European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes . Monday november is 1993 health prove elusive the Washington Post Manchester Conn. A on a Gray cold morning in this suburb of Hartford about 700 people turned out saturday to discuss president Clinton a health care plan with its chief architect Ira c. Magaziner. They brought paper and pen and tape recorders and their own copies of the plan. They asked medical questions listed their concerns and spoke out against in creasing the governments hand Over health care. They asked the kind of personalized questions Magaziner could not answer fully without More detail which left some in the group slightly  the Washington Centric debate that often glorifies special interests and their Sway Over politics the meeting Here a to which about 200,000 people received invitations a was a reminder of How health gets person it is an issus Whoso time has finally corns because it offsets everyone. A William Wulftange retired insurance executive Ali Zed in a Way few other  do. Quot it is an Issue whose time has finally come because it affects everyone a a said William Wulftange a retired insurance executive. He wanted to Tell Magaziner that doctors offices should be forced to publish their fees but he never got to the crowded microphone. James Snyder wanted to know whether the plan would help pay for his daughters $600-ayear allergy medication. Robert Cloonan asked about care for his two severely disabled children. Alex and Elizabeth Wood sought Relief from $5,500 in annual medical Bills for their son with a metabolic disorder. Rut Magaziner  give them specific answers to some of their questions which disappointed some in the group. Quot its hard to get a grip on the plan because its very complicated a said Elizabeth Wood. Quot people need to see for themselves exactly what a in it. We have a real Rifle shot question and we re confronted with 1,300 pages of Legal language. Its going to take some study to see if it meets our immediate  Fri agent William Doran discusses Money recovered in the brinks robbery Case. The Money weighs 350 pounds but has not been counted. Link to Ira in s heist by the los Angeles times new York a roman Catholic priest once implicated in gun running a retired police officer and an illegal immigrant who was imprisoned for explosives violations a All charged in a $7.4 million armoured car company theft a May have committed the crime to help finance the Irish Republican army the Fri said saturday. Some of the Money stolen Jan. 5 in Rochester n.y., May have been fun need to the Ira through postal Money orders or couriers leaving new York City and Canada officials said. Suitcases and Duffel bags full of Cash a so much Money that it could Only be weighed not counted Over the weekend a were displayed saturday at an Fri news conference in Manhattan. The 350 pounds of currency mostly $20 Bills were seized during raids in new York City As was a counting machine. Agents indicated that the Case was broken through extensive Fri surveillance and sloppiness on the part of the sex policeman who worked As a guard for Brink s armoured car service. Quot we Are looking to see if the robbery is linked to the Ira and Bank robberies Quot said William y. Doran the agent in charge of the criminal division in the Fri s new York office. Arrested on Friday were Thomas f. Thomas f. Of Connor leaves the Federal courthouse in Rochester n.y., alter his arraignment on Friday. Of Connor 54, a former Rochester police officer Patrick Moloney 61, a Manhattan priest Samuel Millar 38, an illegal immigrant and Charles Mccormick 29, in whose Manhattan apartment most of the Cash was found. Court papers charged that of Connor has been Active in no raid or Irish Northern Aid the main fundraising group in the United states for families of prisoners caught in the strife in Northern Ireland. No raid is strongly suspected of funding the Ira. According to an Fri affidavit o Connor toured Northern Ireland in 1983 and was introduced to Millar who had just been released after serving six years in prison for firearms and explosives violations. . Election Winner urged to delay oath a act demands investigation of allegations Whitman by the new York times Trenton . Staking a markedly different position from a number of Black ministers and some noted civil rights leaders the new Jersey chapter of the a act on saturday urged governor elect Christie Whitman not to take office until investigations Clear her of allegations that republicans spent $500,000 to suppress the Urban Black vote. Quot there is no peace Between the clergy of this state and mrs. Whitman a the Rev. Calvin Mckinney the first vice president of the general Baptist state convention of new Jersey said at a news conference called by the a act. Quot we expect her to respond to and follow the recommendations of the  trying to quash the controversy Whitman a Campaign and the Republican state committee on saturday released the campaigns financial reports through election Day. The reports showed that together they spent nearly $48,000 in so called Quot Street Money Quot on election Day with most of it dispersed in payments of $50 apiece to scores of poll watchers $20 each to workers to get out the vote and miscellaneous expenses for transportation and lunches. But the report did not put to rest questions that have dogged Whitman since tuesday when her Campaign manager Edward j. Rollins jr., said workers had used the Street Money to suppress the Black vote in Urban areas. The matter put Whitman to the test just one week after she narrowly won election and saturdays Call by the a act was a Clear indication that in some quarters the legitimacy of her Victory was in question. For Days Whitman had steadfastly denied that payoffs were made to suppress the Black vote. On Friday she met with the Rev. Jesse Jackson and other Black Leaden in an Effort to quell Black anger Over Rollins statements. Whitman released her financial report saturday nine Days before she was required to by Law. The Republican state committees release of its records came a Fiill two months before its Jan. 15 reporting Date. Quot we did it to convince those who still remain to be convinced that absolutely nothing happened a a said Carl Golden the chief spokesman for Whitman. Quot nothing in those reports provide even the remotest support to the allegations that have been  Goldin distributed the reports without explanation but said that they included about $48,000 in Quot Street Money Quot provided by the Republican state committee. Whitman a Campaign reimbursed the party $11,200 of that amount. The reports that were released saturday did not include All the funds that were circulated by or for the republicans on election Day. County committees control their own funds As do the Republican majorities in the Senate and the Assembly. Third inmate escapes prison amid hubbub during manhunt Polk City Fla. Apr amid the chaos of helicopters dogs and swat teams searching for two convicted killers who climbed a makeshift ladder out of a maximum Security prison a third inmate slipped away. Quot All the commotion created a diversion. It looks like he took advantage Quot Polk correctional institution superintendent Gerald Abdul Wasi said saturday. Carlos Ramos who had been serving a 50-year sentence for attempted murder armed robbery and other charges was missing from a head count Friday night. Prison officials believe he stowed away in one of the Many delivery trucks and vans that visit the compound. A Day earlier convicted murderers Theodore menut and Eugene wonder had used a crudely built 16-foot ladder to climb a Fence topped with razor wire. They had been serving life sentences. Wonder a construction worker had been trained in prison As a roofer and had Access to lumber Hammer and nails said assistant superintendent Don Merritt. Menut was convicted of killing a nightclub bouncer in 1981 after menutes wife and sister in Law were asked to leave because they were intoxicated. Wonder was convicted of shooting a service station attendant in 1985