European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 03, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday Augusta 1994 the stars and stripes Page. 5 critic of haitian regime ambushed a. Gunfire wounds . Soldier turned politician port a Prince Haiti a -. A politician opposed to the military backed regime was shot after the government declared a state of siege and promised to fight Back if the United states invades. Former sen. Reynald Georges was in stable condition with gunshot wounds in his Back and Arm from the attack in the capital port a Prince relatives said tuesday. He was in hiding tuesday after being treated at a private clinic. Georges a former . Army Soldier and supporter of Haiti s former Duvalier dictatorship has urged haitian army commander Raoul Cedras to quit to avoid an american led military intervention in Haiti. Georges leads the tiny Alliance for the liberation and advancement of Haiti which declared Over the weekend that it would not take part in legislative elections being organized by the military backed government. Georges 47, was driving Home monday evening when machine gun fire erupted from a pickup truck carrying uniformed soldiers and armed civilians said his wife Marie he Lene. He was hit by bullets but managed to drive to a Safe House a member of his political party said on condition of anonymity. Georges was later taken to a private clinic where the bullets were removed. His wife would hot name the clinic for Security reasons it was certainly political Marie he1en, Georges said. His positions Haven t pleased  " Georges has been on All sides of Haiti s Complex political landscape. After he was honorable discharged from the army in 1978, he returned to Haiti supporting the military and previous dictatorships. He was a Strong Backer of the military s 1991 overthrow of elected president Jean Bertrand Aristide. In april however after becoming a defense ministry consultant for Aris tide s caretaker government he began speaking out against the military which Jias ruled Haiti since Aristide s ouster . Embassy spokesman Stanley sen Rager said tuesday that armed civilians beat up haitians who were lined up Mon Day to seek political Asylum taking three people away. The army installed president Emile Jonassaint declared a state of siege Mon Day. The declaration came after the the . Security Council authorized a multinational Force to oust Haiti s military rulers and restore democracy if Nec Essary. Fables poke fun at politically too too Correct Washington a if Little red Riding Hood were a modern girl would she need an a wielding Man to Rescue her from the Wolf of course not. She would empower herself. And Snow White would t just lie around looking Beautiful. More Likely she would enlighten the Mirror watching Queen about sisterhood and help All women learn to accept their natural body images and become whole  _ _ at least that s the Way James finn Garner imagine sit. Garner a Chicago comic penned updated versions of 13 fairy tales although he avoids that term because of its heterosexual St Bias. The result is politically Correct bedtime stories a slim Book of humor that has become a Best seller. In his introduction Garner explains that he attempted to purge the stories of anything sexist racist ageist look St size St species St intellectualism. Well you get the idea. When the Wolf eats red Riding Hood s grandmother readers Are reminded it is an entirely valid course of action for a  when the Frog asks for a kiss the Princess _ wonders whether sexual harassment could take place Between  and when the pied Piper wants to punish the Liberal leaning town of Hamelin he does t Lead its children away he transforms them into Young conservatives who form tax protests and gun  the thing i m making fun of is the orthodoxy that surrounds a lot of thinking in the left Garner said. In their striving for tolerance they tend to be  there is top much nagging and browbeating from the politically Correct Garner complained. So his stories take gentle jabs at feminists organic Farmers environmentalists animal rights activists vegetarians aerobic dancers Folk singers anti smoking crusaders and do goobers in general especially anyone who twists the language to avoid causing offence. Red Riding Hood s grandmother is optically challenged As a Bat and Cinderella s stepsisters Are differently visage enough to Stop a clock not everyone is laughing. Such humor May be lighthearted but it helps trivialize the issues said Michele Wilson ,4- Oryo Little red Riding Hood a & 3 of of j4-% i a the main i it in qut Ekar route to grandma in a Foss i a so Wain it Niue Uoung. Nkcmwi99 my Obj.  Afta v of Mumk Jil Al a i1 a s ii Sefc Jet a Lex a s 1 5 a  it re of a wis and nurture Mai Larch the to. Grabbed red Kiino Hood his Daws went on devouring her. Red a King Hood Sac Fen Wor i Mitil a tit tendency toward Cross dressing Bot he preferred to be called. When he burst into t he cottage he saw the and tried to impasse died speech grandma jumped Curt of ,raoi9cdponriim1 x k. Of a. I., h a my v it 4i,y. To a it1 i by i. Of i �., household based on Mutual respect an cooperation and they lived together in the " chairwoman of the women s studies department at the University of Alabama Birmingham. Depicting feminists As strident shrill shrieking women who Are obsessed with complaining about the victim role of red Riding Hood misses the Point of what feminism is she said. Navy admits its new sub is hardly Cut rate Washington a billed As a less expensive alternative a new Navy attack submarine will end up costing $700 million More than its predecessor the $2.4billion sea Wolf according to the Navy. That acknowledgement came monday As the Penta gon s defense acquisition Board gave its approval for the Navy to o order the first new attack submarine in1998, a major Milestone for the project. Navy officials hastily developed the idea of a new at tack submarine because of rising concern about the Cost of the sea Wolf. The proposal was presented to Congress As a less expensive alternative that would pro vide some technical improvements but less Overall capability than its predecessor. But the Senate appropriations committee in its re port on the 1995 defense budget said the first new at tack submarine will Cost $3.1 billion in 1995 dollars. Al though that Price includes a hefty component of design and engineering costs so do the first two sea wolfs now under construction at the electric boat division of general dynamics corp. In Groton Conn. It was the first firm Price tag affixed to the new at tack submarine and the Navy on monday confirmed the figure. According to the committee subsequent hew attack submarines would Cost about As much As the sea Wolf the Navy contends that once the first new attack submarine is built others in the line will Cost $1.5 billion each. Any time you Start with a new line of ships the first one will Cost More than the Resk Navy it. Ken Ross said. You re coming up with a prototype instead of the product  the new attack submarine will come in 1,500 tons below the 9,100-ton sea Wolf. It also will also carry fewer weapons and have a smaller diameter and slower top Speed than the sea Wolf the sea Wolf was developed in the 1980s to Hun Down soviet submarines. With that threat gone and with Congress seeking ways to Cut defense spending the Navy curtailed plans for the sea Wolf from 29 ves Sels Down to two and possibly a third next year. The Senate appropriations committee said an alter native plan could allow the Navy to buy one sea Wolf every other year beginning in 1996. Through 2004, total of five vessels for $14.4 billion. According to the committee that would save $5 billion from the current plan which is to buy one sea Wolf in 1996, a new attack submarine in 1998 and one every year beginning c Ither in 1999 or 2000. Senate health Bill Calls for voluntary coverage Washington a Senate majority Leader George Mitchell presented health Reform Bill tuesday that Aims to Coyer 95 percent of americans by the year 2000 without requiring employers to pay their workers insurance. In a speech on the Senate floor Mitch Ell said his Bill lays the groundwork for Universal coverage by voluntary Means. It is time to at Mitchell said. The Bill i will introduce is a Good starting Point for  ,. Mitchell s proposal includes Federal subsidies for millions of Low income families pregnant women children and others in an Effort to expand coverage to95 percent by the turn or the Century. If that level of coverage in t met by 2001, the Maine Democrat would provide a standby system that could impose a requirement for businesses and individuals to split the Cost of coverage 50-50. Small firms will be exempt As would those in any state where 95 percent coverage had been reached. Meanwhile the White House embraced democratic health care plans inthe House and Senate that Are scaled Down versions of president Clinton s Ini tial proposal. With the president s plan Long since dead press Secretary Dee Deevers said. Clinton will lobby for proposals by House majority Leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri and Mitchell. She said both alternatives eventually would achieve Clinton s primary goal univer Sal coverage. It is very significant that for the firs time in 60 years you re going to have a Bill on the floor of the House and on the floor of the Senate that fundamentally re forms the nation s health care system Myers said. That would not have happened without the president s leadership