European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 c the stars and stripes sunday september 1,1991resignation of polish official rejected Warsaw Poland apr parliament on saturday rejected the resignation of prime minister Jan Krzysztof Bielecki whose austerity policies have been attacked by former communists and their allies. The Sejm or lower chamber of parliament voted 114-211, with 28 abstentions to Rebuff Bielecki a offer to step Down along with his 8-Mo nth old government. Bielecki announced his resignation in a Surprise speech to parliament on Friday. He said economic reforms cannot be carried out without cooperation Between lawmakers and his Cabinet and blamed the Sejm for delays in lawmaking. Bielecki said he was surprised by the vote but added that it will not improve conditions for the operation of his government. A there is a new situation but the problems have remained a he told reporters. Bielecki asked the parliament for emergency Powers to allow his government to run the Economy without parliamentary approval at every step but the lower House rejected him 203-58 with 58 abstentions. Bielecki an entrepreneur and a Leader of a Smalt Liberal party was appointed by president Lech Walesa to head a government of experts in december. Since assuming office Jan. 4, he has moved to accelerate the sell off of state owned industries and to Reform Post communist Poland a Economy to a Market oriented system. His tight fiscal policies have sparked protests among workers. In the Sejm on saturday Bielecki and other Cabinet members watched As Solidarity lawmakers Long divided on particular economic solutions joined forces and voted in his support. The 460-seat Sejm was elected in 1989 under a formula approved by the then ruling communists. Under the formula 65 percent of the Sejm seats were allotted to former communists and their allies. Voters will choose the first freely elected parliament in Poland since world War ii in elections oct. 27. Several deputies strongly criticized the governments tight fiscal policies and demanded changes in the economic Reform plan to work out a More effective anti recession  troops fight croats Over jetliner Belgrade Yugoslavia a yugoslav army troops and croatian Security forces clashed at Zagreb Airport saturday Over a foreign jetliner said to be filled with weapons. Croatian forces sealed off roads to Zagreb Airport and a croatian Interior ministry official said air space Over Croatia and Slovenia which both declared Independence june 25, had been closed. He did not say whether the closure was ordered by the army which Croatia accuses of siding with serb insurgents battling croatian militias. The incident illustrated the difficulty of reducing tension Between the military and croatian authorities ahead of a european Community ultimatum threatening unspecified sanctions unless peace is established. According to separate accounts by croatian officials and the yugoslav news Agency Tan Jug the standoff began after croatian forces tried to approach two foreign civilian airliners forced Down by air Force jets on suspicion of gun running. Tan Jug cited a Federal military statement As saying that 19 tons of rifles and ammunition destined for Slovenia and re shipment to Croatia were found on a Uganda airlines plane. It said that Anton Kikas an emigre croat now living in Canada was on Board and in charge of the cargo bought by the Canada based croatian National fund. A romanian plane was allowed to leave after no contraband was found. The ugandan Craft remained on the ground. While most of the Airport is nominally in croatian hands special army units have been ensconced for weeks in the control Tower for civilian air traffic. The military part of the facility always has been under army control. Meanwhile Croatia a government meeting in emergency session rejected a plan to Call All Able bodied men to arms if the Federal army did not withdraw to Barracks. A a declaration of War at this moment would not have positive International connotations a said croatian president Franjo Tadjman after the meeting. The meeting accepted the dec plan for a peace conference to Settle Yugoslavia a enduring ethnic and political crisis. Rival Serbia which has opposed foreign intervention in the crisis also weighed the plan. But there was no indication of its response by saturday night. Two croat guardsmen and a civilian were killed saturday in a Brief clash with serb rebels around Benkovic near the Central Adriatic coast a croatian defense ministry spokesman said. The town of Vukovan on the Danube River Border with Serbia also was shelled saturday morning according to residents. The Mother of a croatian Soldier talks with a yugoslav army commander in  sought on american civilian Mannheim Germany German police Are seeking information regarding the whereabouts of american civilian Arthur Cliff Jenner. Jenner 59, is registered As a resident of the Community of hed Nesheim Between Mannheim and Weinheim. He was last seen in a Heidelberg Bank Between 11 . And noon on aug. 15. He was wearing beige Slacks a Blue jacket and White shoes. Police reports describe him As about 6-foot-4 and very slim with Gray hair and a Beard. He Speaks German. They also report that he May be suicidal and May possibly be carrying a weapon. The  criminal police department is requesting information from anyone who has seen Jenner since aug. 15. The department also wants to Contact Jen nerds friends and relatives residing outside the Mannheim area. Anyone with information May Call the Mannheim police presidium at 0621-1740. . Probes Kuwait Iraq shootout Kuwait a the commander of the . Iraq Kuwait observer Mission is investigating a shootout involving kuwaiti troops and iraqi infiltrators on Babiyan Island a Mission spokesman said saturday. The spokesman said maj. Gen. Gunther Grindl Cut Short a working trip to Iraq where the . Mission has a Liaison office to investigate wednesdays incident. The . Mission has 300 troops from 33 nations who patrol a demilitarized zone straddling the Iraq Kuwait Border. Babiyan is outside the area of its operations. Kuwaiti . Ambassador Mohammad a. Abulhassan said wednesday in new York that kuwaiti coast guard units repulsed the iraqi attempt to land troops on Babiyan Island. Iraq has denied its soldiers invaded the Island. Interior ministry officials said the coast guard units rounded up 46 iraqi soldiers in civilian Guise after an Exchange of fire Between kuwaiti forces and the infiltrators who were trying to flee the Island in their boats. Western Security sources said the kuwaiti air Force engaged the fleeing iraqi vessels at least once and Sank one gunboat. The action was described As iraqis most serious military move since  multinational forces evicted iraqi troops from Kuwait in february. The syrian government newspaper Al thaw a said saturday that iraqi president Saddam Hussein was a reaffirming his hostile intentions against the Independence and sovereignty of Arab states at a time when preparations Are being made for a Middle East peace conference. Kuwait s largest refinery resumes production Ahmadi Kuwait apr the biggest refinery in Kuwait destroyed during the iraqi occupation resumed operations saturday enabling the emirate to halt imports of almost All refined Petroleum products. Speaking at a re opening ceremony Kuwait soil minister Hamoud Al Ruba said a we were told that we were not going. To off Able to refine Oil for local consumption before the end of the year. To be honest with you in a very Happy to see this happen in  the Ahmadi refinery 20 Miles South of Kuwait City stopped functioning immediately after iraqis invasion of the emirate on aug. 2,1990. Before the persian Gulf War its production capacity was 370,000 barrels per Day. Ahmad at Mutair chairman of the Board of Kuwait National Petroleum co., said it Cost $3.5 million to repair Ahmadi. Officials at Ahmadi said the refinery a initial output would be about 170,000 barrels per Day. Only one of its three distillation units is functioning. Al Ruba said Kuwait a Overall Oil production could reach 400,000 barrels a Day by years end and 800,000 by july 1992. Kuwait had a production capacity in excess of 2 million barrels per Day before aug. 2