European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 19, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5first Bank Book strictly hers not his Washington apr How much is your president Worth at most president Clinton had assets of $96,000 to $266,000 last year far. Less than first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton a holdings of at least $516,000 to $1.05 million. The figures come from the Clin tons annual financial disclosure form for 1993, which was released tuesday. It shows that the first family voluntarily transferred most of their holdings into a Blind Trust Midway through the year to avoid potential conflicts of interest. The couples 14-year-old daughter Chelsea had assets estimated at Between $23,000 and $ 140,000. The report does provide a glimpse at the Perks of office that come with the presidency Clinton reported receiving gifts of paintings jewelry ties athletic shoes and other items Worth nearly $11,000. Among them was a painting from Singer Carly Simon Worth $1,200 and picture frames from actor Tom Hanks Worth $530. The president is Only required to disclose gifts Worth $250 or More Hillary Clinton has always outstripped her husband in financial holdings because of her past work As a Little Rock lawyer while he was governor of Arkansas with an annual salary of $33,272. In 1993, for a change the presidents income outstripped his wife a. His salary was $189,167 a covering the period from Jan. 20 when he was inaugurated through the end of the year. A full years presidential Salaty is $200,000. His investments earned him another $1,600 to $6,100. The presidents wife who draws no pay As first lady had investment earnings of $18,000 to $63,700 last year. Her portion of the family a Blind Trust was valued at president Clinton up cats to students at Martin Luther King or. Middle school in Beltsville my on tuesday the 40th anniversary of the landmark supreme court decision that desegregated . Schools. It was also the Day he disclosed his family a finances for 1993. $500,000 to $1 million while his was Worth $15,000 to $50,000. Overall the first family had assets of $633,015 to $1.62 million last year and income of $22,900 to $78,800 on top of the presidents salary. Like other Federal officials and members of con Gross the president is required to report the values of his assets Only in Broad ranges rather than precise figures. A. A a a a a  the Clin tons report shows that most of their investments a excluding Bank accounts certificates of Deposit life insurance policies and sayings Bonds a in july were placed in a Blind Trust of which Boston Harbor Trust co. Is the trustee. Among the assets transferred to the Blind Trust were Hillary Clinton a holdings of $50,000 to $100,000 in value partners a limited partnership that had substantial holdings in medical companies the report showed. Republican members of Congress have raised questions about her ownership of the value partners holdings at a time when her actions could affect the Price of medical stocks. In addition to the Clin tons disclosure form the White House released an opinion from the office of government ethics stating that  care investments would not be considered a potential conflict of interest for the first lady because health Reform is such a Broad Field it affects virtually everyone. That was troubling to rep. Christopher Cox r-calif., who had requested the opinion. He called it a an expansive and extremely Liberal View of How one might profit from ones official activities even with direct knowledge that that was  vice president a Gore also released his financial disclosure form tuesday showing that he and his wife Tipper had assets of $1.04 million to $1.6 million last year and mortgage liabilities of $165,000 to $350,000. They had income of $415,000 to $518,000. Most of that came from $310,000 in royalties on Gores bestselling environmental Book Earth in the balance and from the vice presidents salary of $163,000. Work paralysed on health Bill Washington a sen. Edward m. Kennedy tried to Start health Reform wednesday morning in a committee that is considering his modified version of president Clinton a plan. But before the opening statements were Over the debate had divided along party lines. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas the ranking Republican on the Senate labor and human resources committee likened the Kennedy plan to a a casserole that s made with the previous nights  she proposed to strike pages and pages of the Kennedy Bill. Sen. Orrin Hatch a Utah called the Lan a a pasteurized version of Clinton a Lii print for socialized Medicine California style a while sen. Judd Gregg r-n.h., spoke of a elitist utopian  despite the barbs Kennedy d-mass., kept the atmosphere relaxed and Jovial laughing at the rhetorical excesses and smiling often. Meanwhile in the House ways and Means committee debate Over health Reform got off to a rancorous Start where rep. Pete Stark d-calif., said Universal coverage a has been frustrated by the Republican party for 12 years Ana now has Pill a a Chance to grow and flourish under Clinton. A rep. Bill Thomas a Calif a said a a in a sick and tired of that kind of behaviour. A some of us have the fear that partisanship on your Side will succeed a that is you will pass the Mother of Allen Titie ments health care benefits from Cradle to grave. Paid for by  rep. Dan Rostenkowski d-ill., committee chairman said that while he prefers a bipartisan approach a my Job is to help the president reach his goals. I. Will do whatever i need to do to get at least 20 votes in this committee.�?�. Rep. Bill Archer of Texas the panel s top Republican said a we done to need bitter words and acrimony. Pushing a Bill through this committee with 20 or 21 democrats and no Republican votes is not the  the House panel is working on a Bill drafted by its health subcommittee in March that would expand medicare to cover the poor and uninsured. In Kennedy a committee republicans offered 91 amendments for the first Section of the Bill while democrats have introduced six. And the debate bogged Down quickly with the first amendment offered by Kassebaum to eliminate All Alliance related responsibilities of states. Clinton a plan would create state established purchasing groups called a a alliances that would bargain with insurance providers for lower Cost premiums for thousands of Consumers. Kennedy a plan would make health alliances voluntary. It would give americans the Choice of buying insurance directly from insurers through a privately run Alliance in their state or through the same system from which lawmakers now receive their health care. The states would not run the alliances but they still would perform numerous regulatory functions. Republicans Strong objections to these functions reflect their fundamental problem with the Kennedy approach a that it is still a sweeping Reform package not a lean approach designed to Correct some glaring problems. But Kennedy said there had to be regulatory oversight a either through the Federal government the states or some newly formed Board. . Vets give War souvenirs to Hanoi Vietnam apr a group of . Veterans handed Over Battlefield souvenirs wednesday to help vietnamese families locate their own loved ones lost in the War and the american Leader told the vietnamese a you Are no longer our  vietnamese veterans said they would launch a movement to help gather information for american families. But the ceremony later turned tense for a few moments when a senior vietnamese official accused the United states of War atrocities. A please provide us the information concerning All the vietnamese soldiers captured tortured until death a col. Nguyen Manh Dau implored the delegation of 14 members of the Vietnam veterans of America. A they were captured. They were tortured in american prisons until they got killed a Dau went on through an interpreter. A and of course there were a number of them that were dropped Down into the sea or into the River during the War. A please provide us any information concerning the vietnamese soldiers who it were captured and who were taken away Back to America or to other countries during the  a president James l. Brazee replied a those atrocities were committed on both sides. As unpleasant As it is that is the nature of War. A the a veterans initiative a is an Opportunity to resolve the lingering questions of what happened to the participants of that War. It is an Opportunity to bring Healing to both sides and to the families of your nation and of our  he added a we done to seek blame. We seek Resolution for the families that still wait for answers. And we re very encouraged by your statement that you and the vietnamese veterans association will launch a movement to help gather information for our families As we will continue to look for information to help your  Dau head of the policy department in the ministry of defense then told him a we did no to mean any blame on you. We just need information. We done to mean any blame at  afterwards a member of the delegation Thomas f. Mannin said he thought Daub a remarks were out of place. A a we re Here to heal the wounds not to reopen any a Mannin said. �?o1 know they meant Well. It s probably the difference in the understanding of the  Princess Diana always Well dressed Diana reportedly on spending spree London Uri a several British tabloids wednesday charged that Princess Diana has been spending $4,500 a week of Prince Charles Money for designer clothes and Beauty treatments. But Buckingham Palace said the reports were simply speculation the Sun the daily mail and the daily Mirror said Charles was a a furious to learn of his estranged wife a alleged annual expenditure of $240,000 from the accounts of the duchy of Cornwall the Princess private income from 130,000 acres of Crown estates