European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes saturday april 18, 1992 Bush proposal would expand student Loans by the new York times Allentown a. A responding to criticism of his record As the Quot education president a president Bush on thursday proposed expanding the Federal student loan program to include everyone who wants to take classes even part time. The White House presented Bush a proposal As a major new initiative but it seemed motivated As much by politics As by policy As Bush moves closer to the possibility of a Campaign against democratic gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas. Clinton who has made Universal Access to government Loans for education a Centrepiece of his Campaign immediately criticized Bush a proposals. Bush unveiled his plan a retooled version of one already rebuffed by Congress during an appearance at a High school in Allentown in Pennsylvania a Lehigh Valley. The White House said the announcement and Bush a visit were not motivated by the primary in Pennsylvania on april 28, during which Bush Hopes to Clinch the Republican nomination. There Are important differences Between Clinton a ideas and Bush a. The Democrat is advocating creation of a government Trust fund that would lend Money to anyone who wants to attend College. The Loans would he repaid either on a sliding scale depending on income or through a term of National service. Bush opposes such a fund. His plan seeks to expand Access to private Loans or Loans made by the student loan marketing authority a quasi governmental Agency known As Sallie Mae. President Bush spells out his new student loan plan to students at Dieruf High school in Allentown a under Bush a proposal a person would not have to take a minimum number of courses to qualify for a loan. Quot think of the working Mother balancing her responsibility for her family and her Job against her own Hopes for the future a Bush said thursday. A a she a take one College course at a time but she does no to qualify right now for the Grant or loan that would help pay tuition. Our lifetime education and training account would help her get Back into the  it would also permit Sallie Mae to sell up to $100 million in Bonds next year to make Loans to students at interest rates and repayment schedules that would depend on a recipients income after completing the study. Any person could borrow up to $25,000 during his or her lifetime from this fund Bush said but no More than $100 million in Loans could be made in any year. There currently is no limit on student Loans but they Are made at interest rates determined by the Market not income. The White House said Bush expected the plan to increase the number of americans seeking student Loans by Only about 2 percent a  attacks moral outrage of toxic dumps Scranton a. Apr Democrat Jerry Brown on Friday blamed corrupt politicians for the a moral outrage of toxic dumping and other pollution problems after he spent the night at a Home near a Battery dump site a Little children a brains Are affected by batteries and toxic dumps put there because politicians Are bought and paid for a Brown told supporters at a Community Center near two huge landfills. Brown said the nation should be putting Money into Energy projects that would create jobs and make the environment safer. Those kinds of projects Arentt being developed because a Oil companies have a lot of Power nuclear companies have Power a he said. Brown is toning Down his attack rhetoric on rival Bill Clinton but still pegs him As a tool of $1,000 donors and the democratic party establishment. Clinton however is mostly ignoring Brown As the candidates Campaign for Pennsylvania a april 28 primary. As the Likely democratic nominee Clinton looked More As though he a rehearsing for the fall attacking president Bush for a Lack of leadership As Bush almost simultaneously Laid out his Campaign education plan. Clinton began Friday morning at Philadelphia a italian Market a traditional Stop in the City for politicians. A we need a president that represents real people and will turn this Economy around who will work with the people and make sure they come first not some foreign country a he told passers by. On thursday the new muted Brown dismissed an Opportunity to revise his a scandal a week attacks on Clinton when he was asked about the Public a perception that Clinton Isnit trustworthy. Quot id rather let governor Clinton address that particular problem. What in a saying is that if people want real change they re not going to get it with or. Clinton a Brown said. A your Campaign is about challenging the very people who arc now jumping on Clinton a bandwagon a the $1,000 donors the lobbyists the people who got us  Brown had said he planned to lighten up after his devastating third place showing in new York which he blamed on the Nasty tone of the primary Campaign there. For the second time this month Bush and Clinton a speeches collided a whether by coincidence or design. On april 2, Bush unveiled his plan to help the former soviet republics As Clinton delivered a foreign policy address. On thursday Clinton outlined his own economic plans to the University of Pennsylvania a Wharton school of business in Philadelphia saying he chose that site partly because it is a Symbol of the excesses of the 1980s. A it was Here at Wharton that Michael Milken got the idea to use junk Bonds a he said. A it was Here at Wharton that by 198725 percent of the graduating class was going into investment  he urged the audience to turn away from such pursuits and focus on a new spirit of service to country. Barry sentence affirmed just Days before release Washington a a Federal appeals court Friday affirmed former mayor Marion barrys six month prison sentence for cocaine Possession ruling six Days before his scheduled release. The court rejected barrys Contention that . District judge Thomas Penfield Jackson showed Bias when he told a Harvard University audience after the trial that he was convinced Barry was guilty of perjury and other crimes and that some jurors were determined to acquit regardless of the facts. The appeals court said it found a no Trace of Bias in barrys first sentencing and no reason Why Jackson should have been disqualified from re sentencing him last september. Barry is scheduled to be released next thursday from a medium Security prison in Loretto a. Supporters Are planning a caravan to bring him Back to Washington. Barry was convicted in August 1990 on one Misdemeanour count of cocaine Possession. His two month trial featured an Fri videotape showing him smoking crack cocaine during a sting operation at a Washington hotel. He chose not to seek re election in 1990 to a fourth term and left office in january 1991. There have been reports that he May run for a seat on the City Council. Barrys initial six month term was thrown out by a Federal appeals court. Jackson imposed another six month term last september Arizona Man ends siege after wife neighbor slain Phoenix apr a department store employee was arrested after killing his wife of four months and a neighbor and then holding two store managers hostage during a three hour siege police said. Neither hostage was Hurt. Richard j. Griffin 33, took the hostages thursday before doors opened at Dillard a in the Paradise Valley mall police said. Early on in the siege Griffin called 911 and said he a May have harmed some people in Scottsdale Ariz a said sgt. Kevin Robinson a police spokesman. Police said they later found the bodies of Helen Marie Griffin 24, and Thom Jeffrey Kennedy 30. The bodies were found in Kennedy a apartment in the Complex where they lived police said. Griffin armed with a pistol went to Dillard a management offices and took a Man and woman hostage Robinson said. He soon freed the Man but held the woman while police evacuated the store Robinson said. Neither manager supervised Griffin said Dillard a spokesman Bob Baker. The mall remained open while police negotiated with the gunman by Telephone. Griffin eventually freed the woman unharmed and within an hour surrendered police said. Griffin was arrested for investigation of first degree murder and kidnapping. Police said Griffin cried during much of the ordeal and threatened suicide. A the was waiting to kill himself Quot said officer Jan Dubina a negotiator. A the said he had done something in a moment of anger and was very upset about it a Dubina said. A we told him that we understood and that he had things to live  Baker said employees would be offered counselling