidential hopefuls. A a they la get their act together a he said adding that he will have a no  �?o1 think they be come upon a theme a go after the president on no Domestic policy. And 1 will be retaliating in the proper time. I done to feel like joining the fray right at this minute. Its too relaxing  Simon brings out the Best in new York �111 a Quot sap a crowd estimated by police at 750,000 jammed Central Park in new York City for a free Paul Simon concert thursday night. By the new York times new York a from up where the stars and the satellites reside it looked like some vast teeming Anthill swarming across new Yorkus front Lawn people spread out on a kaleidoscopic array of blankets a Plain plaid psychedelic. People huddling under fancy store bought tents and makeshift ones built of tree branches and painters plastic drop cloths. People Downing Beer and baked Beans Champagne and potato chips. And Mineral water. All this to see a Man who from not too far Back on the great Lawn seemed no More than 3 Millimetres tall. Paul Simon a concert in Central Park on thursday night was one of those collective ceremonial events to Way the super bowl still is or election nights used to be in which everyone was bound together electronically even if they were not there in person. And a lot of people were there in person a too Many to count one by one but by the mysterious calculus of police estimates 750,000 in All 250,000 More than at the concert that Simon and Art Garfunkel gave 10 years ago. The crowd thursday night appeared peaceful As the music began. By 11 p.m., 90 minutes after the concert ended police reported making Only four arrests a one for disorderly conduct one for Petty larceny one for grand larceny and one for robbery. A a that a a very Nice night for 750,000 people a said officer Andrew Mclnnis a police spokesman the emergency medical service said an unidentified Man fell 70 feet from a tree in the Park he was listed later in serious condition at new York Hospi Tal Cornell medical Center. Officials reported treating 15 other minor injuries most involving Drunken fans. Some listeners said they were bumped and bruised As the crowd swept them along on the Way out others worried that the crowd had left the Park in a shambles,.with a Blanket of trash covering the Lawn. A few concert goers had brought their own plastic bags and were picking up the refuse before the sanitation Crews swept through. They turned the great Lawn into a collage of Tan Knees Bare feet dreadlocks official to shirt hawkers unofficial to shirt hawkers and exasperated police officers telling the latter to get lost. And As the Sun went Down and the spotlights came up and the 96-Channel microphone system switched on they listened As Simon retraced his 25-year musical evolution from Bridge Over troubled water to Graceland to the obvious child. A this is the Woodstock of the �?T90s,&Quot said Tom Mcdermott a 36-year-old free Lance stage manager from Manhattan. A Paul Simon a music is the whole worlds music. This concert is also Good for new York which needs something  it was an Only in new York crowd there were tic dyed throwbacks to the 1960s and dress for Success leftovers from the �?T80s. A i figured id do something crazy a said Jeff Zomper a personnel director who was wearing a red tie and a Blue Pinstripe suit and carrying a briefcase. �?o1 Haven to been to a concert in 15  from the moment Simon bounced onto the stage in his dark Blue jacket and Light Bluet shirt people were standing on top of the portable toilets that the Parks department had installed clapping in  takes step toward presidential bid Washington up1 Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton announced he will form a committee to explore the possibility of running Lor his party a presidential nomination in 1992. Clinton who turns 45 monday said thursday in Little Rock arks a that he would announce his decision by the end of september. A i want to make it Clear that 1 have not made a decision As to whether to seek the nomination Quot a Clinton news release said. A but forming an exploratory committee will give me a Means to look into this in a lot More detail and get the kind of information i need to consider right  Clinton has been one of the Hopes of the moderate Wing of the democratic party which has been trying to woo More conservative voters who bolted to Ronald Reagan and the Republican party Over the past decade. Clinton serves As head of the democratic leadership Council which was set up to accomplish just that. First elected governor in 1978 at the age of. 32, Clinton lost his re election bid in 1980 but regained the governor s chair in 1982. Democratic National chairman Ron Brown welcomed Clinton a decision calling him a Quot creative and innovative governor and a one of the party a most talented and impressive  the party has not had much Luck in getting people to take on president Bush. So far Only former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas has entered the race. In addition to Clinton other democrats who Are expected to make a decision on whether to run within the next month or so Are sen Tom Harkin of Iowa gov. Douglas Wilder of Virginia and civil rights Leader Jesse Jackson