European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 30, 1993 4 u.8. The stars and stripes Pago 7 Cia chief warns of new threats to . Washington a the nation s spy chief says Congress would be Flat wrong if it thinks the end of the cold War is a License to Cut further into spend ing on intelligence activities. Cia director James Woolsey told a House panel it is a very fundamental mistake to believe the demise of the so Viet Union has made intelligence work any easier. He enumerated several new threats to the United states including the recent testing by North Korea of an intermediate Range missile capable of reaching Japan. He also confirmed reports that Libya � constructing a second chemical weapons Plant. He said he was very regretful of any reductions in the administration s intelligence budget request for 1994, Esti mated to be near $28 billion he referred to the Senate intelligence committee s rejection earlier this month of the administration s request for a roughly 5 percent increase in spending on the nation s spy agencies. That panel voted to Cut More than $1.3 billion from the request and freeze spending at 1993 Levels. Rep. Tom Lantos d-Calif., chairman of the House foreign affairs subcommittee on International Security International organizations and human rights agreed that it would be unbelievably shortsighted to slash intelligence fund ing. He said the Cia task had become More Complex in the Post cold War world than during those Happy stable times when the soviet Union was the overwhelming focus of our  in his testimony on the world s rogue regimes Woolsey said i have painted a rather Bleak picture because i a afraid accuracy and Candor require  among the trouble spots he mentioned Iraq Hopes to outwait the United nations and rebuild its infrastructure for weapons of mass destruction once inspections and sanctions  Iran has a serious determined pro Gram to develop All categories of weapons of mass destruction but it will take eight to 10 years to build its own nuclear weapons. More than 25 countries Many of them hostile to the United states and our friends and allies May now have or be developing nuclear biological and Chemi Cal weapons and the Means to deliver  China is actively recruiting russian nuclear scientists As Are Iraq North Korea India and Pakistan. India and Pakistan arc capable of assembling a limited number of nuclear weapons in a fairly Short time. Two unidentified members of the us. A Force help transport a bosnian War victim wednesday at Andrews fab. Wounded bosnian arrive in . To get their second Chance at life by the Washington Post Washington fourteen people who had been caught in the bloody War in Bosnia emerge from a transport plane wednesday at Andrews fab my. Some were walking gingerly some were borne on stretchers but All were looking Forward to the kind of medical care they could not find in their fractured Homeland. The medical Airlift dubbed operation second Hance was part of an International humanitarian Effort to obtain treatment for some of the worst wounds produced by the civil War in the former Yugoslavia. The patients who arrived in a c-141 Star lifter were All civilians though some May have been wounded taking up arms to defend the Bosnia Capi Tal of Sarajevo organizers of the Airlift said. The patients were men women teen agers and an 8-month-old baby with a heart defect the Only no War casualty in the group. They were muslims croats and a serb All Sarajevo residents. Their wounds were some of the ugliest War has to offer missing limbs improperly set Bones that have led to infections disfigurement requiring complicated plastic and reconstructive surgery. A 17-year old Gin had a Bullet wound in her jaw. A 15-year-Oldgirl had both legs blown off. Airlift organizers would not permit the More than 12reporters and photographers to approach the Bosnia ans As they were escorted or carried to buses for the ride to the base Hospital. After a medical evaluation they will be dispersed to hospitals across the United states that will provide free medical care. The International organization on migration a intergovernmental group based in Geneva coordinated the Effort. The com working with a Grant of$300,000 from the . State department and the assistance of . Air Force planes already has helped about 150 wounded bosnian receive care in Europe and the United states. But wednesday night s flight was the largest sin Gle group and the first to be evacuated directly from Sarajevo which is still under siege by serbian forces. It went amazingly smooth said Frances Sulli Van of the com speaking of the. Takeoff from Sara Nievo. I was  the patients left Sarajevo on monday spent two Days at Ramstein a Germany then flew to Andrews. An additional five patients Are still in Ramstein and will arrive at the Maryland base saturday. For operation second Chance the provider of the free medical care is National medical enterprises a for profit company that operates hospitals across the United states. Fourteen of the 18 hospitals providing the free medical care and scores of physicians treating the bosnian Are affiliated with the company said David Wiechers senior vice president. Democrats weigh 6-cent increase in gasoline tax Washington a top congressional democrats were to begin learning thursday whether there Are enough votes to push a Compromise deficit reduction plan through Congress containing a gasoline Tux boost of about 6 cents a gallon. House Senate negotiators said wednesday that they had framed the Broad outlines of a new version of pres ident Clinton s budget cutting plan. We have no differences in policy. We have no differences i numbers said sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan d-n.y., chairman of the Senate finance commit  the bar gainers said the precise amount of the. Gasoline tax boost As Well As other items like medicare cuts and tax Breaks for the poor would be determinedly whatever could attract the most votes. Though their goal had been to Nail Down the com Promise thursday Moynihan and other bar gainers said the vote counting and final adjustments to the package could take an extra Day or so. Moynihan said that for purposes of illustration leaders might initially seek support for a package con Taining a 6.5-cent increase in the 14.1-Ccnt-a-gallon fed eral gasoline tax. House ways and Means committee chairman Dan Rostonkowski d-ill., said the number most frequently mentioned by bar gainers was 6 cents. Liberals also were looking to expand several anti poverty programs and protect medicare from cuts while conservatives were eager to find savings in those programs. According to aides speaking on condition of Anonym Ity lawmakers were considering increasing tax credits for the working poor by $21 billion $7 billion less than Clinton wanted. They were also weighing a nearly $3 billion boost for food Stamps less than half of Clinton s proposal and trimming medicare growth by about s54 billion Over the next five years. Man seeking Medicine killed doctor police say Tulare Calif. A a Man  shot to death a doctor then drove to another medi Cal office and killed a physician s assistant police said. Guadalupe Sanchez Padilla 52, was arrested in the parking lot wednesday and booked for investigation of murder and attempted murder. Padilla shot 49-year-old or. Eugene Zehren fou times in the Chest after demanding pain medication from him police said. Police said Padilla had som kind of injury or illness but gave no details. Padilla then drove a Short distance to another office and demanded to speak to Keith Garner a 35-year-old physician s assistant. Without provocation or prior no Tice he pulled his gun and shot Garner in the Chest sgt. Ron Davis said. Gamer s assistant was shot in the Heel As she fled. Investigators said they did not know How Padilla an Garner were acquainted. Police called to the scene blocked Padilla s Van As retried to drive away from the Tulare District Hospital parking lot that bordered both medical offices. A Trail of blood led from Garner s office to the Van police said. Padilla was arrested without incident and treated for a wound on his hand apparently caused by his 9 my handgun jamming Davis said