European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and strips . Friday May 6,1994 Clinton seeks to Washington apr president Clinton has approved a plan to help Reform . Peacekeeping operations making them More selective and less costly to the United states . Ambassador Madeleine k. Albright said thursday. A it is not designed to expand . Peacekeeping but rather to help fix it a Albright told a congressional panel. A a a a she said the plan which follows an extensive administration review would help ensure that the . Peacekeeping operations that the United states helps finance will be in americans interest. . Officials expect the plan to serve As a guideline for approving future . Peacekeeping operations. A your criteria Are bound to affect the rest of the Security Council a Albright said. V she said the new policy does not change but clarifies rules under which . Forces will operate under a foreign commander. President Clinton As commander in chief would give up no right to say where . Forces will be sent what missions they will seek to accomplish and when they will be pulled out she said. The policy specifically rejects creation of a . Standing army or earmarking of a specific . Force to serve in . Peacekeeping Quot at this time a she said. The United nations currently has 80,000 troops including fewer than 800 from the United states in 18 peacekeeping operations around the world. Albright outlined the policy in testimony before the House appropriations subcommittee that oversees foreign operations. More details were to be unveiled later in the Day at the White House. She said , peacekeeping will never be a Substi-1 tute for a vigorous alliances and a Strong National de.  1/� Quot \ but she said America needs to a be confident that whenever we turn to the United nations the United nations will be Able to do the  plans goals Are More disciplined . Decisions on deploying peacekeeping forces reduced . Costs and proper command and control of . Forces she said.  a a. A a a a a a Albright said the Clinton administration already is initiating Steps at the United nations to address the scope and risk of . Peacekeeping operations. She noted that the United states also Nast stacked the use of regional peacekeeping forces wherever possible. Albright noted that the . Peacekeeping budget amounts to just one third of one percent of the worlds $900 billion military budget. She also pledged that the United states would always retain its veto Power Over any . Mission. Albright said . Peacekeeping operations cannot be fixed unless the United states pays its Bills. All appropriations last year had to go to pay off . Arrears she said leaving a $1 billion unpaid Bill for the current fiscal year. A in the stars and stripes 10 years ago May 6,1984 a despite offering to Cut $14 billion for conventional weapons from its fiscal 1985 defense budget the department of a defense stuck to its guns on the need for a 5.5 percent military pay raise. A a a a 20 years ago may6,1974 a about 42 percent of the people who heard or read about president Nixon a televised watergate speech came away with a less favourable opinion of the chief executive according to a Gallup. Poll. A a a a a a a a. 30 years ago May 6,1964 a twin engine . Army Caribou transport plane crashed in flames after Takeoff Rorn Saigon South Vietnam killing 10 americans and five vietnamese. V 40 years ago May 6,1954 a Britain agreed to join Allied talks to consider taking United military action in Indochina if the Geneva peace negotiations fail . And British sources said. 50 years ago May 6,1944 a a Force of 1,000 planes from the . 8th and 9th air forces and the British Royal air Force concentrated on German de sense installations and rail centers across Northern France without losing one aircraft in the allies 21 St straight Day of air attacks. _ r world War it 50 years ago today may6 1 a 9 a 4 �4 after a devastating artillery bombardment soviet troops launch a Strong attack on the German and romanian soldiers penned. Up in the port of Sevastopol in the Crimea. Britain s Royal Navy opens a nearly monthlong Campaign against German forces along Norway s coast. In northeastern Burma japanese soldiers repel an attack on rip eng by a joint amen can nationalist chinese Force. Source 2194 Days of Ivai w. H. Smith publishers inc the world almanac of world War ii Bison books corp. 1981 a Amber Nickolas 7, holds the Little toy squirt gun that got her into trouble water pistol triggers Flap Over school ban on guns Boston a Barbara Nick Oles thinks the Boston school department went too far with its policy against bringing guns into the classroom. Nickolas a 7-year-old daughter Amber was suspended for three Days because she packed a water piste in her school bag. The 3-Inch-Long Pink squirt gun was a Quot mock weapon a school officials said. Amber also was ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation. A a it Sall Well and Good for Boston Public schools to come Down hard on guns in school. But for them to sus Pend a 7-year-old for having a Pink squirt gun that fits in the Palm of her hand is overreacting if in be Ever seen it a Nickolas said. Nickoles said she has transferred her daughter to another school. She said she wanted to go Public with the december suspension now that Amber is settled in her new surround gangs. A. A Judith Prince the principal who suspended Amber said she believes she took the proper action. A if its one Small thing that will make them aware of the danger of guns its Worth it a Prince said. Powell says North unfit to run Richmond a. A retired Gen. Colin Powell has criticized Oliver North a role in the Iran Contra scandal saying it makes him an unfit candidate for the . Senate. Powell president Reagan a National Security adviser and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff during the Bush administration said he  support North who is seeking the Republican nomination for the seat held by Democrat Charles s. Robb. Quot it Lias to do with my assessment of his ability and his conduct Over that period of Lime a the Ira Gate period a. Powell said in thursdays editions of the Rich Nind tiniest dispatch. A because of my understanding of his activities i would not have Confidence in his ability to serve in the  North a retired Marine lieutenant colonel was convicted of three felonies in t the Iran Contra scandal. The convictions were later reversed on a technicality. North a opponent for the gop nomination is another alumnus of the Reagan administration former budget director James c. Miller Iii. Republicans will pick their nominee at a june 4 convention. Powell who has declined to reveal his political affiliation but has been courted by both democrats and republicans did t endorse any candidate. A a in a not sure who i would vote for a Powell said Powell a resident of Mclean earlier ruled out a run for Robby a scat. North spokesman Mark Merritt played Down Powell a statement. He said another former joint chiefs chairman retired adm. Thomas h. Moorer supports North and Powell a is entitled to his own politics As  . Urged defense Force of warplanes Washington a the United states no longer needs warplanes on 24-hour Alert against an air attack and will face growing costs in converting the b-1b into a conventional bomber the general accounting office says. Quot a dedicated Continental air defense Force is no longer needed a the Gao concluded in a report submitted this week to defense related committees of Congress. Quot the threat of a soviet style air attack against the United states has largely  another Gao report aired at a hearing wednesday cited the rising costs of converting the b-1b bomber to conventional warfare from its current Mission of delivering nuclear weapons. The Gao the investigative Arm of Congress said the air Force will need $400 million More than expected for the conversion project and an additional $55 million to repair cracks found in the planets Tail. The air Force which has 95 of the problem plagued a lbs plans to make them the Backbone of its conventional bomber Fleet replacing the aging b-52. Converting the by from nuclear use will Cost $2.9 billion up from an earlier estimate of $2.5 billion said Louis Rodrigues a Gao defense expert. The debate Over the 24-hour-a-Day interceptors centers on a program that began in 1957, at the height of the cold War when the threat of a soviet nuclear attack was a major concern. At its Peak in 1960, the North american air defense come maintained 1,200 fighters dedicated to countering soviet bombers. As recently As 1985, the air defense Force consisted of 300 fighters. To this Day pilots at Remote bases in Alaska North Dakota and other locations Are on 24-hour Alert ready to jump aboard f-15 and f-16 fighters for air intercept missions. The Force is made up of 180 fighters manned by the air National  officials concede that there is Little Chance fighters will need to meet russian bombers heading Over the North pole for the United states. But the Clinton administration wants to keep most of the fighters and air defense units going on new missions such As drug interdiction and anti  Gao says shutting Down the air intercept Force would save $370 million a year. Other air units could take Over the greatly reduced air defense Mission the Gao argues. The administration Plani of More modest reductions would save s37 million annually