European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday August 26,1994 at a glance German Chancellor Helmut Kohl officially started his re election Campaign thursday by warning of a communist threat should his party lose. See Story on Page 4. Radiation Cloud . Government scientists set off a nuclear explosion in the Nevada desert in 1965 that sent a Cloud of radiation All the Way to the California coast documents show Page 6 parents worries american parents Are most Wor ried about two school problems Vio Lence and gangs and Lack of discipline a Gallup poll says. Page 7 weapons sold russian soldiers who Haven t been paid in months Are increasingly Selling their weapons to make Money a newspaper says. Page 14 ism announces Sale ism says it will Cut prices 10 per cent to 27 percent on personal computers sold to business customers Page 15 l Index Abby Ann Landers. 22 classifieds 30-33 comics 22,28-29 commentary 19 crossword 22 faces n places 16 focus23-27 Horoscope 33 Jumble 33 letters 18 Money matters. 15 sports. 34-40 to listings. 39 weather. 17 clarification an article tuesday May have confused readers about which Day parents and Community members Are invited to participate in plans developed by depart ment of defense dependents schools As a result of the delayed opening of schools. Parents Are invited to school today. Castro from Page 1 United states 30-year economic blockade. . Officials rejected that idea thursday saying Cuba s problems were of its own making. Castro is trying to make the . Part of the problem and part of the solution undersecretary of state Peter Tarnoff said Inan interview on lbs. The problem lies in Cuba. It s a result of direct mismanagement Over the last 35 years his reluctance to  responding to its biggest crisis with Havana since the Mariel bloat lift the United states halted automatic Asylum for cubans last Friday. Since then the . Coast guard has plucked nearly 10,000 people from rickety boats and rafts and taken them to Guantanamo Bay the . Naval base in Southeastern Cuba. Defense Secretary William Perry said wednesday that a Rush was on to expand detention Camps at Guantanamo to house40,000 refugees and an administration offi Cial said contingency plans were being made to hold up to 65,000. The base which has a capacity of 23,000, already houses 14,000 haitian refugees. In an Effort to pressure Castro economically Washington has also imposed new restrictions on the amount of Cash and gifts that cuban americans May legally Send to their impoverished families in Cuba. Castro contends the exodus of thousands of cubans by sea this month is the direct re sult of . Policy to limit Legal immigration from Cuba while welcoming those who claim they fled to escape persecution. Dressed in his usual military fatigues he pointed out that since 1985 the United states has set a maximum of 20,000 visas a year for family reunification. Cuban refugees struggle to steady a homemade raft As they attempt to leave the shores of Coj mar Cuba outside Havana last Friday. That policy encouraged cubans to risk their lives on rickety rafts in the Florida Straits which separate Cuba from the United states giving those who arrived illegally preferential treatment he said. Castro said Washington s decision to tighten its embargo on his regime was encouraging people to risk their lives to get tothe United states. They can t blame us for having produced this situation he said. Attorney general Janet Reno said thursday that Castro was encouraging the flow of refugees to help himself. There is nothing encouraging about Castro she said on Abc. His regime has failed his country is in despair and All he does is react in human contemptible terms by letting his people risk their lives just to ease the pressure on  Castro said he had no intention of resum ing coast guard patrols to Deal with refugee sailings. There s no reason Why cuban authorities should guard the Border of the United states he said. Castro also lashed out at the cuban american lobby in the United states for opposing his government. Not every cuban was convinced by Cas Tro s address. Everyone knew what he was going to say said Jose Mesa a 38-year-old agronomist. He Castro is alone. Navy from Page 1 ported the naval air squadrons will be ungrounded As soon As possible. The official word will come from the . Pacific Fleet and its naval air forces Headquarters in san Diego but the or Ders Are coming from on High a Dicks aide said. They have freed up enough Money so that they resume flying said Dicks who closely monitors military issues As vice chairman of the House appropriations defense subcommittee. Dicks said he agreed with the decision by Navy officials to give top priority to Carrier Battle groups operating overseas but he said the Navy cannot afford to have its aviators lose flight certification. A Pentagon decision to return the air Craft Carrier Independence to its Home port in Japan next week rather than keeping it on station near Korea played Large part in making the training funds available again Dicks said. I m very pleased about this Deci Sion Dicks said. The whole focus in Congress has been to maintain flying hours and training so that readiness does not fall  Dicks said if the Navy needs More Money to maintain flying training hours he and his committee will come up with it. We cannot afford to allow these pilots to lose their certification Dicks said. The groundings have affected units at Nas Whitbey Island in Washington state Nas Leemore Nas Miramar and Nas North Island in California Nas Barbers Point in Hawaii Norfolk naval base and Nas Oceana in Virginia Nas Jacksonville and Nas Cecil Field in Flor Ida and Nas Brunswick in Maine. Senate from Page 1 Hopes can eventually form the basis for a Compromise. Proponents claim it would achieve coverage of roughly 92 percent of the population bringing insurance to roughly half the 39 million americans who now go without. Numerous other Sticky issues remain including what Type of Standard medical benefits if any to require what Type of taxes to Levy what size of cuts to make in medicare and medicaid and the ques Tion of providing prescription drug Bene fits for the elderly. At the White House aides minimized the importance of any Senate delay on health Reform. I Don t think going Home is going to be the death Knell of health care said Linton aide Harold Ickes. Mitchell has been under pressure for weeks to permit senators a summer break. But even As he moved toward one some key senators said it was a mistake. I think going Home does t help said sen. John Breaux d-la., a Leader of the bipartisan mainstream group. He said people Are scared to death about what a health Bill will do to them. Breaux also chastised Clinton for com ments wednesday pushing his Call to have businesses finance 80 percent of the Cost of worker insurance. I Don t think we should be fighting Battles that cannot be won said Breaux that provision has proved controversial in both houses. In comments to a b Nai b brith meet ing by satellite Clinton criticized Moder ate and conservative legislators for opposing his proposal that companies pay for their workers health insurance. Police warn of Gas propellant device Newmarket England is potentially dangerous homemade propel Lent device found near Raf Mildenhall and Raf Lakenheath prompted British police to Issue a warning to parents and local retailers. The device apparently used to propel Tennis balls was discovered in Moulton a Village in the Forest Heath area located about nine Miles South of Raf Milden Hall and about 11 Miles South of Raf Lakenheath said John Bowers a Community police officer. The procedures involved Are extremely dangerous1 and if the use of this toy continues a serious Accident will result Bowers said. I would Issue a warning to both parents and those in the retail Trade Selling propellant gases to be watchful. I would ask anyone with concerns or doubts to Contact me at Newmarket police  British police said the device uses pro Pellet Gas such As furniture or lighter fluid and Domestic food and drink cans. The  ignited and a resulting explosion discharges the Ball. Anyone with information about the de vice can Telephone Bowers at 0284 774400