European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 12, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5foreign Aid worker beaten in Haiti port a Prince Haiti a a Canadian Aid worker was severely beaten while in police custody and a Relief groups office was gutted by a fire a signs that foreigners May be targeted As More sanctions strangle Haiti. The explosion and fire that destroyed the office of inter Aid on Friday came two hours after president Clinton suspended commercial flights to Haiti starting june 25. Clinton also banned most  Bank transactions. Those and earlier sanctions Are aimed at forcing haitian army rulers to allow the reinstatement of the nations elected  was suspected in the blast at inter aids downtown office. There were no casualties. Workers were at lunch and the office was empty at the time said officials with the european organization. They did not elaborate. Army firefighters took nearly an hour to reach the scene. Also Friday pal acc released Victor Edmond 38, of Quebec who had been missing since his car was stopped at a Roadblock earlier last week. He had been held in a dark cell 48 hours without food or water and severely beaten . Spokesman Eric fait said. Edmond is an agronomist with the Ca Haiti sanctions president Clinton announced new sanctions Friday commercial flights will be suspended. F Vuil of Wol Wunjo 1 . Bank transactions will be is Cut of but to spare Haiti s poorest citizens those with relatives in the United states v can receive up to $50 per month in wire transfers. Existing sanctions air cargo service and charter Jeff is flights to and from Haiti have been prohibited since last month. A . Oil embargo took effect last fall. A Lull exports have been  Republic into Fly port a Pence Quot 1 j a. A a _ Nadian Center for International cooperation an Aid organization. Police gave no explanation for detaining him said Sara Wiebe the Canadian embassy second Secretary. A when they established that he was a Canadian they said a we were looking for somebody like you a a said tic Bele aps amps drame head of the human rights Section of the . Civilian Mission in Haiti the fire and beating Are the latest elements of increasing tension among foreigners living in Haiti As the world freezes assets revokes visas halts general Trade and stops commercial airline service to the Caribbean country. The measures arc intended to Force Haiti s military rulers to step Down and let exiled president Jean Bertrand Aristide return to Power. He was ousted in a september 1991 coup ending Haiti s first democratic experience. By Banning flights and Bank transactions with Haiti Washington Hopes to punish Haiti a tiny elite which is mostly hostile to Aristide a popular leftist priest. Several wealthy families bankrolled the 1991 coup and along with the army have profited from smuggling and Black mar pc tearing since a . Oil embargo was imposed on Haiti last fall. However legitimate businesses of other wealthy families have been ruined by the sanctions and ensuing contraband. The United nations Hopes growing disenchantment among the wealthy will isolate the army but Many wealthier haitians who hold foreign visas Likely will leave the country to ride out the crisis before . Commercial air service is halted. The . Embassy was advising americans to leave before the flights end. The embassy plans to Send Home nearly half its 150 personnel and dependents before june 25. About 8,000 americans live in Haiti according to the state department. Most Are  says Washington a rep. Dan Rostenkowski a new lawyer is promising constitutional challenges to wide ranging Federal corruption charges that have hobbled one of the most powerful lawmakers in Congress. Actions that prosecutors contend Are criminal a ranging from hiring practices to gift purchases a were related to Rostenkowski a official duties attorney Dan Webb said Friday after his client pleaded innocent to a 17-count indictment in . District court. In addition Webb told reporters the Constitution says Congress determines what is proper spending by its members. A this indictment raises some grave and serious constitutional concerns. This indictment represents an Effort by the executive Branch of  infringe upon and interfere with the performance of Ingres Siona duties a the lawyer contended. Rostenkowski d-ill., read a defiant statement on the courthouse Steps. A i will fight these false charges and will prevail. I will Wash away the mud that has been splattered upon my reputation a said the Veteran lawmaker who was forced by the indictment to relinquish chairmanship of the tax writing House ways and Means committee. A some ask a How could you have done these things a the answer is simple i did no to do them. Talk is cheap. Allegations come easily. In court they will be subjected to a higher Standard and when All is said and done they will fail the test and i will be  judge Norma Holloway Johnson set july 8 for a hearing on the Case but excused Rostenkowski from attending and released him without bail. He was ordered not to discuss the Case with potential witnesses rep. Dan Rostenkowski d-ill., stands outside . District court in Washington after his arraignment Friday. Including his own employees. Webb said he May file motions asserting congressional immunity for his client a an action that could delay a trial. The charges include accusations that Rostenkowski converted nearly $640,000 in government funds to personal and family  hailed for giant Steps in health plan Washington a president Clinton on saturday claimed new momentum for his health car Reform plan saying Congress had taken a giant Steps Quot toward ensuring medical coverage for All americans a in spite of All the naysayers our nation is closer than Ever before to achieving a goal that president Truman set after world War 11 real health Security for every american a Clinton said in his weekly radio address. While there is still a Long Road ahead for health care Reform Clinton was buoyed by the approval of legislation last week by the Senate labor and human resources committee and by the unveiling of a similar Bill by the Senate finance committees chairman Daniel Patrick Moynihan . Clinton said the action represented a several giant Steps toward a Bill that answers the Call of history and provides guaranteed private insurance for every  Many republicans however remain opposed to a Clinton style health Reform Bill calling it too bureaucratic and maintaining that it would place too heavy a Burden on Small businesses while limiting Consumers choices. \ sen Paul Coverdell r-ga., said saturday that 60 percent of americans want More information about the competing health care proposals. He urged Clinton to resist forcing his plan through Congress without Peoples input. A take your plan to the american people in the �?T94 elections and lets let the american speak directly by telling us who they want to represent them and health care Reform in the next Congress a Coverdell said in the gop response to the presidents  drug related blast kills 5, hurts 10 in Mexico Guadalajara Mexico a a car Laden with explosives blew up Early saturday outside a luxury hotel in Guadalajara killing five people and wounding at least 10 in what May have been a drug related attack. The 2 40 . Explosion at the Camino real hotel shattered windows in the ballroom where a Debutante party was under Way for a 15-year-old girl. No one claimed responsibility and the government said it had no report on suspects. But police sources speaking on condition of anonymity said the girls family is believed to have tics to drug gangs. Guadalajara a Western mexican City 175 Miles Northwest of Mexico City has been the scene of violence related to drug trafficking and political rivalries. The City a roman Catholic archbishop was killed in the Cross fire of a drug re lated shootout at the local Airport last year. Local hospitals reported five dad and at least 10 injured from the hotel explosion. Army troops cordoned off the site and bomb experts began an investigation. It was not. Immediately known How Many of those killed or injured were inside the ballroom. At least 10 cars and a bus parked nearby were destroyed or badly damaged said the official news Agency no Timex. No Timex quoted unidentified witnesses As saying they saw four people get out of a 1993 Mercury grand Marquis parked outside the ballroom minutes before the explosion. The blast was the latest in a series of violent incidents that have shaken Mexico including a new year s Day uprising in the South and the March 23 assassination of a presidential candidate