European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stabs and stripes monday August 22,1994 at a glance i Joe dolls draw Young and old alike at a collectors convention in new York on saturday during a weekend dedicated to celebrating Joe a enduring place in american pop culture. Sec Story on Page 10. Saratoga retires the aircraft Carrier Saratoga was decommissioned saturday in Florida after 38 years of duty that included peace and War. A a Page 4 pressuring Castro the White House is pledging to maintain an economic stranglehold on Cuba until Fidel Castro moves toward democracy. A Page 6 warning to Pope Pope John Paul ii has received another warning that his planned sept. 8 visit to Sarajevo Bosnia a capital is too risky. A Page 7 hoping for a hit a Small new Hampshire company Hopes to come out ahead As bobbies in Britain test its expandable police Baton. A Page 14 r Index Abby Ann Landers. 20 automotive. 9 classifieds. 21 -24 comics. 18-20 commentary. 13 crossword. 20 faces v places. 10 focus. .15-17 Horoscope .23 Jumble. 23 letters. 12 Money matters. 14 sports. 25-32 to listings. 31 weather .11chavis from Page 1 place Here Stop us.�?�. A this is not in response to my firing. Every body a in town ready to go Forward a he told Abc tvs sunday today. Instead of meeting at a act Headquarters in Baltimore the gathering was shifted to two nearby churches. While Chaviss dismissal was triggered by his decision to Settle a former employees sexual discrimination claims for $332,400, Board chairman William Gibson said Chavis 46, was removed because of a an accumulation of things that occurred during his combative 16-month tenure. Largest among them was Chaviss Alliance with controversial nation of islam Leader Louis Farrakhan which Many a act officials took As a sign that Chavis was moving the a act into a separatist posture. On saturday night Gibson said he intends to return the groups focus to the mainstream moderate Agenda it has had throughout its 85-year history. He deflected questions on whether the a act would continue its relationship with the nation of islam. Gibson also said he had invited Chavis to meet with him to discuss a Severance agreement. Chavis said he was open to S.C. negotiation. A i support the a act. I love the a act a he said sunday. A i just want to be treated  yet within hours of Chaviss firing his awards records and other belongings were packed into boxes and i carted from a act Headquarters. Some Chavis supporters said he was ordered to leave immediately. Board members said it was Chaviss Choice Gibson to do so. The departure of Chavis deflated the Hopes or younger a act members who were buoyed by his attempts to empower Young people within the a act at a time when it had been seen As out of touch with their concerns. Several who rallied outside a act Quot Headquarters saturday confronted Board members inside the building and held an Impromptu sit in in the lobby when they Learned Chavis had been fired. A we Are outraged. Or. Chavis was the Best that came to us in the last 12 years a said Darnell Armstrong a new York a act youth representative and former youth Board member. A a we re going to clean House. All those individuals that made that decision will have to live by that   Board members said they had no Choice but to remove Chavis to protect the a act financially. A i think we did the Best thing a said Leroy Warren a Board member from Silver Spring my. A the organization wins and that a what a  Baltimore a act president Rodney Orange said the firing could Hurt his chapter because it has Many Chavis supporters. A this is going to have some financial ramifications locally a he  from Page 1 existing Federal efforts. He said the alternative sponsored by gun ban opponents Bill Brewster d-okla., and Duncan Hunter r-calif., gained about 180 co sponsors in 24 hours a a a one of the most amazing surges in be Ever  unlike the Compromise the alternative measure contained no death penalty language. The Compromise agreed to by negotiators would authorize a $10.8 billion for state and local Law enforcement including $8.8 billion to help put 100,000 new police on the streets. A $2.6 billion for Federal Law enforcement. A $9.85 billion for prisons. A $6.9 billion for crime prevention including drug courts. It also left the ban on assault style firearms essentially intact despite Days of efforts by House judiciary committee chairman Jack Brooks. A at first i tried to kill it then i tried to Amend it. And in be been very unsuccessful a said Brooks a Texas. A the people who hate guns Are in the majority right  a Arnov to r s ? a taks Mth an unidentified aide As democratic reps. A Massachusetts Center and Charles Schumer of new York sit during a House and Senate meeting on the crime Bill Early sunday on Capitol Hill. The people who hate guns Are in the majority right now a rep. Jack Brooks a Texas a House judiciary committee chairman in addition to the $2 billion in cuts from crime prevention programs negotiators also combined a number of prevention programs into Block Grants that would give localities More say in spend my the funds. R a we have a stronger Bill now a White House chief of staff Leon Panetta said sunday on abcs this week with David Bunkley. Panetta called the Brewster Hunter Bill 4 ludicrous and a a cynical Effort to attract votes from both death penalty opponents Aldene Misof the assault weapons ban a members Arentt that dumb in terms of dealing with these issues a Panetta said m rep. Butler Derrick d-s.c., called it an insult to the american people create a just because of the gun lobby and that s All there is to  rep. Susan Molinari r-n.y., a Leader of the 40 moderate republicans who negotiated with the democrats on the Compromise package said she and 25 to 30 other republicans would oppose the Brewster Hunter Bill. On the other hand rep. Gerald Solomon r-n.y., lauded it saying it a does no to contain a single feel Good High Cost social  on aug. 11, the House voted 225-210 to keep the original measure from the floor. Even if the Compromise Bill passed the House it still would have to Clear one final hurdle in the Senate where some conservative republicans threatened in Advance to stall action unless the bulk of spending cuts reached by House negotiators came from prevention  from Page 1 and Over ethiopian . Peacekeepers and charged across the one Lane Bridge. Zairian paratroops fired in the air and beat the refugees Back with Sticks. The refugees answered with a Shower of rocks. A Many of the people thought the Border was going to reopen again in the morning. When they realized it was not going to open that was the critical moment. When they saw the free Nch leave that made them crazy a said Nina Winquist spokeswoman for the International committee of the red Cross. She said the Hutu refugees accused the tall lean ethiopian soldiers of being Tutsi and did not believe they would be protected when the French left. Despite weeks of warnings that a major new exodus could come . Officials acknowledged privately that they were woefully unprepared for the current flow even though it is far less than earlier projections a the whole thing is out of control said one High ranking . Official speaking on condition of anonymity. No. One was sure what to do about the tens of thousands of refugees milling around on the rwandan Side of the closed Bridge without shelter and food Winquist said that the red Cross had enough stocks on the rwandan Side of the Border to feed 460,000 people for two weeks but that the organization would not distribute food in the chaotic area in front of the Bridge. A there is no Way we will distribute food in this situation. It would create More havoc and people will die a she said. Unher spokesman Kris Janowski said an estimated 360,000 rwandans have fled into the Bukavu area including about 40,000 last week. Tens of thousands of new refugees continued to trudge toward the Border concerned for their safety following the withdrawal of French soldiers from a Safe area in southwestern Rwanda. Gen. Jean Claude Lafourcade commander of French troops in Rwanda said the last French Soldier left. Rwandan territory at 1 52 . On sunday. France will Eye behind 450 troops in Goma Zaire to help the humanitarian Mission there