European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 6, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 7 Senate May Back ban on nuke tests the Washington Post Washington a the House thursday overwhelmingly approved a one year moratorium on nuclear testing and Senate backers of the proposal including majority Leader George j. Mitchell a Maine said the measure May have enough Post cold War momentum to pass the Senate As Well. The proposal approved by a vote of 237 to 167, would prohibit . Nuclear testing for a year As Long As All of the republics of the former soviet Union continue their current moratorium on nuclear tests. The House has passed testing bans in the past Only to see them die in the Senate which produced Only 39 votes for such a proposal four years ago. But 45 senators including eight republicans already have co sponsored a testing moratorium Bill this year and Mitchell and his allies including sen. Mark o. Hatfield r-ore., a longtime Leader of the anti testing forces in the Senate indicated they thought the Senate would pass the measure. A the Strong support throughout Congress for a pause in nuclear testing clearly demonstrates that this is an idea whose time has come a said Mitchell at a news conference to Call attention to the House vote. A the ultimate goal of our policy must be to achieve a comprehensive test ban. I believe Congress will enact legislation As a step toward this  even if it passes both houses the proposal faces the possibility of a veto by president Bush that could not be overridden by Congress. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney strongly opposed the moratorium telling the House in a letter that testing was needed to keep nuclear weapons in shape and that an american moratorium would not deter a rogue nations such As Iraq or North Korea from testing weapons of their own. But Hatfield said he has discerned a a certain flexibility on the part of the administration possibly opening the Way for a modified ban. A i have not Given up yet on the White House he said. The moratorium was approved by the House As part of a $270 billion defense authorization Bill for next year and could come before the Senate this summer As part of the Senate defense Bill or in any one of several other forms including an amendment to an appropriations Bill senators said. Former soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev imposed a unilateral yearlong moratorium on testing last october that has been observed by the republics after they broke apart. France imposed a ban of its own earlier this year. Seniors urged to use clout san Antonio up Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca thursday urged members of the american association of retired persons to help make the nation More competitive by volunteering to work with younger generations and using the organizations clout in Washington to seek health care Reform. A we have not served the younger generation As Well As we might have a Iacocca told Harp conventioneers. He called for More efforts such As Chrysler a world of work program in which volunteers a help kids with their Homework read to them and Tell them How important it is to work hard in  cars going an Oregon state Road Crew mixed up some letters when painting a school crossing message on a Street in Corvallis. The error was corrected late  aided by Kevorkian ruled homicide Pontiac Mich. Apr a Coroner ruled Friday that the death last month of a woman who killed herself with help from or. Jack Kevorkian was a homicide. Susan Williams 52, died May 15 of Carbon monoxide poisoning inhaling the Gas through a mask from a can bed. He was present at the time of her death. Ister provided by Kevorkian and attached by him to her 1. He was or. She was the fourth person whose suicide was witnessed since 1990 by Kevorkian who backs doctor assisted suicide for the severely ill. The key to the homicide finding a is that somebody actively participated in the process of when she died a said or. Kanu Virani Oakland county Deputy chief medical examiner. He said while Williams crippled by multiple sclerosis could have triggered a valve to take in the Poison someone else would have had to operate valves to control its flow. Kevorkian a attorney Geoffrey Fieger did not immediately return Telephone Calls seeking comment. Neither did Oakland county prosecutor Richard Thompson who has yet to announce whether he would file charges in the Case. A coroners finding of homicide can influence but is not directly related to the question of whether to prosecute. Kevorkian already faces two first degree murder charges in the october 1991 deaths of two other women. Oakland county circuit judge David Brick heard four hours of arguments thursday on Fiegert a motion to dismiss that Case. Breck said he  Rule a for quite a  Kevorkian a trial on the previous charges is tentatively set for Early september. Kevorkian 63, did no to attend the hearing. The retired Royal Oak pathologist is charged in the october 1991 deaths of Sherry Miller 43, of Roseville and Marjorie Wantz 58, of Sodus. Both women had painful but not terminal illnesses. Each died in Kevorkian a presence at a secluded Cabin in Northern Oakland county. In an earlier Case Kevorkian was charged with murder in 1990 for helping Janet Adkins of Portland ore., commit suicide. The alzheimer a disease patient used a device made by Kevorkian to inject herself with a fatal dose of drugs while in the Back of the doctors Van. A District judge dismissed the murder charge ruling that Michigan has no specific Law against assisted  to slash teen Call girl s bail denied new York up a state appeals court thursday rejected a defense lawyers request to reduce the $2 million bail for the teen age Call girl accused of shooting her lovers wife in a sex for murder plot. Amy Fisher 17, has been held in the Nassau county jail since her arrest May 22 on a charge of attempted murder in the near fatal shooting three Days before of Mary Buttafuoco. Prosecutors said the teen Ager shot the 37-year-old woman after Buttafuoco a husband Joseph 38, tried to end his 18-month affair with Fisher. In a written statement Fisher of Merrick Long Island said the gun went off accidentally. In his first interview since the shooting Joseph Buttafuoco said his wife was a a terrified that Fisher will try to strike again if she a released on bail. A we talk about it daily a Joseph Buttafuoco told a new to. A she says a what if they let her out on bail she a going to come Back. She a going to kill me. She a going to finish me  a he also called allegations that he played a role in his wife a shooting or was linked to a Call girl ring for which Fisher allegedly worked  a i am not a Pimp. I did no to arrange to have my wife shot a he said. A a in be been in love with her for 18 years and i still  on the High school student Buttafuoco said a i done to hate Amy Fisher. I sympathize with her and her family. I know that or. Fisher must be going through hell. A i think she Amy needs a tremendous amount of help. She a got a lot of excess baggage up in that head of hers. She needs to Deal with  on thursday morning Fishers attorney Eric Naiburg argued before the state appellate court in Brooklyn that his clients bail was excessive and should be reduced. Hours later the court denied the request. The Case took another turn when a second Levittown Man came Forward to say he also turned Down a request to kill Mary Buttafuoco. According to published accounts Fisher offered Money and sex to both men for their help in killing Mary Buttafuoco. One of the men has said he thought the request was a a  an attempt to kill Mary Buttafuoco failed in Early november when one Man refused to shoot the woman after Fisher pretending to be Selling Candy lured her out the front door. Prosecutors say Fisher stalked the victim for nine months before May 19, when Fisher rang the Doorbell at the Buttafuoco Home and shot the woman in the head when she opened the door. After what doctors described As a miraculous recovery Mary Buttafuoco returned Home last weekend. If convicted of the top count of attempted murder Fisher faces up to 25 years to life in prison