European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 r 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. A in the Senate a a Quirky institution with few rules a 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 a us. Attorney and Federal judge is expert. His weapon is his soft spoken determination. A a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a. A i think he s 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. 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. A 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. A this 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 immigrants from water vile 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 another 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 the top . Official in Yugoslavia Yakushi Akashi said the bodies a were in Many cases  he called it a a tragic incident a and said he feared it could jeopardize an agreement with serbs to reopen the Sarajevo  i details were sketchy but Akashi said the bodies were found by , peacekeepers thursday afternoon on mount i Man 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 re open 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. A a a. A 1 / a a /military spokesman Mai. Koos sol earlier confirmed a government attack on serbian positions in the area a a a a 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 a a a a a the1 bosnian capital has relied on the , Airlift for about 80 percent of its food and other 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 not resume 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 thaltha Airport handed Over to the United nations in july 1992, be put under joint .-serbian control. Akashi dismissed the idea 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 a a a a a a a a a after a nearly 10-hour delay the Exchange began at about Daw i 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 apr the judge in the . Simpson Case thursday rejected a defense motion to throw out evidence taken from Simpsons Ford Bronco during several police searches. Superior court judge Lance a. Ito who earlier ruled that the Bronco was lawfully seized from outside Simpsons mansion said later searches and seizures of items and car parts were also Legal a once an automobile is in the lawful Possession of a police Agency they May conduct reasonable tests Over a reasonable period of time a Ito said. He ruled that the initial search warrant for Simpsons mansion was sufficient to justify the seizures. He dismissed defense objections to searches of the vehicle by evidence technicians instead of sworn officers. Ito a ruling followed testimony from a detective who defended the seizure of items from the Bronco saying a red stained seat Belt an unscrewed Interior 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 a detective Tom Lange testified. A consequently it was seized for that purpose As Well As the possibility of  a a Lange said the seizure and search of the Bronco itself was justified because it appeared to have blood on an outside door. The car was towed on june 13, the Day after Nicole Brown Simpson was knifed to death. The car was first searched the following Day. Simpson is on trial for murder in the deaths of his sex wife and her Friend Ronald Goldman. The Light bulb was found beneath a passenger seat in the vehicle Lange said. A packing slip with an order for two knives was also seized from the Bronco. Other items taken included a shovel that police believed might have been used to Bury evidence and Golf shoes they wanted to compare to bloody shoe prints at the murder scene Lange said. Police evidence technician Dennis Fung testified thursday that tests he con ducted on june 14 showed that a stain on the outside of the Bronco was human blood but stains on a White Towel inside were not. Fung said he never saw the search warrant for the Bronco and that he was looking through the car for whatever evidence he could find. Simpsons defense lawyers have failed so far in attempts to have nearly All the evidence from the Bronco and other Sites ruled inadmissible at the trial. On the Bronco defense lawyer Gerald Uelmen contended police should have returned for additional search warrants when they removed car parts the shovel Towel and a piece of plastic weeks after the initial seizure of the car. Blood hair and fiber evidence was found on those items. A that simple step appears to be one the los Angeles police department just cannot comprehend a he said. Important blood hair and fiber evidence was found on those items. Noting that Ito already had ruled the seizure of the Bronco was Legal Deputy District attorney Marcia Clark countered that police had Broad rights to conduct later searches of the car without getting warrants she labelled defense arguments laughable. On wednesday defense attempts to have evidence excluded prompted Nicole Simpsons sister Denise Brown to walk into a press room at the courthouse during a break and express frustration. A if . Is so innocent Why Are they trying to suppress All the evidence a she asked her voiced tinged by sarcasm. Simpson lawyer Robert Shapiro responded by saying that the attorneys Are doing their Job. 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 Botn Legal and factual issues and we Are fulfilling our responsibility by raising All Legal issues that should be raised a Simpson also found a quiet Way of expressing himself wednesday mouthing the words a a that a a lies and a a he a lying while a detective was testifying