European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 i. The stars and stripes saturday August 20, 1994 at a glance the plotters who tried to overthrow soviet president Mikhail Gorba Chev above in August 1991 Are vowing to fight for the restoration of the old soviet Empire. See Story on Page 5. Health plan pushed a bipartisan bloc of senators neared completion of a proposal Friday to break the deadlock on health Reform. Page 4 new Chavis allegations a second woman is raising allegations of sexual harassment against a act executive director Benjamin Chavis. Page 6 Naftal praised the North american free Trade agreement is giving a boost to the United states Canada and Mexico a , official says. Page 14 Index 1 Abby Ann Landers 21 classifieds 22-27 comics 18-19,21 commentary 13 crossword 21 faces n places 20 focus 15.17 Horoscope 26 Jumble 26 letters 12 Money matters14 religion 10 sports. 28-32 to listings 31 weather corrections several dates in Friday s on stage list Ings for the tops in Blue touring show were incorrect. The Correct dates Are in Cirok Turkey aug. 30 Rhein main Germany sept. 1 Aviano Italy sept. 3 4 bad Aibhne Germany sept. 8 and Pitburg Germany sept. 12. Because of a reporting error a Story Friday incorrectly identified which Chap lain s fund is being examined by army investigators. The fund in question is main tamed by the 418th base support in i Frankfurt Germany. Ism kers nearing Deal my. A adjust Crim Washington a Democrat Sand republicans were moving toward a Deal that would slash about 10 percent of the spending in president Clinton s stalled crime Bill and ease the Way for House passage probably next week. A week after lawmakers unexpectedly shelved the $33 billion measure by a 225 210 Roll Call leaders of the two parties and White House officials said they were Jeanng agreement on a Compromise that would trim the measure by More than $3 billion. It also would make slight changes Ilii s ban on assault weapons and add language dealing with rape suspect Sand convicted sexual offenders. I m a pragmatist House speaker Thomas Foley d-wash., said of the spending cuts and i believe 90 percent of those Levels is Worth  Lin the or Cess of improving the Bill said minority whip Newt Gin Grich a a. It will be a better Bill than it was when democrats wrote the  the Deal if completed was considered skely to attract 30 or 40 moderate re publicans to the majority of House democrats who support the measure which would be enough for approval. Foley said it was Likely to take until Cuba from Page 1 has blamed the embargo for the economic problems of his nation. Clinton likened the current refugee situation to the 1980 Mariel boat lift in which 125,000 cubans reached the United states Over five months. I m not going to let it happen again he said. The initial reaction of Many cuban americans in Florida to the policy shift was sharply critical. However Clinton said he expected most would support him. Or i believe that most cuban americans want us to be very firm. They remember How awful it was for the United next week for lawmakers to agree to a Compromise get approval from House Senate negotiators and move the legis lation through the House. Senate approx. Val would be Likely afterwards. A freshman Republican advanced what has become the germ of a Compro Mise. Rep. Michael Castle of Delaware recruited about 20 gop lawmakers to Send a letter to Clinton indicating that the reduction in the Bill s Price tag along with measures toughening sexual offender and rape provisions would win their support. We believe that if these changes Are made in the crime Bill we can arrive very quickly at a bipartisan solution to the current impasse the republicans wrote. Democratic leaders and White House aides met at the Capitol on thursday night to discuss the plan and went Home without announcing an agreement. But two democrats speaking on condition of anonymity said party leaders were considering a version of the offer. The democrats said the cuts would be across the entire Bill while republicans said the measure s $10.5 billion for prisons would remain intact. Rep. David Hobson a Ohio said states when the Mariel boat lift occurred he said. Clinton said he was confident the coast guard and Navy could meet the Challenge of intercepting refugees who have been making the treacherous 90-mile trip in makeshift vessels. A Pentagon official said the movement trom the Straits of Florida to Quanta Namo a distance of 700 to 800 Miles by water would put a Strain on naval re sources in the Region. Coast guard and Navy ships would be pulled away from drug interdiction and Haiti embargo duty to Deal with the cuban refugees or would be moved from ports on the  coastline. There already Are More than 14,000 haitian refugees at Guantanamo Bay they Are living i a tent City on a unused Airstrip. White House representatives and the democratic leadership told republicans that the gop proposal is in the  besides the cuts the potential Compro Mise would give Congress some say if additional weapons Are added to a ban on certain assault style firearms require notification of neighbourhoods if convicted sexual offenders move in allow prosecutors to Tell jurors of prior rape convictions by accused rapists and delete $10 million for Lamar University in Beau Mont Texas Alma mater of House Judic iary committee chairman Jack Brooks  stalemate Over the legislation too hold aug. 11, when the House unexpectedly dealt Clinton an election year set Back and voted 225-210 to Shelve the Bill initially democratic leaders needing to switch eight votes tried to convert some of their 58 party colleagues who vote against the Bill. But most of those adamantly opposed gun control provisions in the measure and were unwilling to vote for a procedural Rule that would allow the crime Bill to come to a vote. I Ain t a Facilitator this time of year said rep. Charles Wilson a Texas. Clinton said the government will de Tain cubans who make it to the United states and we will review All their cases. To officials said there Are a number of available Sites for processing cubans who have special status under . Law and cannot be returned involuntarily to their Homeland. Florida gov. Lawton Chiles has been demanding the administration change procedures under which with a 15-min Ute processing these people were being sent to Miami where they were being  5 we had some aids cases. These peo ple. Were having no medical screening. We Don t even know who was coming in because there was no Check on that Chiles said. Lotto from Page 1 names of the lotto winners who Are in formed by mail of their Good Fortune. /tf-pn1 lot to game costs about j-60 Marks $1.06 to play. A lotto card has 12 games on it and All can be played for 20 Marks about $ 13.30dieter Woroschak runs a lotto station near the american shopping area in Frank Furt. We always have a lot of american sol Diers that play the lotto he said Friday. His week we be had More than Ever. 1 he word about the record Jackpot has got ten  � Verene Breidenbach a Secretary i Frankfurt was one of those buying tickets from Woroschak. 4l f win the 30 million Marks she said Virta a a Vaca Ion and think about what to do with the rest. But i d be satisfied with just 5  k salad dunke1 30� said that if he won Den dress T a woman who runs a lotto station in Darmstadt department store near two  caverns said Many americans play the Dieter Woroschak right is kept Anwo  r is  the 30 million Mark Jackpot station in Frankfurt Selling tickets Zon she said. I guess none of them will miss playing this week with the big Jackpot on the Hor i would continue to work As usual Anda touting to Thia report staff writer Wayne Hall in Darmstadt