European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 6, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7white House downplays report of turmoil by Michael wines the new York times Washington the Bush administration sought saturday to play Down a report that Marlin Fitzwater dismayed. By a a gridlock at top Levels of the White House and president Bush a Campaign had threatened to resign As the presidents press Secretary. The report in the Washington Post on saturday said Fitzwater had Fitzwater left abruptly for Bermuda last week after complaining at a meeting that he had a just about had enough of top officials inability to execute the presidents political Agenda. The Post reported that Fitzwater had told associates that he was frustrated and considering quitting his Job but that he took a vacation instead after friends talked him out of it. In a statement issued saturday from Bermuda Fitzwater said his vacation was unrelated to the events described in the article and he praised the a Strong management team assembled since Bush a new chief of staff Samuel k. Skinner took Over in december. The statement read by White House aides did not say whether Fitzwater had considered resigning. Skinner replaced. John h. Sununu who stepped Down dec. 3 following personal and administration embarrassments other senior administration officials and political advisers to Bush described Fitzwater in interviews saturday As upset and frustrated by what they called a Shakedown problems in skinners staff. But they said they had not heard him threaten to quit. One of those officials said Fitzwater was a pretty vocal in his disappointment Quot at a recent meeting of about 20 White House aides convened to discuss Bush a Long Range political and governmental Agenda. A the said that they have endless meetings endless planning replanting and revisiting and that nothing Ever gets done and there a some Merit to that a said the official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. A others Dre very frustrated As  besides serving As Bush a spokesman Fitzwater oversees the White House Public relations operations and its communications strategy. He works daily to plan those operations both with Skinner and with the presidents Campaign manager Robert m. Teeter. Fitzwaters frustrations were said to Stem from the fact that he has no reliable strategy to work from because White House and Campaign officials have proved unable to agree on an Agenda for Bush to follow for any length of time. To the contrary they say Bush appears to switch messages and even policies frequently and Fitzwater is left with the task of explaining those changes to a sceptical Media corps Skinner who in effect runs the White House staff for Bush has endured some obvious and much discussed problems in melding his 4-month-old staff with teeters Campaign in a private building near the White House. Critics have frequently accused Skinner and Teeter of failing to devise a consistent appealing message for Bush to deliver on the stump. Death at air show Rescue officials watch a Crane try to right an ad-4 sky Raider after the plane overshot the runway at the space Center executive Airport in Titusville fla., during a Vintage warplane show saturday. The Pilot Harry Doan 62, died instantly. Doan was flying the Douglas built propeller powered bomber at an air Field near the Kennedy space Center said Kevin Quinlan spokesman for the Tico airshow. Doan was an sex military Pilot who flew Many aircraft including ad-4s, Between the korean and Vietnam wars Quinlan said adding the apparently had just too much Speed at the end of the  radio team suspended for hoax Norfolk a. Up a a team of morning disc jockeys and three other radio station employees have been suspended Over a bogus april fools Day broadcast that a Public Park was about to blow up. The morning djs for nor pm Henry a the Bull Del Toro and Tommy Griffiths were suspended without pay for two weeks for the hoax As were news director Gigi Young and program director Buzz Knight. The vice president and general manager Joseph Schwartz was suspended without pay for one week. The suspensions were announced Friday by Edward Christian chief executive of the local company that operates nor in the Southern Virginia City of Hampton roads. A a. A the whole thing should never have happened said Steven Goldstein executive vice president for a nor a Parent company in Stamford Conn. A i think we be taken the Steps necessary to show that we take this very  Del Toro and Griffiths broadcast a warning wednesday that a buildup of methane was about to cause an explosion at mount trash More a one time Landfill in nearby Virginia Beach. The stations news department played along with the hoax. The stunt went on for 90 minutes a at one Point nor broadcast a warning for listeners to evacuate a until police showed up at the stations Chesapeake a studios after callers flooded 911 lines. The Federal communications commission is investigating the hoax. Bill to protect California desert debated Palm desert Calif a cowboys in boots and politicians in business suits were among thousands of people who gathered saturday to debate a Bill that would protect millions of acres of California desert. Supporters Call the Bill environmentally vital. Opponents liken it to a land grab. It would affect More than 10,900 Square Miles a an area larger than Maryland. Several Hundred supporters urged Sens. Alan Cranston a Calif. John Seymour a Calit. And Larry e. Craig a Idaho to approve the Bill to protect an environmentally sensitive Region from increasing development and overuse. About 1,200 people attended the hearing in a High school gymnasium and another 1,000 were outside. The 25 million acre California desert is considered a Complex delicate ecological Region with some 750 species of animals including the desert Tortoise and other endangered species. It also is a popular getaway spot and Many parts of it Are experiencing population growth and development booms. The plan sponsored by Cranston would designate More than 70 wilderness areas and put 4 million acres off limits to miners ranchers recreational users and developers. Another 3 million acres would be transferred from Bureau of land management to National Park service oversight. Supporters said that would increase Protection of the land. A similar plan has passed the House.  of butterflies overwhelming California from wire reports los Angeles a the Winters heavy Rains have brought unusually Large swarms of colourful butterflies to parts of California. Painted lady butterflies Migrate North through the los Angeles area every year but Lush vegetation fed by the rain caused a population explosion this year scientists say. The insects Are born in Mexico or san Diego county and Migrate Northwest when the weather starts getting hot. They Lay eggs before they go and never return to their Birthplace. With wings of dark Brown Orange and White they Are a Beautiful sight a except when they re splattered on  Row inmate sues san Rafael Calif. A a death Row inmate is suing the state for permission to visit with family members and Counselor during his final hours. The lawsuit was filed thursday on behalf of Robert Alton Harris and his family lawyer and psychiatrist. Harris is scheduled to go to the Gas chamber april 21 for two murders. It would be californians first execution in 25 years. The state department of corrections cuts off visits with everyone but the prison chaplain six hours before an execution said spokesman it. Vernell  for legalizing pot Ann Arbor Mich. A about 5,000 people turned out saturday for a University of Michigan rally in favor of legalizing marijuana. Thirty five people were arrested police said. The annual event Long known As the hash Bash but now called the hemp rally lasted about two hours before officers started making arrests said Campus police it. Vernon Baisden. Charges included marijuana Possession Selling merchandise without a permit and alcohol related offences said Joe Owsley a University spokesman. Three of those arrested were University students. None was a minor Owsley said. The rally was sponsored by the National organization for the Reform of marijuana Laws or Normal. It Wasny to sanctioned by the  artist Dies at 84 Madison wis. A artist Aaron Bohrod who painted the battlefields of Europe and the South Pacific for life Magazine during world War ii died of cancer Friday. He was 84. Bohrod died at his suburban Madison Home. He had continued painting until a few weeks before his death his son Neil said. The Chicago native spent much of world War ii As an artist War correspondent for life. He moved to Madison in 1948 to become the University of Wisconsin a first artist in residence