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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 23, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 9 Dole endorses $3 billion for Israel Leader a so favors . Troops for Golan duty Washington a Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole is offering support for continued foreign Aid to Israel and the potential deployment of . Troops tothe Golan Heights. Dole s comments came As prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was making the rounds on Capitol Hill seeking backing from leaders of the gop led Congress that willbe seated in january. He also was meeting with de sense Secretary William Perry housing Secretary Henry Cisneros and other Clinton administration officials on a Busy two Day visit. On monday president Linton assured Rabin that he would ask Congress to keep . Aid at $3 billion a year and to approve new funding for an anti missile defense  in Israel quoted . Officials As saying the unit ed7 states will Complete the Transfer of $250 million i Money previously pledged to help undergird palestinian Rule in the Gaza strip by year s end. The reports also said the United states will seek the release of $125 million next week when donor countries meet in Brussels Belgium to discuss the palestinian situation. We Are going to have a very robust Security relation ship Clinton said after an 80-Minutc meeting with Rabin that entered on lagging peace talks Between Israel and Syria ,., a \. /.   View was echoed by Dole r-kan., who is Likely to become Senate majority Leader in january. I would hop and i would guess that at this time of great tension in the Middle East where we re trying to achieve peace there would t be any Effort to reduce the level Faid he said at a meeting monday with Rabin. Dole also said he would be inclined to work with the president and the prime minister on deploying american troops to the Golan Heights As part of an International Force to Monitor any israeli syrian Accord. When the time comes and everything is resolved you Olget a very sympathetic hearing in this office Dole said. Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria during thesis Day War of 1967 and has occupied them since then to shield lower israeli land to the  Dole s reassurances keeping Aid to Israel at $3 billion a year could run into resistance As republicans who take a sceptical View of foreign outlays assume control of Congress. Sending american troops to the Golan Heights also is bound to conflict with sentiment against overseas in  went out of his Way at a news conference with Rabin to emphasize that the United states intended Rostand behind Israel and its Security he said he was pre pared to make a Case to the american Public and Congress for deploying american troops As part of an International Force to Monitor any Accord. But Clinton said there has been no agreement of an kind about this. We Art jumping the gun Here on this part of   receives the largest share of . Aid and could be Hurt by any across the Board reduction even if it is not the specific target of critics of foreign Aid. The Arrow anti missile defense program meanwhile Likely to need a new infusion of . Assistance As it moves from research and development to a deployment phase. Itis a joint program designed to protect Israel with a missile capable of shooting Down incoming missiles. With Rabin at his Side Clinton said he had promised that i will support next year continuing the Aid to Israel at its present level in addition to some new Security Initia Tives with regard to the Arrow missiles with supercomputers and a couple of other  despite the slump in israeli syrian talks and palestinian unrest. Clinton called Middle Eastern peacemaking the most successful process since Israel became a  an Exchange with reporters Rabin defended use of american troops to help keep the 15-year peace betwee Israel and Egypt. One . Infantry battalion remains in Sinai. R. Of v. A and on the Golan Heights he said Syria has kept to a 1974 disengagement agreement with Israel and there has been no terrorist incident Between israeli and syrian lines. A Span seeks wider Cong res coverage Washington pc spa wants republicans to open Congress to More television coverage when they take charge in january. The Cable network already shows All Seri ate and House floor debate but the cameras Are controlled by Congress and limited tonight shots of whoever is speaking. The Sig Nal is made available to All networks. A Span wants to be Able to show View ers what else is happening in the Cham Bers by installing and operating its own cameras agreeing to make the Sam signal available to All networks Brian Lamb a Span executive director told incoming Republican leaders in a letter monday that a Span also would like to Access to daily briefings by the House speaker and the Senate majority Leader. A location right outside the Cham Bers for on camera interviews with representatives and senators during votes. House rules committee meetings where rules for floor debate on legis lation Are set. House Senate conference committee meetings where compromises Are made on Bills that have been passed in differ ent form by the House and Senate. Christmas Sale 21-27 november 1994 up to 50% of on Silic tid Plicis  Ramstein air base talks on Ney postal pack end up i by Bill Mcalliste Washington Post Washington talks Between . Postal service and its three largest unions have collapsed delivering a set Back to postmaster general Marvin Runyon s Hopes of avoiding a costly contract settlement. The end to the negotiations will sen the issues Between the government s Sec Ond largest civilian Agency and its unions into binding arbitration out of Runyon s direct  leaders said the Agency was asking too much in proposing a three year contract with annual Lump sum payments of no More than$325 per worker. A two year wage freeze. An end to Cost of living increases. An increase in the number of Tempo Rary and transitional workers who earn less than full time postal employees. Moe Biller president of the 360,000-Meraber american postal workers Union said of the proposal forget   Biller said he suspected that the presi dentally appointed costal service Board of governors had Tiet Runyon s hands limiting what the unions Yere offered. Good relations Don t incan anything without rewards said Biller who had been outspoken in his Praise of Runyon s first two years in office. In my opinion there cannot be free and genuine collective bargaining for postal workers without the right to  by Law postal workers Are prohibited from striking. Any impasse in bargaining talks goes to arbitration a procedure that Many mailers say has Given postal work ers some of the jest salaries in the Feder Al government and saddled the Agency with huge personnel costs. About 82cents of every Dollar in postal Revenue goes for personnel costs a percentage that has remained largely unchanged de spite the billions of dollars that the Agency has invested in automation. Postal spokesman Frank Brenna sought to portray the collapse As less than a defeat for Runyon saying the bargain ing atmosphere was much improved from talks under Runyon s predecessor an Thony Frank who was object of the postal workers Union s  talks with the National association of letter carriers and National Post Al mail handlers Union were declared at an impasse at Midnight sunday. Eighteen hours later the postal workers Union the biggest of the three followed suit. The dispute now moves into a period of fact finding. Arc Garmisch the Early Bird ski take advantage of the last weeks Ybur five Day Early Bird ski special includes o ski instruction o lift pass for appropriate ski slope o equipment and clothing o local transportation to from slopes twin peaks actor Boylan Dies at 82 f$i29. F l. _ i j get a jump on the season dates dec. 4-9 dec. 11-16 Bellevue Wash. A John boy Lan who played the mayor in twin peaks and the kindly Empire state building elevator operator in sleepless in Seattle has died of lung cancer. He was 82. Boylan was recruited for twin Peak while appearing at the Seattle repertory theater in much ado about nothing in1991. In the Quirky television series Boylan portrayed mayor Duane Milford who tried to kill his late brother s wife but ended up falling in love with her. Boylan also appeared in Many to commercials and print advertisements. Early Bird skiers must be registered guests in one of the arc hotels during the entire week. For reservations Call Dan 4402-575, Civ. 08821-79081 fax. 08821-3942  
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