European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 06, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 6, 1995 . The stars and stripes Page .5 Clinton stumps in Calif. Selma Calif. A with school Bells ringing in a new year president Clinton is urging Republican budget Cut ters to go Back to the chalkboard. Don t Cut education he says. Spend More on  the remarks came in labor Day events designed to impress Middle class californians with promises to reclaim jobs lost to defense cuts fight for a mini mum wage increase and protect school spending. Tuesday he taught an eighth Grade his tory class before addressing 10,000 mid dle school pupils in Selma a Central Cali fornia farming Community. Perched on a Stool in front of a chalkboard Clinton said it s very important that at your age you understand things about the his tory of our country and you understand what the time you re living in is All  his two Day Stop in vote Rich califor Nia the 19th visit of his presidency Sig nals a higher level of intensity in the re election Campaign. Many political experts say Clinton must win California to earn a second term. With that in mind the president Tai lored his message monday to frustrated voters in Campaign style stops at Monte Rey and in Alameda county. I want a High wage High growth High Opportunity future not a hard work Low wage insecure future for the working families of the United states of Ameri Ca he said. In a state decimated by military base closing Clinton announced a $3.4 million Federal program to help build electric cars at a closed naval base. He also dedicated a College Campus built with the help of Federal Money on another closed base. President Clinton addresses Union workers at a labor Day picnic at the Alameda county Fairgrounds in Pleasanton Calif. A Field poll of californians released tuesday gave Clinton a higher Job approval rating than gov., Pete Wilson who is vying for the gop presidential Nomi nation. / a thirty six percent of those surveyed said Clinton was doing  Job 33 percent said fair and 27 percent said poor or very poor. Twenty seven percent rated Wilson s Job performance As Good 28 percent said fair and 40 percent poor. The aug. 24-31 Survey of 601 californians had a 4 percentage Point margin of error. On defense Washington a the Senate moved toward votes tuesday on two de sense Bills that could fundamentally change the cold War ground rules for National missile defense systems. In the first order of business after their three week summer recess senators pre pared to approve a $243 billion defense appropriations Bill for fiscal 1996 and a partner Bill that authorizes $265 billion in military spending programs for the com ing fiscal year which starts oct. 1. The two Bills Are $6 billion to $7 billion More than the Clinton administration asked and reflect the Republican majority s determination to overcome what it says Are serious readiness and equipment shortcomings in the nation s defense. Specifically they add More than $600 million to the $3 billion that president Linton requested for missile defences with an emphasis on developing a Multi site missile defense system designed to protect american territory from nuclear chemical and biological missile attacks. The ground based defences would Befar More modest than the space based Star wars anti missile system envisioned by the Reagan administration. Republicans argued that it is needed to protect americans from emerging missile threats from Stich nations As Iraq and North Korea. But democrats say it represents a costly and reckless departure from the 1972 anti ballistic missile treaty that restricted that United states and the soviet Union to one missile defense site apiece. Moscow a warned that the future of other nuclear disarmament treaties could hinge on . Compliance with the abm treaty " ". Facing Strong administration opposition Republican leaders last Mont agreed to. Compromise language in the authorization Bill that gives the go ahead to plan for a Multi site defense system but says Cost effectiveness military need and treaty implications must be considered before it is built. The original Republican plan would have required the United states to de ploy a Multi site defense system by 2003. The House is to take up its version of the appropriations Bill this week. With Tell jury of Fuhrman s racist slurs los Angeles a choking Back tears a woman testified tuesday in . Simpson s trial that retired detective Mark Fuhrman told her in their first conversation that he wanted to kill Black people and that interracial Romance Dis gusted  witness followed to recount a similarly uncomfortable encounter wit Fuhrman. The prosecution gently Cross examined Kathleen Bell and Natalie Singer for a Little More than five minutes each. Bell denied suggestions from prosecutor Christopher Darden that despite her revulsion at Fuhrman s comments she still introduced him to one of her girlfriends and sat next to him in a bar. I would never do that she said. Singer who met Fuhrman because her Roommate was dating his partner said the first time she met Fuhrman he said the Only Good Nigger is a dead Nigger when asked if she was More offended by his words or his manner Singer said when he says the things he says it s bolstered and held up and pushed out of his Mouth with hatred and arrogance Anddess inability. And that s what hurts. Combined with the  Darden clashed with defense attorney  Bailey in a heated argument out of the jury s presence about whether Singer could testify that she heard Fuhrman use the racial  court judge. Lance i to ruled that Singer could testify. Simpson 48, has pleaded innocent to the june 12, 1994, murders of his seconded wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her Friend Ronald Goldman. As the defense launched its Case Cli maxing bid to portray Fuhrman As a racist and a liar Bell testified that she met the detective at a Marine recruiting office in 1985 or 1986 and that she was initially attracted to him. She testified that Fuhrman said that when he sees a Black Man with a Whit woman driving in a car he pulls them  was taken Aback a Little bit and so i kind of paused and i looked at the marines and i just said Well what if they did t do anything wrong she said.  he d find something.". She said she asked him about his response to the imaginary couple if they were in  he said that s disgusting she Testi fied. Then he said if i had my Way i a gather All the niggers would be gathered together and burned " ". Fuhrman has denied meeting Bell. Last week Ito said he would allow jurors to hear two relatively innocuous snip pets from taped interviews with Fuhrman. In those tapes Fuhrman uses the racial epithet 41 times. But jurors Haven t heard the  Rhode Island senator. 76, announces plan to retire i f ,.i. Providence re. A sen. Cla borne Pell the millionaire Blu blood whose eccentricities and Liberal Bent endeared him to. Rhode Island voters for More than three de c Ades announced on tuesday his plans to retire the 76-year-old Pell diagnosed with Parkin son s disease last year said his health was not a Factor in the decision not to seek re election in 1996. He plans to Complete his sixth term which ends in january 1997. I have been assured that there is no medical Barrier to my seeking re election and to serving another six year term said Pell the longest serving senator in Rhode Island history. Us icel Strong and healthy and Sharp. However i have decided not to be a Candi Date for  is a natural time for All life s adventures to come to an end and this. Period of 36 years would seem to me about the right time for my service in the Senate to  Pell is the seventh democratic senator to an Uio Unce his retirement since the 1994 elections. Last month Bill Bradley of new Jersey said he would not seek re election next year. Another Democrat Sam Nunn of Georgia is expected to announce his intentions this fall. Cd retirement makes it Mote Likely that democrats will remain a Senate minority next year and improves Republican chances of reaching the magic number of 60. That s How Many votes it takes to end a filibuster the democrats main parliamentary weapon. It is expected that three term democratic , rep. Jack Reed will run for Pell s  treasurer Nancy Mayer a Republican also is considering running. _ Pell said his decision to retire was difficult. When you believe As strongly As i do in the value of Good government and see so Many of its Virtues under attack he said  a great temptation to continue to serve and to. Fight for the values and the programs i consider  Pell