European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 14, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7accord near on jobless benefits Bill Washington apr Bush administration officials and top House republicans said tuesday that they had All but reached a pact with House democrats on a $5.1 billion Bill providing up to 20 weeks of extra benefits for the Long term unemployed. The agreement which the House could vote on As Early As today would begin to defuse the four month political Battle Between Congress and president Bush Over unemployment benefits. Democrats have tried to turn Bush a opposition to the measure into a major Campaign Issue arguing that it shows he cares Little about Domestic woes and the nations 8.6 million jobless people. Bush has killed two earlier Benefit Bills since last August arguing that the extra benefits were unneeded or too expensive. But the two Camps Drew together late tuesday after House ways and Means chairman Dan Rostenkowski d-ill., gave his newest version of the plan to House minority Leader Robert h. Michel Roll. Rostenkowski expressed cautious optimism about the measure s Fate saying. A every time in a up i conic  but he tentatively planned to have his tax writing committee approve the Bill wednesday. Michel and White House budget chief Richard Dar Man said they were awaiting an analysis of Rostenkowski a plan from the department of labor before giving it their final approval. A the sides Are getting close enough that 1 think you can say its in settlement Range a Damian said after a meeting of top administration officials and gop congressional leaders. A i have to feel Good about where we Are at the moment a Michel said. After opposing the democratic Effort to extend the benefits since Early summer the administration shifted two weeks ago and indicated it was willing to make a Deal. But democrats sensing that they have been winning the political War Over the Issue with Bush Are not a unanimously ready to let him off the Hook easily. Senate majority Leader George j. Mitchell. A Maine is heading an Effort in that chamber to Send Bush a Bill that would give the president the option of paying for the benefits by cutting foreign Aid. That measure which Bush opposes would help democrats make their Point that Bush is More concerned about overseas crises than he is about Domestic problems like unemployment. The democratic Effort is aimed at extending unemployment benefits for the 300,000 people who use up the Standard 26 weeks of coverage each month. Rostenkowski a $5.1 billion plan would provide six 13 or 20 weeks of extra benefits depending on a state s unemployment rate. Aide reportedly quits Calls Duke a racist Adam Henson 8, holds lightning his snappish pet Turtle As his 5-year-old sister Meredith maintains a Safe distance at their Home in Hutchinson Kan. Turtle s grip relieved by Hutchinson Kan. A the Best buddy relationship Between a boy and his Turtle ended in a lip lock and a Call to 911. Adam Henson 8, was playing with lightning on monday when the foot Long Turtle stretched its 3-Inch neck sideways and clamped Adams upper lip. The boys parents called 911 for help. But before Rescue workers arrived Adams Mother Marie Henson took her songs advice and used a Carrot to entice lightning into opening its jaws. The family had tried for five minutes to get the pet to let up. Marie Henson stood at the ready with a knife prepared to decapitate  boy s lip Carrot stick �?o1 think the kids were playing with it and spooked it a said Ranay Henson Adams father. A a it a a shame. 1 think we re going to donate it to the  Adam and his 5-year-old sister Meredith had been told to keep animals away from their faces but lightning made a Side attack the Mother said. A the s used to being played with a she said. A that was his Adams Best buddy All summer. He a never been aggressive  _ Adam visited the doctor monday to have his swollen lip inspected but his pets betrayal Cut him deeper. A i want to play football with him a Adam said. New Orleans up1 a a High ranking Volunteer in David Duke s Campaign for governor of Louisiana has resigned saying the former Klansman has not changed his racist views and is not a Christian a newspaper reported tuesday. Bob Hawks who has worked actively in Dukes Campaign said he resigned As a state coordinator because Duke a has not changed and is a racist not a Christian Quot said the commercial Appeal in Memphis. The former Memphis state legislator told the paper that he reached the opinion six weeks ago and hoped to stay in the voluntary Post through saturday s election but he now thinks the race is too close for him to remain silent. Saturdays Runoff election matches Edwin Edwards a democratic three term former governor tried but acquitted on Federal corruption charges against Duke a Republican who was once a Kun flux klan grand wizard and nazi sympathizer with White supremacist views. Hawks said he owed a the people of Louisiana a big apology Quot for helping promote Duke a Job he took because he thought Duke was a Christian. A Duke can remove his Sheet and Hood and have All his plastic surgery but this still leaves him As a Neo nazi Kun flux planner and non Christian a he told the commercial Appeal. Duke has said he plans to run Tor president in at least three Southern primaries in 1992, whether he wins the governors race or not. Duke wants to form his own party Hawks said. In a television appearance monday night Duke claimed he had disassociated himself from the klan and nazi movements. As Duke participated in the 65-minute show on Wasu to in new Orleans anti Duke demonstrators chanted slogans and pounded on doors of the building housing the studio in the French Quarter. The candidate was reportedly pelted with dirt As he entered the studio. A most people in this country think like i do a Duke said. A they want less taxes welfare Reform less government. They want More individual Freedom. I hey Cross burned in Dubuque Dubuque Iowa a a Cross was burned tuesday outside the Dubuque Home of a Black family and a Rock was thrown through a window in the building police said. No injuries were reported. The Eross marked with racial _ epithets was set afire about tour blocks from where five crosses were burned sunday Dubuque police said. It was the 12th Cross to be burned in the Northeast Iowa Community in seven separate incidents since Early july. Mayor Jim Brady on tuesday blamed the organization of Louisiana gubernatorial candidate David Duke. Police said they had a suspect in the Eross burning but officials did not report an arrest. Racial tension has been growing in Dubuque since City officials announced plans to bring in 100 minority families Over the next live years to increase the areas ethnic diversity. Roughly 1.5 percent of Dubuque a 58, he residents Are members of minority groups. The Fri has sent an agent to Dubuque to help police in the investigation. On monday Duke disavowed any connection to the racial unrest in Dubuque where some Whites have been trying to Start a chapter of the National association for the advancement of while people which Duke founded in 1980. Want equal rights not affirmative  in response to questions about his involvement with the Kun flux klan and the nazi movement Duke said he had disengaged himself from both organizations More than 10 years ago and regretted certain past associations. 200-Mph trains could put . On fast track study says Washington a trains speeding at 200 Mph Between . Cities Are now feasible and might also help reduce Highway and Airport congestion a new report said tuesday. The report said however that High Speed rail will prove an expensive proposition both to build and operate and probably will not be Able to pay its costs from ticket sales alone. Nonetheless it concluded that government investment in High Speed rail systems might be justified if it could he shown they could attract enough riders to reduce traffic congestion Cut Down on Airport delays lower pollution re Duce noise Levels and save Energy. The report prepared by a panel of transportation experts for the National research Council an Arm of the National Academy of sciences said that it Public subsidies Are deemed justified consideration should be Given to raising the Money by tapping the National High Way Airport and airways Trust funds. Trains in Europe and Japan which Are government supported and managed routinely achieve speeds of nearly 200 Mph. A specially equipped Trench train has reached a top Speed of 322 Mph. Trains in the United states generally reach no More than 125 Mph