European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 31 350 monday May 18, 1992 d 8693 Perot comes out on top for 1 St time in voter poll new York up Dallas billionaire and undeclared presidential candidate Ross Perot beat president Bush and Bill Clinton in it poll released saturday marking a first in the race for the White House. Perot was favored by 33 percent of registered voters compared with 28 percent for Bush and 24 percent for Clinton in the poll conducted for time Magazine and Cable news network. Its the first time that Perot has surpassed Bush and Clinton in a National poll of voters. Just a month ago Bush led a similar poll with 40 percent followed by Clinton with 25 percent and Perot with 21 percent. The new poll found Perot ranked the lowest of the three candidates regarding the question of . Race problems which have been thrust to Center stage in the political Arena because of the recent unrest in los Angeles. Only 17 percent polled said the Texas businessman would outperform Bush or Clinton in handling racial problems compared with 21 percent who favored Bush and 31 percent who said the Arkansas governor would do the Best Job. Nearly equal numbers of Bush and Clinton supporters said they would switch to Perot in a three Way contest 25 percent and 27 percent respectively according to the poll. The poll is to be published today with the time cover Story. A waiting for  in an interview with the weekly newsmagazine Perot dodged the question of when he would officially declare his candidacy. A i done to even need to make an announcement. In be already said ill do it a he said. He is expected to announce his candidacy formally next month. Perot has said his supporters must get him on ballots in All 50 states for him to be a candidate. Last week volunteers in 29 states said they had collected enough signatures to put Perot on the fall ballot and supporters everywhere else predicted they would do the same. The poll by Yankelovich Clancy shul Man questioned 917 registered voters on May 13 and May 14 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2  a amps Luke Britt . Air Force and civilian workers unload boxes of food at the Airport in Zagreb Croatia on saturday. By Deedee Doke and Gary Pomeroy stall writers beginning tuesday  convoys bearing contributions of food from the United states and other donors arc to leave Zagreb Croatia and Belgrade Yugoslavia for cities in the besieged Independent nation of Bosnia and Herzegovina a , worker said sunday. A essentially we have reached some Basic considerations from the Many different factions involved in the conflict Quot toward Safe passage said Kimberly Roberson of the . High commissioner for refugees office in Zagreb. Two . C-141 Star lifter cargo planes flew 43 tons of meals ready to eat from Rhein main a Germany to Zagreb on saturday As the United states contribution of humanitarian Aid. Over from the persian Gulf War. Among the cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to receive shipments arc the new nations capital Sarajevo and Bihac banja Luka Droboj pcs Una and Zenia. Ethnic violence that erupted last june across a cracking Yugoslavia recently engulfed Sarajevo. More than 1,300 people have died and hundreds of thousands have fled their Homes since the people of Bosnia voted 10 weeks ago to secede from serbian dominated Yugo see Bosnia on Page 2 Roberson the meals were left Weinberger May face charges in Iran Contra Washington a former defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger has been told that he could face indictment on felony charges in the Iran Contra scandal unless he provides special prosecutors with evidence they believe he has about president Reagan a role in the affair. The Washington Post reported. The Post said sunday that the dramatic development occurred a few Days ago As Independent counsel Lawrence e. Walsh tried to wrap up his 512-year investigation of the scandal. The Post citing unnamed sources familiar with the probe said Weinberger so see Contra on Page 2 . Retrieving documents that detail torture of kurd by Patrick e. Tyler the new York times Washington a the . Military is conducting a sensitive operation in Northern Iraq to spirit out a huge Cache of iraqi government records and videotapes documenting what kurdish leaders Call a Campaign of torture and execution that killed tens of thousands of Kuril in recent years. Human rights organizations say see torture on Page 2 7mm a 6 i2nd army Cav regt says a auf Wieder Seheng pages 14-15