European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday november 24,1994 at a glance Fri special agent Tony Daniels left and . Police chief Fred Thomas leave a news conference a which hey discussed gunman fatal attack on the City s polic Headquarters tuesday. See Story on pages. Nuclear shipment the United states on wednesday completed an extremely sensitive Transfer of bomb Grade uranium from Kazakhstan to Tennessee. V. / page4 Jet plane collide a Twa jetliner 1,500 feet into its Takeoff run collided with a twin engine plane that had strayed onto the runway killing both people aboard the Small Craft. -. Page7 gop assures states Republican congressional leaders pledged tuesday to shift Power dramatically from Washington to the states v  t. Pages tax benefits labor Secretary Robert Reich says the Clinton administration is ready to attack corporate welfare about $111 billion in tax concessions made to american companies. Page14 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 24-28 comics. .,., 21-23 commentary .,17 crossword. 21 faces n places. 20 Horoscope. 27 Jumble. 27 letters. 16 Money matters. 14 sports. 29-36 to listings. 35 weather ,. Clarification a . European come spokesman has elaborated on information in an Arti Cle wednesday that referred to the nato airstrike on a serbian air base in Croatia. The spokesman said that no . Forces Are on the ground in the nearby Bihac Region of Bosnia and that the airstrike was coordinated with . Personnel on the ground not . Forces. Bipartisan support -. Buoyed by i in to n do i e i "., Washington a president Clinton and Republican Senate Leader Bob Dole announced wednesday agreement of ratification of the 123-ha Tion world Trade agreement. Dole s support removes a potential Barrier and paves the Way to expected Senate passage next week of the Trade liberalization pact a new general agreement on tariffs and Trade that Clinton has made a top priority. House approval is also expected before the endow theyer we have moved one step closer to gaining Broad bipartisan support for Gatt Clinton said. Dole predicted the measure would Passi with a big margin in the  houses of Congress Are controlled by democrats until year s end when re publicans become the majority until recently Dole who is in line to be come Senate majority Leader had insist Don linking the Trade Accord to a Republican backed capital gains tax Cut. But his appearance with Clinton at the Whitehouse sealed a bipartisan approach to the treaty at least in the Senate. In a Rose Garden ceremony Linton expressed deep thanks to Dole. He took no questions. Dole said that with pacts by the White House on enforcement details of the pact we have fixed it As much As we  Dole said that he would now write let ters to All Republican senators urging a big big bipartisan vote on the pact. In my View we should All be in sup port of Gatt when it comes up next week Dole said. Clinton said he had agreed to Dole s request for a mechanism to make it easier for the United states to withdraw from the world Trade organization which would be set up to police the Accord reached under Gatt. Helms from Page 1 photographers and television camera Crew gathered outside his House As he and his wife left Home wednesday morning. Instead he tossed the reporters a Plas tic bag full of chocolate Toffee Candy. Here you go. Trick or treat Helms Saida he drove away. The secret service charged with protecting the president said tuesday that it was looking into Helms statement. On wednesday spokesman Jaime Ca gigas said the Agency had determined that no threat was made. As far As we re concerned the matter is closed he said. Meanwhile Clinton grappled with other thorny issues in the face of the re publicans election landslide. The presi Dent began laying Down markers on key Republican proposals and setting out areas where the two sides might find agreement. At a news conference Clinton said he opposed a constitutional amendment to allow voluntary prayer in Public schools although last week he said he would con Sider such a idea. I do not believe that we should have a constitutional Amend ment to carve but and legalize teacher or student led prayer in the classroom Clinton said. Trying to shape the top Agenda can nato from Page 1 South and West were burning and civilian fleeing As serbs tightened their grip on Bihac a City of 48,000. The United nations confirmed for the first time that serbian forces had in reached on the Safe zone. Bihac and immediate surroundings Are one of six such areas in Bosnia where . Troops Are posted to protect civilians. The Bra bosnian serbian army has foothold in the Safe zone said . Spokesman maj. Herve Gou Melon in Sarajevo. Before the raids nato aircraft had struck at serbian targets seven times since the bosnian War began in april1992. Monday 50 Allied aircraft participated in a strike on the Dubina Airfield Ina serbian held area of Croatia that had been used to bomb Bihac. The bosnian serbian self styled parliament was meeting in Pale East of Sarajevo on wednesday to discuss the bos Nian serbs next move. It was unclear what reaction the raid would elicit from the bosnian government because they did not address the govern ment s urgent pleas to help save Bihac. The government has lost almost All fits recent War gains to the new serbian president Clinton and 9-year-old Shawn Arbogast of Harrisonburg va., look Over Tom a Turkey that was presented to the president wednesday. After the ceremony. Clinton pardoned Tom who will go to frying pan Park in chantly a ton suggested the administration would be Happy to work with Congress on shrinking government enacting Campaign and lobby ing reforms and relieving states from carry ing out orders from Washington. Clinton said he would resist any efforts to repeal the family leave Law a ban on assault style weapons and the Brady restrictions on handgun purchases. The Flap Over Helms remarks reverberated through Congress and the White House.  -.v. -. Sen. Thomas Daschle d-s.d., who Hopes to become the next Senate demo cratic Leader said on Abc to that Helms ability to Lead the foreign relations committee is very much in doubt As a result of the comments not Only to night but throughout his tenure the new York times in an editorial in wednesday s editions said Helms lacks the dignity and balance to chair the committee. What sen. Bob Dole has on his hands is a mean spirited Loose lipped legislator who has moved from being an Embarrass ment to the gop to being a global liability for the nation the times said refer ring to the incoming Senate majority Leader. Of in the Raleigh interview Helms Den cleared that Clinton was unpopular among military personnel and said or. Clinto better watch out if he comes Down Here. He d better have a  in a written statement tuesday Helms said he had made a mistake which shall not  offensive. Serbian forces control about 70 percent of Bosnia in a War that has left200,000 people dead or missing since the conflict broke out in april 1992. Wednesday s nato strike did not address urgent pleas from the bosnian government to help save Bihac. Earlier in the Day . Officials re ported up to eight artillery shells had hit Bihac. Bosnian serbs apparently were holding positions on Heights just South of Bihac. Asked by associated press television in Sarajevo about the nato strikes bosnian prime. Minister Haris Silajdzic said these actions Haven t stopped at tacks on  the attacks continued he added. Itis now time to act if the . And nato have any intention to Stop these  must  Silajdzic said attacking troops were Only about a Kilometre six tenths of Amile from the Bihac Hospital. Spokes Man Peter Kessler for the . High commissioner for refugees said about 8,000 people had fled villages under at tack in recent Days. Food and in some places drinkable water were in Short Supply he said. Kessler warned of a pending humanitarian  fighters from Bosnia and neigh Boring Croatia backed by fighters Loyal to a local Muslim warlord rolled Over several villages in the Bihac area tuesday leaving thousands of refugees in their Wake and destroyed or abandoned villages. Ham radio operators in Bihac Broad cast urgent pleas for food and Medicine and said Large numbers of refugees were pouring into town. Maj. Herve Gou Melon a .spokesman in Sarajevo said serbian fighters were reported to have entered the Southern part of the zone an ill de fined area encompassing Bihac town and its immediate environs. Elsewhere bosnian government an serbian forces battled with tanks and heavy weapons inside the Sarajevo weapons exclusion zone tuesday night Violat ing the . Ban on big guns in the area said it. Col. Jan Dirk von Merveldt a . Spokesman in Sarajevo. The top . Official in former Yugo Slavia Yasushi Akashi was trying to de fuse the Bihac situation in a meeting i Belgrade with serbian president Lobo Dan Milosevic and the Leader of rebel croatian serbs Milan Martic. Martic forces have joined the Bosnia serbs and renegade muslims in the Bihac area the Northwest Corner of Bosnia. Warplanes that attacked the Bih Carea three times this month flew from croatian serbian territory. Croatian serbs also has supplied artillery support for the assault and Are said to be involved in ground fighting As Well