European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday june 28,1994health coverage incentives studied Washington apr Congress explored a scaled Down alternative to the administration s health Reform Bill monday As president Clinton said lawmakers could approve a plan covering All americans if there were a less politics and More concern for health  Clinton kept up the pressure for Universal coverage As sen Daniel Patrick Moynihan tested the Waters with a new proposal that replaces mandatory employer contributions for health insurance with incentives to buy coverage. The Moynihan plan sets a target of 95 percent coverage by 2000, with a National health commission then to recommend ways to close the rest of the Gap but with Congress under no obligation to follow its prescription no Money was looted Haiti says port a Prince Haiti a officials of Haiti a military backed government claim they arc the victims of a Campaign of untruths aimed at forcing them from Power. Finance minister Rigaud Duplan said recent . Media reports that army com sanctions take toll on Haiti a children a see Page 10 Mander Raoul Cedras tooted the Central Bank and that widening divisions threaten the military were fabricated to try to destabilize the government. Duplan called the reports a tying propaganda a in an interview sunday. Haiti a army backed administration has already been buffeted by intensifying economic sanctions aimed at restoring constitutional government to the impoverished Caribbean nation. The United states was expected to announce new sanctions As Early As monday to revoke the . Visas of All haitians diplomats said. That would affect upper class haitians and army officers who Send their children to school in the United states own property or investments there or simply go there to shop and visit. The head of Haiti scentral Bank Boni Vert Claude denied reports by the Wash according to a Washington Post report based on a 139-Page draft of the proposal. Moynihan a Senate finance committee could pass a Bill by weeks end a key member sen. John Chafee said monday. A this is truly a crucial week a he added. Moynihan was conferring with fellow democrats on monday before presenting his ideas to the full committee in a closed door session later in the Day. It was stil being Fine tuned but aides said the new York Democrat this time will eschew mandates on employers or individuals but Dangle subsidies before businesses instead to entice them to pitch in. A separate Compromise advanced Friday by Chafee r-r.l., and a half dozen moderates on the finance panel also avoided the Clinton path of mandatory contributions from All employers and aimed for 95 percent coverage by 2002. Chafee said monday that much of Moynihan a package a is very very similar to what we came up  sen. John Breaux d-la., a finance committee member and co sponsor of the Chafee plan said he believes he will find More similarities than differences. A i think we re moving in the same direction a Breaux said As he made the rounds of morning talk shows. A a we re not going to get a democratic Bill out or a Republican Bill a he said a if we try to get All or nothing we might end up with nothing and that would be  haitians line up outside port a Princess Citibank Branch monday after the Bank was forced to reopen by a court order. The Bank closed last week As part of International sanctions against the nation. In ton Post and Abc news that Cedras embezzled $500,000 in the past week. The reports heightened speculation that Gedras might be preparing to flee the country. They cited unidentified government sources and supporters of exiled president can Bertrand Aristide whom Cedras ousted in the 1991 coup. A no irregular transaction Ever occurred in the Bank of the Republic of Haiti a Claude said sunday. In a statement shown repeatedly on state to Claude said Central Bank transactions Are made Between government and banking institutions not individuals. Claudel a statement did not address the possibility that the army As a government hasidic school District rejected Washington apr new York violated the required separation of Church and state when lawmakers created a special Public school District for a Community of hasidic jews the supreme court ruled monday the creation of the Kirpas Joel school District for disabled children violates the constitutions ban on government establishment of religion the court said in a 6-3 ruling. Americans United for the separation of Church and state said the decision Means a the door is now firmly shut to other religious groups that May have been planning to demand their own taxpayer financed a Public  Justice David 11. Souler writing Lor the court said a we do not deny Hal the Constitution allows the stale to accommodate religious needs by alleviating special  however he wrote a accommodation is not a principle without  a it is dear that neutrality As among religions must be honoured a he said adding that the creation of the Kirpas Joel District a fails the test of neutrality because it a singles out a particular religious sect for special  mondays decision affirmed a ruling by new Yorkus highest court which said the special school District unconstitutionally created a a symbolic Union Between the government and the satmar hasidic sect. The constitutions first amendment says Quot Congress shall make no Law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise  lawyers for the school District argued that slate lawmakers in establishing the District in 19s9, were simply accommodating the hasidic jews right to religious Freedom. File supreme court had allowed the Kirpas Joel District to keep operating supreme court until the justices issued their ruling. The District is in Orange county about 60 Miles Northwest of new York City. A we Are pleased that the supreme court has upheld the 200-year-old separation of Church and state a said Louis Grumet executive director of the new York state school boards association which brought the lawsuit. Abraham wider president of the Kirpas Joel Board of education said in a statement a we have no Choice but to continue our search for a suitable Wray to provide a Quality education for the most vulnerable of our children. The supreme court decision is a setback not the end of this most important Pursuit a a a the american Center Lor  and Justice which supported the school District called the ruling a a warning shot aimed at the accommodation of religion. The message is Clear if a religious organization is the primary beneficiary of state action it runs the risk of treading on constitutionally thin  institution could have made a request for Money. There also was the possibility that an informal request or threat could have been made. Last month Duplan froze a $11.9 million account sect to pay for . Humanitarian Aid programs that feed 1 million of Haiti a estimated 6.5 million people each Day Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. Blind Melon cancels rest of Europe tour Frankfurt Germany a amps american Rock band Blind Melon has cancelled remaining dates on its european tour a German tour promoter said monday. Tickets will be refunded at the Box office or the Agency where they were bought said a spokeswoman for the Marek Lieberburg concert Agency in Germany. The band a which is set to begin recording a new album soon May tour Europe again late this year. Spokeswoman Inga Pustlauk attributed the cancellation to a group members illness which forced the band to return to the United states. A representative for the groups record company said Lead Singer Shannon Hoon Quot had some  Hoon has had occasional brushes with the Law including an arrest at the american music awards in february for loud and disruptive behaviour. The band gained popularity last year with its single no rain and an accompanying video featuring a Little girl tap dancing in a Bee costume