European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Vol. 52, no. 296 500 tuesday february 8,1994 d 8693 a Clinton unveils $1.5 trillion budget president Clinton on monday sent Congress a $1.52 trillion budget for fiscal 1995 that would trim or kill thousands of programs. His pan has a few increases too but shows the Federal deficit declining to the lowest level since 1989. How did the military fare the proposed defense budget would a hold the line on Overall spending Cut some weapons Slacken the Pace of troop cuts and target More Money for training and research. A give serve remembers a 1.6 percent pay raise the lowest increase since 1963. A provide for Quality of life improvements and other construction projects for bases in Europe. Stories and charts on pages 4 and 5 a amps hints at array of options from wire reports the nato allies this week will consider a Range of actions including air attacks on bosnian serbian artillery and mortar in retaliation for a series of deadly assaults on Sarajevo civilians Secretary of state Warren Christopher said monday. The threat goes beyond one posed by . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali and was issued by Christopher after he and other senior advisers to president Clinton had met at the White House. On Capitol Hill meanwhile the chair Man of the House foreign affairs committee called for using nato airstrikes against bosnian serbs besieging the capital. A senior Republican senator said it was time to end the a indecisiveness of see options on Page 2vegas comes up aces in Washington a Las vegas the glittering gambling resort in the Nevada desert was the fastest growing metropolitan area in the United states in the Early 1990s, the census Bureau said monday. Only two other metro areas a Laredo Texas and Yuma Ariz. A reported double digit growth. Las vegas grew by 13.9 percent Between 1990 and 1992, to a population of 971,169. There were 203.2 million people living in the nations 268 government recognized metropolitan areas in july 1992, an increase of 2.8 percent since april 1990. The number of people living outside metropolitan areas grew by 1.8 percent to 51.9 million. New York Northern new Jersey Long Island is the largest metro area with 19.7 million people up 0.6 percent. Among the 10 largest metro areas Houston grew the fastest at 6.2 percent. Only one of the top 10 lost population Boston Down 0.3 see vegas on Page 2. A a. A a a a a a a a a. A Quot. A .7. A. A amps John Bomor bosnian evacuees Chat with each other at the Lan Stuhl army regional medical centers gymnasium in Germany on monday. A amps Ken George or. Capt Vince Michaud describes his medical flight to race against time by Jim Jones and Steve scholar staff writers Ramstein a and Lan Stuhl Germany when or. Capt Vince Michaud flew into Sarajevo aboard an air Force c-l30 aircraft he had Little time to Check out the sights. A we were isolated not allowed to leave the aircraft a he said. A the French brought the patients. We loaded them and took off Michaud assigned to Ramstein a 2nd aeromedical evacuation so was aboard one of two . Aircraft that flew into the bosnian capital sunday. Based in Germany the planes were there to evacuate 50 patients and other survivors of saturdays massacre in a Sarajevo marketplace that left 68 dead and More than 200 wounded. The exploding mortar Shell believed to be the work of Bosnia a serbian fighters came about noon turning Market Day into the bloodiest civilian Nightmare since Sarajevo a siege began in april 1992. Air Force officials said monday that see Bosnia on Page 3
