European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 Quot the stars and stripes Friday october 7,1994mitchell hailed As Senate Leader Washington a he could have been sitting above the fray on the supreme court instead Senate majority Leader George Mitchell is on the Senate floor trying to Shepherd a bruising session to a close. Health Reform is dead a Republican filibuster killed Campaign finance Reform and a democratic committee chairman has stalled Progress on implementing a Tariff cutting world Trade agreement. The session that will end Mitchells six year career As majority Leader is fast dissolving into acrimony and disarray with Mitchell taking a Good share of the blame. Still Many lawmakers of both parties concede Mitchell often has done his Job with great effect. In the Senate a a Quirky institution with few rules t leadership Means not so much going. By the Book As cajoling pleading listening to and trying to smooth the ruffled feathers of colleagues. And at this the 61-year-old former . Attorney and Federal judge is expert. His weapon is his soft spoken determination. A a 7, a �?o1 think he a going to remove Job from our Bible and language because of his patience a sen Wendell Ford d-ky., said in a tribute to Mitchell on wednesday night. A the fact that he can put up with 99 insufferable egos on a Day in and Day out basis i think Marks him As one of the truly extraordinary human beings on the planet a quipped Mitchells Friend sen William Cohen a Maine. I at times Mitchell a Maine appears almost schoo Marmish with his considered Overly enunciated Way of talking. But what he has lacked in oratorical flair he has made up for in a dogged Pursuit of party goals. 7 a a v / a the has this almost magical blend of ability and discipline of pragmatism and principle of flexibility and fight a president Clinton said at wednesdays tribute. Quot his Powers of concentration and persuasion Are legion. He really does bring a sense of balance to every  in the National spotlight the son of working class a immigrants from water Ville Maine has not succumbed to Glitz. But in closed door meetings with colleagues and in measured tones on the Senate floor he has kept a tight rein on legislation and shown Little tolerance for what he perceives As game playing and obstructionism by republicans. A i done to expect an easy time a he said recently in his typical understated Way. Mitchell rails against. Republicans for using the filibuster often More often he says than at any other time in history. President Clinton greets sen. George Mitchell of Maine at a dinner held wednesday in Washington for the retiring Senate majority Leader. .20 serbian soldiers found with throats Slit Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr. . Officials protested strongly to the bosnian government thursday for an attack in which 20 serbian soldiers including four nurses were killed on mount i Man South of Sarajevo. / -7 77 7 a a the top . Official in Yugoslavia Yakushi Akashi said the bodies were in Many cases mutilated a he called it a a tragic incident a and said he feared it could jeopardize an agreement with serbs to reopen the Sarajevo  details were sketchy but Akashi said the bodies were found by , peacekeepers thursday afternoon on mount Lyman just outside a demilitarized zone. He said the victims throats had been Slit and some of the bodies had been burned Akashi disclosed the grisly details after issuing a personal protest to bosnian president Alija ize Begovic. Despite the attack a , plane landed late thursday afternoon at the Airport ending a two week shutdown imposed by serbs in retaliation for a nato assault on one of their tanks. Bosnian serbs grudgingly agreed to let the Airport reopen after Tough talks wednesday with Akashi at their stronghold in Pale East of Sarajevo. Akashi appealed for Calm and said he hoped the killings on mount i Man where there was heavy fighting thursday morning would not undermine the Airport Accord. 7 a . Military spokesman maj. Koos sol earlier confirmed a government attack on serbian positions in the area. A a. 7 a  \7/ a the Airport has been closed because of veiled serbian threats to shoot at planes after a nato airstrike on a serbian tank sept. 22. . Commanders requested the strike after serbian attacks on French peacekeepers. Vav the bosnian capital has relied on the . Airlift for about 80 percent of its food and Othot needs during most of a 29-month-old siege by serbian forces. Serbs also have Cut off the Only remaining land route into the City and . Aid officials say supplies Are running Low. Aid officials said flights carrying food and other supplies As part of the humanitarian Airlift would riot re sum before today at the earliest Kris Janowski of the . High commissioner for refugees said officials of countries participating in the Airlift were meeting to decide whether conditions were Safe enough to resume flights. The serbs reportedly had demanded that the Airport handed Over to the United nations in july 1992, be put under joint .-serbian control. Akashi dismissed the idea. A a a a a a a a a 7 a a a a \ a a it was not an easy Friendly atmosphere it was a Businesslike atmosphere trying to understand each others position a Akashi told reporters Early thursday. The serbs and bosnian government forces did manage to make one of their largest prisoner swaps of the War. A 7 a a a a a 7 a. \ 7 7-7 7 -. 77.�� 7., after a nearly 10-hour delay the Exchange began at about Dawn thursday at Sarajevo a brotherhood and Unity Bridge. The Exchange was carried out in a series of shuttles across the Bridge in . Vehicles. . Spokeswoman Claire Grimes said 295 prisoners were exchanged. Bosnian serbs released 166 people and the Muslim led government released 129. The Long delayed Exchange almost collapsed again when serbs sent about 120 muslims across the Bridge wednesday afternoon after forcing them from their Homes in the Rog Atica area East of Sarajevo. Bosnian serbs Are trying to expel All non serbs from the 70 percent of Bosnia they control. Thousands of muslims have been expelled from serbian held areas in Northern and Central Bosnia in recent weeks. Los Angeles a1j a detective thursday defended the seizure of items from , Simpsons Bronco saying a red stained seat Belt an. Unscrewed Isle rior Light bulb and other items appeared logically connected to the. Murder of Simpsons sex wife. A at times if a person wishes to keep the Interior of a vehicle dark. They would remove the bulb Quot detective Tom Lange testified. A consequently it was seized for that purpose As Well As the possibility of  Lange testifying on a defense motion to suppress evidence said the seizure and search of the Bronco itself was justified because it appeared to have blood on an outside door. The vehicle was towed june 13, the Day after Nicole Brown Simpson and a Friend Ronald Goldman were knifed to death. It was searched june 14. Lange said a packing slip with an order for two knives also was seized from the Bronco. Cable news network previously reported that the Interior Light bulb in the Bronco had been unscrewed. Lange said it was found beneath a passenger seat in the vehicle. Also seized were items such As a shovel that police believed might have been used to  and Golf shoes they wanted to compare to bloody shoe prints at the murder scene Lange said. Simpsons defense lawyers Are trying to persuade Superior court judge Lance Ito to Rule that evidence from the Bronco is inadmissible at the trial contending the search and seizure were Irti proper. Those attempts prompted Nicole Simpsons sister Denise Brown to walk into a pressroom at the courthouse during a break wednesday and express frustration at Simpsons Legal tactics. A if  is so innocent Why Are they trying to suppress All the evidence a she asked her voice tinged by sarcasm. Simpson also found a quiet Way of expressing himself wednesday mouthing the words a a lies and a a lying while a. Detective was testifying. It was during a lunch break that Denise Brown wearing a Button Reading a remember Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman Quot bypassed the Media mob in the main courthouse pressroom went upstairs to the office used by court beat reporters and expressed her frustration at the defense s strategy. A a in be never seen this before a said Denise Brown 37. Asked to explain she quoted from Simpsons famous innocent plea a a he a 100 percent innocent keep the evidence  it was the first time a member of Nicole Simpsons family had publicly questioned the Way Simpson is fighting the charges. Robert Shapiro one of Simpsons lawyers responded by saying that the attorneys Are doing their Job. A a clearly Denise Brown is a relative of a victim and she a not a lawyer a Shapiro said a and lawyers have professional responsibilities to raise both Legal and factual issues and we Are fulfilling our responsibility by raising All Legal issues that should be  Day is a ther developments wednes a the defense formally asked the judge to exclude All Dan evidence including tests suggesting a match Between blood drops at the crime scene and . Simpson s blood. The 107-Page motion alleged Sloppy police and lab work and argued that Dan testing and analysis Arentt generally accepted in the scientific Community or by the courts. A Simpson became animated and mouthed a a that a a lies when detective Tom Lange testified that although the defendants first attorney Wasny to present during Simpsons half hour interview with police the Day after the killings the attorney had permission to attend. Simpson also smiled Shook his head and mouthed the words a a he a lying a when Lange described a search of Simpsons closet that same Day. Lange said Simpson accompanied him into the closet when he seized a pair of Tennis shoes. A Ito quickly disposed of a defense bid to explore whether a police detective hed under oath about reasons for entering Simpsons estate. In a highly technical ruling Ito said the defense missed Chance to pursue the Issue