European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday May 30, 1992 at a glance it conflicts with contractors Are threatening to further delay the a Schunn Cly under the English Channel. See Story on Page 16.new weapons supported the new York state Senate on thursday overwhelmingly approved a Bill that would require new York City to Arm its 26,000 police officers with semiautomatic weapons. A Page 4lesbian being discharged a National guard colonel was told thursday that her military career is Over because she is a lesbian. A Page 5prison Rolls set record the number of prisoners in state and Federal prisons grew by nearly 50,000 last year setting another record High population. A Page 6korea concerns commander the commander of . Forces in the Pacific said Friday that the korean Peninsula posed the most serious threat of instant Large scale armed conflict in Asia. A Page 8in tune with life for Tennie Spurlock a teacher with the department of defense dependents schools in Northern Italy life is a song. A Page 9huge London project halted construction at Canary wharf Europe a largest commercial development has shut Down in London after the project s owners Olympia amp York developments ltd., sought to protect its holdings under British bankruptcy Laws. A Page 17 Index f Abby Ann Landers. 19 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword. 19 faces a no places. 18 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 Gorbachev turns up criticism of Yeltsin economic Reform Moscow a former soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev says the russian government is too authoritarian and in danger of losing control Over economic Reform a newspaper reported Friday. Gorbachev also said in fridays editions of the Komsomol Skaya pravda newspaper that his old rival russian president Boris n. Yeltsin a is not Jesus  has previously criticized Yeltsin a government for pushing economic Reform too quickly but fridays comments were his harshest yet. Gorbachev said he never promised to stay out of Domestic politics. The comment followed Yeltsin a assertion this week that Gorbachev made such a pledge following his resignation As soviet presi Dent on dec. 25 and the collapse of the soviet Union Days later. Gorbachev said he promised Only that he would not turn his Gorbachev foundation think tank into an opposition party. A listen Yeltsin is not Jesus Christ. He is not the kind of a person to whom i should answer a Gorbachev was quoted As telling Komsomol Skaya pravda. A yes i am a private person while the existing president has been elected by the people. But How can i keep silent. He said. Gorbachev also accused Yeltsin s government of pressuring the russian Media to ignore Gorbachev s recent trip to the United states. A both the right Wing and democratic press have been simply falling upon Gorbachev trying to discredit me to cause hate and venom a he said. A they want to show me that the Best position for the sex president is to keep silent i said i  quit politics and the social sphere anti go to the taiga a he said referring to the Northern Siberia Forest. He warned that if Yeltsin a government does no to change its approach a the government May lose control Over the  a the new Powers can destroy but they Haven to proven yet they Are Able to create a he said. Gorbachev said the government has not stopped operating in secret. A now if society has agreed to these horrible hardships it should know everything and understand  from Page 1 to divert is billion from next years Pentagon budget to assist workers and communities Hurt by the defense cutbacks. The White House said its program would be offset by reductions in spending elsewhere in the budget Over the next five years. By the end of this fiscal year there will be nearly 300,000 fewer men and women in uniform and 100,000 fewer civilians employed by the defense department than three years ago. In addition More than 100 weapons programs have been cancelled and hundreds of military bases and installations worldwide have been closed or Are targeted for shutdown All As a result of the end of the cold War and the collapse of the former soviet Union. Bush said the administration plan already includes spending More than $7.1 billion for defense transition in the next two years. That includes $6.7 billion for the defense and labor departments to pay for Severance payments Job assistance and training As Well As Community assistance. The new measures also include a $200 million to pay for added pos military benefits including Access to up to $12,600 in education and training funds for military people who leave voluntarily after 6 years of service. A Job training and placement assistance to civilians and contractors employees. A $50 million for planning Grants to create economic adjustment programs in communities significantly affected by declining defense spending. A increasing use of defense personnel and facilities to further education Job training and other Community objectives including help for at risk students and to establish career academies that offer enhanced technical training. It also would include using excess capacity at defense facilities for training programs. A Early retirement for defense department personnel at certain locations and in certain categories. That will allow for a More orderly reduction in defense civilian personnel minimizing involuntary separations. A use of some former defense workers to help clean up the  from Page 1 Johnson or. Of the . District court in Brooklyn n.y., was to hear arguments Friday. Johnson a Bush appointee has previously ruled in favor or the refugees at Guantanamo in a continuing suit demanding their right to counsel. Since sunday . Coast guard cutters have been intercepting haitians at sea and returning them to the capital of port a Prince without allowing them to apply for Asylum. About 11,630 haitians remain at Guantanamo from earlier rescues. Those who Are not eligible to apply for Asylum Are being returned at the rate of a few Hundred every two or three Days. On thursday 475 were sent Back and an additional 612 were picked up at sea and will be returned immediately. Reacting to criticism that haitians were afraid or unable to apply for refugee status at the . Embassy in Haiti a the Only recourse left to them a the administration also said it would Send officials into the haitian Countryside to take  from Page 1 on Strong moral  while not ruling out hiring an acknowledged homosexual Perot made it Clear when pressed that top Cabinet level jobs were off limits. A no 1 done to want anybody there that will be a Point of controversy with the american people a Perot said adding a it will distract from the work to be done. See As far As in a concerned what people do in their private lives is their  he also ruled out homosexuals serving in the military saying a i done to think that that a  Perot also said he would not knowingly hire someone who had been unfaithful to his wife saying that a the american people deserve better than  Mike Petrelis a spokesman for queer nation presidential project expressed anger at what he called Perot so homophobic  Petrelis called on the potential presidential candidate to a just say no to homophobia put Forward a detailed position paper supporting full civil rights for Gays and lesbians and educate himself about the injustices our Community suffers every  Margot Perot said that shortly after her husband made his offer to enter Public service an envelope containing $5 was slipped under the door of their Washington hotel room. The next Day a it began to sink in that it could be a reality a she said. Such a reality has strategists in both major parties reeling As Perot meets ballot requirements in More and More states. His popularity As tracked in opinion polls rivals or surpasses that of president Bush and the Likely democratic nominee Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton. A i done to want to be in politics. Thousands of Fine decent people have written me mainly Handwritten letters urging me to run As either a Democrat or Republican a Perot said. When asked How he views the presidency Perot said a it is a brutal dirty thankless Job that just puts an awful penalty on every member of your family and people you love and care  from Page 1 ment journalists As saying at least six people were killed and 30 wounded. The radio also reported that two . Officers were wounded in the shelling. But . Spokesman Mike Magnusson said in Zagreb he could not confirm that report because officials had not been Able to reach the team remaining in Sarajevo. In fighting in the Southern City of mos tar two people were killed and seven wounded. Radovan Karadzic Leader of Bosnia a serbs blamed a Muslim intransigence for failure by the republics ethnic groups to reach agreement on a future makeup of the Republic at talks in Lisbon Portugal. Muslims oppose serbian Calls for the talks to focus on the carving up of Bosnia into separate ethnic regions. The Muslim delegates walked out of the Lisbon meeting and the current bombardment May be aimed at forcing them Back to the negotiating table. A we were convinced that had the conference continued we would have been successful by the end of the week a Karadzic said in Belgrade. A the muslims again sabotaged the  at least 2,200 people have died and thousands have been wounded in fighting that erupted after slavic muslims and croats nearly 60 percent of Bosnia a 4.3 million people voted on feb. 29 to secede from Yugoslavia. Serbs about a third of the population want to remain United with neighbouring Serbia. At least 1.25 million people have so far tied the fighting in Bosnia