European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The of frs Anco stripes tol.53.no. 131 500 Friday August 26,1994 d 8693 a Castro opens Cuba s exits dictator assails . Embargo on his country Havana a Fidel Castro has thrown open Cuba s doors and in effect told his countrymen they Are free to leave. In a 2v-hour speech broadcast nationwide wednes Day night Castro said explicitly for the first time that cuban authorities would not interfere with people try King to flee the troubled Island. We told our Border guards to make their operations More flexible in respect to illegal exits he said. He also said americans could bring boats to Cuba to see related Story on Page 5 pick up family members and even buy fuel in this Energy Short nation. However the . Government has banned its citizens from taking their boats to Cuba. Castro lashed out at the United states for its policy of isolating Cuba and blamed Washington for the first Large scale refugee exodus since he let 125,000 people flee Iii the Mariel boat lift of 1980. The refugee flow intensified last week after Cuba authorities appeared to be letting people leave unfettered. Most refugees cite hunger and unemployment As the reasons they leave. Castro urged the Clinton administration to talk directly with Havana to resolve the refugee crisis. Solutions that Are real realistic and just would Benefit the United states As Well As us Castro said. Relinked talks with other issues including ending the see Castro on Page 2 Carrier wings win reprieve from Navy by de Offley Seattle Post intelligencer the Navy will reverse an order that has grounded three Carrier air wings because of a budget crunch rep. Norman Dicks d-wash., said wednesday. Unexpected requirements to Send additional warships to Waters near Korea and Haiti this summer forced the Navy to delete flight training Money for the squadrons for the fourth Quarter of the fiscal year through september. Dicks said the office of adm. Mik Boorda the chief of naval operations re see Navy on Page 2 cow in the mists so a Georgc no it s not smoked beef in the making. Rather this cow is standing patiently and More or less at attention for delousing near Rugari Zaire not far from the Kib Umba Camp housing rwandan refugees. Farmers apparently build Small fires of wet twigs and leaves and Force their cattle to stand or run through the smoke so that the lice fall off. See related stories on Page 3. Washington a despite a vow to jeep the Senate in session until it votes on health Reform majority eader George Mitchell said thursday that hell Idt lawmakers go Home for a summer Vaca Tion. _ it was not Clear when the Senate would finish work on a crime Bill that has become a partisan Battleground. But whenever that happens Mitchell said it would be my intention then to have the Senate adjourn until after labor  officials said a Core group of senators and staff members would use the time to try to work on health Reform Compromise measure that would fall Well Short of president Clinton s original goal of uni Versal coverage. In the House lawmakers already have been sent. See related Story on Page 6 Home for the summer arid speaker Thomas Foley d-wash., conceded earlier in the week that congressman have to Settle for initial Steps on the Road to the Type of comprehensive Reform that Clinton and democratic leaders originally wanted. Several aides speaking on condition of anonymity said a break in the Senate schedule until sept. 12 was possible until recent Days Mitchell a Maine had been saying he would keep the Senate in session six Days a week until the health Reform measure was acted on. But the Senate has been absorbed All week on a crime Bill. Some democratic senators suggested a break was designed to pressure republicans into permitting passage of the crime measure out of fear the otherwise would have to confront angry constituents demanding its passage. Republicans say they want to strengthen the measure not strip out an assault weapons ban As democrats charge. But even without the distraction of the crime Mea sure a break in the Senate s schedule would merely provide additional evidence of the extent to which the health Reform drive has bogged Down. Mitchell s own plan designed to achieve 95 per cent coverage by 2000, has come under heavy fire and a group of about 20 republicans and democrats has been Labouring Over a mainstream alternative it see Senate on Page 2