European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 r the stars and stripes . Friday september 23, 1994 filibuster threat hinders health Bill by the new York times Washington no More than a 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 senators 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 was sure of Only four votes including his own. Chafee 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 years ago 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 1.5 hours Char ring 90 Square Miles of Timber and Brush and damaging two towns near Santa Rosa calif., was close to being controlled. 40 years ago sept. 23,1954 supreme Allied commander Gen. 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 today sept 23 19,44 american soldiers land on Utthi 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 Trie 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 ii. Bison books corp., 1981 a 60 votes required to halt a filibuster would be unattainable because 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 he 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 the self 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 lation. They planned to discuss the prospects for the mainstream Bill and if it fails whether it would be advisable to try 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 All senators a three Page outline of their plan which has been somewhat modified after two weeks of negotiations with Mitchell. A cover letter signed by Chafee and 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  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 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. Officer exp a nose Zed los Angeles a police searching . Simpson s bedroom seized videotapes of his wedding and of his daughter s birth along with a note that his sex wife apparently wrote telling him Nayef to talk to her again a detective testified thursday. Detective David Martin said he took the videos during a june 28 search be cause he Felt they explained Why Nicole Brown Simpson and her Friend Ronald Goldman were slashed to death earlier that month. It appeared to me to be something that possibly his wife Nicole had Given to or. Simpson As part of a permanent breakup Martin said. I Felt that those particular items would lend themselves to the  the videos were contained in a Manila envelope with a note in a woman s writ ing that Martin paraphrased As saying this was to be the end that from now on any communications Between us would be Between a third  the detective said he also seized videotapes of frogman a television show in which . Simpson appeared because Martin had information that Simpson was trained during the filming to use a knife As a stabbing or killing instrument i Felt that those scenes that might involve something like that if on that tape would be very significant to the investigation Martin said. The detective s testimony came As he tried to explain Why he confiscated the tapes even though they were not specifically listed on a search warrant. Simpson 47, has pleaded innocent to murder in the june 12 knife slayings of his sex wife 35, and Goldman 25, outside Nicole Simpson s Brentwood condominium. The court session began thursday with the judge lashing but at the news Media for inaccurately reporting that Dan tests indicated blood found on socks in . Simpson s House matched the blood of one of the murder victims. I m so saturated by the irresponsibility of the Media that i m beyond being outraged i m almost numb to it at this Point said Superior court judge Lance Ito. It s outrageous. It s  Ito was referring to a report that originated on Knic to that Dan tests at cell Mark diagnostics confirmed blood drops found on a pair of men s socks taken from Simpson s bedroom matched the blood of his slain sex wife. The report was repeated by various news organizations. Attorneys from both sides denied that they released the information and said they shared Ito s outrage. Deputy District attorney Marcia Clark said that the socks had t been sent to a Maryland lab and that no written report existed. She did t say whether the socks had been tested anywhere else. The station released a statement saying it stood by its Story. Reporter Jim Avila said on the air that he interpreted Clark s statements As a limited denial As. We would put it in the news  prosecutors said earlier that Dan test ing matched Simpson s blood with two drops found at the murder scene. The judge s Tongue lashing kicked off the second Day of a hearing in which de sense attorneys challenged evidence Gath ered at Simpson s estate his office and his two vehicles. On wednesday Ito upheld a search of Simpson s mansion but laced his ruling with Sharp criticism of the top police offi cer on the Case stopping just Short of calling the detective a liar. I cannot make a finding that this was merely negligent Ito said of the statements made by detective Philip Vannatter in a search warrant affidavit. I have to make a finding that this was at least  the ruling Means evidence gathered in that search including blood in the foyer and bathroom an airline receipt and a baggage Tagare Likely to be used at the double murder trial. Trial is set to begin monday with jury selection