European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 6, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 3relief Bill stalled washing ton apr a Bill providing emergency Aid for los Angeles and Money for summer schools and jobs in other cities remains stalled in Congress the object of partisan wrangling and financial piling on. Supporters had hoped for Quick agreement to permit Money to flow for summer Job and school programs in cities nationwide As Well As to top off the accounts of Federal agencies providing Aid to rebuild los Angeles riot torn neighbourhoods. But House and Senate conferees failed thursday to resolve differences on the Bill which has grown into a nearly $2 billion package. No time was set for another meeting. Rep. Joseph Mcdade of Pennsylvania ranking Republican on the House appropriations committee said republicans and the Bush administration want the amount of the Bill Cut virtually in half. He said Bush would veto the measure unless the amount is reduced. However democrats were battling to keep other spending provisions in the Bill. Quot since it s going to be vetoed an Vav we Mav As Well give him something Good to veto a sen. Frank , d-n.j., said As he argued for a provision permitting More Federal Highway spending. The Bill began As a $495 million emergency appropriation passed by the House and backed by Bush to provide Money for business Loans and Grants for los Angeles. Chicago which suffered recent flood damage would receive an unspecified portion. Quot the Senate added $1.45 billion to extend Aid to other cities for summer jobs summer head Start programs and additional Aid to schools in poor neighbourhoods a. Included in the added amount was $250 million for Bush s a Weed and seed program of increased Law enforcement and social programs in crime Ridden inner cities. Hie Bill would require declaration of a budgetary emergency by the president to allow the Money to flow. I he Money would fall outside current budget limits by adding to the deficit. A Bush has objected to the added amount but this week he signalled a willingness to Compromise and voiced support for the jobs portion. Mcdade told democrats that Bush would accept no More than $5 x million for the summer jobs plan and none of the other Money added by the Senate including the Money for his own Quot Weed and seed Quot program. 1 Hose programs would be funded through Normal appropriations he said. Quot in a letter to congressional leaders. White House budget director Richard g. Darman said Bush a advisers would recommend a veto if the Senate passed version was  undergoes surgery on heart valve Washington a Republican presidential challenger Patrick Buchanan underwent heart surgery Friday to replace a valve apparently damaged As the result of an illness decades ago. Angela Bay Buchanan his sister and Campaign manager said the conservative columnist expects to attend the Republican National convention in August. Buchanan 53, was having his aortic valve re Buchanan placed with an artificial valve. A heart murmur from a bout with debilitating rheumatoid arthritis when he was 20 is believed responsible for the damaged valve Angela Buchanan said. A a it a always a concern but we re extremely hopeful and so arc the doctors that everything will be just Fine a she said. She said Buchanan had known about the condition for 10 years and that doctors in april recommended surgery this year after they detected a worsening in his condition. A the wanted to finish the election Cycle. He wanted to finish California a she said. A the was going to have some downtime and this gives him plenty of time to recover and get ready for the Republican  Buchanan whose Strong showing in Early primaries rattled president Bush a re election Campaign wound up without a single primary Victory. He vowed to take his largely symbolic Challenge All the Way to the convention floor in Houston in Hopes of influencing the party platform. Buchanan entered the Washington Hospital Center on thursday and is expected to remain there for eight  mayor quits to take National stage Moscow up1 Radical Moscow mayor Gavril Popov resigned Friday to concentrate on National politics and work toward an All russian referendum on Reform. A you cannot build a shop window of socialism let alone a socially oriented Market Economy in one particular City even if that City is Moscow a Popov said in an statement explaining his decision to quit. Russian president Boris n. Yeltsin gave his ally Popov carte Blanche to turn Moscow into an experimental zone where reforms of local government and privatization of housing could be pushed through More quickly than in the rest of Russia. But As head of the russian movement for democratic Reform Popov has emerged As a key advocate of Radical change on a larger scale and said he wants to play More of a role in National politics than he can As Moscow City Boss. A we need to concentrate All democratic forces and the efforts of their leaders to resolve All russian problems a he said. Popov was voted Leader of the move ment for democratic Reform at its founding Congress last january but russian Law formally bars him from combining his Job As mayor with that of Leader of a political movement. Popov cited this As his main reason for quitting. Popov who swept to Power with a landslide in elections to the mayors office last june will now devote his time to organizing a National referendum on a new Constitution and on land Reform. Conservative deputies at the Congress of Peoples deputies the full russian legislature that met in april voted against private ownership of land prompting Radical deputies to Start organizing a nationwide poll on the Issue. The Congress also failed to approve a new Constitution condemning russian lawmakers to work with the old communist Constitution of 1977, which is packed with anachronisms and amendments. Popov recently began campaigning for a referendum on the principles of a new Constitution an idea strongly backed by Yeltsin who wants to Sec Russia become a presidential Republic with a Strong executive Arm and a weaker parliament. Trapped soldiers allowed to leave Sarajevo Barracks Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr about 800 yugoslav Federal army soldiers on Friday were permitted to leave a downtown Sarajevo Barracks where they had been trapped by Muslim forces for almost a month. The move could hasten a cease fire Between serbian irregulars and bosnian government forces made up of pro Independence muslims and croatians. Their Battles which began in March have been among the years worst fighting in the former Yugoslavia. A it went without a hitch a said col. John Wilson head of the . Observer team after the convoys headed for serbian controlled area on the southwestern Edge of town. Also evacuated were about 100 women and children trapped with the yugoslav forces. Hours earlier a fierce artillery attack from serbian positions pounded the bosnian capital killing two people and turning the pre Dawn skies Orange. Four convoys of trucks buses and cars each flanked by . Armoured personnel carriers and bosnian police cars sped from the marshal Tito Barracks As the yugoslav soldiers were evacuated. Bosnian government militiamen with Blue and White bosnian Coats of arms stitched to their shirts looked out from doorways or from behind sandbagged positions. Some waved their ak-47 assault rifles in the air to celebrate. Bosnian officers said the evacuation had been held up because serb irregulars opened fire on muslims Clearing a Bridge on the Miljack River Over which the yugoslav army convoys had to  releases full report on its weapons programs Manama Bahrain apr Iraq submitted what it said was a a full final and comprehensive report on its program to develop weapons of mass destruction . Experts said Friday. The Security Council required the report under provisions of the cease fire resolutions that ended the persian Gulf War. The requirement is regarded As a crucial test of iraqis compliance. Dimitri Perrico Leader of a team of inspectors that arrived from Baghdad told reporters the report was Given to the commissions office in Baghdad at Midnight thursday. He reserved judgment on the report saying a until we see and study the document. No one can say is a full final and comprehensive report yet. It would be an injustice to characterize it one Way or another. Perrico said he was sceptical because of iraqis track record of less than full disclosure of its arms program. The team Leader said he brought the report with him when the experts travelled Friday to Bahrain regional Headquarters of the inspectors special commission. The iraqi report which was sent to new York later in the Day from Bahrain consists of seven Black folders wrapped in two  science Church plans to end Cable television service Boston up the Christian science Church said it is laying off 100 More employees and will shut Down the Monitor Channel on june 28 after rejecting four offers to buy the Cable television service. Bostons first Church of Christ scientist said the offers were Quot All Good proposals but the economics a were not sufficiently attractive to the Church which is suffering Money troubles. The Church also said it is cutting its remaining work Force by 10 percent or about 100 jobs spread across All of the churches activities in order to bal Ance its budget. The new Job cuts Are in addition to the recent Layoff of 362 workers in its television operations As a result of the closing of the Monitor Channel. Another Church owned television venture Bostons Channel 68, remains for Sale and will continue to broadcast until it is sold the Church said in a statement thursday night. The announcements came As Church officials prepared for their annual meeting next week following months of controversy Over the High Cost of new broadcasting ventures