European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Idaho senator regrets remark twin Falls Idaho aptly. Sen. Larry Craig apologized for suggesting to a chamber of Commerce gathering that a a free White human being is an endangered species in new York City. In a talk wednesday criticizing East coast i Anglo Saxon human  a it Isnit a new York City problem a he said. A the Only endangered species in new York City is probably a free White human  later in the Day Craig said new York is a a very hostile environment that he tries to avoid. But he said he meant no offence to minorities and apologized thursday a it was a poor Choice of words on my part. Absolutely no offence was meant toward any person or group a said Craig a first term senator. . Funds not to n. Ireland aides say Edgartown mass. A Irish Deputy prime minister Dick Spring said Friday that president Clinton promised to seek further . Aid for Northern Ireland. Clinton vowed to a do whatever we can a but aides said he did not pledge direct government support. A i feel very satisfied that the . Administration will assist us through an economic package a Spring told re porters amp after the meeting at Clinton a borrowed vacation Home on Martha a Vineyard. The White House tried to temper Springs assessment saying two hours after the diplomats news conference that Clinton is Only a committed in principles to providing economic. Assistance. Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers insisted that Clinton did not commit to providing direct Aid to Ireland saying there Are other ways to help the country including fostering private investment. -. A a a a _ a. A a a a a a a a a the president certainly made a commitment to do whatever he could. Ana we would help both Politi Cally and economically a she said. A any . Aid. Would have to be done in conjunction with Congress and there Are severe budget restraints.�?�. The meeting came two Days after the Irish Republican army vowed to end 25 years of hostilities with a cease fire. It marked the second time this week that Irish and . Officials came away from the same discussion with different views on Hinton a comments. Clinton speaking to foreign reporters Only stopped just Short of promising an Aid proposal. A we Are prepared to take some Steps to do whatever we can a to Nelp the peace process. The United states has tried to be a Friend in Ireland and we will continue to do  Spring said Clinton did not mention a specific amount of Money he will seek from Congress and he acknowledged that lawmakers must approve any package recommended by the president lawmakers have said no new Money is expected to be approved this year St cuban gunboats mess with coast guard ship aboard the Monhegan a this . Coast guard patrol Craft had a close encounter with a couple of cuban gunboats thursday As it rescued refugees just outside cubans territorial Waters. A it was just a mess with the coast guard a a said it. Steven a. Banks the Monhegan a commanding officer. A a it a the first time i know of a cuban Border patrol nearing a coast guard  the gunboats approached the vessel from behind and came within 200 Yards of either Side. The incident occurred in International Waters about 14 i Miles off the cuban coast. International Law prohibits . Boats from entering cuban Waters within 12 Miles of Shore. Earlier thursday transportation Secretary Federico Pena said during a visit to key West fla., that cuban gunboats had been spotted within the islands territorial Waters. A the general policy is to sort of stay out of each others Way a Pena said. A a it a worked thus  the Monhegan which spent two Days in the Straits of Florida plucking hundreds of cubans from. The water had rescued a total of 161 cubans on thursday when the first gunboat approached. The Monhegan s Crew set fire to a  made of inner tubes Wood and a sail a and was preparing to move on when the gunboat sped up and overtook the vessel. A a camera Crew and about a half dozen other people on the gunboats deck waved to the rafters who waved Back after first making profane gestures. The cubans had been ordered to sit Low on the deck but stood up As the two 80-foot gunboats neared. A a they re animals a muttered one Rafter. The first gunboat swerved near the Monhegan again and then proceeded to investigate a nearby . A a a a the second gunboat came up on Monhegan a left hand Side. Again the people on deck waved to the rafters who waved Back. That gunboat also went off to investigate one of the four rafts within sight. 7 a they were just checking us out a Banks said. A if they had had their gun covers off i would have been  Banks ordered his Crew to radio the gunboat to ask its intentions but received no reply. He also radioed the coast guards Central command to report the incident. A the Monhegan was ordered to head North before picking up any More rafters even though that meant leaving adrift some rafts that had already been spotted. On wednesday the 110-foot patrol boat picked up 288 of the nearly 2,400 cubans found. All were transferred to a Navy ship for transport to the . Navy base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Cubans picked up at sea Are being held at the base indefinitely under a new Clinton administration policy. The coast guard picked up More than 1,400 cuban rafters thursday As refugee advocates told a Federal judge that about 100 cuban children were being improperly held at a detention Center near Miami. The coast guard said a total of 1,484 rafters had been plucked from the Florida Straits by 6 . In a continuation of the largest exodus from Cuba since the 1980 Mariel boat lift brought 125,000 refugees to the United states in five months. Wednesdays total was 2,159. In Miami Federal court attorneys Robert l. Boyer and Leopoldo Ochoa argued that youngsters held at Krome immigration detention Center West of the City should be released in keeping with a 1991 immigration and naturalization service policy calling for the release of undocumented honors after three Days except under unusual circumstances. A these children Are at Krome and there Are relatives in the Community who Are willing to take them into their Homes a Boyer told . District judge Federico Moreno in Washington ins spokeswoman Patricia re Biano said the policy applies Only to unaccompanied children. Another hearing is set for sept. 22. A cubans prepare to Board a raft leaving Cuba off Havana a naut co Beach on thursday the same Day a coast guard patrol Craft was approached closely by two cuban gunboats. B-29 s Rescue Copenhagen Denmark a after weeks of Rainy weather and uncertainty american salvages headed Home Friday after shelving plans to Fly a Vintage b-29 from Greenland this year. A spokesman said the California based team plans to return next april or May to the site on a Northern Greenland Lakeshore where the bomber made an emergency Landing 47 years ago. They Hope by that time Spring Frost will have hardened the gravel runway enough to enable the plane to take off 620 from the forbidding area about Miles South of the North pole. A they can to take off on a soft runway. They need dry weather or Frost to get a hard surface a said sgt. Kim Andersen of the danish Navy Liaison office at Thule a Greenland a . Air Force base. The salvages needed three Days with dry weather or daytime Frost to get a hard surface on a specially made gravel runway. But for weeks Day temperatures have postponed until Spring hovered around 41, and it has been raining intermittently. A they really had bad Luck with the weather a Andersen said in a Telephone interview from Thule about 220. Miles South of Daugaard Jensen land where the plane was abandoned intact in 1947. The decision to postpone the trip was made wednesday said Andersen. The last Crew members left Thule on Friday for the United states. The team left Greenland at a time when the worlds largest Island slowly plunges into a dark and blizzard beaten Winter. It was in such darkness that the b-29, named Kee Bird made an emergency Landing on feb. 21, 1947, after falling off course and running out of fuel. It had taken off from Ladd Field in Fairbanks Alaska for an 18-hour spy flight Over Greenland. Nobody was injured. After three Days in the dark Arctic landscape the Crew was rescued. Quot