European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I Page 2 the stars and stripes monday August 2,2,1994 at a glance i Joe dolls draw Young and old alike at a collectors convention in new York on saturday during weekend dedicated to celebrating Joe s enduring place in american pop culture. See 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. Page 4 abducted kids found two children apparently Kidnap Ped by a Harlem Church custodian were found locked in an apartment closet 19 hours after they had disappeared police said. Page 5 bosnian Advance bosnian government troops entered the stronghold of a rebel mus Lim Leader in Northwest Bosnia and Herzegovina Early sunday sending thousands of residents fleeing. Page 7 hoping for a hit a Small new Hampshire company Hopes to come out ahead As Bob Bies in Britain test its expandable police Baton. Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers 20 automotive 9 classifieds 21-24 comics 18-20 commentary 13 crossword 20 faces n places. 10 focus. 15-17 Horoscope .23 Jumble. 23 letters. 12 Money matters. 14 sports. 25-32 to listings. 31 weather. 11 Chavis from Page 1 last month that Chavis had committed As much As $332,400 in a act funds to Settle a sexual discrimination complaint by a former employee Mary e. Stansel. She sued Chavis and the a act injure contending that they had failed to live up to the terms of the settlement an raising an allegation of sexual harassment against Chavis. That disclosure quickly led to renewed criticism of Chavis financial stewardship and his courtship of nation of islam Leader Louis Farrakhan and other Black nationalists who traditionally have not be enclose to the a act. Farrakhan spawned worries that Chavis was steering then Acap away from its Integrationist roots into a separatist stance. With the organization in debt about $3 million Chavis critics contended that the course he was charting threatened to de stroy the a act s  financial sup port and its historical role As a Mains Tream Champion of integration. Chavis troubles appeared to deepen late last week with reports that a second former employee Susan Tisdale had accused him of sexual harassment and was preparing to file a lawsuit. But at a news conference Friday in Baltimore Tisdal recanted the sexual harassment Allega Tion and said her employment con Cerns had been re solved without any monetary compensation. At the same new conference Chavis lashed out at his detractors con tending that he waste victim of an or Gibson Chest rated Cam by internal a act critics and Stantial forces outside the a Acland outside the african american com  among those critics is Black syndicated newspaper columnist Carl t. Rowan who last week accused Chavis of attempt ing to pull off what May be the greatest Pat us con Job in the history of the Organiza  Rowan wrote that Chavis claim to have increased a act membership from 490,000 to 675,000 during his first year As executive director is so far from the truth that it is a tragic  Rowan said internal a act documents showed that As of july 1, total a act membership was 356,299, a de Cline from 381,895 a year earlier. At the news conference Chavis denied Rowan s Contention and appealed to Black youths not to let forces outside our Community Divide and conquer  Chavis has argued that his overtures to Farrakhan and other Black nationalists were part of a strategy to broaden the a peal of the a act to poor inner City Young people Many of whom see the organization As a stodgy bastion of the middie class and Middle aged. Chavis also has blamed much of the a act s debt on his predecessor Ben Jamin Hooks contending that he inherited a deficit of More than $1.4 million. Hooks has described that assertion As an out and out  Bill from Page 1 existing Federal  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 one of the most amazing surges Ive Ever  unlike the Compromise the alternative measure contained no death penalty  Compromise agreed to by negotiators would authorize $10.8 billion for state and local Law enforcement including $8.8 billion to help put 100,000 new police on the streets. $2.6 billion for Federal Law enforce ment. $9.85 billion for prisons. $6.9 billion for crime prevention including drug  also left the ban on assault style fire arms essentially intact despite Days of efforts by House judiciary committee chairman Jack  first i tried to kill it then i tried to Amend it. And i be been very unsuccessful said Brooks a Texas. The people who hate guns Are in the majority right  the people who hat guns Are in the majority right now. Rep. Jack Brooks Texas House judiciary committee chairman in rep. Pat Schmo Cdr a Colo. Left talks with an unidentified aide As democratic  Frank of Massachusetts Center and Charles Schumer of new York sit during a House and Senate meeting on the crime Bill Early sunday on Capitol Hill. In addition to the $2 billion in Cut from crime prevention programs negotiators also combined a number of prevention programs into Block Grants that would give localities More say in spend ing the  have a stronger Bill now White House chief of staff Leon Panetta said sunday on Abc s to a week with David  called the Brewster Hunter Bill ludicrous and a cynical Effort to attract votes from both death penalty opponent Sand enemies of the assault weapons ban. Members Aren t that dumb in terms of dealing with these issues Panetta said. Rep. Butler Derrick d-s.c., called it an insult to the american people Cre ated just because of the gun Looby an that s All there is to  rep. Susan Molinari ,y., a Leader of the 40 moderate republicans who negotiated with the democrats on the com Promise package said she and 25 to 30other republicans would oppose the Brewster Hunter Bill. On the other hand rep. Gerald Solo Mon .y., lauded it saying it does t contain a single feel Good High Cost so Cial  aug. 11, the House voted 225-210 to icee the original measure from the floor. Even if the Compromise Bill passed the House it still would have to Clear on final hurdle in the Senate where some conservative republicans threatened i Advance to stall action unless the bulk of spending cuts reached by House negotiators came from prevention areas. Mobs 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. Many of the people thought the Bor Der was going to reopen again in the morning. When they realized it was no going to open that was the critical moment. When they saw the French leave that made them crazy 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 woe fully unprepared for the current flow even though it is far less than earlier projections. 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 400,000 people for two weeks but that the organization would not distribute food in the chaotic area in front of the  is no Way we will distribute food in this situation. It would create More havoc and people will die she  spokesman Kris Janowski said an estimated 360,000 rwandans have fled into the Bukavu area including about 40,000 last week. Tens of thou Sands of new refugees continued to trudge toward the Border concerned for their safety following the withdrawal of French soldiers from a Safe area in South Western . Jean Claude Lafourcade com Mander of French troops in Rwanda said the last French Soldier left rwandan territory at 1 52 . On sunday. France will leave behind 450 troops in Gama Zaire to help the humanitarian Mission there