European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday november 26,1994 retiring gop on a Chicago a republicans set to take Over . House have received a warning that absolute Power corrupts absolutely from their departing Leader House minority Leader Robert Michel. Newt Gingrich knows what he s doing Michel said in an interview published Friday in the Chicago Tribune. I did t crave Power when i was Leader Idon t know if it would have changed if i were speaker. I just Hope it does t go to our newly elected leaders Heads. Gingrich a Georgia Republican is poised to become the next speaker of the  s always a danger in clawing at Power be cause Power corrupts and absolute Power corrupts absolutely Michel added quoting 19th-Century British historian lord Acton. Michel who was Fiirst elected to Congress in 1956 and became House minority Leader in 1981, decide not to seek re election this year. So he was not in the running for the speaker ship when his party won control of the House for the first time in 40 years. In his first interview since the election Michel told the paper he was disappointed about that. While watching election returns nov. 8, it dawned on him what might have been i said of my god would t it have been Nice " Michel known for consensus building said he did care for Gingrich s plan to concentrate Power in the speaker s office and install committee chairmen to disown liking partly scrapping the seniority system. He described Gingrich As More of a theoretician a warns Ute Power than he is a parliamentarian and said that could present a danger for the gop. Overplaying your hand in the majority can lend itself to the minority in justifying itself in really sticking it to you he said. Gingrich spokesman Tony Blankley said the next speaker had great respect for Michel s opinions but believed that his own style is bes Michel suited for a soon to be majority party. It was our judgment talking with a wide Range of members including freshmen that the organization we had in the past while suited for a minority party would not provide the kind of cohesive leadership we need to actually get legislation passed Blankley said. In the interview Michel criticized the House republicans contract with America saying fulfilment could plunge the country deeper into debt. However Michel acknowledged that he helped drive the country into debt by pushing Reagan administration budgets through Congress. 10 killed As Arafat loyalists Root out rebels in Lebanon Saida Lebanon a Yasser Arafat s loyalists dislodged dissidents from three quarters of Lebanon s largest palestinian refugee Camp Friday in running Street Battles that police said left 10combatants dead and 14 wounded. Staccato bursts of machine gun fir and grenade blasts echoed from the teeming shanty town of Ein Al Hilweh on the outskirts of this port in Southern Lebanon before Dawn and continued Al morning. The lebanese army blocked Alt entrances to the Camp allowing Only the casualties to be taken out. But the sol Diers made no move to enter the Camp Home to about 60,000 palestinians to Stop the fighting. A Lull descended Only when Media tors sent put Loudspeaker vans declaring cease fire was reached for noon Pray ers. But Only a few residents ventured out to the mosques. The dissidents counterattacked 30minutes later reinforced by dozens of heavily armed islamic militants who came out of Ein Al Hilweh mosques with machine guns and shoulder fire rocket launchers. Police described the hostilities As the worst in the Camps since Arafat s pales Tine liberation organization conclude the limited self Rule Accord with Israel on sept. 13, 1993. The Camps were Long Arafat s main Power base until the israeli army invaded in 1982 and routed his forces. His guerrillas managed to slip Back in the mid-1980s,but they never regained their prior strength. The fighting pitted Arafat s mainstream Fatah fac Tion headed by its military intelligence chief it. Col. Kemal Medhat and dissidents led by former Fatah militia commander it. Col. Munir Makdah who formed his own group to protest the peace Accord. Fundamentalists of islamic jihad and Hamas who oppose Arafat s peacemaking with Israel supported the Makdah forces. Police and lebanese military sources said an Esti mated 500 Arafat loyalists moved House by House through some parts of the Camp looking for Makda supporters. More than 40 were captured and 100 were trapped in the Northern tip of the Camp the source said. Arafat s loyalists also recaptured four areas of the anti Arafat Leader Munir Makdah Center stands with a group of his guerrillas inside the Ein Al Hilweh refugee Camp. Camp that had been seized by Makdah s militiamen Las year the sources said. They said Arafat s loyalists brought in reinforce ments from refugee Camps straddling the southernmost lebanese port of Tyre a few hours before launching their attack. Mediators were trying to extend the prayer truce into permanent cease fire to prevent a Bloodbath while Makdah appealed to Radical guerrilla factions backed by Syria to Rush to his Rescue according to police. We shall not let this treachery pass without punish ment Makdah told the associated press. We shall counterattack Here and hit out at the Plo office around the  thousands of residents in Saida 25 Miles South of Beirut were shaken out of bed by the gunfire and Scur ried to basements thinking Israel had landed troops to mop up Radical guerrillas in the Camp. Saida police later issued assurances that the fighting was raging Only in the streets and Dusty alleyways of to 11vii j Jemel Hilweh. Dear Santa i have been a Good boy i want a Wagon for Christmas. I would also like some books. I also like cars and trucks. We will leave milk and Cook ies for you to eat. I will also leave some Carrot for the Reindeer. We do not have a Chimney. My dad will leave the door unlocked so you can get in. Please lock the door when you leave. We Are not in Hawaii anymore. We Are now in  you very much and goodbye. Love " Michael Lundgren dear Santa please give mama Goon a 6 foot Garfield Chrissi a Din sour and give me a Pla Mobile pirate boat. I Hope you do not have a cold please let me be an Elf. Love " ,.-,.-.anthony Hood dear Santa -. Hello my name is Margot Lyn Clark. I am a kindergarteners at West Ruislip elementary school in London England. I am 5 years old and i have a Little sister named Katlyn who is a year old. We have been Good this year. I want a cab Bage Patch Ruff n Tuff kid a diaper bag Disney read along books with cassette any kind of games clothes and of before i forget a Playpen for my doll. As for Katlyn she would like any thing with Barney. She is not Picky so Shell take anything you pick As Well As clothes. Katlyn and i thank you for the time to readout letter and we Hope you and mrs. Claus Are doing Well and Hope you too have a very merr Christmas with love Margot Lyn and Katlyn Clark Santa received some Christmas letters fro the following children but unfortunately they did not have return addresses so Santa could no write them Back Tim Alex Radcliffe and Michael Tieton. Santa also received Nice Christmas letters an lists from the children listed below  Sonya Preston Kyd Hertzog Cathy Start. Marissa Rozdolsky Jaime legs Matthew Gudgeon Chris Mallory Carle Wallace Shana Barnes Katie Dunn Paige Griffith Danielle Andersen Teresa Shea Adam Berehulka Brandon Gonzalez Lauren Kelsey Ashlie Berry Casle Moyes Phillip Cendana baby hah questions about letters to Santa or the Art contest Call Michelle at Dan 348-8361. Emit major Shataya Fricher Amber Hertzog William and no Shannon Wiggs Christopher Gudgeon Erika Barnes Tevon Cabbagestalk Mallory Mckedy Amanda Dunn Melinda Griffith Michelle Andersen Ben Meyer Tiffany Gullory Alfred Gonzalez Tomas Rodriguez h John Thomas Miller Carty Morrow Vanessa Cendana Christopher Hood pasture sized and bumper May help save planet by Deutsche Presse Agenter Melbourne Australia Australia s wors Belchers May soon be silenced a team of scientists Here says it has discovered a cure for burping in cowhand sheep. " what s More the find could help save the  Gas ejected by belching beasts plays a part scientists believe in the greenhouse effect the warming of the planet caused by trapped solar radiation. Announcing the find or. Chris May of the animal health division of the Commonwealth scientific and Industrial research organization in Melbourne said Fri Day that the substance still needed 10 months of safety testing and he could not reveal what it was. May s scientists Hope to find a multinational company with the muscle to produce and Market the burp killer which in scientists language is called an  it was almost completely nontoxic he said. Distributed by Scripps Howard news service