European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes Friday february 7, 1992 Haiti curbs repatriation of refugees by Cox news service port a Prince Haiti the . Coast guard is set to resume the forced return of haitian boat people thursday after the de Facto military government Here temporarily halted the repatriation. However Haiti said it will accept Only half the number of coast guard cutters . Officials had planned to Send this week a . Embassy official said. The official said Haiti argued that it could not assimilate such Large numbers of refugees at one time. . Officials had planned to Send two boats wednesday thursday and saturday but the haitians said they would be willing to accept Only two boats on thursday and one on saturday. The repatriation program began monday and Only two coast guard cutters carrying 381 refugees have been permitted to Dock. Roughly 15,000 refugees arc to be returned from the . Naval base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Analysts speculated that the haitian military concerned Over . Threats to freeze haitian assets and Over reports that invasion plans Are being studied is using the refugee Issue As a bargaining Chip to prevent such actions. The Bush administration wants the bulk of the refugees sent Back arguing they Are fleeing Adverse economic conditions and therefore do not qualify for political Asylum. Rep. Charles b. Rangel d-n.y., said in Washington that the haitian military and police merely want More time to fingerprint the returning boat people so they can More easily be targeted for repression. The haitians took flight after a bloody sept. 30 coup ousted Haiti s first freely elected president Jean Bertrand Aristide. Haitian military Leader Raoul Cedras ruled out the possibility of Aristides return As president this week. However negotiations on the Issue Are still being held with the organization of american states. In Atlanta on wednesday a court closed the judicial door on the haitians remaining at Guantanamo Bay who have been denied permission to apply for political Asylum. A three judge panel of the 11th . Circuit court of appeals instructed a Federal judge in Miami to dismiss their Case after finding they have no rights under american or International Law. The . Immigration and naturalization service has allowed slightly More than 3,000 of the haitians at Guantanamo Bay to apply for political Asylum. About 6,000 have been denied permission while the rest Are waiting to go through ins screening. On Jan. 31, the supreme court cleared the Way for the coast guard to ship the first of the rejected applicants Back to Haiti. An attorney for the haitians said the group planned to Appeal the panels decision to the supreme court. Wrong Way paddlers if these geese could read they would know they arc afoul or or fowl a of the Law. Maybe however there really is safety in numbers. The Gaggle of geese was out for a sunny stroll this week along a Pond at a Park in Brockton mass. Bush health care plan includes vouchers for poor tax Breaks Washington a president Bush s Long awaited health care plan Calls for $100 billion in vouchers and tax deductions to help poor and Middle class americans buy health insurance sources say. In a package that was to be unveiled in Cleveland on thursday Bush was to urge giving poor people vouchers Worth up to $3,750 to Purchase coverage said the sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. Middle class people would be Given tax deductions of up to $3,750 As Well. The president was to propose paying for the benefits by paring Back expected growth of the governments rapidly expanding medicaid and medicare spending. About two thirds of the $100 billion five year Cost would come from medicare which provides health care for 34 million elderly and handicapped people. The rest would come from limits on medicaid which helps 30 million poor americans get medical care. The president s plan allows him to Bush off Halcyon Washington a president Bush is no longer taking the controversial sedative Halcyon which he used during his recent trip to Australia and Asia to get to sleep spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said wednesday. Considered the worlds Best Selling sleeping Aid Halcyon has been linked in studies to hallucinations and Short term memory loss in some patients. The Fra is reviewing the safety of the drug. Britain banned Halcyon in october. Begin his re election Campaign with specific proposals to address a problem that polls show increasingly troubles the Public. Democratic rivals As Well As congressional democrats have advanced several packages of their own. Bush would provide health care vouchers of $1,250 for individuals $2,500 for couples and $3,750 for families of three or More whose incomes Are at or below the poverty level. That amount would be gradually phased Down As incomes Rise a to $125, $250 and $375, respectively for people earning 150 percent of the poverty level and up. People could use the vouchers to help buy coverage from private insurance companies. They could also use them to Purchase new Low Cost policies that each state would create by striking deals with private insurers. Middle class people would be allowed to claim tax deductions for health care of up to $1,250 for individuals $2,500 for couples and $3,750 for families of three or More. But the deduction would be reduced by whatever amounts their employers paid toward company provided health coverage. The deductions would be available to people with incomes of up to $50,000 for individuals $65,000 for couples and $80,000 for families of three people or  funds lag behind Washington apr Republican presidential candidate David Duke has a Campaign fund of Only $58,864, a fraction of the Money his rivals have collected according to Federal election commission records. Most of the Money the former Kun flux klan Leader listed in his year end Fec report came from a Transfer of $50,100 from his unsuccessful Campaign for Louisiana governor last fall. Duke listed $6,781 in expenses for the period finishing with a Cash balance of $52,083 for the year. Relaxed Dukakis gladly sifting out race Boston apr Michael Dukakis lives in Florida wears hawaiian shirts and shoes without socks and does no to fret about his place on the sidelines of the 1992 presidential Campaign. If this year s Campaign kindles any nostalgia in Dukakis it does no to show. Asked whether he a watching the Campaign with any personal yearning the 1988 democratic nominee says  but there seems to be anger when the subject of the Campaign comes up a especially the Media coverage. A i done to blame anybody but myself for my defeat in �?T88, but having gone through it i sure done to want to see other people go through the same sort of thing a the former Massachusetts governor said Dukakis 58, and his wife Kitty Are living in the guest Wing of a former supporters Home while he teaches at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. His political Pace has slowed although he says speaking engagements and other activities still keep him talking about issues. Dukakis fall in politics was Swift. When he came Home to Massachusetts from his failed run he got an icy reception especially when he called for tax increases. As the state s Economy worsened it became popular to Bash Dukakis and he did no to seek a fourth term