European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 07, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 7, 1994 serbs shelling keeps out Aid for Sarajevo Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a Sarajevo s Airport was closed to vital . Aid flights for a second Clay thursday As hundreds of serbian Shell thundered Down on the besieged bosnian capital. Fighting also flared in other trouble spots across Bosnia and Herzegovina further dimming prospects for planned peace talks among the country s three War ring factions Jan. 18 in Geneva. Sarajevo residents were awakened at 6 . Thurs Day by the sickening thud of Shell explosions across the City. The shelling came a Day after one of the capital s most intense bombardments in months. For Sarajevo this is one of the worst Days since the beginning of the aggression state run bosnian radio said thursday. The whole City is under artillery fire from All serbian positions around  despite the shelling friends and survivors of two re lated families the Dragnich and the Tatarevich buried six family members killed in a single Shell blast As they sat Down for a meal tuesday afternoon. Does anybody in the world care or have nightmares because of what happened to us cried Maja ,16, one of the few surviving family members. Referring to wednesday s bombardment . Spokesman maj. Ides Bald Van Biesbroeck said the shelling was sometimes so intense that . Monitors could not count the explosions. At least two people were killed and 32 wounded wednesday the toll was expected to go higher. Since new years Day at least 31 people have been killed and dozens wounded in Sarajevo. The City s Airport also came under fire forcing its closure wednesday and thursday. Sarajevo s 380,000 resident rely almost exclusively on Aid flights for food and Medicine. The City also remained without water and electricity. Briton to replace general who quit . Post in Bosnia by the new York times United nations a British general will re place a belgian who asked to be relieved Early As com Mander of . Peacekeepers in Bosnia and Herzegovina the United nations said wednesday. It. Gen. Michael Rose 53, will replace it. Gen. Francis Brique Mont 58. Brique Mont had asked to be relieved of his Post Halfway through his one year tour the United nations said tuesday. As head of the peacekeeping troops in Bosnia Rose will command about 12,000 troops from a dozen coun tries. Rose will become the third commander of the peacekeeping forces in Bosnia since the Post s creation in october 1992. He will take Over later this month. The stars and stripes pages extremist Vladimir v. A Mirinovsky shows off his parliamentary identification card on thursday. Of a. A  my i a & in ., a Mirinovsky exhorts Shch Elkono Russia a russian extremist Vladimir v. A Mirinovsky called president Clinton a Coward thursday and said he should stay Home and play his saxophone instead of coming to Moscow. Clinton arrives wednesday for a three Day sum Mit with russian president Boris n. Yeltsin. What kind of american president is he Zhirik Nevsky asked. He s coming and he s not going to meet with me let him play his saxophone instead of coming Here and meeting with nobodies the White House has made it Clear that Clinto will not meet with a Mirinovsky whose Ultra National is views have been compared to those of Adolf hit Ler and Benito Mussolini. Clinton should t show that he is such a Coward. He should meet me personally and i will Tell him everything the 46-year-old russian politician said. A Mirinovsky spoke to reporters while receiving his membership card to Russia s new parliament at a Brief ceremony in Shch Elkono 15 Miles East of mos cow. His Liberal democratic party was the top vote getter in dec. 12 elections. His Success shocked Yeltsin s supporters and alarmed the West. Thursday s remarks were another Vintage performance for a Mirinovsky who is known for outrageous statements besides mocking Clinton he said the leaders of France and Germany were also afraid to meet with him which is More evidence that the West has become Rotten and  Russia s Navy should blockade Japan if Tokyo refuses to sign a treaty formally ending world War ii hostilities Between the two countries. The Sovic to czechoslovak and polish delegates to a 1951 Confer Enteon the japanese peace treaty refused to sign the pact. Russia will turn the sea of okhotsk into a Pri vate fishing ground cutting off japanese korean and other fleets. He plans to become chairman of parliament s foreign relations committee fire foreign minister Andrei v. Kozarev and then become Russia s for eign minister himself. Yeltsin should show up at the Kremlin Only for ceremonial occasions. Ama foes in Congress found to reap group s Aid Boston a the american medical association gives More Money to members of Congress who oppose its official positions on smoking and other major Public health issues than it does to its supporters an analysis shows. The review suggests that the Ama is More concerned with How House Mem Bers stand on economic matters which ultimately influence How much Money doctors make than it is with their views on health affairs that affect the Public. Researchers looked at representatives votes on smoking gun control and a regulation that prohibited doctors in Feder ally funded clinics from talking to patients about abortion. It found that those who voted against the Ama s stands on these issues aver aged $4,470 More in Ama donations during the past two congressional campaigns than did those who sided with the organization which has 296,000 Mem Bers. The Ama discounted the study s conclusions saying the subject was too Corn plex to be Analysed by such a simplistic  the study was conducted by Joshua Sharfstein a student at Harvard medical school and his father Steven a Psychia Trist at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospi Tal in Baltimore. I am concerned that the positions of american Medicine Are not being reflected Well in the political contributions of the Ama s political action commit tee said the elder Sharfstein. It s important for the Ama to rep resent the Best interests of our patients. The Sharfstein Analysed donations by the american medical political action committee the Ama s political Wing during the 1989-1990 and the 1991-1992 political seasons. During those years the committee gave $5.3 million to congressional Candi dates. Tighter rules might be sought on Gays in military Washington a Republican members of the Senate armed services committee will seek con Gressional action if the Clinton administration does not tighten regulations on homosexuals in the military the senators said thursday. Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina the rank ing Republican on the committee and Republican sen. Dan Coats of Indiana said in a letter to president Clin ton that they were concerned that Pentagon regulations issued dec. 22 might undercut Federal statutes. They said guidance provided in the regulations appears to place Many limits on commanders that Are not applicable to other disciplinary  the senators said they were prepared to examine the regulations in oversight hearings and seek More amendments if the Pentagon does not make changes before the rules take effect feb. 5. Thurmond and Coats also said they were dismayed by the administration s handling of the Case of former midshipman Joseph c. Steffan who was ousted from the  Naval Academy after announcing he was Gay. The Justice department has asked for a review of the  Court of appeals decision that Steffan should be Given his diploma and commissioned in the Navy. But it has appealed the ruling on narrow grounds while deciding not to contest the court s View that the Pentagon s former and tougher policy of Banning homosexuals from military service was unconstitutional. It is inconceivable that the administration would allow such a decision to go unchallenged the senators wrote