European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes a . Wednesday september 21,1994dole looks to 95 for health Reform Washington apr health Reform appears dead for this session of Congress Senate minority Leader Bob Dole said monday. A time is running out. I done to see anything happening this year a the Kansas Republican told the Independent Institute. A maybe next year Well have a More rational approach to health  even As Dole pronounced a requiem for Reform a bloc of Senate moderates was still Labouring on a possible Compromise. But even some moderates seemed to be looking to next year. Dole said of the a a mainstream group led by sen. John Chafee r-r.i., a i can Tell you if they bring out some complicated Bill its not going to go  Chafee and others were huddling later with Senate majority Leader George Mitchell to discuss their attempt to put together a Bill that could command at least 60 votes. Mitchell a Maine said he and Dole had a Brief Pri vate Exchange about health Reform and needed to talk further. A Quot v v sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan d-n.y., chairman of the Senate finance committee last week called for the Chafee group to give up saying its approach would harm medicare and medicaid. But sen. Bob Packwood r-ore., the top Republican on the finance panel said a it would be possible still to pass a very Skinny Bill. But it would be skinnier than the a mainstream  sen. Kent Conrad d-n.d., said the moderates were encouraged by preliminary congressional budget office figures indicating their plan could Cut the deficit by $56 billion Over a decade and boost coverage to 93 percent or 94 percent. It is built around subsidies Market reforms Ana changes in deductibility of health expenses. They Are still trying to work out differences with Mitchell Over drug coverage for the elderly Long term care and what size companies could self insure Conrad said. The Chafee group initially claimed it could Cut the Defi Cit by$100 billion. Sen Dianne Frinstein d-calif., and a member of the Chafee group said a a we re trying to develop some agreement to at least be Able to put a Bill Down that we can take to the american people. Whether its voted on this year or not is another  Chafee said it was important to produce a Bill a because it sets parameters to some extent for next  he denied that Hopes were shot for action this year. However sen. Robert Kerrey d-neb., said the Public fears a a we re going to Cook a Deal in the last three or four weeks of Congress. To get  a the Only Way that health care Reform is going to pass this year is if it is mainstream America a Kerrey said. Rep. Charles Stenholm a Texas co author of a streamlined bipartisan health plan told the Independent Institute that he Wasny to willing a to declare the season Over on health Reform. But the House has taken no action waiting to see first whether Mitchell can revive a Bill in the Senate. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago sept. 21,1984 a an explosives Laden Van driven by a suicide commando ran a Hail of gunfire and blew up 3 feet from the . Embassy Annex in East Beirut Lebanon reportedly killing 23 people and wounding 60, including the american ambassador. 20 years ago sept. 21,1974 a president Ford asked Congress to Cut Back or postpone $20 billion in Long Range government spending declaring that budget restraint remained a Quot crucial Factor Quot in the Battle against inflation. 30 year Sago sept 2.1,1964 a a new Accord allowing West berliners to visit their East Berlin relatives was expected to be signed later in the week Western officials said. 40 year Sago sept. 21,1954 a French Premier Pierre mends France called for a new West european defense pact which he said could reduce France s opposition to Germany sentry into the North Atlantic treaty organization. 50 years ago sept. 21,1944 a ending a 48-Day siege including a 26-Day All out assault . Forces under maj. Gen. Troy h. Middleton took Brest France Europe s largest Harbor world War ii 50 years ago today sept. 21 1 9 4 4 greek and Canadian troops in Britain s 8th army occupy Rimini on Italy s Adriatic coast. The allies operation Market Garden offensive m the Netherlands begins to bog Down North of Nijm Egen because the attackers Are confined to narrow roads and railways Over marshy ground Are easily defended by the germans. . Marines Are bogged Down in bitter fighting for Pel Eliu s mount urn Urb Rogol. Source 2194 Days of War w. A Smith publishers inc. The Wolf almanac of world War a Bison books corp., 1981 a at journeys end although cuban boat people Are finding it difficult to get to the to escape their communist Homeland. Many such makeshift United states some of their rafts Arentt. A couple of Beach rafts carried by Strong winds and High tides have been uttering combers walk monday along the Shore in Daytona Beach fla., the Atlantic coastline of Northern Florida. The Fate of their own near the remnants of homemade Craft used by cuban refugees cars is unknown. B-29 exhibit Washington a despite changes aimed at mollify ing veterans the smithsonian institution s planned exhibit of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb remains tilted toward the japanese sen. Nancy Kassebaum said monday ,. Kassebaum r-kan., introduced a nonbinding a sense of the Senate Resolution monday urging the smithsonian to Chat the the exhibit to emphasize the bombs role in ending world War ii before an invasion of Japan which historians believe would have Cost Many More lives. A was it is currently written the National air and space museums script for the exhibit is revisionist unbalanced and offensive Quot Kassebaum said. The exhibit titled a the last act the atomic bomb and the end of world War he features the b-29 bomber Enola Gay and is intended to Mark the 50th anniversary of the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima Ana Nagasaki Japan. It is scheduled to open next year. Criticism of the exhibit has entered on its focus toward the aftermath and suffering wrought by the atomic bombs while making virtually no mention of the bloody Pacific War that led to their use. In response to previous criticism the smithsonian added a second 50-photo exhibit titled a the War in the Pacific an american perspective a which details japanese aggression beginning in 1937, the major Battles and the . Capture of Okinawa. But Kassebaum said the two exhibits still include twice As Many photos of japanese suffering As american. The Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on aug. 6, 1945. Nagasaki was bombed on aug. 9. Steamroller crushes Man rescuing boy Evanston 111. A a 69-year-old Man was crushed by a runaway steamroller and died after pulling a boy off the machine. The boy and a Friend ran away before the ambulance arrived. Roger Bardwell a former District superintendent of education in Elk Grove Village was sitting at a picnic table in a Park near his Home saturday when two boys clambered onto a steamroller and started it up authorities said. As the machine rolled toward a Street one boy jumped to the ground but the other  get off. Bardwell pulled the boy to safety and then tried to Stop the machine. The steamroller crushed his legs. He died on the Way to the Hospital. A the was just there running around the other Side of the vehicle where the other Little kid was a said Gail Sanders who had been sitting with Bardwell. A it was the most heroic thing i had Ever seen in my life. He  have thought Abou it. He just did it a the steamroller Tore through a base Ball Backstop crossed an intersection Anc mangled a parked car before it Tumble into a ditch breaking a Gas main. Authorities were investigating Whethe a plate that normally covers the machine a control panel to prevent it fron being started had been in place. They also were trying to identify Thi boys