European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Friday september 23,1994 filibuster threat hinders health Bill by the new York times Washington no More than handful of republicans Are prepared to oppose a filibuster against a bipartisan health care Bill and sen. George Mitch Ell the majority Leader and the senator who devised the plan Are close to giving up their Effort to pass it. Sen. John Chafee of Rhode Island the Republican Leader of the bipartisan group told Mitchell on tuesday evening that he could not count on the votes of All the 10 republicans in the group. By one account Chafee said he assure of Only four votes including his own. Shafee promised to get Back to Mitch Ell by thursday with a final count. He was Busy wednesday trying to line up support. With Only four republicans the in the stars and stripes 10 year Sago sept. 23,1984 a classified study on Security at the . Embassy Annex in East Beirut Lebanon made before the fatal bomb attack sept. 20, found numerous dangers to the facility and personnel the state department said. 20 years ago sept. 23,1974 hundreds of survivors of Hurricane fifi Clung to Trees and rooftops of houses for a fourth consecutive Day As floodwaters swirled around them officials in Honduras said. 30 years ago sept. 23,1964 a Forest fire that surged 18 Miles in 15 hours Char ring 90 Square Miles of Timber and Brush and damaging two towns hear Santa Rosa calif., was close to being controlled. 40 years ago sept. 23,1954 supreme Allied commander 3en. Alfred m. Gruenther called for West Germany to contribute to Western defense implying that its participation in nato is in itself a safeguard against renewed German aggression. 50 years ago sept. 23,1944 . Carrier based planes Sank 11 enemy ships probably Sank 29 More and destroyed 205 planes in the allies first strike on Manila since Japan s occupation of the Philippines capital in january 1942. World War ii 50 years ago too a sept.23r. 9.44 american soldiers land on Ulithia just North of the Palau easily capturing the atoll that will be turned into a major . Navy base. On Pel Eliu . Soldiers push to Gar Koru Village but fierce japanese resistance on the Island s rugged ground blunts other attacks. Soviet troops Advance to Parnu on the Baltic coast and push beyond Arad to Romania s Border with Hungary. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War it Bison books corp., 1981 a 60 votes required to halt a filibuster would be unattainable bed Ause one of the Senate s 56 democrats Richard Shelby of Alabama has already promised to sup port a filibuster. Even if Chafee finds a few More re publican backers and lie was said to have a total of seven signed up wednesday night overcoming a filibuster would be extremely difficult. Many other democrats both conserva Tive and Liberal have expressed antagonism to elements of the proposal by thyself styled mainstream coalition which would use subsidies to provide health insurance to More than half of the 39 Mil lion americans now without it. Mitchell scheduled a thursday morn ing meeting with other leading demo. Cratic advocates of health care legis Larioni they planned to discuss the prospects for the mainstream Bill and if it fails whether it would be advisable tory for a smaller Bill knowing that it too would face Republican delays and would have even less of a Chance of escaping a filibuster. Despite Chafee s gloomy prognosis members of the bipartisan group made one More Effort thursday to explain their proposal to other senators. They sent Al senators a three Page outline of their plan which has been somewhat modified after two weeks of negotiations with Mitchell. A .,.-x  a cover letter signed by Chafee an Sens. John Breaux d-la., Dave Duren Berger r-minn., and Bob Kerrey d neb., said they hoped the outline would Clear up misconceptions about their plan. Then in a pointed message to Liberal democrats who say the measure might do More harm than Good they said the outline should also help convince those who claim that the mainstream proposal is worse than the status quo most provisions in the summary were consistent with Public descriptions of the plan announced last month and in some respects even less detailed. But one significant change that reaches out to liberals is the plan s allowing states to establish a single payer system like that in Canada where the government pays All the Bills,1 eliminating insurance premiums and using taxes instead. That is also the Way medicare works. Precarious parking Deputy Curtis Bailey of Yuma ariz., makes his Way wednesday ters on . 95. People in the trapped vehicle were rescued in toward an abandoned vehicle that lost a struggle with flood a harmed. See weather Roundup on Page 11. Early Tipoff on Tail Hook denied by rear Admiral Las vegas a in videotaped testimony heard wednesday a Navy Admiral denied tipping off the Tail Hook association about his aide s report of sexual harassment at its convention. Instead rear adm. John w. Snyderjr. Said he sought Justice for then it. Paula Coughlin and tried to shield he from retribution within the military s male  Snyder denied discussing the attack with an employee of the aviators group at breakfast during the 1991 convention contending Coughlin did t Tell him about the assault until 12 Days after i happened Heidi Benson a convention organizer testified tuesday in a written deposition that Snyder told her about the attack the morning of sept. 8, 1991, and said some thing needed to be done about it. The As Sault came sept. 7,1991. Coughlin s report about the Drunken lechery of Navy and Marine aviators at the convention ignited a firestorm of controversy that rocked the naval establish ment. Almost 90 women claim they also were sexually abused at the convention at the Las vegas Hilton. Coughlin who reached a settlement with the Tail Hook association is suing the hotel for unspecified damages saying it lacked proper Security. A dozen other lawsuits Are pending. Many of the women who file complaints said they were groped and fondled As they were forced Down a Gant let of aviators who packed a hallway. Snyder said he was furious about the attack but initially did t consider it a sexual assault. I looked upon it As an incident and i retrospect an assault and in further retrospect sexual assault he said. Snyder said he tried to come up with course of action to protect Coughlin adding that he was concerned because naval aviation has been because of the Laws of our country against women i combat a male  in other testimony it. Cmdr. Denni Dilucente said in a deposition that women were urged to Bare their Breas Tsas they walked along a crowded third floor hallway at the convention he said he did t see any women screaming for help or being touched against their will. Cmdr. James Usbeck said in a deposition that he asked a Security guard at one Point if More help was needed to control the Tail Hook crowd. The guard did t answer Usbeck said because at that moment an 18-year-old woman s clothes went flying through the air. Virus suspected in most severe form of diabetes new York a the mos severe form of diabetes the kind that requires 700,000 to 1 million americans to inject themselves with insulin every Day May be triggered by Ai virus a study suggests. If that is Correct and the virus can be identified scientists May be Able to devise a vaccine against Type i diabetes said the study s chief author or. Massimo Trucco of the University of Pittsburgh. Scientists know that Type i diabetes also called juvenile diabetes occurs when the disease fighting immune system destroys insulin producing cells in the pancreas. Insulin helps the body use sugar and other carbohydrates. But the cause of that attack i unclear. The new work suggests that the immune system attacks the pancreas cells when it is attracted by protein on their surfaces that comes from a virus infection. Trucco s work is reported i thursday s Issue of the journal nature